Giving Him the Last of Her Filial Piety

As soon as it was light.

The Li Family, who were in charge, gathered a large group of people and marched towards the mourning hall in a grand procession.

The leader was Li Eldest.

Following him were all Li Family's relatives and friends.

"Don't you think it's strange that my second brother died in the funeral hall?"

"My second brother always took good care of the family. He always made up for whatever my eldest brother needed, and he was always there for our father. It's just that this time when our father passed away, we didn't hold a proper funeral for him."

"But the funeral was so grand and dignified that it was unprecedented in the entire Small Town. They even hired a funeral director to pray for our father and the Li Family."

"Even if the mayor dies, that's nothing more than that, right? What else could Dad possibly be unhappy about?" Li Family's fourth daughter muttered.

"According to tradition, Dad isn't old enough for a joyous funeral, we can't let him die because of this..."

"Yes, Dad wouldn't do such a thing. He's counting on his eldest, second, and third sons to carry on the family line and bring glory to the Li Family!" The third daughter of the Li Family said sarcastically, arms crossed.

The eldest member of this family was the late Old Master Li.

Then came his three sons.

Then come the grandchildren.

They are all a bunch of money-losing girls, destined to marry into other families sooner or later, like water spilled from a cup.

Therefore, in this family, they all had to live at the mercy of their elders and other men.

Next came the daughters-in-law who had married into the family. Old Master Li always believed that although the daughters-in-law who married into the family had given him grandchildren, they were still outsiders.

However, the second son's wife doesn't come back often.

The eldest son's wife suffered severe bleeding after giving birth to her third child and could not be saved.

The third brother, who usually idles away his time and doesn't work, has dated a few people but none of them worked out. However, he's not worried. He thinks that once he's had his fill of playing around, he can just spend money to buy one. After all, his dad probably sees him as a bachelor.

Even if his father passed away, he still has his older brothers, right?

The eldest brother is like a father; they are all the same.

As daughters who are adept at reading people, they are naturally aware of these people's personalities and thoughts.

The eldest daughter of the Li Family had a gloomy face and kept her head down without saying a word.

As a married woman, she had no say in this matter. Moreover, her husband's family was very unhappy about her returning home for the funeral and told her to finish her business as soon as possible and go home.

She has two other children at home who need her care.

The second daughter of the Li Family linked arms with her and walked beside her, her eyes filled with a numbness that followed her grief.

Her life wasn't much better.

But the passing of Old Master Li finally allowed her to breathe a sigh of relief, as if a mountain that had been weighing on her back for years had been removed.

Thinking about her life in her husband's family, she couldn't feel happy. She could empathize with her older sister who had gone through the same experience.

Li Eldest said with a stern face, "I already said I saw it with my own eyes, but you guys are too scared to go and confirm it."

"How can we, a few women, just casually enter the mourning hall?" the third daughter said sarcastically.

In fact, if she weren't afraid of being scolded by the townspeople, she wouldn't even want to go back.

If the most successful member of the Li Family family was Li Second, then the second most successful was the third daughter, who was the fifth child.

The Li Family's ranking is based on genders separately. If we consider birth time, the third daughter is fifth, the Li Laosan is sixth, and the fourth daughter is the youngest in the family, ranking seventh.

She was very determined; she dared to go out to work back then, and now she has a stable job.

Although at home, Old Master Li still looked down on her, he didn't marry her off to someone else early on because she brought in a salary for the family.

After all, once she's married, her money belongs to her husband's family, and she can't take it back to her parents' home. If Old Master Li did that, everyone in town would gossip about him.

Old Li is very concerned about his reputation, so of course he wouldn't do that.

The fourth daughter was born at a good time.

She was the youngest in the family, and with her older brothers and sisters supporting her, and with her third sister looking after her, she didn't suffer much hardship.

Li Eldest's face hardened as he glared angrily at his third daughter. "What, now that Dad's gone, no one can control you anymore?"

The third daughter, hands on her hips, was quite robust from years of hard work and good nutrition, easily matching the Li Eldest's physique. "Manage? You try managing one yourself! Eldest son, no offense, but Dad's gone. You know how he treated us all these years."

"I'm only doing this as a last bit of filial piety by coming here. Do you still want to control us like Dad did? Let me tell you, that's impossible. I won't be bringing my wages home next month; I'm saving them for my fourth sister's schooling."

"She's just a girl, why should she go to school? With that money, you could buy your nephew some new clothes!"

"It's my own money, I can spend it however I want. Hasn't Dad always hoped that someone would bring honor to the family? If my fourth sister goes to school and becomes a college student, wouldn't that be a blessing for our ancestors?"

"You..." Li Eldest couldn't argue with her, and his hand was already raised.

Having watched Old Man Li discipline his wife and daughter since childhood, and occasionally even beat his son, the routine had been subconsciously ingrained in his mind.

When he's extremely angry, he also likes to hit people.

The third daughter stared at him coldly, not flinching, just to see if he dared to hit her.

Li Eldest held his hand up for a while, then slowly lowered it in the end.

The third daughter and her family did not see Li Second's body and did not believe he was dead.

But he saw it all clearly.

Now that Li Second, the financial backer who had always supported him, is dead, he certainly can't afford to offend his third daughter, who is the second most successful and capable of making money.

Seeing that the Li Eldest had lowered his hand, the four daughters all showed a hint of surprise.

"Hey, what's gotten into you today? You've changed your tune?" The third daughter wasn't intimidated at all and kept mocking the Li Eldest.

The person who had been weighing on her finally died.

She has a job and income now, so even if she is evicted, she can still live in the factory.

She now had the confidence to resist.

Li Eldest's face turned red with anger, but he still didn't raise his hand to hit her again.

Seeing his behavior...

The third daughter frowned. She didn't believe that Li Eldest had suddenly changed his ways. To believe that Li Eldest had suddenly become good was like believing that gold had suddenly fallen from the sky.

Could it be that what Li Eldest said was all true?

Is my second brother really dead?

Because of her dissatisfaction with Old Master Li, and also because she viewed the Small Town that had caused her tragic childhood with a negative connotation, she never liked to interact with the people in the town.

Even though she came to attend the funeral, she never showed up, only planning to have a big meal and then leave immediately afterward.