The summer heat was intense. Even though Zhou Xiaozheng had reminded Huang Guodong to find a way to get some ice to preserve the body, by the time Zhou Jiao arrived, Grandpa Jiang had already been buried.
As for the reason, it left Zhou Jiao at a loss for words.
It was mainly because Grandpa Jiang's household registration was still with his old work unit, and the production team leader was worried that they'd have to bring him back to the city for cremation. It was said that while he was alive, the old man had mentioned he wanted to be buried in the earth like his wife.
With the old man's last wishes, what else could Zhou Jiao say? Hearing that the whole village had seen him off up the mountain, she brought her son and went door to door to express her thanks.
Looking at the empty courtyard, she remembered how the old man used to gaze at her kindly, smiling as he instructed her word by word… and now the person was gone and the house was empty.
