Fall in love with your enemy

Continuing from last time, I said in front of everyone that I wanted to split up the family business. I have thought through the consequences. If I can really have peace and quiet, I will not count on the benefits that the ancestors of the second and third branches have brought me. If not, I have also warned many people, just as a warning to others.

Second Uncle was not willing to get involved in such matters. Whether he opposed or supported it, he would offend people. So he had to change his mind and speak out in a way that showed "abstention": "If you are willing, I have nothing to say. As long as I can win the debate over you, that's all."

I sneered, shook my skirt and sat down quietly: "I only need to inform the elders, why bother arguing? Since you insist on me being the head of the family, I will do this."

"Even if you are the head of the family, you can't be so unreasonable!" A cousin from the second room stood up in the back row, his face red with anger: "Miss Xishi, you can see that all the noble families you are friends with have gathered their relatives together and worked together to achieve today's prosperity. But our family, the third generation of the rich family, has suffered some injustice and wants to split up? Besides, how are you wronged? Didn't you make a mistake?"

"Uncle, are you pointing fingers at me, a person who made up for the loss, and making a mistake? You should figure out who is at fault." I touched the rose embedded in my nails calmly.

The cousin stuttered for a long time before squeezing out a sentence: "We are all family. Aren't you also guilty of negligence? You are his sister."

I looked over with interest. "You are Chengcheng's uncle, so you are also at fault, right? Then you shouldn't point the finger at me, but at yourself who has done nothing but sinned."

"Here……"

"You think what I said is unreasonable, right? You want to say how distant your relationship is and how you can keep an eye on Chengcheng." I stood up and bowed to my second and young uncles again: "Who are you scolding? I'm afraid I don't dare to say it. My uncles are worried about their elders and children. This is a serious matter. Please don't embarrass me."

"That's not what I meant!" My cousin was so anxious that he was about to smoke. After being glared at by another elder in his family, he hurriedly sat down. As for my second uncle and my younger uncle, they remained silent.

There were still whispers in the audience, and I knew that none of them was willing to watch their money fly away. They were just timid. No one was willing to be the first to step forward and find someone who could deal with me without getting hurt. Neither the younger generation nor the peers, nor even the older generation, could do it. Only the elders from the third house could step forward, but they still wanted to observe the situation, so the rest of them just pushed each other, and I held my breath and waited for my opponent.

The third one is relatively better. He is an uncle who has been bullied for many years. He married into the Fu family, and his wife died within a few years. Rumor has it that he is unlucky in marriage. I'm not sure whether he is or not. I only know that many people's lives are too dull and boring, and they find it more fun to despise one person. I thought about helping him, but unfortunately he is from the third house, so I couldn't say too much. Now he has been pushed out by everyone, and he has to go against me for the sake of his future peace.

I had no ill will towards him, but I didn't expect that Uncle Cao had heard so much cursing that he didn't think of resisting or leaving, but instead learned a lot of vicious words. He came up, bowed, and pointed at me, "Miss Xishi, your family usually indulges you and pampers you because you are young. As soon as you came in, Ji Bing dragged out those who didn't like you and dealt with them, and no one said anything to you. Why are you getting more and more outrageous! What do you mean by dividing the family? Our ancestors pampered you, and you still betray them! Even if you have the power left to you by the old man, you should also take the family rules he set seriously!"

I sneered, thinking that it was fortunate that I didn't help such a person, otherwise he would be an ungrateful person. So I sat down slowly and brought up the family rules: "Rules, I have always followed them, and I can even recite them by heart, but I don't know where your uncle got this from?"

"If you follow the rules, you won't change the concept and direct your fourteenth uncle's words to the second and third uncles! They are busy with family affairs, what about you? Are your children still healthy? You don't need to support your parents. You only have this one younger brother. If you can't keep an eye on him and he makes a mistake, shouldn't you be the first to be held accountable? You have been the head of the family. As for the eldest house, we have always agreed that you and Master Shuyu should rule together. Now, after nearly seven years of being the leader, how come you haven't made any progress? Isn't the death of the first head of the family and the son-in-law a warning to you? You were wrong from the beginning, and now it's even more..."

I didn't want to pay attention to him at first, but he spoke the most vicious words as soon as he opened his mouth. The remaining warmth of the mockery in my heart instantly subsided. I glared at him, and Uncle Cao was immediately defeated. His legs went weak all of a sudden. The people behind him were staring at him with fiery eyes, so he had to lower his voice and finish what he said.

