Chapter 399: Bringing the Imperial Edict Back to Rongshu Village
On the third day after the imperial edict was issued, Song Yuntang was busy in the clinic when Xu Wencheng ran to the clinic.
"Sister-in-law, someone from the Song family came and said they were looking for you."
"Song family?"
Song Yuntang was puzzled. At this critical moment, shouldn't everyone be busy with work in the fields? Why did you come to the county town to find her?
"Who are they?"
"My mother only knows the head of Rongshu Village. It's the first time she meets the rest of the people," said Xu Wencheng.
Song Yuntang frowned.
It seems that the person who came has bad intentions.
She looked at Xu Wencheng and said, "You go back first. I'll go home after I finish seeing these patients."
Xu Wencheng nodded, "Okay."
Quarter of an hour later, Song Yuntang packed up and returned home.
The gate to the courtyard was open. In addition to Song Hongfu, the head of Rongshu Village, there were several elders of the clan.
Song Yuntang stepped into the courtyard and asked, "Why did the village head come all the way to see me?"
Seeing people coming, Song Hongfu and others hurriedly put down the teacups in their hands and stood up.
"Girl Tang is back."
Several of them had friendly looks on their faces, and their kindness made Song Yuntang feel uncomfortable.
"If you have anything to say, please speak up. I have other things to do in the clinic."
Song Hongfu and several elders nearby exchanged a glance, then turned to look at her, "I heard that you received the emperor's imperial edict. We came here mainly to take the imperial edict back and place it in the ancestral hall for worship. After all, you are often out and about, and it is not safe to keep such an important thing at home."
The village has enshrined the imperial edict, so others who want to bully them will have to think twice, and their village will be remembered for any good things that happen. This is a great thing with no harm and only benefits.
Jiang raised her eyebrows. She knew that there was no good thing going on when these old guys came to her house.
"Tang'er has married into our Xu family, so why does the imperial edict still have to be worshipped at your Song family's ancestral hall? Is there no ancestral hall or no one in my Xu family?"
Song Hongfu glanced in her direction. The last time he came, this woman was right beside him and was really noisy and didn't say anything nice.
"Her name is still in my Song family tree."
Song Yuntang raised his eyebrows.
"I don't remember how the village head had been making excuses for not putting me on the family tree because I had only been back for a short time. Now he's saying I'm on the family tree. This is really new. How come I don't even know when I was put on the tree?"
When Song Hongfu heard this, he looked a little embarrassed and chuckled.
"Isn't it because you had been back to the Song family for a short time and we were worried that you would run back to the Lin family, so we didn't record your name in the family tree? After discussing with the village elders at the end of last year, we added your name."
As he spoke, he straightened his back a little.
"Many girls in Rongshu Village have never been included in the family tree since they were born. Lin Zhaozhao was never included before."
Song Yuntang had a sneer on his face.
"Is it an honor to be on the Song family tree? Didn't Song Zhimei also have one? And then what?"
Song Hongfu said hurriedly, "Song Zhimei was included in the Song family tree because Ma begged me hard. After she made a mistake, wasn't she removed from the list? Besides, it's such an honor for a married girl to be included in her mother's family tree. It just shows that people in her mother's family value her, and she can stand up straighter in her husband's family in the future, right?"
His remarks made Jiang angry.
"It's been more than three years since Tang'er returned to Rongshu Village and I haven't seen you guys put her on the family tree. Now that she's doing well, you're rushing to put her on the family tree again. I think you're just visiting with an abacus in your hands. It's obvious that you're trying to curry favor with the powerful and bully the weak!"
Xu Yongwang on the side secretly gave her a thumbs up.
The idiom "daughter-in-law" is used very well.
On the second day after his son and daughter-in-law got married, his father found the head of the village and registered his daughter-in-law's name next to Qingye. It didn't take much effort at all. She had lived in Rongshu Village for more than three years without being given a place. Now she came up again because of some benefits. The head of Rongshu Village was really shameless.
Song Hongfu looked at her unkindly.
"I'm talking to my daughter from the Song family. Why are you, a woman, butting in?"
Song Yuntang stepped forward.
"This is my home. She is my husband's mother, and she is also my mother. Please be respectful when she is talking to my family. Otherwise, don't blame me for turning my back on you and having you kicked out!"
One of the elders pointed at her.
"You are a girl from our Rongshu Village, after all. How can you be so ungrateful? We are all your elders, is this how you talk to your elders?"
Another person said, "That's right, you looked like a well-educated and well-mannered girl before, how come you became like this after marrying into the Xu family?"
Jiang was so angry.
These people are simply unreasonable!
What does it mean that I became like this after marrying into the Xu family?
That was because the girl was kind before and had no one to support her at home, so she didn't bother with them. But these people actually turned the tables and tried to sow discord here.
"Do you really think that all my Xu family members are vegetarians?"
Jiang picked up the broom and hit those people on the head.
"Dung beetles wearing masks, I think you are shameless. What has Tang'er become after marrying into my Xu family? Do you want to gossip about her here? What are you planning? Do you really think that others are stupid and can't see it? If you admit it openly, I can still look up to you. Who are you trying to disgust by being sarcastic here?"
When Xu Yongwang saw his daughter-in-law fighting, he hurried forward to stop the fight.
However, he did not stop his wife, but stopped the Song family from fighting with Jiang.
Seeing this, Xu Wencheng also followed suit and stepped forward to "mediate the fight."
This scene really opened Nian'er's eyes.
In her mind, her aunt had always been gentle and kind, but she didn't expect that she would be so ruthless when fighting.
The elders of the Song family were of high seniority in the village and were usually respected by everyone. But when they were beaten by a woman with a broom, they felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
"Song Yuntang, are you going to let your mother-in-law bully your family like this?"
Song Yuntang looked at them coldly.
"Since you don't want to save face, let's make it clear."
After hearing this, everyone present stopped what they were doing.
She continued, "Regarding my identity, it is clearly written in the official documents that my household registration has been moved out of Rongshu Village a long time ago. I don't care whether I can be included in the Song family tree. When the village head led people to drive me out of Rongshu Village last year, he should have thought that this day would come."
"As for the matter on the farmland, since we all know each other, I will not make things difficult for Rongshu Village, but I will not give them any backdoors. As for the imperial edict in my hand, I will not let you take it away, so you'd better give up the idea!"
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