002: Going to the Funeral

"oh."

Tang Hongen put down the fish in his hand.

"Then go back and take a look."

How do normal people react when they hear that their brother is about to be sent on his "last journey"?

Anyway, he won't be as calm as Tang Hongen.

Liu Fen didn't know how to comfort her.

She no longer cares about the fish Tang Hongen bought. How can she be in the mood to cook a meal for the young couple to come back to eat? She is more concerned about her husband - Hong En is not stimulated by something, right?

The winter in Beijing is very cold. Tang Hongen had just volunteered to go shopping for groceries. He went out and then returned to the house with floor heating. The cold and hot alternated, and the lenses of his glasses were covered with water mist.

"I'll pour you hot water and wash your face!"

Tang Hongen wiped his face casually: "No, I have to go out soon anyway. Ah Fen, please ask Xiaolan and the others to go home for dinner another day. You come with me."

There was no need to call the driver, there was already a Chevrolet at home.

"You can eat on any day, of course it's your hometown's business that's important... Do I want to bring anything? Forget it, let's leave as soon as possible!"

Liu Fen grabbed her coat and left.

At this time, I don’t care about etiquette. It would be rude not to send someone off for the last time.

Tang Hongen didn't say anything.

This thing was a bit sudden. He hadn't taken off his coat yet, and he was going out with Liu Fen again.

Liu Fen has never been to Tang Hongen's "hometown" once. Compared with the "sister-in-law" who suddenly called today, Liu Fen is more familiar with the Song family. The Song family was quite arrogant at first, but when she really married Tang Hongen, the Song family had no choice but to accept this fact.

Liu Fen didn't know much about Tang Hongen's hometown.

Tang Hongen didn't seem to need her to understand.

Liu Fen was a little distracted while driving and secretly visited Tang Hongen from time to time.

She was indeed a very incompetent wife, and Tang Hongen knew almost everything about her.

Care about her, her daughter, her elder brother, and even her business. As for Tang Hongen's work, she couldn't help him. She could only care about Ji Jiangyuan... What kind of waste of energy was there? Ji Jiangyuan was too sensible.

So Tang Hongen knew everything about her and cared about all the important people around her. In turn, her understanding of her husband was so limited!

Liu Fen felt uncomfortable in her heart.

Tang Hongen seemed to feel it and touched her shoulder:

"Afen, don't think too much. I have no contact with my hometown. Except for occasionally sending some money back, I haven't had any contact for more than ten years, so I don't need to ask you to socialize with those unfamiliar relatives."

Unexpectedly, this time the call came to Shichahai's home.

Maybe his sister-in-law contacted Pengcheng first and asked for the contact information of Shichahai.

Secretary Peng had always taken care of the people and affairs in his hometown. After Secretary Peng was released, Secretary Lai was replaced. Secretary Lai also gradually gained his trust. Tang Hongen was about to let Secretary Lai take over Secretary Peng's 'burden' .

Unexpectedly, this burden suddenly jumped out.

Liu Fen calmed down:

"Then what attitude should I take when I go back with you?"

There was no smile on Tang Hongen's face: "It's just a formality, no need to deliberately please. It's basic courtesy for you and me to go here."

Liu Fen felt more and more weird.

When a loved one dies, is it just a basic courtesy to go and see him off?

Aren’t you sad and sad...

Liu Fen wanted to continue asking, but suddenly thought of the Xia family.

As for the grievances between the mother and daughter and the Xia family, when she met Xia Dajun wearing mourning on the streets of Shangdu, there was no trouble.

Being relatives does not necessarily require family ties. There are too many discordant relatives in the world. From her personal experience, there are not only the Xia family, but also Liu Fang, the biological sister who wants to plot against their mother and daughter... Liu Fen thought to herself, if Lao Tang didn't say anything , she didn’t ask further questions, so as not to poke Lao Tang’s wounds.

She was very confident at the moment that Tang Hongen would not hide it from her. If he didn't tell her before, it would definitely not be important.

Why should she worry unfoundedly and take this matter too seriously?

Liu Fen suddenly thought about it.

Tang Hongen's "hometown" is not far away. It is in the countryside at the junction of Beijing and Northern Hebei Province. It takes more than two hours to drive there.

I didn't expect it to be so close.

Lao Tang actually didn't even call her back once.

How bad is this relationship? !

The car drove to the countryside, and the roads were not very easy to walk. Although this place was not outside the large area of ​​​​the capital, it was still a genuine rural area.

Not much better than Dahe Village and Qijing Village.

Liu Fen was really surprised.

She knew that Lao Tang did not come from a prominent family. After all, Tang Hongen and Ji Ya's marriage, in Tang Hongen's own words, was that a poor boy was lucky enough to marry a eldest lady, and his living habits after marriage were full of contradictions... But Liu Fen did not expect that it would be in the countryside. From head to toe, Tang Hongen looks like a rural person. This man wears glasses, is gentle and elegant, and looks like a well-educated man.

Tang Hongen turned to look out the window.

He hasn't been back for many years.

The village was already filled with mourning and music, and there was still the smell of firecrackers in the air.

Liu Fen's heart skipped a beat. Did she hurry up and hurry up, or did she come back late?

Tang Hongen comforted her, "It's none of your business. The so-called last farewell should be to ask me to come back for a look before burial. If the person is still alive, it is absolutely impossible to ask me to come back."

…Who are these people?

ah!

A white cloth was hung at the door of a house, and there were confetti from firecrackers set off at the door.

Is this the place?

Liu Fen looked at the large blue brick house with tiles that occupied a large area.

"Come on, go in, put on the incense sticks and leave."

Liu Fen followed him through the door. Inside, there were sounds of sorrow and joy. The courtyard was not small, and it was dark and full of people's heads. There was a coffin parked in the main room, and relatives wearing sackcloth and mourning were kneeling in the yard. She followed Tang Hongen into the door, and many pairs of eyes looked at it.

"It's soup..."

"came back?"

"It's been more than ten years. I heard that if you become a state cadre, you will have a bright future."

Tang Hongen ignored the whispers. He stared at the coffin for a few times, took the incense and lit it. Just as he was about to light the incense, a woman wearing linen and mourning suddenly jumped up and reached out to knock the incense off his hand. The red incense head It bounced onto Tang Hongen and burned a hole in the knee of his pants.

Liu Fen suddenly felt distressed.

"Are you okay?"

It wasn't that she felt sorry for Lao Tang's new trousers, which she had just worn, but she was afraid of burning someone.

"It's okay, don't worry."

Tang Hongen dusted off the incense ashes, and Liu Fen turned around to look at the woman wearing sackcloth and mourning:

"Comrade, what's wrong with you?"

The woman looked to be in her fifties or sixties, with slightly high cheekbones and a mean look.

Liu Fen will not be spoiled, and she will fight when she should. The woman's behavior is really disrespectful to Tang Hongen - bullying Liu Fen, Liu Fen may be generous and careless, but bullying Lao Tang is not okay.

The woman looked her up and down, "Are you the one he newly married? I heard that you are self-employed. He is really getting better and better with his life. You are not as good as the previous one!"

Liu Fen's mind was buzzing.

She had heard this voice before. It was the person who called and claimed to be Tang Hongen's sister-in-law!