Severance

Fang Zeng spoke at this time and said to Li Ren: “That’s fine. I will go to the government office tomorrow to beat the drum and ask the judge to make a decision for me. You guys in Li Village are fickle. Let the whole town see. From now on, the men and gers in Li Village should stay at home and don’t go there. Otherwise, you will be drowned by spit.”

Li Ren was frightened and said to Fang Zeng: “You dare. If you do this, our Li family and Lin family will become enemies, and there will be no friendship between the two villages in the future.  Even your nephew will not have a good life in the future. “

Fang Zeng said: “My nephew has never had a good life in the hands of these two ruthless people. Since we are all suffering, let’s suffer together. And your Li Village has never given any benefits or face to our Lin Village, so we are not afraid.”

Li Ren was frightened by Fang Zeng’s look. If it were someone else, he would have to weigh it. For someone with a family, it would certainly not be good for the Li family to enter the government office, but others would not necessarily get a good life either. But Fang Zeng is a lonely man. If he is really angry, he can go to the government office.

Thinking of this, his momentum weakened. Feng Mei was pregnant and had a boy, so naturally he didn’t want Fang Zhiyuan to stay. A half-grown boy would eat his father out of money. He thought Fang Zhiyuan was a person he couldn’t tame, so he didn’t want to bother with it. If Fang Zeng hadn’t mentioned it, he would still want to tame this annoying boy, but with the powerful Fang Zeng here, if he wants to do anything in the future, Fang Zeng will help him, how much trouble will he cause himself.

Now Fang Zeng hates him so much, if he really brings this matter to the government, he will not be a human being. Even if Li Ren favors Li Fu and him, the whole Li Village will not let him go. When it doesn’t concern the interests of the people of Li Village, no one will say anything even if he makes trouble. After all, he grew up in Li Village, and he has several brothers. Who would offend him for an outsider?

But if he really ruins the reputation of Li Village and affects the marriages of other gers and men in the village, those gossipers will eat him alive. Even his brothers and brother-in-laws will not let him go, because he still has several nephews and gers who are not married.

 After thinking through all this, he whispered to Li Fu: “Brother Fu, just give the child to Fang Zeng. Although it may not sound good, no matter what his last name is, he will still have your blood in the future. When the time comes, will he refuse what you want him to do? Otherwise, if you really have the heart to see our child die, let Fang Zeng make a big fuss, and we can’t escape.” His voice was very low, but Fang Zhiyuan still heard some intermittent words. He looked down on Li Fu and Feng Mei even more. They wanted to take advantage and save face at the same time. They were really shameless to the extreme.

Li Ren was silent for a long time. He looked at Li Fu and said to him, “Huzi is your child after all, and you are his father. You make a decision. If Fang Zeng is worried about you taking care of a child, it’s the same to help you take care of it. Make your own decision.”

Li Fu’s mind turned a few circles. Although Li Hu was taken away, he lost face, but he got it. He and Feng Mei were going to have a child, so it was not so important whether he needed Li Hu or not. It was just a matter of face, but this face was nothing compared to Feng Mei, who he was going to marry, and the child in his belly.

He looked at Li Hu. This child has been close to his mother and uncle’s family all these years, and he is not too close to him. Since his mother left, the child looked at him with creepy eyes. It seems that he resented what he and Feng Mei did to his mother. Such a child looks impossible to raise. He glanced at Feng Mei’s belly, which was the child he was looking forward to.

 Finally, he said to Fang Zeng: “You can take Huzi with you, but you can’t change his surname. He is from my Li family, and this cannot be changed.”

Fang Zeng sneered; “What do you mean by your Li family? Huzi is going to be my son, so of course he has to be adopted. After I take him away, he has nothing to do with you, Li Fu. Why, you don’t want me to help you raise your son without spending a lot of money, and then ask for benefits when he grows up. Do you think I am a fool and easy to fool, or do you think you have a big face.”

Li Fu was embarrassed by Fang Zeng’s sarcasm, and he shouted: “Fang Zeng, don’t go too far. If you want to adopt him, then adopt him. Anyway, this child is close to you, and he is an ungrateful person who can’t be raised.”

