After receiving positive confirmation from his father, Zhao Xirui no longer had any doubts and could only sigh.
"So awesome."
"Indeed, it's so powerful that people can't refute it."
Zhao Zuoliang shook his head: "That's not all. He has integrated the entire Hebei Liberation Army, plus half of Shandong. The entire Hebei and half of Shandong are under his control.
Now to put it bluntly, his power is stronger than our Zhao family, his army is more elite, and there are many people following him, and he has a vague tendency to turn against his guests. "
"Against guests?"
Zhao Xirui looked surprised: "He is already more powerful than our Zhao family? How long has it been?"
"That's it, otherwise Kaishan wouldn't be so afraid of him."
Zhao Zuoliang sighed: "This person is too capable and able to fight. He often surprises people. No matter what problems he encounters, he can turn danger into a breeze and solve it smoothly.
Since the whole incident, he is the only person who can confront the golden thief without losing. With this victory, he is definitely not a simple person, and his future is limitless. "
"Will he be our enemy?"
Zhao Xirui's question surprised Zhao Zuoliang.
"Are you worried about this?"
"I am the daughter of the Zhao family, so of course I am worried about this."
"This is rare. Why do you think the same as your Uncle Kaishan? Others admire him so much. For example, Yucheng worships him as if he is a god."
"I can't write two characters of Zhao in one stroke. If he is an enemy of the Zhao family, can my daughter avoid the matter? In troubled times, the outcome of a woman depends entirely on the family and the man. This is something that the daughter can't do anything about. "
Zhao Xirui blinked and said such uninnocent words with an innocent face and tone.
Not naive, a bit too realistic, just like bringing people back from a beautiful dream to a cruel reality in an instant, making Zhao Zuoliang realize the true situation of him, his daughter and the entire Zhao family.
Zhao Zuoliang suddenly felt a little sad.
"It would be nice if you were a man, but it's a pity... that's all, it doesn't matter. Although Su Yonglin is a strong person, he is quite considerate of the overall situation, but Kaishan seems to be a bit disregarding the overall situation. He seems to treat Su Yonglin as an enemy.
But in my opinion, Su Yonglin does not regard the Zhao family as an enemy. He sincerely wants to fight against Jin. Although his father does not like him, he will not deny it, otherwise he will not try his best to come from the south. Come to the North and join us in the rebellion. "
"That's true."
Zhao Xirui nodded: "Do you think he can achieve great things? Can he really defeat the golden thieves? Can he really drive out the barbarians and restore China?"
"Then I don't know. How could dad predict such a thing? Who can say clearly about his future, the future of the Liberation Army, and the future of the Zhao family?"
Zhao Zuoliang turned his attention to the north: "Dad just hopes that the Liberation Army will succeed in the end. In this case, our Zhao family can be preserved, and so can you."
Zhao Xirui was speechless after hearing this. She just squeezed Zhao Zuoliang's hand and pressed closer.
She knew how powerless and helpless she was as a woman in this world. Although she could see certain things clearly, she was powerless. This feeling of loss once made Zhao Xirui feel that it was meaningless to learn so many things.
Maybe you will be happier if you become a lady who knows nothing, learn to be a prostitute, learn about housework, and be careless.
It's better than worrying in purdah and not being able to do anything.
Feeling his daughter's worry, Zhao Zuoconang felt guilty, but he was also powerless.
As a man, you only have the prerequisites to change some things, but more conditions can make any man more desperate than a woman.
In the next few days, Zhao Zuoliang was running around to rescue his eldest son.
Although Zhao Kaishan gave him a clear answer, the matter had reached this point. He needed Zhao Xiuye to spend more time in jail to restore Zhao's reputation and prove that Zhao Kaishan was fair and strict.
When things have reached this point, of course, we must squeeze out the last bit of use value from Zhao Xiuye and Zhao Zuoliang to maximize Zhao Kaishan's own interests.
Therefore, Zhao Kaishan did not agree to Zhao Zuoliang's request.
Zhao Zuoliang was helpless about this.
His wife cried every day, which made Zhao Zuoliang very annoyed. While he was disgusted and angry with his wife's incomprehension, he was also very annoyed with Zhao Kaihe, and felt a little dissatisfied with Zhao Kaishan's hypocrisy.
