He said to Li Pei beside him, "Go and eat something first, then take turns to sleep. You all rushed back and didn't get any sleep, right?"
Li Ke replied, "It's okay, we're not sleepy. We'll stay here with you."
Li He waved his hand. "He's already gone. What's the point of doing all this? He used to love you guys the most. Seeing you guys suffer, he might even scold me. Hurry up and go."
These scenes were done to respect the customs and for outsiders to see.
Actually, since he was already dead, what the descendants did would be in vain.
Li Long added, "Listen to your uncle. The central room is only so big. Why are there so many people?"
Li Pei, Li Lan, and the rest looked at each other, then slowly got up and went to the kitchen to eat.
After they left, Li He said to Li Long, "You go to the county. There are so many people here. It's not good if one of us doesn't show up. Go and arrange for food and lodging for them."
He originally wanted to handle Li Zhaokun's funeral in a low-key manner according to the family's customs, but he did not expect the news to spread so quickly. So many people came in one night. It was expected, but also unexpected.
Many of the people who came to pay their respects were influential people. He was not afraid of offending them, but if he neglected them, it would be a breach of etiquette.
Yang Xuewen was his brother-in-law. In terms of qualifications and status, he was more than qualified. However, his surname was not Li, so he was definitely not a member of the Li family.
Without a doubt, it was best for Li Long to show up. He was Li He's younger brother. As the representative of the Li family, it was reasonable in every aspect.
Li Long had this thought for a long time, but his brother did not say anything. He nodded and tightened the white headscarf on his head. "I'm leaving then."
"Don't drive. You didn't sleep the whole night." Four chased after him.
Li Long waved his hand. "I'll get the driver to drive."
When he got out of the door, he suddenly realized that there were so many people at his house. He did not need to think to know that they were all here because of his boss.
Seeing him coming over, many people gathered around to express their sympathy and sorrow. Out of politeness, he responded with a few words and then asked the driver to drive.
As the car drove out of the village entrance, the flashing lights greeted him, startling him.
Both sides of the road were densely packed with photographers and reporters. After the car drove for five or six hundred meters, they could no longer see the shadow of the reporters.
After Li Long left, Li He said to Four and Five, "You don't have to stay here all the time. The kids are still young. It's more important to take care of them."
Four said, "Her grandfather and grandmother are here. They'll look after the child. It'll be fine. You don't have to worry so much all day long."
Her eyes were red and swollen, and it was obvious that she had cried.
She didn't like her father before, but when she heard the news of Li Zhaokun's death, she burst into tears and couldn't stop crying.
When she was in school, whenever she came across an essay topic that involved her parents, she would only write about her mother, a hardworking, simple, and hardworking rural woman.
A mother's love was greater than heaven.
As for her father, whether it was essays or in her circle of friends and classmates, she had always avoided talking about him, as if it was a taboo.
From a young age, her impression of her father was that he was useless. He couldn't support the family and couldn't take responsibility. Her father didn't participate in her siblings' growth either.
Her resentment towards her father only lessened slightly when she got married and started her own business.
Every time she saw her own children acting coquettishly in Li Zhaokun's arms, she felt a little comforted. What she didn't get from her father, her own children got the same.
When she returned home and saw Li Zhaokun lying in the ice coffin, she finally understood what her father meant.
Her father was a part of the family. He was the main part that made up the family. Without her father, the family was incomplete.
From then on, whenever she talked about her family, she couldn't help but feel guilty.
Five said, "Fang Tangjin is here. He's looking after the kids."
She rushed back in a hurry, obviously unable to believe that her father had really left.
Even now, she still couldn't believe it.
Her father, who wasn't afraid of anything, was gone just like that.
She cried, trying hard to think of all the bad things about him so that she could stop her tears.
Her heart was in so much pain that she couldn't admit it.
She leaned against the wall in a daze. From the time she came back until now, she couldn't think of any big mistakes her father had made.
He didn't mistreat them. It wasn't that he didn't give them food and drink. It was because he didn't have food and drink himself, so he couldn't take care of them.
He wasn't biased towards anyone. Anyway, in his eyes, none of his sons and daughters were good for anything. When he was unhappy, he would spit on them.
Occasionally, when he was clear-headed, he would consider practicality and treat his daughters a little better. Because his daughters were wine jugs, they would buy him wine in the future.
His two sons even fought with him for wine and advised him to drink less.
Not a single one of them was filial.
He never showed his face as a man by beating his wife and children. If they angered him, at most, he would be merciless with his mouth.
Even if he was mean, there was a limit to it. At most, he would be so angry that his heart would explode.
He didn't have her father's dignity, so she wasn't afraid of him at all. When she was happy, she would even act coquettishly in his arms and let him kiss her cheek.
At times like this, she was his wine jug, his darling.
And she would easily get what she wanted from him.
Of course, if she was stubborn, Li Zhaokun would be stubborn as well.
He, Li Zhaokun, had never submitted to anyone in his life. It was impossible to coax children.
When he was old, his grandchildren became the exception.
The more Five thought about it, the more tears flowed down her cheeks.
Li He said, "Go and rest for a while. There's no need for so many people here."
Five wiped her tears and said, "Anyway, it's just these two days."
Regardless of whether her father could see it or not, she would feel better if she stayed with him for a few more days.
After nightfall, the Li Residence still didn't calm down. The rumbling of helicopters came and went without stopping.
The central room was filled with people paying their respects.
Yang Huai, Li Pei, and the rest were kneeling as family members to pay their respects. Finally, there was no one left. They ran to the back wall where there was no one to smoke.
The room burned paper money twenty-four hours a day and the smoke never stopped. It was so choking that they couldn't smoke at all.
Yang Huai took out a cigarette from his pocket and passed it to Li Lan. Li Lan hesitated for a moment before taking it.
Li Pei first lit a cigarette for them and then for himself. He smiled and asked, "Why were there a few Japanese people just now? They looked quite familiar."
Yang Huai said, "The richest man in Japan. Do you know?"
Li Pei was stunned. "He's Sun Ruoyin. I really couldn't tell."
Yang Huai said, "He's not the only one. Basically all the famous people in East and Southeast Asia are here."
Just as he said that, He Zhou scurried over from the side path. He took out a cigarette from Yang Huai's pocket and lit it himself. He sighed and said, "These reporters are so annoying. I can't even chase a single one away. Uncle Li's influence is too scary. Why did so many people come? "
He had received the task that Pan Guangcai had given him. No media or reporters were allowed to take a step into Li Zhuang.
He brought along a group of Li Zhuang's rich and powerful bodyguards and surrounded Li Zhuang so that not even a bird could fly in.
From the central media to the local media, they had to listen to him. If he said no, then no. Of course, before getting the Li Family's approval, he could only say no.
As for the foreign media, they were still on the way to apply for an interview permit. It was still unknown if they could enter the county.
Yang Huai said, "When have you ever seen my uncle appear in the media? He doesn't interact with them at all. It's just that there are so many people attending Grandpa's funeral this time, and most of them are influential people. Even the government's Asian Economic Forum might not be able to invite so many people. "
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