That evening.
South of Yanping County.
The family.
Qin Lin, who works as a prison guard in Daguan City, returns home every other month. Every time he comes back, he calls his nephew Xu Zhen and Xu Zhen's young daughter-in-law Youmeng over for a meal.
Today is no exception.
At this moment, the dining table is filled with good wine and good food, and the family is sitting together, enjoying the good wine and good food.
With a face as black as coal and a pair of long, thick beards, Qin Lin looked like a Zhong Kui descended from the earth.
As the prison warden, he was really in tune with the situation. Which criminal wouldn't be afraid to see the warden like this?
"Come on Xu Zhen," he held the wine cup and gestured to Xu Zhen, "one of us will go!"
"okay!"
Xu Zhen quickly stood up and drank a drink with his uncle respectfully.
"Hahaha..." Lin Lin laughed heartily after drinking, and gestured directly to Xu Zhen and his wife, "Eat vegetables, eat vegetables...eat meat, eat meat...come, come, eat fish, eat fish...hahaha... "
Qin Lin was a simple and enthusiastic person, and he did not notice the slightly frowned brows of his wife Feng Ya, or the plaintive and resentful look directed at him.
"Oh, haha..." Qin Lin said, pulling on his beard, "running back and forth like this is really not a long-term plan. I will save more money later, buy a house in Daguan City, and take you all over, haha …”
"Humph," my aunt finally caught on to the topic and said, "I have the nerve to mention this. If we hadn't wasted all the money, we would have bought several sets of houses!"
"Huh? You..." Linlin sensed something was wrong and wanted to get angry, but he was afraid of really angering his wife. After all, he just came back today and he didn't want to start a dispute.
Hearing her aunt's accusations, Youmeng nervously leaned close to Xu Zhen's arm, lowering her head and not daring to move her chopsticks.
Xu Zhen was accustomed to his aunt's character, so he immediately put a large piece of fish into Youmeng's bowl, and then continued to eat happily.
"I'm not going," it was the second cousin who had the highest emotional quotient, and he immediately said to Qin Lin, "I won't go even if you buy a house. I can't bear to leave the students in my academy."
One sentence will naturally bring the topic to an end.
"Oh," Feng Ya quickly advised her daughter, "How about going to Daguan City? That's where the county government is, but it's much better than our small county. There are also many noble sons there. I'm sure you can find someone worthy of you, right? ?”
"Yes, yes," Linlin agreed, "There is also a girls' school in Daguan City, and I can be your teacher as well!"
"Oh," Chen Wenxin smiled knowingly at Xu Zhen, "Then I can still consider it."
"That's right!" The aunt finally smiled and quickly gave her baby daughter a chicken drumstick.
So, the pleasant dinner continued, and when everyone had almost eaten, the conversation started again.
This time, Xu Zhen was the first to speak. He asked Qin Lin:
"Uncle, is my grandma's name Mingyue?"
"What?" Linlin was stunned, shook his head and said, "I don't know? Why do you think of asking this?"
Xu Zhen carefully observed Qin Lin's expression and found that he was not lying.
"It's okay," Xu Zhen said, "I'm just curious, have you met my grandparents?"
"Ouch..." Lin Lin put down his wine glass and recalled, "Your mother is thirteen years older than me. She married your father when she was seventeen. I was only four years old at that time. Even if I have seen her, I have no impression of her. !”
"Isn't it? This logic doesn't make sense," Chen Wenxin objected, "You will grow up, won't you remember it when you grow up?"
"Hey, what you said is really on point," Lin Lin clapped his hands, "I have never met Xu Zhen's grandma since I grew up, but I have only a vague impression that she is a very rich-looking woman. She is an old lady, but I don’t have much other impressions.”
"What about...Grandpa?" Xu Zhen asked hurriedly.
"No," the aunt next to me suddenly interrupted, "When your parents got married, your grandma took care of it. I'm afraid no one in the entire Yanping County has seen your grandpa."
"Hey, Feng Ya, you today...you talk a lot today..." Lin Lin blinked at Feng Ya. Even a fool could tell that there was something going on.
"It's okay, aunt," Xu Zhen turned to Feng Ya and asked, "How do you know so much about my family?"
"Me," Feng Ya smiled faintly, "our Feng family is in the same alley as yours. I also heard what my old man said."
