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The people of Sha City also have homes of their own.

Large villas with over a thousand square feet of floor space, complete with gardens in front and lakes at the back.

The housing prices in Sha City are relatively low; even this kind of large villa only cost over five million when it was first purchased.

And that included the decor.

This time, they didn’t even pass by that place, heading straight home instead.

The customized Coaster, when arriving in the countryside, couldn’t be low-key if it tried.

Now with his status, every time he came back, the surrounding neighbors and village relatives would come out and set off several strings of firecrackers.

Chen Pingsheng would also give them a red envelope with tens of thousands.

To him, this amount of money was nothing, but to those relatives who had been working on the farm for a long time, it meant a great deal.

Chen Pingsheng’s visit home was just a brief one, as he had to go see Song Yanxi’s paternal grandfather in the afternoon.

The old man’s health, for some unknown reason, had deteriorated greatly this year.

He had been in the hospital for several months, and it was their family who paid the bills, but after seeing the medical expenses, he refused to stay in the hospital, dead set on leaving.

No matter what, he joked that he could die now, but refused to lie in a high-end ward spending ten to twenty thousand a day.

Wouldn’t that just be a burden to his descendants?

No matter how rich, there’s no reason to spend money in such a way.

Sir Song was adamant about not spending another cent of their family’s money on his medical care.

As he got closer to death, the old man became even more stubborn.

Song Yanxi was different from her younger sister Song Wu; her sister was taken to Capital City when she was very young.

She had always been raised by her grandparents, with her grandmother passing away years ago.

Now it came down to her grandpa alone, who, at the end of his days, was also struggling to hold on.

The cycle of life and death in this world is unavoidable for anyone.

Even a family as rich as theirs can’t escape it.

Song Yanxi didn’t go anywhere, staying home every day to be with her grandpa.

The old man looked more worn and aged with each passing day.

If he had stayed in the hospital, he might have lasted a few more months, or even a year.

But that would have probably meant medical bills over ten million.

Since leaving the hospital, however, his health visibly deteriorated rapidly.

In such a state, it was feared he wouldn’t last even three days.

How many elders find themselves between life and death, with their children struggling between dutifulness and filial piety.

It’s easier if you have money.

If you don’t, there’s no way to cure these kinds of old-age diseases.

Just wasting away in a hospital costs a few thousand a day.

How many elderly people in the countryside can continue to afford such treatment?

The old man’s last wish before passing was simply to listen to one more drum opera performance.

Coincidentally, Song Yanxi’s grandmother used to sing this.

Perhaps for Sir Song, death was just a journey to another world to join his wife.

Rural couples are like that, often fighting over the trivial matters of everyday life and the necessities like firewood, rice, oil, and salt. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

But in old age, they still support each other crossing the street.

The spouse would remind, "Old man, be careful, there’s a car coming."

Perhaps this is the best outcome for love.

Spouse, indeed, walking together from youth until hair turns white with age.

Sir Song’s departure was considered a joyful funeral.

He lived to be over eighty before he passed.

Chen Pingsheng and Song Yanxi together, personally took care of the funeral arrangements for Grandpa.

The stir in the village was anything but small.

Everyone knew that Song Yanxi had grown up here.

And Chen Pingsheng often came to take her to catch fish and shrimp.

The childhood sweethearts with an age difference grew up and eventually got married and had a daughter.

All this was supported by Sir Song himself.

Even when there was no food at home, they would eat here.

The old man’s passing wasn’t sudden; his eldest grandson and granddaughter had both rushed back from Capital City to send him off on his last journey.

The old man should be at peace now.

On the day of the burial, countless luxury cars arrived in the village.

From afar the end of the procession was out of sight.

Even stars like Yang Mi and Zhao Liying had rushed over from Magic City.

Corporate executives, as well as his close friends and relatives, were also present.

Chang Fu hadn’t planned to come back at first, not realizing that Song Yanxi’s grandpa would pass away so soon.

He caught the fastest plane to Sha City that very night.

Zhang Tao, Liu Jing, and the others did the same.

The funeral lasted three days, culminating in the burial ceremony.

Leaders from the local town, as well as from the county, also came.

There were even eulogies specially written, which spoke highly of Sir Song’s life.

As the eldest of six brothers, Sir Song fought against invaders, braved bandits, and upheld his responsibility as the eldest during famine years.

Chen Pingsheng didn’t know who wrote the eulogy, he just felt it was especially talented.

It not only reflected the local government’s acknowledgment of the old man but also the praiseworthy and tear-jerking nature of his ordinary life.

Afterward, Chen Pingsheng announced a donation of thirty million to the local area.

The main goal was to oversee the construction of three Hope Primary Schools and new-style rural health clinics.

There was an additional ten million in assistance donations for the local households in poverty.

The poor in rural areas now were almost always those with some physical problems.

Like the deaf old woman at the corner of the village or Liu Daye who became disabled due to a work accident in the west.

If your health was fine, as long as you were a bit diligent, getting enough food to eat generally wasn’t an issue.

As for the common issue of many bachelors in the countryside and the ever-increasing bride prices,

he was powerless to change that.

This was clearly a trend of the times; it even gave rise to a racket of earning money through high bride prices.

This was not an exaggeration; the woman from last year who took a bride price of 180,000 for her second marriage with a child, divorced again this year.

And bizarrely, she was back in the dating scene again this year.