The question of "studying", even in modern times, has a high chance of arousing the anger of dads, let alone in ancient times.

It stands to reason that Xue Zheng should be furious. But he looked at his youngest son's eyes, "If you don't answer, you won't give up", his heart softened, so he put on a "reasonable" posture and replied:

"Studying, naturally, is to be able to pass the imperial examination in the future to gain fame. ”

"And after that?"

Xue Pan suddenly interjected: "Brother, you still need to ask, of course it's 'getting promoted and getting rich'!"

Xue Yan glared at his brother who had disrupted his steps, and then continued to look at his father.

Xue Zheng saw the interaction between the two sons and said: "'Promotion and wealth' is not wrong. ”

"Our family is already very rich, and it is not very important to get rich, so why should we be officials?"

Xue Zheng raised his eyebrows, "That's different, if we win the fame, our family can change the court, and when we become an official, we can glorify our ancestors!"

Looking at Brother Xue Pan's "ignorant" nod, Xue Zheng took the opportunity to educate earnestly: "At your age, it is the time to study hard, and in the future, you will gain fame, be an official, and win glory for our Xue family!"

Xue Yan blinked and said, "My eldest brother and I have to study hard when we are young, so why didn't you study hard when you were a child?"

Xue Pan responded stupidly on the side: "Yes, yes!"

At this moment, Xue Zheng wanted to kill the hearts of these two bear boys.

――Actually, Xue Yan is not looking for a draw, nor is he looking for a target.

He recently combined the original book with the actual situation to analyze the personality characteristics of his family in all aspects.

He once saw a comment from a red scholar that Father Xue could devote his heart and soul to cultivating Sister Bao, in order to cultivate her into a model of a contemporary lady with both virtue and beauty, which shows that she is a "visionary" figure.

After all, in this patriarchal society, women are basically subordinate to men - this is relatively better until modern society - so from this age, it is even more precious that Father Xue can raise his daughter so carefully.

For this point of view, Xue Yan has a different idea:

Looking at the entire patriarchal society, it is a son who can't support the wall with mud, and the father will not give up treatment lightly, and the most normal and common idea is how to plan for his son and pave the way back.

The most famous example is that Liu Adou.

However, on the other hand, Father Xue, from the moment he found that Xue Pan did not meet his expectations, he gave up so cleanly and turned to raise Xue Baochai, which is very inconsistent with the characteristics of this era.

In fact, from another point of view, isn't Father Xue's behavior due to the businessman's profit-seeking nature?

Because the son's talent is not good, no matter how much he invests, it is not proportional to the expected return, on the contrary, if the daughter is cultivated, whether it is sent to the palace or what, the income is considerable.

As a businessman, can you not know how to choose?

However, Father Xue probably didn't expect that there was a son who was not successful, and no matter how good his daughter was, it would be useless.

Regarding the problem of Xue's father's vision, Xue Yan also thought about the reason.

As the saying goes, "three generations see food, four generations see through, and five generations read articles." ”

The Xue family has been in business, and there are more than three generations of Xue's father's generation.

It is undeniable that Father Xue is ambitious and capable.

However, the identity of a businessman not only restricts Xue's father's interpersonal communication with the outside world, but also limits his vision of things and even the overall situation.

The mismatch between vision and ability naturally hinders a person's development, and even in the face of important decisions, it is extremely easy to make big mistakes.

Due to the limitations of various factors such as vision, Xue Yan found that Xue Zheng's judgment of the "advantages and disadvantages" of the next generation was simply determined as "whether he can study".

- It's ridiculous!

Is it really good at reading, can you really become a talent?

Needless to mention that a lot of people who are not good at studying but are super good at actual work, with the vision of Xue Yan as a vice president, and the long-term influence of a certain bar and a certain bar, he understands very well that the value of a person is far from being expressed by the word "learning".

Moreover, in ancient times, there was no such thing as Han Yu's "Shi Shuo" that "there is a specialization in the art industry"?

Therefore, Xue Yan believes that it is necessary to fundamentally correct Daddy Xue's wrong thinking!

-- Xue Yan, who has shouldered such a great task, would be so bold in "speaking out wildly" at this time.

As if he couldn't see Xue Zheng's face as black as the bottom of a pot and the anger that was about to explode, Xue Zheng pretended to be a big grin and said: "But ah, although Dad, although you didn't study hard and didn't become a big official, you are also very powerful now!

There are reasonable and well-founded real examples, and they blocked Xue Zheng's mouth in one hand, telling him to spit out or swallow in one breath.

――If you refute it, it will become that he can't study, he's useless!

Moreover, this little cub said so much, isn't it just to excuse his brother?

This is the table xiàn of having brother, love. Can't be angry, can't be angry, can't be angry......

Thinking about it, Xue Zheng forcibly suppressed his anger and said with a calm face: "You kid said so much, isn't it just because your brother can't study? Okay, Xiang'er, you said, your brother can't study, what can you do in the future?"

Xue Yan said as a matter of course: "Of course I am learning from you, Daddy! Our family is a big family! It needs someone to manage it well!"

After speaking, Xue Yan turned to Xue Pan and said: "Brother, I'm okay to study, I'll go to the entrance examination, this family, please leave it to you!"

Xue Pan patted his chest and responded very boldly: "No problem, brother, don't worry!"

Xue Zheng couldn't stop crying and laughing when he watched it from the sidelines. These two stinky boys, Lao Tzu is still here, and they are still sharing Lao Tzu's family property in the bright light! Xue Zheng couldn't help but cough dryly, summoning the attention of his two sons.

Xue Yan put his gaze back to Xue Zheng, continued to look "innocent", and said: "Dad, although I am still young, my brother has grown up!

When Xue Zheng heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched.

And that's not all. I saw Xue Yan pulling Xue Pan's sleeve, pulling the latter aside and biting his ear: "Brother, you have to write it down after listening, and tell me later!"

"Okay, brother!"

You little cubs, whispering so loudly, Lao Tzu heard it! Xue Zheng was speechless.

However, when the two brothers were made trouble, some of Xue Zheng's thoughts were also slightly loosened - it was not in vain that Xue Zheng planned so much - Xue Zheng looked at his youngest son, who was only three years old, and he acted and spoke in one way, and he would not be able to do it in the future.

And the eldest son...... Well, Shun'er is nine years old, and it's time to get involved in family affairs.

As the youngest son said, since the eldest son is not good at studying, then he does not have to force it, take him with him and teach him, and keep it in the future.

- In this way, because of Xue Yan's words, Xue Zheng set the next day for Xue Pan to be in dire straits.

But that's another story.