Chapter 569: Hero Invitation

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

You dont need to worry about me. I have capable hands, and I wont starve, rea.s.sured w.a.n.g San.

Chen Liner had already made up her mind to learn culinary skills from Qin

Zhenzhen. If possible, she also wanted to acquire ma.s.sage techniques from Qin Zhenzhens health center. If Mrs. Su decided to open a health center in Shanglin, Chen Liner was willing to lend her support.

Regardless, w.a.n.g San adamantly refused to accept Chen Liners shop.

If you decide to return to the countryside, Ill a.s.sist you in selling the shop and acquiring the fields. Ill even help you with the planting, though Id prefer to rent the land from you.

You can consider marrying someone else. When the time comes, any child will carry my name, and the fields will still be yours.

As for me, dont worry. Ive thought it through. The deceased are gone, and the living must go on. Ill actively face the future.

Ill work hard to earn a living, get married, and have children. I wont allow the w.a.n.g familys lineage to end.

Chen Liner was deeply moved. In ancient times, having no immediate relatives was a common predicament. For someone like her, without a child or husband, her family line would cease to exist, and her a.s.sets would be divided among her husbands cousins and clansmen. She might even be forced back to her mothers house.

By voluntarily handing over her a.s.sets to w.a.n.g San, she expected him to accept, but he genuinely didnt want them.

You understand. Even if I dont give it to you, I wont be able to protect it. I might as well give it to you now. Sell the shop before those people find out. Only then did w.a.n.g San grasp Chen Liners underlying concern.

Indignantly, he exclaimed, What right does a clan member have to divide your a.s.sets?

When you were condemned to death, I pleaded with the clan leader to intervene, urging him to file a joint pet.i.tion to overturn the case for you.

However, they were all so paralyzed by fear that they didnt even dare to show their faces, afraid that Ms. Zhangs brothers would seek revenge.

They argued that they needed to safeguard their families and couldnt risk antagonizing the mountain bandits. I understood their position, and I didnt press them further.

Now that youve been acquitted and have reclaimed your a.s.sets, how can they shamelessly come forward to claim everything from you?

Just as w.a.n.g San concluded, a dissenting voice interjected, w.a.n.g San, what are you saying!

The clan has always had a rule! Every member of the w.a.n.g family must adhere to it!

How can we allow outsiders to seize the a.s.sets our kinsfolk worked hard to earn?

Are you out of your mind? You stand to gain the most from this extinction. According to our clans rules, the one closer to extinction receives a greater share of the a.s.sets!

The speaker was w.a.n.g Yi, the clan leader of the w.a.n.g family. Behind him stood four middle-aged men and two elderly members.

w.a.n.g Yi, aged about 60, had held the position of patriarch for two decades, succeeding his father, and commanded great respect within the clan.

The journey from the small mountain village to Shanglin Prefecture took them a day and a half. Aware of Su Bins intent to overturn Chen Liners case, they had sent someone to observe the proceedings. However, they remained concealed in the crowd, hesitant to reveal themselves, fearing retaliation from the bandits.

After Ms. Zhangs execution, Chen Liner reclaimed the house and the shop, but the matter of food extinction remained unspoken, as they dreaded offending the bandits.

Later, they received reliable information that Governor Su had issued a call to heroes worldwide, urging them to a.s.sist in eliminating the bandits and posted an announcement explaining the situation.

Shanglin was plagued by banditry, causing immense hards.h.i.+p for the people. Due to the national armys commitment to border defense, troops couldnt be spared to address the mountain bandits, allowing their audacity to grow unchecked.

The governors call sought to rally heroes from across the world in Shanglin, presenting a united force to eradicate the bandit menace..