Village Flowers and Female Scholars

When things got to this point, the people around couldn't see it, and they all criticized.

"Cao Laosan, Cao Laosan, you are doing nothing all day long and have no ability to make money. You actually set your mind on your own sister, even your own niece. It's really shameful."

"Cao Laosan and Xu Ji Tofu's little widow are paid, I'm afraid they want to get the money and give it to others."

"It's really done. It's not enough to train mother and daughter these years. Now that the Fang family's marriage is gone, it's really not human to just sell people to brothels."

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The people around were talking about it, Cao Laosan could still bear it with a straight face, but the rest of the Cao family had long since turned into idiots. The old lady Cao was very unhappy when she saw her family being accused. Over the years, that is where their old Cao's family talked about others, when it was their turn to criticize their family's affairs.

Unhappy, she said to Cai Chu: "Second Cai, do you care too much? My old woman thinks that it is not illegal to sell children and daughters these days, and other people sell them too. Why don't you talk about others, but force yourself?" If you want to get involved in my family's affairs, you must see that our old Cao's family is not pleasing to your eyes."

Cai Chu snorted and said: "No matter who the other people are, as long as people from Shangyan Village feel unfair to come to me and ask me for an explanation, I can't just stand by and watch. Miss Jin has formally gone to find him this morning. I said I want to separate the family, since I have agreed to this matter, I will take care of it to the end."

When Mrs. Cao heard this, her heart skipped a beat. This little girl was actually plotting this matter by being sneaky these days. She was suddenly furious, turned her head and gave Xie Yan a hard look, and said, wishing she could eat her alive.

It's just that it's not easy to hit people in front of everyone, so I can only say bitterly: "I'm such a little bitch trying to plot something sneakily these days. It turns out that my wings are hardened, but now I want to kick Lao Cao!" Kick it away, you are just like your mother who can't stand on the stage, you are a white-eyed wolf, you have forgotten that if the Cao family hadn't kindly given you a bowl of porridge and a quilt these years, you would have starved to death by the side of the road. "

After hearing this, Xie Yan didn't agree: "In these years, you have used our mother as a cow and a horse. The work my mother and I do can earn two or three taels a year at least, and at least five years. There are also ten taels of silver, and the three of us eat and drink for a year without even paying a hundred Wen, so it's really cheap and good-looking."

Everyone in the village didn't know what happened to Cao E, mother and son in Cao's house, and they all nodded in agreement when they heard Xie Yan's words.

"It's too harsh. My own daughter can be treated like this. If a family has a daughter who is married to their family in the future, I don't know what it will be like~"

"This old Cao's family really committed crimes."

"No wonder Cao Laosan is still a bachelor at such an age..."

"Look at the face of that family, who dares to push their daughter into this pit of fire."

The more you say this, the more you can't listen to it. In the past, when you didn't get along with the Cao family, you took the opportunity to fan the flames in the crowd, and there was an uproar in the crowd.

The old man Cao, who was huddled in the main room and smoking a dry cigarette, couldn't sit still any longer. He put away the pipe and stood up, and walked slowly from the house to the outside.

Seeing him, Cai Chu raised his voice a little and said, "Brother Cao, you have been silent for a long time. I thought this old Cao's family was run by your third son and your wife."

The old man Cao's old face turned black, and he suppressed his displeasure and said: "Brother Cai, after all, it is still our family's business. What do you bring a large group of people to see? What a joke!"

Xie Yan who was at the side immediately took up the conversation and said: "Joke, you know it's a joke, you can do things like selling your own daughters and grandchildren, and you still want to look after an old face, which is enough to save face."

"Shut up!" Old Man Cao yelled loudly.

Xie Yan was not shocked by his words, but changed the subject: "I called these people and has nothing to do with Uncle Cai, but my mother is going to be separated from the Cao family today, so she needs to be present. Now that everything is here, let’s start writing the deed.”

The old man Cao's face became even uglier when he heard the words, and he said in a cold tone: "It doesn't matter who you call, after the three of you mother and son came back from Xie's house, if they didn't have the protection of their natal family, they would have ceased to exist long ago, and it was your mother who wanted to talk. Make a sound, what are you, pointing fingers in front of the elders."

"Sell your own daughter, you are not worthy to talk to my mother!"

"Presumptuous, at home marry from father to husband, since your mother has chosen to return to her mother's family, of course I have the final say on this family, I can do whatever I want."

"Why, you really think that your old Cao's family is a golden nest, and we don't like it anymore. Now, according to the court regulations, our three mothers meet the conditions for opening a door and registering a household. We will be separated today. You can't control it if you want " Xie Yan didn't show him any face.

The people around saw that the little girl who had been unknown before, now dared to stand up and confront the old thorn in the village. She was articulate and did not blink her eyes. They were both surprised and secretly happy, and silently helped She applauded.

