"Xiao Lei is here!" Clan leader Xiao was very satisfied. After all, this child was a member of their Xiao family. He must have been thinking about them and came as soon as possible.
“Chief!”
"Come in, come in!" The clan leader's health was much weaker after these two moments. He trembled and stretched out his old claws to pull Xiao Lei.
Xiao Lei grabbed him first.
The clan leader's daughter-in-law brought them two bowls of hot water and then left. Her father-in-law had already told them that when Xiao Lei came, he had something to talk to him about and they were not allowed to eavesdrop.
If we were to say what the old patriarch of the Xiao family regretted the most, it was that he had presided over the severing of the engagement. He thought that the child would not survive, and he also disliked Xiao Ping, so he thought that after the severance of the engagement, the family would just collect his body. But who knew...all of them were deceived by this child.
He and the old doctor teamed up to fool all of them. But the matter was done, and later he married into the Zhao family, and they stopped interacting.
Xiao Lei played a trick on him, he was really angry, these things became a thorn in his heart, in fact, he regretted it, he regretted it after chatting with the teacher's parents, he couldn't bring himself to do it, now Xiao Lei is about to take the exam, this matter can not be delayed.
"Clan leader!" He didn't understand why the clan leader wanted him. Ever since he became a son-in-law, even though he now lives alone, no one has ever asked him about clan affairs, and he has never been allowed to participate in ancestor worship. He is treated no different from a girl.
"Lei Zi, I heard that you are going to take the exam?" He had chatted with the teacher a while ago. The teacher praised Xiao Lei highly, saying that he was very talented and had a bright future.
But having the title of "son-in-law" on his head would become a constraint on his future development. Even if he could become an official in the court, he would become a laughing stock among his colleagues.
The teacher actually felt sorry for him deep down in his heart, but the Zhao family was a wealthy family. Everything Xiao Lei had now was given by the Zhao family. He was also the teacher of the Zhao family, so he naturally had to consider the Zhao family, so he never said anything that he shouldn't have said.
It was also because he knew that the patriarch was the patriarch of the Xiao family that he would inadvertently express his pity during the chat. The teacher didn't know why, but his pity kept the old patriarch awake all night.
It had been many years since the Xiao family had produced a scholar, and now that they finally had a talent, the old patriarch didn't want to let go.
He couldn't let the Zhao family get the chance to bring honor to their family.
"Well, I'll go with Uncle Zhao in a few days."
Three years, it only took this child three years to take the imperial examination. When Zhao Da was praised as a child prodigy, his enlightenment also took more than three years.
"Are you sure?"
"I will do my best."
Xiao Lei couldn't understand why the clan leader looked at him with such fiery eyes.
The clan leader's heart trembled. This child was still as calm and modest as before. Xiao Ping was a bastard who mistook fish eyes for pearls and guarded Yang's two treasures. If he was a little bit better to Xiao Lei, why would the Xiao family let him be the son-in-law? !
"Lei Zi," the old patriarch took his hand, "The patriarch knows that you are a capable person, but have you ever thought about how many people would laugh at you if you were the son-in-law of the Zhao family and rose higher in the future?"
Xiao Lei: "Doesn't everyone know who I am?"
"I mean, in the future, when you pass the examination and become a scholar, juren or even a higher degree, in front of your classmates and colleagues who served as officials with you..."
Xiao Lei's face was calm, "I don't feel ashamed. I didn't steal or rob. The court didn't stipulate that sons-in-law can't take the imperial examination or have a career in government."
The clan leader choked, thinking that Ji Ji was too young and ignorant to be angry.
"You haven't left the village yet and haven't been to the academy, so naturally you don't feel it strongly. Wait until you leave our village and get looked down upon many times, and then you'll know how ugly the word 'son-in-law' is."
Xiao Lei glanced at the clan leader calmly, "So you came to me today just to tell me how shameful it is to be a son-in-law?"
"You are a member of my Xiao family, how could I feel ashamed of you?"
So what? What did he want to say?
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