Chapter 39 Rejection
"talent?"

Liu Dongzhu smiled self-deprecatingly, her face full of sarcasm. From childhood to adulthood, the word she heard the most was "talent". Ever since Wang Ruhai started to enlighten her, he had often said that he had a talent for studying.

really.

As expected, he had an extraordinary talent for studying and was able to make a great leap forward and become the top three student in the high school entrance examination.

just.

No matter how good his talent for studying is, it cannot hide his character that is worse than that of an animal.

Liu Dongzhu said expressionlessly: "Our Ping An is just an ordinary person. I don't know if he has any talent for studying. I think he probably doesn't. And I just hope that our Ping An grows up safely!"

Luo Man looked at Liu Dongzhu in surprise. He didn't expect Liu Dongzhu to say this. Nowadays, Daxia can be said to be a peaceful and prosperous era. Any family with a little bit of wealth will send their children to school.

Don’t you know that studying is the only way to succeed?

One does not expect to be able to rank third in the imperial examination like Wang Ruhai, but as long as one has some achievements, it can change the destiny of ordinary people.

Who can blame Daxia for giving such extraordinary preferential treatment to scholars?
"Master Wang..."

Luo Man could only say that Liu Dongzhu was a woman with long hair and short knowledge. He wanted to say something but was interrupted by Wang Lin: "Butler Luo, our Ping An's affairs are managed by our Dongzhu. Since she doesn't want our Ping An to take the imperial examination, then our Ping An will not take the imperial examination!"

How could he not know the benefits of the imperial examination? Ever since Wang Ruhai showed his talent for studying, Guo Xuesong had often mentioned the benefits of studying in their home.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is the golden avenue for the carp to leap over the dragon gate!

just.

He must respect Liu Dongzhu's opinion!
Liu Dongzhu spoke again, "Butler Luo, if your master and our Ping'an are getting engaged, is it because he is hoping that our Ping'an will have a bright future, like his father, and pass the imperial examination and get a title like Tanhua? I advise you to go back and persuade your master, because I plan to let our Ping'an become a Taoist priest instead of studying for the imperial examination!"

"Become a Taoist priest?"

Luo Man exclaimed and took a deep look at Liu Dongzhu, seeing that he did not seem to be lying. From the corner of his eye he noticed that Wang Lin and Zhang Guihua did not speak, and they obviously knew that Liu Dongzhu was planning to let his son become a Taoist priest.

And he doesn’t object!

The corners of Luo Man's mouth twitched slightly, and his face was full of weirdness. He couldn't understand no matter how hard he tried. Why didn't he just stay a scholar and instead wanted to become a Taoist priest?
In this world, there are many capable Taoists, but those who have truly achieved success in their cultivation are not few, but they are still very few.

Among one hundred - no, one thousand - no, maybe even among ten thousand people there may not be one budding monk.

As for scholars, as long as they are willing to work hard and make sacrifices, even if they cannot achieve success and fame like his father, who ranked third in the imperial examination, at least they can have some honor.

If you can't even pass the exam, you might as well change your career as soon as possible.

"That's right, I want to be a Taoist priest!"

Liu Dongzhu glanced at Luo Man indifferently. Only then did she roughly guess why Mr. Luo would marry Ping An into their family.

First, his father was the third place in the high school entrance examination, and most people firmly believe in the old saying: A dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse gives birth to a mouse that can dig holes!
Secondly, his family's reputation as a kind-hearted man, Ping'an, spread out, and even attracted civet cats, which shows that Ping'an is not an ordinary person.

Under all the circumstances, given Mr. Luo's cleverness, it is only natural for him to do such a thing.

Wang Lin looked at Luo Man's face and could probably guess what he was thinking. He said, "Butler Luo, how about you go back and discuss the marriage with your master?" "Okay, okay, okay... Mr. Wang, I'll go back and discuss it with our master right away!"

Luo Man knew that their master had a sudden idea to settle ties with the Wang family because he knew that Wang Ping'an was the reincarnation of a good man who could attract civet cats, and also because of his father. He hoped that Wang Ping'an would follow his father's old path.

Study hard and become the top scorer in the imperial examination!

If their master knew that the Wang family did not plan to let Wang Ping'an study but instead planned to let him become a Taoist priest, his master might have objections.

We still have to ask their master’s opinion on this matter!
"I won't disturb Mr. Wang and your family!"

Luo Man stood up and prepared to leave. Before he had taken a few steps, he seemed to have thought of something. He turned his head and looked at Liu Dongzhu and said, "Madam Wang, it stands to reason that I, an outsider, should not interfere with your arrangements for the young master, but being a Taoist priest is not that easy!"

"Butler Luo, I know!"

Liu Dongzhu smiled.

Luo Man didn't say anything more, knowing that given Liu Dongzhu's attitude, no matter what he said, it would be useless. He turned around and left with a group of Luo family warriors.

Zhang Guihua looked at the backs of Luo Man and his group disappearing from the lobby, retracted her gaze, and complained: "Dongzhu, they came to our house to propose marriage to Ping An, that's a great thing, why did you refuse?"

Liu Dongzhu said: "Mom, they want our family to take the imperial examination safely!"

Zhang Guihua didn't say much about the imperial examination, because she knew what Liu Dongzhu was thinking. Although she didn't agree, she felt sorry for Liu Dongzhu and changed her words:
"No matter what, Master Luo is a famous rich man in Qingyang County. Since he likes our Ping'an, maybe we can discuss it and not need our Ping'an to take the imperial examination, right?"

"Mom, actually, even if Mr. Luo didn't ask Ping An to do anything, I wouldn't agree to this marriage!"

As soon as Liu Dongzhu finished speaking, she saw Zhang Guihua open her mouth. In fact, she knew what her mother was thinking. Tears flowed from her eyes and she cried silently:
"Because I don't want what happened to me to happen to Ping An in our family, or to that girl whose name I don't even know yet!"

"Ding! You feel the deep love of your mother Liu Dongzhu. Congratulations on gaining Constitution +1!"

A cold, mechanical voice sounded in his mind, but Wang Pingan did not show any joy at all.

What just happened was that he was lying in his mother's arms, practicing the "Purple Qi Sutra" while listening to the opera. He was not actually disgusted by someone coming to his house to arrange a marriage for him. On the contrary, he was very happy.

Who made him a soloist in his previous life? Even though he had seen a lot of conflicts between men and women, he still longed for love in his heart.

but.

In his previous life, he was just at the bottom of society. It wasn't that there were no women who would look at him straight in the eye, but most of them were just for fun, and it was impossible to expect them to get married.

Dowry, house, car...which one can a lonely man like him afford?

He didn't expect that not long after he came into this world, he would get married. How could he not be happy? But he didn't expect that he would be rejected by his mother. He didn't blame his mother, but he didn't expect that his mother would refuse because of him.

He was afraid that he or the girl he had never met would suffer the same fate as his mother.

For a moment, Wang Pingan felt very uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)