When they arrived at their residence in the town, the owner of the yard really blocked the door and refused to let the vicious man and the coffin in.

"Please get rid of this Wang. It's really unlucky that someone died in my nice house, and you are holding the funeral here. It will be even harder for me to find a place to stay in the future."

The owner felt very unlucky. Not only did he not collect the rent for the past two months, but someone even died.

"Master, please be lenient for the sake of our ancestors. We will clean her up and carry her to the charity cemetery."

Shugen was discussing something with the owner.

"The coffin cannot be brought into the house, but the rest can be whatever you want."

"How can we expose the deceased to the sunlight? It's disrespectful. She can't rest peacefully down there!"

The coffin of someone's deceased family is placed outside.

"I don't care. It would be even more unlucky if the coffin entered the door."

The owner refused to agree no matter what, and no matter how much the Shugen couple tried to please him, it was of no use.

Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, Chen Changhe and his wife came forward with Grandma Wang and the other two.

Chen Changhe greeted the master's family with full courtesy, "Master, it's understandable that you're worried about what's happened to your family. But Madam Wang's body is still inside the house. Why don't we go in quickly and clean and bury her so she can rest in peace soon?"

"Besides, the dead are the greatest. Since ancient times, it has never been customary to bury the deceased in the daylight. Firstly, it is disrespectful, and secondly, we fear that the deceased will harbor resentment, which would affect the peace of the master."

When the host heard this, he felt a chill in his heart, thinking that it was bad luck. But if he bumped into something unclean, he would be in trouble.

Seeing the host's hesitation, Chen Changhe continued, "Master, don't worry about bad luck. After this is over, we will clean up the mess and ask the gods in Fuyuan Temple to perform a ritual to exorcise the evil spirits. We will definitely not let you get hurt."

As he spoke, another person took out half a dime from his sleeve and handed it over.

Seeing that he was thorough and reasonable, the host stepped aside.

"Go ahead, but don't forget to ask the gods to exorcise the evil spirits."

"Thank you, Master."

They did not say much to the host and hurriedly urged the vicious man in.

Although it was autumn, the weather was still hot, and it was already a bit unpleasant to leave Wang's body for two days.

The violent people were used to it and didn't mind it, but the others couldn't bear it.

On the way here, they passed by a clothing shop and Mai Miao bought a new set of clothes for Wang, and then asked someone to help her change into them.

Soon Wang's remains were cleaned up, and the fierce man called the two siblings over to take a last look at Wang.

Staring at this strange yet familiar face, Zhao Jiabao couldn't help crying out "Mom".

He knew that if he died he would never see her again and he would be motherless.

Mai Miao just stared at Wang Shi, tears streaming down her face. Finally, she said softly, "I don't hate you anymore. If there is an afterlife, you must be reborn into a good family."

Then he took out a cloth bag from his bosom, put it on Wang's body, and asked the brutal men to put her in a coffin and bury her.

Because Wang's death was sudden and no friends or relatives were willing to pay their respects, many procedures were omitted. The body was simply kept for a few days after the funeral and then buried according to the calculated date and time.

The brother and sister have been guarding them these days, and Chen Changhe and others have also been with them.

I originally thought that no one would come to mourn Wang's death, but I never expected that my brother and sister-in-law from my natal family, who I hadn't contacted for a long time, would show up.

It was just a quick funeral, and it was the last bit of friendship between us fellow countrymen from the same mother.

When they left, they saw the brother and sister and said, "You two should take care of yourselves from now on. I have nothing to do with you anymore."

The brother and sister kowtowed in return without saying anything.

As to why Wang had such a bad relationship with her brother and sister-in-law, that is another story.

After taking care of all the funeral ceremonies for Wang, Zhao Jiabao's stay or departure became a problem again.

Zhao Da has not been found yet and it is unknown whether he is dead or alive.

There are not many relatives over there, and life is not easy. How could they be willing to go back and ask for another mouth to feed? Not to mention Wang's side.

Several people looked at the child, then at Grandma Wang and Mai Miao, and wanted to say something that was ultimately inappropriate.

"Why not send him to a Salesian home? It's not bad there either."

Aunt Hua whispered to Mai Miao.

Mai Miao looked at him with mixed emotions.

Although Zhao Jiabao was young, he could also feel their emotions.

She asked pitifully and cautiously, "Are you going home, sister?"

"Yeah," Mai Miao nodded softly.

"Can I go home with you?" Zhao Jiabao asked carefully, his little hands tugging at his clothes nervously.

Seeing that Mai Miao didn't come back for a long time, he suddenly smiled and said, "It's okay, sister, you can go back, I can take care of myself. Before mother left, she gave me some money and told me to keep it for myself. I didn't even tell my father."

Seeing that they were silent, he added, "Really? If you don't believe me, just look."

As he spoke, he took out a cloth bag from his inner clothes, which contained a few pieces of silver and copper coins.

"Mother told me to save some money and if I have nowhere to go, I should find a rich family to do odd jobs."

At that time, Zhao Jiabao probably didn't understand what Wang meant by that. He just thought his mother's words were very strange.

Besides, he doesn't need to work for others. His mother will take good care of him.

It was just that these things happened suddenly, and he seemed to understand all of a sudden that he would have no home in the future and his mother would no longer take care of him.

Although he really wanted his sister to take him in, his mother was not kind to his sister, so he was very happy that his sister did not dislike him.

"You are so young, who would want you?"

Mai Miao wrapped up the silver and money for him, looked at him and asked.

"Someone will definitely want it."

"Grandma, take Jiabao back!"

Mai Miao looked at Grandma Wang pleadingly.

Grandma Wang's face was full of sorrow. The two of them had suffered enough, and now that their lives had finally gotten a little better, they had to raise a boy from another family.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. This Wang was just taking advantage of their family. Even though she was dead, he still had to raise her son.

Mai Miao will be coming of age after the Chinese New Year. But who would be willing to marry into a family like hers in such a situation?

It makes me angry just thinking about it. Grandma Wang is worried about Mai Miao and is angry with Wang Shi.

No one else said anything, probably because they guessed Granny Wang's concerns and knew it would be difficult to persuade her.

Seeing that grandma was unwilling to nod, Mai Miao quietly pushed Zhao Jiabao. Zhao Jiabao looked at Mai Miao, then at Grandma Wang, but finally did not move.

He could feel that Grandma Wang didn't like him.

"Plop" Zhao Jiabao knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to everyone.

"Thank you, Grandma Wang, and the two uncles and aunts, for helping my mother deal with her funeral. Jiabao is still young and cannot repay you. I will repay you when I grow up."

As he spoke, he kowtowed a few more times. Everyone felt so distressed and asked him to get up quickly.

"Sister, I'm going home. I'm waiting for my father to come back. You guys should go home too."

After saying that, he went to the town on his own.

Mai Miao wanted to call him, but was afraid that her grandmother would be angry and felt very sad.

"Go and call him back, take him back and settle him down first, and then send him back after his unfortunate father is found."

Grandma Wang felt bad, both distressed and angry.

"Oh, thank you, grandma."

Mai Miao happily agreed, ran a few steps and pulled Zhao Jiabao back.

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