After the female supporting character in the quick transmigration series realized her mistakes

"Jinglingling~jinglingling~"

Xie Minmin, who was sitting in the last row of Class 2, Grade 8 at the Third Middle School, was lost in thought when she suddenly heard the bell ring for the end of get out of class. She reflexively started packing her books.

Then she followed the crowd toward the school gate, and as soon as she arrived, she saw several of her best friends waiting for her at the intersection.

These fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls were in the prime of their youth, each radiating youthful energy. They chatted and laughed, skipping and hopping their way home.

"Minmin, do you have a lot of homework today? If not, let's go to the ice rink together!"

When homework is mentioned, Jie Minmin feels a little guilty. She hasn't been paying much attention in class, so how would she know if there's any homework?

She has had little self-discipline in doing her homework since junior high school.

Without thinking, she said, "Our teacher didn't assign any homework, so we can go wherever we want."

At this moment, a classmate next to Jie Minmin gently nudged her and pointed to a hunchbacked old man not far away, asking her:

"Jie Minmin, look at that old lady next to the trash can in the distance, isn't that your grandma?"

Jie Minmin looked in the direction her classmate was pointing, and it really was her grandmother, but her stepmother.

"Don't you have many uncles in your family? Why do you still make your grandma come out to collect garbage? Aren't you afraid people will say they are unfilial?"

Jie Minmin retorted to her friend, "She is not my biological grandmother, she is just my stepmother."

Student 1 said, "Even if she's your stepmother, your parents are obligated to support her, and there are so many uncles around too."

Student 2 also said, "That's right, look at this old man, he can't even straighten his back when he walks, it's so pitiful."

As Jie Minmin listened to her classmates talking about that old man, she couldn't help but feel annoyed. Her step-grandmother was really embarrassing!

If she wants to pick up trash, why doesn't she go somewhere farther away from the school? Why does she have to do it here? Isn't she deliberately trying to make people think her family is unfilial?

“This is my dad’s stepmother. Tell me, how many stepmothers are good these days? She brought this on herself.”

"Besides, she has three sons and a daughter, but no one is taking care of her. It's not my dad's or my second uncle's place to take care of her."

“My stepmother’s own son doesn’t care about her. It must be because she did a lot of bad things in the past and is now getting her comeuppance.”

As soon as Jie Minmin finished speaking, she felt a cool breeze blowing from the side, and she couldn't help but shiver, but she didn't take it seriously.

"Okay, okay, don't worry about it. We're still young! We can't worry about that. Let's go to the ice rink."

As she spoke, Jie Minmin grabbed a few classmates and ran towards the skating rink.

The girls saw that Minmin didn't care, so they didn't make a fuss.

Only the two soft-hearted students at the back felt a little sorry for the elderly person who looked like he was about to fall not far away.

I wanted to say something more, but seeing my granddaughter Jie Minmin's indifferent attitude, I kept quiet.

That old lady looks so pitiful! She must have suffered so much because she had a bunch of unfilial children.

Before the sun had completely set, Jie Minmin rushed home.

She was the youngest daughter of the eldest son of the second branch of the Xie family, and was very much loved.

The eldest son of the Xie family is the eldest son of the second branch of the Xie family. Because he is the eldest son, all the resources of the second branch are directed towards him.

When he first came of age, he was the only adult male in the second branch of the Xie family! For the future of the second branch, his stepmother, Mi Ruolan, went through all kinds of difficulties, emptied the family's savings, and even borrowed money from outside.

It was only with great difficulty that they managed to get Boss Xie a permanent job at the city's winery, giving him a secure, stable position.

The family was hoping that the eldest son would get a job so he could help out at home, so that his younger siblings could have a decent meal, and so that Mi Ruolan, the head of the family, could finally catch her breath.

The eldest son, who had just secured a stable job, was afraid that he would be scolded for being heartless if he didn't help his family, so he devoted himself to helping them for the first few years.

But the debts had just been paid off, and the family's situation hadn't even recovered yet, and Boss Xie wanted to get married!

By the time he confessed to his family, he and his girlfriend had already reached the point of discussing marriage.

What could Mi Ruolan do? She couldn't very well advise her eldest son to postpone his marriage for a few more years and let him help out at home for a few more years, could she?

If Mirolan really objects, how embarrassed the woman will be.

Since things have come to this point, we have no choice but to agree.

Unfortunately, the eldest son became a completely different person after getting married. His wife kept him under her thumb, and he didn't dare to bring a single penny home.

