The cousin's family is extremely wealthy; she deserves to be a concubine.

“Rong girl, if your father were still alive, it would be good to adopt the Weaver Girl’s child.”

But your father abandoned the family business, and such a large family business needs someone to manage it. You previously said that the clan would help supervise it and that you would receive too many benefits.

These adopted brothers are taking care of their own things, so you can't say anything about that, right? But you don't approve of any of the candidates we suggested, and you even fell out with the clan over it.

"To put it bluntly, the weaver's child is still a baby, and whether he can even grow up is questionable. You are an unmarried young woman, and raising such a small child will inevitably lead to gossip. Furthermore, you will eventually marry, and the elders in your clan will have to make plans for you."

Upon hearing what the clan chief's brother said, it seemed that Hua Sirong was more at fault.

Her face flushed red, her fists clenched tightly, and her other hand gripped Wang Mama's clothes tightly, barely managing to restrain the anger in her chest.

She took a deep breath and tried to keep her tone calm. "My family adopts children so that they can truly pay homage to my father and mother during festivals."

The adoptive parents you've chosen are all about my age, and some are already married with children. If the adoption is successful, their whole families will move into my house.

Uncle, you probably don't know this, but before the adoption of my fourth cousin's family was even finalized, my fourth cousin's wife moved in and wanted to live with us.

Despite my illness, she forced me to hand over the keys to the family storeroom. She said if I behaved well enough, she'd take pity on me and find me a better husband after my mourning period ended; otherwise…

"She's using marriage to manipulate me. How can I accept a sister-in-law like that?"

There's also my second uncle's family; one minute they want to adopt my eldest cousin, and the next minute they want to adopt my third cousin.

My second uncle's family is the closest to my father by blood, so I should agree. But I know that if I agree, my second uncle and aunt will be the ones in charge of the family, and they will definitely move in.

Before long, they'll start to look down on me, thinking I'm an outsider and an eyesore, and they'll rush to send me away.

“Look at this time, I disagreed with adopting my second uncle’s brother, and my second uncle hurriedly found me a good marriage. My father’s body is not even cold, and his own brother wants to send me to be someone’s concubine.”

“Every single one of these things, every single one of them, isn’t it all part of your conspiracy to force me into this situation? If I don’t run away, how am I supposed to survive?”

"Eldest cousin, you are the eldest son of your second uncle's family, but in order to swindle our family's wealth, your second uncle actually agreed to have you adopted into our family."

Uncle and Aunt aren't stupid, and neither are you, but neither am I. Uncle and Aunt are just plotting to swindle our family's valuables first, then bribe the clan to change your family register back to its original state.

"But my eldest cousin and his wife also had their own plans. They adopted me into my family and got all this property. They thought they could just marry me off and send me away, and then this family would really have nothing to do with me anymore."

However, you and your cousin-in-law wouldn't be willing to give away what you've already acquired. You certainly wouldn't do as your second uncle and aunt wished and change the family genealogy back.

If you change it back, this family business will have to be divided among you brothers, and your unmarried cousins ​​will probably also get a share as dowry.

"But as long as you still hold the title of heir of the first wife, you can rightfully possess all the property, am I right?"

The eldest cousin felt ashamed upon hearing this, but he still tried to argue and distance himself, saying, "My cousin is overthinking things and thinks too badly of her family brothers. However, we can understand because you just lost your father."

"Hmph~ That's a very nice way to put it."

Why didn't my eldest cousin successfully become adopted into my family?

It's just that you brothers are all shrewd and have come up with such a good idea.

"The good stuff hasn't even been obtained yet, but everyone thinks it's already theirs, which is why you're falling apart internally and unable to reach a conclusion."

Upon hearing this, the clan chief's brother realized there were so many inside stories.

At that time, the popular choices for adoption within the clan were either to choose a child from Hua Sirong's second uncle's family or to choose a child from the clan head's family.

To put it bluntly, it's all about profit.

Adopted from Hua Sirong's second uncle's family, it was only right and proper since they were brothers. But then all that family wealth had nothing to do with the clan anymore.

If a child is adopted into the clan chief's family, a portion of the acquired property will be allocated to the clan, which is why the clan members all support it.

Hua Sirong also took advantage of the rivalry between the two sides to create an opportunity for herself. Before the heir was decided, she asked the clan to take care of the family property and offered many benefits. This kept everyone from taking drastic measures against her, the golden girl, because there were even more benefits to be had later.

The clan chief's younger brother was a smart man. After listening to all this, he knew that arguing about the past was pointless.

"Rong girl, let's not talk about the past for now. Let's just talk about one thing: do you agree to your parents adopting a son?"

There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and no one is the greatest.

Hua Sirong didn't want to be branded as unfilial, so she had to agree.

“As long as the candidate is suitable, genuinely wants to become my adopted son, and is not only concerned about his birth parents, I will naturally agree.”

Lady Hou listened from the side and nodded in agreement. That's just how the world is. People can't just think about life while they're alive; they also have to consider what happens after they die. If they don't have any money to use on the road to the underworld, how can they be reborn into a better family in the next life?

Although she didn't have much affection for her third sister and brother-in-law, she respected the deceased.

As for Hua Sirong's biological father's proposal to find a son-in-law while he was still alive...

After his death, no one mentioned it again.

For the Hua family, there are men in the clan, so why rely on a girl to continue the bloodline and surname? This is contrary to their interests.

As far as Lady Hou was concerned, this woman was bound to get married eventually. If she wasn't forced into it, what respectable family's daughter would stay home to find a husband? What outstanding young man would be willing to marry into her family?

"Alright, since Rong'er agrees and the Lady of the Marquis has no objections, let's talk about the adoption."

There are two options. One is to choose someone your age, adopt them, and they can take over the family household. Later, when you finish your mourning period, your sister-in-law can help you arrange your marriage.

At this moment, Madam Hou spoke up, "Since Rong is living in the Hou residence, I, as her aunt, will definitely take this marriage seriously. When there is good news, I will have Rong send a message to your clan leader."

It wasn't that Madam Shen wanted to interfere, but Hua Sirong had already been given the title of a cousin of the Marquis's family, so there was no way she could let these merchants use her marriage as a pretext.

The clan chief's younger brother secretly lamented that it was a pity. Rong was a beautiful girl, and if she had married in their old home in Xishan, she would have brought benefits to the clan.