Dad thought about it carefully, "Zhuo Chengyang? I haven't heard of it, but I've heard your grandfather say that if you follow the ranking of the Zhuo family tree, the name of your generation should be on the words Cheng, Sheng, and Kang. But among your children, there doesn't seem to be one with this name, and I don't know about the other branches of the Zhuo family! ”

Dad hadn't even heard of it, I nodded a little puzzled, and Dad looked at me strangely, "Why did you kid think of asking this?" ”

I smiled, "Ah, it's okay, when I was drinking and chatting with them yesterday, I seemed to have heard them mention this person, so I wanted to ask today, maybe I heard wrong." ”

I suddenly thought of something else, so I asked, "Hey, Dad, you said that the names of our generation should be in the words Cheng, Sheng, and Kang, so why am I called Zhuo Ran?" It's not called Zhuo Chengran, or Zhuo Kangran or something? ”

Dad smiled, "What age were you when you were born, and who still names them according to the family tree." ”

After listening to my father's words, I was a little disappointed, but I changed my mind and asked again: "Dad, do we have a family tree in the Zhuo family?" ”

Dad pondered for a moment, "The genealogy of the Zhuo family, I really saw it when I was young, but later, after all kinds of things, coupled with the later broken four olds, I didn't know where to go for a long time." And that thing has always been carefully collected by your grandfather, and since your grandfather left, there is no way to find it! ”

I still didn't give up, plucked up the courage, and asked tentatively: "Dad, does grandpa only have two sons, you and the second uncle?" ”

Dad immediately looked at me with a surprised face, "You kid took the wrong medicine today!" How is this nonsense? ”

With the mentality of not being afraid of death, I continued to ask: "Dad, when you were young, did you ever commit a crime, well, a crime...... That kind of mistake? As I spoke, my heart was weak, would I be beaten to death by my father in a while!

Dad was stunned by my question, "That kind of mistake??" You mean......" Dad reacted immediately, glaring at me, "You stinky boy, are you itchy skin, dare to make fun of your father!" ”

I shrank my neck in fright, and quickly smiled all over my face, "Dad, I'm joking with you, I'm ...... I...... I heard them say yesterday, saying that there is no one in the village, that family, well, the father of that family has an illegitimate child, and he has recognized his relatives for the New Year, and it is very, quite messy...... "I panicked and began to make up reasons and began to lie.

Dad didn't seem to like this, and still stared at me with his eyes wide open. I was furious by his eyes, and I didn't dare to look him in the eyes, and my eyes couldn't help flashing.

Suddenly, my father glared at me, frowned, grabbed my arm, and was so frightened that I quickly waved my hand, "Hey! Ay! Dad, civilized education, civilized education, don't drive! ”

Dad ignored me, looked at me with a smile, and asked, "You kid remembered to ask this question, is it ......" My heart moved, was it recognized by my father, it seems that he still knows some things, I was a little nervous to listen to my father's words.

I only heard him continue: "Did you kid fall in love recently, what did you give someone else's girl to that?!" ”

This time it was my father's turn to be stunned, and it took a while to react, "Me! This! Dad, what are you talking about? Can I do that kind of thing, and I don't have a girlfriend! ”

Dad didn't seem to believe it, "Really? So what are you trying to do today? ”

I felt that since my father didn't know anything, I still shouldn't continue to entangle, so I quickly got up and left, and my father quickly stopped me, "Zhuo Ran, if that's the case, you bring people back to us to see, you are not too young, and you should start a family!" "I didn't look back at the moment, I ran faster!

For the next few days, my mind kept haunting the experience of being under the ancestral house, and that scene kept flashing in front of my eyes like a movie. I also wondered if I should go down again. But I know that with my own ability, going down ten more times will be the same result.

I suddenly had a strange feeling that I was living in the spotlight, surrounded by an endless fog, and as soon as I stepped out of the range of the light, I was immediately overwhelmed by endless mysteries. I began to understand the world, and when we were used to seeing the front side of the world, did you ever think about how many secrets were hidden in the back of this world?

Since I couldn't see through those puzzles, I had no choice but to escape, so I started playing otaku again, staying at home every day and indulging in an illusory world, which seemed a little more real than the experiences I had had.

I lived like a pig again, the only difference was that I, a "pig", would call my second uncle's mobile phone several times a day, and I was looking forward to a certain call that would be connected.

In this way, the fifteenth day of the first month has passed in a blink of an eye. The second uncle still didn't hear anything, and my father asked me a few times, I didn't want him to worry, but I knew that the situation was also explained to him, so I had to lie that I had contacted the second uncle, but he was now in the mountains, and basically couldn't find the mobile phone signal, so my father didn't have to worry.

