One day in April, someone came to the village and found Qiao Anan, saying that the second grandfather was gone and asked her to call Qiao Zhongjiang and Jiang Xiu, and they had to come back quickly.

Qiao Anan felt nervous and asked quickly: "What's going on? When did it happen?"

The principal sighed and shook his head: "Just this morning, it was said that his grandson saw it. He accidentally fell to the ground and died on the spot. The family is busy dealing with funeral affairs, so let me inform you. And the third uncle and aunt came back quickly for the funeral."

Qiao Anan only felt a sense of sadness in her heart. Although the second grandfather didn't talk much on weekdays, he was a kind person, but he didn't expect that he would die without warning.

Qiao Anan quickly called Heshi, and Jiang Xiu answered the call.

【mom】

[It’s An An, how are you at home? Is it bitter? Those three little things must have grown a lot.]

[Growing up, I have been muttering about talking these days. Lele can call me daddy. I don’t think it’s the same. Ji Cheng said he was calling daddy. Didn’t you see that he is so proud now? Because Lele called him daddy for the first time. It’s called dad, not mom]

Jiang Xiu laughed out loud.

【Are you jealous? Don’t worry, mom will soon be able to shout too】

[I’m telling you something, don’t get excited. People in the village just told me that the second grandfather was gone this morning, so you and the third uncle were asked to come back for the funeral]

[Isn’t your second grandfather in good health? Is there something wrong? Why didn't you tell me earlier? I can go back and see him]

[I don’t know the specific situation. I just said that his grandson saw it with his own eyes. He fell to the ground and died.]

[I won’t tell you anymore, let’s pack up our things and go back quickly]

The family went back together. The three children stayed at home with their grandma. Qiao Anan and Ji Cheng took a few rolls of burning paper to the old grandfather's house.

There are already many people in the yard. The Qiao family is a big family. There are three grandfathers and three brothers. He also has several sons. The second, third and fourth generations together must have dozens of people.

As soon as the two people arrived, someone handed Qiao Anan a white-headed cloth. Everyone from the side branch had it, and the children and grandchildren of the second grandfather all had white clothes.

The woman wanted to go to the mourning hall to burn paper money. After crying a few times, Qiao Anan tugged on Ji Cheng's clothes and signaled her to go to the mourning house.

"Go."

Ji Cheng took the burning paper to the table next to him and someone was in charge of registering it.

Ji Cheng was considered a promising son-in-law of the Qiao family, so naturally someone came to talk to him.

"Isn't the old man in good health? I haven't heard of anything wrong with him?"

The person talking to Ji Cheng was the grandson of Third Grandpa and Qiao Zhongjiang's eldest brother.

The third brother and Jiang Xiu had told him about getting their marriage certificate, and now Qiao Anan was also his biological niece, not his cousin.

"I don't know. Maybe it's because I'm older, or Zhong Hai saw it. The second grandfather is gone, and the oldest generation is gone too. Alas..."

Qiao Anan entered the room and knelt on the futon, holding paper money in both hands, and the firelight reflected her moist eyes. She carefully put the paper money into the fire pot. The paper money burned in the flames and finally turned into ashes.

Just like human life.

When Qiao Anan returned to the countryside, her second grandfather helped her family a lot, which it can be said that her biological grandfather may not be able to do that. She recalled the voice and smile of her second grandpa during his lifetime, as well as his concern and care for her in daily life.

Such a good person is now lying quietly in the red coffin, no longer paying attention to everything in the world.

Qiao An'an never thought that she was rich in emotions, but at this moment, a burst of unspeakable grief surged into her heart. She couldn't help crying, and kowtowed three times while crying.

Someone came to pull her, it was the second grandpa’s eldest grandson’s daughter-in-law. She wiped away her tears while choking and admonishing: “An’an, don’t cry. Your second grandpa is old. He just left. We can’t let him go.” Restless life.”

Qiao Anan's eyes were red and she nodded: "Mom, I understand, I won't cry."

The second grandfather had no great achievements in his life. He worked hard to raise several children, married a daughter-in-law and raised a large family. He was the anchor of the entire family.

I have suffered many sins and enjoyed many blessings. This life is not in vain.

The second grandfather is so old that he has to stay at home for three days to show respect.

Qiao An'an also saw Liu Qing. She was kneeling in front of the second grandfather's coffin, her head buried deep.

Liu Qing has always lived with her grandfather, and she does the daily cooking and laundry. Her relationship with her second grandfather is more like that of a father and daughter, or a grandfather and granddaughter.

Qiao Anan felt it somewhat.

Qiao Anan patted her shoulder and said, "Take care, the second grandpa is Gaoshou. If you take care of her so much, she definitely doesn't want you to do this."

Liu Qing was still lying on the ground, motionless.

Qiao An'an went back until it was already late. Ji Cheng would go back later and discuss the burial and cremation rituals tomorrow. He would wait and see if there was anything he needed help with.

Although he was not his biological grandfather, and he did not have many opportunities to interact with his second grandfather, Qiao Anan felt very depressed.

As soon as they entered the gate, Ji's mother lit a fire for Qiao Anan to roast. The child was still young and couldn't let things get on him casually.

Qiao An'an followed all the instructions one by one. She is a living example. How could she not believe it?

"There is rice in the pot. An'an, wash your hands while we eat. Won't Ji Cheng come back?"

"He's going to come back later and wait to see if there's anything he can do to help."

"Well, if you do more now, you will be helping Shanzi. Shanzi is still young. If you don't help him, who will help him?"

Dinner was stir-fried cabbage with meat, pot stickers on top, and a small rapeseed.

"I originally wanted to scramble eggs. I don't know how your father feeds the two chickens at home. It only takes two days to pick up an egg, which is not enough for the children."

Ji Mancang said: "You can cut some vegetables and feed them at home. What I can feed is just corn grains, and sometimes I forget them."

"I don't know what else you can do?"

"I'll remember it carefully in the future."

Ji's mother's attitude towards Ji Mancang has not changed much.

Qiao An'an smoothed things over, "That's good."

For the three children, Ji's mother cooked noodles with two eggs on them, and each of the three adults fed them one, impartially.

After feeding the children and laying a mat for the three children to play, it was the adults' turn to eat.

It was already dark when Jiang Xiu and Qiao Zhongjiang came back. They burned paper dots and offered incense to the second grandfather. Jiang Xiu cried a lot.

She couldn't bear to see such a scene, and she couldn't help but shed tears when she thought of the dead man.

Qiao Zhongjiang understood and asked her to go home first after getting up.

The two homes were not tidied up. Qiao Zhongjiang's sister-in-law asked her to go home to live. Jiang Xiu still wanted to see her daughter and children and sleep there at night.

Jiang Xiu walked all the way and hadn't had dinner yet, so Qiao Anan hurriedly went to cook.

The three little ones didn't know their grandma, so they sat in a row and looked at Jiang Xiu curiously.

"Call grandma, I am grandma."

The three little ones: "..." Of course they won't bark.

Jiang Xiu picked up Qian Qian and weighed him, "It doesn't look fat, but it's quite heavy when I hold it. I've gained some weight."

"They can eat after they are seven months old. I have no other job, so I make food for them."

There was a lot of fun here, but there was a fight there.

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