Restaurant, private room.

The waiter came up with the food and food, closed the door and left. Mei Xiucai got up and poured the wine cup.

Du Li was squinting his eyes and looking at Mei Xiucai, but he really didn't understand what kind of flowers he could say. Could it be that he thought that Du Erniang would be able to speak calmly?

After pouring the wine, Mei Xiucai sighed before speaking, saying, "Hey, father-in-law, there is no way for the son-in-law. Although Er Niang is not my wife, she will give birth to a pair of daughters for me. If there is another way, she will not be able to reach this point!"

He looked helpless.

Du Lizheng's mouth twitched and sneered, "How do you say this? Who will force you?"

Mei Xiucai struggled for a moment, and Fang whispered: "Father-in-law, he is really stronger than others, there is no other way!"

This former father-in-law and son-in-law had their own complicity, and it was not a matter of being heart-warming. In addition, Mei Xiucai was so shameless that he would not express his intention to cling to power. He only said with a bitter face that the Liang family chose the son-in-law and bought the land.

"Now that there is a dowry for Miss Liang, I like to take a fancy to my father-in-law's land and Gui Wu's food shop. The food shop is right in front of me. They are leaning against the Hou Mansion, but they are just able to get it. Naturally, they are not in a hurry. I have been attracted by my father-in-law's ten acres of hidden fields before and have already informed the Hou Mansion!" Mei Xiucai sighed: "If the people don't fight with the officials, don't force me to hold on, otherwise if I force them over there, I won't buy land."

Now that the Marquis' Mansion is willing to pay the money, he can still leave the money if he sells it honestly. Otherwise, it will not be difficult for the other party to come to charge him and take the land through the yamen. Then it will be a deal.

As for the Liang family's love for Mei Sheng, they naturally didn't mention it. They just said that they had met Miss Liang accidentally in the county and helped her a little bit. The daughter of the daughter was willful and obsessed with him. She actually ignored him and wanted to marry her as a concubine. The Liang family naturally refused to accept it, and was reluctant to go against her daughter's wishes, so they "warned" Mei Xiucai to find a way.

A lie, the true or false statement, wouldn't have been fooled if anyone else said it was really fooled, but who was Du Li? He did not rush to expose Mei Xiucai's lies, but instead thought about it and roughly distinguished the true or falsehood. The matter of buying property was true, but in the past, he had money in his hand to buy a few hectares of land in Tongzhou, but now he is just moving the capital. Large chunks of fertile land are hard to come by, and he really needs to check it carefully.

The ten acres of land outside Du Lizheng could hide it from ordinary villagers, but he couldn't stand the investigation from the government. The Liang family had a matter of waiting for a daughter to marry, so there was no need to lie. As for the appearance of Mei Xiucai, a middle-aged scholar, he was making up lies.

Mei Xiucai has a handsome appearance and has been dealing with it easily before, but that is the case before. Now she is addicted to gambling and often stays in the county. Her face looks dry and yellow, and she looks like she is a few years older. Even if Miss Liang is blind, she doesn't think Mei Xiucai is good. The Liang family can know Mei Xiucai's background when she asks about it. It would be strange if she doesn't deal with him directly. She can really discuss marriage with him? It's almost the same if Mei Sheng was.

If it were Mei Sheng?

Miss Liang had not been engaged, she should be a girl who had not yet reached the age of birth, and she had an older brother in the official school. She had heard or met Mei Sheng and was about the same. With Mei Sheng's age and qualifications, she was the marriage partner that could be recognized by the Marquis's Mansion.

Du Lizheng was enlightened. Thinking about Mei Sheng’s talents, the more he thought about it, the more he felt the more he was.

Since the other party fell in love with Mei Sheng, there was no news yet, it was naturally because Mei Sheng and Du Liujie had already had a engagement. The unscrupulous Liang family not only wanted to seize the Du family's land, but also wanted to steal the Du family's son-in-law.

In Mujia Village for more than ten years, Du Lizheng has always been "suppressing people with power". Now he is forced to come to the front of him. This feeling is really hard to describe.

