Chapter 23: Breaking off Relationship
Su heard this and couldn't believe it: "Dad, Mom, what are you talking about? Breaking off the relationship? No, I absolutely don't agree!!"
It's a drought now. If the relationship between her and her daughter is severed, she will get nothing. It's just like forcing her and her daughter to die. What's the difference? ! !
Old Mrs. Xu put her hands on her hips and glared at Su: "Bah, no matter whether you agree or not, we have decided on this marriage!"
Xu Zhiyi grabbed Su and said directly, "Mom, since they are determined, we should stop worrying about it and just break up!!"
Su: "Daya, if we break up the relationship, we won't get anything. How are we two women going to survive?"
The clan leader was very reluctant to see this. "Daniu, is this the result of your discussion? You might as well kill the Su mother and daughter with a knife now, why bother to break off the relationship? Do you want them to fend for themselves outside?"
When Su heard the patriarch's words, she looked at him with gratitude and hope in her eyes.
Old Man Xu: "It's not our fault, it's because the mother and daughter have such a big appetite! So, after signing the severance document, we are willing to give them 20 kilograms of food and 100 coins, which is considered to be our best intention!"
When Su heard about the food, she covered her face and burst into tears: "Wuwu..."
The villagers at the door were confused as to why the separation of the family had turned into a severance of the relationship.
"Oh, how come this has become a breakup again?"
"Tsk tsk, it must be that the Xu family is unwilling to share the grain and silver!"
"This is just a small amount of food. The price of food has increased exponentially. Even the little money we have can't sustain it. How long can the Su mother and daughter hold out? I'm afraid they will starve to death before they can get the relief food from the court!"
"That's right! How cruel! What Daya wants isn't too much, after all! After all, before the drought, the men of the Xu family had been working in the town.
They must have saved a lot of money from their earnings. All the work at home was done by Su's mother and daughter. Only during the days of harvest would the men of the Xu family go to the fields to help with the harvest."
"Hey, have you forgotten? After Daya and Gu Yun broke off their engagement, didn't they get a few taels of silver as compensation? Do you think the silver will be with Daya?"
"How is it possible? Will Old Lady Xu allow them to have a child? It's been a few days since Daya broke off the engagement. Did you see the Xu family go to the Gu family to make trouble? It proves that they got the money. If they go to make trouble again, be careful that the scholar Gu Yun will bring up the past. After all, the Xu family's land is still under the name of the Gu family."
"Shut up and stop talking. The Gu family's bootlicker is here. Be careful that she will go to the Gu family and complain about you. After Daya broke off the engagement, Wang Shi made it clear that whoever brings up this matter again will not be given land by our family in the future."
"Oh, if it doesn't rain, we'll all be eating Guanyin dirt!"
"Our village is currently doing well. At least few people in our village have to eat Guanyin soil to satisfy their hunger. I heard that in other villages, a small number of villagers have started to dig Guanyin soil."
"We have some in our village too. I saw some fallen Guanyin soil at the foot of the mountain the other day! But they didn't tell us about it. I guess they don't want to make things difficult for us! In this situation, it's hard to choose whether to help or not!"
Xu Zhiyi looked at Old Man Xu and said loudly, "I agree to break off the relationship, but after all, my mother and I have worked like slaves in the Xu family for so many years. Grandpa, is it not too much for me to ask for some return?"
"Don't worry, I don't ask for much, just one and a half taels of silver and thirty catties of grain. If you can, we can sign the marriage agreement immediately. If not, then we can divide the family! Oh, I'd be happy even if you don't divide it."
Hearing this, Old Lady Xu glared at him angrily: "Bah, you're dreaming. If you break off the relationship, then it's only natural that you don't give us a cent."
Xu Zhiyi: "Okay! Then we can keep going. Oh, we've been arguing all morning! I'm hungry, so I'll go cook first!"
Seeing this, Song hurriedly called out, "Stop, don't touch our things. What's going on with you now? Don't you know what's going on? And you're still going into the kitchen? Do you want our whole family to die with you?"
