Before you know it, it's December.

On Sunday morning, Yan Jiecheng got up to cook, and when he opened the door, he found that it was white outside, with goose feather-like snow floating in the sky, and snowflakes blown by the wind flying everywhere.

The thick snow on the ground made a gurgling sound when it stepped on it, like a little mouse biting something.

Walk to the cellar entrance, clear the snow from the lower door with a broom, go in and get a few cabbages and eggs, and start cooking.

Cooking woke up Yu Li and the two children, and the family of four was eating around the table, and Yan Jiecheng peeled the egg shells for the two little ghosts.

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The two little ghosts were arguing to build a snowman, and Yu Li picked up the fast child and knocked it alone, and they were honest.

"I still want to play with a snowman in a new outfit, but I don't want this outfit? If you two get my clothes dirty, see how I clean you up. Yu Li gave them an angry look.

Yan Jiecheng looked at their aggrieved expressions and couldn't bear to say, "Wait a minute, ask your uncle to build a snowman for you, but you two can only watch and don't go over to play." ”

As soon as they heard that they asked their uncle to help them build a snowman, although they couldn't play it themselves, it was better than nothing, so they nodded happily and agreed.

They were eating, and the first uncle suddenly pushed open the door and walked in, Yan Jiecheng frowned and looked at the first uncle who came in without knocking on the door.

"Uncle Yi, even if you have something, you have to knock on the door." Yan Jiecheng said dissatisfied. I don't know when I developed the habit, this door, I don't knock on the door and go straight in.

Uncle Yi was stunned for a moment, thinking that the stupid pillar broke into their house directly without knocking on the door last time, and watched his wife change clothes, his face was red and a little embarrassed, and he really wanted to find a mouse hole to get into. Thinking of what he was going to say this time, he spoke:

"Xie Cheng, it's not right for me to enter without knocking, but this time it's really urgent, the old lady is gone, you say I don't have to worry."

Yan Jiecheng didn't react when he heard the news, although he knew that the old lady would not live long, but he didn't expect to die so soon, it was only a month after returning from the hospital. A few days ago, I saw an aunt pushing the old lady to bask in the sun, and the person was gone just a few days later.

"Uncle Yi, wasn't the old lady okay a few days ago? Why is it suddenly gone? ”

"Isn't the temperature a little low these days? The old lady may have a little cold and fever, and she didn't get better after taking some medicine. This morning, when your aunt went over to deliver food to the old lady, the old lady was already dying. Uncle Yi said hesitantly.

The main thing is that this matter has something to do with Jia Zhang's family, and the old lady can die so early, and Jia Zhang's family is not a little helping.

Since she brought the old lady back from the hospital, Qin Huairu has gone to work, and the work of taking care of the old lady has been handed over to the first aunt, but it is impossible for the first aunt to guard the old lady twenty-four hours a day, she still has to cook for Yi Zhonghai, clean up the house and wash clothes.

So Uncle Yi found Jia Zhang's and asked her to help watch the old lady, and she didn't need to do any work, just help watch the old lady when the aunt was busy. That's it, or the first uncle promised to give her five yuan a month, and she agreed.

This is also a helpless move, the entire compound is only Jia Zhang's time, and others are not available even if they want to help.

This is taken care of by an aunt and Jia Zhang, and the first uncle doesn't pay much attention, after all, he still has to go to work every day, so he can go to accompany the old lady for a while on Sunday.

Even when the old lady was lying on the bed, she couldn't speak. Uncle Yi didn't know how Jia Zhang took care of the old lady, so it only took a month to send the old lady away.

Yan Jiecheng: "What do you mean, uncle, what is this?" ”

"This old lady just left without any relatives, no matter what the neighbors in our street say, we have to help handle the old lady's funeral, I came here to inform you, and then come to the middle courtyard for a meeting after dinner, let's discuss how to handle the old lady's funeral."

Yan Jiecheng heard that Uncle Yi came over for this matter, and he didn't think about nodding and agreeing, after all, people die a lot, and the courtyard has not encountered a dead person for more than ten years. Although the old lady died a few years earlier than in the TV series, she was also in her eighties, and it is considered a long life to live to be in her eighties in this era.

After eating, Yu Li was asked to watch the children at home, and Yan Jiecheng went to the middle courtyard with a bench.

Uncle Yi saw that the people were almost here, so he said the idea that he wanted everyone to do the funeral for the old lady together.

Others didn't say anything, but the second uncle did stand up and raise objections. Since the last time he was educated by Director Wang, the second uncle has been reading newspapers and listening to the radio recently, carefully studying national policies.

"Lao Yi, I don't think you're right. We still do the old lady's funeral more simply, and now our country is not advocating economy. Besides, if we really do it for three days as you said, do we still have to ask for leave, so many people ask for leave, it will not affect the production in the factory? ”

"So what do you say?" The first uncle glared at the second uncle angrily and said.

"I think let's keep everything simple, first pull the old lady's body to the crematorium for cremation, let's hold a memorial service for the old lady in the courtyard, so that the day is over, and everyone doesn't have to ask for leave." The second uncle looked at Yi Zhonghai with red eyes, and although he was very scared, he still said boldly.

Silly Zhu listened to the words of the second uncle, and was about to say something, but was stopped by Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu also thinks it's good, saving money and effort. If it is a big deal, the little money left over from the old lady's sale of the house will definitely not be enough.

Maybe their family will have to get some out of the house at that time, after all, the old lady usually has a good relationship with the uncle's family and their family, and even spent the New Year together.

If you don't pay for this, you will definitely be poked in the bones. Besides, this was proposed by the second uncle, and they won't be able to talk about their family when the time comes.

"Lao Yi, I think what Lao Liu said makes sense, and this is also in line with national policy. Besides, the old lady is gone, what's the use of you just doing the funeral. Or after the memorial service, set up a few tables in the courtyard for the big guy to have a meal together. Yan Bugui also said in agreement, he is not against the big deal, the main thing is that he doesn't want to take leave, after all, he will deduct one day's money for one day off.

Although Uncle Yi has the heart to oppose it, but he is alone, he is also a little weak, even the stupid pillar I don't have the same heart with him, so he can only nod helplessly and agree.

After the meeting, the first uncle and the first aunt put on a shroud for the old lady, and then called the second uncle and Yan Bugui to send the old lady to the crematorium for cremation.

The first aunt, the second aunt and the third aunt took people to set up the mourning hall for the old lady in the courtyard.