Chapter 6: Breaking off Relationship
Xie Minglang pricked up his ears in his room, listening to the noise outside at all times.
He seemed to hear someone vomiting blood, and realized something was wrong. He opened the door and quietly slipped over. As soon as he squeezed in, he saw the blood on Huang's body and stood aside with disgust.
The village chief did not expect Huang to be so unscrupulous, and said sternly:
"Huang, I'm so bold here. It seems I've bullied them a lot! Today, I'm the boss. This family must be divided!"
Huang felt that he was right and shouted:
"I told him to leave a long time ago, but he just refused to leave!"
Huang just wanted to drive them away, but didn't want to split the family business. If she wanted to split the family business, she would have to pay them. She was not stupid.
The village chief looked at Huang's flowery speech and was too lazy to talk nonsense with her. He just said:
"Each of you will get half of the Xie family's 20 mu of fertile land, and you can give them the five rooms in exchange for money. Count the money in the house and give them half."
Huang looked at the village chief in disbelief, panting heavily and roaring:
"Village Chief, your heart is really set on the sky!
Everything in this house was bought with my money. Why should I give it to them? I will never agree to it even if I die. Otherwise, we will die together today, and don’t even think about taking a penny from me! "
"My father and I receive a lot of subsidies in silver and grain every year." Xie Shuangbai took advantage of the opportunity and said weakly.
When Huang heard this, she pointed at him and cursed:
"You little bastard, I know the silent dog is the cruelest. You deserve to be called a sickly person. You don't have to pay for medical treatment? Your father doesn't have to pay for his books? I haven't even settled the medical bill with you yet, and you still have the nerve to ask me for money!"
Xie Shuangbai wanted to get up, and Xie Qiushi hurried over to help him.
He half leaned on his sister's arms, panting and saying with difficulty: "Although I have been weak these years, I have never been sick, and I have never spent a penny of your money. If father had not passed away unexpectedly this time, how could I have been sick.
Mother asked us to leave, and I agreed. Why are you still forcing me? Are you so anxious to drive me to death?
Huang cursed in her heart, when did this sickly guy become so eloquent!
"Why am I forcing you? No one will stop you if you leave now!"
Seeing that Huang was so shameless and ignored her, Xie Shuangbai said to the onlookers:
"My parents are both dead, and now I only have three sisters left. My mother just drove me away and didn't even give me a room. Did she want to watch me die?"
The smart villagers outside the house reacted.
"Well, this Huang is so cruel! She drove away her sick stepson and didn't even divide the family property. She left her three daughters to do hard labor. The abacus beads are about to break on her face!"
When everyone heard this, they looked at Huang with contempt.
"Bah, black-hearted ones, let's stay away from them from now on."
Don’t forget to teach your children:
"From now on, stay away from Huang's son and daughter!"
Although Huang was angry when she heard this, she did think so.
"Mother, if you want to repay me for my kindness, why not give me the old house so that my sisters and I can live together? I don't want the fields or the house, I just want ten taels of silver."
The villagers listening outside the house also felt that this request was not excessive at all.
The Xie family's old house was so dilapidated that it was impossible to live in. The land behind it was full of weeds. Ten taels of silver could not even buy an acre of good farmland.
"Bah, you still want money. You've been sick all these years. I think it would be enough if you just gave me ten taels of silver!" Huang was relentless.
Someone in the crowd couldn't bear to see this and shouted:
"You've taken advantage of everything, without giving me money or land. If Mr. Xie knew you were bullying his son like this, he'd be a ghost at night and wouldn't let you go!"
Huang was not afraid at all when she heard this, and even glanced at the man sideways.
I thought to myself: If they don’t care about me when I’m alive, how can they care about me when I’m dead?
"Be careful of retribution for bullying others like this!"
"That's right, I've already told you that stepmothers have evil hearts!"
Xie Shuangbai's eyes turned cold, and he wiped away his tears towards the village chief and the villagers watching outside:
"Village chief, all the uncles and aunts, I am weak and have three younger sisters. I have to think about them, not just myself.
It doesn't matter if I die, but what about my three sisters? Mother dared to force me to death in front of so many people today. If I die one day, I can't imagine how my sisters will live!
Please help us, uncle and aunt. I will separate from her even if I die today."
The villagers looked at Xie Shuangbai, who was only breathing his last breath, and the three skinny and helpless children. The scene was very tragic.
"I think he wants to deliberately torture Mr. Xie's ex-wife's child to death, so that the money and the house will belong to his own son!"
"That's right, she thinks everyone else is a fool! Her son wants to take the exam to become a scholar, but I think there's an 80% chance he won't pass. What a wicked man! God won't bless him!"
"A wicked guy managed to get the top score in the imperial examination. God is not blind!"
Hearing everyone saying that his son would not be able to pass the imperial examination and become the top scorer, Huang's face turned ashen with anger.
"My son will definitely win the first place in the imperial examination, what do you, those rotten-tongued people, know?
Since I am such a bad stepmother, I will not do what you want today. Let's see what you can do!"
Xie Shuangbai wasn't afraid of her cheating: "Okay! Since mother is willing to sacrifice my brother's future, I have nothing to say. I will definitely help mother fulfill her wish today. I'm sure that mother's reputation will spread all over the northern border tomorrow!
Huang, the wife of Mr. Xie from Xiaoshi Village, treated her husband's ex-wife, Mrs. Bai, harshly, leading to the death of one son and three daughters at the door, with blood splattering three feet. I wonder what their mother thinks of this?"
Huang stared at Xie Shuangbai intently, shaking with anger, "You...you threaten me?"
