It was a long time before Patriarch Fang and his men came back. Both Old Man Fang and Fang Jin had gloomy expressions.

Seeing them like this, Fang Tong felt relieved. This meant that the patriarch might have convinced them.

Sure enough, Old Master Fang walked up to him and said, "It's okay if you want me to adopt the second son out as well, but I have one condition. I raised him so well, I can't just give him away for free. You have to give me the cake recipe."

Upon hearing this, Fang Tongzhen burst out laughing. Even at this time, they were still thinking of taking advantage of him. I don’t know what these father and son were dreaming about. If you didn’t know, you would think that it was him who kidnapped his second brother today.

His face instantly turned cold, and he turned back to look at Qian Fengping: "Wife, let's go!"

He reached out and pushed the cart without even paying any attention to them.

Fang Nanzhi lay on the cart and looked back at the angry old man Fang and his son.

"This time, it was the eldest uncle who gave the second uncle the medicine. The money for the treatment must be paid by the eldest uncle. We will go to get it tomorrow. If no one is at your house tomorrow, we will go later!"

Just this one sentence made Mr. Fang and Fang Jin, who had just thought Fang Tong was ungrateful, feel dizzy.

What they meant was that Fang Tong and Fang Yin were going to come to their house to cause trouble again, but Miss Wang had already threatened them that if they didn't kick the second son out, and the Wang family canceled the engagement, then all they had done before would be in vain!

It was at this time that Fang Jin finally realized that he had to listen to Fang Tong's advice on how to resolve this matter. Even if his father didn't adopt the second son out, they wouldn't dare to do anything to Fang Yin in the short term.

The whole village is watching him. If he dares to sell Fang Yin after what happened tonight, his reputation as a scholar will be ruined.

When he realized this, he felt so sad.

He couldn't understand how things had turned out like this. When had the Third Brother become so out of control?

Since he was a child, as the eldest in the family, he always had the final say. Everyone in the family listened to him, and his parents always sided with him whenever something happened. This was still the case when he grew up.

Seeing Fang Tong like this, he felt worse than anyone else. He was unwilling to admit that the street urchin who used to be nothing could actually step on his head one day.

He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails almost dug into his flesh, but he still said nothing. The less he said in such occasions, the better. He absolutely could not get involved in such a situation.

Old Master Fang was so angry that his teeth were itching, but he finally relented and turned to the clan leader and said, "Adopt him if you will. I just don't believe that without such a fool as a son, our Fang family will be ruined in the future."

After hearing what he said, Fang Tong stopped and turned back.

Old Master Fang spoke again, "You can forgo the cake recipe, but that idiot Fang Yin has been a burden to his eldest brother and the family for so many years. He's never done anything for the family, and he's never been filial to me as their father. You can't let me raise a son for nothing. Apart from anything else, you must pay me the wages he earned working for your Qin family some time ago. Don't even think about using the twenty coins he earned during the day to get rid of him!"

Fang Tong thought about it and didn't want to argue with him over such a small amount of money.

As long as the matter can be accomplished and the conditions are not excessive, he will help his second brother repay the kindness of raising him, and the Fang family will not be able to use this matter to complain about it in the future.

After all, when he married into the family, didn't his family ask for a sum of money?

Thinking of this, Fang Tong sneered in his heart. From this perspective, he and his second brother were not adopted at all, but were actually sold.

He didn't object and went home happily to get the money.

"Here, check it in front of me, so there won't be any mistakes later."

When Mr. Fang saw it was about two taels of silver, he didn't say anything.

Under the witness of the village chief and the head of the Fang family, the adoption document was written immediately.

"My second brother hasn't woken up yet, how can I calculate this handprint?"

"What else can I do? I'll just hold your hand and press it!"

Fang Tong looked across at them with a half-smile on his face: "Forget it, you and the witnesses can press the button first. When Second Brother wakes up tomorrow, I'll have him press the button himself with the village chief to avoid any confusion later."

He was wary of the Fang family in every word and every action, but they couldn't say anything.

They agreed with their fingerprints, and from then on, Fang Yin became the eldest brother of Fang Tong's family. The two were still a family, but Old Man Fang really only had this one son.

After the task was completed, Mr. Fang seemed to have aged a lot.

The people in the surrounding villages sighed, but no one sympathized with them. After all, they were the ones who forced Fang Tong to be adopted by Fang Yin.

Seeing Mr. Fang walking further and further away with the support of Fang Jin, many people secretly curled their lips.

They're about to sell their own son to the mines, so why are they still pretending to be pitiful? With two adopted sons from three, the Fang family is the richest in the village!

Fang Tong accomplished this important task. Although there were some problems in the process, it was basically what he expected. However, he was not in a good mood.

He pushed his second brother back home and put him to bed. Doctor Gu also came with them. So many things had happened just now that he hadn't had time to say many things.

"Given your brother's condition, I won't prescribe any medicine. It's better to let him get enough sleep and wake up on his own."

Fang Tong hesitated: "Was my second brother sleeping too long? What are the consequences?"

He had heard that an overdose of drugs could be fatal.

Doctor Gu pondered for a moment and said helplessly, "In fact, if I could get acupuncture from a skilled doctor, I would wake up faster."

He obviously didn't have the skills to do this, he just thought that Fang Tong's family was doing well now and might be willing to spend the money.

Sure enough, Fang Tong nodded and thanked Doctor Gu. He wanted to give him some money for bothering him in the middle of the night, but Doctor Gu refused to take it. Finally, when Qian Fengping brought him a piece of cake and sugar-roasted chestnuts when they were leaving the yard, he accepted it with a smile.

After Doctor Gu left, Fang Tong felt that he had to go to see Doctor Zhou for acupuncture.

But it is not a good idea to visit someone so late at night. He thought about it and decided to wait and see if his second brother could wake up after dawn. After he woke up, he would ask Doctor Gu to check him out so that he would not become even more stupid. If he still didn't wake up before dawn, he would take his second brother to see Old Zhou to see if he could give him a few injections.

After Qian Fengping came back, she coaxed the two children to bed, mainly to accompany Fang Nanzhi. After she came back, she was worried about her second uncle and insisted on keeping watch.

No, now you should call me uncle.

But her mother told her that he would not wake up until tomorrow, so the little girl had no choice but to go to bed obediently.

Qian Fengping came out of the children's room and turned around to see Fang Tong sitting on the doorstep, looking up at the moon. He looked dazed and no one knew what he was thinking about.

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