Although Zhao Hao spoke softly, his words were not polite at all.
Zhao Sheng couldn't help but feel embarrassed, and said with a stiff upper lip: "Hao'er, you don't know that the family is in a very difficult situation right now."
"The family did that before, it was really helpless."
"You also know that the main business of our family is to the north."
"But there was a big war in Zhenbei City, and almost all business stopped."
"I've been living off my savings. How difficult is that?"
"Hao'er, you are young and energetic, and you still care about these things. You don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you run a household!"
Zhao Hao snorted and waved his hand, not letting Zhao Sheng continue.
He really doesn't care at all about his family.
Good or bad has nothing to do with him.
He didn't want to listen either.
"Patriarch, as family members, we have made some money. If the family is in trouble and can't make ends meet, we can give some money to help them out."
"But, it doesn't make sense to use your power to forcefully take my shares, like you did before, right?"
“Is there any difference between this and banditry?”
Zhao Sheng quickly apologized with a smile: "Yes, yes, Haoran, what you said is not wrong at all."
"This is all my fault. I thought the matter was too simple and didn't take you and your father's feelings into consideration."
As the clan leader, Zhao Sheng has been keeping a low profile at this moment.
Moreover, taking all the responsibilities on oneself can be considered as taking responsibility.
He probably knew in his heart that even if Zhao Ling was instigating it, things would not have come to this point without his nod in the end.
We are all smart people, and it is meaningless to hide things at this time.
Instead it will cause resentment.
Zhao Hao said calmly: "Patriarch, if you want us father and son to return to the family, I have a condition."
"If the clan leader agrees, then everything will be easy."
"If the clan leader doesn't agree, then there is nothing we can do."
Zhao Sheng raised his eyebrows, it was finally time to put forward conditions.
As long as you are willing to put forward conditions, it means you can negotiate.
He thought to himself, just as Zhao Ling had analyzed, the father and son still wanted to return to the family.
He immediately smiled and said, "Hao'er, if you have any conditions, just state them."
Zhao Hao nodded: "In fact, the condition is very simple, remove Zhao Ling's status as the leader of the family."
"As long as the clan leader agrees to this, my father and I will agree to return to the family."
When Zhao Sheng heard what Zhao Hao said, his expression suddenly changed.
"What?"
He didn't expect that Zhao Hao would actually put forward such a condition.
According to what he had in mind, Zhao Hao would probably put forward some conditions that would prevent the family from coveting his money in the future.
Or it could be proposed that in the future the family could not influence Zhao Wenxiang's actions or stance in the court.
And so on.
The only thing he didn't expect was that Zhao Hao would put forward this condition.
Because Zhao Ling, the person in charge, is the one who has considered all the major branches of the family, and after mutual compromise, they have basically reached an acceptable result.
Zhao Hao proposed such a condition at this moment. Even though he is the head of the Zhao family, it is really difficult to deal with it.
"Hao'er..."
Zhao Sheng looked embarrassed and was about to speak when Zhao Hao raised his hand again to interrupt him, not allowing him to continue.
"Patriarch, my father and I only have this one condition. As I said before, if you can do it, we can return to the family. If you can't do it, there is no need to say anything."
"This condition will not change!"
Seeing Zhao Hao so determined, Zhao Sheng frowned, lowered his head, paced back and forth, and began to think deeply.
Zhao Hao picked up the teacup and sipped the tea.
He's not in a hurry anyway.
In fact, he even hoped that Zhao Sheng would refuse, so that he wouldn't have to return to the family and he could also give an explanation to his father.
Zhao Sheng lowered his head and thought deeply for a long time. When Zhao Hao was almost finishing a pot of tea, he finally got a result.
Zhao Sheng stopped, took a deep breath, and looked at Zhao Hao again.
Zhao Hao smiled softly and said, "Patriarch, do you have an answer?"
Zhao Sheng nodded and said, "Hao'er, I agree to your condition and cancel Zhao Ling's position as the leader of the family."
Hearing this, Zhao Hao clicked his tongue, feeling disappointed, but still with a faint smile on his face.
"Okay, clan leader, you are so happy. If that's the case, then we two have agreed to let you return to the family."
He stood up from his chair and laughed, "Patriarch, there is nothing wrong with what you just said."
"We are all blood relatives. Even if our bones are broken, our tendons are still connected."
"You don't know how sad we were when we were first kicked out of the family."
“I haven’t eaten in four or five days!”
"Now it's all good. I can finally return to my family and no longer be a rootless duckweed."
Hearing what Zhao Hao said, Zhao Sheng's forehead suddenly became full of black lines.
You haven’t eaten for four or five days?
I guess you celebrated for four or five days while getting drunk!
You little bastard, you are worse than your father!
Although he thought so in his heart, Zhao Sheng said with deep conviction: "That's right, Hao'er, it's right for you to think so!"
"Then it's settled."
"In a few days, the family will hold another ancestor worship ceremony and welcome you back to the family ancestral hall!"
After seeing Zhao Sheng off, Zhao Hao returned to the greenhouse. His mother was already playing mahjong with the two younger ones, Qin Jingru and Qin Zheng, as well as her own personal maid.
Qin Huairu and Qin Ming are not here. They must have gone back to their rooms.
Both of them are educated people. They only tried the game of mahjong a few days ago and haven't played it since then.
Seeing Zhao Hao come in, Qin Shuyun asked casually without even raising her head.
"So, you agreed?"
Zhao Hao nodded: "Well, I hoped that the old man would refuse, but he finally agreed."
Qin Shuyun snorted: "If you agree, then agree. If the situation like before happens again, we can just leave!"
Zhao Hao laughed: "It seems you are addicted!"
Qin Shuyun said: "Anyway, with this experience, it will be easy next time."
Qin Shuyun has no good feelings towards the family at all.
Over the years, the only support the family has given to their small family was when Zhao Wenxiang was studying.
However, even if you study in the family school, you still have to pay part of the money to the family.
Otherwise you are not qualified.
Later, after Zhao Wenxiang started to enter the officialdom, his family provided even less help.
Instead, they suffered a lot of injustice and grievances.
Zhao Wenxiang rose to prominence step by step through his own strength and gained the emperor's appreciation.
It really has nothing to do with the entire Zhao family.
There are many things involved that Zhao Hao doesn't know, but as his wife, she certainly knows them very well.
Zhao Hao smiled and said, "Mom, let's leave it at that for now. I'm going to go to the farm tomorrow to check out the papermaking workshop."
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