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

Fang Tong also had a look of sarcasm on his face: "For years, Fang Jin has relied on his status as a scholar to act so arrogantly in the village that he even wants the dogs passing by to kowtow to him before letting them go. What's wrong? Doesn't he consider himself a villager anymore?"

"Don't even mention that he didn't pass the exam now. Even if he did, he still came from our Mushan Village. He became an educated person. Does that mean the elders in the village are no longer elders? And the neighbors in the village are no longer neighbors? What's the meaning of him looking down on others every day? Everyone knows that he is just looking down on the people in our village, right?"

When the others heard this, they all looked at each other. Anyway, these people from the same village didn't feel that Fang Jin respected them.

"He has no respect for the elders, and he doesn't care for me, his younger brother. He even demoted his wife, who had been with him for many years, to a concubine. They gave birth to two sons. They are the eldest and second sons of this generation of your Fang family. Now that their mother has become a concubine, what should these two sons be called? Bastards, right?"

"Let everyone see, is this something a proper father can do? A man lives in this world, and none of his family members are worthy of him. In the end, after studying, he ended up like this. He even let himself down. Uncle, I tell you to give up the idea of sending Fang Jin to school. If you raise such a scumbag, after he dies, our ancestors of the Fang family will find you and your son and beat you up in the underworld!"

Fang Tong talked a lot, and his face turned red. Every word hit Fang Jin's heart. He couldn't help it and stood in front of his father.

"Fang Tong, don't be so arrogant. Even if Qin Yan passed the exam and ranked first, so what? There's still a long way to go. Besides, why are you so proud of him passing the exam? You're just his stepfather, and he married into the family. No matter how promising he is, his surname is Qin. What does it have to do with you, a Fang? Do you really think he can treat you as his own?"

Fang Tong was speechless. "You're a scholar after all. Do you have to be so obvious when trying to sow discord? Does it matter? Anyway, he calls me dad now, is filial to me, and loves his sister."

"Let alone his sincerity, even if he was pretending, you couldn't do it. You couldn't even pretend to be kind to your own father and brother. You're such a heartless person, and you still have the nerve to point fingers at other people's families. Do you understand how your family lives?"

These words were like another sharp stab in Fang Jin's already fragile heart.

Everyone thought it made sense. Thinking back to how Fang Jin interacted with the villagers, their attitude when they met him on a daily basis was simply terrible.

Sometimes, when villagers got something with writing on it, they would run into Fang Jin and ask him about it. But he would always frown and ignore them, as if helping the villagers read the writing was too embarrassing. Over time, no one was willing to ask him anymore.

Sometimes when something happens in the village, he is there and everyone asks him to judge the matter, but he becomes impatient as soon as he opens his mouth.

How vulgar are you guys?

There was no reason or consideration for feelings. In short, he just said bad things about everyone present.

The village aunt curled her lips and said, "He's been restrained in the village. One time, when I went to the county town to buy vegetables, the stall owner shortchanged me by two cents, so I argued with him. When I met Fang Jin, I also wanted to ask him to help me talk to him. But guess what Fang Jin said to me?"

"It's only two cents. What's the point of fussing? It's embarrassing. He paid for the stall owner and threw two cents at me as if I were being unreasonable and trying to get rid of a beggar. I threw the two cents back at him right away!"

Everyone around was surprised when they heard this: "What? There's such a thing?"

My aunt rolled her eyes and said, "Isn't it? I've told this to my family and neighbors, but no one has spread it much."

"He always looks down on us because we're peasants. He thinks it's shameful for us to work for a few cents all day long. He looks down on us who work in the fields!"

Everyone looked at Fang Jin. He had studied for so many years, but he couldn't even pass the examination to become a student, and he didn't even pass the county exam. Now he came here to work in the fields, didn't he?

We are all from the same village, why is he so arrogant?

For so long, there were some things they hadn't had the chance to say, and even if they did, no one would listen. But today, Fang Tong took the initiative, and they all started talking about Fang Jin.

"Fang Jin, you can't be like this. No matter how powerful you are, you are from our village. Our village is better. We don't have the same surname as you, so we don't expect you to help us with anything. But you can't look down on others, right?"

"Yeah, you always say that scholars value reputation, but look at what you do."

"You look down on us. I think you look down on the scholar Qin Yan and others as well. You weren't born into a wealthy family, so why do you look down on others?"

Everyone was talking at once, Fang Jin was very disgusted, and some people even talked directly to Grandpa Fang.

"I don't know how your son studied before, but I think you should teach him well. Scholars always pay attention to etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame. Look at your son, he's almost forgotten his roots!"

"But we understand that you are all the same. Since you had a son who studies, you, as a father, haven't looked down on us much. But after all, we are still in the same village now."

"Your son isn't an official, and he didn't take you to any county town or prefecture. He actually lives here. We'll see each other every day in the future. You'd better not look down on me so much!"

Mr. Fang was so angry that he almost died. It had been so long since he had lost such a big person! But he couldn't not bring his son out to work. The family was short of people!

I have to say that Fang Tong's level is much higher than Erwa, Tiezhu and the others. Tiezhu and the others are just sarcastic at best, which makes Fang Jin feel uncomfortable and sick. But Fang Tong's move directly incited the emotions of the whole village.

Fang Jin and the Fang family were suddenly the target of public criticism. Fortunately, the villagers also supported him and helped him to overcome his difficulties.

For the rest of the day, I went to the fields on holiday and was pointed at and talked about by the villagers. I couldn't even raise my head.

The consequences of this incident go far beyond this. After returning home, Fang Qingtian and his brother also started to think about it.

They hadn't had time to think about this before, but when Fang Tong reminded them today, they remembered that their mother had become a concubine, so according to the rules, they were bastards. Although they were not well educated, they had heard of what bastards meant, so it didn't mean much at home.

In the past, they were the eldest and second grandsons in the family, and everything in the house belonged to them. But now they have become the sons of a concubine. Will the property eventually fall into their hands?