[Marriage first, love later] She is happy after marrying a widower

"Second brother, what are you talking about? Don't listen to the instigation of the eldest brother."

Han Laosan's eyes were evasive, with a guilty look on his face. His second brother was not going to take the imperial examination, so what if his reputation was bad? There was no harm in helping him.

It can only be said that Han Laosan has studied in vain. If his own brother kidnapped his nephew because of gambling, it would be a very explosive topic of conversation. Han Laoer has a bad reputation, and as his brother, Han Laosan's reputation can't be much better.

"Brother, are you trying to sow discord? I think what you said is true. My wife and I are kneeling here with empty stomachs, but you are doing very well, not suffering any punishment at all, sitting back and taking it easy. You even accuse me of gambling. Which descendant of our Han family would dare to gamble?"

After Han Lao Er finished speaking, he no longer looked at Han Lao San. He bowed respectfully to the village chief.

"Grandpa Jiu, I've already said it, it was Han Lao San who instigated my parents to attack my eldest brother's child.

He also told my mother that if Han Heming gave him money, he would send the children back in good condition, but if Han Heming didn't give him money, he would sell the children to human traffickers.

I was forced by my mother and Han Lao San to do this thing that is worse than an animal. Please, Grandpa Jiu, help me."

After Han Laoer finished speaking, he knelt on the ground again.

As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd exploded. Li Yuzhi was a vicious woman, and the sons she gave birth to were even more vicious than the last. It really was true that people are what they say.

"Han Laosan, is what your second brother said true?"

The old village chief slammed the table again. He had never seen such a thing in his life. This was the first time he had seen such a completely corrupt family in Hongya Village.

"No, what my second son said is not true. My third son knows nothing. I was the one who planned to kidnap Han Heming's child. I have nothing to do with my third son's affairs."

Li Yuzhi spoke quickly and took all the responsibility on herself.

Her third son will die next year, and she can't ruin him.

Li Yuzhi didn't know that as soon as she finished speaking, Han Laoer stared at her with disappointment in his eyes.

"Mom, when the conflict was pushed to me just now, I just helped to plead for mercy. Why do you take the blame on yourself when it comes to the third child? Am I not your son?"

Mother always said that she was not partial, that she was her first child and that she loved him the most. But if something really happened, she would rather give herself up for the third child.

Does her mother know that once she admits that she was the one who kidnapped the child, she will not only be beaten with a stick, but the clan will also ask her father to divorce her.

"Second brother, how can you be the same as your third brother?"

If her third son passed the imperial examination and became a high-ranking official, what would it matter if she was beaten with a few sticks and divorced by Han Duotian?

She will become the wife of an official in the future. As long as she becomes the wife of an official, all the people in the village will be trampled under her feet.

By then, she will be surrounded by compliments, and no one will dare to say that she is an abandoned old lady.

Besides, she is not really an abandoned woman. If he lets his old man welcome her back when the time comes, what will these people in the village dare to say?

“good good”

Han Lao Er said "good" three times in a row. He knelt on the ground, his heart as dead as death, and didn't say another word.

Han Laoer's face and eyes were filled with disappointment. It was her mother's idea that he pushed Han Heming last time, and it was her mother's idea again this time. He was the one who suffered and the one who bore the reputation.

But his mother protected the third child the most.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that if his elder brother had been driven out of the house by his mother early on and had recognized his mother's true face early on, he would not have been deceived by her for so many years and would not have been so sad.

"Second brother, don't be ignorant. Listen to your mother."

Han Duotian saw that Han Laoer's face was not right. He was afraid that Han Laoer would continue to act coquettishly, so he said this.

Han Laoer ignored his father. Han Duotian coughed dryly and said to the village chief.

"Uncle Jiu, look, these are family matters. I'll just take them home and teach them a lesson. I'm sorry to have worked so hard tonight."

"You are the victims in the Heming incident. What do you think we should do?"

The old village chief glanced at Han Duotian and looked at Han Heming.

“Logically, this is a family matter, but it’s not. If I say it’s a family matter, I’ve been their family for over 20 years.

It’s not a family matter. My father kicked me out of the house when I was five years old, and last year he severed the father-son relationship with me.

They have hurt me and my family time and time again. They are not family at all; they are worse than strangers.

If it continues like this, I won’t dare live in this village anymore.”

Everyone in the village knew Han Heming well. When Han Heming said this, everyone thought of the Han family and everything they had done to Han Heming over the years.

Everyone felt that Han Duotian was a shameless father. When something happened, they were still a family. He really treated Han Heming as his son, so how could he be so cruel to him and his son?

Han Heming said that he would not live in the village. How could that be possible? Han Heming would take everyone to the mountains to hunt every winter. If he did not live in Hongya Village, would the people in Hongya Village have to go to the town to buy meat during the winter?

From being able to make money by hunting and selling meat to having to lose money to buy meat, if the Han Duotian family dares to touch the cake of their entire village, they will definitely not agree.

The old village chief was a shrewd man. He understood what Han Heming meant as soon as he heard it, so he looked at the people sitting on the chairs in the ancestral hall.

"I understand what Heming means, and I'm sure everyone else understands it too. Tell me how we should handle this."

Several people sitting on the chairs in the ancestral hall were whispering to each other. They were all respected members of the Han family. Who to deal with and how to deal with them had to be discussed with the village chief before it could be decided.

Everyone was silent, waiting for the discussion. After the incident, the person sitting in the first seat on the far left spoke.

"Uncle Jiu, we've discussed this. Li Yuzhi is a vicious woman with a heart of a scorpion. She's not worthy of being a wife of the Han family. We'll give her eighty lashes of the cane, force Duotian to write a divorce letter, and drive her out of Hongya Village.

The second son made repeated mistakes and refused to mend his ways, so he was given fifty lashes of the cane and removed from the family tree. From now on, he is no longer a descendant of our Han family and will no longer be protected by the clan.

This is Hu's first offense, and he has a good attitude in admitting his mistake, so I'll give him twenty lashes of the cane as a small punishment and a big warning."

The old village chief nodded.

"Heming, do you think this is an appropriate solution?"

This punishment was a severe one for Li Yuzhi and Han Laoer. Han Heming said that someone had been harming him and he didn't dare live in the village, so he drove all the people who harmed him out of the village.

Han Heming nodded and bowed to everyone.

"I want to thank Grandpa Jiu and my uncles for taking care of my family."

"Then it is settled. Come, carry out the execution."

"Uncle Jiu, this won't work. Such a severe punishment will kill them."

Han Duotian choked up and pleaded for his wife and son, but who would pay attention to him at this time?