Chapter 208 Sun Shan Establishes a New Branch
The next morning, Sun Bomin invited the village chief and several village elders to come over.
Sun Shan felt a little strange. It was normal to ask the village chief to come over. The two families often discussed things together. It was too unusual to ask the village elders to come over.
Sun Shan saw that Sun Boming's eyes were swollen and had a bad feeling. He didn't know what he was going to do.
At this time, he stayed next to Huang and Su, and accompanied everyone to take their seats.
As for the two elder sisters at home, they are not there and no one knows where they went.
Sun Bomin said in a low voice, a little choked up, "Uncle, I asked you to come here today because I have something important to tell you."
The village chief and several elders nodded, obviously knowing something, and sat very calmly.
The village chief looked at Sun Shan deeply, then turned to look at Sun Boming and sighed silently.
The other elders of the Sun family did the same, just sitting there in silence, waiting for Sun Boming to speak.
Sun Bomin spoke with difficulty: "Yesterday, Su and I went to fortune teller Yang and asked him to tell fortunes for Shanzi and me. His predictions were the same as those of Sun Banxian, and both said that I was destined to be childless."
Huang's hands were shaking, and she clasped them tightly together. Her eyes were red. She looked at Sun Bomin, then at Sun Shan, and said nothing.
Su was relatively calm, sitting aside with her head down and keeping silent.
The village chief sighed and said, "Bomin, hey, we don't know what to do about this kind of thing. Sometimes, it's better to accept your fate and not force it."
If Sun Bomin is superstitious, then the village chief is even more superstitious than Sun Bomin. When he is over fifty, he naturally thinks about his afterlife, and he obviously pays more attention to his descendants than the younger generation.
One of the elders also spoke up: "Bomin, what do you want to do? Do you want to follow Sun Banxian and Yang Shuoming's instructions, or..."
There's no need to say it, everyone knows what it means.
Yang Suanming and the late Sun Banxian are famous fortune tellers in the surrounding area. Their predictions are quite accurate and many people believe in them.
The elders of Sunjia Village, for example, also choose to believe, especially as they get older, they believe more.
Sun Bomin asked two people to calculate it separately, and they both came to the same conclusion: even if they didn't believe it, they would be suspicious and it would be difficult to be firm in not believing it.
Sun Bomin touched his eyes and said sadly, "They all said that I was destined to be childless, so I was definitely childless. As for Shanzi, he was born to me out of pity from my father. He was born secretly, not openly."
Sun Shan was speechless. What did he mean by coming secretly and what did he mean by not being seen in the light?
It makes it seem like he was bought, picked up, or was an illegitimate child, not necessarily a human one.
But as a junior, with elders around, Sun Shan could not refute whatever Sun Bomin said.
Huang's tears fell drop by drop. She wiped them with a handkerchief and said with a sob, "Village head, clan elders, for Shanzi's sake, our family has decided to let Shanzi be listed in the family tree alone, and not record him under Bomin's name."
Huang looked at Sun Shan lovingly, stroked his little hand, and said with difficulty: "Village head, clan elder, this branch of Bomin ends here. Miaolang's descendants will be inherited by the second branch Zhongli."
Miaolang, Sun Simiao, is Sun Boming's father, Sun Shan's grandfather, and Doctor Sun.
Huang's words meant that Sun Bomin would have no descendants, and the second branch would become the eldest branch. Sun Langzhong's branch would be inherited by Sun Ershu and would have nothing to do with Sun Shan anymore.
In other words, if Sun Boming or Su's brothers and sisters did something wrong, it would not implicate Sun Shan, after all, Sun Shan had nothing to do with them.
Sun Shan is an independent Sun Shan, a Sun Shan without any relatives. Sun Shan wants to establish his own sect and become a separate branch of the Sun family.
Sun Shan looked at Huang in shock, then turned to Sun Bomin.
Doing this is simply against common sense. It takes a lot of courage for Sun Boming to end his own family line.
Sun Shan stood up and said to the village chief and several elders of the Sun family: "My fellow grandfathers, I don't agree. I am my father's son, how can I let him die without an heir."
Su couldn't help but speak up: "Shanzi, Daddy and Mommy know your feelings, but Daddy and Mommy have already made a decision. You should come out alone, don't be afraid. Daddy and Mommy are doing this for your own good. Daddy and Mommy just want you to grow up safely and live a peaceful life."
As she spoke, Su also cried quietly. It was a lie to say that she didn't mind, but for the sake of her son, what was wrong with being a parent?
Su understood that doing so was extremely difficult.
Sun Boming and I are about to have no descendants, and the incense and worship we will enjoy after death will not be given by Shanzi.
According to the clan rules, Mingge'er from Uncle Sun's family has more power to control himself than Shanzi.
Shanzi is an outsider and no longer his son.
The more Su thought about it, the sadder she felt, but for Shanzi's sake, she had to sacrifice herself.
Sun Shan wiped Su's tears with a handkerchief and said to the village chief and several elders: "A gentleman should not talk about monsters or gods. Village chief, I am a scholar and I don't believe in these things. My father is my father and my mother is my mother. I will not set up a new family."
The village chief and several elders looked at Sun Shan helplessly.
One of the elders said, "Shanzi, I know you are filial, but you cannot disobey your parents' orders. Your father and mother are doing this for your own good.
If you were registered under your father's name and became his son, what would you ask your father to do if something happened in the future?
Is he going to regret it for the rest of his life?
Don't worry, although you are not your father's son in the family tree, everyone in the village knows that you are your father's son.
You can still be filial to him and live with him. It doesn’t matter.”
The village chief is more superstitious than Sun Boming, and this clan elder is even more superstitious than Sun Boming.
He knew exactly how Sun Shan was born.
He was very sick before and had to see a doctor every day. He looked like he would die if he didn't take medicine in a day.
Ever since I consulted Sun Banxian for fortune-telling and received advice on how to take care of my health, I have gradually gotten better.
I have turned 3, 5, and now I am 12 years old.
I heard that he is good at studying and can also grow flowers.
Over the years, Sun Boming's family has been getting better and better.
Everyone wants the family to continue to do well. Sun Bomin wanted Sun Shan to be independent and chose not to have any descendants. The clan elders deeply understood and agreed with him.
Some people are just incompatible with each other and cannot be father and son.
In order for Sun Shan to have a smooth life, I believe that his parents, Sun Boming, would also wish to have no descendants and not be a legitimate father and son.
The village chief also tried to persuade him, saying, "Shanzi, you are still young and don't understand many things. It's normal that you are not afraid now, but your father is afraid. He is afraid of losing you. The fortune teller said that he will live a long life, which proves that he is fine.
But he is destined to have no children. If you insist on being his son, something bad will happen to you. If something happens to you, how can your father be at ease? Be good and listen to your father.
You should do whatever your father does. Although you are father and son, you are still a descendant of the Sun family. Your father is a member of the Sun family, so you are still related. You can still be filial to him. "
Sun Bomin wiped his tears and choked up, saying, "Shanzi, you be obedient. Daddy has decided to do this, so you should do as Daddy says. We are not father and son in this life, so we will wait for the next life. Daddy is thinking about you, and that's what's good for him."
Then he said to the village chief and several elders: "Uncle, do as I say. The family tree says that I have no children. Open a new family tree for Shanzi and separate him out. From now on, he will be the ancestor of his branch."
Sun Shan cried and said, "Father, I don't want it."
Su and Huang hugged him and cried silently.