Chapter 765: You Hid It Very Deep

Just then, that person whispered mysteriously, "Are you stupid? If there's no son, won't the entire estate eventually go to their own biological grandchildren? The bride prices from the three daughters of the Second Branch can at least help the household."

"You're going too far. The several daughters of the Shanliang family are all attending school; isn't that unique in our village?"

"What do you know? You think the Fifth Uncle and his wife voluntarily let them study? No, it was Shanliang who fought for it. I still remember: back then, to get the daughters into school, Shanliang and his wife endured countless scoldings from the old couple."

"It seems what Fifth Aunt Liu said outside was just to make her reputation sound good."

"What did she say?"

"When Shanliang's wife gave birth to daughter after daughter, Fifth Aunt Liu didn't get angry at all. Instead, she went around telling everyone they weren't a family that favored sons over daughters. Even if the Second Branch truly had no son to carry on the family line, there were still several nephews."

"Yes, yes, I heard that too. At the time, I thought Fifth Aunt Liu was truly a good mother-in-law."

"One knows a person's face but not their heart. Truly cunning."

At this moment, Old Master Xiao's emotions calmed down. Xiao Changjiang, standing beside him, said, "Shanliang, right? I am your eldest brother, Xiao Changjiang."

At this moment, Liu Chuxue spoke up, "Let's go home first. Whatever it is, we can sit down and talk slowly later."

Liu's mother chimed in then, "Yes, yes, let's go home and sit down first."

These past few days, aside from organizing people to repair the collapsed earth ridges at the field edges, most folks were busy tending their own private plots, so quite a few people followed along.

No one expected that Liu Shanliang wasn't actually a son of the Liu family; no one wanted to miss this event.

Someone even ran to the Old Liu household to deliver news: "Is Fifth Aunt at home? A huge incident has occurred."

Ge Pozi came out of the house, cursing, "What huge incident could there be? All day long, you just babble nonsense."

The one who ran to deliver the news was none other than Bai Da, the village loudspeaker: "Oh my, a huge incident really has occurred. A jeep came to the village, saying it was looking for the Shanliang family. The Party Secretary and the Village Head brought them over. At first, we thought they were looking for Liu Chuxue, but we all guessed wrong. Guess what?"

Ge Pozi, holding a broom in her hand, pointed at Bai Da and said, "Speak quickly if you have words, and let it out quickly if you have farts. I don't have time to listen to your chatter here."

Called a chatterbox, Bai Da naturally became unhappy. He didn't beat around the bush anymore. Looking at the people standing by the doors of the First and Third Branches, he deliberately raised his voice, "They have come to recognize kin. Recognize kin, do you understand? They have come to recognize Shanliang as their biological son."

After speaking, he even laughed, "Fifth Aunt, you really hid it deep."

As soon as his words fell, something inside the house dropped to the floor, making a crisp sound.

Ge Pozi was also quite frightened, but she still turned and stumbled back into the room, "Old man, what's wrong with you?"

Then she screamed, "Eldest, Third, come quickly!"

Liu Shangan and Liu Shanling both rushed toward their parents' room, "What's wrong, what's wrong?"

As soon as they entered, they saw their father sitting on the floor. Liu Shangan asked anxiously, "Father, what happened to you?"

Ge Pozi was now trembling all over, "Old man, don't scare me."

She was now terrified that something would happen to the old man; if that family really came knocking, she alone could not handle it.

Old Liu now regained his senses, "Nothing, I just lost my footing and fell."

At this moment, Bai Da, who had followed in, sneered, "I think it's guilt. Fifth Uncle Liu, is Shanliang truly not your biological son? What exactly is going on?"