A car accident, our family of three crossed

Chapter 229 Broken Relationship

Gong Ya Ren was also very angry with this old lady Chen, and pointed at her and said angrily: "You barbaric old woman, stop slandering me here. I am a government-owned dentist, how can I allow you to slander me like this.

It is you who are not human beings, forcing your son and daughter-in-law to sell themselves to save themselves, and you have the nerve to ask for money for selling your bodies."

When everyone heard this, they knew there must be another hidden story behind selling oneself into slavery, and they all became very curious.

"Silence, silence!" The county magistrate wanted to hear the feelings behind this. "At this point, you still dare to make such unreasonable arguments. Very good, I will convince you today."

Afterwards, the county magistrate ordered Gong Yaren to explain the hidden facts behind the incident in detail without hiding anything.

At this time, Xu came back to her senses from her disappointment and pleaded, "Sir, let me speak for you!"

"Okay, you say."

"If they were not really desperate, which good family would be willing to sell themselves into slavery? Sir, although we had no choice but to sell ourselves, no one forced us. We took the initiative to find the pawnbroker to sell ourselves."

"Everything started with why we left the village to work in the city." Mrs. Xu began to talk. "The Chen family has four sons, and my husband is the second oldest. The family has more than ten acres of fertile land and more than a dozen people to feed, but all the work in the fields fell on my husband and me. We did the hardest and most tiring work, but ate the worst food in the family. We endured all of this, but even when we fell ill, our family members accused us of being lazy and pretending to be sick and unwilling to work, and they forced us to go to the fields while sick..."

Xu's sorrowful voice narrated the bitterness and suffering of the past, saying how they could not endure the injustice of their parents and left the house to live on their own.

Later, because they were separated out and there was no one to do the work in the fields, the Chen family went to make trouble with them again and forced them to help with the work in the fields. After they finished the work, they sent them away without even giving them a drink of water.

Later, they left the village and went to a nearby town to find work. But even so, the two elders of the Chen family still found their jobs and made trouble, causing the owner to no longer want to employ them, and even took away all the copper coins they earned.

So, they moved to the county town and found new jobs. The men worked as porters and the women did laundry and cooking. Life seemed promising at the beginning, but unfortunately their son fell seriously ill and required a lot of medical expenses and long-term medication.

"At the beginning of this year, my son suffered from cough and asthma. Long-term treatment cost a lot of money. We went back to the village to borrow money from our family, but they said we had split up the family and drove us out. The child's condition got worse and worse. The doctor said that if we didn't treat him quickly, even if we had the money, we might not be able to save the child's life."

"We are really desperate, so we decided to sell ourselves for money to treat the child. After all, we have two worthless lives, so if we can get enough money to treat the child, it will be worth it."

"Maybe God was kind to us and let us meet Manager Gong. He is a good man and felt sorry for us and was unwilling to sell us separately. In the end, we were never sold and stayed in the pawnshop until we met the young master and his wife."

Xu spoke with tears in her eyes, which aroused everyone's sympathy, but also made everyone disgusted with the Chen family.

"We have never served a master since we sold ourselves, but we feel that the young master and his wife must be the best masters in the world. Since we followed the new master, we have eaten white rice and meat. The young master also taught my man to read and taught him simple and easy-to-understand methods."

Listening to Xu enumerating the merits of her master, everyone praised her. The few gossipers who had followed her from outside the house to the yamen to watch the fun now felt ashamed of their previous general comments.

When Xu finally finished speaking, a bold idea suddenly occurred to her. She raised her head and looked at the county magistrate in the hall with an unusually firm gaze, "Sir, I have a request. I hope you can make the decision for us."

"Tell me now." The county magistrate wanted to hear what she wanted.

Xu took a deep breath, as if she was brewing something to say. After a moment, she said, "Please, sir, sentence us to sever our relationship with the Chen family!" After saying that, she leaned over and kowtowed, pressing her forehead to the ground, and did not get up for a long time.

She knew that it was not appropriate for her man to say such things, so she would rather be the bad person and let the world blame her. If even her man blamed her in the end, she would just ask him for a divorce letter, and then she would take her son to live with the young master and his wife, and let the young master and his wife banish him to another place.

Chen Laoer, who was standing by, had no idea how determined his wife was. When he heard Xu's request, he was a little surprised, but also felt it was expected.

After all, she has never had a good day since she married into the Chen family. There has only been endless fatigue and insults from her mother-in-law. It is normal for her to want to break off the relationship with the Chen family.

But his own feelings were extremely complicated. After all, they were his parents. On the one hand, he didn't want his wife and children to suffer any more, but on the other hand, he was reluctant to give up the almost nonexistent family ties. He was in a dilemma, but he couldn't refute anything. He could only close his eyes and wait for the county magistrate's judgment on this difficult decision.

The county magistrate slammed the gavel down heavily and pronounced the verdict: "The second elder of the Chen family is an unkind father, an unkind mother, and the third son of the Chen family is disrespectful to his brothers. I will make the decision today and sentence the second elder Chen and his family of three to sever ties with the rest of the Chen family. Master, you must write a letter of severance for them immediately."

The lawyer picked up his pen and quickly finished the letter of severance of engagement. He presented it to the Chen family and asked several people from the Chen family and Chen Laoer and his wife to put their fingerprints on it.

Xu choked up and kowtowed again, "Thank you for your grace, sir. Thank you for your grace, sir. You are wise."

I thought that today's matter was settled, but I didn't expect that the county magistrate had not forgotten to punish the Chen family. "The second elder of the Chen family and the fourth elder of the Chen family have disregarded the law and defied the court. I sentence you to be caned in court. Come, drag them away and give them 15 strokes of the cane each to serve as a warning to others."

When the Chen family members saw that the bailiffs were about to come and drag them out to be beaten with a stick, they finally became afraid and kept begging for mercy, but still failed to get the county magistrate to revoke his order.

Seeing that the two elders were about to be pressed on the bench and beaten with a stick, Chen Laoer felt guilty and said with courage: "Sir, please have mercy on me. I have a request."

"What do you want?" asked the county magistrate.

Xu just thought he was going to plead for them, and disappointment appeared in her eyes.

Hang Shuheng and Song Ning looked at each other, wondering what Chen Laoer was up to. If he was still indecisive and couldn't break off all ties with the Chen family, then they would not use this person anymore in the future.