Quick Wear: Devil's Whisper

After the old lady sat up, she saw Hao Meili beside the bed. She ordered everyone else to go out in a hoarse voice, leaving only this granddaughter who she had never liked.

The old lady glanced at Hao Meili with displeasure on her face, and said slowly: "Are you back?"

Isn't this a question you already know the answer to? Hao Meili nodded and uttered only the word "hmm".

The old lady asked dissatisfiedly: "What did you mean by what you said that day?"

Hao Meili readily answered: "It means exactly what it says."

Hao Zhang's eyes were filled with madness. She grabbed Hao Meili's sleeve and questioned her hysterically, "How did you know? Who told you? It's because of these things that you have been disobeying me and disobeying me. I tell you, it's not your turn as a little girl to interfere in the affairs of the elders."

Hao Meili easily pulled back her sleeves and calmly smoothed out the wrinkles on the cuffs.

Her calmness and composure formed a sharp contrast with Hao Zhang's hysteria.

The old lady wanted to reach out and grab her, but she failed to grab her sleeve. Instead, Hao Meili grabbed her shoulders and forced her to lie back on the bed.

A gentle voice rang in Hao Zhang's ears: "What do you want me to hear? Should I be obedient and fend for myself, or should I be obedient and make sacrifices for my mother's family? In fact, the reason why you hate me is because you envy me, you are jealous of me, and you want to be me. Am I right?"

Hao Zhang shook her head desperately, and her words became unclear.

"When I was a child, I could sense your overwhelming malice towards me. Now that I have achieved success and you are dying, I have let it go. I just regard you as a stumbling block on my road to success and I can just kick you away."

Hao Zhang glared with her eyes wide open and her mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out.

"You have stolen half of your life's comfort. Now it's time to atone for your sins. Don't worry, you won't be alone, because Hao Zhang and her son are waiting for you down there!"

The old lady swallowed her last breath unwillingly, staring at the ceiling with her eyes, stubbornly refusing to close them.

Hao Meili stretched out her hand and stroked the old lady's face. In an instant, Hao Zhang's originally ferocious expression turned into kind, and her eyes that were originally wide open with anger also closed.

The doctor came over to check and asked the family to go with him to get a death certificate. Meanwhile, Hao Meili contacted the staff at the funeral home.

Among those present, only Old Man Hao shed a few tears. Although his mother had a strong desire for control and her style of doing things often made him feel suffocated, she was the one who raised him alone after all, and he should not harbor resentment against her.

Although the others couldn't cry, they had to pretend and lowered their heads in silence.

Hao Zhang's eccentric personality was indeed not pleasing to the eye, especially to the educated younger generations, who really disliked the old lady's feudal ideas and behavior.

The old lady didn't like Hao Meili, and everyone thought it was because she favored boys over girls. But over the years, she had never treated any of her grandchildren or great-grandchildren differently, as if she was born to dislike children.

The funeral was proceeding in an orderly manner. Everyone was discussing whether to stop the body for three days or seven days. Should they let the funeral home take it away or go home to set up a mourning hall?

Before her father could speak, Hao Meili expressed her attitude. The funeral home had already prepared the mourning hall, and the coffins there were professional facilities that could ensure that the body would not decay in a short period of time.

The Hao family thought so too. In such hot weather, it was obviously not possible to hold the body at home. Professional matters should be left to professionals.

After the matter was finalized, the old couple went back home first, leaving their two sons here to look after them.

Two days before the body was laid to rest, some scattered people came to pay their respects. On the third day, the day of the official funeral, all of the Hao family's relatives, old friends, and fellow villagers who could come came, giving the Hao family enough face.

After the funeral banquet, people left in twos and threes. The Hao family was exhausted, especially the old couple who were not young anymore. They had not had a good night's sleep since the old lady's accident.

Hao Meili did not go back with them, but took Liang Feng back to the provincial capital. The boy was about to start school, so it was time to prepare in advance.

Hao Zhang was born in the middle of the Republic of China. The situation was turbulent at that time and ordinary people lived in fear and uncertainty.

It was at the instruction of her father and the execution of her mother that she had her feet bound, which is the so-called three-inch golden lotus.

The young girl was in extreme pain and didn't understand why she had to endure such torture. They were all children of the family, but her brothers didn't have to suffer such pain.

Every time she saw them running freely in the sun, Hao Zhang's hatred for her parents deepened.

As the situation and concepts changed, girls with bound feet were no longer as popular as before, and villagers were not willing to spend a lot of money to marry a decoration who could not work.

Hao Zhang, who had never left the village, had no idea what the outside world was like. She wanted to go out and see the world and leave this home that made her feel depressed and suffocated.

The eldest brother in the family was getting married, but he couldn't afford enough money for the bride price, so Hao Zhang, who was only thirteen years old, was sold to a wealthy family in the town.

When she left home, she looked with pity at the youngest child in the family, Xiaoya, who was conceived unexpectedly by her mother. She was only six and a half years old, but she could already work in the fields.

The only thing to be thankful for is that she did not experience the pain of foot binding, because her family needed her to work, while a disabled person like her whose feet were broken could not go out to work and could only wash clothes and cook at home.

I wonder if my family will sell Xiaoya for money when my second brother gets married?

By the way, there are four boys and two girls in their family. What will they do when the third and fourth brothers get married? Should they ask their mother to continue giving birth?

Thinking of this, Hao Zhang smiled sarcastically.