The whole village knew that Wen Lao San had tricked Wen Qingcheng into marrying Feng the butcher, and the elders in the clan also despised him. Wen Lao San was not right, and this matter made him lose both his wife and his army. He felt ashamed when he thought about it. When Wen Qingcheng mentioned this matter, Wen Lao San's face turned black.

This incident made the second uncle, who always tried to smooth things over, indignant. Although the Wen family was not a scholarly family, it was still a respectable family. How could they let a woman marry two husbands? Although Qingcheng's husband was a fool, she still had a husband in name.

"With Third Uncle here, this won't happen." Third Uncle said with a straight face.

"Uncle San, you don't know what my uncle said. He took the money from Feng the butcher and lied to me that I should work for Feng the butcher and would be paid. I believed him to save my mother's life, but he wanted to make me lose my chastity and embezzled the money. Feng the butcher came to take the money back, and he lost it all gambling, but he blamed it on me and wanted me to be sold out."

"You stupid bastard, shut up." Wen Lao San wished he could sew up Wen Qingcheng's mouth. How could a mute speak and his mouth become so powerful?

As soon as Wen Qingcheng finished speaking, her second uncle, third uncle, and a brother in the clan all expressed sympathy for Wen Qingcheng's family.

"Third brother, sit down!" The eldest brother Wen spoke, looking at Wen Qingcheng and Ye Xiuying, "Let's not talk about dividing the land for now. Before we divide the family, let's pay the pension first. Otherwise, I will immediately sue you for being unfilial."

In the Great Qi Dynasty, filial piety was highly valued. Unfilial people were not only despised and morally condemned, but in serious cases would also be punished by law.

"Yes, I will sue you, Third Uncle. You are a scholar and understand the laws of Da Qi. You know what will happen to those who are unfilial." Wen Lao Er immediately jumped out to agree.

"At the lightest, he will be punished with caning; at the worst, he will be exiled." The Third Uncle said in a deep voice, but he felt infinite sadness in his heart. Is it really true that the Wen family will never be able to make a comeback? For a little profit, they even started killing each other within their own family. How can they talk about the prosperity of the family? How many generations can such a family continue?

Ye Xiuying was shocked. She didn't understand the law. She only knew that the two of them could not win the argument with so many people. They were used to confusing right and wrong. When they arrived at the government office, could they get a fair verdict?

"Zhang Sufen, this was the idea of ​​your brother-in-law who works as an accountant in the city. Do you think you can scare us by moving out of the government office? Let me tell you, if we really go to the government office and calculate the details, it's not certain who will suffer the loss."

Wen Qingcheng continued in a cold voice: "Do you think you can just go into the government office and file a complaint whenever you want? You can just open your mouth and tell me what you want? The government office doesn't collect evidence. When the officials come, do you want me to tell you how my third uncle tricked me into remarrying? This is a serious crime. According to Article 103 of the Great Qi Law, I will be imprisoned for three years."

Wen Lao San, Zhao Chunhua, and even Old Lady Wen looked a little nervous. In fact, Wen Qingcheng had not had a chance to read the laws of the Great Qi Dynasty, and was just talking nonsense.

Although the third uncle understood the law, he couldn't name a specific one. He knew that forcing a decent girl to remarry was a crime, so he nodded in agreement.

Zhao Chunhua stiffened her neck and said, "We should not air our family's dirty laundry in public. We are afraid of bringing shame to the county. We have unfilial descendants like you."

"Since you are not going to the government office, why not take advantage of the fact that both elders are here today to divide the property fairly and justly, and from now on, we will not interfere with each other." Ye Xiuying said.

When it comes to dividing the family property, Zhang Sufen yelled angrily, "You won't get a single cent of the property! Don't blame me for bringing the truth to light. The second child wasn't born to my mother at all. When I first married into the Wen family, I felt that they didn't look alike. The second child looked like a scholar, so I suspected he wasn't from the Wen family. Although our eldest was young at the time, he still remembers things. The second child was brought home by our father."

Zhao Chunhua seemed to have eaten a shocking melon, and her tadpole eyes were shining. "Are you serious, sister-in-law?"

"That's true, if you don't believe me, ask mom."

"Eldest brother's wife, what nonsense are you talking about?" Old Mrs. Wen scolded.

"Mom, what are you hiding? Now that the second son is gone and we have started our own families, there is nothing you can't tell me."

The third uncle and the second uncle exchanged glances. From their expressions, it was clear that they knew about this.

"The second child is definitely not mine." Old Mrs. Wen said with a dark face.

"Did you hear that, Ye Xiuying? How dare you come to divide the land?" Zhao Chunhua was as excited as if she had been injected with chicken blood.

"Then where did my husband come from? Don't talk nonsense." Ye Xiuying was also doubtful.

"When your father was still working as a peddler, he brought home a baby and said he was picked up. Who knows if it was his illegitimate child outside, huh." Old Mrs. Wen said with disgust.

Third Uncle hurriedly advised: "Sister-in-law, why bring up the past? No matter whether they are biological or not, as long as they come to the Wen family, they are the children of the Wen family."

Ye Xiuyun's head buzzed, and she could no longer hear what her uncle said. Now she finally understood why Old Lady Wen had always favored the eldest and third sons.

Her husband once said that when he was a child, Old Lady Wen either beat or scolded him. Even when he fainted from hunger in the mountains, no one went to look for him. Fortunately, he was rescued by a kind-hearted woodcutter.

In winter, he only wore thin clothes, but his elder and second brothers had cotton-padded clothes. In order to keep warm, he could only stockpile some reed fluff and stuff it into his clothes.

If mother is a stepmother, what about father? If he is really an illegitimate child, why did he ignore him? He was made to kneel in the snow on a snowy day, which caused leg pain. They opposed my husband to study, and my father tore up the book when he saw my husband secretly reading. How could there be such a foolish father in the world?

Ye Xiuying's face was pale. Zicheng, who was standing beside her, didn't quite understand what she said, but he could see that his mother's face was not good, so he silently held Ye Xiuying's arm and stayed with her.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Wen Qingcheng also noticed that Ye Xiuying's face was as pale as paper, so she picked up her wrist and took her pulse.

"We'll talk about today's matter another day. Second uncle, third uncle, cousin, please make this trip for me."

"Qingcheng, your mother has just recovered from a serious illness. It is important to take care of her first." said the third uncle.

"Chuyi, come on." Wen Qingcheng helped Ye Xiuying onto Chuyi's back, and Chuyi carried her back to their small west room.

Ye Xiuying was helped to lie on the bed. Her face gradually regained color. She opened her eyes and sighed after a while.

"I really didn't expect things to turn out this way. In fact, I've noticed for a long time that your father doesn't look like them, and his eating habits are different. They like to eat strong flavors, but your father can't eat strong flavors and has always eaten light food. But I never thought about it that way. I thought that mother-in-law simply didn't like her son who was studying."

"This matter has been kept secret for so many years." Wen Qingcheng touched her chin. This result really surprised her.

"Now that we've fallen out, I don't want to stay in this house any longer. Qingcheng, let's find a place to stay first, and then slowly settle accounts with them." Ye Xiuying said.

"I've wanted to live alone for a long time."

Wen Qingcheng did not live in a family environment in her previous life. After she became an adult, she had always lived alone. In fact, she was not used to living under the same roof with those top people in the Wen family these days, sharing kitchen utensils and toilets.

"How much money do we have?" Wen Qingcheng asked.

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