coobybook Chapter 208 Relatives Come to Seek Refuge 3
Chapter 208 Relatives Come to Seek Refuge 3
The old woman didn't expect that her eldest son would rather be kicked out of the house than persuade Bai Hongmei to compromise with him. She froze there for a moment, regretting deeply.
She didn't really want to kick her eldest son and his family out of the house. Although she favored her younger son, she was also very clear that her eldest son and his wife were the main labor force of their Liu family.
Seeing this, her youngest son Liu Dashi was about to give her a way out, but Bai Hongmei's aunt had already said to the old woman, "Bah! Who do you think cares about an old hag like you?"
She waved at Bai Hongmei's family of four, "Everyone heard what the old woman said. From now on, your family will have nothing to do with them. You two should quickly bring the children over to me and your mother. I will let your cousin Chong take a look at the injuries on the two children's feet later."
As she said this, she glared at the old woman fiercely and said, "Wait until your cousin Chong has seen me, and then let them pay for the medicine!"
The reason she said this was because she could see that the family was showing signs of regretting their decision.
She couldn't let the old hag take back what she had said, otherwise Bai Hongmei would have to continue living the same hard life as before, working the hardest, enduring the most bullying, and eating and wearing the least.
She winked at Gu Wenxuan without any concealment, and Gu Wenxuan understood and helped her set the stage to perform.
"Didn't you say that the soles of the two children's feet are already worn out? Cleaning, applying medicine, bandaging, and subsequent dressing changes, if you add all these up, it will cost at least two cents of silver."
"Also, if you move into Baijia Village, you will also need to pay a protection fee of one tael of silver per person per month. Since you haven't split up yet, let your old lady pay the four taels of silver as well."
"Ah, and one more thing. If you want to settle down in Baijia Village, you will need to buy a residential plot and build your own house. These things will also cost money. Even if you just want to build an adobe house, it will cost at least two or three taels of silver to buy the land."
"Well, let them pay a total of four taels of silver, and then I will give you half of the food and half of the belongings."
The old woman and her youngest son's family were completely stunned. My goodness, her/his mother clearly said that they should leave the house with nothing, but how come when these words reached the mouths of the people in Baijia Village, it became that they had to give them four taels of silver and half of their food and half of their belongings?
The old woman spat at Bai Hongmei and her husband viciously, "Bah! You disobedient and unfilial thing, you are just dreaming! I tell you, I won't give you a penny, and you will starve!"
She didn't dare to provoke Gu Wenxuan and others, but Gu Wenxuan insisted on provoking her. Before she finished speaking, Gu Wenxuan had already bent the bow and drawn the arrow. With a whoosh, a wooden arrow flew past the old woman's ear with a strong wind, and took away a small tuft of her hair.
The old woman was so frightened that her voice stopped abruptly. The others had different expressions and looked in the direction where the wooden arrow came from.
Gu Wenxuan smiled at everyone's gaze and said, "I didn't say... I don't have to ask you to give it to me!"
After saying that, she bent her bow and drew her arrow again, "Don't worry, I won't miss the target this time."
The old woman was so frightened that she jumped off the cart with a scream, then grabbed her younger son and hid behind her older son for shelter.
Gu Wenxuan sighed and waved her hand, "My men, surround them!"
Upon hearing the noise, the patrol team members immediately surrounded the family.
The old woman, her youngest son and his wife were trembling with fear, while the two children from the second wife hugged their parents' necks and cried loudly.
Hearing her grandson's cry, the old woman said loudly with a stern face: "What? Are you people from Baijia Village planning to rob directly?"
Bai Lizheng didn't come out until this moment to smooth things over. "Alright, alright, calm down."
He said to the old woman, "There are a lot of things going on in our village right now, and I don't have time to argue with you. Now I will give you two choices."
"One is that you divide the family land and property between the two brothers according to the normal rules of dividing the family."
"If you don't want to, and you insist on having Hongmei and her family leave the house, then please write a document of severing ties with Hongmei's family. From now on, your two families will have nothing to do with each other, and they won't have to take care of you in your old age."
Of course the old woman was unwilling to do that. Although she favored her younger son, she was actually very aware of how lazy the younger son and his wife were. What she wanted was for her eldest son's family to work hard and support her and her younger son's family without complaint.
The words about being kicked out of the house with nothing were actually said to scare her eldest son's family. She just wanted to stay in the safe and wealthy Baijia Village, but didn't want to give up food and money by sending her eldest son to live with their uncle Tang Gongji.
In her opinion, since both the couple were hardworking and strong, the worst that could happen was that they would just do some free work and be looked down upon in their uncle's house.
They all have free houses to live in and free meals to eat, so what if they help their uncle's family with some work and suffer a little bit of anger? It won't cost them a piece of meat anyway, right?
As for whether her brother's family would drive Bai Hongmei's family out because there was no work needed in winter, or whether they would just keep them busy without feeding them and only give them a woodshed to live in, the old woman subconsciously did not consider this issue.
Anyway, she and her beloved youngest son and his family have a good place to go. They can eat well and live well in Baijia Village without spending any money.
"You Bais are really good at taking advantage!" The old woman tried to straighten her back. "I don't agree with either of your two points! Why should my son, who I raised with so much effort, be given away to you Bais?"
Bai Lizheng was not angry, he just looked at her calmly, "So what do you want to do? Anyway, our Baijia Village will never let you and your youngest son's family in."
"Then don't even think about leaving a grain of rice for that little bitch Bai Hongmei! Aren't you going to take in their family of four? Then you can just raise my son and grandson for free!"
Bai Lizheng had seen many such unreasonable and unreasonable people. Even though the other party kept acting like a rogue, he didn't get angry at all. He just raised his hand and made a circle, signaling the old woman to look at the patrol team members in their village.
"You want to leave them a family of four without any money or food? Then you may not be able to leave."
"The girls of our Baijia Village are not married off to be bullied by their husbands. Don't say that you are standing on the land at the entrance of our Baijia Village. Even if you are still in your own village, if you dare to bully our Baijia aunt, we will never watch you do whatever you want."
He bowed to the villagers from other villages who were waiting for their relatives to claim the girl, and said, "Please be a witness. Our Bai family is now seeking justice for our married aunt."