Du Lizheng secretly hated her heart and a decision was made in an instant. Mei Xiucai, the cheap son-in-law, was just a bold idea, just thinking about the idea of ​​"Li Dai Taozun" and asking him to bite the dog with the Liang family. Let's break this off, otherwise, with Mei Xiucai's shamelessness, when he is gone, the Li family and his son will be his opponent?

On the contrary, Mei Sheng will take the career of the official career in the future and cherish his reputation and will not act so recklessly.

If you can only choose one of two sons-in-law, you will naturally choose Mei Sheng.

Du Lizheng made a decision in his heart and his face was slightly relaxed.

Seeing this, Mei Xiucai immediately said: "The marriage between Brother Sheng and Sister Sheng was hasty, and it was hindering their seniority. If Brother Sheng was unwilling to delay it for a few years, who would know what changes would happen? Now that I am separated from my second wife, their two seniority will not be hindered. Next year is the year of the provincial examination, so I will take advantage of the situation to get rid of the wedding, so as not to cause trouble."

Du Lizheng snorted coldly and said, "Mei Sheng is Mei Sheng, you are you! If you want to marry a noble wife and make a future, I won't stop you, but this divorce letter will never be accepted!"

Mei Xiucai heard that there seemed to be a loose meaning in this sentence and said earnestly: "What does father-in-law mean?"

"Heli! Then separate Brother Zhi'er and Sister Zhi!" Du Lizheng said lightly.

Mei Xiucai couldn't help but frown. Mei Xiao is nothing but a yellow-haired girl, but Mei Zhi is his eldest son.

"Ms. Du is young and doesn't want to be a stepmother, so it's a good thing to be a good match. Mei Zhi is not too young, so he should avoid suspicion." Du Lizheng continued.

Mei Xiucai thought that Miss Liang was only one year older than her son. At that time, the young stepmother and stepson would be under the same roof. She felt disgusted when she thought about it. She was willing to do so, but she still felt embarrassed: "Brother Zhi is the eldest son after all, and now the fields in the family have been fooled by the Gui family. You can't let the brother and sister separate naked!"

Du Lizheng sneered in his heart. If he didn't leave alone, would there be other Tian Cheng in the Mei family?

"There are fifty acres of makeup fields under Er Niang's name. She will never be hungry for Brother Zhi and his brother and sister. But if you can't bear to leave, you can give up this proposal. After all, it's not the reason why the Mei family is not as good as outsiders." Du Lizheng said slowly.

Mei Xiucai touched his nose and couldn't help but mutter in his heart that Du Li Zheng was stingy. There were fourteen hectares of land left open and secretly. What's the point of taking out more than a hundred acres of land for his grandson? If the Du family was really willing to share more than a hundred acres of land for Mei Zhi, then the father and son would have to return to his hands, which would be a pity.

Du Lizheng lowered his eyes. One of his seventh brothers was too thin. It would be a good thing to support each other with Mei Zhi, his nephew, but it would not be cheaper for Mei Xiucai. Let's keep him to deal with the Liang family. There will always be a day of liquidation.

Mei Xiucai finally "fooled" Du Lizheng, but was afraid of any changes and did not dare to be greedy anymore, so he wrote the documents of "Handi Book" and "Split Family" and went directly to the yamen to file.

The uncle and nephew of the Gui family had already left, but Zhong Shuli was surprised.

Du Lizheng was too cowardly and was actually convinced. Although it is now "heli" and not "divorce", there is not much difference in the eyes of the world. Not only is it not supportive of the married daughter, but also the granddaughter has been separated. This is really rare.

People have tribes and trees have roots. If Mei Zhi is an adult son, they will be separated, and they are still several years away from Cheng Ding. The so-called "dividing family" does not show "dividing family". The document of the division states that both brothers and sisters are raised and married to the Du family, and the Mei family cannot interfere. In addition to changing surnames, are these two children from the Mei family or the Du family?

Mei Xiucai's face was smelly, and this one was added by Du Li.

