Old Lady Zhang's Rebirth: Going Mad! Severing Ties with Family! Becoming Incredibly Rich!

"Fire!"

"Limin, Chengxin, come quickly and put out the fire!"

"Jinzhong, Xueyi, come quickly and save Mom!"

"Cough cough cough, spring branches, summer branches..."

The small tin shack was filled with garbage, and flames spread rapidly along the garbage, quickly reaching the bedside. Thick smoke billowed into the room, and the heat was scorching.

Paralyzed in bed, Zhang Guiying was overcome by the fumes, tears streaming down her face. She coughed incessantly and desperately called out her children's names for help.

The door was tightly closed.

There was no sound outside.

The air is thin.

Zhang Guiying felt like she was about to choke to death.

She struggled to roll off the bed, dragging her two immobile legs, and crawled toward the door with her eyes closed and coughing. Her frail body moved slowly and was no match for the speed at which the flames spread.

The trouser leg caught fire.

Zhang Guiying, however, felt no pain.

It wasn't until the flames reached her waist that she felt the burning pain, and Zhang Guiying rolled on the ground in agony.

The door was right in front of us.

Zhang Guiying desperately tried to reach the doorknob, but being paralyzed, she couldn't stand up, and the doorknob, which was over a meter high, became her death knell.

Smoke billows.

Zhang Guiying was completely burned to a crisp.

After the extreme pain, Zhang Guiying floated out of her body and watched helplessly as her body was engulfed by flames.

She is dead.

Zhang Guilan felt relieved, but the thought of her children filled her with reluctance.

Her soul drifted out of the tin shack, wanting to see her children one last time. Zhang Guiying drifted and drifted until she reached the intersection. When she saw her eldest son and his wife, along with their second daughter, who had come to deliver food, her cloudy eyes suddenly lit up.

"There's so much smoke, it looks like there's a fire." Zhao Chunzhi looked in the direction of the fire and suddenly slapped her thigh. "It's where Mom's tin shack is."

He then started to run towards the tin shack.

The eldest son, Zhao Limin, and his wife, Chen Baozhu, exchanged a glance. After a moment of hesitation, Zhao Limin quickly grabbed Zhao Chunzhi's arm. "Chunzhi, you're mistaken. It's not Mom's house that's on fire."

"How could I possibly be mistaken..."

"Limin, let her go. Don't delay your second sister from being a dutiful daughter."

Chen Baozhu shoved Zhao Limin and said sarcastically, "With such a big fire, I wonder what happened to the people inside. If it's really our mother's tin house that's going to catch fire, then we can have the second son take her home to take care of her and show her some filial piety."

Zhao Chunzhi blurted out, "Sister-in-law, what nonsense are you spouting? Our mother has four sons, why should I, a married daughter, be the one serving her?"

"Now that she's a married daughter, why didn't she realize this when it came to dividing the money and inheritance?"

"I am my mother's daughter, and I should have a share of her money."

Chen Baozhu instantly flew into a rage, pointing her finger at Zhao Chunzhi's nose and cursing, "You shameless bastard, how can you say such things? You always want all the benefits, but you don't take any responsibility... I'm so unlucky to have a daughter like you."

Zhao Chunzhi slapped Chen Baozhu's hand away, "What are you pointing at? And what good are you? Don't think I don't know that after Mom became paralyzed, you and the eldest brother just wished for her to die."

With no outsiders around, Chen Baozhu, in a fit of desperation, said, "Dare you say you don't secretly hope for this?"

Zhao Chunzhi was speechless.

My mother is eighty-seven years old this year. She used to live in a rented room in the city with her younger sister Zhao Xiazhi by collecting scraps, and they didn't need to take care of her.

Three months ago, the old lady was in a car accident and broke her lumbar spine, leaving her paralyzed in bed. She originally didn't want to take care of it, but the driver who caused the accident paid three million yuan to settle the matter privately in order to avoid criminal responsibility.

The three million was divided equally among the six siblings.

Once the money is distributed, the elderly must be taken care of.

The six siblings discussed it and took the old lady back to their hometown. They built a temporary tin shack for her and the six of them took turns caring for her.

The old lady had no feeling below her waist and was incontinent.

