018, raise a family
018, raise a family
Inside the room, Doctor Pei treated Lu Youtian's nephew before saying to him, "My medical skills are not good enough, and I'm afraid I can't heal your injuries. Given your current condition, it's best to go to Huichun Hall and see Doctor Chen as soon as possible. Perhaps Doctor Chen can help."
When Lu Youtian heard the old doctor say that his injuries couldn't be cured and that he had to go into the city to see a doctor from Huichuntang, his first thought was how much money it would cost to go into the city for treatment. He had given all his earnings back home over the years, leaving nothing for himself. He also knew that his family wouldn't be willing to pay for him to go into the city for treatment; otherwise, they wouldn't have locked him and his wife in this room, hoping to starve him to death.
It was not until this moment that Lu Youtian truly realized how wrong it was to have devoted all his efforts to his family over the years.
Liu Sanniang's tears flowed uncontrollably, and she murmured, "What should I do, what should I do..."
At this time, only Lu Mingfei looked at his parents with a firm gaze: "Dad, let's go to the city to treat the disease! I will find a way to get the money." He raised his hand and quietly touched the jade pendant hanging on his chest, and he had already thought about where to get the money to treat his father.
Lu Youtian shook his head, not believing his five-year-old son could solve the money problem. He felt sorry for his wife and children when he thought about how hard their lives would be after he left this world.
"I... there must be other ways. As long as we're alive, there's hope. If you're gone, what will happen to me and my mother?" Lu Mingfei wanted to pawn his jade pendant for silver, but when he turned around, he saw his aunt standing at the door watching them. He changed his mind and said, "Dad, we've been selling goods in the city for years and have earned so much money for our family. Let's ask Grandma for it. She must have some."
"If she doesn't give it to us, we'll ask the clan leader to make the decision for us!"
They were in the house, and he heard the patriarch scolding the old lady outside. The old lady refused to fight back. It turned out that they had to find someone who could discipline the old lady.
This time, Lu Mingfei was able to ask the clan leader to stand up for his father because he had promised the old clan leader a favor. Otherwise, how could the old man be so kind as to come to their house to stand up for his father and help them deal with the old lady outside.
Lu Youtian and Liu Sanniang also heard the clan leader scolding his parents-in-law outside.
If someone had cursed his own mother like this in the past, Lu Youtian would have rushed up and punched the person the first time. But this time, when he heard the clan leader curse his own mother like this, he felt that the clan leader was absolutely right.
When Liu Sanniang heard the clan leader scolding her parents-in-law, she felt that someone had taken the blame for all the anger she had endured in the Lu family over the years, and she felt very relieved.
At this time, when Lu Youtian and Liu Sanniang heard their son's words, hope was rekindled in their hearts. Yes, they could ask the clan leader to make the decision for them!
After experiencing a life-and-death experience, Lu Youtian had a clear understanding of the other people in this family. He made a decision in his heart and said to his wife, "Sanniang, go pack up our things. We are leaving this house and going to live outside."
"Husband, what do you mean?" Liu Sanniang looked at her husband in front of her with uncertainty and asked.
Lu Mingfei also looked at his father with a little expectation. Did his father mean what he thought?
Lu Youtian gave his wife and children an affirmative look and said, "I want to split up the family. The three of us will live separately."
"Okay, we'll both listen to you." In the past, Liu Sanniang would have hesitated about dividing the family, worried that the three of them would starve to death outside. But after having just experienced being locked up in a room and threatened to starve them to death, she no longer felt any fear about dividing the family.
Even if I starve to death outside, it is better than being tortured to death by those people outside in this house!
In that brief moment, Liu Sanniang had already thought in her heart that if her husband left, she would probably not survive. If both of them left, leaving a child in the Lu family, a place that would eat people, their child would probably not survive either.
After thinking about it, Liu Sanniang understood in her heart that it would be good for their family of three if they separated today.
Seeing that his father had finally made up his mind to leave this house, Lu Mingfei almost ran out of joy to set off firecrackers. It was a pity that the timing was not right today. However, he could wait until they moved out to live outside!
"Dad, stay here. I'll go outside and find someone to help carry you out." Leaving his parents in the room, Lu Mingfei ran outside to find someone to help.
But as soon as he ran to the door, he was stopped by his aunt.
"Don't go out!" Sun opened her arms to stop her nephew from going out to look for someone. Pointing at him, she said, "It's you, the troublemaker, who invited outsiders into our house..."
