After the cannon fodder father and daughter married into the family, the whole family regretted it

Upon hearing this, Qin Yan glanced indifferently at the people present.

"My father passed away many years ago, and my clansmen came to my house three times. The first two times they said we were orphans and widows, and they wanted to take charge of our property for me. The third time you came and saw it."

This sentence immediately made the atmosphere in the hall very awkward. Everyone was silent, and they all glanced at the expression of Patriarch Qin intentionally or unintentionally.

He was not lying. He even remembered clearly the exact time of each burial. The first time was when his father was buried, and the clan leader personally brought people to the door.

The truth was even uglier than he said. They said his mother couldn't defend the land and wanted to take back the clan land. His mother finally threatened to commit suicide, and the clan gave in.

The second time was when he broke his leg. This time the clan leader did not show up in person, but the clan elders came. They said that there were no men in their families who could work in the fields, so they should return the land to the clan. At most, they could share some of the harvest as rent.

Qin Yan's legs were just bad, his brain wasn't broken. Giving this land to the clan would mean they would never come back, so he naturally disagreed.

Patriarch Qin's face looked grim, but he couldn't avoid talking about this.

"Qin Yan, that was all in the past. Is it wrong for the people in the clan to worry about you?"

He paused and said, "Right now, the issue of the scholar's imperial examination is the most important thing for our clan. With him, our entire clan will benefit from it. Maybe even you can find a marriage through this."

Fang Tong laughed again: "I've really broadened my horizons today. I've only heard that it's natural for a father to support his son, but I've never heard of a younger brother supporting his older brother!"

Patriarch Qin slammed the table beside him with a "bang" and looked at him with a fierce look on his face.

"This is my Qin family! You have no right to speak! You are just a son-in-law, so you should know that you are inferior to others!"

When the matter affected Fang Tong, Qin Yan's face turned ugly and he sneered.

"Clan leader, be careful. You may have misunderstood something. Even if Dad married into our family, he's still a member of our family. He married into my mother's family. Logically, he married into the Qian family, not some girl from the Qin family!"

"To the outside world, I told everyone that I was marrying into the Qin family. It was just that my mother values me and is afraid that I, who is actually an outsider, will feel uncomfortable, so she is giving face to me, her son!"

"If the clan leader really wants to make a fuss about this, my father, the head of our family, can still do it!"

This was the first time in Qin Yan's life that he was so angry in front of others, and the tribesmen were all a little surprised.

They knew what kind of people Qin Xiucai and Qian Fengping were. One was a good-natured man, and the other was soft-tempered. They originally thought that Qin Yan, as their son, had been brought up like that.

But now it seems that he is not someone who is easy to mess with, as he actually dares to confront the clan leader in person.

Some people felt even more regretful when they saw this.

Qin Yan still has the surname Qin, but Qian Fengping is no longer under control. The clan land was not taken back in the first place. If they insist that all the money they earn now belongs to Qian Fengping, wouldn’t it be a waste of time?

If I had known earlier, I should have arranged for Qian Fengping to marry into the Qin family and let her be a widow. Qin Yan would not be so easy to control as he is now. I was too careless!

They didn't get Qin Xiucai's property, but they managed to get Fang Tong, a street urchin who had nothing to do with him, to marry into their family. Without much effort, he became the one who could make the decision!

Why didn’t they think of finding a reliable person in the clan and adopting Qin Yan as his son?

Patriarch Qin was embarrassed. He didn't expect that with all the members of his Qin family here, they could still be taken over by a little kid.

"Qin Yan, do you mean you don't want to help your brother?"

He snorted coldly: "Brother Yan, you and Shucai were both educated by your father. Now that you are in this state, Shucai is your only hope. Even if you don't think about the family, don't you consider the relationship between you two?"

"You've at least had some education, so you wouldn't be so ignorant of this, right? Or has no one ever taught you how to be a good person?"

Qin Yan clenched his fists. He was angry, but his tone remained firm.

"To be honest, if Brother Shucai really has difficulties with his studies, I am of course willing to help, but I absolutely do not want to be coerced by others, let alone be used as a money bag."

He looked directly at the clan leader and said, "You've been bringing this up all day. If that's the case, then let my brother come over. If he comes forward and asks me to borrow money, I'll naturally discuss it with my family."

"After all, he's the one I'm friendly with, not some guy who just came to bother me and my mother."

Patriarch Qin's face darkened. He actually underestimated Qin Yan.

Of course he couldn't let his grandson come forward. As a grandfather, he knew Shucai's character very well.

We must not let him, a scholar, ask for money. Otherwise, even if he reads the book, how will he save face in front of others in the future?

The most important thing is that he wants these people to donate money, not borrow it. Otherwise, why would he have to ask them for help? It doesn't matter who he borrows from.

He didn't say anything. The second master Qin, who was the first to pay the money, pointed at Qin Yan and cursed: "You ungrateful wolf, how could the Qin family produce an ungrateful wolf like you!"

Qin Yan is a junior and a scholar, so he can't just point at his elders and scold them back.

At this time, Fang Tong is very suitable to come forward.

Hey, he really came today!

"I bother!"

He rushed to the front of Qin Yan, pinched his waist with a look of disgust: "Ungrateful wolf? Did my Qin Yan eat your rice or drink your water? If you don't know, you would think that he grew up to this age because of your support!"

"Come on, tell me, why do you, the Qin family, attach so much importance to supporting scholars, and even bring up the whole clan to scare people? You must have given money to Yan Ge'er in the past, right? Tell me!"

No one in the room stood up to speak, only the Qin clan leader's younger brother was still shouting.

"How dare you, a foreigner, what do you know?"

"Shut up, you old fool!"

"You don't have any, right? I do! In April, when Yan Ge'er was eight years old, Qin Bao came home and borrowed a piece of cloth from Qin Xiucai. In June, Qin Sheng borrowed a bag of rice. In September of the same year..."

He read them one by one, and these were all written down by Qian Fengping.

Since they got married, she asked Qin Xiucai to record every transaction in the household and keep it for himself. Qin Xiucai was generous and would not take any money even if no one paid it back. So this record-keeping became a habit.

Later, when Qin Yan learned to write, he became Qin Yanji. For a period of time, it could be seen that the handwriting was not as beautiful as before or after.

Now Qian Fengping can remember some of it herself, and she never thought that this thing would come in handy one day.

The Qin family members in this room were embarrassed by what they heard. No one of them had any problems out of the blue, because Qin Xiucai was famous for being a good person. Anyone who wanted to borrow something would go to his house to ask first, and almost everyone was not spared from this.

Seeing the expressions of the crowd, Chief Qin knew that this could not go on any longer, so he spoke up to interrupt Fang Tong.