vrcanaries Chapter 279 Severing ties
Chapter 279 Severing ties
This girl is not sick, she just has a hole in her brain.
Daliushu Village is very lively. The He family opened an ancestral hall and crossed out He Erzhu from the family tree.
He Erzhu didn't feel sad at all.
He was even a little impatient.
With Zhao Yuanyuan by his side, he felt he could go anywhere.
The family of three looked very vigorous and in very good spirits.
This left everyone confused.
I have never seen an exiled family in this state.
So, things are going well.
Next came the land, which Liu Daping bought directly with the village’s money.
Then there’s real estate.
Since no one wanted to buy the house, I had to sell it to the villagers, so I couldn't get a good price and only got less than one or two taels of silver.
I thought I could finally get rid of these annoying mother and son, but who knew that Old Mrs. He started to get angry again and asked Dazhu to give her money.
Li Yulin had never expected this to happen and was stunned for a moment.
Su Wanwan was also a little surprised.
In ancient times, filial piety was more important than anything else. Even though she was just a stepmother, her kindness was just as great.
Since they were supposed to give her some food as a tribute every month, it seemed normal to give her some money to send her away.
Liu Daping also persuaded Dazhu to give some silver.
But the old lady asked for ten taels of silver!
"Ten taels of silver! Do you know how much coarse grains you can buy with that?"
Li Yulin was so angry that she laughed.
"I don't care. I raised Dazhu, so he has to support me. Otherwise, you are unfilial. I will sue you at the county government."
An old lady's unfilial words can kill a person.
Li Yulin had already calculated the money in the family. If they had money, they would have sold the house. Where would they get the ten taels of silver?
"You raised Erzhu? Wasn't it your father-in-law who raised him? How did you raise him? You never gave him enough food, so why should I give you ten taels of silver?"
If this stepmother had really treated Dazhu well, she would not have regretted the ten taels of silver.
Everyone also felt that ten taels was too much. What Dazhu's wife said was right. Although she was a stepmother, the old lady had abused Dazhu a lot in the past.
"Even if he wasn't fed and I didn't cook for him, he wouldn't have grown this big."
Old Mrs. He is like a piece of meat on a rolling pin, looking like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water.
Chief He on the side was also extremely angry.
"Two taels of silver, take it or leave it, if you don't want it go ahead and sue me, our whole village can testify that you never treated Dazhu well, let's see if the county magistrate will listen to you!"
Liu Lizheng was also smoking a pipe.
"Two taels of silver is not worth it. If we calculate based on twenty years, we agreed to give one bag of grain a month when we divided the family property. That's less than two taels of silver. Besides, can you, an old lady, live another twenty years?"
People in ancient times had short life spans, and women had an even shorter life span. People in their fifties were considered long-lived.
Everyone looked over, and Mrs. He finally relaxed:
"Two taels, that's it."
Seeing that she was scared, Li Yulin was not to be trifled with, and she started to scold her:
"One tael of silver, that's all. My family doesn't have any extra. You are forcing us to die. Otherwise, we will all die with you!"
She is not afraid anymore. They just accuse her of being unfilial. She is unfilial. So what? With such a mother, let them see whether they are filial or not!
"Or you can sue us. At worst, we'll get a few slaps and you won't get a penny."
So what if you are called unfilial? It won’t kill anyone.
With everyone's efforts, Grandma He finally agreed to pay one or two taels of silver.
Even so, Li Yulin still felt itchy and reluctant.
It's just the pennies that Dazhu has earned from working at home these days, but he has to give it to the old lady. It makes me sad.
Just when Li Yulin was about to give her the copper coins, Su Wanwan suddenly spoke:
"Wait a minute!"
Su Wanwan stepped forward and asked the head of the village:
"Uncle Liu, does the fact that Sister Yulin gave this money mean that she has severed ties with her and doesn't need to give her filial tribute anymore?"
As soon as Su Wanwan asked this, everyone immediately understood.
Yes, what does giving these count as? Is it just a gift of food?
Li Yulin was also quick-witted and said immediately:
"Of course we're going to sever our relationship. My Dazhu wants to sever the mother-son relationship with her. We weren't biological mother and son to begin with. Giving her this money is like repaying her for raising me. We'll have no relationship from now on."
Liu Daping nodded: "That's right."
Old Mrs. He wanted to say something, but finally looked at these people and said nothing more.
Just break up with her, as if she is precious to you.
This also prevents her second son from getting rich in the county and having the eldest son and his wife get close to him again.
"Okay, Shen Zhao, come over and help Sister Yulin write a severance document. The house and land need to be transferred to the county government, so let Uncle Liu take them to the government office."
Li Yulin was touched. Wanwan was so thoughtful.
She hadn't even thought of this. After this, their family would have nothing to do with this mother and son anymore.
Suddenly I felt that this tael of silver was worth it.
He couldn't help but give Su Wanwan a grateful smile.
Shen Zhao did as he was told.
Seeing the written document, everyone sighed.
"Shen Zhao's handwriting is really beautiful."
"Yes, Shen Zhao has excellent handwriting at such a young age."
"Our village will soon have a boy student."
"This child might just pass the imperial examination and become a scholar like his grandfather."
......
Everyone praised him so much that Shen Zhao felt a little embarrassed.
All the parties put their fingerprints on it, and Liu Daping took the document with He Erzhu and his party to the county town to handle the formalities.
He Erzhu's family had already packed their bags, leaving nothing behind, including pots, pans, and utensils.
They just wanted to send the plague god away, and Liu Daping was generous enough to drive his own ox cart to carry the gifts for them.
Looking at the ox cart going away, everyone felt as if a huge stone had been lifted from their hearts.
Especially the He clan members, the scum in the clan finally left, and they were finally at peace.
"Yuanyuan...why are you so stupid?"
Feng cried bitterly and wanted to chase after him, but was pulled back by her own daughter.
"Mom, she didn't even look at you just now. She asked for it. Didn't you see that she looked so smug?"
Feng Xiaorou was also convinced.
Early in the morning, her mother heard that the He family was going to be expelled, and she began to worry about her cousin again. She thought that her cousin would leave He Erzhu after hearing this, but she didn't expect that she was really determined to follow He Erzhu.
She just didn't understand what was going on in her cousin's brain.
How could she really dare to talk to someone like He Erzhu?
It was obvious that the two of them were very affectionate and loving, and she almost vomited when she saw it.
Is my cousin just giving up and becoming so hungry that she will eat anything?
"She chose her own path, auntie, don't be sad. She will hate you if you meddle in her affairs too much."
Seeing Feng crying like that, Su Wanwan felt that her sincerity was wasted.
After trying to persuade her, she suddenly remembered that Zhao Yuanyuan had already left, so she immediately asked:
"Aunt, are you still leaving? If you don't want to leave, you can stay. Shen Yuan and I have something to ask you. Let's go to the workshop and talk."