On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 52: Brothers Becoming Enemies
The grudge between Li's father and Qin Tao's family came to an end. In the end, Li's father was still worried, so he asked Li Shiyang to write a document, which stated that as long as Qin Tao gave Li's father fifty taels of silver, the grudge between the two would be resolved, and they could go their separate ways and live happily without disturbing each other.

After watching the show, Li Shiyue planned to leave with the stone.

But as soon as she turned around, she saw Li Wangming walking towards her with a dejected look on his face.

"Second uncle?"

Li Shiyue just shouted once, and then she saw Li Wangming's mother waving at her from behind.

Walking to Li's mother, "Mother, Uncle..."

Mother Li nodded and followed Li Shiyue's gaze to look at Li Wangming who was walking in front: "Your second uncle has his own things to do."

Although Li Shiyue didn't understand what Li's mother said, she still kept her mouth shut. She, Li's mother and Shitou were standing aside, and they saw Li Wangming walk up to Li Youfu, lift up his clothes, and kneel down in front of Li Youfu.

"Wang Ming, what are you doing?"

Li Wangming knelt on the ground, bowed and then raised his head. He first looked at Li Youfu, then at the three elders behind Li Youfu, and then looked around at the people from Lijia Village who were watching the surrounding area.

Of course, Li Wangming paused for a moment when his gaze swept over Li's father.

Li Shiyue also looked into Li Wangming's eyes for a while, and she saw determination in Li Wangming's eyes.

She was a little worried, "Mother, what is Second Uncle going to do?"

Mother Li did not reply, she just shook her head at Li Shiyue and stopped talking.

Li Wangming's gaze finally fell on Li Shiyang. Li Shiyang was such a smart man that he had a guess in his mind from the moment Li Wangming knelt down.

"Grandpa Fu, Third Uncle, Fifth Uncle, Eighth Uncle, Brother Shiyang," after asking these people, Li Wangming looked up and asked the people around him: "And all the uncles and aunts in Lijia Village, today, please help to be a witness!"

Everyone was surprised. They really didn't expect what Li Wangming was going to do.
Why do we need them to bear witness?

What is this witnessing?
Li Wangming raised his voice and said to Li Youfu: "I, Li Wangming, the sixth-generation grandson of the Li family, now ask the clan leader to make the decision!
Li Wangguang caused my mother to die with a bloody head for his own selfish reasons!

Such an unfilial, unkind and unjust person should be exterminated from the entire clan!
Please let the clan leader decide!"

Eliminate the clan!

Nowadays, this is the most severe punishment for a person who has made a mistake. Everyone is born with parents, lives in the clan, and is buried in the clan’s ancestral tomb after death.

It can be said that from birth to death, a person's entire life is lived under the control of the clan.

Even if you leave your clan and interact with others in other places, you will still be asked about your origin, where you come from, and what clan or family you come from. This is where a person comes from, and it is a sense of belonging that is crucial for people to live in society.

If a person is expelled from a clan because of a mistake, it is almost equivalent to social death in modern society, direct social death, it is worse than death to be alive, which is absolutely unacceptable.

Therefore, apart from Li Wangming who proposed the idea of exterminating the clan, only Li Shiyang had some guesses but a blank expression on his face.

Oh, and Li’s mother, who knew Li Wangming’s plan in advance, remained calm.

But everyone else, from Li Youfu and the three elders to the people from Lijia Village who were watching, as well as Li Shiyue and Li's father himself, none of them expected that Li Wangming would make such a big move right from the start.

"Li Wangming, you are crazy!"

These words were shouted by Li's father. He knew that he would not be able to avoid the fact that he accidentally killed Grandmother Li. Although he pushed the blame onto Qin Tao, he pushed Grandmother Li in public, in full view of everyone in Li Village.

However, he never thought that Li Wangming actually wanted to exterminate his clan!

How is this different from killing him?
Father Li ran towards Li Wangming like a madman, holding a wooden stick. However, halfway through, he was stopped by a villager nearby at the signal of Li Shiyang.

Although Mr. Li's steps were stopped, his mouth was not blocked.

"Okay, okay, Li Wangming, you are ruthless!

You want me to pay for your life!

Okay, come here, come here, if you have the guts, come and kill me!

Come on, kill me!" Li Wangming's father's crazy and hysterical shouts filled his ears. Suddenly, the scene of Li's grandmother's death appeared in his mind. The grass was covered with Li's grandmother's blood. Li Wangming, who was holding Li's grandmother's head and shouting, still remembered the temperature of the blood, which was hot.

"Please let the clan leader decide!"

Li Wangming shouted this sentence to Li Youfu again. Li Youfu looked at the resolute attitude on Li Wangming's face and knew that this matter must be decided.

The last ray of daylight also fell as Li Wangming spoke. Torches were lit one by one, illuminating the area as bright as day.

Zhou Lanhua was really sure at this moment. Half a month ago, a similar scene happened. Fire ignited in the darkness, illuminating the adulterous affair between Li's father and Qin Tao.

Li Youfu and the three elders turned their backs and whispered with their heads down. In this way, the people from Lijia Village who were watching started talking about Li Shiyue's family affairs again.

"This is really..."

"In my opinion, Brother Wangming is right. He can even kill his own mother. Such an unfilial person should be expelled from the clan!

If we keep this kind of beast in our Li family, our ancestors will be so angry that they will crawl out of their graves."

“You’ve got to give it up!

We have fled so much that we have lost the houses and lands left by our ancestors. Even if our ancestors really crawled out of their coffins, we would not be able to see them. "

The men gathered together, discussing what Li Wangming had said about exterminating Li's father's clan, and the women with their children were not idle either.

“Eliminate the clan?
Brother Wangming, he is really brave to say that. "

Zhou Lanhua raised her head and glanced at the crying and shouting Li Wangguang, then curled her lips and whispered to Erdan's mother, "What's there to be afraid of?

In my opinion, the beast who killed me should be beaten to death!

He did not die at the hands of the refugees, nor did he die on the way to escape famine, but was pushed to death by his own son who hit his head against a rock!
If it were me, I would be so angry that I would crawl back to the human world and beat this beast to death even though I was in the underworld!"

Li Shiyue listened to the different opinions on how to deal with Li's father among the people around her, and she couldn't help but sigh: "In this period of society where the legal system is not sound, the clan is indeed a useful thing."

The moon was high in the sky when Li Youfu and his colleagues finally finished their discussion.

Before, Li Shiyue and Li's mother went over to pull Li Wangming up, but Li Wangming was stubborn and refused to get up. The meaning was very clear that this matter must be resolved today.

Li Youfu stood up. He first looked at Li Wangming helplessly, and then glanced at Li's father who was kneeling on the ground with his arms pinned down.

Standing in front of the two, Li Youfu coughed lightly, and after the crowd gradually quieted down, Li Youfu spoke: "After discussing with the three elders, we unanimously agreed that Li Wangguang accidentally caused his mother's death, which is an unforgivable crime. According to the clan rules, he will be flogged fifty times and confined to his home for life, and he cannot leave the clan.

When we get to Andong and settle down, I will whip them myself!"

Li Youfu sighed and then said to Li Wangming: "Li Wangming's request, I have discussed with the elders, when we get to Andong and rebuild the ancestral hall, we will officially separate you and Li Wangguang!
You two brothers will live your own lives separately, with your weddings and funerals separated, and your clan sacrifices separated, and you will have no connection with each other in the future. Do you agree with this division?"

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