Seeing Dongfang Jian and the others entering the house, Xiao Dai stepped forward and said, "Director Lin, Brother Jian, you are here." ”

"Well, what about my sister-in-law?"

"Lying in the room." Xiao Dai pointed to the room and said.

Xu Chuchu took them into the room, Zhu Guihua lay on the bed and wept, crying softly, Xu Chuchu said, "Sister-in-law, Ah Jian is here." ”

"Sister-in-law, Director Lin sees that you are here." Dongfang Jian said.

Zhu Guihua struggled to sit up, crying and said, "Director Lin, Lao Zhang is gone, I once scolded him for being killed by smelting water sooner or later, and it was my crow's mouth that killed him." ”

"Sister-in-law, it's not your fault, you have to mourn." Lin Hao said with red eyes.

"Xiao Jian, you help your sister-in-law entertain Director Lin, my sister-in-law is powerless and can't stand still."

"Okay, sister-in-law, you quickly lie down and rest."

"Director Lin, why don't you just go to my dormitory in the old office area and sit down?" Oriental key is recommended.

"It's not early, I'll sit in the courtyard, you go and help." Lin Hao said.

"Okay, Xiao Dai, what do you need me to do?" Oriental Key asked.

"I don't know the specifics, just ask that Uncle Zhang, he is Director Zhang's cousin, he is responsible for all the funerals, and everyone listens to his command."

"Uncle Zhang, I'm Dongfang Jian, and I'm Director Zhang's subordinate, do you need my help?"

"You came just in time, my young brother's daughter and nephews can't come back, and there is a shortage of jacquard blue manpower, how about you bring someone to replace you?"

"No problem." Dongfang Jian said that he looked for Xiao Dai and said, "The two of us are jacquard blue." ”

"Brother Jian, you don't know, this jacquard blue is a junior's business, and we are not related to Director Zhang, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." Xiao Dai said.

"Director Zhang's relatives can't come back, he treats us like relatives, and it doesn't hurt for us to take care of us." Dongfang Jian said.

"Okay, Brother Jian is right, I'll listen to you."

When the time came to go out, Uncle Zhang shouted, "Funeral." "The juniors are draped in linen, wearing a "three-beam crown", and holding the coffin. Because Lao Zhangtou's daughter couldn't come back for a while, she had to be replaced by her nephew. Xiao Wang and Xu Chuchu distributed white towels to relatives and friends who were sending them to the funeral and tied them around their arms. In front of the queue, there is a person leading the way to put paper bills, several people set off firecrackers, oriental keys and small jacquard blue, and there are open road gongs, colored flags, head cards, wreaths, remains, soul sedan chairs, incense pavilions, fine soft bands, etc. The team went out of the alley, and more and more people came to see each other off, and there were not enough white towels, what should I do? The residents who sent them off said, "Miss Chuchu, you don't have to be anxious, we will take it with us." ”

On the street, the shops are closed, and more and more people join in the send-off.

Dongfang Jian heard the residents on the side of the road say, "Do you say God or not?" After looking for several days, Director Zhang's body has not been found, just the morning before yesterday, a group of fish carried his body upstream to the entrance of the Dongning River, someone found it, and quickly reported it to the town, the townspeople fished the body ashore, the fish reluctantly swam away, the people standing on the shore took a closer look at Director Zhang's remains, it turned out to be lifelike, you know that all people who fall into the water, the general body is blistered beyond recognition, and Director Zhang has not changed at all, the people say that Director Zhang has smelted a generation of water, he has become a water god, So the fish escorted his body home. ”

Uncle Ge also came to see him off, and Dongfang Jian stepped forward and said, "Uncle Ge, why are you here?" ”

"I'm here to send off Brother Zhang, brother, we said that we would smelt water for another ten years, you are so untrustworthy and go first, let my brother walk alone by the water, so it doesn't make people feel sad." Uncle Ge was in tears as he spoke, so that the people around him couldn't help but cry when they heard it. Dongfang Jian said to Xiao Wang: "This is Uncle Ge of Daxi Village, he was Director Zhang's best friend before his death, Uncle is old, I am afraid that he will be too sad and can't stand it, you take good care of him." ”

Xiao Wang wiped his tears and said, "Brother Jian, don't worry, leave it to me." Xiao Wang was by Uncle Ge's side.

There are more and more people who come to see them off spontaneously, extending from the entrance of the street to the Dongning River Bridge, not to mention tens of thousands of people, and the cars on the road automatically pull over and let the send-off team go first. Due to the large number of people, Zhou Zhijun was afraid of any accidents, so he said to Director Huang: "You quickly lead people to maintain order and ensure the safety of the masses, and there is only one way to go to the cemetery, so many people can't go up at all, you ask people to persuade the villagers at the foot of the mountain, and tell them to say goodbye to Director Zhang at the foot of the mountain and return from the original way." ”

"Yes, Secretary Zhou." Director Huang left in response.

Originally, the sky was good, but when I walked to the foot of the cemetery mountain, it suddenly began to rain in the sky, and the old people shouted: "This is God also sending Director Zhang with tears." The crowd burst into tears.

Director Lin, Zhou Zhijun, Dongfang Key, Xiao Wang, Xiao Dai and their relatives have been sent to the cemetery, watching the urn put into the cemetery, the tombstone is engraved with "The Tomb of the Water Smelting Hero Zhang Meiqing", Zhou Zhijun saw it and said softly to Lin Hao: "Director Lin, is it appropriate to engrave this tombstone like this?" The superiors have not posthumously recognized Director Zhang as a martyr, and the title of hero has strict regulations, and it cannot be said nonsense. ”

"Isn't the hero recognized by the common people better than the recognition of the superiors? Is it a hero? The common people have their own pole name in their hearts. Lin Hao said that Zhou Zhijun didn't say anything after listening to it.

After all the ceremonies were completed, Lin Hao bowed three times and said: "Brother Zhang, you can go with peace of mind, rest well from now on, you can rest assured, we will definitely take over your work and move forward bravely, we firmly believe that the sky will be bluer, the water will be greener, and the countryside will become more beautiful in the future." ”

Zhu Guihua was helped back by relatives and friends all the way, Lin Hao said to Dongfang Jian: "Sister-in-law, this look, it is difficult to take care of the aftermath, you live here at night, and work with the colleagues of the Metallurgical Water Office to arrange the aftermath properly, and return to the unit later tomorrow." ”

"Then I'll send you to the old ferry, I wonder if there are any boats?" Dongfang Jian said.

"I've contacted Director Mo, there's another ferry, let's go quickly."

On the way, Lin Hao said: "You saw the funeral scene, so many people spontaneously came to send Lao Zhang, which is enough to show the people's desire for a better life and a beautiful environment, and the water smelting work will be difficult in the future, but we must persevere and realize the dreams in the hearts of the people." ”

"Director Lin, don't worry, I will."

When I arrived at the old ferry, there was a small pleasure boat docked, and there were already many people on the boat, and after Lin Hao got on the boat, the boat drove downstream.

Dongfang Jian returned to Lao Zhangtou's house and asked Xiao Wang, "Where is Uncle Ge?" ”

"His son took him back to the village." Xiao Wang said.

"Good.".

Together with Xiao Wang and Xiao Dai, he helped his sister-in-law arrange for the guests to eat, and he was busy until late at night, when the guests gradually dispersed, and the sister-in-law was accompanied by her mother's family, so they left with peace of mind, and Dongfang Jian returned to the dormitory to rest.

Taking into account all considerations, the town appointed Xu Chuchu as the deputy director of the water smelting office to preside over the work of the town water smelting office.