Chapter 155: The Zhou family’s past (Part 2)

After saying Xu Changqing's mother's name, the old man looked gloomy. Then he sighed and said, "At that time, my grandfather hired a family-friendly son to come to Zhouzhuang to serve as a teacher in the academy to teach the Zhou family's children. My younger sister also taught in the academy. The two were similar in talents and knowledge. The younger sister gradually developed feelings for him, and the man also favored him and won his heart. The two of them did things that should not have done. In fact, although my Zhou family is a family of poets and books, they do not believe in Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism and sneer at the red tape. Since the two of them did this, they only needed to get married and there was nothing to do. However, when they were handling the marriage, your father accidentally discovered that the purpose of the man coming to Zhou family and approaching the younger sister was entirely for the treasure that suppressed my Zhou family's luck."

"Ah!" Zhou Qinglan shouted softly, and Xu Changqing, who was standing on it, also turned gloomy.

"Because that man did not find that treasure, at first I thought it should be turned into small things and small things, so cover it up and let the younger sister have a formal name first. But you also know that your father has a hot temper, and he has always been incompatible with the younger sister. As soon as I finished talking before, he immediately exposed the matter. At that time, my grandfather was so angry that he immediately drove the man out, and broke off friendship with those many years of family friendship, and the younger sister was also locked up in the Hanyue Garden." The old man followed and became heavy again

"But the matter is not over yet. After a few months, my sister's belly gradually grew bigger. Only then did we know that my sister was pregnant. At that time, my grandfather meant to abort the child, but my sister disagreed. With the help of her close-fitting girl, she ran out of Zhouzhuang and went to Nanjing to meet the man. Who would have thought that the man had married another official daughter, and turned against her and drove your sister out on a heavy rainy day. If I hadn't arrived in time, she might have frozen to death on the streets of Nanjing."

"What happened later?" Zhou Qinglan was already attracted by this family past and asked urgently, while Xu Changqing, who was standing on the beam of the room, was full of murderous aura, and a fierce light appeared in his eyes.

"Later, I took your sister-in-law back home and hid it down so that the elderly at home would not know about it," as she said, the old man suddenly slapped the sacrifice in the room and said angrily: "Who would have thought that the Shen family was so hateful that they actually made the story of their younger sister going to Nanjing, which made everyone know about their relatives and friends. They all came to ask their grandfather why. The grandfather was so angry that he was paralyzed on the spot. Under the pressure of the elders of various departments at home, his father drove the younger sister out of the house and broke the news.

In addition to the clan origin, I temporarily placed my younger sister in the inn in the town according to my mother's wishes, and planned to wait until the matter calmed down before taking her back. But the next day, the younger sister was gone, leaving only a letter to her mother. I heard from the inn that she was humiliated by your third cousin and eventually left anger. So until today, the relationship between this family and your third cousin's lineage has been bad. This is the original reason."

"It's really abominable! I'll take the blame like this." Zhou Qinglan was also angry and asked with concern: "Will the uncle and father look for their sister-in-law later?"

"How could it be that I didn't look for it?" the old man smiled bitterly and said, "It's just that your sister-in-law has been smart and smart since she was a child. If she wanted to hide from us, we would never be able to find it, so there is no news about her until now."

"So there is such a past event at home? Alas, the beauty is so desperate!" Zhou Qinglan sighed, then was stunned again, widened her eyes, and looked at the old man and said, "Does the uncle suspect that Mr. Xu is the son of his sister-in-law?"

The old man nodded and said, "You also know that uncle, I have only a few daughters and no children. Your elder brother was adopted by your father, and your father and younger sister are twins. If Mr. Xu looks very similar to your elder brother and are very close to his age, there are only two possibilities. One possibility is that your father has a woman outside..."

"This is absolutely impossible," Zhou Qinglan shook her head quickly and said, "How could my father look for another woman if he loves his mother so much?"

"Then the only one left is his son of your sister-in-law." The old man analyzed with a decoction.

"It's true that this is the only possibility." Zhou Qinglan nodded, and then asked in confusion: "But since he knows that Mr. Xu is the son of his sister-in-law, wouldn't it be just right to let him recognize his ancestors? Every time I see my grandmother at home, I often go to Hanyue Xiaoyuan. I think I miss my sister-in-law, why not..."

"No!" the old man quickly opposed: "It would be nothing if he came over with dignity, but he entered the inner house of Zhouzhuang silently, and the matter could not be solved by a person who recognized his ancestors. If the person whom the younger sister hated the most was naturally the person of the Shen family, but your father was also the source of the incident back then, and the third cousin who humiliated her would not be resented by her. If this resentment was passed on to his son, then he would most likely want to take revenge on our Zhou family when he came to Zhouzhuang. The best way to take revenge is naturally to start from Zhenglin, so I said not to let him approach Zhenglin again. In addition, your grandma should not let him approach, so as not to be recognized, your grandma will add her feelings for the younger sister to him, and then he will be more likely to take revenge on the rest of the family."

"Mr. Xu, it shouldn't be that kind of person!" Since hearing Xu Changqing's sermon last night, Zhou Qinglan has almost regarded Xu Changqing as half of his master, so she defended him: "Actually, grandma was about to meet Mr. Xu yesterday, but Mr. Xu refused. If Mr. Xu was really the person he said, he should agree."

"This may be the first trick to get to the table, but be careful." The old man obviously had a deep preconceived concept, and everything was wrong with him.
Chapter completed!