Liu Paner asked Sister Mao'er to take Sister Yu'er to cook, and she and Liu took a few children to attend the villagers' meeting together.

Village Chief Li got up early in the morning and summoned the heads of every household surnamed Li to come over to discuss.

Village Chief Li asked Li Dazhuang to also call Old Man Li's family over and drive them out of the Li family in public.

Without the protection of the clan, it is a lonely family.

Li Dachang walked over with a loud voice, "The Li clan has a clan meeting, and all the heads of households must be present. ”

Hearing that Li Dazhuang came over to call someone, everyone went over one after another, and everyone's eyes invariably looked at Old Man Li and Mrs. Li, guessing how to deal with this vicious family in the clan.

Old man Li and Mrs. Li didn't care about looking for their daughter Li Yingniang at this time, so they hurried over, afraid that they would be late, and Village Chief Li would really have to exterminate their family.

Li Yuangong was apprehensive in his heart, and his face was ugly, "The third child is the same, he became a general, and he didn't send us a letter." Now the clan is bullying us, and he can't help us. ”

Li Yuanwu scratched his head, thinking of the previous oppression of Li Yuanqing by his parents, "Big brother, in fact, the third brother doesn't want to go home and doesn't send a letter to his family, there is a reason. Every time he came back, our father and mother tossed him. If you are the third brother, would you be happy? ”

When Li Yuangong heard this, he glared at his second brother Li Yuanwu, "Is it interesting for you to pretend to be a good person here?" If the third brother is in front of you, if you say so, maybe you can sell a little better. Now that we're cornered, aren't you worried? ”

Li Yuanwu shrank his head in fright, nodded, and sighed, "Of course I'm afraid, but there are only a few people in our family, where is the opponent of hundreds of people?" Big brother, don't be stupid. These people don't talk about beating us, even one person and one spit is enough for us. ”

Why is Li Yuangong not afraid? It was just posturing!

The old man Li in front of him had a solemn face and frowned.

Mrs. Li saw that her husband didn't speak, her face was dark, and she didn't dare to speak.

When they arrived at the village stream, a large open area, Village Chief Li specially asked people to bring a table, and then put the family tree on it, and there was a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the side.

Liu Pan'er and Liu sat not far from Zhou Cuihua, with serious expressions, waiting for Village Chief Li to remove Old Man Li and the others.

Village Chief Li looked around and saw that most of the people in the village had come, and said loudly: "Li Changde, who is the head of the second house of the Li family, is pedantic, vicious, unkind and unkind, and insists on selling his daughter-in-law and granddaughter despite the dissuasion when there is relief porridge to eat and starvation does not die. The behaviour is extremely egregious and has a great impact. As the patriarch of the Li clan, I will never allow such a person to stay in the clan, and I have specially summoned the whole clan today. Those who agreed to expel Li Changde and his eldest son and second son from the Li clan raised their hands, and more than half of them, even if they did not agree, would be forcibly expelled from the Li clan. ”

As soon as Village Chief Li finished speaking, almost everyone's hands were raised.

Men and women, young and old.

Some people even raised their hands and resolutely agreed to expel Li Changde and his group from the Li family.

The people of Lijia Village are not very wealthy, but as long as it is not a famine year, they can still eat well. The folk customs are simple, although there are some bastard lepers, but most of the people, even if they are careful, are not clear.

The matter of selling children and daughters may occur on the way to escape the famine, when they can't survive, but they also try their best to sell their children to those big families with good reputations, rather than selling them in the kiln for a few taels of silver.

Some people even take the initiative to go to a large family to redeem their children after they have money. In short, it's not innate viciousness, it's just forced by life.

But what about this old man Li Changde, just to eat an egg every day and eat some meat every day, purely to satisfy his personal appetite, he is completely inhumane!

Old man Li, who originally wanted to argue with reason, turned black with anger and trembled his lips after seeing everyone raise their hands, and pointed at Village Chief Li, "Li Changming, you are so good." I make a note of the humiliation you brought to me Li Changde. Today, I, Li Changde, are separated from the Li family. My son is a five-rank military general, and my family will soar in the future, so don't try to take advantage of it. ”

Li Yuangong stood beside his father and looked at Village Chief Li and Liu Pan'er and Liu Xiaohua not far from Village Chief Li, "Are we really easy to bully?" My father is a scholar, I also know how to read and write, and my third brother is a general of Wupin. Today, in front of the big guys, even if you don't come to this show, we will have to separate from the Li family. ”

Being expelled from the clan is too ugly to hear, but if it is a sect, it is much better.

Li Yuanwu also hurriedly said: "Let's divide the sect!" ”

When the other villagers heard Old Man Li's words, they were disgusted with Old Man Li's behavior, but they were worried that Li Yuanqing would retaliate against them in the future if he became an official.

Village Chief Li took out a letter from his bosom slowly.

Last time Li Yuanqing wrote a letter, he also wrote a letter to him, although it was only a few dozen words, but on the surface he was very respectful to him, the village chief, and asked him to help take care of Liu Paner and the four children.

As for his parents, Li Yuanqing didn't mention it.

From this, he knew that his parents were in Li Yuanqing's heart, and they were not farts.

Village Chief Li smiled and raised the letter in his hand, "This is a letter from Yuan Qing not long ago, asking me to help take care of the four children, and also congratulating us on settling here." Here, Li Yuanqing is commensurate with his son and nephew, proving that he is willing to stay in the Li family. You were expelled from the Li clan, and the Yuanqing clan continued to stay in the clan. In the future, Yuan Qing is willing to come over, and I, the patriarch, welcome it. If he doesn't want to come back, I won't force it. Anyway, you're free. ”

After all, this old man Li is a child, a scholar, and he is spurned by others, but he does not break the law. Village Chief Li has long known that Old Man Li has a lot of thoughts and will not obediently obey.

Anyway, he has already offended Old Man Li, so he will be offended to the end, and Old Man Li's family must be expelled from the Li family today.

In front of everyone, Village Chief Li drew a big cross on the genealogy of Li Changde's branch, and the same is true for the names of Li Yuangong and Li Yuanwu. Only Li Yuanqing was left.

Old man Li was trembling with anger, trembling and shouting, "You guys are really too deceitful!" ”

"How much do I deceive?" Village Chief Li scolded coldly, "Aren't you to blame? It's already very merciful for me to expel you directly from the Li family, and if you don't accept it, my Li family's family law is not a decoration. You know, you are so unkind to your juniors that you are beaten with twenty sticks, do you want to taste what it is like to be beaten with a stick? ”

Seeing that Old Man Li was about to faint, Mrs. Li hurriedly helped her, "Boss, you can't fall." You're down, what are we going to do? ”

Old man Li forced himself to calm down, and took a deep breath to calm his angry and humiliated heart.

Li Yuangong leaned over and said in his father's ear: "The matter has come to this, we have no power to return to heaven, we can only try to fight for benefits." Judging from the attitude of those officials, and from the attitude of the villagers towards Liu Paner, if Liu Xiaohua really goes to the county government to complain, I still have to reconcile with her, and we won't get any benefits. It's better to ask Liu Paner for the money we want to raise our two daughters on the grounds of agreeing and leaving. ”