Chapter 177 Funerals 1
During this time, everyone was busy in the fields fertilizing and weeding. No one expected that Jiang Baocai would die.
Because his family is in a group, he doesn’t seem to have many relatives. Usually, people in the village interact with each other based on relatives, group relationships, and neighbor relationships. So after Jiang Baocai died, there were no relatives to help. He was a village cadre.
Some kind-hearted people were organized to get the body back.
Jiang Baocai accidentally overturned his car and fell to his death in the river below the Changma River Dam. This is the standard theory. The county traffic police brigade and the Agricultural Machinery Bureau concluded after investigating the scene.
But there is another theory about his death. It is said that an old man who was sitting on the side of the road herding sheep seemed to have seen a big tractor and a police car passing each other. For some reason, the big tractor overturned and fell into the river. The tractor
The master was already dead when he was rescued by people from the police car.
It happened that one of the people in the police car was Xu Ziqing, the captain of the county traffic police brigade. What was even more coincidental was that this captain Xu Ziqing was also a member of the group in Wattang Village. It was he who recognized Jiang Baocai, who was dead and fleshy, and he was also the one who brought the letter.
To Watang Village, he brought a letter to Jiang Baocai's family, telling them that Jiang Baocai had overturned and died. He also contacted the funeral home's hearse and helped the people in the village to help bring Jiang Baocai's body back.
Jiang Baocai's family is extremely poor. His big tractor was also an old car bought by his wife with money borrowed from her parents' family after they got married. When the body was returned, the family couldn't find the money to buy a coffin for a while, so everyone used his family's money.
Remove the door panel from the courtyard door, place the body on the door panel, place it in the courtyard and cover it with a white cloth...
His parents were both dull and honest people. When they saw their son's body standing straight on the door, they had nothing to say. They just cried. While crying, they shouted: "Treasure! Treasure! Mine!"
Son! Why did you go there at such a young age?"
His wife Pu Taotao was also very honest. She carried a child on her back and held a child in her arms. Her hair was disheveled and she cried heartbrokenly. While crying, she shouted: "Baocai, wake up! Open your eyes and take a look."
You two dolls! Treasures! Treasures..."
The adults were crying, and so were the two children... There were bursts of crying, and the neighbors who were helping and the passers-by were all moved and shed tears.
Because his family was so poor that they couldn't even afford a coffin. Secretary Wang organized some village cadres to quickly take the lead in donating money, and went door to door to collect donations. The villagers also did their best, with as little as three yuan and two yuan, and as much as five yuan and ten.
Some people donated 50 yuan. When they arrived at my house, I followed the crowd and donated 10 yuan.
Soon the village bought a thin-skinned coffin and helped bury Jiang Baocai. A mourning hall was set up and mourning music was played. People were also organized to dig a gold well on the hillside of his home.
No one expected that when his wife's family came, complications would arise.
After the family came, they had a general understanding of the situation and then gave up. They felt that Jiang Baocai's death was too strange. They unanimously concluded that Captain Xu, the traffic police captain, had killed Jiang Baocai. Their reasons were mainly from three aspects. First,
Some people overturned the car after seeing it. Second, how could you Xu Ziqing recognize it immediately? Third, how could you, Xu Ziqing, be so kind as to find a hearse and send it back. If it weren't for an uneasy conscience and a guilty conscience, you would hide away from these things.
If it's too late, who will bother you? Your Jiang family doesn't have anyone, there are still people in our Pu family.
Jiang Baocai's parents, younger brother, wife, children, and older cousins followed the Pu family's brother-in-law to carry the coffin in sackcloth and mourning to ask for an explanation. They carried the coffin to Captain Xu's house and set it up in front of Captain Xu's house. In fact, Captain Xu doesn't live here either.
They live in the county town. This is just the home of Captain Xu’s parents.
