After eating and drinking everything he could eat, Zhao Zuoliang put down his bowl and chopsticks and touched his belly.
"It's very delicious, Xirui, thank you."
"This is what a daughter should do, why should dad do this?"
Zhao Xirui put away the dishes and chopsticks with a smile on her face.
"I've actually seen everything that happened to dad these days."
Zhao Zuoliang looked at his daughter.
"Do you think dad is useless?"
"No, I don't think dad is useless, but I think dad deserves it."
"…………"
Zhao Zuoliang was stunned: "Do you deserve it?"
"Yes, dad deserves it. In the past, when he was very important in the clan, he did the same things as the current group of people, right? Occasionally, some brothers and sisters in the clan did something out of line. How did dad react? But it’s pretty intense.”
Zhao Xirui said: "Dad looked so majestic and proud at that time. He was exactly the same as when those people face him now. He has not changed at all."
Zhao Zuoliang was stunned on the spot and was speechless for a long time.
Scenes from the past kept reappearing in his mind, and he also recalled his former majestic and triumphant appearance.
Thinking of the past, Zhao Zuoliang had extremely complicated emotions in his head.
He covered his face with his hands in pain, unwilling to admit deep in his heart that he indeed deserved it.
The causes of the past have laid the foundation for the current consequences, so what right does he have to feel sorry for himself and feel that he has been treated unfairly?
Do you know how to reflect on what you have done after having it and losing it?
Zhao Zuoliang has never reflected on his actions so deeply, and found out the reason why he ended up here.
"Yes, yes, that's it. Xirui is right, dad deserves it, he deserves it..."
"But even if this happens, I won't be happy, because it's dad who suffers. No matter what, it's dad."
Zhao Zuoliang raised his head and looked at Zhao Xirui in shock.
Zhao Xirui lowered his head and wiped his eyes, wiping away the tears that welled up.
Zhao Zuoliang was stunned for a long time. Looking at Zhao Xirui wiping away tears, he closed his eyes and sighed heavily.
"In the end, as a father, I don't see things as clearly as you, a little girl. I have lived most of my life in vain...hehehehe..."
Zhao Zuoliang's bitter smile was very unpleasant, like the sound of an old bellows being pulled out.
Zhao Xirui wiped away her tears for a while before continuing with what she was doing, clearing the dishes and wiping the table.
"Daddy should do something. He can't just stay depressed like this. Daddy is indeed at fault, but... he shouldn't be bullied like this."
Zhao Zuoliang was silent for a while.
He felt that Zhao Xirui was right.
It makes a lot of sense.
After living for most of my life, I can't just be bullied to the end.
The power can't be regained for a while, but if it continues to be depressed, my clan will really become a different person in the clan.
At that time, the treatment of son and daughter will not be very good.
We absolutely cannot continue like this and do nothing.
But just like the current situation - after leaving the clan, I have nothing, and without the support of the clan, I can't do anything.
What else can be done?
After thinking about it, Zhao Zuoliang suddenly thought of something.
Then he raised his head and looked at Zhao Xirui.
He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but suddenly felt that this was not good. But when he lowered his head and thought about it again, he found that he had no other cards to play, and the only thing left was this last card.
So he raised his head again and looked at his daughter who was clearing the table.
"Xirui, are you sixteen years old this year?"
Zhao Xirui moved quickly and then began to wipe the table slowly.
"Well, before I came back, my mother and my second brother celebrated my daughter's birthday. It was quite simple, but it was still a birthday. We ate noodles and boiled eggs. It was delicious and very happy."
Zhao Zuoliang nodded silently.
The ordinary daughter's family was already married at this time, but Zhao Xirui couldn't take care of it for the time being and postponed it because the Zhao family decided to rebel.
But it was precisely this that allowed Zhao Zuoliang to find an opportunity to change everything.
if possible……
Zhao Zuoliang took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and organized his words.
"If dad arranges a marriage for you, sends you to a more dangerous person, and experiences some more dangerous things, will you...will hate dad?"
Zhao Xirui looked at Zhao Zuoliang.
"Is it so that daddy can become a person with status again?"
"No, it's just for our little family, nothing more. It has nothing to do with the Zhao family. Daddy will not plan anything for the Zhao family in the future. Everything he does is for our little family to live stably. , but because leaving the clan is a risky thing, so..."
Zhao Zuoliang did not continue.
He felt a bit mean.
He used his daughter's life-long event as a bargaining chip, used his caring and filial daughter's life-long event as a bargaining chip, and put her in an extremely dangerous situation.
Is this what a father should do?
Zhao Xirui lowered his head and remained silent for a while with a calm expression.
"Marriage matters are originally ordered by the parents and the matchmaker. How can a daughter make her own decisions? Everything is left to the father."
Zhao Zuo's conscience trembled, and he pursed his lips, unable to speak for a while.
After a long time, Zhao Zuoliang sighed slightly.
"Although it's unlikely, but...Xirui, do you have someone you like in your heart?"
Zhao Xirui shook his head silently, and then asked: "The person my father chose, does he have someone he likes in his heart?"
"He is alone. He came from the south to the north to rebel. He has already given up everything, so there is no way he can find anyone he likes. Moreover, there is not even a woman around him. He is a person who purely wants to rebel against gold."
"That's good."
Zhao Xirui smiled: "At least on this point, he and I are the same."
Zhao Zuoliang looked at his daughter's forced smile and felt guilty in his heart. He wanted to say something, but couldn't.
After living for so many years, he realized how poor and incompetent he was after being separated from his family's resources.
If you want to get out of the current predicament, you can only rely on your daughter.
On the way back to his hometown, he heard that Su Yonglin had spread rumors that he wanted to get married. After thinking about it for a while, he realized that this matter was not simple.
Under the current situation, Ginting still has the advantage.
Even if he loses consecutive battles, Jin Ting has not yet shown the decline of the building.
Su Yonglin defeated the first wave of the Jin army's crusade, occupied Hebei, and broke Jin Ting's arm. This is true, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse. After the heavy bleeding, Jin Ting was not without the strength to fight.
Once Jin Ting completes war mobilization, it will be time for both sides to see the real deal.
After passing that level, Su Yonglin can really prove himself, otherwise everything will be fleeting.
So, if you want to get married at this time, what kind of good family can you find?
By the way, is he really not getting married just to find a back-up?
Zhao Zuoliang himself felt that if he wanted to find a marriage partner, he would probably have to choose from the family members of his best friends. If he wanted to win over anyone at this time, it would be impossible to even think about it.
No clan that is a little smarter or has a long-term vision would choose to form a life-and-death alliance with a precarious rebel leader and entrust the fate of the entire clan to him.
That's just too dangerous.
But after some time passed, Zhao Zuoliang changed his mind.
You want to find someone to support you, that's right. I also want to find someone to support you.
You have no way to go, why can't I see the way forward?
If that's the case, then I'll simply go with you!
With this idea in mind, Zhao Zuoliang set out to go north in person, preparing to have a good meeting with Su Yonglin and talk about related issues.
Zhao Zuoliang made a decision and took the first step in a new chapter in his life. In this new year, everyone has their own difficulties.
It's difficult for Su Yonglin, it's difficult for Zhao Zuoliang, and it's even harder for Zhao Kaishan.
Of course, if the difficulty faced by Zhao Kaishan is nightmare level, then the situation faced by Wan Yanliang can be said to be reincarnation level.
No one faces a more severe situation than Wan Yanliang in the new year.
So much so that he didn't even celebrate New Year's Eve properly.
