After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 336 Acknowledgment of Daughter

Shen Yi was stunned. When he came to his senses, he quickly shook his head. "Uncle Liu, you are now the Marquis of Yong'an. There are plenty of girls who want to marry you. How could you not have a son or daughter!"

Liu Laosan chuckled and shook his head. "I have no plans to get married and have children. I'm destined to be alone for the rest of my life! Do you look down on me too?"

"No, no, no," Shen Yi shook his head wildly.

Old Liu laughed loudly, "Then it's settled! I'll get that kid Liu Tiechui and Liu Guangyao here, and they can all be witnesses. From now on, you're my godson. Let's see who dares to bully you!"

Ever since he learned of Shen Yi's ordeal, he had been holding a grudge. He wanted to make those who had looked down on and despised Shen Yi regret their actions! Especially that bastard Mo Laotian!

The thought that his benefactor might die with regrets made Liu Laosan want to kill Mo Laotian!

Shen Yi agreed to the family reunion at Liu Laosan's insistence.

Recognizing a godparent is a big deal. It involves paying respects to ancestors, offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, and going through all the proper rituals. Once it's done, the godparents are practically like father and son.

Shen Yi intends to take care of Liu Laosan in his old age and see him off in his final days.

Back in Liujiazhuang, many of Liu Laosan's relatives, upon hearing that Liu Laosan wanted to adopt Shen Yi as his godson, immediately went to Liu Guangyao's house to gossip about it.

"Village head, Liu Laosan is still a member of our Liu Family Village. Even if he wants to recognize a godparent, he should recognize one of our clansmen! What kind of nonsense is it to recognize an outsider!" An old woman grumbled in dissatisfaction.

Liu Zhu, his head throbbing with frustration, roared, "If you have any complaints, go talk to Liu Laosan yourselves! What are you yelling at us for? When Liu Laosan was struggling, which family helped him or gave him money? Oh! You didn't mention kinship when he was in trouble, but now that he's successful, you're all rushing to claim kinship? How shameless!"

He had heard similar things countless times during this period. At first, he could ignore it, but after a while, he couldn't stand it anymore. Especially since Liu Laosan wouldn't even come to Liujiazhuang, he became even more panicked. Now that the villagers were causing him trouble, he finally snapped.

The old woman argued vehemently, "Back then, everyone was poor. Who was doing well? Having another mouth to feed is a big deal! The village chief knows this, but we just couldn't do anything about it! Liu Laosan should understand. Now that he's successful, he wants to change the grave site. Isn't he afraid his parents will crawl out of their coffins and settle scores with him?"

Liu Zhu scoffed sarcastically, "Don't worry about that, they're not concerned! Let me tell you, I can't afford to offend Liu Laosan, and I don't want to. Do whatever you want, and if you cause trouble, it has nothing to do with me!"

"Damn it! Village chief, how could you say such a thing! Township head, aren't you going to do anything about this?" The old woman looked at Liu Guangyao with extreme dissatisfaction.

According to the village's seniority system, her family was the closest to Liu Laosan. She thought that Liu Laosan's return to bring glory to his ancestors would benefit her family, but instead, he didn't even want to enter the village. She heard that he had powerful guards by his side and killed four people as soon as he returned. Even if the old woman had a lot of thoughts, she didn't dare to go to his door. She could only stay here and bother Liu Zhu and Liu Guangyao.

Liu Guangyao casually cracked open some sunflower seeds, spat out a mouthful of shells on the ground, and said with a half-smile, "You guys! Stop thinking about Liu Laosan! He's completely fed up with Liu Family Village. If you piss him off, those four thugs will be the end for you all! I'm telling you this now, so go do whatever you need to do!"

"Hey, how could they just leave like that! I haven't even finished speaking!" The old woman was so angry that she jumped up and down, wanting to find someone to encourage her to go to Shenjiazhuang.

As a result, everyone made excuses to leave.

Liu Guangyao dared not let Liu Laosan know about the farce in Liujiazhuang. As soon as he arrived, he praised Shen Yi at length and gave him a gift that was more generous than that given to others.

Liu Tiechui glanced at Liu Guangyao's gesture but didn't say anything. He couldn't hide his envy of Shen Yi, but it was just envy, because he knew that Shen Yi had risked his life to get where he was today.

It's what they deserve. Ma Yujie also came to visit with Liu Tiechui today. With Marquis Yong'an present, she was as restrained as she could be. She was very polite to Su Tai and even deliberately lowered her posture. She was also very polite to the other women in the village, without any airs at all.

This would have been absolutely impossible in the past!
To entertain the guests who came today, Su Tai specially prepared a lot of desserts and pastries, and also baked a lot of cheese tarts and durian cheese tarts, and cooked a big pot of milk tea and sweet soup.

After the items were delivered, all the customers who came to the door were amazed.

Ma Yujie was also greatly surprised, silently enjoying her food without making a sound.

Just as the courtyard was bustling with activity, Su Chunlin arrived with a group of relatives and friends.

Besides the Han family, there were also the Su Chunsen family, the Su Changxi family, the Su Changfu family, Su Yan and Ye An's wife, and several others who brought their children to join in the fun.

A group of people rode in six oxcarts and brought two whole roasted lambs.

When the whole roasted lamb was put back on the fire, the rich aroma of meat filled the courtyard.

Liu Laosan's eyes lit up with envy. "It smells so good! It's really delicious! Brother Su, when did you develop such excellent cooking skills?"

"Hey! I don't have any special skills, my daughter taught me everything! You know my older sister married into the Bingyuan family, and they raised a lot of cattle and sheep. They couldn't sell them before, so they brought almost all of them to me. I have to help them out, right?"
But there aren't many people around here who really know how to cook beef and lamb properly. My daughter gave me an idea: I could take on jobs at home. If someone wanted some, I'd grill it and deliver it to their door. And let me tell you! The beef and lamb have sold much better! Now I grill several a day!

Su Chunlin looked smug.

Upon hearing this, Liu Laosan became even more satisfied with Su Tai, saying, "You've raised a good daughter; she's my daughter-in-law now!"

Su Chunlin was stunned for a moment, then suddenly felt something was wrong. "Ha! Liu Laosan, you're taking advantage of me!"

"Hahaha!" Old Liu laughed, patting Su Chunlin on the shoulder. "From today onwards, we're in-laws! Let's have a good drink later, brothers, until we're drunk!"

"Okay!" Su Chunlin agreed readily.

After a few rounds of drinks, the conversation flowed freely.

Liu Laosan cursed at Su Chunlin, "What were you thinking back then? How could you have become related to Lao Xiong by marriage? That guy was clearly no good!"

Su Chunlin was a little tipsy and started arguing, "I had no choice! I know that guy stole things. He was afraid I would tell on him, so he said he wanted to arrange a marriage between our families and my daughter. He even said he would give my daughter a lot of betrothal gifts! He didn't want us to bring any dowry. Back then, we were so poor that we didn't know where our next meal would come from. My daughter is in such a situation. His marriage proposal is like a gift in the snow. How could I not agree?"

Liu Laosan drank another large bowl of wine, then slammed his hand on the table, shouting, "Now your daughter is my daughter-in-law! You..."

Before he could finish speaking, Liu Laosan passed out drunk.

Shen Yi and the guards quickly took him back to his house.