In the living room, Gongsun Rui looked at the Feng family and Gongsun Yan with an inquiring gaze.

When Feng heard this, he burst into tears, and his lips were speechless; Gongsun Yan's eyes were red and his fists were clenched.

"The matter has come to this, let's obey the third brother's heart!" Gongsun Rui sighed.

Feng hesitated for a moment, then nodded helplessly.

Gongsun Rui told Zhong Ren to stay in the living room with the two children. He walked into the bedroom with the Feng clan and Gongsun Yan, took out a small red pill from the medicine gourd, and handed it to Gongsun Yan.

Gongsun Yan glanced at his father, then at his mother, silently took the pill with both hands, and gave it to his father with water.

After only a short while, Gongsun Dian's face began to be rosy, his breathing became steady and powerful, and his cloudy eyes began to shine, and he motioned for the Feng clan to help him sit up. Looking at Gongsun Rui, he said in a voice full of gratitude:

"Thank you, second brother! It's hard for you. Gongsun Rui looked lonely, waved his hand and sighed.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Gongsun Dian said sadly: "After three years in the army, I didn't see an inch of success, but I caused a big disaster to the family!" I ask the second brother to tell the second elder that I can't be filial piety by the second elder's side, and I hope they can forgive me and treat Fengyi's mother and son well. "Feng Yi is the name of the Feng family.

"Alas! It's not your fault, it's a blessing or a curse! The third brother doesn't have to blame himself, my parents and eldest brother, I will explain it personally. Gongsun Rui sighed comfortingly.

Gongsun Dian turned to the Feng clan again and said affectionately: "You have worked hard these days, and you will only have to take care of the children in the future!" Take care of yourself! Feng's nose was sour, and he sobbed and nodded in agreement.

Gongsun Dian motioned for Gongsun Yan to approach, stroked his head and said, "You have also learned seven or eight points in my medical skills, but you lack experience, if you want to practice medicine in the future, you have to learn from the elders, and have a lot of experience!" It's just ......" he paused in his tone and continued: "It's just that my father ended up like this, I hope you can learn from it and control your own destiny best!" ”

Gongsun Yan nodded vigorously with tears in his eyes.

Gongsun Dian said to the Feng clan again: "I will be buried here after I die, everything is simple, don't make trouble for the family anymore, you take the children back to the family!" Feng sobbed and nodded.

His eyes turned to Gongsun Yan and said, "Go and call Uncle Zhong and them." ”

Gongsun Yan hurriedly ran to the living room and called Zhong Ren and his younger siblings. As soon as the two little ones entered the room, they pounced on their father. Gongsun Sheng choked up and asked:

"Daddy, are you feeling better?"

Gongsun Dian replied with a smile: "It's much better! Sheng'er grows up, and in the future, she will learn more from her brother and help her mother do things. Gongsun Sheng's eyes were red, and he nodded vigorously.

Gongsun Dian smiled again and said to Gongsun Yao: "Do you know me?" ”

"You're Daddy!" Gongsun Yao replied shyly.

"Hehe......" Gongsun Dian smiled happily and said, "Yao'er is so old, do you like it when you see your father?" ”

"I like it!" Gongsun Yao said happily, "Daddy, don't leave in the future, my brother and I miss you very much." Gongsun Yao pouted and said.

Gongsun Dian's expression was astringent, and he said with a wry smile: "This time Daddy will never leave again!" He patted her head with his hand, touched her face again, motioned for Gongsun Sheng to take his sister away, and watched them walk out of the room with reluctance.

Gongsun Dian turned his gaze to Zhong Ren and said, "Brother Zhong has worked hard all these years! ”

"Sir...... Sir's words are serious, and they are all what I should do. Zhong Ren hurriedly replied. Gongsun Dian has always objected to Zhong Ren calling him "master", and usually asks him to call him sir.

"After I die, please ask Brother Zhong to do the last thing, send the ladies and them back to the family, Brother Zhong will be free in the future, thank you for everything you have done for us!" Gongsun Dian continued.

"Don't worry, sir, I'll do my best!" Zhong Ren replied with a heavy face.

Gongsun Dian seemed to let go of a heavy burden and breathed a heavy sigh of relief! Turned silent. Seeing this scene, Gongsun Rui motioned for Zhong Ren and Gongsun Yan to walk out, leaving only the Feng family alone.

In the living room, Gongsun Yan invited the second uncle to sit down and serve tea, while the others stood silent.

After about a cup of tea, Feng slowly walked into the living room with tears on his face, and Gongsun Yan hurriedly stepped forward and asked:

"Mother, what's wrong with Daddy?"

"Your father...... He...... He's asleep," the Wind replied in a mournful voice.