Of course, these are not the most important things. The most important thing is that Zhao Zuoliang clearly feels that he has become an unpopular person within the clan.
In the past, his status was still very high. When he took over the clan power in place of Zhao Kaishan and assisted Zhao Kaishan in managing the clan, he was very prestigious, and his every word and deed could attract the attention of the Zhao clan.
But this time not only was there no one to greet him when he came back, but when he participated in various intra-ethnic activities, people at home also treated him as a familiar stranger and showed him no respect.
The hospitality of the past no longer exists.
He wanted to ask some people in the clan to come forward to intercede with Zhao Kaishan and release Zhao Xiuye as soon as possible, but no one agreed, or used sarcastic words to push him back.
There are meaningless words like saying that you are responsible for it, and that men should be responsible for themselves when they grow up.
You never said this when you begged me in the past!
Zhao Zuoliang roared silently in his heart.
He could clearly feel that his situation within the clan was very bad.
Just as the situation inside the clan has become increasingly worse, some external relationships are getting worse.
After losing the authority within the clan, some of his former friends also turned a deaf ear to him and treated him coldly.
When he came to visit, people gave him a cold reception.
No one invited him to any social activities.
He asked someone to inquire, but what he got was cold words and simple responses.
The huge gap made Zhao Zuoliang very unhappy and uncomfortable. For the first time, he felt the importance of power.
Without power and clan status, who is Zhao Zuoliang?
One night later, after Zhao Zuoliang was once again driven into a rage by his wife's cries, he decisively left the bedroom and came to his study room. He decided not to sleep in the same room with his wife from now on and let the resentful woman complain on her own.
After the anger, there is endless loss and decadence.
At this time, a man in his fifties felt the warmth and warmth of human kindness, and felt the real situation of being separated from the clan platform and actually being nothing.
But he also felt betrayed by his clan.
He devoted his whole life to the clan, taking the clan's interests as the highest interest, but in the end the clan gave him a heavy blow, causing him to lose everything, and abandoning himself without hesitation, so that he could not feel any warmth from the clan.
This made him begin to doubt the value of his life and the significance of his clan to his personal existence.
Does only the clan have the meaning of existence, but individuals within the family have no meaning?
As long as you are separated from the family, does the individual have no value at all?
He thought about the relevant issues painfully, but he could not come to a conclusion that he could convince himself of.
He didn't want to admit that he was meaningless to the clan and could be abandoned at any time, and he didn't want to admit that he had nothing and nothing after leaving the clan.
He considered it extremely seriously and tried very hard to come to a conclusion that he could accept, but in the end, he couldn't convince himself.
After eliminating all conclusions that could not convince him, Zhao Zuoliang was left with only one conclusion that he was not willing to admit.
He is dispensable to the clan, and conversely, the clan is dispensable to him.
Since the clan doesn't want him, does he really need to stick to this clan?
Does he still need to continue to have expectations for this clan?
Does he need to do something for himself, instead of always thinking about the clan like in the past?
He was conflicted all day and night.
When it got dark the next day, Zhao Xirui came to the study carrying a food box, looked at the haggard Zhao Zuoliang, and sighed quietly.
"Dad, let's eat. You haven't eaten all day."
Zhao Zuoliang looked at his youngest daughter's worried look and sighed.
"Xirui, daddy is useless..."
Zhao Xirui walked forward silently, opened the food box, and took out several plates. On the plates were several of Zhao Zuoliang's favorite side dishes.
good smell.
Zhao Zuoliang watched silently as his daughter turned his desk into a dining table. After everything was arranged, his daughter handed a pair of chopsticks to Zhao Zuoliang's eyes.
"No matter what, you still have to eat. If you don't eat, you can't do anything."
"…………"
Zhao Zuoliang was silent for a while, then he accepted the pair of chopsticks as if resigned to his fate, and took a bite of the food without saying a word.
tasty.
As if a switch in his body had been turned on, Zhao Zuoliang began to eat in large gulps. The food was very delicious and very fast. A large bowl of rice was quickly eaten.
Zhao Xirui just watched silently as her father finished the meal and the vegetables, transforming into a cook, as if he had forgotten all his worries.