The young and old of the Jiang family knelt down in front of the coffin, wearing sackcloth and mourning, burning incense and wax paper money, crying and fussing. This was terrible. Captain Xu's parents lived by the road. There were cars coming and going on the road.
, people came and went. Soon it became a big news event. It was spread to ten, and it was spread to hundreds. It was actually spread all over the place, saying that the captain of the Xigui traffic police brigade knocked over a car and killed people, and bullied others without giving an explanation. Poor people.
They are also poor relatives, and they are not afraid of the boss being overbearing anymore, so they will risk their lives carrying the coffin to get an explanation... and so on.
The county also heard about this incident and immediately formed a special working group to investigate the matter. As a result, the working group investigated and found that the matter was not what the public reported. According to the investigation, on the day of the accident, Captain Xu led a team of two traffic policemen.
The staff, led by a full-time driver of the traffic police brigade, drove the work vehicle of the traffic police brigade and went to Shunhe Town to carry out work. On the way back to the county town from Shunhe, which is the section of the road where the accident occurred, a large tractor was seen in the distance
The driver slowed down near the mountainside. For some unknown reason, the big tractor lost control a few meters away from the oncoming vehicle and flipped into the river beside the road. You can't just ignore death, right? Xu
The captain then led everyone to rescue people. Fortunately, the tractor pulled a cart of ore, which was a heavy cart, so the cart was not washed away by the river. However, the driver was squeezed by the tractor and seriously injured, with bleeding from his orifices and unable to speak. Still Xu
The captain recognized the people because they were from the same village. Captain Xu also knew the situation of Jiang Baocai's family. In addition, rural people are very taboo about these unexpected deaths and are unwilling to go out to pull out the bodies.
Captain Xu often dealt with traffic accidents and was familiar with funeral parlors, so he helped contact the funeral parlor to send a hearse to help transport Jiang Baocai's body back.
Even if Captain Xu is not acting bravely, he is at least doing good deeds. The county's special investigation team reported the results of the investigation to the county party committee. The county party committee, the county government and the county discipline inspection commission and county public security bureau all know the ins and outs of this matter. This comforted Xu.
Captain, don't have any ideological baggage. We also ask the Datang Township Party Committee and Government to do a good job in mass work and bury people as early as possible to minimize the negative impact. We also ask the county civil affairs department to provide relevant relief according to policies.
The township party committee and government and the village committee all mobilized to do the Jiang family's work. The central idea is: death is the most important thing, and people are buried in peace. Don't be instigated by people with ulterior motives to cause trouble. But the work is really difficult.
The time dragged on day after day. The summer weather was extremely hot. The body in the coffin had rapidly decayed, and the strong stench had seriously affected the surrounding air environment. The neighbors were deeply affected. Even the passing passengers and pedestrians were also affected.
It has also affected many people who vomited. Some brave people have even seen maggots crawling out of the cracks in the coffin.
The situation cannot escalate any further. It must be dealt with decisively!
The county clearly requested that the public security, health, civil affairs, township and village groups form a surprise working group to forcibly bury the coffin within one day, and to comfort the family members and disinfect the environment.
With a strong work team, the working group quickly buried the coffin. The assault working group completed its work and withdrew. However, the township party committee government and the village working group did not dare to be careless at all. They wanted to appease the families and also
I'm afraid that they won't be able to do anything drastic and will be responsible for their family's production and living security.
For a time, the old men and women in Watang Village were doing their best to help the Jiang family. Some took turns talking to them one-on-one, some had the patience to do ideological work, and some had the patience to listen to what they had to say.
He also patiently encouraged them to muster up the confidence and courage in life. There was also a work team that volunteered to help their family take care of the crops in the fields. The township party committee and government also sent warmth from the party and the government. The Civil Affairs Bureau also included their whole family.
The school leaders also came and promised to waive all tuition and miscellaneous fees for the children once they start school. A series of concerns slowly warmed and soothed the injured hearts of the Jiang family.
Chapter completed!