Xie Shuangbai looked back at her with cold eyes, without a trace of emotion:
"If you insist on killing us, the four of us will die right here, right here, following our father!"
Xie Minglang felt that things were becoming increasingly unfavorable to him.
He still had to go to the town to find a famous teacher to take the imperial examination, so how could he let a sickly child disrupt his plans?
He quietly walked behind Huang and whispered in her ear.
Xie Shuangbai looked at Xie Minglang's little movements and sneered.
"If you want the old house, forget about breaking off relations!"
Huang had a smug look on her face, as if to say, "I'm not stupid, I'll crush you to death even if I have to."
Xie Shuangbai stared at her and suddenly smiled.
A snow lotus looked like blooming on his pale face.
He suddenly took out the hidden porcelain piece and scratched his palm fiercely. Blood immediately flowed out, scaring everyone.
He seemed not to feel the pain, and left bloody handprints on the bed and the wall one after another.
No one knew what he was going to do.
I saw him put his cut palm on his left cheek and then on his right cheek.
The pale face, with bloody handprints and his scarlet eyes staring at her, was a very creepy scene.
He turned his head, stared at Xie Minglang, smiled gently and said:
"If my sister doesn't leave, I won't leave either. Even if I die today, I will die in the Xie family. Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go!"
After saying this, he seemed to have thought of something else.
"Oh, yes, I have one more thing to add."
He stared at the Huang mother and son with a bloody face and said madly:
"Xie Minglang! Even if I go to the eighteenth level of hell and turn into a fierce ghost, I will not let you get the top score in the exam! Forget it!"
The last few words were filled with resentment and cruelty.
Sure enough, as soon as these words were spoken, Huang and Xie Minglang's expressions changed.
People are most afraid of having weaknesses.
Unfortunately, Huang's weakness was too obvious and he caught it.
Now all that's left is the final blow.
He leaned weakly on the bed, his three sisters looked at him worriedly, and the villagers outside the door looked inside curiously, with fear in their eyes.
They didn't see anything, but they heard some pleasant words coming from inside the house that they couldn't understand, like some kind of ancient spell.
Huang looked at him with both anger and fear.
What is he chanting? Is it some powerful spell?
He wouldn't cast a death curse on his son, would he?
She shuddered at the thought.
Huang pretended to be calm, but her erratic voice betrayed her.
"Alright, break off the engagement, break off the engagement quickly, and I'll give you the old house! You can take those bitches with you too, get out of here right now!"
Xie Shuangbai raised his bloodshot eyes and stared at her: "Bring me the house deed, the letter of severance, and the silver."
As soon as he finished speaking, he spat out another mouthful of blood.
He wiped the blood nonchalantly, tilted his head and looked at Huang with a smile.
Huang trembled all over when she was looked at.
She reluctantly went into the house and took the deed to the old house and the silver.
She threw over the house deed and one or two ounces of silver.
"Here you go, just one ounce of silver, no more."
Xie Shuangbai didn't look at the silver, and said with red eyes: "The letter of breaking off the engagement."
Xie Minglang had already written it and handed it to Huang.
She pressed her fingerprints reluctantly, and the look in Xie Shuangbai's eyes was filled with fear, but more of hatred.
The three letters of severance of engagement clearly stated the year and month when Huang Yufen and Xie Shuangbai severed their engagement. Although the words were few, the content was complete.
Xie Shuangbai finally felt relieved. The main reason why he made such a fuss was to break off the engagement.
Filial piety was highly valued in this dynasty, and even though a stepmother was a step-son, she could still crush a man to death.
Only with this piece of paper can you be truly free.
He read the contents carefully again, and just in case, he called Xie Minglang and Xie Jiaorui and asked them to write Huang's name together with theirs.
Although the two were reluctant, they did not dare to refuse to sign.
Looking at the complete letter of severance, Xie Shuangbai thought: This blood was not shed in vain.
The village chief saw that the matter was finally settled and said:
"Nephew, please keep this document safe. When you feel better, we'll go to the government office together to complete the new household registration and transfer of ownership. The government office should also keep a copy of the marriage certificate."
Breaking off an engagement is a big deal these days, and the government has to keep evidence.
"Okay, thank you, village chief!" Xie Shuangbai was already pale and about to faint.
"Old Li, look at him!"
The village chief said to Huang:
"Pack up the bedding that the four of them usually use and take it away."
"Why? I've already signed the severance agreement. They have nothing to do with me anymore!"
"Because I'm the village chief! If you're not satisfied, go to the county and report it to the authorities!"
Huang looked at the biased village chief and her teeth were broken.
A kind-hearted aunt in the crowd shouted:
"It's just a few tattered quilts, but you've taken up so much of it and you're still not satisfied. I'll go help clean it up!"
With the help of a bold woman, a few more women came and packed up all of Xie Shuangbai's clothes and bedding, leaving nothing behind. Huang was so angry that she almost got into a fight with them.
The quilt was actually very torn. Xie Shuangbai could give it up, but he would take it if it could cause trouble for Huang.
Huang was so angry that she cursed, but she didn't dare to go too far. She stared at Xie Shuangbai. If looks could kill, Xie Shuangbai would have been killed by Huang hundreds of times.
"Sick ghost, get out of my house right now! If my son becomes the top scorer in the imperial examination, I will be the first one to punish you!"
Xie Shuangbai lay on a stretcher, looking at Huang with a calm expression: "Let's talk about it after your son passes the test!"
Huang was so angry that her teeth itched. She spat at him and slammed the door shut.
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