"Now, now is not the time to be arrogant. If you can stop the loss in time, everyone will still obey you as the head of the eldest house. Just follow the old policies left by the old master..."

I held my breath and sneered, "Old policies? What are old policies? They are out of date and should be abolished. Take the essence and discard the dross. This is the meaning of the old policies. You must follow your uncle's conservative ideas. You are now contradicting the head of the family. I will turn the rules back to ancient times! Don't you think you should lose your head? Oh, I dare not. What if you go to the underworld and say bad things about me to Grandpa, Father and Mo Du, how can I face them in the future?"

"Miss Xishi, you've gone a bit too far. He doesn't have much brains. He offended the whole family within a few days of entering the family. If it weren't for your cousin's peace of mind, we would have kicked him out long ago!"

Uncle Jiu from the third room came out and tried to smooth things over with a smile, pushing the matter back to my uncle. He was considered to have a conscience, and only ridiculed him for not caring about his life, and for speaking up for others at the critical moment. He glared at the man fiercely, then turned around and smiled at me again.

"Niece, don't be angry with him. We, as the elders, don't really want to criticize you. We are aware of your and Shu Yu's contributions over the years, but we are worried that if something happens after you split up, we won't be able to find out in the first place and how can we help. In order to advance, our Fu family has offended many people over the years. If someone takes advantage of the internal strife in our family to retaliate, we will be caught off guard."

I had no ill intentions. Although I was answering the question, my eyes were rolling around without knowing where to stop: "My father is kind and generous, my second uncle is gentle and kind, my youngest uncle..." I turned a corner and paused to the upper left for a moment to ease the atmosphere: "Although he is a little unserious at ordinary times, he is generally open-minded."

My uncle's frown suddenly turned sideways, and he looked at me in disbelief, and then he said to me in a funny way: "You little heartless person, there are three of us in total. Do you have to add a comma here? Can't you just say it directly?"

"That's impossible. Can't you see how much respect I have for my uncle?" I smiled secretly.

My uncle understood what I meant after just a glance, and turned to signal Uncle Nine. Uncle Nine was still leaning forward, not understanding what he meant. My uncle just pulled my face aside and sneered, "Sit down."

The ninth cousin retreated dejectedly, bending his waist and almost falling to the ground.

"Anyway, I'm not afraid of offending people. My parents passed away and my husband died early. What my uncle said is not wrong. They taught me a lesson, but what they taught me was different from what my uncle thought. I should stop being weak and move forward bravely. After all, how many weaknesses can a person whose entire family is almost dead have?" I sat back and leaned back, gradually feeling comfortable: "It's just that the one who is afraid is not me, then who is? Who is most afraid of cleaning up the mess for a bunch of stupid and bad trash below? Is it me?" I raised my voice.

My brother couldn't bear to be alone, so he said to me calmly, "I'm not afraid either. My uncle has always doted on Shishi. I think he has the same idea as my father and I, and we've never been afraid. I also remind some people that family support is out of kindness, so don't take it for granted. There's a saying that goes, even if you raise a dog, it has to be docile."

Zening covered his lips and had to say: "I agree with my brother and sister. I don't even think that brother Shuyu is wrong. Ninety percent of the property of the three branches of the Fu family belongs to the three heads of the family. I lost money and made a small mistake. I don't think I should apologize to the people who spent money, and I shouldn't let the people who spent money hate the head of the family who has more merits than faults."

"Ms. Zening, it's not right for you to treat us as outsiders with just one sentence..." Another person in the crowd spoke up.

Zening glanced over and said calmly: "I didn't mean everyone, why do you take it personally? If you are really clear-headed, what can I say matter? Why would you feel guilty?" Zening emphasized the last four words.

"They are simply hopeless! It's fine if they are just one or two people making trouble, but they are also instigating the second and third wives to teach their children badly! Mingtang Mingyan, even if you can't control the people above you, can't you teach your own children well? What kind of words are you saying!"

An angry old uncle appeared at the banquet. I guess he couldn't help himself, but today was a bad time. He had just come back from drinking and his face was red. His brain was a little slow. He was just a little energetic at this moment and came out cursing. If Shen Qilin hadn't stopped him from below, I was afraid he would have wanted to go on stage and start fighting.

It's really embarrassing, I held my forehead with my hand. Most of the people in the Fu family have been to school, and there are only a few illiterate people in the older generation. They have learned some principles from their grandfather or other elders, and they are quite shrewd in dealing with people. But this old drunkard was left behind, and was forced to be sent to the eldest house to cause trouble for me. In the end, he dared to point at my nose and scold me by relying on his age and seniority. I really don't know what he is trying to do.

