the next day
Before daybreak, the family got up and packed up to move.
Before dawn, Xingnong and Xingqing sent Shen Ruoxi to Taohua Village first, and then Xingnong came back to pack up and move over, after all, she was stronger.
Village chief Gu called on several villagers from Taohua Village to come and help in the morning by driving ox carts and pushing carts.
They carried the bags of things packed by Xingnong's family into the car.
Gu closed the door, locked it, took a look at the old house where she had lived for most of her life, and then said to the children behind her, "Let's go!"
When they walked out of the alley, they found that Village Chief Gu, Shen Wanshan, the village chief of Meihua Village and several villagers were in a standoff.
Shen Wanshan glanced at Gu with a gloomy look. He handed Gu a letter of divorce: "Gu, since you have moved out of the Shen family and Meihua Village and are not mourning for Chongshan, you are no longer a member of Meihua Village and a daughter-in-law of the Shen family! We will remove you from Meihua Village and the Shen family tree."
Gu's face turned pale when she saw the divorce letter. Was he going to divorce her
Xinghui's face turned pale.
Village Chief Gu took one look at the divorce letter, and his hot temper was instantly ignited: "Bah, Shen Wanshan, you are shameless! My aunt just moved away, not remarried, and you broke the seven reasons for divorce? Who the hell are you? Why do you want to divorce her! And my aunt's ancestral house is still here, why did you remove my aunt from the village and the family tree? Your son and daughter-in-law have moved to the city, why don't you remove them from the family tree!"
Shen Wanshan snorted coldly, "I am the head of the Shen family. Gu is the widow of my second brother. She has failed to educate her daughter properly, bringing shame to the Shen family and my second brother. Today she is moving out of the Shen family and Meihua Village. Who knows if she will do something immoral in another village? Or maybe she will remarry! When the parents are not around, the eldest brother is the father. As the eldest brother, I naturally have the right to divorce her for my second brother!"
Shen Wanshan threw the divorce letter directly at Gu and said sternly, "Gu, whether you accept this divorce letter or not, you are divorced today! From now on, you are no longer Shen Zhongshan's wife, no longer a member of my Shen family, and no longer a resident of Meihua Village."
A hand reached out and quickly took the divorce letter. Xing Nong sneered, "Master Shen, I accept this divorce letter."
Gu and Village Chief Gu's faces changed, and they said in unison:
"Xing Nong!"
How can this be accepted!
Shen Wanshan snorted coldly.
"Don't worry, grandma. I'm going to take this divorce letter to the government office to ask." Xing Nong looked at Shen Wanshan coldly, "I want to ask the county magistrate, why can a woman who has been widowed for many years for her husband who died on the battlefield be divorced? After being divorced, does it mean that the Shen family's eldest branch doesn't have to pay the more than 15,000 taels of tax? After being divorced, can we spend money to buy the old house and become the Shen family's eldest branch? I also want to ask the county magistrate, can all widows of Chu soldiers who died on the battlefield be treated like this by the clansmen! Bullying again and again!"
At the end of the speech, Xing Nong's voice and expression were stern!
Village Chief Gu and the villagers of Taohua Village were extremely angry when they heard this. Village Chief Gu shouted angrily: "Well said!"
He waved to the villagers, "Brothers, let's go! Let's go to the government office and ask now!"
"Let's go ask the county magistrate and the world, why should a woman who has been a widow for many years because of her husband's ancestors who died on the battlefield be divorced?"
"We should ask if the county magistrate will no longer have to pay the 15,000-odd taels of tax after he is divorced!"
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Village Chief Gu pointed his finger at Shen Wanshan and said, "Master Shen, let's go ask him now! If the county magistrate says divorce, we will accept your divorce letter!"
After saying that, he jumped onto the cow and waved his hand: "Go!"
Fortunately, Xingnong is smart and he didn’t even think of this!
Shen Wanshan, this shameless old man!
At the command of Village Chief Gu, several villagers of Taohua Village pushed their own carts and pooh-poohed at Shen Wanshan: "How despicable! In order to avoid paying the 15,000 taels of tax, he actually thought of divorcing her!"
"You are rich but unkind, despicable and shameless, and lowly and lowly. That's what I mean! Bah! Aren't you afraid of God's punishment?"
"Swindler, remember to stay at home when it rains, beware of thunderbolts!"
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Shen Wanshan's face turned pale. He didn't expect that his thoughts would be seen through by Xingnong so easily. Several people in his family thought about it all night before coming up with this good idea to kill two birds with one stone.
In order to protect the reputation, to protect the Shen family's property, to allow Shen Mingzhu to participate in the talent show and not affect Shen Zhiyuan's examination for the scholar, divorcing Li and Gu is the best way!
Since they divorced Gu, there would be no division of the family, and Shen Chongshan would still be a member of their family. In that way, he could still enjoy the 50% tax reduction for the families of soldiers who died on the battlefield.
Of course, it’s not that they don’t want to pay the 15,000 taels of tax, they just hope to pay less, or pay in a more valuable way. At least they can change from being fined to actively donating it, so that they can earn a good reputation!
But, now that I haven’t divorced the person, if I really report it to the police, won’t my reputation be even worse!
Shen Wanshan quickly stopped the man.
Shen Mingzhu was almost dying of anxiety in the yard. She hurried back to ask Shen Shihua and Yao to come out and help.
Shen Shihua and Yao were still scrubbing their bodies vigorously in the bathhouse. They had been washing since midnight last night, and a layer of skin had been rubbed off, but they still felt smelly. Just thinking about the smell made them feel sick and nauseous, and they even vomited yellow bile!
Chu Tiankuo and Ren Zilin came on horseback. Early this morning, Chu Tiankuo said that the autumn harvest would be coming soon and they wanted to inspect the growth of the grain, so they started from the Meihua Village area.
Ren Zilin believed him and he definitely didn't come to this area just because he heard that his junior sister was moving.
They are just here to inspect the grain. After all, they are followed by a team of detectives!
They saw the two teams at loggerheads from a distance, so they came over.
Ren Zilin pulled the reins of his horse and stopped in front of everyone. He glanced at everyone and then his eyes fell on Village Chief Gu: "What do you want to report to the authorities? I am the magistrate of Futai County."
Shen Wanshan's heart skipped a beat: Why is the county magistrate here
Village Chief Gu jumped off the ox cart, turned back to snatch the divorce letter from Xingnong, and knelt in front of Ren Zilin: "My Lord County Magistrate! My Lord, you came at the right time! It's just the right time! Please make a decision for us~, my aunt can't live anymore! In order to avoid paying the divorce..."
The corner of Ren Zilin's mouth twitched. Where did this scoundrel come from
Village chief Gu talked a lot, exaggerating how Shen Wanshan forced the Gu family to move out, how he wrote a letter of divorce to avoid paying taxes, and how he led the entire village to force someone to expel the clan...
He exaggerated everything that should and shouldn't be said, even short of saying that Shen Wanshan forced Gu into prostitution!
Shen Wanshan was so angry that he couldn't speak. His face turned red. After a long while, he managed to utter: "Gu Yangbin, you... you farted!"