Quick Wear: After Saving the Cannon Fodder, I Became a God

Chapter 289: The Cousin of "Fuwa" 17

This is two hundred wen. With two hundred wen more a year, they don’t have to work in the fields at all and can live on Gu Yong’s filial piety money!

They can keep all their coffin money and the money they saved before, which is no different from Gu Yong supporting them for the rest of their lives!

So, Gu Ming nodded decisively and agreed.

"Okay, let's break it off! I don't want to have so many unfilial descendants."

"Okay, stop arguing. It will only lead to more trouble. Let's go to the ancestral hall to find the elders now." The village chief said impatiently.

The few of them set out again and headed for the ancestral hall where the village elders lived.

After meeting several elders, the village chief explained to them the whole story and how to deal with it.

Originally, they all disagreed with the outcome of severing kinship, but Gu Yong insisted and Gu Ming was greedy for the extra 200 coins per year.

After the village chief took the elders aside and talked to them quietly for a few words, the elders finally agreed.

Soon, both parties signed a document under the witness of the clan elders, proving that the two families had nothing to do with each other from then on, and also specified the amount of silver that should be given to Gu Ming and Zhao Mei every year.

Afterwards, after the elders knelt and kowtowed, they took out the family tree from the ancestral hall.

"Since the relationship has been severed, let's sever it cleanly. From now on, the two families will have no connection with each other."

The clan elder crossed out Gu Yong's name and instead recorded it in another blank family tree.

"From now on, you will be a separate group."

Gu Yong looked at the elders' series of actions in amazement. How could this be possible?

It turns out that this is possible...

"Thank you, elder. Thank you, elder." Gu Yong immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the elder.

"This is what we should do. Get up, no need to thank me." The elder of the tribe helped Gu Yong up and said softly.

"Elder, I have another favor to ask of you. Can you add Qianqian's name to this family tree?"

"You want to add Qian girl? Since ancient times, girls have not been included in the family tree unless they have special achievements. You, a girl..." The elder shook his head disapprovingly.

"Elder, Qianqian is my daughter, regardless of gender. I don't care about this."

“This…” Seeing Gu Yong’s insistence, the elder had no choice but to compromise, “Okay, you decide on your family tree. There is no one like you within dozens of miles.”

"I don't care. Boy or girl, they are all my children. They are the same in my eyes."

The elder wrote a few words in the family tree and handed it to Gu Yong to read. "Okay, let's see if it's correct?"

Gu Yong held the booklet, looked at the names on it, and smiled excitedly.

"Yes, yes! Thank you, elder. Come Qianqian! Come and thank the elder." As he said that, he pulled Gu Qian in front of him and made him kneel on the cushion and kowtow.

"Alright, alright, don't bother with such a little girl! Let's go back. We old bones need to rest!"

After saying this, he walked away with the help of his walking stick, without paying any attention to Gu Ming and the others.

"Let's go, Qianqian, let's go home." Gu Yong picked up Gu Qian and was about to go home with Li Xiuqin, but was stopped by Gu Ming.

"Wait, give us the money first and then leave!" Gu Ming blocked the way and said fiercely.

Gu Yong turned around and said, as if he hadn't seen him, "Village Chief, I can't take out the money for the time being. Can you wait for two days? I'll personally deliver it to you then."

"No, Village Chief! You have to pay it now. It looks like he wants to default on his debt!"

"I say you guys should stop being so aggressive. After all, this is your own child! Even if the relationship is severed, the blood relationship cannot be severed. If he wanted to default on the debt, he wouldn't have said he left it to me. Okay, I've made this decision! Just hand over the money within seven days."

"Okay, thank you, village chief. I will raise the money as soon as possible."

"No, village chief... why did you make the decision so directly..." Zhao Mei became anxious when she saw that it would take another seven days to get the 200 coins.

"Don't talk too much. Gu Yong will need time to raise the money. From now on, we will set a date seven days later every year. Gu Yong will hand over the money to me. Brother Gu, come and get it when you are free. Don't worry, I won't swallow you up."

"This..." Seeing that the village chief looked a little unhappy, Gu Yong finally agreed.

The village chief had nothing to worry about, after all, this was normal. In the past, taxes were paid to the village chief first, and then handed over by the village chief.

He rarely made mistakes and everyone trusted him.

"Okay, then I'll trouble the village chief."

After resolving everything, Gu Yong carried Qianqian and Li Xiuqin and walked out of the ancestral hall first.

Gu Ming and Zhao Mei followed behind and looked at them with resentment in their eyes.

"A little girl was actually written into the family tree. What a shame!"

"Yes, old man. Gu Yong was fine before, but since he married Li Xiuqin, we haven't had a single day of peace. What Yue'er said is true. Li Xiuqin and her daughter are a disaster and misfortune!"

Having said this, Zhao Mei stomped the ground hard a few times.

"Yes, it's because of them. It must be because the evil spirit of Li Xiuqin and Gu Qian is too strong, and our Fuwa is still young and can't resist it, so Zhier has to suffer this disaster!" Zhao Mei's eyes revealed resentment, as if she wanted to tear the people in front of her to pieces on the spot.

The old things were brought up again. Gu Ming didn't believe it at first, but now he had to believe it.

Otherwise, why was the auspicious Fuwa spared, while Zhier and Zhao Yueer were beheaded?

"You're right. It seems that we are right to sever our kinship! But we should ask for a little more. Zhi'er died because of them. How can only two hundred coins a year be enough..."

At this time, Gu Ming and Zhao Mei had completely defined Gu Yong as an outsider in their hearts.

"Old man, we can't just let them go like this. Let's go and ruin their reputation, let everyone know that they are no longer related to us, and let them be stabbed in the back for the rest of their lives!"

"We really can't let them get away with it so easily..." There was a storm in Gu Ming's eyes, and his pupils were dark and deep.

At this time, the village chief who was walking behind them heard their plan and shook his head helplessly.

Alas, the blood-thicker-than-water family bond was destroyed step by step by them.

The village chief deliberately slowed down his pace, and after Gu Ming and Zhao Mei walked some distance away, he pulled his son who was supporting him.

"When you go out, spread the word that Gu Ming did not want to implicate Gu Yong because of the incident with Gu Zhi, so he took the initiative to find the elders to sever ties with them. From now on, their two families will have nothing to do with each other. Do you understand?"

"I heard."

"Also, we need to emphasize that although Gu Yong was unwilling, he wanted to share the joys and sorrows with his family, but Gu Ming was determined, so he took the initiative to offer an extra 200 coins every year as a tribute to the two elders."

"I get it! Dad, you're so awesome!" He figured it out so quickly and came up with a way to have the best of both worlds.

It not only preserves the reputation of Gu Yong's family, but also makes it impossible for Gu Ming to take action.

"That is!"