Huo Nian's eyes were burning, full of desire for discovery.
Huo Xi opened her mouth and then closed it. Nian'er was still too young. She couldn't tell him yet that these were Nian'er's maternal grandparents, and they were blood relatives.
"elder sister?"
Huo Xi came back to her senses and put the letter away while saying: "These are my sister and Nian'er's maternal grandparents. Nian'er only needs to remember it like this. They love Nian'er and can't come to see Nian'er now. They will wait until Nian'er comes back in the future."
When you are older, my sister will take you to see them."
"Why can't they come and see Nian'er?"
"They are far away and cannot leave where they live. But we can visit them."
"Why can't you leave where you live?"
Huo Xi was stunned for a moment. Feeling that she had let something slip, she said to Huo Nian seriously: "Nian'er can't mention this to anyone else, just remember it in your heart. Don't ask your parents, do you know?"
Seeing his sister's serious look, Huo Nian nodded seriously: "Nian'er knows about it, so no one will tell her. Nian'er knows how to keep it a secret."
Huo Xi smiled and touched his head. Nian'er was indeed very tight-lipped. He was a sensible child. So he felt relieved.
But this time Huo Nian was not like when he was a child, he could do whatever his sister said. He knew how to think.
After thinking about it for a long time at night, I realized that what my sister said was, 'These are my sister and Nian'er's grandparents.' Did my sister forget about An An?
They obviously go back to Yangjiacun every year to pay homage to their maternal grandparents, and now they have another grandparent. And has his sister forgotten An An, or are they just his and his sister's grandparents?
An An was born to his mother, so he could see it. Only different mothers can have different grandparents.
Ah, aren't he and his sister born from his mother? Did his father marry two mothers?
Huo Nian was so frightened that he sat up from the bed. His father married two women? Like Brother Shen, he was born to Uncle Shen's previous wife. Now Uncle Shen has married another woman to Brother Shen Luo?
His father also married two mothers?
Huo Nian didn't sleep all night and spent the whole night making pancakes on the bed.
Early the next morning, Yang's eyes were black and he was startled. He quickly asked him what was wrong and asked him about his welfare. Huo Nian felt uncomfortable and wanted to cry when he thought that this mother was not his mother.
Avoiding Mrs. Yang, she secretly ran to ask Huo Erhuai: "Dad, did you marry two mothers?"
Huo Erhuai was confused by the question.
Thinking that this child had attended Shen Qianzhong's wedding banquet a few days ago, I understood. Seeing his dark eyes, I felt heartbroken. I pinched his cheek and said, "Dad didn't want to marry two mothers. Don't let your mother hear it!
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He looked around and saw that Yang was not there, and let out a sigh of relief.
"Dad doesn't dare to marry two mothers, and he has never thought about it. Your mother is the best woman in the world. It is enough for me to have only one mother in my life."
He doesn't want to enjoy the blessings of others. Life is not good now, and he must make the house a mess.
Huo Nian heard Huo Erhuai tell a story about him and his mother. His father married into the Yang family when he was only seventeen years old, and he never married a mother who had lost his virginity. He only had her mother as his wife.
Then he only had one mother. Huo Nian breathed a long sigh of relief. Now he was relieved, he carried his school bag and happily went to school with Mu Jie.
I didn't sleep well last night, so I fell asleep on the desk during a break in class.
I fell asleep in a daze, and then I remembered what my sister said yesterday, saying that my grandparents could not visit them and they could not leave the place where they lived.
Once you open the road, you can go where you want to go? He has been to Songjiang several times with his sister.
Huo Nian was in a daze all day.
After school, I went to Qin's house to open a small stove, and couldn't help but ask Qin Changzhi: "Sir, what kind of person can't leave the place where he lives at will?"
Qin Changzhi patiently explained: "There are many people who cannot leave their place of residence at will, such as the soldiers guarding the border and the soldiers in various camps and guard posts. There are also princes and their descendants who are feudal
, without an imperial edict, they cannot leave the fiefdom at will. There are also slaves from various clans who cannot leave the place of residence without the permission of the master. And even the exiled prisoners cannot leave the place of exile at will..."
The grandparents who wrote to him and his sister were definitely not slaves of others, nor were they royal relatives.
Not to mention not criminals. Their family is a good citizen. So, are the grandparents who wrote to him a soldier guarding the border or in a camp or garrison?
Wow, that must be it!
He also wants to practice martial arts well and look for them in the future. In the future, like his grandfather and uncle, he will become a general who goes into battle to kill the enemy and defend his country!
Huo Nian just misunderstood.
Huo Xi suddenly discovered that every day when Huo Nian came back from Qin's house, he spent more time practicing martial arts. He also got up half an hour earlier in the morning and consciously practiced martial arts diligently in the martial arts field set up at home.
On the day of rest, I took Zhufeng to the library in the inner city. I visited a dozen bookstores and bought a lot of military books.
Such as "The Direct Interpretation of the Seven Books of Martial Arts", "One Hundred Battles", "The Essentials of the Art of War", etc. Some talked about military theory, some talked about military training, combat techniques and tactics, coastal defense and border defense... Huo Xi was stunned.
Is this... really genetically powerful?
The Zhang family has been a family of military generals since the Wu Dynasty. In this dynasty, Zhang Fu and his son made indelible contributions to the founding of the country.
That grandfather who looked stern, but would always give her all kinds of delicious food and fun when he came back from outside, would even be entitled to enjoy the Ancestral Temple after his death.
The Imperial Ancestral Temple is the family temple where the emperor pays homage to his ancestors. It only enshrines the emperor's direct lineage or the royal relatives who have contributed to the country and the country. The general royal relatives are not worthy of being enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
However, her grandfather, as a minister who had made great contributions to the country, was enshrined in the Ancestral Temple after his death and enjoyed the treatment of the Ancestral Temple.
The three brothers Zhang Fu are also in the army.
Now that her brother is living in the market, does his blood also flow with the passion of going into battle to kill the enemy?
"Nian'er, don't you want to take the imperial examination and become a high-ranking official?" Huo Xi looked at the military book he bought and asked casually.
Huo Nian nodded: "Well, I want to take the imperial examination and win the first prize in the Toad Palace! But I also like to practice martial arts and listen to heroic stories on the battlefield. Sister, didn't you say that you have to prepare with both hands, in case I fail the exam in the future?
I can also take the imperial examination and the martial arts examination, and I also want to be a talented person with both civil and military skills."
Uh...very ambitious.
"Then which one do you like best? You see, there are civilian officials and military attachés in the court. They are two different camps. You can't have both."
Huo Nian frowned and was a little confused: "I like them both. I don't know which one I like best yet. Sister, I'll learn both first and then choose in the future, okay?"
Uh, okay, you can learn whatever you like. Anyway, if he studies for another two years, Huo Xi will let him go to the academy in the capital. The academy teaches six arts, including archery and horsemanship. There is no harm in laying the foundation early.
Zhao Duo, who was arranged by Zhang Fu to teach Huo Nian, was surprised to find that Huo Nian actually liked reading military books.