"Clan Elder Grandpa, don’t blame me for being blunt, you want to keep them here, but who knows if them staying wouldn’t be like fostering two poisonous snakes. This Ms.Liu had tried to poison me once, and that second branch of the family was going to hack me to death. Is this their idea of brotherly affection towards my father? When Old Lady Hua was alive, their whole family relied on my father, letting my father work himself to death while they all got fat and lazy. Where was their brotherly affection then? Do they think just because they have the surname Yang, they are justified in staying? Dream on!"
After finishing her tirade, Yang Chuxia looked at Yang Da’an and Ms. Ye and shouted, "Pack your bags and get lost! Go back to where you came from! I won’t allow outsiders to lay a finger on the assets of the Yang family, especially those directly from the Hua lineage."
"You, you..." Clan Elder Grandpa was about to choke on his rage. This bratty girl not only refused to heed his words, but even started to chase people away.
Watching Yang Chuxia’s confrontation, the small household of Yang Xiaochuan also chimed in, "That’s right, get out, leave us alone, without the blood of the Old Yang family, what gives you the right to a piece of our property?" This couple was not in sync with Yang Chuxia’s motive; they just wanted to acquire more wealth once the first and second branches of the family were gone.
As for Yang Chuxia, she was motivated by her disdain for Old Lady Hua and the women of the Hua family. She wanted to clean house once and for all to make life easier.
"Dad, no, dad..." Yang Da’an was alarmed upon hearing that both their major and second branches were going to be expelled. He forgot about his mourning and crawled over, clutching Old Yang’s leg, "Dad, please, don’t drive our family out, how are we supposed to survive outside the village?"
"Yes, Dad, we beg you, don’t drive us away, where can we go if we are driven out of Yangshu Village? There is no other place for us to go, we’ll be left with nothing, no land, no house, how are we supposed to live?" Ms. Liu was stunned. When she came to, she couldn’t stop the tears.
Ms. Ye, overwhelmed with concern, couldn’t stop her tears either.
All the children from the first branch, understanding the seriousness of the situation, came rushing in, wailing and begging, "Grandpa, please, don’t drive us out."
The children of the first branch were behaving properly at this time, but Yang Lichun from the second branch wasn’t. She wasn’t willing to back down. When she heard that her biological grandfather was Burly Lu, who was a villager, her eyes twitched. She pulled Ms.Ye, who was kneeling on the ground, to her feet.
Then she coolly said, "Hrmmph, why should we beg? What’s so great about them?" She turned to Land Officer Yang and said, " Didn’t they all say that my biological grandfather was Burly Lu? If so, we will return to my grandfather’s house. He owns farmland and a house in the village. You could drive my grandfather away, but he still has descendants. Aren’t we entitled to his property?"
"Hrmmph, you reclaimed Old Sun’s farmland because Old Sun didn’t have any relatives left, but Burly Lu does have relatives! As such, you have no basis to take his farmland." Yang Lichun’s face still bore several scars; her defiant, indomitable voice mixed with the coldness in her eyes reminded Old Yang of a younger Old Lady Hua.
His immediate response was, "Okay, then get lost. From today onward, there is no second branch in our Old Yang family. After this, whether you live or die, it has nothing to do with our Old Yang family."