The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 283 The Day is Gone
There will be no filial son by the bedside of a long-term patient. Even if an elderly person is about to die, it is impossible for someone to stay by his bedside for 24 hours.

This era shows the advantages of having many children. On Jiang Cheng's father's side, there are only his uncle and aunt, plus his father, there are only three of them, which is not many.

But there is no problem for the three of them to take turns to look after one child, and because Jiang Cheng's grandparents live with his uncle, they also spend a lot of time on his uncle's children.

So during the day, Liu Hualian was taken care of by her granddaughter-in-law, and at night her three children took turns to keep watch. If they kept watch, they would not sleep, and there was a bamboo bed for them to lie on at night. They had already started to arrange people to keep watch, and basically there was no treatment.

Jiang Cheng returned home with his family. Except for his sister-in-law who went to work in the fields, everyone else was there. Jiang Changhe hadn't gone to the fields to earn work points these days. With Jiang Cheng as his son, he didn't care about the few work points.

In recent years, Jiang Changhe and Li Xianglan have been working in the fields, doing jobs that are not too strenuous. The work points are also less, and they mainly earn some food for themselves, and do not need to earn too many work points to exchange for money to buy other things.

"Chengzi, when are you going to go over there and take a look?" Jiang Changhe asked in the main room.

"Let's go over there later and bring some fruits and nutritional supplements." Jiang Cheng said.

The things he brought were basically just a formality. According to what Jiang Changhe said, they could only feed him some porridge. He couldn't eat anything, so the things Jiang Cheng brought were finally accepted by his uncle's family.

Jiang Changhe nodded. As a grandson, Jiang Cheng went there mainly to visit. The person hadn't left yet, so there was no need for him to stay by the bed.

Since they were going to visit, they would not waste time, so they could go early and come back early. The weather was hot now, so they had to eat early at noon, and Jiang Dahai would not treat them to a meal.

So Jiang Cheng took his father, Zhou Lingying and his daughter to the car and went to his uncle's house. Although his uncle's family lived in the center of the village, it was not as good as Jiang Changhe's family.

Because Jiang Changhe's side is closer to the town, and the houses are built of adobe. My uncle's house is a wooden house with a large living room in the middle and two rooms on each side of the living room. Go straight from the living room, there is a kitchen and a woodshed at the back.

The car couldn't drive in when it got close to my uncle's house, so Jiang Changhe got out first and then led everyone there.

Jiang Dahai was not at home, having gone to work in the fields. He had many children and grandchildren.

These cousins ​​wanted to have a good relationship with Jiang Cheng, after all, Jiang Cheng was a celebrity in the commune and drove a car. They didn't want to get involved in the grievances of their fathers, but the monthly tribute money and food given by Jiang Changhe in the past few years basically helped them.

Ten kilograms of food a month, including both coarse and fine, plus three yuan. This pension agreement was made before Jiang Santian died.

Later, Jiang Santian passed away first, and according to reason, the pension should be reduced by half. But it was only one dollar less. Jiang Changhe had a son who could earn money in the city, so he gave more generously.

Ten kilograms of food is considered reasonable for old-age care in rural areas. But three yuan a month is really not low. Moreover, rural people have nowhere to spend three yuan, and they are reluctant to spend it.

Even if he only gave her two yuan a month, it would still be twenty-four yuan a year. And now that his parents had resumed their visits, Jiang Changhe would bring gifts to visit them during the New Year and other holidays.

These things given by Jiang Changhe were finally given by his parents to Jiang Cheng's cousins ​​of the same generation.

So the cousins ​​actually have always wanted to restore their relationship. Even if they don't keep in touch with Jiang Cheng, they hope that their children will have the opportunity to count on this uncle for help.

But Jiang Cheng ignored them. The last time he came here was when his grandfather Jiang Santian passed away. As soon as Jiang Cheng entered the house, many children called him uncle. They were all his nephews and nieces, and it was also Jiang Cheng's cousins ​​who asked the children to call him uncle.

Rural people these days are not good at speaking, and many children don't know how to politely call their relatives. When visiting relatives, they usually have to wait for the elders to tell them what to call.

When Jiang Cheng just came back from the army, his own nephews and nieces didn't take the initiative to call him uncle, let alone his cousins.

Jiang Cheng could greet his aunt without saying a word, but he was not so petty as to argue with a child. When his nephews and nieces called him, he would at least say a word or two.

After following Jiang Changhe into the room where his grandmother lived, Jiang Cheng placed the gifts he brought beside the bed.

Zhou Lingying asked her daughter to call "Grandma" beside Liu Hualian's bed, but Liu Hualian didn't even have the strength to respond.

Liu Hualian knew that it was Jiang Cheng who came, and wanted to say something to him, but her voice was very soft, so she had to get very close to hear. Jiang Cheng listened for a long time before he understood a little, and still told him not to bear a grudge.

Jiang Cheng didn't know what to say. He didn't hate anyone, but he just wouldn't help anyone here in the future. He wasn't a country boy who only knew about family matters.

Jiang Cheng hadn't been sitting here for long when his cousin's wife cooked sugar-water eggs for his family. This was the treatment for people who were doing well. For example, when my aunt came here, we couldn't even cook eggs for her.

Jiang Cheng couldn't refuse, he had to eat it after it was cooked. But they ate a few eggs, and the daughters didn't understand the relationship here, so they gave the snacks and biscuits to their nephews and nieces.

On the way back from his uncle's house, Jiang Cheng was still discussing with Zhou Lingying to let her stay here for two days. Then, no matter what the situation was, Zhou Lingying would take her daughter back to the city and register Jiang Zhaozhao first.

The application for admission was submitted a few days ago, so that the school would know that their daughter would study here. If there were any conditions that were not met, they would be informed during the application process.

After the admission application is approved, registration is two days before the start of school, which is considered formal registration.

But it seemed that Liu Hualian was waiting for Jiang Cheng to come. Late that night, Jiang Cheng's aunt Jiang Xiaoxi came over and called Jiang Changhe away. Grandma Liu Hualian was gone.

Jiang Cheng and Zhou Lingying also heard the noise outside the room, but they didn't need to go over at this time. Going to the night watch and wearing mourning clothes were the children's responsibilities. As a grandson, Jiang Cheng could just wait until dawn.

Zhou Lingying doesn't have to go anymore. Nowadays, when someone dies in the countryside, they can be buried after three days of vigil.

We went to pay our respects during the day, and Jiang Changhe and Jiang Dahai discussed the funeral arrangements, including expenses, banquet arrangements, and the division of inheritance.

There wasn't much inheritance to be divided these days, so getting a quilt was considered pretty good.

At Liu Hualian's funeral, Jiang Cheng would basically be the victim again. Just like Jiang Santian's funeral a few years ago, Jiang Dahai would always find a way to embarrass Jiang Changhe and then ask Jiang Cheng for help.

(End of this chapter)