I comforted my father, but I was still very anxious, where did my second uncle go?

I would often call my second uncle's pharmacy, but my man told me that I never saw my second uncle come back. However, the hard work paid off, and due to my frequent questioning, the guys also began to become sensitive to the traces of the second uncle.

In the end, I learned a good news from the accountant in the store, the money on the account of the pharmacy has been touched recently, and the only person who can do this, except for the accountant, is the second uncle. can still spend money, which at least means that the second uncle is safe for the time being.

This year's Spring Festival came relatively late, before the first month, and the weather has begun to warm. At this moment, I received a call from Lantern Festival, in which he told me that his antique shop would officially open in two days, and that I must be there.

I was puzzled, so I asked him, "Before you went to Linxia for the first time, didn't you just say that you had already opened a store?" When I went to find Uncle Kong, it was also to ask him to touch one or two pieces of pressure in the local line. Why is it open again this time? You're not going to be so good that you've already started opening a branch! ”

Lantern Xiao told me that when he first went to Linxia, his store was at most a trial operation, and there was nothing decent in the store, so he opened a bullshit antique shop. This is the official opening, so I will definitely go over to join in.

Since Lantern Festival was sincerely invited, and I happened to have nothing to do during this time, I agreed to it.

I booked my ticket, said hello to my parents, and got on the train to Beijing.

After arriving at the station, Lantern Festival had already waited at the exit in person, we first exchanged a few words of greeting, and then got on the Lantern Festival car.

In the car, I asked, "Lantern Festival, after you came back last time, did your Tang family react to your father's matter?" ”

Lan Xiao shook his head, "Speaking of our Tang family, although it is said that it is a business, you also know what the true identity of the Tang family is, one of the four major families in the Inverted Dou Realm. The family digested such attrition very quickly, even in my father's capacity, except for my grandfather, who was hit hard and was admitted to the hospital with grief, the others still had no effect on them as usual. Especially my uncle, without my dad as a family competitor, it's too late to be happy! ”

After listening to the words of Lantern Festival, I felt sad for him, what is good about such a big family, the world is hot and cold, and the people are warm and cold, which is not as good as a small family like us.

Lantern Xiao drove the car and did not go back to Tang's house, but went straight to Panjiayuan. Seeing that my expression was a little strange, he said to himself: "Tang family, I don't want to go back, there is no place for me there, fortunately, my father has a little emergency preparation in advance, although it can't make me rich, but at least there is a place to live." ”

I nodded, sure enough, it was a person who went to tea and cooled, I'm afraid that Lantern Festival will no longer be the eldest young master of the Tang family who calls for wind and rain! To be honest, I'm a little sad for Lantern Festival, I just lost my father, and now I can't accommodate myself in the family. However, when I look at Lantern Festival, it seems that I am just sad about my father's death, and I seem to be quite open to my current situation.

Along the way, Lantern Xiao kept chatting with me, talking about the situation during this time, and also talking about those previous experiences, Lantern Xiao told me that since he came back from Altay, he basically didn't talk again, at first he was sad and didn't want to speak, and then he didn't know who to talk to, and he lost his father's backer, and he felt that everyone's eyes on him had changed. Therefore, Lantern Xiao decided to leave the Tang family and set up his own business, anyway, this is also his dream all along!

I suddenly admired Lantern Festival, his courage, his ease, and his optimism and open-mindedness! I suddenly had an idea, I don't know if it's selfish, Tang Yidong's death, including the separation of Lantern Festival and the Tang family, has completely dissipated the estrangement between us, and Lantern Festival will not be sandwiched between me and the Tang family, but in a dilemma. I feel that the Lantern Festival can completely restore my unconditional trust now. This made me feel extremely happy and happy all of a sudden.

Lantern Xiao noticed the change in my expression, "Zhuo Ran, what are you kid smirking at?" Don't you see that your buddies are down, you are in schadenfreude! ”

I shook my head and said quite seriously: "Lantern Festival, I admire you a lot, you can afford to take it and put it down, this Tang family's eldest young master is not right if he says it is not right!" ”

Lantern Xiao smiled bitterly, "Hey! I've got to handle it, too! I'm a person, it's still the same sentence, just enough to eat and drink, and I don't have any bad habits of burning money, and my only hobby is also related to the ears and eyes since I was a child, which is to pour antiques! No, opening an antique shop in Panjiayuan, my dream can be regarded as a realization! ”

I smiled, "!" Your hobby is the inverted artifact! ”