Chapter 8

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Madam Wu had clearly intended to kill her two stepchildren and Su Dani had even been forced to commit suicide. If Su Tang hadn't arrived in this world then Su Dani would have truly died. So she would repay this blood debt between her and Madam Wu, maybe not today, but the future ahead was still long.

When Su Yongqiang saw Su Yonggui agreed he directly had someone come and write the adoption document. Then he personally oversaw Su Yonggui, Madam Zhao, Su Dafu, and Madam Wu all stamp their fingerprint on the document one after another.

Su Tang watched from the side and felt very grateful to Su Yongqiang. This document stamped with their fingerprints would make it much easier for her to avoid any future troubles from these so-called relatives. Su Tang would remember this favor.

Su Yongqiang knew very clearly that there were no good people in Su Yonggui's family, so he was afraid that if he didn't do this now then they would make more trouble in the future that he would have to clean up. That was why he had them all press their fingerprints here and now, to avoid any future problems.

After Su Yonggui, the last one, pressed down his fingerprint, Madam Zhao said that she still had things cooking on the pot at home, so she needed to leave. She stayed just long enough to watch Su Dani and Su Dalang have their names removed from Su Yonggui's family genealogy before she turned and went home.

From the beginning to the end, she never gave Su Tang or her brother so much as a single glance.

Seeing that made Su Yongqiang and the other Su family elders very angry but, unfortunately, they could not really do anything to Madam Zhao. Finally, they asked Su Tang and her brother to complete the final step. Su Dani changed her name to Su Tang while Su Dalang changed his name to Su Yongnuo. They wrote their new names under Su Laochuan's name.

This meant that Su Tang and Su Yongnuo had officially become the children of Su Laochuan and were no longer members of Su Yonggui's family.

In this way, the adoption was completed. Because Su Laochuan had not yet been buried, Su Yongqiang's wife Madam Zhou*, hurriedly made two sets of clean filial piety clothes for the brother and sister pair to wear during the mourning period.

Later that same day Su Laochuan was buried by his new children who were dressed in their new filial piety clothes. The two were busy until late evening when Su Yongqiang personally sent them back to Su Laochuan's old home.

"Su Tang, Su Yongnuo, these red dates were prepared by your sister-in-law for you. From now on, you two will live on your own. If you need anything, you can come to my house and find your Elder Brother Qiang."

When they arrived, Su Yongqiang handed over the adoption document to Su Tang. "Everything will get better and better for you two now. Before Su Laochuan left us he hoped that someone would take over and carry on his family line because, sadly, your brother Su Yonghe, your sister-in-law Madam Liu, and their son encountered mountain bandits in Linxian County. When the news came, we were told that they had already been buried by the Yamen. As Su Laochuan's children, you have a duty to bring them back and reunite them with your parents. But don't worry about that for now."

Because Su Tang and her brother had been adopted but Su Laochuan and his family were already all gone Su Yongqiang, as the Su family patriarch, had some things he had to explain to the two kids.

When Su Tang heard him say this she pulled Su Nuo to kneel down and kowtow to Su Yongqiang. When Su Yongqiang saw her doing this he hurriedly moved to help them up.

"Elder Brother Yongqiang, don't help us up. If it hadn't been for you this time, I don't know what would have happened to my brother and I. When my mother was still alive she told us that we should remember the kindness others show to us. Elder Brother Yongqiang, I will never forget the kindness that you have shown us two siblings for the rest of my life."

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