Shen Qilin grabbed the man's arm tightly to prevent him from coming up. If he wasn't afraid of being kicked to death, he would have wanted to push the man's head to the ground to wake him up. He took a breath with great difficulty and said, "Uncle, if we want to follow the rules, you have to stand here and talk."

"Who is your uncle!" The red-faced man pushed away unconvinced, covered his head and pointed at Cheng Cheng in an exaggerated and proud manner: "Look! This is my grandson! Who are you? You..."

Cheng Cheng drank a sip of tea with disgust, pulled the angry Shen Qilin back and gestured behind him: "Send uncle to sober up, what a smell, it's choking me to death."

"Hey! You heartless person, you still despise your uncle? What kind of idiot are you? Lose 10 billion! I spoke for you and taught that girl a lesson, but you still took advantage of me!" The uncle said while burping. The second uncle and the younger uncle, who were far away, rarely acted in accordance with their words and covered their noses and felt nauseous.

Cheng Cheng stretched out his tone with even more hatred: "Pull it away!"

"Wait." The second uncle finally breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest: "Chengcheng, uncle is the elder, let him finish what he wants to say before leaving."

"Hehe, you are more sensible." The old man smiled at my second uncle while holding the wine bottle, and then pointed at me in a show-off manner: "Fu Xishi, they are all afraid of you. Let me answer why you can't split the family, because your father! Your grandfather! They are all willing to support me. When I was running errands for your grandfather, I fell into a trap of a wild beast. For this, your father had to respectfully call me uncle! Do you think you are kind? You are just repaying a favor, and you still despise us for being a burden. Your good life now is built by the whole family! Mingtang, Mingyan, in my opinion, this girl has long hair and short knowledge. She is not as good as Chengzi. If Chengzi doesn't work, then let's try my grandson? Oh, Mingying is at a disadvantage because he has few children. The first one is a girl. She is so useless that she wants to compensate her in-laws. It is better to give this one to my family. He is also Mingying's nephew. How can he not be closer than the one who compensates for money?"

Cheng Cheng was almost out of breath, and now she smiled with a suppressed voice: "Second Uncle, is this what Grandpa has said? Can we take him out now?"

"Who dares!" The uncle roared, "Girl, didn't you hear me tell you when I just said I would give it to you, right? Is it your father who is not your father, or your grandfather who is not your grandfather? You, you are so capable! I changed my surname and entered your Fu family because of your grandfather's kindness. How dare you, a child who hasn't even grown all his hair, drag me down..."

The uncle was staggering, and his "clever" grandson took the opportunity to jump out. He used to walk sideways, but when he heard the chatter from the audience, he thought they were supporting him, so he raised his head to help his grandfather: "Cousin, cousin, I respect you as the head of the eldest house, you can't bully our elders like this, right? Yes, the old man passed away. You haven't seen my grandfather lying on the hospital bed in a bloody mess, but you should have heard the elders talk about it. Do you think you can just shake your tail and leave after eating and drinking? You can't! Cousin, especially you, don't forget that there is an heir to the eldest house!"

"Where did this bastard come from!" Cheng Cheng said, waving his fist and was about to hit someone, but Shen Qilin quickly stopped him.

Apart from anything else, this bunch of fools in my uncle's family did make some "merits". Old Fu also told me about it, but the version was different. He fell into the hunting pit because of his stupidity and disobedience. My grandfather wanted to teach him a lesson so that he could grow his brain in the future. However, when my uncle was away, his family took advantage of him to brag to the family about how much they had sacrificed and contributed. My grandfather was dumbfounded when he came back. It was a pity that everyone believed it. Rumors could make a person stronger than words, so my grandfather had to keep him and told Old Fu to just treat him as a waste. After my uncle died, he could find a reason to kick the rest out. But I didn't expect that this uncle was so lucky.

I was helpless. They said that I was betraying the kindness of my elders, so I had to betray them. If I didn't perform the operation, how could I let those who came after me give up?

So I waved my hand and asked Chengcheng to sit down and smiled: "It seems that you have made up your mind to wipe out my family. The last heir is you, right?"

Fu Shuyan was stunned for a moment. Although he was flustered, he still pushed his grandfather away, gritted his teeth and walked forward: "Cousin, don't be so harsh. I'm not talking about myself. Shu Cong is also the son of your eldest uncle. Only sons can keep the family business! However, Shu Cong is still young. If you don't have the ability, why don't you hand over the Fu family to me while he grows up? I have the confidence that when you get married, it won't be considered marrying up!"