Struggle of Baochai

"Why can't I be the patriarch?"

Xue Pan held a big knife and yelled at the Xue family seniors who were sitting in the hall: "The patriarch can only be our eldest son. My father is the patriarch. Now that my father is gone, it is naturally my turn to be the patriarch."

"Presumptuous." The elder and highly respected fourth master stood up: "How can you be the patriarch of my Xue clan with a yellow mouth? Are you talented in reading, or do you know how to do business and understand accidents? You can't do anything. The reputation in Jinling City is so bad, my Xue clan has more than a hundred members, how dare I entrust the whole clan to you."

"That's right." Xue Ding said with a sneer: "Who doesn't know that you are the most ignorant, Pan'er, a person like you can also be the patriarch, and this pig can take the first prize."

Baochai listened in the dark, her face flushed with anger, she clenched her fists and wanted to give those clansmen a hard beating, no matter how bad her brother was, no one else could insult her , this uncle is actually a pig who compares her brother to being extremely stupid. It is clear that he is going to bully her brother because her father is gone.

Xue Pan's nostrils were dilated, and he gasped heavily: "What did you say? Who are you calling a pig?"

While speaking, he raised his big knife and was about to slash at Xue Ding.

"Catch him." The fourth master gave an order, and several members of the Xue clan had already hugged Xue Pan by the waist, grabbed his arm, snatched the knife from his hand, or kicked him at the crook of the leg. of.

Xue Pan couldn't bear the pain, and was humiliated and bullied by these people. The veins on his forehead bulged out of anger, and even his eyeballs turned blood red: "Let go of me, you let me go, what patriarch, you are clearly thinking about it." Where is our family's money?"

Baochai took a deep breath, thinking that the news from the capital had not come for such a long time, did something happen?

Could it be that the Xue family donated so much money, can't they still get a guarantee?

Seeing that Mrs. Xue felt sorry for Xue Pan, she got up suddenly and wanted to go forward, Baochai hurriedly stopped her.

After thinking about it, thinking about the death of his elder brother in the previous life, Qifang not only did not rescue him, but even made things worse. Later, Baoqin was withdrawn, and the people in Qifang just laughed at Baoqin, without the slightest feeling of kinship. Well, it's fine if the patriarch doesn't want it, and he won't be implicated by them in the future.

"Mom, go and tell them..." After Baochai finished speaking, Mrs. Xue glared at her.

"Are you crazy, let your brother give up the position of patriarch?"

"Mom." Baochai forced a smile: "We donated all the money and things, and we don't have the energy to be the patriarch anymore. There are a few shabby households in the offshoots of the Xue family. Whoever is the patriarch has to help them. Now We can’t take care of ourselves, so how can we help others, it’s better to make room for others, so that others won’t say we’re greedy.”

This is true, Mrs. Xue agreed after thinking about it, got up, straightened her clothes, came out of the dark room, and walked into the hall.

As soon as she entered, Mrs. Xue saw that several members of the Xue family had already put Xue Pan on the ground, and Xue Pan was crying bitterly on the ground at the moment.

For a moment, Mrs. Xue's heart felt as if she had been rubbed countless times, full of pain, she stepped forward to help Xue Pan, and said in a clear voice: "Fourth Uncle, you brought your uncles to beg for the patriarch. We don't have to take over the position of patriarch, but I have one thing to ask clearly."

The fourth master looked a little embarrassed, and shouted at Mrs. Xue: "You are a woman, how can you stand up here?"

Mrs. Xue was still a little undecided, but seeing her son's suffering, and seeing the persecution of those clansmen, she had already made up her mind to protect Xue Pan behind her back and said loudly: "Now our master has gone, and the children are still there. As an adult, this family is naturally in my hands."

"Women's family, women's family..." The fourth master pointed at Mrs. Xue with a crutch and wanted to scold her.

Mrs. Xue has turned into a warrior at this moment, she has cast aside all worries, and what remains is her determination to protect her children: "I am the wife of the Xue family's matchmaker, and I am the eldest wife of the Xue family. The Xue family has not given up on me, so I have the right to speak. Besides, you have bullied me, orphans and widows, and came to ask for the position of patriarch. Could it be that we can't even speak and ask to understand. "

She laughed miserably: "If that's the case, I might as well go with our master, and save myself from being so humiliated."