Zhao Chunzhi changed the old lady's diapers a few times, and felt so disgusted that she vomited on the spot.

We thought the old lady wouldn't live much longer since she was bedridden, but who knew she was so resilient? She's been eating, drinking, and sleeping well for three months now.

Zhao Chunzhi harbored resentment in her heart.

Other people's elderly relatives get seriously ill and take some medicine themselves so as not to burden their children. But her mother, who is already old, is still not ready to live and only knows how to make her children suffer.

That's what I thought, but I didn't dare admit it.

Now that Chen Baozhu had exposed her secret, Zhao Chunzhi was immediately furious. Seeing that the two were getting out of hand, Zhao Limin separated them with a dark face, saying, "What are you arguing about? Are you afraid the neighbors won't hear you?"

The two women glared at each other and turned away angrily.

The three of them stood still without bringing any food, watching helplessly as the flames rose higher and higher, and none of them mentioned putting out the fire again.

Zhang Guiying was in tears.

She devoted her entire life to helping children, contributing money and effort whenever necessary, without ever wavering.

When her eldest son got married, she spent all her savings to give him 500 yuan as a bride price and bought him the three turns and one sound (a traditional Chinese stringed instrument).

After getting married, the eldest son and his wife lived at home, and Zhang Guiying never asked them for a penny of living expenses. In addition, she paid extra money every month to help them support their children.

And Chen Baozhu.

She had been married to her eldest son for decades, and Zhang Guiying had never acted like a domineering mother-in-law in front of her. Every time she came to their home, she was treated to good food and drink.

The second daughter, Zhao Chunzhi, was raised by her husband's family, who favored sons over daughters. In order to have a son, she gave birth to three daughters. She faced enormous pressure from her son and daughter-in-law and raised her three granddaughters.

But now.

These ungrateful wretches knew she was paralyzed in both legs, yet they watched her being engulfed in flames, wishing she would be burned to death.

The fire ripped off the roof and flames shot into the sky.

Once Zhao Limin was certain the person couldn't be saved, he rushed over in a few strides and shouted, "Help! Help! Fire! Fire!"

Zhao Chunzhi was stunned.

Chen Baozhu gave her a push, "What are you standing there for? Go and tell the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth brothers!"

Zhao Chunzhi took off running.

The crowd that rushed over saw the towering flames from afar.

The third son, Zhao Chengxin, reacted the fastest, kneeling down with a thud. His wife, Zhang Xia, rolled her eyes and realized that kneeling meant she wouldn't have to go to put out the fire, so she immediately knelt down as well.

The fourth brother, Zhao Jinzhong, secretly resented the third brother's quick thinking, and then pulled his wife to kneel down and started wailing.

Several people just cried, but didn't try to put out the fire.

Zhang Guiying's lips trembled and her whole body shook.

The third son's wife came from the countryside and didn't have a job in the city. She retired and gave her job to the third son's wife, and also helped them raise their twin sons.

When Zhao Jinzhong, the fourth son, was young, he was impulsive and hot-tempered. He seriously injured someone because of his wife. It was only after she took out all her savings and knelt down to beg for mercy that the other party agreed to sign a settlement agreement.

Later, when Zhao Jinzhong wanted to start a business, she gave him the income from his stall as capital, helping him turn his life around.

But now.

They also watched helplessly as they died.

Zhang Guiying was filled with hatred.

Everyone says that raising children is for old age security, but what kind of old age is she protecting herself from?

Of the six children, only the fifth son, Zhao Xueyi, and the sixth son, Zhao Xiazhi, frantically searched for tools to put out the fire, but how could they possibly extinguish such a large fire?

"Boom!"

A loud bang.

The tin-roofed house collapsed with a loud crash.

Zhang Guiying's soul was suddenly sucked away by a tremendous force.

……

I regained consciousness when someone shook me awake.

Before I even opened my eyes, I heard the familiar voice of the fourth brother, Zhao Jinzhong.

"Mom, why are you still sleeping?"

"I'm so anxious! It's already seven o'clock, and my mother-in-law is still waiting for you to take care of her at the hospital."

"You were late yesterday, and Mingyu complained to me a lot... Mom, can't you pay a little more attention to my affairs? Whether my marriage with Mingyu goes through depends entirely on your performance this time."