Chapter 278: The person is gone just like that? ?
Upon hearing her own appointment and the tasks that followed, Wu Lanfang lost her balance and fell to the ground.

Is God unwilling to let her have a good life for two years?
There were strong winds and waves, so how could it fall into the river?
With so many works, it would be enough for him to just stay in the art troupe and live off his past achievements, but he insisted on going out to collect folk songs. This, this...

When the head of the personnel section saw this, he wondered how Deputy Section Chief Wu could be competent for the job assigned by the director.
He had to carefully help the man up, help him sit on a chair, and console him:

"Chief Wu, an accident has happened and we are all very sad..."
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Life has to go on and work cannot be stopped. Wu Lanfang suppressed her sadness and came to the compound at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.

The third aunt was still as vigilant as ever and asked:

"Comrade, who are you looking for?"

Wu Lanfang's eyes were red and swollen, and she immediately became sad when asked this question.

The three aunts were terrified and said:

"Hey, let me ask you, has anyone in our courtyard bullied you?"

She really wanted to say something bad about Xu Damao, but Xu Damao had moved away several years ago.

Wu Lanfang choked up and said:

"I'm looking for the family of Comrade Wang Yuanchao."

The third aunt looked her up and down. The girl was quite pretty. There was a middle-aged man with a gloomy face next to her. They should not be father and daughter, but brother and sister, right?

But she only complained about this kind of thing in her heart. She didn't dare to provoke the Wang family. She didn't even dare to lead the way. She pointed with her finger and said:

"That's it!"

Wu Lanfang thanked them and led their people to Wang's house. The third aunt watched from a distance behind, with her neck stretched out like a duck looking for food.

Suddenly it occurred to me that the eldest son of the Wang family, his family, and the second son’s wife all seemed to have returned home from get off work early today. Could it be that the family had made preparations?

Hey, this girl is late.

There are so many people!

The atmosphere in the Wang family's home was very depressing.

The eldest brother Wang Sheng and the second brother's wife Qin Jingru received the bad news about the third brother at work. Wu Lanfang couldn't go directly to the house, so she had to let the family prepare first.

Wang Sheng immediately called his second brother Wang Heping and asked him to drive to pick up his father. He also called his father's unit and asked his father to wait and go home directly with his second brother's car.

Then the art troupe arranged for a driver to take him and Qin Jingru to the entrance of the alley. He first went to the hospital to pick up his wife Huang Ling, and then rushed back to No. 95 Nanluoguxiang with his sister-in-law Qin Jingru.

How could Qin Jingru dare to go home first? She had to wait here for her uncle and his family.

Huang Ling's eyes were also red, and it seemed that she knew what was going on and had been crying.

They have to go home first and do some mental massage for their mother Miao Cui.

Miao Cui takes care of the baby and two grandchildren at home. Fortunately, her youngest daughter Wang Li helps out.

But when he saw his eldest son, eldest daughter-in-law and second daughter-in-law coming home together, with both daughters-in-law having red and swollen eyes and his eldest son also having red eyes, he immediately felt something was wrong.

Wang Sheng said to his wife and siblings:
"You two take the child to the room."

Miao Cui subconsciously wanted to grab the child, but she said stubbornly:
"What's the matter? Are you afraid of scaring the children by mobilizing so many people?"

Wang Sheng felt miserable. He was not afraid of scaring the children, but was afraid of scaring his mother.

Seeing that the children had been taken away, he said:
"Mom, the aid to North Korea is gone."

Miao Cui didn't react for a moment, perhaps because she couldn't believe it, she actually laughed:
"That's not funny."

But her eyes were not blurry, and as she laughed, tears started to flow:

"How come it's gone?"

Wang Li was also unable to hold back any longer.

Wang Sheng's voice was also a little hoarse:

"He said he was going to Humen to see the fort, got some inspiration, got excited, and fell into the river.

It was already late at night, and many enthusiastic people went down to catch the fish, but nothing was found.

The comrades over there came personally to deliver the news."

Miao Cui's eyes widened, and she suddenly remembered something and said:
"No way. He told me himself that he is a great swimmer."

Wang Sheng took a deep breath and said:

"It happened on the 17th, and it's been 10 days..."

Miao Cui murmured:
"Impossible, he told me himself that he is a great swimmer...Does he owe too many girls out there?

Really, none of us blame him...

Why are you hiding like this?"

Wang Sheng winked at his wife at the door of the next room, and Huang Ling immediately said something to her son Wang Wencheng. Wang Wencheng, who was almost one and a half years old, ran out of the room happily, threw himself into Miao Cui's arms, and said coquettishly:
"Grandma, grandma, my dear grandma..."

Miao Cui was brought back to her senses by her grandson's call. She couldn't stop crying. She wiped her tears and said:

"Big Dog, your uncle is gone..."

Wang Wencheng's nickname was "Big Dog". He didn't understand, but he knew to use his sleeve to wipe his grandmother's tears:

"Be good, grandma, don't cry. Be good, puppy, don't cry."

Youngest son, eldest grandson, Miao Cui couldn't stop crying, but at least she didn't cry out loud.

"Where's the second child?"

Wang Shengdao:
"Let him go pick up dad."

Miao Cui regained her strong character and asked:
"Does your unit have any explanation?"

Wang Sheng moved his mouth and said:

"It should be available. The leader should be on the way."

Speak of the devil, the devil appears. Wu Lanfang and her colleagues arrived at the door of Wang's house. The situation in the house was clearly visible.

