Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 1138: Taking Charge of the Family Division
Liu Er listened, his face showed fear, and he weakly said, "Uncle, my father must be angry, I..."
Liu Er felt very troubled. He was a bastard child, though due to his mother, he gained his father’s favor when he was little, but deep within, he was still very afraid of his own father.
Grand Old Master Liu looked at Liu Er, who was timid and fearful, angrily said, "You’re already forty, are you still afraid to face your own father? Show some masculinity and go quickly. If he scolds you, use me as a shield, see if he dares to scold even his own brother!"
Liu Er saw that Grand Old Master Liu was angry and dared not delay any further. He took the key given by Grand Old Master Liu and hurriedly went to look for Old Master Liu Er.
Liu Er arrived at the neighboring courtyard, unlocked the door with a click, poked his head inside the room and saw his father lying on the ground snoring, he breathed a sigh of relief.
His father indeed hadn’t listened to the elder’s advice, had kneeled for a while and then fallen asleep.
Liu Er entered the room and nudged his father, "Father, wake up, Uncle is looking for you."
He had to push several times before Old Master Liu Er woke up.
Upon waking up and hearing this, he snorted coldly, said, "I’m not going! Why should I meet him? All these years, he still wants to dominate me with his elder brother attitude, shameless!"
Old Master Liu Er had been discontented since the family division, not being the legitimate eldest son, he only received twenty percent of the family estate, which he was very unhappy about. And last night’s incident, it was clearly about his family member Wenqing, why did the elder have the authority to make decisions? He and Magistrate Shi had decided Wenqing’s matter with just a few words and hadn’t even asked his opinion as the real grandfather!
Feeling very humiliated, Old Master Liu Er stubbornly resisted meeting Grand Old Master Liu.
"And you!" He pointed to Liu Er and scolded, "Whose son are you exactly? Not siding with your own father, but helping the elder, do you also despise your father!"
Liu Er felt aggrieved, "Father, how could I not side with you, but Uncle said there’s something urgent. If you don’t go, it’ll be disastrous if Uncle gets angry later."
Old Master Liu Er, upon hearing this, flashed a trace of fear in his eyes but stubbornly said, "Disastrous? Let Liu Da come over and kill me if he’s capable, I’m not going!"
Liu Er felt utterly helpless, after persisting for a while, said, "Father, Uncle is our Clan Leader, if you don’t go, what if he expels us from the clan? Our house is given during the family division, if expelled, it’ll be taken back by the clan."
Old Master Liu Er remained stubborn, not getting up, but still fearing Grand Old Master Liu, after a moment said, "Fine, take me to see what he wants!"
With an attitude of being bullied by Liu Da.
"Okay, follow me," Liu Er wiped the sweat from his forehead and took Old Master Liu Er to Liu Wenqing’s room.
Grand Old Master Liu was sitting on the soft couch outside the room, his hand resting on the cane handle, looked at Old Master Liu Er, "Why did it take so long to come?"
Old Master Liu Er said, "What does it matter to you if I come early or late? What’s your purpose for calling me, quickly speak, I want to go home after!"
Grand Old Master Liu’s face darkened when he heard this, staring at Old Master Liu Er for a good fifteen minutes without speaking.
Old Master Liu Er became frightened, stubbornly said, "What exactly is the matter? Speak quickly!"
"Huh." Grand Old Master Liu coldly chuckled, said, "Er, come over."
This "Er" is referring to Old Master Liu Er.
Old Master Liu Er didn’t want to go over, but Grand Old Master Liu angrily shouted again, "Come over!"
Old Master Liu Er’s legs went weak, he hurriedly walked over.
Grand Old Master Liu waited for him to come to his side, put down his cane, stood up and gave him two harsh slaps, knocking out two of Old Master Liu Er’s old teeth.
Old Master Liu Er covered his face, eyes reddened and angrily said, "Liu Da, on what grounds are you hitting me? I’ll fight you!"
With that, he lunged at Grand Old Master Liu, trying to fight him.
Grand Old Master Liu grabbed the cane and struck Old Master Liu Er’s body with a bang, banging sound, causing him to cry and howl.
When he no longer lunged to fight, Grand Old Master Liu said, "You still don’t admit your mistakes, Liu Fuming, let me tell you, if you don’t reform, I’ll immediately use family discipline to get rid of you!"
In a large family, for those who commit major sins, private punishment can be enacted, many families to save face will secretly get rid of the offending member, publicly declaring it as death by disease.
Old Master Liu Er looked at his older brother’s eyes full of murderous intent, shivered, feeling frightened.
But he felt very aggrieved, shouted, "Why do you treat me this way? Relying on being the legitimate head, relying on being the clan leader, bullying others, Liu Haoming, you’ve gone too far!"
"I’ve gone too far?" Grand Old Master Liu laughed, "Without knowing the details, you pressed handprints on the Tong Family’s confession, almost helped them kill Wenqing, shamed the Liu Family, as the clan leader, shouldn’t I deal with you?!"
Old Master Liu Er felt his breath shorten upon hearing this, yet still argued, "The Tong Family forced me to do it, if I didn’t press the handprint, Liu Er and I would have died at the Tong Family last night!"
He further said, "Besides, this matter originated because of Wenqing, why don’t you punish him? Always blaming me! Since childhood you did this, relying on being the eldest, inheriting seventy percent of the family estate, looking down on other brothers, only reprimanding me. We’ve split family, why are you still controlling me?!"
Inside the room, Liu Wenqing heard these words and was shocked... did his habit of blaming Liu Wenqing for bullying him follow his grandfather?
Grand Old Master Liu laughed angrily, upon hearing these words, "Er, oh Er, you’ve reached the age ready for burial, yet you remain unchanged from your youth, truly lived in vain!"
"The matter of estate division, if not for me, you wouldn’t even have gotten twenty percent, you would have shared equally with Old San."
Third Old Grandmaster Liu was born of a secondary woman, not the same mother as them, yet Third Son Liu was much favored by their father, suggested leaving seventy percent to Liu Da, the rest to be equally divided between Liu Er and Third Son Liu.
Finally, Grand Old Master Liu indignantly said there was a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate, the illegitimate must get one less percent than Liu Er, which led Old Master Liu Er to receive twenty percent of the estate.
But Old Master Liu Er remained dissatisfied and envious of Grand Old Master Liu’s property, opposing him for many years, even when warned by Grand Old Master Liu certain business couldn’t be done and would lose, he wouldn’t listen and early ruined the estate.
Grand Old Master Liu knew his brother would remain like this for life, tired of arguing with him, directly said, "You’re incapable of being the head, for the sake of protecting Liu family descendants from harm, I’ll oversee your branch’s family division."
"Oversee family division?" Old Master Liu Er was bewildered and shouted, "No division, I’m not dead yet, how dare you forcibly split my family, it won’t happen!"
