Chapter 235: Disown
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Madam Fang-Liu was stunned. She did not expect Mu Yangling to be so direct.
Liu Daqian’s eyebrows twitched. He immediately went forward and said, “Third Sister, you’re not allowed to fool around anymore. Ah Ling sent the roe deer over because Ah Ting’s family went over and helped her for a few days…” It could be considered an explanation for Mu Yangling.
However, Mu Yangling said seriously, “This is only part of the reason. Great-aunt doesn’t know yet, right? My family is building a new house, so during this period of time, Uncle Ting brought the Liu clan’s uncles and cousins over to help me. He even personally went to the city to buy the needed stones, bricks, and wood. For the construction of my family’s house, they delayed many of their own matters. Aunt also brought Cousin Lang and Cousin Lun over to help me plow the land. I thought that they rarely got to eat meat during this period of time, so I took the time to go into the mountains and hunt a roe deer for them.”
“As for giving them all kinds of wild animals in the past, that’s because they’re my great-uncles and uncles. Our Mu family only has a few relatives in Xingzhou Prefecture, the Liu clan and the Ma clan. Of course, we have to interact with them more often.” Mu Yangling turned to smile at Liu Daqian and said, “My mother said that only by visiting each other from time to time we become closer. Otherwise, after a few years of not seeing each other, our relationship will fade in spite of the blood ties.”
The surrounding people nodded and said, “There’s a saying that distant relatives can’t compare to close neighbors. Don’t relatives have to visit each other from time to time to be close?”
Mu Yangling continued, “If Great-uncle and the others treat us well, we’ll naturally treat them well. As for you, to be honest, if not for the fact that I see you at Great-uncle’s house every New Year, I probably wouldn’t know that you’re my great-aunt.”
When everyone heard this, they looked at Madam Fang-Liu in surprise, shocked that they were so distant from each other despite living in the same village. It seemed that their relationship was really bad.
Mu Yangling said so much because she wanted to completely break off ties with this third great-aunt. She was not afraid of threats from Madam Fang-Liu. Life was sometimes boring. With her spicing things up, she would just treat it as watching a joke from time to time. However, this problem would become a source of disaster if it was left to fester. She did not want her relationship with the Liu clan to be affected because of this.
Therefore, Mu Yangling slowly explained, “My father only told me that we have an eldest Great-aunt who lives in the neighboring West Mountain Village, who’s been good to my grandmother since she was young. She even said that my grandmother and great-uncles were all raised by Eldest Great-aunt. She asked me to help Eldest Great-aunt if I had the ability in the future. My mother only asked me to hang out with my cousins from my great-uncles’ families. She never mentioned to me that I have a third great-aunt in the village.”
Mu Yangling looked at Madam Fang-Liu, who had an ugly expression on her face, and continued, “Third Great-aunt, my grandmother is your elder sister. Every year during the Qingming Festival, Great-uncle and the others will pay their respects to my grandparents. Many families in the village will even offer incense to them. I’ve remembered it in my heart, but I’ve never seen you or your sons offer incense to my grandparents. It was only later when I accidentally heard someone say that my great-grandparents gave birth to three daughters and two sons that I realized that you and my grandmother are biological sisters.”
“In the past, when I was in Nearhill Village, my family was weak. Whenever something happened, my two great-uncles and four uncles would come to help. However, I’ve never seen Third Great-aunt ask about us, let alone see your sons visit. I’m young and don’t know much, so I really don’t treat you as my great-aunt. To me, you’re just an elder in the village.”
Madam Fang-Liu pointed at Mu Yangling and only managed after a while, “What poor upbringing…”
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