"That's good, it's settled." Song Bo made the final decision, "Tingzhi, go get the money, and this matter is settled."
"Wait..." Jiang Cheng held Song Tingzhi back, "Uncle, Mom and Dad, now that things have come to this, I have nothing to worry about anymore. I want to sever my father-son relationship with the Jiang family. From now on, I no longer have a father!"
When Jiang Cheng said this, everyone was shocked. They didn't expect Jiang Cheng to say that.
"Are you...are you crazy? What good will this do for you?" Jiang Maocai looked at Jiang Cheng in disbelief. He couldn't imagine that his usually silent child would say such a thing.
"What good will it do me to have you around?" Jiang Cheng asked back.
"I... I'm your father, but the Jiang family is your maternal family!" Jiang Maocai was a little incoherent. When he mentioned his maternal family, he suddenly became energetic. "Yes, if you sever ties with us, where will you go back to if he treats you badly in the future? We are your support!"
Jiang Maocai became more and more confident as he spoke. No man would have the courage to sever ties with his mother's family, and no one could guarantee that his life would be smooth and full of love.
"Depend on?!" Jiang Cheng almost laughed out loud. "Not long after my mother passed away, you married Shen. Have you ever thought about my mother?"
"After Shen came into the house, she either beat or scolded me. She took it out on me whenever she was unhappy. It doesn't matter if Shen treats me badly. She's not my biological mother." Jiang Cheng choked up a little, "But Dad, you are my biological father. How could you do this?"
"Just stand by and watch! What can you give me to rely on?!"
After saying that, Jiang Cheng leaned in Song Tingzhi's arms and cried.
Jiang Maocai was stunned by what Jiang Cheng said and didn't know how to refute him for a while.
Jiang Maocai thought about it and remembered that the family was harmonious when the Bai family was around. He also remembered how fair and clean Jiang Cheng was when he was a child. But he didn't know when Jiang Cheng began to be marginalized in the family. Every day when he came back from work, he was nowhere to be seen. Gradually, Jiang Maocai ignored this child.
"But I am your biological father!" Jiang Maocai couldn't think of any words to keep Jiang Cheng, so he could only weakly hold on to this point.
"Okay, okay, sit down and talk."
After listening to what happened, Song Bo knew what had happened and quickly came out to smooth things over.
"Jiang Cheng, do you really want to sever ties with your father?" Song Bo looked at Jiang Cheng and asked.
"Yes, I don't want to have anything to do with the Jiang family anymore!" Jiang Cheng's eyes were slightly red, but his tone was firm.
"Brother Jiang, what do you think?" After asking Jiang Cheng, Song Bo naturally wanted to ask his father's opinion.
"I..." Jiang Maocai was about to refuse, but Chen Mei grabbed the corner of his clothes, preventing him from speaking.
"Well... I can break up with you, but I have to add another five taels!" Chen Mei was the first to say what she was thinking, and there was no sign of her throwing a tantrum just now.
"You're crazy!" Jiang Maocai thought Chen Mei was going to say something, but who knew she actually agreed, "Jiang Cheng is my own son!!"
Jiang Maocai pulled Shen Mei back and growled in a low voice.
But Chen Mei didn't think so. She and Jiang Cheng were not biological mother and son. Now that things had come to this, there was no way to salvage the situation. It would be better to just fight it out to the end. In the end, she would still gain something.
After all, when Liu Fan graduates from high school next year, Caiyun will become an official's wife. I should save more dowry for her now so that she can marry in style.
"He's not my biological son!" Chen Mei shook off Jiang Maocai's hand, sat back down, and said in a strong voice, "Ten taels of silver! We'll sever ties!"
Song Bo looked at the arrogant Chen Mei, then at the embarrassed Jiang Maocai, and he had an idea in his mind and sighed.
"Brother Jiang, do you agree?" Song Bo asked again.
"I..." Jiang Maocai glanced at Jiang Cheng who was complaining to him, then looked at Chen Mei who was secretly threatening him, and did not respond for a long time.
"What are you doing? Hurry up! I still have to go back and cook for Caiyun!" Chen Mei saw that Jiang Maocai was still silent and became anxious. She could no longer sit still and whispered in his ear, "Why don't you agree quickly? Don't you always think that Jiang Cheng is your biological child? Instead of hesitating, why not just cut off ties!"
"Caiyun will be an official's wife in the future. Are you still worried about not having someone to take care of you in your old age?!"
Chen Mei's words pierced Jiang Maocai's heart. Yes! He had always suspected that Jiang Cheng was not his child. At the beginning, Bai Shi was as beautiful as a fairy, and she married him, a farmer. How many people envied her!
But less than nine months after the marriage, Bai gave birth to a little boy. Unfortunately, this child looked nothing like Jiang Maocai. How many people secretly said that he was being cuckolded?!
That's why not long after Bai's death, he married Chen Mei and gradually ignored the child who had once brought him controversy.
"Hurry up! What are you hesitating about?" Chen Mei's voice brought Jiang Maocai's thoughts back to reality, and kept pulling at Jiang Maocai's heart.
"Brother Jiang, what do you think?" Song Bo urged when he saw that Jiang Maocai was slow to speak.
"I agree..." Jiang Maocai's thoughts kept wavering in his mind, and finally he chose to stand on the side of Shen Mei and Jiang Caiyun.
Caiyun has a bright future. I've been so good to her over the years, she'll definitely take care of me in my old age! But Jiang Cheng... marrying into the Song family brings a lot of burdens, and I don't know if the child is my own, so I might as well give it a try!
"Oh……"
Jiang Cheng wasn't surprised at all when he heard Jiang Maocai's answer, nor was he sad. After all, he had gotten used to it over the years! He just felt like a weight had been lifted off his shoulders.
Hearing Jiang Cheng's sneer, Jiang Maocai was ashamed and dared not look him in the eye.
"Alright, ten taels is ten taels. From now on, Jiang Cheng is just my Song family's husband, and has nothing to do with your Jiang family!" Xu Sanniang listened for a long time, and when she saw that someone had finally made a decision, she immediately made the decision, "Tingzhi, go get the silver!"
Song Tingzhi squeezed Jiang Cheng's hand and motioned him to go into the house to get the silver. Jiang Cheng received affirmation from Song Tingzhi and went into the house to get the silver.
Chen Mei watched Jiang Cheng leave, feeling a pang of regret. If she had known the Song family would agree so readily, she would have asked for more!
"Okay, now that the situation has been decided, let's ask the village elders to come and witness it and sign. From now on, Jiang Cheng will have nothing to do with the Jiang family!" Song Bo gestured to Song Qiangdong, who was standing by as a background, and asked him to invite the elders.
What happened next happened very quickly. The elders of the Song and Jiang families were invited to witness the event. Song Bo wrote a letter of severance of relations, and Jiang Cheng and Jiang Maocai signed and put their fingerprints on it respectively. Then the matter was over.
One hand handed over the book, the other handed over the money, and from then on there was no more relationship!!
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