Parents are busy farming

Mr. Hong not only called his son, but also all the remaining grandchildren to the study.

This also includes the children of Mr. Hong Da and Mr. Hong Er, who are also implicated.

His sons all found seats and sat down, while the grandchildren had to stand in the room in order of size.

It was packed and there were heads everywhere.

At this time, a group of men, old and young, all stood in front of Mr. Hong. This scene was probably something he could only see every year during the Chinese New Year.

With these children standing in front of him, he realized how prosperous his family was.

But when I thought that the only people present as officials were my eldest son and second son, I felt a little heartbroken.

When he saw the grandchildren among these people who had passed the scholar examination, he felt a little relieved.

Mr. Hong put his hand to his lips, coughed twice, and then glanced at everyone in the room with a serious expression.

Said: "Most of you have been enlightened by me personally. Some have succeeded in the imperial examination and some have failed in the imperial examination. But I think I have treated you equally when teaching you. Only your talents are different, and I can't force anything. But now Now that you have failed the exam, do you have any ideas for the future? You can talk to me now. After all, everyone must have the ability to settle down and make a living. In the past, I was an official in the court and had no time to care about you. Now It just so happened that I also had time.”

After Mr. Hong's words, several of the high school scholars took a step back. Their future would definitely focus on taking exams, and naturally they would not consider other things.

"Why did father say this? What do you want to do?" One of Mr. Hong's sons saw that Mr. Hong was so serious and thought that Mr. Hong was going to separate the family immediately, so he couldn't wait to ask.

Mr. Hong's eyes followed his voice and turned towards him.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't look at it. If he looks closely, it seems that he is seeing another person. The elegant atmosphere of this child has completely disappeared. Now his eyes have become sunken and restless.

Only then did he realize how much had changed in the child.

Although I was frightened after seeing him, I looked at the other sitting sons without giving up.

Sure enough, I also saw some frivolity in the other sons, but not as serious as him.

Seeing this, he frowned unconsciously. When he thought about what the second brother said, he suddenly realized that there was another deep meaning in it.

But just when he was about to get angry, a slightly immature voice sounded: "Grandpa, since you asked, let me tell you what I think. I want to join the army, because I really can't stand those who know how to do it." s things!"

Following this coquettish voice, he could see that the person making the voice was his most beloved grandson, Hong Yujie.

Ever since he met Ye Ziwei when he was a child, this kid has been thinking about practicing kung fu and exercising. He didn't expect that he would join the army in just a short time.

Their family is all civil servants, and even if they practice martial arts, they are just practicing the Six Arts of a Gentleman such as horse riding and archery.

But he was not satisfied and forced his parents to find a boxing master from outside.

After a year of training, he didn't know about other aspects, but the kid's height was growing steadily for all to see.

At this time, he stood there upright, and his aura was completely different from everyone in the room.

Mr. Hong seemed to see the shadow of those generals in him.

"You are still too young, and it is too early to say this now. As for your saying that you don't like reading, I can understand it, but you are still young about joining the army. You can talk about it in a few years."

After Mr. Hong finished speaking, Hong Yujie had an unhappy look on his face.

But he also knows that he is really not old now. If he joins the army, he will probably need others to take care of him. He might as well take advantage of the past few years to practice martial arts well.

After Hong Yujie fell silent, Mr. Hong fell in love with other people, especially his sons. Now his anger was beginning to rise.

"Don't just let the juniors talk. You elders should also tell you if you have any other ideas!"

After the old man finished asking, his sons still didn't speak, and some even lowered their heads, with expressions of indifference on their faces.

The sound of "Pa!" made everyone in the room tremble in fright, and then they all raised their heads.

I saw a paperweight being thrown to the floor in front of everyone by Mr. Hong.

"Are they all mute? No one can speak. How old are you? You are living more and more. What do you want to do? Let me tell you at this time, if you still want to live in a hazy way, that's the way to go. None. In the future, your own family will have to rely on you to support yourself. In the future, after your mother and I are gone, this family will be divided immediately. Naturally, your eldest brother will hold the big head. He is the eldest son, so it should be. As for The second child, not only is he in the officialdom, but the daughter-in-law of the second child’s family also has money, you are incomparable.”

After Mr. Hong's words, the other sons finally couldn't bear it anymore. They didn't expect that the old man actually said that the family would be separated, and he also made it clear that most of the family property would be given to the eldest son.

"Dad, you also said that we really don't have any talent for scientific examinations. But we have been learning these since we were young. Now that we are at this age and you ask us to learn other things, what do you think we can learn?"

The man who just asked Old Man Hong about his painting spoke again, but after he spoke, Old Man Hong became even more angry. He didn't expect that his child was so unambitious that he could say such a thing.

Old Mrs. Hong was stunned, staring at the son who had just spoken, and angrily said: "If you don't learn, what kind of life do you want your family to live? Anyway, my wishes will not change. You can live whatever you want. You have to support yourself, and don't think I'm cruel. Now that I'm still alive, there's no need to separate the family. Everything you eat and drink comes from the public house. If you want to learn when the family is separated one day, you probably won't even have the chance to learn. , do you still want to prevent your family from begging?"

"Is dad the eldest brother...?" Mr. Hong's other son couldn't help but say.

As soon as he finished speaking, Master Hong's sons all turned to look at him.

This man knew that he had made a mistake this time, but even if he knew that the words had been spoken, he could not take them back!

Sure enough, Mrs. Hong's eyes also became wrong.

His sons also looked at him, but at this time he was frightened by Mr. Hong's eyes. He lowered his head and started to tremble with his hands, and he did not even dare to say another word.