"Who the hell did this? What a despicable bastard!" Shen Erming jumped up and down in anger.

The field was lush and green, and the short seedlings were growing exceptionally well.

But when they arrived today, they found a large patch of seedlings had been pulled up from the field!

It's already dried up!

They pulled up a full half-acre of land!

Shen Yishan's face turned ashen. He immediately rolled up his trousers and walked into the field to see what was going on.

Shen Erming ran around asking what was going on, to see if anyone knew.

The result was that nothing was gained.

"There's nothing wrong inside. It seems they only pulled these out." Shen Yishan walked out of the ground with a sullen face.

Although there was nothing inside, the loss of just this half-acre of land at the edge of the field is still considerable!

Not only will the seeds be wasted, but there will also be a significant shortage of grain when it comes time to harvest in the spring!

Suddenly remembering something, Shen Erming asked anxiously, "Big brother, do you think our land in other places might also be taken away?"

Their family owns a full thirty acres of land!

However, this is the largest piece of land. It was given to me by my grandfather when the family divided the land, and later my parents earned more. It is a total of fifteen acres of land, all of which are contiguous.

Later purchases were all made elsewhere, since no one else around this area wanted to sell their land.

"The east side should be fine, because my second uncle's cousins ​​said they would help pull weeds. I'll go check the west side. You should go home quickly and tell your parents."

"good."

The two brothers split up and acted separately.

However, when Shen Erming arrived home, his parents were not there; only his sister-in-law was home.

"Erming? What's wrong? Why are you back?" Wang Xiuhe put down the embroidery pattern in her hand and came out, leaning on the door frame as she asked.

Judging from Erming's sweaty appearance, something urgent must have happened.

Can……

Wang Xiuhe looked around but couldn't see her husband. Her heart skipped a beat, and she asked anxiously, "Where's your older brother?"

“Sister-in-law, half an acre of our crops has been uprooted! They’re all withered! My brother went to check on the fields to the west, so I rushed back to tell our parents.”

"What?"

Wang Xiuhe raised her voice and subconsciously cursed, "Which bastard did this?"

The crops in the fields are all for next year's harvest!

"I don't know. Where are my parents?"

"Dad and Mom went to Uncle's courtyard. Shen Pengfei is back, and Tian Tian said she wants to go see him too."

Shen Erming nodded, then turned and ran off again.

Wang Xiuhe was extremely anxious at home, but she knew her own situation, so she could only go back into the house, sit on the kang (a heated brick bed), and look out the window, waiting anxiously.

What's going on here?

They deliberately uprooted her seedlings; that must have been done by an enemy!

Who could it be?

——

Then, back to Shen Baili's home.

Shen Pengfei was completely unaware of this beforehand. After returning home, his mother, Da Zhoushi, hugged him and cried.

Before he could say more than a few words, the village chief and several clan elders arrived and immediately announced that they would expel his entire family from the clan genealogy.

And the so-called lending him money to support his scientific research.

"Absolutely not! How can my parents be expelled from the family genealogy? I don't agree!"

Shen Pengfei was so excited that he spat out his saliva, no longer caring about his scholarly demeanor.

He knew that things had been exposed, but as long as they denied selling Shen Tiantian and claimed that they had been deceived into thinking that marrying into that family would bring them a good life, he could still get away with it.

If you use this kind of excuse to fool Grandpa, he will definitely believe you.

How did things escalate to the point of being expelled from the family genealogy? qqxsnew

“Pengfei, this matter was decided by your grandfather. In other words, your grandfather, as the father, wanted to expel his own son from the family genealogy, and we outsiders have no right to interfere.”

The village chief said with a smile.

The village chief still wanted to maintain a good relationship with Shen Pengfei, the scholar, so he spoke very politely.

However, the meaning is quite clear.

Throughout history, when a father decides to expel his son from the family genealogy, it is no one else's place to interfere!

Outsiders are not allowed!

Even grandsons are not allowed!

Having understood the implication, Shen Pengfei's face turned ashen, and he gripped the book box so tightly that the veins on the back of his hand stood out.

"Grandpa, what exactly happened? I want to hear it from you. Grandpa, I'm the only scholar in the family. Have you thought about what the consequences would be if my father were expelled from the family register?"

Shen Pengfei still refused to believe it!

He's a scholar!

Grandpa valued him so much before, how could he suddenly become like this?

Old Master Shen leaned back in his chair. Although it was a hot September day, he was covered with a thin blanket. His lips were pale, his face was sallow, and he had no energy whatsoever.

The old man looked at his most beloved grandson and shook his head in disappointment: "Pengfei, you don't need to ask these questions anymore. Just tell me if you want to stay or not."

The old man didn't want to talk about what had happened before.

Is it something glorious?

Do you want to keep bringing it up in front of outsiders?

"grandfather!"

Shen Pengfei's eyes were bloodshot!

Didn't you ever think about him?

Does he have a choice?

but……

In a flash, Shen Pengfei suddenly spoke up: "Grandpa, from what I just heard, it was my mother, grandma, and older brother who drugged you and beat my sister. And my father... didn't do anything, did he?"

No one expected Shen Pengfei to say that so suddenly.

Shen Baili nodded frantically and excitedly: "Yes, yes, I really didn't do anything. Father, you have to believe me! Even if I had a hundred lives, I wouldn't dare to drug you! It was all my mother and that wretched woman's idea! Pengju was just following my mother's orders!"

Now that he had a chance to survive, Shen Baili didn't forget to help his eldest son.

"Bullshit, Shen Baili, how can you be so sissy..."

"mother!"

Shen Pengfei shouted, squatted down, grabbed Da Zhou's shoulders tightly, stared at her with bloodshot eyes, and said through gritted teeth, word by word, "Mother, think of me, think of what it would be like if I could pass the imperial examination."

When the time comes, bringing Mom back will be a very simple matter, won't it?

But now he absolutely cannot have a father who has been expelled from the family tree!

While the eldest Zhou woman might be somewhat foolish in other matters, she has never failed to understand her youngest son's intentions.

The color drained from her face instantly.

The Zhou family clearly hesitated.

How will she survive after being expelled from the family genealogy?

“Mother, even if you’ve been expelled from the family register, you’re still my mother,” Shen Pengfei whispered to Da Zhou Shi.

Short-sighted!

Does he really need to teach me such a simple principle?

“...Yes, all of this...was my mother-in-law's and my idea, and has nothing to do with Shen Baili. Father-in-law, Shen Baili did nothing and knew nothing about it. You can't expel him from the family register.”

Da Zhou Shi gritted her teeth and knelt before everyone, speaking with unwavering determination.

She took everything upon herself and refused to change her mind no matter what others said!

Seeing that Shen Baili was about to be alright, Shen Pengju and his wife could no longer kneel.

Shen Pengju pleaded, "I was just listening to my grandmother."

"Yes, Grandpa, look at Huai'er, he's your great-grandson! How can you bear to do this?"

"Pengfei, please help your older brother!"

Shen Pengju's wife turned her gaze to Shen Pengfei, her eyes filled with threat.

Couldn't you easily save your father-in-law, Shen Baili?

Then we must protect them!

otherwise!

None of you will survive!