Hua Hua was lost, the son didn't care, anyway it wasn't his own grandchild, taken away by the real grandparents and that's that.
To save the Mei Family's reputation and to maintain the lie, they said the child got an acute illness, didn't survive the night, and couldn't be saved.
To make it seem complete, Old Mrs. Mei had someone sell a small coffin and put the child's clothes inside it. Hastily, they found a place to bury it.
Generally, when a child dies at home, they can't remain overnight, and they're buried the same day. Old Mrs. Mei didn't want the child to be buried in the ancestral grave, so she found a desolate grave mound to bury him.
The news that the Mei Family's little grandson died was known in the courtyard in the morning, and by the afternoon, the child was already buried, with the helpers all being soldiers from Mei Shuping's unit.
No one knew exactly what illness the child had or why he suddenly died.
