He didn't sleep a wink all night, and in the middle of the night, Bai Xinyu, who had rested in the hut for a while, came out and accompanied her husband to sit in front of the table where the old mother's body was placed. The two of them were silent, and they couldn't help but think of many things in the past.
At dawn, Director Xiao Zixin washed his face and went out to make arrangements for today's funeral.
At this time, a car drove gently into the village in the morning fog and parked outside Director Xiao Zixin's home.
A woman got out of the car, followed by a man and a woman and two and a half-year-old children. Almost no one in Niangniang Village knew them. The three of them stopped for a moment and entered the home of Director Xiao Zixin. This person was the same person many years ago. Xiao Jiang, a waitress at the Xuanpu County Government Hotel, Jiang Lanhua, and her two children. Their arrival was unexpected for Xiao Zixin, and no one knew them except him.
"Come on, kneel down and kowtow to your grandma..." [
After Jiang Lanhua bowed deeply three times to the body of Director Xiao Zixin's old mother, she turned back to the two children behind her with tears in her eyes.
"Kowtow to grandma..."
Jiang Lanhua saw the confusion and surprise on the faces of her relatives and friends, and realized that she had moved on and said it, so she quickly changed her words from "To your grandma" to "Kowtow to your grandma..."
This vague statement is completely acceptable to everyone, including Bai Xinyu. In rural areas, the relationship between neighbors is like this in most areas, and they are relatively harmonious. When an elderly person passes away, it is customary to call him grandma. It was only natural, so Jiang Lanhua’s hurried change of words did not appear to be harsh, but made Director Xiao Zixin’s relatives and friends feel cordial and returned the favor one after another...
The two children were very obedient. They knelt down and kowtowed three times to the old lady seriously.
The relatives and friends standing nearby, as well as Bai Xinyu, really didn't know who the three people were. They returned the courtesy and observed, and Da Laotian took the initiative to greet them warmly. After that, Jiang Lanhua went to a person outside the door. At the table, she took out a paper bag and gave it to them, which contained about a thousand yuan. The relatives and friends who kept the account asked her name and what company she worked in. Jiang Lanhua whispered to the other party what her name was and what company she worked in. One stroke at a time, I wrote on it: Jiang Lanhua, xx Bureau Office. At the back, I wrote: 1,000 per person.
Jiang Lanhua, who was working as a waitress at the Xuanpu County Government Hotel back then, is now the deputy director of the Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau Office.
In fact, Jiang Lanhua had already known about the sudden death of Xiao Zixin's mother. She wanted to bring her two children here yesterday, but she was very confused. Come on, it's not good. After all, she has no name or status, and It is easy for Director Xiao Zixin to agree with the unfavorable influence. However, if she does not come, she will always feel that it is difficult to cope with it. How many times have such family events happened in her life? Her entire work and life have been affected by various reasons over the years. , because of the help of Director Xiao Zixin’s friends, things are getting better and better now. She has also transformed from a real rural woman to a middle-level cadre of the Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau...
Her disabled husband has a formal job. Although he is in the Disabled Persons' Federation, after all, he gets a monthly salary, his life is guaranteed, and his work is very satisfactory. Not only did she suffer all the hardships she suffered in the past, She received compensation, and she really didn't expect that she would now become an official state cadre, a "civil servant."
To be honest, let alone letting her and her child go, what would she be doing now without Director Xiao Zixin?
Now the two children are eighteen years old. One has just been admitted to the Department of Economics of a provincial key university...the other has also been admitted to a university in other provinces. It can be said that everything goes as it should. These two made her suffer a lot back then. The suffering twins also sincerely supported her. Of course, in addition to the usual help and assistance from Director Xiao Zixin, Director Xiao Zixin did not worry too much about their old university affairs this time, and did not use any of it. The power or interpersonal relationships in their hands, everything depends on their own progress and hard work.
It turned out that Director Xiao Zixin had discussed with Jiang Lanhua more than once on the phone when the two children were about to take the college entrance examination and their future schooling. He also considered that if one of the two children failed to enter college, Xiao Zixin would not be able to go to college. Director Xin is planning to let him or her go to the Provincial Police College (college). In the future, he or she will inherit his father's legacy. Being a policeman or the leader of the Public Security Bureau is also a good life choice.
