After farming, I opened a family tree

Shen Dahe and Wang had just arrived at the county government office.

When they saw Shen Tang standing in the hall, the couple couldn't stop smiling.

He also secretly glanced at Dafang who looked anxious.

Shen Wen was standing in front of a group of students and was blocked by others, so the second room did not see Shen Wen.

But unexpectedly, the county magistrate actually called Shen Wen's name.

Twenty lashes!

You are not allowed to take the imperial examination for ten years!

The second branch of the Shen family felt like it was bolt from the blue.

Twenty strokes of the cane, at Shen Wen's current age, his body would definitely not be able to withstand it.

Even if you can endure it, your body will still be ill.

As he was not allowed to take science exams for ten years, Shen Wen’s future was ruined.

It used to be the whole family's effort to support a farmer's son's education, but now it takes ten years for him to pass the imperial examination.

Then in the next ten years, the family would definitely not support a person who could not take the imperial examination to study again.

Shen Wen’s imperial examination career is over.

So, when Wang heard the verdict of County Magistrate Lin, she pulled Shen Dahe and knelt down in the hall.

"My Lord! My Lord! My son would never do such a thing!"

Wang argued loudly and turned her gaze to Shen Tang who was standing silently aside.

"Sir, it's her. Shen Tang must be jealous of my son's academic prospects. It's their eldest wife who is slandering us!"

County Magistrate Lin frowned as he looked at the woman who suddenly rushed out from the hall.

"Dad, Mom, why are you here?"

When Shen Wen saw Shen Er and his wife, his face showed a little panic.

"Sir, we are the most honest and dutiful! Sir, if my son cannot take the imperial examination in these ten years, his future will be ruined!"

Wang kowtowed and begged for mercy, while constantly insulting Shen Tang.

County Magistrate Lin slammed the gavel heavily.

"Forgive your ignorance. I heard that you are relatives and the victim is Shen Tang. If you want me to take it back, then ask the victim if he is willing."

County Magistrate Lin directly handed the result to Shen Tang. After all, the other party had just given him a big gift, and he was just giving something in return.

When Wang heard Shen Tang's request, her face instantly turned ugly.

Suddenly I saw Shen Dashan and Liu in the crowd,

"Brother and sister-in-law, nothing can happen to Awen. Awen is the hope of the Shen family."

"Sister-in-law, I know I have offended you in many ways in the past, but Awen is still young, he is still a child now!"

The two men dragged Shen Dashan and Liu to the front of the hall.

"If you ask me, we are brothers, so there is no need to be so heartless."

"That's right. Besides, the other party has admitted his mistake. It's a shame that they are so hard-hearted. They are still brothers!"

"You're just talkers. If your shop was smashed and you were sued, would you forgive them?"

"That's right. Now that you've done something wrong and been discovered, you're still asking others to forgive you. Where do you get the nerve to do that?"

Shen Dashan and Liu struggled to pull Wang and the other person apart.

"In our family, Tangtang is now the one who calls the shots."

Shen Tang walked up to Shen Wen,

"Shen Wen, when you were encouraging your classmates to go to Xiang Zhanggui's place to cause trouble, did you ever think that the matter would be exposed?"

"You said you wrote the poem. If this were to succeed, you would be a rising star, a young genius with lofty ambitions. But what about me? When I was at my wit's end, did you ever consider me?"

"You won't. You only think about yourself. Your heart is filthy and your character is vile, unfitting for a scholar. Even now, you're only afraid of being punished and have no intention of repenting."

Shen Wen turned his head away, feeling that he had nowhere to hide from Shen Tang's sharp gaze.

If I had known this earlier, I shouldn't have been so reckless and should have planned carefully.

"Your classmates treated you like a brother, yet you exploited them. This is unjust. Your parents struggled to send you to school, yet you, instead of striving for progress, only plagiarized other people's poetry and prose for your own use. This is unfilial."

"How can you, such an unfilial and unrighteous person, have the dignity to be a scholar?"

Shen Tang turned around quickly and spoke to County Magistrate Lin.

"Your Excellency is fair in judging right and wrong, and I accept your verdict wholeheartedly. But you have also seen that there is no possibility of reconciliation between us and the Shen Wen family."

"My family and I simply cannot bear to be related to such an unfilial and unrighteous person. Please, sir, issue a letter of severance for us."

"We want to be one family with the second wife and sever our ties!"

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The crowd gasped. Severing the relationship meant that the two families would no longer have any relationship from then on.

No matter whether the two parties become rich or poor in the future, the other party is just a stranger.

"No, no, I don't agree!"

Shen Dahe suddenly yelled,

"My mother lives with the second wife. If we break off the relationship, she will be very sad and will definitely not agree."

The eldest wife's life is at its peak. It doesn't matter if the eldest son has no future, there is still the younger son.

But if they lost their eldest wife, their future would be even more difficult, unless—

"Brother, if you want to divide the family property, then you must pay one hundred taels of silver to mother for her support!"

Shen Tang sneered,

"Second Uncle, you are truly greedy."

"When the family was divided, it was written in the division documents that the eldest wife only needed to provide for the support of the second wife's grandmother."

"If Second Uncle is worried about Grandmother's care in her old age, how about this? Grandmother will be supported by my eldest son. We won't ask you for much money. Just give me 500 coins and food every year."

Shen Dahe was suddenly choked.

Of course this won’t work. Old Mrs. Shen’s second wife is raising a child just to get money. Now that she is raised by you, what excuse do we have to ask for money?

"How dare you! How dare you be so arrogant in front of me, and even ask for a hundred taels! Do you know how much food a hundred taels can buy?"

How could County Magistrate Lin not understand after seeing this scene?

Shen Dahe shuddered with fear.

"Sir, it's really my mother who loves greasy and meaty foods, but our family really doesn't have the money."

"In that case, please rewrite the document. After the severance of the relationship, the eldest wife will give the second wife one tael of silver every month to support Grandmother's food and clothing. If you do not agree, then my eldest wife will take Grandmother in and support her on her own."

Shen Dahe and Liu knelt on the ground and thought quickly.

"Sir, I am willing."

County Magistrate Lin then asked his lawyer to write a letter of severance.

"Shopkeeper Xiang has some silver on him."

Madam Xiang took out the silver medal from her bosom. When the other party smashed the shop, she had quickly put the silver notes in her bosom.

"Sir, this is one hundred taels of silver. Our family will pay eight years and four months of alimony first."

After eight years, I guess Mrs. Shen should be lying on the bed now.

The lawyer quickly wrote the document, and Shen Dashan and Shen Dahe pressed their fingerprints on it.

County Magistrate Lin signaled the bailiff to drag Shen Wen away, and Wang lay on the ground crying and shouting.

Immediately, Shen Wen's voice was heard outside the hall.

"Shen Tang, you bitch! I won't let you go!"

"Father, mother!"

Shen Tang turned a deaf ear to these words.

When Shen Wen was carried in, his pants were already faintly blood-colored.

"Please send a messenger to accompany us back to the village. There are many gossips in the village. My parents are not good at speaking, and I am a woman with little influence. Please send a messenger to deliver this hundred taels of silver to my grandmother. I am worried about giving it to my second uncle and second aunt."