After we returned to Hong Kong from Indonesia in 1993, we never contacted my grandmother for various reasons that are difficult to tell here. One of the reasons was that he opposed us to a religion that did not allow us to worship idols and hold a wedding. He once told my father when we were in Indonesia that he would not recognize my father as a son and would not inherit a penny.

When we returned to Hong Kong, we didn't want to seek help from my grandmother because she, along with some of the brothers, must have been looking for any way to get us to give up our trust.

My mother accidentally met my grandmother's cousin on the street

One day in 2001, when my mother was out shopping, suddenly someone called her, and it turned out to be my grandmother's female cousin. After the conversation, my grandmother's cousin tried to help us have a good conversation with Grandma. Because at that time the family's finances began to recover a little and did not need my grandmother's help, my mother and father agreed to my grandmother's cousin's advice. In the end, we left for Yuen Long and met Grandma.

Gathered at my grandmother's house in Yuen Long on the Chinese New Year of 2002.

Met my grandmother and she called a religious leader to talk to us

When I met my grandmother, she called a friend who was also a religious leader who shared our religion. At that time, the leader said that it was okay to worship idols. We ignored her and insisted that we would not do that, but my mother promised to visit her often and take care of her if she needed us. Grandma saw that we had been determined, and she didn't force us anymore.

My grandmother was surrounded by adopted children who just wanted to profit from her

If Hong Kong readers are paying attention, Hong Kong's leading artists and personalities are very fond of adopting new artists or people whose wealth is not as much as they are. This is because more adopted children indicate more respect, and this symbolizes that they have wealth or power. The person who is appointed also wants to use their popularity to be more famous or to be able to make a profit.

My grandmother was one of them, where she was often visited by various kinds of people who asked to be her grandmother's adopted son. Sometimes on Eid they chose to accompany my grandmother rather than accompany their own parents. As Grandma became ill and approached her last days, they continued to question where she had put the jewelry, and once we found out, the jewelry had been taken away by them.

We didn't mind that because when we returned to Hong Kong we were prepared to get nothing from Grandma.

Dad didn't inherit from grandma when grandma died

In 2003, we got word from my grandmother that she had cancer, and the doctor said she had about 1 month left to live. My mother decided to accompany him to the hospital until he died.

The committee from the school of the grandmother's family arranged the funeral according to the request of the grandmother while she was alive. We were very surprised at my grandmother's funeral; she did not use my grandfather's surname, but her first husband's surname, and inheritance, including the house and position at school, she left all to the children of her first husband who since childhood lived in the United States with her grandmother's first husband.

The other grandparents were all angry, but my father and mother were not disappointed that we had chosen to follow the religion we professed and were ready to lose everything.

In the next article, I will tell you how I was looked down upon by my cousins in Hong Kong because they were all overseas graduates and had higher positions than I did at that time.