After all, Director Xiao Zixin can handle the affairs of the Police College, and they are all his own business.
But Jiang Lanhua reassured him, telling him that the two children were very competitive, very smart, and studied well. Even in the city experimental middle school, they could be ranked among the top 50... This made Director Xiao Zixin feel relieved. At the same time, I also feel very warm and happy.
Regarding the education of his children, he, the actual father, has not done much in these years, let alone done much for them openly. He has only tried his best not to let them suffer in terms of tuition fees, life and other aspects. Any grievance. What makes Director Xiao Zixin even more satisfied is that fortunately, apart from studying, the two children are not like many children in society who use their power to dominate others and are domineering. Especially the son, who has never followed others. Fights happened...
If something like that happens, Director Xiao Zixin can of course use his power and influence. Of course, the leaders of the Public Security Bureau below will also take the initiative to reduce major issues to trivial matters. No matter what, Director Xiao Zixin will not ignore it.
However, over the years, these two children, whether they are boys or girls, have made him very reassured, and they are becoming more and more reassured. With the end of the college entrance examination and their whereabouts determined, Director Xiao Zixin felt in his heart I even felt the happiness and responsibility of a father.
It's just that all of this cannot be made public. Including the children, Director Xiao Zixin, Jiang Lanhua, and their two twin children - none of the three parties knows much about it.
This time Jiang Lanhua suddenly proposed to take them to the funeral of an old ***, but they were still reluctant to come and asked who it was? Why should they attend the funeral of someone they had never heard of? [
Moreover, from the bottom of their hearts, they are really a little scared...
"It's your grandma, an old grandma, who is kind to her mother, my child..."
Jiang Lanhua's explanation of her son and daughter was very natural and touching. Originally, she wanted to come over yesterday, but then she heard that the funeral would not be held until today, so she resisted some emotional impulse and didn't call the work car until early this morning. The three of them, mother and son, were sent to Niangniang Village early.
Jiang Lanhua has never seen Director Xiao Zixin’s old mother. This is also the first time in her life that she has come to Director Xiao Zixin’s hometown. She has often heard Xiao Zixin talk about it since she was young. His mother also heard many things about her old man's kindness, so her heart was filled with the same sincere gratitude as a son or daughter or a daughter-in-law towards this old man she had never met. However, she also knew that in this life, she and Xiao Zi Director Xin's matter can only go so far. She is not blessed to be the real daughter-in-law of this family...
Despite this, she still felt satisfied.
What else is there to do? In today's society, although corrupt officials everywhere are constantly hiring mistresses... Jiang Lanhua has been fully aware of this in the China Merchants Bureau over the years, but there are a few others How could a high-ranking official and a well-paid person like Xiao Zixin treat their mothers sincerely, including her husband? Moreover, he was only responsible for the Meng Lang when he was young, and he has no intention or intention towards her so far. Unexpectedly, this made her feel more and more good about Xiao Zixin.
She could have pretended not to know anything and didn't have to bring her two children to attend the funeral of the elder Xiao Zixin's mother. In this way, they might be able to reduce a lot of unknown unexpected worries and nonsense.
However, others may be able to do it, but Jiang Lanhua cannot.
Therefore, she managed to restrain herself yesterday and did not come. She waited until dawn today - that was also the last time Director Xiao Zixin spent a whole night thinking about things and was filled with excitement next to her old mother's body. .
Now, Director Xiao Zixin has gone out and Zhang Luo's funeral has been arranged, but Jiang Lanhua and her two children quietly appeared at Xiao's house...
Who are they?
Of course, the first person who was sensitive to this was Director Xiao Zixin's lover Bai Xinyu. After Jiang Lanhua and the two children bowed to the old man and knelt down to kowtow, she stayed for a long time without coming back to her senses.
She looked at Jiang Lanhua subconsciously. She didn't know this woman, nor did she know which unit she worked in, nor what was her relationship with Xiao Zixin?
Why have I never seen this woman?
"Kowtow to your grandma quickly..."
Did she say that? Or was she too exhausted these past few days and nights, so she misheard? She really wasn't sure.
