Struggle of Baochai

"Brother is back."

Baochai searched for two whole days before she could sort out the family's property. She wrote down the list carefully, leaving Mrs. Xue's dowry and some land, and the money for developing Siberian mines and road construction. , I asked someone to make a form for the rest, and then I wanted to give these to Zhen Shiyin for a look, and asked Zhen Shiyin to write a form for her, but at this time the housekeeper said that Xue Pan had returned them.

Putting the list together and putting it away, Baochai hurriedly adjusted her clothes and went to the door to greet her.

Baochai supported Mrs. Xue and stood at the door to watch. From a distance, she saw a carriage approaching. The big red coffin on the carriage was really conspicuous, making Xue Pan's figure on the horse beside the carriage blurred.

"master……"

Now Mrs. Xue was dragged to Xue Hong's coffin, she couldn't stand it for a while and fell limp on the ground.

Baochai quickly helped her up, calling out, "Mom, don't cry, let Daddy go home first."

"Yes, yes, welcome your father home first."

Mrs. Xue immediately called a few strong servants to help carry the coffin down. As soon as the coffin entered the door, Xue Pan fell off his horse and knelt down at Mrs. Xue's feet, with tears on his face and sobs in his mouth. : "Mom, the unfilial son is back. The son didn't save his father's life, so he can only bring back his father's bones."

Mrs. Xue caressed Xue Pan, her body shaking unbearably.

Baochai was also weak, and the grief in her heart was unspeakable, but her mother and brothers were like this. If she cried again, who would take care of her father's bones, who would arrange for the funeral, and who would handle the funeral so that her father could be buried in peace.

Baochai never dared to show any grievances at the moment, so she could only comfort Mrs. Xue, and said to Xue Pan: "Brother, go wash your face first. There are still many things to do after this. We have to do the same thing, and we have to let you Father is decent... let's go to the ground."

Xue Pan answered with a sob, raised his eyes to look at Baochai, and wiped away his tears: "Mom, sister is right, let's go home first."

They helped Mrs. Xue into the door from left to right. The mourning hall had been set up a long time ago. Now the coffin has been carried into the mourning hall. Because the weather is getting hotter and hotter, the coffin is surrounded by ice, so it fell down. No smell either.

When Baochai entered the door, Xue Hong's coffin had already stopped on the left side of the mourning hall. There was still some burning paper ash in the earthen pot, which made the whole mourning hall full of smoke.

On the right side of the mourning hall are dry grass branches and rice stalks, which are used for family members to cry and wake up.

Baochai looked around and found that there was nothing missing, so she felt relieved.

After that, she looked at the huge coffin. The red coffin pierced Baochai's eyes with pain. She thought that this was her father, the father who loved her the most and loved her, the father who taught her how to read and write. , always stroking the top of her head with a smile and saying that our Baochai is the smartest father.

Baochai walked towards the coffin step by step, heavy and slow, and when she approached, she pushed the coffin lid a little with a sudden force.

"Baochai?"

Mrs. Xue cried out in shock.

Baochai turned back with a smile: "Mom, we have been looking forward to it for so many days, and father finally came back. In a few days, he will leave again. We must take a good look at father. Father is the most clean on weekdays, brother Rough hands and feet, I'm afraid my brother didn't wipe my father's face clean, if it's really unclean, I'll give my father a good wash, I can't let him leave in disgrace."

Mrs. Xue couldn't help crying, Xue Pan clenched his fists and tried to restrain himself: "Sister, you should stop watching...Father..."

Before he finished speaking, Baochai had already pushed the cover away a lot. She stood on tiptoe, trying hard to see Xue Hong's face clearly.

The object of entry was a gray face with a long scar and uneven hair. Seeing this, Baochai took two steps back, covered her mouth and swallowed her crying. She said softly: "What can I do, father values ​​appearance the most, brother, how do you let father come back with a scar."

"Master!" Mrs. Xue cried and fell down beside the coffin, beating the ground with her right hand: "Master, it really hurts Sharen..."

Baochai pursed her lips, raised her head after a while, swallowed her tears, took the handkerchief and wiped Xue Hong's face carefully, helped Mrs. Xue to look at Xue Hong again, and then said: "Brother, Gai All right."

Xue Pan went over to cover the coffin again. Baochai lit the incense and bowed to the coffin a few times.

"Sister." Xue Pan turned his face away, a little afraid to look at Baochai: "Sister, don't be sad. When Dad was about to leave, he took my hand and said that Baochai loves the most beautiful. Don't cry, cry It's ugly, Daddy said that Baochai must be beautiful at all times, so that he can feel at ease."

"I don't cry." Baochai laughed, and that smile was uglier than crying: "Brother, please rest for a while, I will ask someone to write a post to send to relatives and friends, by the way, Yinglian's parents are looking for Come on, I already recognized them as adoptive parents, I'm afraid my brother hasn't seen him yet, so it's time to visit him."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Xue Pan agreed: "We have many things that we don't know how to take care of. Now it happens that Mr. Zhen is at our house, so I should go and ask for advice."

When Xue Pan went out, Baochai looked at his back contemplatively, clearly feeling that Xue Pan had grown a lot and became more stable in such a period of time.

Thinking about it, he was only about ten years old, and he had to travel thousands of miles to take care of his seriously injured father, seek medical advice, and worry about his father's injuries. In the end, his father passed away without treatment, so he had to be cautious. Okay, try to find a way to transport my father's body back safely, I don't know how much I have suffered along the way, and I finally grew up seeing the difficulties in the world.

Baochai helped Mrs. Xue back to her room, she gave a wry smile, and called the housekeeper to start assigning tasks.

Baochai didn’t panic because of her past life experience, she called a few people to deliver the post, and asked the steward to send people to the Wang’s, Jia’s and several old relatives in the capital to report the funeral, and asked the housekeeper Xue Zhong to go to the special post Shansiyuan, which trained servants, hired several servants to help take care of Xue Hong's funeral.

Because Xue's family has already separated, and Xue An, who belongs to the eldest family, has been abroad all the time, there are only four members of Baochai's family in Xue's eldest family, and there are not many servants in the family. There is really a big wedding and funeral , some people can't handle it, so they must hire people outside.

Not long after, Xue Zhong arrived with about a hundred people, and Baochai asked the servants of the family to gather together and look at the roster. There were also a hundred people, and the 200 people were assigned Yes, it makes me come over.