Chapter 78: She doesn’t regret

Meanwhile, in Changfeng Town, inside the main hall of the Liu Kangsheng’s family in Liujiacun.

Similar words were spoken by the head of the Liu family.

“Parents won’t divide the family. Sanlang, as children, you shouldn’t act like this. Your father didn’t say he would separate you, but you’re asking for it yourself. If this goes on, you’ll be accused of being unfilial.”

Liu Sanlang didn’t speak, he just bowed to the ground first, and then said, “I understand the principle of parents not dividing the family. But my father and eldest brother couldn’t accept my newborn child. Just because she was born on the Dragon Boat Festival, they wanted me to drown her. Patriarch, this is my child and his mother’s flesh and blood. Since it’s said that children born in the evil month and on the evil day harm the family, then I’ll separate myself. If there are disasters or hardships, my wife and I will bear them ourselves. I dare not burden the family. Isn’t this filial piety? Can I really be considered a person if I kill my own flesh and blood? I, Liu Qingnian, am still a human being.”

Liu Qingnian is Liu Sanlang’s name. In the village, everyone is called Da Lang, Er Lang, Da Ya, Er Ya, rarely is somebody called by their real names.”

Liu Qingnian’s words hit hard, and both Liu Kangsheng and Liu Da Lang’s faces darkened.

They had asked Liu Sanlang to drown the child born on the Duanwu Festival more than half a month ago, but they didn’t expect Liu Sanlang to refuse adamantly and even fiercely protect the child. Now he wanted to split the family over this matter.

There was only so much land in the family now. Splitting it would reduce the income. If the third branch was split, there would be two fewer workers. Liu Sanlang was good at carpentry, and his wife was good at embroidery. If they left, who would earn money to support Liu Tianbao’s education?

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He could only make this trip.

But Liu Kangsheng’s face sank. “Don’t talk about this as filial piety. True filial piety is listening to me. Even if you’re unwilling to drown the child, you should send her away far. That’s filial piety. You’re bringing the family members here to pressure me to divide the family, and you’re talking to me about filial piety?”

As soon as these words came out of Liu Kangsheng’s mouth, the head of the Liu family and several elders in the family all frowned.

Since they came to pressure him to split the family, then let them do it.

One of the elders, known for his straightforwardness, said, “There’s no need to put it that way. As the saying goes, when a tree grows big, it branches out, and when children grow up, they form their own families. All three brothers have started their own families, and they each have children. It’s not uncommon in our village for families to split under such circumstances. There’s no need to escalate it to the level of unfilial behavior. If Sanlang wants to say the only thing that can be criticized, it’s that he proposed the split himself. But you’re both fathers. If you can’t tolerate someone else’s child, why not let them split off? Ultimately, in the future, there will be plenty for you to be filial to. You’ll have to support the elderly. What’s there to hold onto?”

It hadn’t been long since the incident with Liu Yu. In his opinion, for someone like Liu Sanlang and his wife, who only had two daughters, it was a wise move to proactively seek separation. Otherwise, when the girls grew up, they would have to guard against the fate of following in Liu Yu’s footsteps.

Liu Kangsheng’s face turned ugly. In the past, no one in the family would have denied him face like this. But since the incident in the family, now it seemed that, under the guise of mediating family affairs, everyone was siding with the third branch.

They were just short of wearing their disdain and maliciousness on their faces.

He had maintained his reputation his whole life, but now that he was getting old, he had lost all dignity.

The head of the Liu family also spoke up, “Kangsheng, if the children are determined to split off, let them do it. Forcing them to stay together under the same roof won’t do any good. Your family has had enough troubles lately, enough to last the village a few years. It’s better not to stir up more trouble.”

This was clearly pressure. No one in the family was on his side, and it was the same in the village.

Liu Kangsheng looked at Lin Shi from the second branch who seemed eager to split off, his cheeks tightening. He then looked at Liu Sanlang. “Are you determined to split the family?”

Liu Sanlang didn’t speak, he just bowed to Liu Kangsheng.

Liu Kangsheng sneered, “Fine, then I’ll pretend I never had a son like you. You don’t have to recognize me as your father either. There’s no need to talk about splitting the family. Nothing in this house belongs to you. Since you want to start anew, just leave with your wife and child.”

Everyone in the room was shocked and looked at Liu Kangsheng.

To be kicked out with nothing!

His wife was still in confinement, and the youngest child wasn’t even twenty days old yet!

Liu Kangsheng was truly ruthless.

Lin Shi, who had been eager to split the family and start anew, turned pale and hung her head on the spot, suppressing her thoughts.

Liu Sanlang’s face turned pale, and his hands trembled. “Father!”

“Don’t call me father. I’m not worthy of being called your father. If you want to leave, pack up and leave immediately. Apart from the clothes from your third branch, don’t think about taking anything else with you. If you don’t leave today, you’ll stay obediently in this house. Don’t ever mention the word ‘splitting the family’ again in the future.”

Liu Kangsheng knew that by doing this, he would lose his reputation in the family as soon as these people stepped out of the door today. But his reputation was already in ruins. Did he care if it got a little worse? His eldest son was useless, and he only had one grandson left now. He couldn’t tolerate his son suggesting splitting the family, so he had to use this method to suppress him.