After hearing what Song said and looking at Xu Zhiyi's face, Mrs. Xu suddenly became afraid again. She hurriedly pulled Old Man Xu and said, "Old man, make a decision quickly! If the mother and daughter stay in the Xu family for a while longer, the chances of us being infected will increase again!"
Hearing this, Old Man Xu calculated it in his mind and said, "Since you are related to our Xu family by blood, I can only give you one tael of silver and twenty kilograms of food. More than that is out of the question!"
After hearing this, Xu Zhiyi looked at the head of the village without thinking, and said, "Uncle head of the village, please help me write a letter of severance of ties with the Xu family! It must be clearly stated in it! From now on, the two elders of the Xu family have nothing to do with my mother and me, and we don't need to bear the responsibility of supporting them in their old age."
"Also, the first and third branches of the Xu family can no longer use family ties as a moral blackmail. Oh, that means, once the relationship is severed, there is no relationship anymore! From now on, no matter who is rich or poor, they are not allowed to use family ties as an excuse to get close to each other."
Hearing this, Song was very disdainful: "Tsk, you really think you are so capable, I'm afraid it won't be long before you come to the Xu family to ask for money again, right?"
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Xu hurriedly shouted, "Village Head, we in the Xu family also want to add one more rule. Even if Su Daya starves to death outside, she must never come to our Xu family to extort money or food again."
Village head: “This…”
Xu Zhiyi: "Uncle head of the village, listen to her and write it down! It's better to make it clear so that there won't be any accusations in the future."
The head of the village had no choice but to write down the documents according to the requirements of both parties, in triplicate, one for each party and one for himself.
Xu Zhiyi looked at the three written letters of severance and pressed his fingerprints without hesitation!
"Mom, you come and press your fingerprints too"
Upon hearing this, Su's face was filled with pain and helplessness, but she also knew that there was no way to stop it, so she wiped her tears and walked over to press her handprint.
When Old Mrs. Xu saw Xu Zhiyi and Su pressing their fingerprints, she also pressed her fingerprints readily.
Then it was Old Man Xu's turn. He first pretended to be helpless, then choked up and said:
"Daya! You should take good care of your mother when you are out there. Don't blame grandpa. I was forced to do this! As the head of the family, grandpa has to consider the overall situation first!"
"But don't worry, if you and your mother really get through this difficult time, and if you want to come back to the Xu family, we can annul the severance agreement! The whole family will still let you and your mother go home..."
Xu Zhiyi thought that Old Man Xu was going to talk endlessly! He waved his hand impatiently to interrupt: "Hey, hey, hurry up and press your fingerprints, don't talk nonsense, since it has come to this, if you want to break up the relationship, then you should do it in a proper way."
"I will call you Grandpa Xu when we meet from now on. That's my courtesy. If I don't, you can't find fault with me."
Old Man Xu was so angry when he heard this that he pressed three hand seals without hesitation and snorted coldly:
"Humph, you are so arrogant! I want to see how well you and your daughter will live outside the Xu family. If you really have to beg for mercy at the Xu family's doorstep one day, don't blame Grandpa for being ruthless!"
Xu Zhiyi: "Don't worry, your wish will never come true!"
Then he looked at the motionless eldest and third wives and said, "What? You don't plan to press your fingerprints? Well, then don't press it! If Daya has any difficulties in the future, I think uncle and uncle will also lend a hand, right?"
Hearing this, Song seemed to really want to rely on her third room, and hurriedly said: "Let's go, all of us in the third room will press our fingerprints, don't give her a chance to rely on our third room in the future."
Xu Zhiyi: "Also, Xu Jinyin is not at home, so Xu Jinbao should press one more handprint, as it is for his brother."
The people from the third house finished pressing the buttons! The first house also quickly pressed the buttons, but Xu Yaoguang was the only one who burst into tears when he saw the three letters of severance. Seeing him hesitate, Li grabbed his hand and pressed the buttons!
The village head saw that everything was ready! He gave Old Man Xu and Su a document to sever the relationship.
Xu Zhiyi: "The promised one tael of silver and twenty catties of grain, since the elders and villagers are here, give them now! Otherwise, there will be no clear answer!"
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