Cao Laosan on the side looked at the little girl's aura now over the heads of them, suppressing the faint anger in his chest, turned his head to Cai Chu and said: "Cai Chu, you are upright, did you forget to separate your family and set up a household?" In addition to the consent of the master, there is also a homestead where you can set up a residence, the three of them don’t have a homestead, don’t you want to be a hero for a while, and you don’t even care about these things.”

Cai Chu was not happy to be known by the lazy man in front of him, he frowned and said: "Mr. Cao, you can't speak without evidence. I, Cai Chu, have never dared to say that I am impartial, but there is no bias in the village these years. No matter who, there are not hundreds of families in the matter of family separation and establishment, and there are more than a dozen. Which time is wrong and biased, which time is not following the procedure, what you said is really hurtful."

Cao Laosan said in disbelief: "Have they ever had a homestead?"

"You can be optimistic. This is the land deed I just bought with the dealer. It is a full acre of land, but is it enough to be used as a proof of homestead?" Xie Yan took out the land deed.

This action of hers fixed everyone in place, and it took a while before she came back to her senses. The few people standing in front leaned over to take a look at the land deed. It was written in black and white that it was indeed that the dealer sold an acre of dry land at the foot of the mountain to Xie Jinniang's facts, the red handprint below is impressive.

The old man Cao probably could read a few words, he was startled when he glanced over it, and hurriedly reached out to get it, but saw Xie Yan lift up the paper.

"Let's just say it first, this land deed can be seen, but you don't want to try to destroy it. After all, Zhuang Xiucai still has a copy in his hand, and if you destroy it, it will be a guilty conscience. All the folks in the village will see it." When the time comes, if you make a fuss in the yamen, you will be punished even more."

The old man Cao glared at her, grabbed the land deed, and looked up and down with his big, cloudy eyes, his face became even more ugly.

Xie Yan took the opportunity to take back the land deed and said: "Now that the homestead is in place, according to the court law, after the death of the husband, if the husband's family does not want to keep anyone, the woman can remarry or become an independent household with the children. If the son of the family If you are under the age of 12, you can set up a female household in the name of your mother, Mrs. Cao has something to say!"

"If you want to separate the family, there is no door. After you come back from Xie's house, your food and lodging will be our Cao's house. Unless you can come up with ten taels of silver, don't even think about it." Seeing the old man's complexion, Cao's old lady hurried jumped out.

Xie Yan is not afraid of her. Now she is 15 years old, and her stature has begun to grow. She is already the same height as her mother Cao, and she is half a head taller than that old lady Cao.

She took two steps forward and approached the old woman, and said in a very nasty tone: "After you gave birth to my mother, my uncle happened to be ill, so you put the blame for my uncle's death on my mother. These years, she has been used like a servant, beaten and scolded, and even worse when we came back from Xie’s house. When it rained, we were driven to work in the fields. Gu’er and I got a fever in the rain and almost died. Your family not only You don’t ask for a doctor, and you say you don’t waste money if you don’t go out when you are sick, and you only give half a bowl of porridge a day, you still have the face to mention your kindness of childbirth, if you really have, you should have paid off all these years long ago.”

Xie Yan's rebuke was heard word by word, and everyone booed.

The old man Cao's face was gloomy, and he was about to drip ink, he turned his head to Cao Laosan and said, "Lao San, go and invite the Thirteenth Master."

Cao Bin understood instantly, turned around and ran out the door.

Someone in the crowd said: "Everything is clearly laid out, why is he still called the Thirteenth Master, that old bone can do something besides disrupting the situation."

"That's right, just talking nonsense based on age. The last time our family separated, he was called to come here. It made a lot of trouble. I regret it to death."

"What do you know? The Thirteenth Master is well-informed, fair and fair. Without him, it's not a division of the family."

"You can pull it off, this old guy is starting to only recognize a few copper coins now, old man Cao sent his third son to call the old guy, he just wanted to take the opportunity to buy him first."

Xie Yan and Cai Chu looked at each other, and they couldn't help but feel a little worried. This ancient man didn't know the law, and his mind was easily manipulated by others. If this old guy came to disrupt the situation, it would be difficult to end.

Soon, Laosan Cao invited the thirteenth child over, and the old guy sat on the seat as soon as he arrived, with a serious face that was very bluffing.

Cao Laosan on the side bowed his head and bowed, looking like a big horse monkey.

Seeing his son like that, the old man Cao knew that he had taken care of it, and his face relaxed.

Cai Chu also found a stool and sat down, wanting to see how the old man got married.

Sure enough, as soon as the old man sat down, he said: "On the way just now, the third child has already told me everything. I don't agree with the separation of the family."

However, as soon as the words were finished, an elegant voice came from behind the crowd: "The three divisions in the village did not call me. I'm afraid they have forgotten my identity as a scholar."