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Chapter 620

You want to buy insurance for so many of us? You're spending money recklessly! Why do you buy that thing? With that money, during the Chinese New Year, buy more gifts for your grandma, aunt, and uncle, and they will definitely be happier. Yes, you child!

Ge Xiaozhu expressed doubts and objections.

Insurance, for her, is too foreign.

She has never heard of anyone buying it since she was a child.

Xu Tongdao smiled bitterly.

I had to be patient with her to analyze and explain, and by the way, I took Ge Zhiping's stomach cancer as an example.

Ge Xiaozhu was startled.

Zhiping has stomach cancer? When did it happen? I never heard of it...

Of course, she hadn't heard of it. She lives in the county seat now, and she basically doesn't go back to Xujia Village. No one from Xujia Village comes here to look for her. What happened in the village, how can she know?

These days, there is no circle of friends to brush her.

Ge Zhiping's example has some effect on her.

Tongdao Xu answered her many more questions before she nodded and agreed to buy insurance for their elders.

Seeing her promise, Tongdao Xu was happy and mentioned another matter.

He persuaded his mother to go to the city hospital with him for a general checkup in the near future.

Before going home today, he had thought about it. He would do a full body check on his mother every year from now on. He didn't plan to convince his grandmother, aunt and uncle to go with them.

It's not about money, it's mainly elderly people, who are stubborn and generally don't like going to the hospital. To convince so many elders, his scalp tingles just thinking about it.

In contrast, it is definitely much easier to convince the mother alone.

No, it took him more than an hour to convince his mother Ge Xiaozhu alone. During this period, his sister Ge Yuzhu also helped with his mother's ideological work. Finally, he reluctantly asked his mother to agree to go to the market with him for two days. Check up at the hospital.

Even though she had no choice but to agree, she still said that he was spending money indiscriminately and would not live.

Fortunately... Two days later, he took his mother to the city hospital for a complete physical examination and the results were fine.

Blood pressure and blood sugar are a bit high, and others are also some minor problems. It is enough to pay more attention to taking care of them.

I'll just say you're spending money indiscriminately! How's it going? You're more comfortable with your money being wasted?

When she came out of the hospital, her mother, Ge Xiaozhu, took the opportunity to teach Xu Tongdao to be a man again.

What else can Xu Tongdao say?

Can only accompany a smile, do not argue with her.

As far as he is concerned, it is necessary to give his mother a full-body examination every year, at least to give him peace of mind.

No serious illness was found, which is naturally the best result.

...

Time flies, day and night.

In the blink of an eye, another half a month passed, and the time came to mid-December.

On the evening of December 17th, more than 9:00.

Tongdao Xu was reading on the reclining chair on the balcony when he suddenly received a call from Ge Xiaoyu.

Xiaodao...my dad is gone...

As soon as the call was made, Ge Xiaoyu's choked voice reached Xu Tongdao's ears, which made Xu Tongdao's heart sink. Although Ge Zhiping was discharged from the hospital, he expected that day would come soon.

But when he heard the news of Ge Zhiping's death, he still felt heavy.

Still in his prime, Ge Zhiping, who was in his forties, just left.

Some things can't be thought about.

Seriously terrified.

Who can guarantee that he will always be the lucky one? In this life, you will not be found early by some terminal illness?

Once you think too much, you may lose your enthusiasm for life, pursuit of career, and so on.

It's easy to get caught up in depression.

Need my help?

After a long silence, Tongdao Xu broke the silence and asked.

Ge Xiaoyu: No, someone in the village has already come to help, and some of my relatives will also come to help. You are so busy, so don't need it.

Tongdao Xu was silent for a moment, and then asked again, Which day will the funeral be? I'll take time to come back and send one to your father.

Ge Xiaoyu: This, this hasn't been decided yet, and I don't know. Maybe I won't know until my mother and the others discuss it.

Xu Tongdao sighed, Then the time for the burial is set, you remember to send me a text message and tell me, by the way, do you have the money for the funeral? If you have any difficulties, let me know.

In the more than a month that her father was sick and hospitalized for chemotherapy, he and Ge Xiaoyu had more contact with each other, and some of the barriers and prejudice between them had been eliminated.

They should be friends with each other.

Moreover, they have grown up together since childhood, and she was the girl he had a crush on when he was young, so if he could help, Tongdao Xu would not hesitate to help.

Ge Xiaoyu: Thank you, Xiaodao, but it shouldn't be used anymore. My family had some savings before, and you borrowed all the expenses for my father's illness and hospitalization. The savings at home have not been moved. If you really need help, I will I'll talk to you, anyway, thank you.

Tong Xu said, Don't be so polite with me.

After a pause, he said two more words: Sorry!

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Two days later, afternoon.

Xu Tongdao went back to Shazhou County by car, and Xi Dongyang was still driving.

On the day of Ge Zhiping's burial, Ge Xiaoyu had sent a text message yesterday to tell him that it was tomorrow.

According to the rules of their burial here, the burial must be when the sky is dawn. After burying the deceased, everyone will come back for breakfast.

Therefore, since Tongdao Xu planned to attend the funeral and burial, he had to go back a day earlier, otherwise he would not be able to catch up.

Can't ask Ge Xiaoyu to delay her father's burial in order to wait for him to catch up?

On the afternoon of returning to Shazhou, Tongdao Xu asked Xi Dongyang to drive directly to Xujia Village - Ge Xiaoyu's house.

He was dressed in black, accompanied by Xi Dongyang, and walked into the mourning hall of Ge Xiaoyu's house under the different gazes of the villagers, young and old.

The mourning hall was built in the main room of her house.

A pergola was built outside the door, and the inside of the door was arranged as a mourning hall according to local customs, and there were Taoist priests singing things that no one could understand.

There are various traditional musical instruments, and the players mourn and mourn.

Xiao Dao is back?

Is this the eldest son of the Weixi family?

Where's Xiaozhu? Why didn't her son come back?

Is Xiaodao's family related to Xiaoyu's family? Why is he here?

...

The young and old who participated and watched saw Tongdao Xu coming, whispered, talked to each other, looked at Tongdao Xu, surprised, suspicious, and so on.

Tongdao Xu turned a deaf ear, dressed in a black suit and white shirt, he walked into the mourning hall with a solemn face, and Xi Dongyang, who came in with him, according to local customs, handed a package of space prepared in advance to the recipient, this gift. , will be marked and hung above the mourning hall.

Above the mourning hall, a lot of space quilts, blankets, and so on have been hung.

Tongdao Xu looked at the spiritual seat and the portrait of Ge Zhiping on the table of the Eight Immortals, sighed softly, knelt down on the futon on the ground according to the rules, took a stick of incense handed over by someone next to him, made a bow, stood up and placed it in front of the portrait. in the incense burner.

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