As for whether he truly dares not or is pretending not to dare, that's a matter of opinion.

As soon as Jie Minmin returned, she shouted, "Dad, Mom, I'm home! Is dinner ready? I'm starving!"

The eldest daughter-in-law was busy in the kitchen when she heard her daughter calling out. She replied irritably, "Hungry, hungry, all you ever think about is being hungry! You little glutton, have you been playing outside again?"

"Mom, don't be angry. I only said one more thing, and you yelled at me."

"If I don't yell at you, who should I yell at? The girl next door went home long ago after school, but you didn't come back until it was dark. I have to cook for you after work. I must have owed you something in my past life."

Seeing that her mother was quite angry, Jie Minmin didn't dare to provoke her. She could only snort softly and run back to her room in a flash.

When the two male heads of the household returned, the family was enjoying a happy dinner when the second son of the Xie family came to visit.

Looking at the sumptuous dishes on his elder brother's dining table, Xie Lao Er felt extremely uncomfortable.

Xie Lao Er said to Xie Lao Da with some frustration, "Fifth Brother asked someone in the village to pass on a message that the old lady has fainted and is in the hospital now. Should we go and see her?"

This sentence instantly silenced the whole family.

The eldest son's wife muttered, "She's in the hospital, so what's the point of coming over to talk to us? She's not your brothers' biological mother."

The eldest son's wife was worried that after they went there, the other brothers would talk to them about money again. Her eldest son was not yet married, and her youngest daughter was still in school. Where would they get spare money?

As soon as she said that, neither of the two brothers uttered a word, clearly thinking the same thing.

In the end, neither of the brothers made it.

Two weeks later, they heard that the old lady was dying, so they rushed back.

When Xie Laosan saw that his eldest and second eldest brothers had returned, he couldn't help but mock them, "Oh, the big city men are back. Aren't you afraid that our country mud will dirty your shoes?"

After all, the old lady from the Xie family was on her last breath. People from all over the village gathered at the Xie family's house, and everyone enthusiastically helped the Xie family prepare the things they would need for the old lady's passing.

Now, when the villagers see the two brothers coming together, they can't help but shake their heads and secretly whisper among themselves.

"Old Mi is about to pass away, and only then did the two brothers come back. What are they back for?"

"Could it be that they don't want Old Mi to be buried with his biological father?"

“After all, Old Mi is not their first wife. Their first wife is their biological mother. If these two brothers object, no one will say anything.”

"Everyone says that raising sons can provide for you in your old age, and raising a daughter is like having a warm coat, but Old Mi has raised five sons and two daughters, and I haven't seen anyone take her kindness to heart."

"Being a stepmother is not easy. You can't be too close to her, and you can't treat her too intimately."

"So what if they're your own children? They're not that much better than you."

"Old Mi is also soft-hearted. Her husband had just passed away, and she was still young. It would have been easy for her to remarry, but for the sake of her children, she refused to remarry. That's doing right by the Xie family."

"Her husband treated her so well back then, where would she find such a good man after remarrying?"

Speaking of this, back then, which young woman or young wife didn't envy Mi Ruolan?

Originally, Xie Lao Er's reputation was bad in the surrounding villages. He was a widower whose wife had died. What woman wouldn't stay far away from him?

As a woman who was abandoned by her own family and then married the second son of the Xie family, no one had high hopes for her.

Who knew that once the daughter of the Mi family married into the family, she would be spoiled rotten by the second son of the Xie family! Everyone says that the daughter of the Mi family is capable of reforming a thoroughly wicked man.

Unfortunately, she was unlucky; her husband passed away early, leaving behind this young wife and seven children.

However, it was thanks to the strength of the old Mi family's daughter that she stayed by their side and raised these seven children with great difficulty. But when she got old and could no longer work, her children began to dislike her.

She raised seven children on her own, but those seven children couldn't support her in her old age. It's ironic, isn't it? Ah, life is all about fate.

Mi Ruolan lay motionless on the bed, listening to the chatter outside the door, her mind racing through her entire life.

She didn't regret marrying her husband, but she regretted that he left too soon.

As for her children... she doesn't judge them. If she could do it all over again, she wouldn't give them even a little bit.

She never enjoyed the blessings of having children in her entire life, so be it.

After she slowly closed her eyes, she could vaguely see a handsome, white-haired man in his forties standing in front of her bed.

His face was contorted in pain, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his lips were tightly closed, as if he was trying his best to endure the pain in his heart.