Granny Ruan has passed away.

This news was brought by one of Ruan's cousins.

Because the Lu family didn't have a good impression of Ruanjia Village, apart from Ah Xiang and other specific people who could come and go, anyone else who came to Ruanjia Village would be stopped outside.

So this cousin went to Liufang Lane and found Ms. Ruan at the garment factory.

After learning about this, Ms. Ruan was unable to concentrate. Even when she returned home for dinner that evening, she appeared distracted.

Shu Yu glanced at her several times at the dining table, but she didn't notice.

She thought she would ask Mrs. Ruan after dinner if something had happened.

As soon as she sat down at the table, Madam Ruan went straight to the old lady's courtyard to find her.

The old lady naturally noticed that something was wrong with Ruan Shi. After returning to her room, she asked her, "What's wrong with you? Is there anything I can help you with?"

It must be said that the person who understands Nguyen the most is still the old lady.

Ruan Shi doesn't usually seek her out easily, unless she encounters something difficult to decide, in which case she becomes so secretive.

Madam Ruan let out a breath and told them the news of her mother-in-law's death.

The old lady hadn't even swallowed her tea when she choked. "What did you say? That old woman is dead?"

"Yes," Madam Ruan said softly, her head bowed. "It happened this morning."

The old woman suddenly slapped her thigh and laughed heartily, "Good! I knew the wicked would be punished by the wicked. She's done so many evil deeds, Heaven has finally gotten her comeuppance, she..."

She stopped mid-sentence, remembering that the woman sitting in front of her, Madam Ruan, was Granny Ruan's daughter.

Looking up and seeing that she looked quite calm, I felt relieved.

He then coughed lightly, his expression somewhat unnatural, "So, what are you thinking? Are you going to dress her in mourning clothes and send her off on her final journey?"

Ruan's fingers tightened suddenly, and she bit her lower lip slightly.

After a long while, she looked up at the old lady and said, "Mother, I...I don't know."

The mother-daughter bond between Ruan Shi and Granny Ruan had actually faded long before Ruan Shi got married due to the daily exploitation she endured. Later, in order to provide a better life for herself and her two sons, Granny Ruan stole and sold the child that Ruan Shi had given birth to with great difficulty, which not only separated Ruan Shi and her daughter but also plunged Ruan Shi into self-blame and remorse for more than ten years.

She even considered taking a knife and running to the Ruan family home to die together with Granny Ruan.

When she was at her lowest and most depressed, it was Lu Erbai and the old lady who put Daya in her arms and helped her calm down.

But Granny Ruan showed no remorse or regret whatsoever, and a few years ago she set her sights on her twins again.

From that time on, whether Granny Ruan lived or died was no longer her concern.

She had long since lost all affection for Granny Ruan, feeling less than a stranger to her. She might have uttered a few words of sorrow at the death of a stranger. But upon hearing the news of Granny Ruan's passing, besides feeling somewhat disoriented and unreal, she also experienced a sense of liberation, as if a shackle had suddenly been loosened from her body.

Therefore, Ruan Shi initially did not intend to attend Ruan Pozi's funeral.

But then she thought about it again and became somewhat indecisive. She didn't care about Granny Ruan, but she did care about the children.

Ayu is now a county magistrate, and Arui will also study and take the imperial examination in the future. There is also her future son-in-law who just finished the provincial examination and will open an academy in Jiangyuan County and become its headmaster.

If rumors were to spread that the Lu family didn't even attend Granny Ruan's funeral, those who didn't know the truth would only think that the Lu family, now powerful and influential, looked down on their poor relatives.