novelaction Chapter 12 The Qin Family's Purpose
Chapter 12 The Qin Family's Purpose
Fang Nanzhi woke up from his dream suddenly, but the old man's cursing did not stop.
"Qian, you are not a faithful wife. With such a moral character, you are not worthy of being a wife of the Qin family. If you don't drive away Fang Lao San, don't blame us for divorcing you on behalf of the clan today! From now on, Yan boy will be raised by the clan!"
All the sleepiness disappeared in an instant. Fang Nanzhi threw back the quilt, hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out.
Patriarch Qin and Second Master Qin were wearing cotton robes, standing at the door with their hands behind their backs, showing the aura of elders.
In the yard, Qin Yan sat in a wheelchair in front of his mother, his eyes as dark as ink. "Second Grandfather, it was my mother who raised me with great difficulty over the years. And a woman is subject to her husband after marriage and to her son after her husband's death. Without my consent, none of you have the right to divorce my mother."
This attitude was something Chief Qin had not expected, but he still had that kind look on his face, and said meaningfully, "Yan, you're young, don't let anyone fool you. The clan is doing this for your own good."
"If you have a stepfather, you will also have a stepmother. Yan boy, don't be confused." Master Qin was a man of bad temper and spoke more bluntly.
Upon hearing this, Qian Fengping's face turned very bad, and she was even a little angry.
Just as she was about to say something, she saw Fang Nanzhi running over. She didn't care about anything else and quickly took two steps forward to pick her up and coax her.
"Zhizhi, be good. I have something to take care of at home. Can you please go back to your room for a while?"
Fang Nanzhi's small brows were furrowed, and she rarely obeyed. "No, Auntie, put me down. I'm not afraid!"
The little girl put her hands on her hips and shouted confidently, "Grandpa Qin, please stop talking nonsense. My father's marriage to his wife-in-law was officially documented and clear. My father and aunt will never bully Brother Yan!"
Qin Yan nodded, his tone a little cold: "Zhizhi is right, the marriage between the two families has been completed, and it is open and aboveboard. Normally, the family should invite all the elders to come and have a feast together, but now the family is in financial difficulty and has no food, so they are neglecting it."
His conciliatory attitude angered Master Qin Er: "Yan boy, you should understand that your surname is Qin. We are helping you, don't be ungrateful!"
"Who is Fang Tong? He steals and cheats, talks back at his elders, and is just a scoundrel. Now that he's your stepfather, can you expect a good life from now on?"
When Fang Nanzhi heard people talking about her father, she immediately became unhappy.
"You're talking nonsense! My dad is the most handsome in the whole village. You, an old man, have a pointed face and monkey cheeks. You look unlucky. You're just jealous of my dad! My dad relied on his looks to marry into a wealthy family and live off his wife. You can't do that!"
The little girl's words not only made Master Qin so angry that he fumed and glared.
Qian Fengping and her son were also stunned. How could he be the most handsome?
Qian Fengping pulled the little girl and said, "Zhizhi, stop being rude."
"Okay." Fang Nanzhi nodded obediently: "Grandpa Qin Er, my father said that appearance reflects the heart. It doesn't matter if you don't look good now. Go back and do more good deeds, and you can become a little prettier."
The clan elder had been doing well all these years, and no one had ever dared to scold him like that!
"You, you're so venomous at such a young age! You're worthy of being born of a mother but not raised by one!" Master Qin was so angry that his whole body was shaking. "In my opinion, your mother was killed by a jinx like you who disrespected the elders!"
"And you, a fickle woman, if you insist on marrying in, then you should return all the clan land and houses to the clan!"
Mr. Qin cursed very vulgarly and even brought Qian Fengping along.
In fact, Qin Yan's father died at a young age, and the people in the clan did not like Qian Fengping.
They thought it was because of her bad fate and that she was unlucky in marriage that the most promising scholar in the Qin family died.
Although Qian Fengping is small and looks thin, and usually speaks softly, she has been a widow raising her child alone for many years. The various experiences she has gone through during this period have destined her character to be not too cowardly!
Even if she couldn't be tough, she would never back down.
"Uncle, Zhizhi is still young and naive. I will teach her from now on, but as an elder of the clan, you really shouldn't say that to her."
"Also, the fields and house were left to his son by Qin Yan's father. Giving them to the clan? Impossible."
Mr. Qin was about to lose his temper when a woman contradicted him like that.
Patriarch Qin tapped the cane in his hand, signaling him to be patient.
Then, he took two steps forward, his eyes as sharp as a hawk, "The land is indeed Qin Yan's now, what about later?"
"It's human nature. If you insist on finding a man to marry into your family, that's fine. But any child you have with him won't be of our Qin family's bloodline. The clan took back the property to protect young Yan. We'll naturally return it to Qin Yan after he gets married."
"Han boy, do you say yes or no?"
Qin Yan raised his eyes, his eyes full of vigilance and complexity.
He never trusted anyone in his tribe.
The relationship between the Qin family and its clansmen is complicated.
Qin Yan's father was a scholar. His family was poor, and he received some support from his clan while studying.
After his father passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, he devoted himself to repaying the clan. He used his own money to repair the clan temple and provided free education for several children in the clan all year round. All these actions could be said to have repaid the kindness of support a hundredfold.
But after his father passed away suddenly, the clan members were perhaps unwilling to stop supporting them, and they often came to make trouble, bullying them as an orphan and a widow, and wanted his family to continue to pay for the children's education.
But Qian Fengping is just a woman, how can she have money? It's hard to support Qin Yan alone.
Back then, Qian Fengping stubbornly refused to give in despite repeated pressure and oppression from her clansmen. Gradually, the Qin family became estranged from the clan.
Although Qin Yan is young, he has been sensible since he was young.
When he was little, his mother never said anything, but she cried secretly at night. Those days were hard to endure.
Later, as he grew up and was able to protect his family, those people became kinder to his mother.
After many years, the feeling of oppression from many years ago has now come back again.
Now, with his legs disabled and sitting in a wheelchair, he seems no different from the powerless self he was when he was a child.
The young man closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he suppressed his turbulent emotions, "Grandpa Clan Leader, I appreciate your kindness."
"Now that I'm an adult, I can naturally protect the family business. The Qin family's real estate and land are already under my name. Did the clan leader forget?"
Of course, Patriarch Qin did not forget such an important matter!
But they are not willing to give up!
I heard that the mother and son of the Qin family actually gave the Fang family ten taels of silver as a betrothal gift. The price of grain is high now, and brown rice costs twenty cents. Ten taels of silver can buy a full five hundred kilograms of grain!
A normal family would only get three or four taels of silver to marry off a pretty young girl, but how could a gangster who married into the family, an ugly and rough man, be sold for ten taels of silver?
The Qin Yan family had money but instead of helping their own people, they spent it to buy a man to marry into their family. When the Qin clan leader thought of the ten taels of silver, his heart ached.
That money should be theirs!