This marriage event has always been "the order of parents and the words of matchmakers", so Mei Xiucai naturally didn't want to add this one. Mei Zhi was fine, why not worry about having a good man without a wife? Mei Xiao's appearance is as beautiful as her biological mother, but she is very beautiful and cute. She can't say a good marriage in the future.

Du Lizheng is not stupid, so he is unwilling to raise his two grandchildren for a fight before letting the Mei family take advantage of the Mei family, and he said, "My brother has been separated from Cheng Ding for four years, and Nannan has been separated for less than ten years. The support for the two brothers and sisters is the Mei family's business, but it is not easy for you, so I will take it. You don't have to worry about the marriage of the two brothers and sisters. If you agree, add one. If you think it is inappropriate, then the support for the future marriage will be added, black and white, and it will be worry-free to put it in the documents, so as not to bother the bride in the future. Don't blame me for being too long-winded. Since ancient times, you have a stepmother and a stepfather. In the future, you and the bride will have children. It is inevitable that you will be careless and not fully cared for. It is better to put it in front of you."

When it comes to money, Mei Xiucai, who was poor in his pocket, lost his confidence and added this article according to Du Lizheng. Until now, he was really reluctant to let go. After all, he was a pair of children. But thinking about Miss Liang, who was related to the Marquis' Mansion, these two children were not rare. Since Miss Liang was the "adopted daughter" of the Marquis' Mansion, the children she had were the grandson and granddaughter of the Marquis' Mansion. How could the stupid Mei Zhi, who was not familiar with books, compare with the young and weak Mei Xiao?

The two families have agreed, but Du is not a criminal offense, so he can redeem it.

Mei Xiucai was afraid that Du would come out to make trouble, so he hurriedly left after completing the procedures.

When Du Li paid twenty taels of silver, when Du came out, he realized that he was no longer a woman from the Mei family, and even his children were swept out. His body immediately became weak. Fortunately, Du Qi was holding him by his side, so he did not fall apart.

Just as Zhong Shuli thought before, in the countryside, no matter whether you are a "heli book" or a "leave book", the villagers were talking about it, and they all knew that Du took his children and was swept out of the Mei family.

However, the Mei family did not take advantage of it. The Du family housekeeper took Du Erniang's dowry list and took people to the Mei family. He moved a few carriages back with furniture.

Mei Tong was stunned. Although he kept saying that Du was "disobedient" and asked his son to divorce his wife, he was just talking verbally. He wanted to use this to suppress the Du family and get some benefits. He couldn't help but feel guilty. He just pretended that he didn't say anything about the family. When he saw his son, he could only sigh.

Mei Xiucai was afraid that Du Erniang would not be willing to come to make trouble, so she would become a joke at that time. When she came back, she said "heli" and "divided the family", and then asked for two taels of silver and hid back to the town.

Mei Tong wanted to hide out too. She was trembling for two days, but except for the Du family's servants who moved the dowry, Du Erniang never showed up.

*

Du family, Du Erniang hugged her daughter, and her tears were about to shed.

Li was beside him, sighing in his heart, unable to say anything to persuade him. The children here are all the flesh that fell from their mother. The beautiful little girl has become like this. How can she stand it when she is a mother?

But she tried her best. If Du Erniang took her anger, she would have no guilt or intention.

I don’t know if it was because I left the Mei family or was detained in the county magistrate for one night, but Du Erniang was awake and could not hide her hatred. However, she was not only urging Li, but also urging the Mei family to persuade the young daughter who was as wise as a child, but cursing the Mei family’s father and son who would not die well.

When Li heard this, he felt much more at ease. If Du Erniang really took his anger with her, she wouldn't dare to leave Du Erniang and his son at home. Otherwise, if she had bad intentions and wanted Du Qi to hurt him, wouldn't she cry to death?

However, Du Liujie was secretly happy to know that Er Niang was "heli". In this way, her marriage with Mei Sheng did not involve generational ethics, and she also avoided future troubles.

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Chapter completed!