Chapter 7 You decide for me?
"Ruo'er, your cousin was just excited and said the wrong thing. Don't be angry."
"Your cousin got engaged last month. Although she's the daughter of a sixth-rank official, she's still a legitimate daughter. They want a five-thousand-tael gift, and we also need to arrange the wedding for your cousin, so money is a bit tight."
"But don't worry, after your cousin gets married, we will return the money to you even if we don't eat."
"Ruo'er, you live alone in this general's mansion, and your parents are not around. We've discussed it with your third uncle's family and are planning to move in here to take care of you together. What do you think?"
Bu Ruo's eyes were cold as he sneered, "Marry? Why should your son use my money to marry? What does it have to do with me? Our general's mansion used to provide you with food and drink, and now we have to use the pensions of my parents and brothers to support your next generation to marry and have children?"
"You still look down on him as a sixth-rank official. What rank are you in?"
"As for moving in to take care of me, I'm afraid it's not that he wants to continue to take advantage of me."
Seeing that the people below were about to say something, Bu Ruo simply waved his hand and said, "I'm too lazy to waste time, so I'll just break up today. Anyway, those ancestors won't dare to do anything to me."
"You guys say they are my second and third uncles, but they are not actually my grandmother's children. They are my concubine's children."
"In the Great Zhou Kingdom, a concubine who gives birth to a child is considered a servant."
"My parents are kindhearted. They've taken great care of you over the years because of your bloodline, but if you really think about it, you can't even be considered as real relatives."
"How dare you keep my money for me and live in the general's mansion to take care of me? Who gave you the face?"
"I'll give you three more days. For the remaining eighty thousand taels, if you're short of a copper coin, we'll go see the official. Humph, you're hitting the abacus beads so hard that they're hurting my face."
"Uncle Steward, if they don't return the money in three days, or if the amount is wrong, report them to the police and have them arrested! No need to waste time talking to them!"
At this time, the clan leader who had come with them could no longer stand still. He pointed at Bu Ruo and snorted, "I have lived for most of my life, and I have never seen a little girl as clever and eloquent as you."
"Are you cold-blooded? Your parents are gone, and they're willing to take care of you. That's your blessing. Yet you actually want to arrest them and bring them before the authorities for money. You've brought shame upon this general's mansion."
"They are the only ones left in your branch. You are an orphan and will have to rely on them in the future. Today, I have made the decision. You don't have to pay back the 80,000 taels of silver. Let them live with you and take care of you to pay for the debt. Otherwise... I will expel your branch from the Bu family tree, and you will not be allowed to be buried in the Bu family tomb after you die."
Bu Ruo suddenly laughed: "You're making the decision for me? Who are you? Your own family doesn't have the money, so why are you making the decision? And you're deliberately coming out to make the decision for someone else's money."
"And expel him from the family tree? Fine, go ahead."
"Who would want to enter your dilapidated ancestral tomb? The remains of my parents and brothers have not been found yet. If they are found in the future, we can just set up a new family. Without the encumbrance, my parents will be happy and live again."
At this point, Bu Ruo pointed at Bu Bowen and said, "He's just an idiot who's idle every day, illiterate, and just waiting to die. He's fat and has big ears. If he wasn't relying on the reputation of my general's mansion, not to mention the legitimate daughter of a sixth-rank official, even if he was offered money, the girls in the brothels wouldn't even bother looking at him."
"The reason you are respected by the people in your hometown is because of your face, old man? If it weren't for my parents guarding the borders of the Great Zhou and protecting the people, who would they know you?"
"I want to see what kind of life you, the Bu family, can live without the protection of the General's Mansion, and what kind of things you can show off."
"So, where on earth do you get the confidence to stand here and rob my money and claim to be my master?"
"I still say the same thing. If you can't pay the money within three days, you will be brought to the court. As for the family tree, please bring it with you in three days. You don't have to chase them away. This branch of the Bu family voluntarily leaves the Bu family and will have no contact with them from now on!"
When the old patriarch heard that Bu Ruo wanted to ask to leave the Bu family and to have their branch of the family name removed from the family tree, his face turned pale instantly.
He naturally knew why the Bu family was so prosperous. If the General's Mansion had no connection with them from now on, then...
Thinking of this, the old patriarch's attitude suddenly became amiable: "Ruo'er, it was just Grandpa, the patriarch..."
But Bu Ruo didn't want to listen to him at all: "Uncle housekeeper, please send him away! If he refuses to leave, just kick him out. I'm not afraid even if this matter is brought before the current emperor! I don't believe that I can't have a chance to complain after my money was robbed."
When Zhang Tiancheng heard Bu Ruo's words, he couldn't hide the smile on his face.
"Everyone, please come in. Are you really waiting to be kicked out?"
"Don't say I didn't try to persuade you. My young lady has a bad temper. If you provoke her, you won't even have these three days."
"If I were you, I would hurry back and gather the money, so I don't have to go to court in three days. I'm afraid that not only will I be forced to pay the money back, but I'll also be driven out of Kyoto."
"You..." Bu Bowen was furious when he heard someone cursing him to be kicked out of Kyoto.
He absolutely did not want to be driven out of Kyoto. He still had to marry. He had already secretly seen the daughter of the sixth-rank official. Although she was not as beautiful as Bu Ruo, she was definitely a beauty.
Thinking of this, Bu Bowen looked at Zhang Tiancheng viciously, and while he was leading the way, he rushed over with all his strength.
Zhang Tiancheng was General Bu's deputy general back then, and he was already skilled in martial arts. When he heard the sound of wind behind him, he felt something was wrong and immediately moved aside.
At the same time, with a bang, a heavy object fell to the ground, and everyone felt the floor shaking.
Bu Bowen lay on the ground, covering his mouth in pain, blood flowing from between his fingers.
"My son, my son, what's the matter with you?"
Kang from the second branch of the Bu family hurried over and tried to help her son up, but she couldn't move him even a little bit even with all her strength.
"Mom...my teeth..."
Bu Bowen sat up with great effort, and the disgust in Bu Ruo's eyes could not be hidden.
"Uncle housekeeper, why don't you take the person out quickly? The blood is flowing and the floor is dirty. Remember to ask someone to clean it up a few more times. I have a mysophobia."
Zhang Tiancheng smiled and said, "Yes, Miss. I will send someone to clean up right after I throw the person out."
Bu Ru nodded, stood up and walked out. When he reached the door, he glanced at the floor with disdain: "If it can't be cleaned up, I'll pry up the floor and re-lay it."
Seeing Bu Ruo walking away leisurely, the second wife almost died of anger.
"Someone come here, the lady said to throw these people out!"
"You...you don't have to do anything, we can go on our own!"
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