Fang Zeng was very angry after hearing what Li Fu said. He didn’t let Huzi say a word today because he was afraid of ruining Huzi’s reputation. But Li Fu was good, talking about Huzi like this, and how would others see Huzi if these words came out of his mouth. Even his own father said this about him, so how could he still have a good reputation?

Li Ren’s eyes lit up. Yes, Fang Zeng came to ask for Li Hu, and he was very aggressive, but as long as Li Hu was unwilling to follow him, Fang Zeng could not force him to leave. He hated Li Fu to the core, but Li Hu was his nephew. If he asked Li Hu if he was willing to leave his father, he would not believe that Li Hu dared to say yes. This was unfilial. If he carried the reputation of being unfilial, he would not be able to marry a fulang in the future.

Li Ren immediately turned into a kind grandfather and said to Fang Zhiyuan who was standing behind Fang Zeng: “Huzi, come here, grandpa has something to tell you.”

Fang Zeng felt bad and said to Li Ren: “Uncle Li, why do we adults involve children in family affairs? He is still young, and his mother is gone, what else do you want? My nephew was bullied a few days ago and had a high fever, why didn’t you say anything and acted like good people. Now you come to pretend to be an elder, aren’t you afraid of being laughed at?”

He was old and was angered by Fang Zeng but he still asked Fang Zhiyuan: “Huzi, your uncle wants you to be his son, but you should know that no matter how bad your father is, he is still your father. If you go with your uncle, your father will be scolded. You are a sensible child. If your uncle is angry, you should talk to him. After all, your father is his brother-in-law, and you are relatives. If you really break up, you will be embarrassed, and your mother will not be at peace in the underworld.” Li Ren said sincerely, as if he was doing good for Fang Zhiyuan.

Fang Zhiyuan didn’t care at first, but he couldn’t tolerate Li Ren using his mother. Fang Sheng was so angry that he died, but his family came to clean up. Now, for the sake of his nephew Li Fu, he actually brought out such a person who died in vain to pressure him. Fang Zhiyuan looked at him with disgust: Is it true that people are so mean and invincible?

Fang Zhiyuan asked Li Ren in a daze: “Grandpa, do you think my mother will be uneasy? But when I was pushed into the river by Shen Gui and was about to die, my mother whispered in my ear, asking me to be uncle’s son and not a member of the Li family. He said he hated it so much, and it would be fine if he died in vain, but he didn’t expect that my father couldn’t even tolerate me. Let me torture the bastard, and if I don’t leave the Li family and be my uncle’s son, he will die with regret. I am a good child, I can’t disobey my mother’s words. Grandpa, don’t you think so?” Fang Zhiyuan opened his eyes and looked at Li Ren innocently, waiting for him to speak.

As soon as Fang Zhiyuan said this, the onlookers exclaimed, and some people’s faces began to turn pale. Yes, Fang Sheng has been dead for less than 7 days, and his soul is still at home.  Seeing his son being tortured, he was already full of resentment, how could he not show his spirit? Li Hu was only ten years old, and the child could see unclean things.

Thinking of this, no one dared to say anything. This was the wish of the dead, and he would not leave if it was not fulfilled. Thinking of this, everyone felt that the room where Fang Sheng died was empty, which was too scary. Li Fu and Feng Mei’s faces turned completely pale, and they dared not say a word. If there were not so many people watching, they really wanted to leave immediately and did not want to stay here for a moment.

Li Ren did not expect Li Hu to say such a thing. He did not know whether it was true or false, but Li Hu was usually a sensible child and should not tell lies. Could it really be a dream sent by Fang Sheng?