"Section Chief Wu!"

Wang Sheng hurried out to greet him.

Wu Lanfang nodded slightly and saw the woman in the middle who was crying non-stop. It was Wang Yuanchao's mother. Her voice was also hoarse. As soon as she opened her mouth, she burst into tears:

"Auntie - I represent our unit..."

She was a little unable to continue, but still insisted:
"I am here on behalf of the unit to express condolences and sympathy... Director Wang died in the line of duty. This is the unit's subsidy and pension. In addition,"

She put the cash on the table, glanced at Wang Li next to her, and said:

“We can let Wang Li join the unit to take up the post.

Whether she is here now or has graduated from high school or technical secondary school, we will help her keep it.”

Miao Cui is not an unreasonable person. The company cannot be blamed for doing so.

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Wu Lanfang also handed over Wang Yuanchao's last belongings to the Wang family.

None of the things made any sense. The lyrics were okay, but not complete enough, and there was no music score. No one else could help complete the work, so the art troupe simply gave them all to the family as a remembrance.

After Wu Lanfang left, Wang Heping came back with his father Wang Quan. Looking at the room full of crying people and the money and bags on the table, he seemed to understand something immediately.

Wang Sheng whispered the situation again.

Wang Heping's tears fell like beans. His current achievements were all driven by his third brother.

He hugged Wang Sheng and cried:
"Brother~ We are just two brothers~"

Wang Quan sighed. Others could cry, but he was the head of the family and had to hold on. He held back his tears and said:

"Can we see him one last time? Or will he be cremated there?"

Wang Sheng was still holding on, but when the second brother hugged him, he started crying too. When he heard his father's question, he quickly said:
"The person was not found... only this bag was left on the boat."

This is a place where there is no place to bury the dead!

Wang Quan opened his mouth but couldn't say anything for a long time.

These days, you can’t even find a monk or Taoist priest to perform a ritual.

Miao Cui, on the other hand, said stubbornly:
"Maybe it will be alright, really, the third brother is so cunning!"

Wang Quan thought his wife was suffering from hypochondria, so he grabbed her hand and said:
"And me, Wang Sheng, Huang Ling, Heping, Jingru, Wang Li, Da Gouzi, Tiedan, we are all here!"

Miao Cui looked at her husband. She knew that he thought she had a brain problem. She just remembered that before Wang Yuanchao left home, he ran to the kitchen and said something else, "I'm not exaggerating. If I dived into the water and hid for half an hour, everyone would have thought I was dead!"

At that time, she just felt confused, but now she thinks that Wang Yuanchao might have given him a shot of prevention in advance.

I just don't know why I should do this.

Maybe he had done something wrong and had to hide?
This is the most reasonable explanation.

Think about it, he has settled everyone in the family, even Wang Li. His own position has been left to Wang Li to take over, that must be it.

So she told the story of how the third brother came to the kitchen to chat with her during the Chinese New Year. She tried to recall it word by word, which made everyone at a loss as to what to do. At least, if the mother remembered correctly, it was a bit like the third brother's style.

The three siblings gathered together, and combined with their mother's words, the younger sister Wang Li talked about the disappearance of Chen Xueru and her son, and how the third brother left the unit dormitory to Wu Lanfang, and how Zheng Juan and her daughter were arranged to go south to Guangzhou at that time...

It’s a lot of hassle with so many steps.

Although I didn't understand, everyone had made arrangements clearly.

After my little sister told me this, it’s possible that the third brother really faked his death!

But since the third child was faking his death, the family had to do everything they could, otherwise, wouldn't the third child's work have been in vain? But the three of them didn't dare to tell anyone about this, so they could only follow their mother's words. Those who didn't know the truth just thought they were comforting the old man.

No matter what, as long as we have an idea, even if it is self-deception, it's fine.

Soon, the black and white photos in the house were put up.

In the Siheyuan, basically everyone knows about it.

There was no sympathy, but there were many who were secretly happy. There were even more gossips behind his back. But they were just gossips. Wang Laoer was the deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee of the Steel Rolling Mill.

These days, there is no sense of ritual. Neighbors just come to bow. Kneeling is not acceptable and is a residual idea.

Yu Li from the back house came to help, and the third aunt said:
"You're pregnant, it's not appropriate to go there!"

Yu Li said:
“This is residual thought!”

Not only the third aunt, but also the third uncle immediately shut up and changed the topic:
"I preach to you all everyday, but none of you are as sensible as Yu Li!"

Yan Jiecheng said carelessly:

"I heard that the person hasn't come back yet. It's just a photo. What's inappropriate about it?"

Yu Li said meaningfully:
"It's just that Wang Lao San is gone, but we still have Wang Lao Er! At this time, if you behave a little better, wouldn't that be like helping someone in need?"

The third uncle thinks this is very true. Etiquette is performed for living people to see!

Sure enough, many people came to pay their respects one after another.

There's no rule that says people can't visit, right?
Everyone please don't burn paper, kowtow or bow, is that okay?

Yu Li's bow was deeper than anyone else's.

A few days later, a young girl came. I heard that she was Wang Yuanchao's acknowledged girlfriend, who had just returned from a performance outside.

The little girl is pretty and kind-hearted.

Now, even Miao Cui felt that this little girl was worthy of the care that Yuan Chao had given her.

It’s a pity that the third child doesn’t have this blessing.

(End of this chapter)