My Courtyard Refuge

Condolences

Coming out of Section Chief Li’s office, Xu Dong explained his work and drove straight to Panjiayuan.

In the afternoon, in addition to attending Uncle Liu’s funeral, he also had to visit several other sick colleagues. Section Chief Li’s meaning was very straightforward, and he was asked to buy people’s hearts.

Since it is to buy people’s hearts, Xu Dong needs to bring his own gifts, and Corey will not reimburse them anyway.

How about some presents?

After some deliberation, Xu Dong felt that neither alcohol nor tobacco was suitable, so he finally decided to bring a pound of dried prawns for each person. A pound of dried prawns cost thousands of dollars, which is definitely a great gift.

I took five catties of dried shrimp, and 20,000 yuan from Section Chief Li. This money is not from the company, but from colleagues.

As the leader, Section Chief Li paid 4,000 yuan, and everyone else paid 2,000 yuan, which just added up to a whole number.As the saying goes, people take tea to cool down. Compared with when Xiang Xin got married, the gift money is less than half.

Uncle Liu’s funeral was chosen at the funeral parlor in the eastern suburbs. The distance was not too far. Xu Dong drove for half an hour to arrive.

There were so many people in the funeral home, Xu Dong searched for a long time before he found a vacant parking space.

After parking the car, he called Uncle Liu’s son Liu Yuxiang, who came over to greet him in person.

“Brother Liu, my condolences and condolences.” Xu Dong immediately sent his condolences.

“Thank you for your concern. Let me take you to the auditorium. The memorial service will start soon.”

Liu Yuxiang looked calm. After all, it has been almost a week since his old father passed away, and no matter how great the grief is, it has been relieved.

The two walked and chatted.

Xu Dong asked curiously, “Brother Liu, it’s been so long since Uncle Liu passed away, why are we holding a memorial service now?”

It is already April, and the daytime temperature has already broken through more than 30 degrees. It is really not suitable for long-term parking of remains.

“I also want my dad to go to the ground as soon as possible, but there are too many people queuing up here. Fortunately, I found a relationship, otherwise I might not be able to queue up this month.”

“Are you so nervous?” Xu Dong was astonished.

Liu Yuxiang nodded, obviously unwilling to say more.

When I came to the auditorium, many people had already gathered inside. It seemed that there were at least twenty people, mainly relatives.

Xu Dong quickly sent the share money.

The following process was very simple. All the staff mourned for three minutes, then Liu Yuxiang said a few words of thanks, and finally bowed three times to the portrait.

Xu Dong looked at his watch, and it didn’t take more than ten minutes before and after, so everything was kept simple.

After the memorial service, Liu Yuxiang personally sent Xu Dong to the parking lot.

“Brother Liu, this is a wish from me. You can take it back to make up for your family. Uncle Liu has already left. You relatives should take care of your health.”

Looking at the bag of dried shrimps in his hand, Liu Yuxiang was very moved. Since his father passed away, this was the most important gift he had received.

“Then I’ll have the cheek to accept it.”

“Too serious, Uncle Liu’s funeral expenses and pension, Brother Liu, if you have time, you’d better go to the company to go through the formalities earlier.” Xu Dong reminded.

“thanks, I will.”

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After leaving the funeral home in the eastern suburbs, Xu Dong adjusted his mood, and then rushed to the nearby Yanjing Jingai Hospital, where his colleague Feng Jie is currently hospitalized.

After asking for directions, Xu Dong quickly found the ward where Sister Feng was.

The ward is not big, only about 20 square meters, but there are eight full beds, leaving only a narrow corridor in the middle.

Xu Dong walked along the aisle to the innermost hospital bed.

Sister Feng was on a drip, her face was much haggard, and there was a young caregiver beside her.

Depending on age, it is either a daughter-in-law or a daughter.

“Sister Feng, I’m here to see you.” Xu Dong said softly.

Sister Feng looked up at the person who came. Although Xu Dong was wearing a mask, he was not difficult to recognize:

“Xiao Xu, why are you here, sit down quickly.”

The young woman on the side hurriedly gave up the chair, Xu Dong sat down after a bit of pushback.

“Sister Feng, I brought you some dried shrimps, you can taste them later.” Xu Dongshun put the bag beside the hospital bed.

“Come here, what else do you bring!” Sister Feng said “blame”.

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The young woman at the side took the opportunity to ask, “Mom, who is this?”

“Oh, this is a colleague from the same department as mine. You can just call him Brother Xu!” Sister Feng looked at Xu Dong after the introduction and said, “Xiao Xu, this is my youngest daughter, also surnamed Xu, called Xu Xiaojie.”

“Brother Xu!”

“Xiao Xu, hello.”

After the two greeted each other, Xu Xiaojie made an excuse to go out to fetch water, and left with a hot water bottle.

“Sister Feng, are you feeling better?” Xu Dong asked.

Sister Feng nodded: “It’s much better, and I’ll be discharged from the hospital in a few days.”

“That’s good, everyone is looking forward to your return!”

After some politeness, Sister Feng suddenly asked, “Xiao Xu, has your Sister Gao contacted you recently?”

Gao Yuemei, Xiang Xin, and Sister Feng are the only three female employees in the security department, and they usually have a good relationship.

“No contact, what’s the matter?” Xu Dong replied, except for the evacuation of overseas Chinese, Xu Dong hardly contacted Gao Yuemei.

“It’s okay. I’ve sent her several messages these days, but I haven’t received a reply.” Sister Feng said worriedly.

Xu Dong took out his mobile phone and tried to contact Gao Yuemei, but there was no response.

“Maybe the phone is lost? You can’t reissue a phone card over there.”

“It’s also possible what you said, alas, I didn’t expect an old friend of decades to break up as soon as he said it.” Sister Feng said melancholy.

Xu Dong quickly persuaded: “Sister Feng, when the drought is over, maybe Sister Gao will come back to visit relatives, and we will see each other then.”

“I hope so. I don’t know when this drought will end?”

“There will definitely be a day when it will end.” Xu Dong could only say this.So comforting.

Twenty minutes later, Xu Xiaojie came back from fetching water, and Xu Dong bid farewell.

Xu Xiaojie sent the person to the hospital gate very enthusiastically, and then returned to the ward.

“Mom, what does your colleague do at home? You are so generous, you actually gave away so many shrimps.”

Sister Feng fiddled with the prawns and replied, “I’m a rich second generation, and my family owns a company, so there’s no shortage of this kind of food.”

“Then is he married?”

“Don’t try to make other people think. His children are already in elementary school.” Sister Feng said gloomily. Her daughter is almost thirty, but she doesn’t want to get married. This is the most troublesome thing for her.

If she hadn’t been unable to let go of her daughter, she might really have left this time.

“It’s a pity, I just want to find someone to marry who can eat meat every day.” Xu Xiaojie said with longing.

“Good idea, why did you go early?”

“Okay, Mom, what are you going to do with these shrimps?”

“You two sisters are half of each other!”

“How can this work? The elder sister didn’t come to accompany the bed, so why give it to her?” Xu Qin said in disbelief.

“Your sister has to take care of the children and work. Do you think everyone else is as busy as you?”