"What are you talking about, sister-in-law? If you have any opinions about the clan leader, you can go and talk to him now. Don't make things difficult for a child." Liu Sanniang was no longer weak this time. She walked over to protect her son and prevented her sister-in-law Sun from pointing at her son's nose and scolding him.
This time, facing the glare of her eldest sister-in-law Sun, Liu Sanniang did not flinch at all. She naturally knew that in this family, her eldest sister-in-law was on the side of her mother-in-law. This was also natural, because her mother-in-law always favored the first wife, and the first wife had taken a lot of benefits from the two elders.
Liu Sanniang suddenly smiled and said to Sun: "Sister-in-law, you don't have to stop us. If we leave, this room can be vacant and used by your Erlang to live in when he gets married. Isn't that good?"
Hearing this, Sun's face showed a thoughtful expression.
Seeing that his aunt had put her hand away, Lu Mingfei took the opportunity to run outside and found the clan leader outside and told him that his father wanted to divide the family.
"It's better for you three branches to separate, so you don't have to stay here and not know when you will die." When Patriarch Lu said this, he glanced meaningfully at Old Man Lu, Old Wang, and the other people in the Lu family.
Then, Chief Lu called two strong younger generations to go into the house and carry Lu Youtian out.
After being carried outside, Lu Youtian, who was still lying on the wooden plank, raised his head with great effort and said to his mother, "Father, mother, please separate our three rooms. In the future, even if the three of us die outside, we will never come back to cause trouble at home."
"Okay, if you want to leave, just go ahead. I will never stop you! Once you leave this house, don't recognize me as your mother, don't recognize your father, don't recognize anyone in this family, and don't say you are my son!" Old Wang was also very angry after being scolded, but she couldn't scold the clan leader, so she took out all her anger on this son.
Old Man Lu was even more so. He had always listened to his wife at home all these years, so when the clan leader scolded him this time, he could only bear the consequences. When faced with his third son who wanted to split the family, he didn't say anything and tacitly agreed to the third branch's separation.
"Okay." Lu Youtian agreed with a heavy look on his face. From the moment the family locked him in the house and tried to starve him to death, he no longer had any illusions about them.
But this time, even if he couldn't fight for himself, he would fight for his wife and children. If he couldn't survive, at least he could leave a few taels of silver for his wife and children to live on. This was Lu Youtian's only thought at the moment. "Father, mother, I've been selling things in the city for years, and I've brought back at least thirty taels of silver to give to you. This time, I don't want more, I just want five taels of silver."
"Don't even think about it! You can leave, but don't even think about taking a penny from me!" Old Mrs. Wang flatly rejected her son's request for a share of the money when the family was divided. Don't even think about taking out the money that had gone into her pocket.
If a look could cut a person into pieces, then at this moment, Old Wang's gaze could cut her son into pieces who wanted to divide the family property and get a share of the money.
At this time, someone whispered something in the ear of their patriarch.
Clan leader Lu only then realized that Steward Liu had compensated the Lu family with silver, and he feared that the money had all gone into the hands of Old Wang. Thinking of this vicious woman taking the silver that others had given to compensate her son for his injuries, not only did she not use it to see a doctor, but she also wanted to starve him to death at home, he truly felt Old Wang's viciousness!
"You are so good, Old Wang. Manager Liu gave you five taels of silver to treat Youtian's injuries. Is that five taels of silver in your hands?" Clan leader Lu looked at Old Wang with sharp eyes, as if he wanted to see through Old Wang's belly to see if this person had a black heart and a rotten liver to take his own son's life for a few taels of silver!
And this old man Lu and the people in the Lu family are more cruel than each other!
"You want to take Youtian's life just for these few taels of silver?!" Patriarch Lu mercilessly exposed the vicious behavior of the Lu family.
Lu Youtian looked at his mother with disbelief. If he had only felt disappointment towards her and her brothers before, now he felt nothing but despair towards them. "How could you...how could you do such a thing?"
"Father, mother, I've worked so hard for this family over the years, earned so much money, it's more than just a few taels of silver! You want to take my life just for a few taels of silver?" Lu Youtian asked his mother tearfully, his eyes filled with disbelief. He had thought the family didn't have enough money to treat his injuries, so they wanted to starve him to death. What he didn't expect was that the steward had given him money to hire a doctor to treat his injuries, but his family took the money and refused to give it back!
After hearing what Patriarch Lu and Lu Youtian said, everyone present looked at Old Wang, Old Man Lu, and the other three brothers of the Lu family in shock. There was disbelief in everyone's eyes. For just a few taels of silver, the people of this family wanted to take a person's life?
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