Aunt Qin's words made everyone look at him, and no one spoke for a moment.
Mother Qin had no idea. Although this sister-in-law was not very reasonable and sometimes too talkative, she had no problem with her nephew Niu Dan. Niu Dan and her son got along very well before and after the separation. Besides, Uncle Qin and her husband were brothers and had a good relationship.
Send Niu Da to Qin Fang and let Qin Fang find a good job for Niu Da. It depends on how good it is. If her son has the ability, Qin's mother will not object. If it makes her son embarrassed, Qin's mother will certainly not agree.
So, she thought about it for a while and said directly: "Let's ask Ah Fang what he thinks. Besides, Niu Dan is still young, and Ah Fang must be very busy on weekdays. The task of taking care of Niu Dan will fall on Yan Yan, but Yan Yan still has to prepare for pregnancy."
Niu Dan suddenly spoke up: "Aunt, I don't need my brother and sister-in-law to take care of me. I'm already grown up, and I can take care of myself. I want to join the army, I want to learn kung fu, and I want to fight bandits like my brother did."
Niu Dan has always been a leader among children, very naughty. Speaking of which, Qin Shouye is filial and Qin Shoucheng is well-behaved, Niu Dan is not like Qin Erniu, nor like these two cousins. If there is a similarity, Niu Dan is more like Qin Fang when he was a child. There is nothing in the whole village, in the mountains and in the fields that he dare not run. Qin Fang was also like this when he was a child. He was very smart and liked to run around and pick wild fruits for his younger brothers and sisters to eat.
Grandpa Qin thought for a moment and asked Uncle Qin: "How are you? Actually, it's okay if you don't go. The fields at home are left to you to take care of."
Uncle Qin San added: "Brother, I usually rent out the land for 40% of the harvest, but if I rent it to you, I will take 30%." What he meant was that the land should be rented to you, not given for free. That's how it is. You can get money by renting it to others, but you can't give it to you for free. Besides, my second brother can't handle the family's land by himself, so he must rent it to others or hire someone. In this case, it's better to rent it out directly.
Aunt Qin said, "Third brother, you can rent it to someone else. We have land at home. If Ah Fang gives us another ten mu, plus yours, we will be too busy to handle it." Aunt Qin had planned it long ago. It was impossible for them to plant all ten mu of top-quality land. If they rented out half of it, they could earn three taels of silver a year. They could plant the rest of the land themselves and sell the harvest. They could earn four taels of silver a year. If they went to the military camp in Yunxiang County to manage the land, they could earn only ten taels of silver a year. Without ten mu of top-quality land and four taels of silver a year, it would be better to stay at home.
Grandpa Qin listened to their arguments and understood what they meant. He said, "In that case, we, the old couple, and the eldest and third sons' families will go to Afang's place, and you, the old man, will not go. As for the matter of Niu Dan, when we get there, we will ask Afang and see what he thinks."
Aunt Qin said, "Father, why don't we let the head of the family take Niu Dan with us? If Fang can't take care of Niu Dan, the head of the family can just come back with Niu Dan."
Grandpa Qin didn't expect that this daughter-in-law who was usually looked down upon could be so smart at the critical moment. He nodded and said, "Okay, but before that, you have to write a letter of severance."
When Uncle Qin heard this, his legs softened and he almost fell to his knees. His eyes turned red and he said, "Father, what have I done wrong? Do you want me to write a letter of severance?"
Grandma Qin was also startled. She asked in a lost voice, "Old man?"
Father Qin's eyes widened: "Dad, what are you doing?"
Uncle Qin also looked at Grandpa Qin in shock.
Grandpa Qin said calmly: "Don't worry, I don't want to break off the relationship with you."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, wondering what the old man was going to do.
Aunt Qin asked, "Father, if you don't want to sever the engagement, then why do you want us to write a letter of severance?"
Grandpa Qin said seriously, "We have all gone to Yunxiang County. Who knows what you will do here? As the old saying goes, when there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey will be king. So I have to take precautions first, lest you use Afang's identity to do something to harm Afang. I tell you the truth, our Qin family is born in the mud, and it is not easy to have a promising grandson. It is related to the future generations of our Qin family. I don't want you to ruin Afang's future. Not only the eldest brother, but also the third brother, you all have to sign the severance letter. If possible, I want him to sign it, but the eldest brother is Afang's biological father, so it's useless even if he signs it.
But eldest brother and third brother, you are uncles from the next room, and the family has already separated, so if you sign the severance agreement and commit a crime, it should not implicate Afang.
