After Xie Dafu put it this way, Xie Baotian's lingering attachment to the clan completely faded away!
Seeing that Old Lady Ma was about to say something to Xie Yushu again, she immediately spoke up.
"The child did nothing wrong, I will not watch her suffer!"
Since the clan chief can't tolerate us, we'll just leave the clan and live independently. From now on, my Xie Baotian family and the Xie clan will be two separate families. I'll bear any rumors or gossip. It has nothing to do with the daughters of the Xie clan, or the daughters of Xiejia Village!
"You! Fine! You said it yourself! Don't regret it!"
Xie Dafu had already decided that Xie Baotian was unwilling to part with either his father or his daughter. After saying those words, he waited calmly for Xie Baotian to admit his mistake so that he could manipulate the situation further and keep the family firmly in his grasp!
If her father wants to stay peacefully in the ancestral graveyard, and Xie Yushu wants to stay peacefully in the clan, they'll have to exchange things for each other!
Hand over the recipe for candied hawthorn, and Xie Tianqi and Xie Tianming will have to give up their jobs too!
He is the head of the Xie family. If anyone should be given a job in the government office, it should be his son or grandson!
Here, the yamen runners and minor officials all inherited their jobs from their fathers or brothers. Xie Dafu's son and grandson were cousins of Xie Tianqi and his family. If they voluntarily transferred their positions, it would be understandable!
That's why Xie Dafu went to great lengths to force Xie Baotian's family to comply with his demands!
He probably knew that it would be too ugly to say it directly, as it would damage Xie Yushu's reputation and involve expelling the clan and relocating graves!
The recipe for candied hawthorn was just a sweet promise to the clansmen; only with benefits would people be willing to follow him in making trouble!
The real purpose was actually to get Xie Tianqi and Xie Tianming a job!
But after he had been building up the momentum for several days, Xie Baotian didn't take the bait!
He had put in a lot of effort, but it turned out like he was punching cotton. Xie Dafu was extremely frustrated!
But having served as clan chief for most of his life and being an elder in the clan, he was used to being high and mighty. Even if he took Tu Lu's money, he couldn't possibly lower himself to negotiate with Xie Baotian, whom he had always looked down upon. He just huffed and groaned.
"Stubborn to the end!"
Fortunately, Granny Ma remembered why they had come. Seeing that Xie Baotian hadn't fallen for her trick, she cleared her throat and pretended to remind him.
"Don't blame your great-grandfather for being heartless. As the clan leader, he has to be responsible for the whole clan. Xie Yushu's incident has brought shame to the clan, and we are indeed angry. But in the end, she is also our granddaughter, and we can't bear to see her all alone and helpless outside!"
However, she has tarnished the clan's reputation, and you must give an explanation to the entire clan!
Why don't you share your candied hawthorn recipe with everyone so that they can also make a living?
And then there's Tianqi and Tianming, they're too young and their personalities are unstable. Look at them, they're always ready to fight or kill. And this is just in the clan, if they were outside, they'd cause trouble sooner or later!
I think we should let Bao Jin and Bao Cai (her second and third sons) take over their jobs! They're reliable and won't cause any trouble! They'll be there to help each other out if anyone in the clan has any problems in the future!
Didn't you buy several acres of land this year? Now that all the children have gone out to work, only the three of you, Tianlin and I, are left at home. Which one of you can help out?
Even if you've damaged the clan's reputation, as long as you agree to compensate the clan, I'll tell everyone that I won't pursue the matter of Yu Shu anymore!
Old Mrs. Ma thought she had spoken quite righteously, and after she finished speaking, she put on an air of "I'm doing this for your own good, so you don't need to thank me!"
This statement is as obvious as a louse on a bald man's head!
Even the most honest Xie Baotian understood what they meant. It turned out that all this commotion was actually an attempt to take advantage of Tianqi and Tianming's jobs!
They even talked about a recipe for candied hawthorn. When Xie Baotian first started selling it, people asked him how he made it. At that time, he said that you just melt the sugar and dip your hands in it. If people in the clan really wanted to make it, they could buy some sugar and try it a few times and figure it out.
In the end, all they're trying to do is drag the clansmen down with them and take over Tianqi and Tianming's jobs!
Ultimately, it's because they can't stand seeing anything good happen to their family!
Even if Xie Baotian is foolish, he knows that being strong is always better than being strong.
Xie Dafu's words sound nice, but if you expect him to take care of you, you'll be skinned alive!
That's it! Let's cut ties with people like that!
Thinking this, Xie Baotian spoke up.
"I'm not wrong to disown my daughter. You're afraid our family will affect your reputation. We agree to move my father's grave and establish a separate household. We'll leave everything else to us. If anyone mentions my daughter in the future, you can just say she's not from the Xie family!"
"I'll find a date to move the grave; you can all leave now!"
As soon as Xie Baotian finished speaking, Xie Tianqi and Xie Tianming, who had been holding back their anger for a long time, began to shoo people away.
"As you wish, we agree to relocate the grave. You should leave now, we have a lot of things to do!"
Xie Tianqi said this while grabbing a large broom and chasing them out!
"Hmph! Fine, I'll leave then. You'll regret this!"
Xie Dafu, who had lived to such an old age, had never been treated like this before! With a flick of his hand, he led his men away in a flurry!
Sun Er and his wife also got up and followed along, limping!
Although Xie Baotian agreed to move his father's grave, and it seemed like they had won, they all felt an indescribable sense of frustration!
Especially the Sun couple, who thought they were going to be unlucky to come and visit Xie Baotian's family, but ended up getting beaten up for nothing! They must have felt terribly!
Moreover, Xie Baotian's family didn't bow their heads and beg for mercy. Xie Yushu was even more composed, showing no sign of being disheveled or down on her luck. She watched them being beaten as if it were a big show! Qian Er's wife was furious!
The onlookers were also seeing this outcome for the first time. They had all started off looking aggressive and ready to fight, but in the end, it was just the Qian couple who got a beating and that was it.
It's a classic case of starting strong but ending weak!
Everyone felt something was wrong, but they couldn't quite put their finger on it until a few days later, when Han Zhongyu brought a "timely rain," turning Xie Yushu and even the Xie family around dramatically. Only then did they realize what was going on!
The Xie family was so angry and regretful that they vomited blood, but there is no medicine for regret in this world!
We've spoken too soon. Let's get back to the topic of Xie Baotian's family.
After Xie Dafu left, the crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed. A few kind-hearted people comforted Xie Baotian, saying that although they would no longer be of the same ethnicity, he should still speak up if anything happened!
Of course, there are also practical reasons. Seeing that Xie Baotian's family had broken away from the clan and was no longer favored by Xie Dafu, they would definitely be increasingly ostracized. Fearing that they would be implicated, they silently distanced themselves from Xie Baotian's family!
Xie Baotian was somewhat saddened, but Xie Yushu didn't give him time to be sad. Now that she had cleared up the mess in the clan, it was time for her to take action!
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