"This kid is still so smart. He has schemed against us and the Zhao family for nothing."
“Yes, from the fact that he had been dormant for many years and endured his father, and then decisively cut off his relationship with his father and entered the Zhao family, we knew that he was not a simple person.
Look at his attitude towards Xiao's family since the breakup. Isn't Yang considered powerful? He didn't get a penny.
There is also Xiao Lei and his two younger brothers from different mothers. Xiao Lei is very cruel. It is said that hunters have hard hearts. He can support himself by hunting at such a young age. Can you imagine how hard his heart is?"
"Are we just going to leave it at that?"
"When he passes the exam and wants to leave the Zhao family, he will come to us. Isn't it good for our Xiao family if he finds a way out for himself? We don't have to take any risks, right?"
Everyone felt that the clan leader's analysis made sense. "In that case, let's wait for him to return to the capital before making a decision."
"I don't think it's right. If Xiao Lei is the kind of villain you say he is, why did the old doctor protect him so much? Why did he take care of him for so long without taking off his clothes when he was injured? It was free at that time. Xiao Lei was a pauper.
Also, regardless of how hard he studied in the past two years, Dashu is not stupid, right? If he is not a good person, can't they see it after spending time with him day and night? A person can't be so good at pretending to be this good?
Zhao Jia knew that they were not married yet, but he was willing to let him take the examination for Tongsheng and Xiucai. Why? Because he believed in him. Because he believed in him, he trained him with all his strength over the years.
Furthermore, you see that he doesn't care about Xiao Lei's family, but what about the old doctor's family? He has a new house, and the doctor no longer sees patients unless they are in an emergency. I heard that Xiao Lei gives him money every month to support him.
He once said that he would provide for the old doctor in his old age, but we just listened to him because he had a son. But what about the reality? He really wanted to provide for his old age. Even if the money was paid by the Zhao family, it was Xiao Lei's decision if the Zhao family was willing.
What can Xiao Lei say if he can't get any benefit? Xiao Lei is not soft-hearted nor stupid, and he has his own ideas in doing things. He is good only to those he thinks are worthy and those who are good to him. "
The main room was quiet. If you listen carefully, you will find that what he said makes sense, very much so that Xiao Lei is not using the Zhao family as a stepping stone. They are willing to be his hosts.
No, how could a man be willing for his child not to have his surname?
impossible!
"No way? Doesn't Xiao Lei look like a stubborn person?"
"Are we familiar with him? He has suffered all these years. Has any of us ever taken care of him?"
The room fell silent again. They were not really familiar with Xiao Lei. In the past, they just regarded him as someone else's housework when they saw him doing it.
Another reason is fear. All those close to him have been killed by him. Who would dare to help him? Are they afraid that they will die too soon?
Even though he knew it was Yang's fabrication, deep down he believed it. Indeed, all the people who loved him were dead.
Xiao An asked himself uncertainly, was he thinking wrongly? Did he really not want to come and didn't want to bother with them?
After a long while, the clan leader spoke up, "If he passes the exam and wants to marry into the Zhao family, what should we do?"
"Why don't we persuade him properly when the time comes? He really doesn't have time now. He has only been studying for a short time and will be under a lot of pressure as he is about to take exams. We can still talk to him about some trivial things. It's right for him not to come."
Time is very important for those who are about to take an exam.
"Let's put this aside for now and wait until he takes the exam."
"Let it go for now."
Since Wang came to the Fu family, she has been busy looking for a husband for Ruxin. The nearby villages are unlikely, so she can only look for one far away. She goes out before dawn every day and comes to the Fu family exhausted after dark.
Zhao Ruxin didn't appreciate it at all. She felt ashamed of her mother's behavior, as if she had reached the point where she couldn't get married even if she gave herself money.
Zhao Zhaodi has been busy making her wedding dress recently. She will be leaving the house in a few days. She is not young anymore and has become an old maid because of the mourning period.
Even if the husband's family was anxious, there was nothing they could do. Filial piety has always been the most important thing. My mother said that her first priority after getting married would be to get pregnant and have children, and she must have children for her husband's family as soon as possible.
She deeply agreed with what her mother said. Children of her age in the village could already run, but she had not yet been born.
Her wedding dress was a large piece of red cloth, and she begged her mother for a year to buy it for her. After all, she was getting married at an old age, so it would be embarrassing if it wasn't decent.
She didn't plan to embroider anymore. It was too late. Her mother just bought it for her yesterday. She only needed to sew her wedding dress.
In the past two years, she has secretly saved up more than 100 taels of money, and on the day of her wedding, she will take it all to her husband's family.
Although her husband's family was doing OK, there were four brothers in total, and they wouldn't get much when the family split up, so naturally the more money they could bring with them, the better.
Her mother said that she would prepare a tael of silver as a dowry for her, a quilt, two sets of new clothes, two copper bracelets, a wooden bucket and a basin. Together with the man's betrothal gift, her dowry would be considered decent.
Li actually didn't want to prepare so much dowry, but her daughter had indeed done a lot of farm work in the past few years. In addition, after many people in the village lived better, they were influenced by Zhao Dashu and began to love their daughters, so the dowry for married daughters became better and better.
What she had prepared now was already the basic standard. The families at the end of the village who were marrying off their daughters risked their lives to prepare dowries.
Thinking of what Zhao Laosan said, Li wanted to scold him. What does it mean that loving your daughter will make you rich? He just has no choice because he has no son to love her, okay?
But the villagers are all blind and stupid. Even his fart smells good, and they all follow him.
The competition for dowry was even more intense than that for betrothal gifts. In order not to lose face, she gritted her teeth and bought the extra gifts. The head of the household also sighed and was so angry that she couldn't sleep for two nights.
Marrying off a daughter cost me three pillars of money for half a year, which is really a big loss.
I hope Zhaodi has a conscience and will be more filial to them in the future.
"Master, after Zhaodi gets married, it's time to arrange Dazhuzi's wedding."
"It's all trouble," Zhao Dayong scratched his head a few times in annoyance. "The money I earned this year is not enough to cover my expenses. Marrying a daughter-in-law is all about money, and when Dazhuzi's in-laws marry, there will be more mouths to feed."
Who says it’s not?
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