Hearing this, Gongsun Rui got up and walked into the bedroom, and Gongsun Yan also followed.

In the bedroom, Gongsun Dian was calm and lying on the bed peacefully, Gongsun Rui walked over, picked up his hand to carefully check the pulse, and probed his snort, then shook his head, gently put down Gongsun Dian's hand, and covered his head with the quilt. Then he took Gongsun Yan to the living room and said to everyone:

"The third brother has gone, let's prepare for the future!"

Shao Tian added: "According to the last wish of the third brother!" Everything is simple, tomorrow morning for the funeral, I will go back to make arrangements. ”

After speaking, Gongsun Rui staggered out of the room, as if he had aged ten years all of a sudden.

When the people heard this, they mourned. Fortunately, the Feng clan was mentally prepared, and began to set up a mourning hall at home and bathe and change clothes for Gongsun Dian to prepare for the future. Soon, Gongsun Rui also sent his eldest son Gongsun Yi to arrive to help take care of it, and brought funeral and funeral belongings.

Early the next morning, just arrived in Yin when he set off for the funeral, Gongsun Yan and his mother, younger brothers and sisters dressed in linen cloth filial piety clothes, holding the coffin to walk in front of the team, as soon as the hospital door was out of the door, there were many figures standing on both sides of the road in front, it turned out that Gongsun Dian had treated people in the early years heard the news and rushed to the funeral. It must have been Gongsun Rui who leaked the news when preparing funeral supplies.

Seeing this scene, Gongsun Yan and his mother were moved! The so-called world is hot and cold, cold and warm self-knowing, it is human nature to seek good fortune and avoid evil, there are many people who are icing on the cake, and there are many people who fall into the well, but how many people send charcoal in the snow when they are in trouble? The sudden change in the family can't help but make Gongsun Yan feel a lot of emotion at a young age!

The group walked in a hurry, and soon came to a hill outside the town, where Gongsun Rui had already sent someone to prepare the cemetery. After a simple burial and ceremony, the sky gradually brightened, and everyone left one after another.

Gongsun Yan, his mother, Uncle Zhong and others stood silently in front of Gongsun Dian's grave, unwilling to leave for a long time. On the occasion of Jiumin, the autumn breeze is rising, the fallen leaves are scattered, a bleak scene, seeing his mother hugging his younger siblings and sobbing, Gongsun Yan felt desolate in his heart, and couldn't help but think of his father's dying admonition: "It's best to be able to control your own destiny!" At this moment, his belief in practicing medicine and helping the world began to waver.

Huachen has always governed the country with "rites", and the funeral system stipulates that the children of the deceased father must observe filial piety for three years and must live next to the grave; In special cases, you can be simple, but you must also keep filial piety for at least 36 days, and you can keep filial piety at home when you are young.

Back at home, Gongsun Yan first held a three-day vigil for his father with his mother and younger siblings in the mourning hall to receive relatives and friends who came to pay respects; Then he helped his mother sort out his father's relics, and assisted Uncle Zhong in handling various things in preparation for returning to the family.

There are many classics about medicine in Gongsun Yan's family, most of which were copied from the family library when Gongsun Dian was a teenager, and many of them are Gongsun Dian's medical records and his experience in diagnosing and treating patients. If Gongsun Yan wants to inherit his father's business and make achievements in the pharmaceutical industry, these relics of Gongsun Dian are undoubtedly very precious.

Looking at these classics and experiences left to him by his father, Gongsun Yan was sad in his heart, his father was resolute and persistent, always pursuing the perfection of medical skills and the ultimate in medicine, in line with the benevolent attitude of doctors, hanging pots to help the world, help the needy! In order to save the dead and help the wounded, my father often worked tirelessly, ran around, and resolutely joined the army on the battlefield when the country was in trouble, but in the end he ended up like this! All this left a huge shadow on the young Gongsun Yan. For the first time, the sense of powerlessness in controlling fate clearly hit my heart, and my belief in practicing medicine since childhood began to waver a little.

The death of his father made the family have no financial resources, his younger brother and sister are young, and Gongsun Yan has suddenly become the "pillar" of the family, he is not at a loss, and even a little panicked! He is still young, and it is obviously unrealistic to go out to practice medicine, although the second uncle can help in a short period of time, but the so-called "help the urgent does not help the poor!" "This cannot be long-lasting. He decided that after the expiration of the filial piety period, he would go to the family's shop to find a job to help manage the medicinal herb business, and even be a medical assistant, he was confident that although he could not "enter the house" as a doctor, he was still competent in various trivial matters related to the practice of medicine, Gongsun Yan secretly planned in his heart.