 Li Fu said quickly: “Fang Zeng, Huzi will follow you from now on. Let him take your surname, and you don’t have to come to Li Village from now on. Also, move your brother’s grave, we will have no relationship in the future.” Fang Zeng originally planned to move his brother’s grave, and now Li Fu saved him the trouble. He said to Lin Xin: “Brother Lin, you can read. Today in front of everyone, please help me write an adoption letter, and let him and Uncle Li sign it. It will save some people from refusing to pay in the future, after all, empty words are not enough. I will sign the document now, and go to change the household registration in the afternoon. I’ll bring a Feng Shui master to calculate the date tomorrow, and move my brother’s grave to my family’s.” Li Ren was a little reluctant. After signing the document, Li Hu really had nothing to do with the Li family.  

He originally thought that he would let Fang Zeng take the boy away first, and then take him back after a few years if Li Hu grew up and lived a good life. Although Feng Mei was pregnant, he didn’t know whether it was a boy or a ger. Li Hu was so old, he would be able to set up his own household in a few years, so it would be good to take him back to help Li Fu manage his livelihood.

But Fang Zeng’s attitude meant that the Li and Fang families would never have any contact in the future. Li Hu changed his household registration and surname, and he was afraid that he would really have nothing to do with his nephew. He didn’t want to, and there was nothing he could do now. He had to watch Lin Xin write the receipt, and he and Li Fu stamped a handprint on it respectively.

Things had come to this point, Fang Zeng put away the receipt and prepared to take Fang Zhiyuan away. Li Ren came over and said to Fang Zhiyuan: “Huzi, remember that your father is always your real father. If your father has any problems in the future, you can’t learn from those who have no conscience and don’t care. That will be punished by God.”

Li Ren was holding back his anger. Their Li Village had never been oppressed like this. He was even more angry with Fang Zhiyuan, the culprit. He wanted to give Fang Zhiyuan a good beating, and also let Fang Zeng see that even if you raised Fang Zhiyuan, what could happen.  After all, Li Fu is his biological father. If something happens to his biological father, can Fang Zhiyuan just stand by and watch? He still has to recognize him as his father, and his uncle can’t do anything about it.

Li Ren didn’t expect that Li Hu was now Fang Zhiyuan. He was still a gangster at the bottom, but he didn’t take the worthless reputation so seriously, and he didn’t believe in retribution. He looked at Li Ren with a sneer, turned around and walked towards Li Fu.

 He said to Li Fu, “Dad, I have two questions for you today. First, can you observe the mourning for my mother for a year because he has been with you for more than ten years? Second, Shen Gui killed half of my life. Can you, as a father, stand up for me and let my uncle beat him with twenty boards in public, so that he can also lose half of his life to compensate me? Dad, do you agree or not?”

Everyone was stunned. Although Fang Zhiyuan’s request was not excessive and was a little childish in the ears of adults, no one could say anything wrong about him. As a son, asking his father to observe the mourning for his mother is filial piety but Feng Mei is still pregnant. If he really observes the mourning for a year, Feng Mei will either have a child out of wedlock or have an abortion. Li Fu can’t bear it. Feng Mei is not young anymore. If he loses this baby, it is unknown whether he will have another one.

 Li Fu also thought of it, and said to Fang Zhiyuan in a bad tone: “Am I your father, or are you my father? You don’t need to care about my affairs, get out of here. Don’t think you can be famous just by following your uncle, I’m not dead yet.” Fang Zhiyuan’s face was as cold as frost, and he said to Li Fu: “Dad, this is the last time I call you. You angered my mother to death, and protected the person who hurt me without any father-son relationship. You ignored me for the sake of the person who killed my mother and the child in his belly. The life and death of my mother, such a person is not worthy of being my father. Today, in front of everyone, I say this: From now on, my surname is Fang, and my name is Fang Zhiyuan. In this life, I will never enter the Li family, and I will never be buried in the Li family tomb. Li Fu and I will have nothing to do with each other in life, old age, sickness and death. Even if he starves to death, I will not give him a grain of food, and if he dies of thirst, I will not give him a sip of water. “

This remark stunned everyone. This is the era of fathers and sons. People think that no matter how bad the father is, the son cannot say anything. But now Fang Zhiyuan publicly refuses to recognize his biological father, so no matter what the reason is, he has been accused of being unfilial.