Splitting the family, he agreed, but if the third branch couple didn’t dare to leave on their own, then it wasn’t his concern.

If Liu Sanlang himself requested the split, the family could pressure him to agree, but they couldn’t force him to give up his share of the family property.

Liu Kangsheng looked straight at his youngest son. He wanted to see if he dared or not.

Liu Sanlang’s lips trembled, and he didn’t dare to say a word.

If they weren’t given anything, what would they eat, what would they drink? Rely on his incomplete woodworking skills? How would Wen Shi and the two children survive?

Someone in the family couldn’t bear it anymore. “Kangsheng, there’s no need to split the family like this. Don’t ruin the rules of the family.”

Liu Kangsheng clenched his fists. “There’s never been a son who forcefully wants to split his father’s family in the family. You pressure me to agree, is this also a family rule? You want me to agree, I agree, but do you still have to force me to split the family? I don’t know when the family became so powerful.”

Indeed, they couldn’t.

The head of the Liu family looked displeased, then turned to Liu Sanlang. “Sanlang, think again. You won’t be able to survive without land.”

Liu Sanlang didn’t know what to do. Standing behind Liu Kangsheng, Liu Dalang smirked and looked satisfied.

But at this moment, a voice came from behind the crowd. “We’ll split.”

Wen Shi walked out of the room holding her eldest daughter’s hand and carrying her youngest daughter. She walked to Liu Sanlang’s side and knelt down, pulling Liu Er’ya down beside her, looking at the head of the Liu family and the elders. “We’ll split. Bringing up the idea of splitting the family is unfilial, and being expelled and cut off from the family is what we deserve. My belly is useless, and I couldn’t bear a son, but my daughters are also flesh and blood from my body. If we have to choose between our child’s life and filial piety, then we have to be unfilial.”

“Er’ya, kowtow to your grandparents.”

Liu Sanlang’s lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but Wen Shi tugged at him. “I just want to sleep peacefully at night. I don’t want to dream every night that Er’ya and Suya are missing. Even if we have to beg for food, it’s better than the risk of our child being sold or killed at any moment. Let’s kowtow too, as a thank you to your parents for raising you.”

She grabbed Liu Er’ya and knocked her head against Liu Kangsheng’s knees a few times.

Liu Sanlang saw his wife and daughter like this, with the small child in Wen Shi’s arms, and closed his eyes, knocking his head along with them.

“Vile woman!” Liu Kangsheng’s gaze seemed to pierce through Wen Shi. “So, it’s you who’s the most powerful one. You’re the one who incited the third child to cause trouble and split the family, and now you’re inciting him to cut off ties with me. The Wen family has raised a good daughter indeed.”

Wen Shi burst into tears as soon as she heard this. “You said to cut off ties, so I’m willing to beg for food, right? Who would willingly leave their home with nothing left? You can scold me, but insulting my family is unreasonable.”

With tears in her eyes, she looked at the people in the family. “Please, asking the head of the family and the elders, if my father today treats us like children and gives us a share of the family property, we will honor him in the future as we should. We won’t fall short, even if it’s as bad as begging for food. But if he insists on kicking us out with nothing, please have the head of the family help write a letter of disownment. As long as it’s signed, my husband, our children, and I will leave immediately. We won’t ever come to the Liu family’s door again, even to beg for food.”

Several people in the family were stunned. This Wen Shi was even more decisive than Liu Sanlang.

Logically speaking, there was no room for a woman to intervene in matters of splitting the family, but the Liu family was truly absurd. Seeing Wen Shi’s situation, the people in the family couldn’t bear to be too harsh. The head of the Liu family looked at Liu Sanlang. “Is what your wife said also your intention?”

This time, Liu Sanlang didn’t hesitate. His wife had always been smarter than him, and Liu Sanlang had gotten used to listening to Wen Shi. Even though he didn’t know how they would survive after being kicked out, when the head of the Liu family asked, he still nodded.

Liu Kangsheng’s face went pale. The head of the Liu family looked at him and said, “Kangsheng, aren’t you regretting it? Let me tell you, what grudge could there be between father and son? It’s just that the child’s birth time wasn’t very good. Why make it like this? Just give the third branch a share of the property, let them split the family peacefully, and they will still be filial to you in the future.”

But Liu Kangsheng knew he couldn’t. If the third branch relaxed, the second branch would also come forward. He couldn’t let this family fall apart like this.

The eldest branch had Tianbao, and he definitely wanted to stay with them. But Tianbao was only six years old, still unstable. He couldn’t really agree to the oath of cutting off his descendants.

Thinking of this, Liu Kangsheng gritted his teeth. “Let them go. Write the disownment letter, I’ll sign it!”

When Liu Sanlang heard that his father really wanted to kick him out, as a grown man in his twenties, tears immediately welled up in his eyes, and he slumped down.

Meanwhile, Wen Shi held onto Liu Er’ya’s hand tightly, unsure whether she felt more anxious about the unknown future or more relieved to leave this house behind.

But she knew she didn’t regret it.

Sansukini: Yes. It’s better to leave. It’s a new beginning for Wen Shi’s family.

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