Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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After dinner, most of the funeral was completed, and after the first seven people came back to observe mourning for the whole night, everything was truly completed.
The uncles were helping to clear the tables and chairs, and the aunts were clearing the dishes and chopsticks. The tables and chairs of each family were all engraved with names, as were the bowls. Even the chopsticks which you couldn’t usually tell what belonged to whom, but they all remembered whose family it belonged too. Or they could just take out the same even number and return it.
There were a lot of people, so they sent them back after two trips. The three siblings were busy and followed their uncles separately. People were kind enough to lend them bowls and chopsticks, so they definitely had to go over to say thank you and give a pack of cigarettes.
It was already past ten o’clock in the evening when everything was done. Ye Ning and her aunt were in the kitchen putting the remaining dishes into big bowls.
“These two untouched roasted chickens and roasted ducks will be brought back to your uncle, and this bowl of braised pork will be given to my uncle. This roasted chicken will be given to your third uncle, plus this bowl of duck meat. And for people who came to help cook today, they will have a share in the remaining dishes.” Ye Qingmei packed the dishes and distributed them carefully.
Their uncle was sleeping at Ye Ning’s house. They could just take it with them tomorrow. As for others, they would have to be sent over tonight. She went to the third uncle’s house first. When her third uncle saw the things, he refused to take them. Ye Qingmei had to persuade him to accept them, the same thing happened at other houses, until they had to give in and accept it. It was almost eleven o’clock when they finished delivering.
“Auntie, don’t clean up the rest now. We’ll clean it up tomorrow.” When she got home, Ye Ning was very tired. Seeing that her aunt was still planning to clean up the kitchen, she quickly spoke. She cried and howled for most of the day, and her voice had already become hoarse, her expression was also haggard. Seeing her like this, Ye Qingmei simply put down her sleeves.
These children had been really tired these days. Ye Lan and Ye An were fine. They could rest during the summer vacation. But Ye Ning had to go to work when she returned to the city. If something went wrong at work and she lost her job, then she would become a sinner.
Early the next morning, Ye Ning heard the noise outside and thought something was wrong. She hurriedly put on her coat and went out. She saw her aunt and her uncle’s young son pushing each other, holding the roast chicken and duck from last night.
“I’m not giving it to you. This is Xiao Ning’s filial piety to uncle. Why are you trying to stop me?” Ye Qingmei pushed the thing into the hands of her second cousin, who didn’t know how to speak. “Without Qingshan, the family will be alone. There are three children left. I have to worry about them in the future. This is just a little food. You have to accept it before they can find you in the future, or do you dislike the lack of things?”
Her uncle leaned on crutches and glanced at them. Ye Ning, who was standing behind the door, said, “Take it.” He then said to Ye Ning: “I am your uncle. If you need anything, just ask me. If I’m not around, you can ask your cousins. The Zhang family will always be your family.”
Ye Ning nodded with red eyes, “Thank you, uncle.”
The group left, and the room became much emptier. Ye Ning was actually very tired, but couldn’t sleep, so she just got up and packed things with her aunt.
“How many days did you take a leave for?” Ye Qingmei asked.
“Our leader, once she got to know my situation, let me go home and finish things before I come back.” Ye Ning was really grateful to Director Yang.
“Good leader, but we can’t be ignorant of propriety. It’s been eight days since you came back. Who can take such a long leave after only working for a month? Your superiors don’t have any objections, but your colleagues should have some. Clean up and go back to work after taking the shuttle bus. Xiao Lan and I are at home. You can come back if you can in the first seven days. It’s okay if you can’t come back. Your dad won’t blame you. After the first seven days, Xiao Lan and Xiao An will go to the city to find you. “Although Ye Qingmei had never been to work, she didn’t think anyone would like people who took too long leave anywhere.
That’s right. There was indeed nothing going on at home. Ye Ning nodded in agreement, but she would definitely have to come back in the first seven days.
With Ye Qingmei here, she didn’t have to worry about leaving Ye Lan and Ye An alone at home. She took a small bag and took the bus back to the city. People in the village heard that Ye Ning had to rush back to work. Everyone in the village understood that work was important and everything was important. Ye Qingshan might be angry if she lost her job because she took too long a leave.
After being away for a week, a layer of dust had accumulated in the house. Ye Ning simply cleaned it, boiled water and took a hot bath, then lay down to sleep early.
The past week had been really exhausting, both physically and mentally. She just wanted to have a good sleep now, no matter if the sky was falling.
The next day, Ye Ning put on work clothes and walked to the factory while eating breakfast. The guard was stunned for a moment when he saw her.
“You haven’t been here for a week, right? Have you asked for leave?”
“Well, there’s something going on at home.” Ye Ning smiled and was about to go in, but was stopped by the uncle.
“Wait a minute. There is a package sent to you from Beicheng. It has been here for five days.” The uncle took out a large package and a letter from it.
“I don’t know what it is. Just sign it and take it away.”
“Yeah,” Ye Ning saw the name on it, Sheng Chuan? Why did he reply? He had also sent such a big package. After signing, Ye Ning struggled to pick up the package. It weighed at least twenty kilograms and she didn’t know what it contained.
“Ye Ning, where have you been these days? I haven’t even seen you in the cafeteria?” Wang Bin saw Ye Ning carrying a box from a distance, and hurriedly ran over to take it. His hand sank and he almost dropped it, “It’s so heavy. Where did it come from?”
“My friend sent it to me. I had something to do at home a few days ago. Please return the things to me. I can take it myself.” Wang Bin avoided it.
“It’s too heavy. Let me take it.” Wang Bin looked at Ye Ning’s face that had lost weight. Her voice was hoarse and she looked particularly haggard.
“What happened at home? Look at you. You have lost a lot of weight. And your face has no color.”
Ye Ning touched her face and said with a smile, “It’s okay. I’m in the office. Just leave it here for me. Thank you for your help.”
Knowing that Ye Ning didn’t want to talk about things at home, Wang Bin stopped asking. When putting the box away, he glanced at the information on it. It was sent from Beicheng. How could Ye Ning know someone from Beicheng? Moreover, the name Sheng Chuan looked like a man’s name at first glance.
After sending Wang Bin away, Ye Ning put the things in the corner. Although she was curious about the things inside, now was not the time to open them. She had not come to work for so long, so she must have a backlog of work. Ye Ning opened the worksheet, and there was nothing on it. Did Director Yang forget to write down the things?
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