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Chapter 33: Chapter 33

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    The old lady squinted her eyes, "If you don't know, then you don't know. You go and see why the person who dug the pit hasn't come back yet? It's getting dark today."

    Liu Maocai led the order to go out, and the person who had just walked to the door to dig the hole came back, calling everyone to come in, and the drummer who is not in fashion now is spared.  The yard is quiet, and it doesn't look gloomy because there are so many people.  Why is this trivial matter so awkward without a trumpeter?  Others have a lot of family members, so the crying seems lively, but Zhang Aiguo is only Hongmei, so the crying seems deserted.

    Li Cuihua came over and told Liu Maocai that the meal would be cooked soon, and that the big guys could come over for dinner. There were more than 20 households in the village, including 176 people, old and young.  The family members of every household are here, so it is very convenient to ask someone to eat, and they will be hit when they go home.  But everyone has to prepare their own bowls and chopsticks. Now everyone's life is hard, and no one has rich bowls and chopsticks.

    Li Cuihua looked at Zhang Hongmei kneeling there alone, and quickly poured her a bowl of hot water, "Hongmei, drink some hot water. I'll get you a meal first, or I can't stand it anymore."

    "No, San Niang, this is my family's business. Everyone is here to help. How can I eat before they have eaten? You don't have to worry about me, just take care of everyone for me and you will win."

    "You don't need to worry about this. You are too big to nurse them. You just take care of yourself and you will be hit. If you don't eat, where will you get hit? You have to keep watch at night, and you will be buried early tomorrow morning. It will be troublesome if you fall down again. The village  If people don't earn your money, you can rest assured to eat."

    Zhang Hongmei really has no appetite, but looking at Li Cuihua's concerned eyes is not easy to refuse.  "San Niang, I can't eat first, I'd better wait until everyone has finished eating!"

    "Yezhong. I'll bring it to you after everyone has left."

    Zhang Hongmei nodded, she really maintained her physical strength and there are more important things to do tomorrow, so she can't fall down with her small body.

    People came one after another. There were only two tables in the yard, and there were large pots of corn bread on them. The vegetables were in the pot, and whoever ate them would serve them.  Li Cuihua also put the prepared tributes on the small table in front of the coffin, two pieces of bacon, two bowls of half-cooked rice, two-day-old small dried fish, two bowls of vermicelli cooked in hot water, and two bowls of tofu.  fragrant.

    The people who came over bowed to Zhang Aiguo and his wife one by one.  There are so many people who don't make a fuss at all, they are still quiet, even the children bow in a decent way.  When people bowed and saluted Zhang Hongmei had to kowtow to return the salute. After everyone went to eat, Zhang Hongmei felt dizzy and dizzy when she looked up.  Stabilize yourself and close your eyes to feel better.

    Li Cuihua brought Zhang Hongmei a Wotou and a bowl of boiled cabbage and potatoes.  "Hurry up and eat Hongmei, it's too cold."

    "Third Mother, have my grandma and grandpa and my parents' comrades-in-arms all eaten?"

    "Don't worry, it's all eaten, you don't have to worry. Hurry up and eat, don't talk." Li Cuihua stuffed her with a cornbread while holding a bowl for Zhang Hongmei. Now is not the time to be particular, just eat like this, wash your hands or something  It's all floating clouds.

    Zhang Hongmei stubbornly ate half of the Wotou and said that she couldn't eat anything.  I was already angry in my heart, and the food was not appetizing.  Li Cuihua looked at it and persuaded her, but she really couldn't eat it.  In the end, Zhang Hongmei had no choice but to drink another half bowl of hot water.  The filial sons of other families can take turns to watch the night, but she is the only one in the Zhang family, and no one can replace her, so she has to kneel all the time.

    After a long time, Zhang Hongmei felt that her legs were numb.  Li Cuihua came over again, "Hongmei, your grandma told you to come in."

    "Third Mother, what's the matter?"

    "No. I won't make you kneel anymore. Get up quickly, and I'll help you in." Li Cuihua forcibly pulled Zhang Hongmei up, and helped her into the room.

    "Girl Hongmei, let's do this first, don't kneel, the living is important, your parents will understand in the spirit of the sky. Go back to the house and go to sleep, the old ones have gone back too. Let your third mother call you tomorrow morning  Get up." After finishing speaking, the old lady greeted several old men and left.

    "Grandma, please go slowly, thank you for coming today."

    The old lady waved her hand and left without saying anything, supported by Liu Changhe.  The remaining two old men followed suit.

    "Hongmei, I won't go back tonight to be your company, let us go back to the house, the rest of the arrangement is up to your third uncle."

    Zhang Hongmei looked at Yu Chenglong who had been sitting on the bench, "Uncle, you can live in this house, thank you for your hard work."

    "Go, Hongmei, I'm here, and I'll make arrangements for the two comrades."

    Lying on the warm quilt, Zhang Hongmei felt alive again. Li Cuihua's quilt was brought from her home.OK, no richness.

    Liu Maocai, who was in the opposite room, made arrangements for Yu Chenglong and returned to his home. The sixteen people who will be busy carrying the coffin tomorrow morning will be notified before eating.  The nest was hit.  If it is overthrown, let Jianguo still have two pillars.

    Liu Maocai went to bed after thinking about tomorrow's affairs in his mind. This half day was not easy.

    But Yu Chenglong couldn't sleep anymore, Zhang Aiguo's family looked like they could live on, and he proposed to let Zhang Hongmei go to the army, but the battalion commander rejected it, that's right, what can such a big girl do in the army?  Besides, the border is not peaceful now, and there are often assembly conflicts. If there is any danger at that time, it will be troublesome.  Let's take it one step at a time. I will be buried tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow I will take Zhang Hongmei to the city's Armed Forces Department to get the certificate stamped, and then go to the county's Armed Forces Department to file, and then get the compensation. There will be living expenses every month in the future. This little girl should  You won't be starving in the days to come.

    Yu Chenglong didn't feel sleepy at all. He kept thinking about Zhang Hongmei's future life and how he could arrange it to help her better.  From now on, I will post some vouchers to her every six months, and my comrades can support the little girl no matter what.

    Zhang Hongmei didn't feel sleepy either, lying on the bed with her eyes closed, replaying the past of Xiao Hongmei's family in her mind. The memory before the age of five was the military camp. Parents were often away from home. After the age of five, they would work in the fields. Every year, the two would come back to live.  One month, this is the happiest time for Xiao Hongmei.  Every time they come back, the three of them sleep together. Cui Lin hugs Xiao Hongmei and sings a lullaby that Zhang Hongmei has never heard before, tells her stories, bathes her and puts her hair into braids.  Zhang Aiguo always took Xiao Hongmei to visit and told her jokes.  To catch up with the autumn harvest, the two adults would work and let Xiao Hongmei play on the side.  The scattered memories are filled with Xiao Hongmei's pure love for the couple.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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