Don't worry, as long as you don't do anything wrong and don't use Afang's reputation to do bad things, I won't take out this letter of severance. While I'm alive, I'll keep this letter of severance, and when I die in the future, I'll give it to Afang. Everyone should behave honestly, and I promise that Afang will be a filial child and take good care of the first and third rooms. But if you don't want to be human and want to be animals, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Uncle Qin Er and Uncle Qin San looked at each other. They were both stunned by their father's behavior. Not to mention them, even Father Qin hadn't thought of this. But even if Father Qin had thought of it, he couldn't do such a thing. On the one hand, he didn't have the courage, and on the other hand, he couldn't force his brother to sign this. In the entire Qin family, the only one who could do this was Grandpa Qin.
Father Qin: "Father, this..."
Grandpa Qin lectured: "Shut up, this matter has nothing to do with you, and you don't need to intervene. Before I did this, the eldest brother didn't know about it, so you don't have to blame the eldest brother in the future. Of course, as long as you don't do anything wrong, this will be treated as if it doesn't exist, so it won't affect you. How do you think about it?"
Uncle Qin San said first: "I've thought about it, I'll sign it." As his old father said, as long as he didn't do anything wrong, even if he signed the severance agreement, it would not be affected at all. Uncle Qin San was confident that he would not do anything wrong. He had decided to follow his eldest nephew anyway, and he had brought his family with him. He took care of the fields in his nephew's military camp manor, and if possible, asked his niece's wife to teach his daughter some rules and find a good son-in-law for her in the future. He didn't have any idea of using his nephew to make a fortune.
Seeing Uncle Qin San agree without hesitation, Uncle Qin Er realized it belatedly and said, "I'll sign too." Anyway, he had never thought of doing anything bad.
Aunt Qin hesitated to speak, as she was worried that if the letter was written, Qin Fang would no longer recognize him as her uncle, but she felt that was unlikely. As for doing something bad, Aunt Qin didn't think she had that worry.
Grandpa Qin nodded: "Very good. Shouye, go call the Qin family elders and the village chief and ask them to be witnesses."
Qin Shouye stood up in a daze: "Yes, Grandpa."
Huang Huzi had been in the house the whole time. He didn't want to listen inside, but before the meeting started, Grandpa Qin asked him to go out. Hearing this, Huang Huzi had to admire Grandpa Qin's courage. He looked like an ordinary country old man, but he considered things very carefully. He felt that in this respect, General Qin was very much like Grandpa Qin.
Grandpa Qin turned around and smiled at Huang Huzi: "Hey, young man, you can also be a witness."
Huang Huzi immediately said respectfully, "Yes, old man." After thinking for a while, Huang Huzi said, "Old man, you are worthy of being the general's grandfather. You really look like the general."
Grandpa Qin had been speaking very calmly just now, but when he heard Huang Huzi's words, he couldn't help but laugh. Hearing Huang Huzi say that his eldest grandson looked like him, he was happy and asked with some pride: "How is he like him?"
Father Qin was a little dissatisfied: "Afang is my son, he must be the most like me. Dad, the boy is just saying nice things, don't take it seriously."
Grandpa Qin gave him a look of disdain and said, "Young man, who do you think your general looks like?"
Huang Huzi was embarrassed, but he still said honestly: "Like you, old man." After all, he knew that the old man was the one who made the decisions in the family.
Grandpa Qin was very proud: "How is your general like me?"
Huang Huzi replied: "I am like you in character, decisive and courageous."
Grandpa Qin laughed and said, "You are right. In terms of personality, Afang is indeed like me."
Grandma Qin also admitted this. The eldest and the youngest were both honest, and the third was a bit shrewd, but the one who really resembled the old man was the eldest grandson. "This young man said that on his way to Yunxiang County to take up his post, Ah Fang also suppressed bandits. The court found out and rewarded him. Just for this, he is like you, old man."
Grandpa Qin, his father, and Qin Shouye were just reading a letter in the room, so they didn't know about this. When Grandma Qin put it away, Grandpa Qin was curious: "Did they suppress the bandits? They suppressed them well, so those bandits should be suppressed. By the way, how did Ah Fang suppress the bandits?"
So, the Qin family members who had heard Huang Huzi talk about Qin Fang's suppression of bandits rushed to tell Grandpa Qin about it.
Grandpa Qin was still lying in the room until the village chief and the elders of the Qin family were called home by Qin Shouye.
The village chief and the elders of the Qin family were called by Qin Shouye, and they thought something was wrong. They were a little worried about what it was, and asked Qin Shouye, but the child didn't say anything. But now they heard Grandpa Qin's voice, they were relieved, it shouldn't be a bad thing.
Qin Shouye: "Grandpa, the village chief and the elders are here."
Grandpa Qin stood up and walked to the door: "Come in."
Aunt Qin San served tea to the village chief and the elders.
After the village chief and the elders were seated, Grandpa Qin said, "You two, I asked you to come here today because I want you to be witnesses to something." Then, Grandpa Qin told them about how Qin Fang had made great contributions and was appointed a general by the emperor, and how the second and third branches of the family had signed a marriage certificate.
Village chief: I am old and seem to be having auditory hallucinations.
Elder: Did I hear wrongly