Who does that boy look like?
Why does it look so familiar?
Bai Xinyu's thoughts were indeed correct, and the fleeting doubts in her inner world were not without any basis. It was not an illusion caused by her exhaustion, it was just that she was not sure.
If Director Xiao Zixin's old mother were alive and saw this scene in front of her at this moment, saw the two children brought by Jiang Lanhua - especially the boy, with his eyebrows, his face, then The expression, the figure...the old lady will definitely identify without hesitation that that is what Director Xiao Zixin looked like when he was a child!!...
Even Xiao Zixin's father, Xiao Laowen, who came in from outside later, felt this. He didn't see the scene where mother and son bowed and kowtowed to the body of his wife just now, and he didn't know where they came from or what they were. Department leaders or other relationships, but after the old man saw the boy, he couldn't help but feel "fooled", and then took a closer look. Yes, he seemed to have immediately seen what Xiao Zixin looked like when he was a child...
Despite this, due to the special sad scene at that time and the chaos of people early in the morning, everyone was busy preparing to start the funeral. No one, including Bai Xinyu, had much time. What to consider.[
When Director Xiao Zixin came back and saw Jiang Lanhua, he was also stunned for a moment.
"You...are here..."
"Yes." Jiang Lanhua nodded, her eyes suddenly turned red, and big tears rolled out of her eyes.
Director Xiao Zixin tried her best to control her mood and complicated emotions. She glanced at the children behind her and quickly arranged for someone to tell them to take a rest. He turned around and went to work on other things.
He really didn't dare to stay with them for too long. This, this...
Just before dawn last night, Director Xiao Zixin was still thinking about Jiang Lanhua and her two children, and wondered why they hadn't come for two days. Originally, he thought this would be better, but in their situation They shouldn't come to participate. If they come, what status will they use? Or is it an excuse from some unit? It doesn't seem appropriate. Not coming, but Director Xiao Zixin breathed a sigh of relief...
How could he have imagined that this morning, his father-in-law and mother-in-law had not arrived yet. He had just walked around the entrance of the village and did not see the shadow of the car, but when he came back, he saw Jiang Lanhua and the two children at a glance?
For a moment, I felt really complicated, as if I had knocked over a five-flavor bottle.
He even regretted it after last night. If he knew that his old mother would die suddenly, then he would rather her old mother be angry and secretly tell her about Jiang Lanhua and the two children. At least, Let her know that before she died, she knew that she had grandchildren, and there were two of them, one grandson and one daughter...
Unfortunately, all decisions came too late, and until the old mother passed away, he did not decide whether to tell her about this.
Now, they are right in front of the old mother, but she will never see her grandchildren with her own eyes. Director Xiao Zixin was still thinking when he turned to leave at this moment, she will meet in heaven. Did you see them? Would you know?
Hope!!
After a while, another car drove into the Niangniang Village. It was the father-in-law and mother-in-law of Director Xiao Zixin - Bai Xinyu's old father and mother.
As soon as Director Xiao Zixin heard the sound of the car horn, he knew who had arrived. He hurriedly put down his things and ran out. Bai Xinyu followed him. As expected, he saw Deputy Secretary Bai and him from a distance. My wife slowly got out of the Xuanpu County Government car. The first person to get off was the old lady - the deputy director of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau of Xuanpu County at that time. Now she has become a pure old lady without even realizing it. After she got off the car, it was inconvenient for her to go back and help the old man who had just come directly from the county hospital.
Director Xiao Zixin hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to help him, who had helped him embark on an official career. Later, due to various reasons, especially his father-in-law, Deputy Secretary Bai, who was offended because he was ordered to investigate a certain street in the county. .
My lover Bai Xinyu then trotted to catch up.
The two of them, one on the left and the other on the right, supported Deputy Secretary Bai, whose physical fitness was obviously worse than before. However, everything in the past seemed to have changed with the passage of time, as if it had never happened...
Today's deputy secretary Bai, from the bottom of his heart, admires his uncle very much. After all, not just anyone can achieve his position as director of the provincial public security department...
Moreover, I heard that he would soon go to the capital to serve as an official. The old man was truly happy for his girl, his only precious daughter.
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