He didn't understand then what being in dire straits really meant. His maternal grandfather had taken him to a household, where there were no men left, only a grandmother and her granddaughter. The old woman's eyesight was poor due to endless embroidery work, and the little granddaughter was so skinny that a gust of wind might carry her away.
He also visited their kitchen, which had an empty rice bin and not a piece of meat in sight.
Upon leaving, he begged his maternal grandfather to give the grandmother and granddaughter a hundred taels of silver, which his grandfather agreed to.
He was only told that his sister's circumstances were slightly better than those of the grandmother and granddaughter, but mentally, not so. If this continued, his sister would go mad and eventually die!
If he could, he was willing to be the one abandoned because he was a boy, a strong man.
When those two figures entered, Mrs. Han jumped off her chair, pinching a pastry.
