Mother's Maintenance Fee

The Story

Mother Li Xiufen battles late-stage cancer while her youngest son Zhang Qiang and wife Su Qian conspire to exploit the family. They hide her passing from eldest sister Zhang Yue and second brother Zhang Ce, falsely claiming she returned to her natal family. This deception allows the couple to continue swindling monthly maintenance payments. To maintain the ruse, they fabricate videos and bury her ashes in the ancestral grave under the pretense of a dead dog belonging to neighbor Ma Shang. The siblings eventually return for the mother's fiftieth birthday and uncover the grave's secret. With the help of the village secretary, they expose the fraud. The family recovers the remaining two point two one million and evicts the unfilial couple. The mother's final will reveals the full extent of the siblings' sins.