"Alas," Chen Wenxin lamented from the side, "it seems that gossip and gossip are indeed hereditary."
"Second girl, why are you talking?" Feng Ya glared, "I'm disrespectful to your grandma and grandpa!"
"No, no, no," Chen Wenxin quickly waved his hand to clarify, "I'm just curious, why don't I just follow you?"
"Hey?" Feng Ya started to roll up her sleeves.
"Auntie," Xu Zhen quickly took over the conversation and asked, "then tell me quickly, what was the situation in my family back then?"
"Don't," Qin Lin quickly waved to his wife, shook his head, and gestured with his mouth, "Don't say it, don't say it..."
"Ahem," Feng Ya said indifferently, "Xu Zhen is not a child. What's wrong with knowing about family affairs?"
"I see." As a result, Feng Ya just cleared her throat, but Xu Zhen said with enlightenment, "So, my grandma is a mistress? Oh no, second wife? Concubine? Oh no... this ……what do you say that is?"
"Outer room." Qian Wenxin covered his face and gave the answer.
"Hey?" Qin Lin was surprised, "How could you say that to your old man... How come you... seem to have become smarter?"
Nonsense, Xu Zhen said in his heart, there is no grandpa but grandma, there are nothing more than two situations: one is that grandpa dies young and grandma is widowed; the other is that she is a mistress?
If it's the former, are the neighbors gossiping?
"I heard," Aunt Feng Ya said, "your family was very grand back then. The house was the biggest and best in the county, with a lot of maids and servants, and many bodyguards to protect the house. They all said that the owner of Xu House was the first rank in the court. Where is the official!
"Also, your grandmother is so beautiful and beautiful!"
Tsk tsk...
Xu Zhen smacked his lips in his heart. It seemed that his previous guess was correct. Xu Zhai was really an illegitimate house.
Even if his grandfather was not a first-class official, he was by no means an ordinary person.
But... isn't this feudal dynasty allowed to have three wives and four concubines?
Why does it look like a hidden beauty in a golden house?
Is there something unspeakable?
Or is my grandmother a promiscuous woman who is not accepted by an orthodox family?
Ouch, that "demon book"...
Xu Zhen suddenly thought, could it be that the book was given to grandma by grandpa, that is to say, grandpa is the time-travelling goods?
It was written forty years ago. Considering his age at the time, I don’t know if this grandpa is still alive now?
"Then..." Xu Zhen asked hurriedly, "How did my grandma die?"
"Well... well..." After hearing this, the couple looked at each other, and finally Qilin lowered his head silently, and then Feng Ya said, "Your grandma didn't die, she just ran away from home! "
Bang.
Xu Zhen didn't sit firmly and almost fell down.
Who would have thought that an old lady would run away from home? Isn’t this too personal?
No wonder there is no memorial tablet for my grandmother in the ancestral hall.
"Xu Zhen," Lin Lin said, "the reason why I didn't tell you these things is not our fault. Your parents didn't let us tell you."
Searching the memory, it turned out that it was indeed the case. Every time this issue was mentioned in the past, Xu Zhen's parents would find reasons to excuse it.
It seems that they don't want Xu Zhen to know too much, and they don't want Xu Zhen to endure rumors and gossip like them.
"Ever since the old lady left," my aunt continued, not idle at this time, "your father has started not to learn well. He has ruined such a big...such a big family fortune. I’m convinced too!”
When she said "so big", Feng Ya opened her arms as if she wanted to hug someone.
Hearing this, Wen Wenxin took the lead in covering her face and making an expression of despair, because she knew that her mother's performance was about to begin again.
"It's here again, it's here again!" Lin Lin also realized that something was wrong and said quickly, "How many times have I told you? My brother-in-law was tricked by Cui Yan Wang and those people. They have been targeting Xu for a long time. My brother-in-law is an honest man!”
Cui Yanwang is Cui Xiaotian's nickname.
"Huh? That's right!" Unexpectedly, Feng Ya did not talk the same old words this time, but excitedly said to Xu Zhen, "Xu Zhen, I heard that Qiu Batian was killed by your yamen. Head!
"Then you think of a way to deal with Cui Xiaotian, right?
"If you deal with him, won't you not have to pay your debt?"
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