While talking, Mrs. Xue was about to hit the pillar, and Xue Pan, who was so frightened, hugged her and cried loudly: "Mom, mom, don't scare your son."

Xue Pan saw a lot of hatred in the eyes of the Xue family members, and said in a hateful voice: "I, Xue Pan, will not allow you to bully my mother. If anyone dares to bully, I will not spare him."

The fourth master was a little embarrassed to come down, coughed softly: "Mr. Wang, there is some truth in what you said, so I will give you a chance to ask whatever you want."

Mrs. Xue stood firm, and looked at the fourth master: "We are the eldest sons and daughters, and our master thought it was fair when we were here, and we didn't miss anyone, but because of this, there are also some people with malicious intentions. I hold grudges against us, now that my fourth uncle wants Pan'er to hand over the position of patriarch, we don't have the support of the master, and we lose the right to speak, I am afraid that others will bully us at that time, so it is also possible to ask us to hand over the position of patriarch, as long as The same, we have to divide the clan and set up another branch."

"What?" Mrs. Xue's words really frightened those people, almost all of them stood up: "Branch? Nonsense..."

"Divide the clan." Xue Pan yelled loudly: "We just want to split the clan. From now on, we don't care who is the patriarch of yours. What happens to our family will not burden you."

The fourth master had a cold look in his eyes, and stared at Mrs. Xue closely, seeing that although her body was trembling slightly, her spine was extremely straight.

Thinking of Xue Hong's passing away, Xue Pan is a failure, and he will not be able to help the clan in the future, and his nonsense will not bring the clan down, so he nodded: "That's it, I agree."

The tenth master Xue Shi stood up and said: "Then ask my sister-in-law to hand over the Xue family's sacrificial land and the public property as soon as possible."

"We have established the documents, and I will hand them over." Mrs. Xue gritted her teeth, restraining the fear in her heart, and said what Baochai had given her.

"Okay." The fourth master stood up and ordered Xue Ding to write the paperwork, which was signed by the family members and Xue Pan, and sent to the government for record.

After everything was done, Baochai had sorted out the things in the public house, and sent all the documents such as the sacrificial land and ethnology. The fourth master called several clansmen to look at it for a while, and found that Mrs. Xue and her children were not there. What's the matter, Xue Hong's income from managing the family's products has increased a lot these years, and now the sacrificial fields and public goods are more than twice as much as when they were handed over to him. Therefore, the fourth master nodded in satisfaction and smiled at Mrs. Xue She smiled: "Although you are cruel and want to divide the clan immediately, we can't be ruthless. Pan'er and Baochai are still young. If you have any difficulties, just ask me. If it is difficult to help, I will not shirk." .”

Mrs. Xue sneered in her heart, saying that the fourth master did everything he could, but he still wanted to complete what he said. What an old fox, he only talked so nicely. If you really ask him, he might just ignore it , but still saluted: "So, thank you, Fourth Uncle."

The members of the Xue family got so many things, naturally they were all very satisfied, and thought that since they took the position of the patriarch today, they would be able to snatch the head of the head of the house in the future, and all of them looked at Xue Pan. Somewhat greedy, even Baochai felt disgusted.

Although it was stiff, the scene was still passable. Under Mrs. Xue's order, Xue Pan restrained his anger and sent those Xue clan members out. When he got to the door, he heard a sound of horseshoes.

So many pairs of eyes followed the sound, and saw a group of brightly armored soldiers guarding a young and handsome young man galloping towards him on horseback.

When he walked to the door of Xue's house, the young man in the middle jumped off his horse, his figure was chic and elegant.

He stood still and smiled, and asked loudly, "But Xue Hong's family in Jinling?"

"Exactly." Xue Pan stepped forward and was delighted to see the acquaintance, but regretted the position of the patriarch who was forced to hand over: "I don't know if you are..."

"Xue Pan listens to the decree!" The young man was naturally Chen Yu, and he took out a roll of bright yellow silk from behind, unfolded it and read it aloud.

Xue Pan hurriedly knelt down on the ground, and all the members of the Xue family who hadn't left were also shocked and immediately knelt down.

Then I heard the young man say loudly: "By God's blessing, the Son of Heaven summoned him, Xue Pangong, the son of Xue Hong in Jinling, is now loyal to the country... Special Entitlement is the male of Guang'an County, hereby!"