Chapter 100 - 94: Fatherly Kindness, Filial Piety
Tan Zhong: ... He also really wants to show his support, but this is no small matter, he must first ask Zhao Zhongyu.
Zhao Song, seeing this, was disappointed and forced a smile, saying, "Let’s go, we’ll visit the next place."
Soon, good news spread throughout the fields; the farmers were as happy as during the New Year. From afar, upon seeing Zhao Song and Zhao Hanzhang, they knelt to kowtow their thanks, while fellow Zhao Family clansmen excitedly waved to them. When they noticed, they raised their hands to offer a deep bow.
Zhao Song mostly sat on the ox cart and accepted the thanks, and also had Zhao Hanzhang accept them, but when encountering some clansmen, he would have Zhao Hanzhang go over and return the gesture solemnly, "They are of a higher generation than you. Even if the family is poor, you must not accept their courtesy, seniority must be observed."
Zhao Hanzhang agreed one by one.
They had quite a lot of land; by the end of the day, they had only walked through a few fields near Wu Castle.
The fields of the two families were close together, and the situation was similar, but when they checked the harvests, the atmosphere differed on both sides.
On one side, the tenant farmers and clansmen cheerfully greeted Zhao Hanzhang, while on the other side, they looked on sullenly, filled with envy.
Tan Zhong felt even more pressure inside. When he came, the lord only said he wanted to reclaim the estate, intending to appoint a manor head and manager then, assuming the Fifth Grandfather wouldn’t oppose. Yet, he didn’t expect things wouldn’t go smoothly.
Tan Zhong had an instinct that something was wrong. Although the Xiping side always had the Fifth Grandfather acting as proxy, he followed the Clan Leader’s instructions. It was not his nature to oppose the Clan Leader.