It wasn't until my great-grandfather died and my grandfather took charge of the family that he reconnected with my great-aunt.
When we contacted her again, my aunt didn't care much about the family affairs and only asked if a girl had been born in the family.
But there were no girls in his father's generation.
Not only was there no girl, grandma was in very poor health after giving birth to his father, and she never gave birth to another child.
The family asked my grandfather to take a concubine, but the old man was very stubborn and didn't care about women, so he simply refused.
Originally, Yan Zhentian didn't want to talk about his family's old stories in front of outsiders.
But his granddaughter wanted to hear it, so he didn't hold back and said some things.
"Actually, my grandma didn't stop her from telling my grandpa not to take concubines. On the contrary, my grandpa didn't allow it. My grandma opened her mouth to the maid next to her and asked her to serve grandpa. The maid was kicked out by grandpa directly.
Already."
"Do you still have the old lady's things at home?"
When Manshu asked this, he actually didn't expect to get a positive answer.
Because times have changed, it has been difficult for the Yan family to preserve ancient books after so many years.
After all, in those days, books and everything else were easily confiscated.
"I don't have any at home, but..." Yan Zhentian didn't know why his granddaughter was interested in this, "It's an old house, maybe there are things belonging to my grandfather."
Isn’t the old house dilapidated?
Manshu is confused.
"The old house is dilapidated, but the Yan family used to have a big family. We were the direct branch, and there were collateral branches living in the village. Later, I took a few brothers from the collateral clan and went out to work together. Although most of them
I didn’t make it back alive, but in the end I still left a foundation.”
In recent years, Mr. Yan has been very kind to his hometown.
Not only did he build roads in the village and donate schools, he even paid for the children's tuition.
As long as someone is willing to make progress, even if it means going abroad, he is willing to support it.
Of course, this only applies to those who are good at studying. If they are not good at studying, don’t even think about going abroad. It’s easier to just dream.
His money didn't come from the strong wind, so he couldn't give it to those people for no reason.
"Are there any people with related connections working in our company?" Manshu was curious.
With a selfless and unselfish character like Yan Zhentian, I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to accept connections.
"Why not? Your grandpa, the housekeeper, is a descendant of our Yan family."
"Ah?" Manshu was stunned, "I thought the housekeeper's grandfather had changed his surname."
Yan Zhentian looked at his granddaughter speechlessly: "Although the Yan family is overbearing, they are not so overbearing as to let the servants change their surnames."
"Yan Rong has always been a descendant of the Yan family. However, he is far away from our bloodline."
"By the way, why are you asking these questions? Why did you mention my aunt from the Yan family just now?"
Manshu held the eight treasure box and showed it to the old man.
"Because the name Yan Jingzhi is on it, that's why we mentioned this person."
"It's true." Mr. Yan grabbed Professor Yan's magnifying glass and looked carefully.
Sure enough, after seeing Yan Jingzhi's name, he frowned: "It's really possible that it belongs to my aunt. Where did you get it?"
Manshu looked at Professor Yan.
Professor Yan didn't hide it. He said that he took Manshu to the ghost market for a walk, and it turned out that Manshu fell in love with this dressing box.
If it really belongs to the Yan family, it would be good luck to buy it back.
"Who did you buy it from? Let's go check it out."
Yan Zhentian has never thought about looking for relatives from his aunt's family in these years. After all, in those days, no one had enough to eat. He could just do well by himself. If he didn't do well, wouldn't he cause trouble to his aunt's family?