Chapter 585 Zhao Family

585

The bright moon is like a hook, and the lonely phoenix tree in the deep courtyard locks the autumn.

Song Jialing walked in front, came to the outside of the room, opened the room, and walked in.

Xu Taiping followed Song Jialing into the room and closed the door.

The room is not big, but it is very cozy. The floor is carpeted and the bed is not big. It is just right for one person, but it will be very crowded for two people.

Song Jialing sat cross-legged on the ground and said to Xu Taiping, "Go and turn on the heater."

Xu Taiping nodded, walked aside and turned on the heater, then walked to sit opposite Song Jialing.

"How to drink?" Song Jialing placed the wine between the two of them and asked.

"Do you want a dry drink?" Xu Taiping asked.

"It's okay, it's up to you." Song Jialing said.

"Then just drink it." Xu Taiping picked up a bottle of wine, lifted the cap with his fingers, and then handed the bottle to Song Jialing.

Song Jialing took the bottle, took a sip, and then said, "I just drank wine today and haven't had a good chat yet."

"What are we talking about?" Xu Taiping asked.

"I found that most of the people here have the surname Zhou and Li. Why is your surname Xu?" Song Jialing asked.

"Because we moved here from outside." Xu Taiping explained.

"This is strange. Generally speaking, even if you move, you will move to a big city. How come you move to a small town? And it is a small town where you are not familiar with?" Song Jiali asked curiously.

"I don't know about that, I have to ask my dad." Xu Taiping shrugged helplessly.

"Tell me your past story. If you have wine, you must have a story." Song Jialing said.

"What story can there be? My parents came here from nowhere, and then gave birth to me. Not long after, my mother left, and then my father also left. Fortunately, the society is good, otherwise I I won't live to be this old. The Granny Li and Uncle Tu you see today are the ones who often helped me when I was a child," Xu Taiping said.

"Then you are an orphan." Song Jiali said.

"Yes." Xu Taiping nodded and said, "I know nothing about my parents, and they have never thought of telling me."

"By the way, didn't Uncle Tu give you a box from your father?" Song Jialing asked.

"Yes!" Xu Taiping suddenly realized it and said, "I remember, isn't that box with you? Where is it?"

"It's downstairs, I remember putting it next to the living room!" Song Jialing said.

Xu Taiping quickly got up and went downstairs, then took the box upstairs and placed it in front of Song Jialing.

Xu Taiping had not looked at this box carefully before. When he looked at it now, Xu Taiping found that this box was different from the ordinary boxes on the market. It was made of a kind of wood that Xu Taiping could not name. , completely dark, exuding a peculiar fragrance.

Xu Taiping opened the box and found that everything in the alley was lying in the box intact and peacefully.

Xu Taiping saw a pair of cloth shoes, placed at the top, and then a set of clothes below. Next to the clothes were some sundries, such as pens, glasses, and the like.

Xu Taiping took out his shoes and clothes and found that there was a booklet under the clothes.

Xu Taiping opened the booklet and looked at it, and found that there was nothing written in the booklet.

Xu Taiping was a little surprised. Why would his father put a booklet in this box when he had nothing to do?

Xu Taiping put the book aside casually, then checked the things in the alley, and found an envelope in the corner.

The envelope was sealed and there were a few words written on it.

"If you're going to open an envelope, it means your life is going to change dramatically."

Xu Taiping frowned and looked at the words on the envelope.

"Can you open it?" Song Jialing looked at Xu Taiping nervously and asked.

"Open!" Xu Taiping nodded, then raised his hand and tore off the seal on the envelope.

Nothing unusual appeared, so Xu Taiping opened the envelope.

The first thing I saw was a photo.

The photo was large, and Xu Taiping could tell that it was a family photo.

Xu Taiping took out the family portrait and looked at the people on it carefully.

Seeing this, Xu Taiping frowned.

There are many people in the photo, about thirty or forty.

Among these thirty or forty people, one person's head was circled with a pen and marked next to it.

"This is your father and me."

"Why did your dad mark himself?" Song Jialing asked doubtfully.

"How do I know? Maybe I am afraid that I will forget what he looks like, but I really can't remember what my dad looks like, and he seems to be very young in this photo." Xu Taiping said.

"Are these people all your relatives?" Song Jialing asked.

Xu Taiping shook his head, frowning, and looked at the people in the photo.

The people in the photos include old people, young people, and young adults.

"These people look familiar." Xu Taiping pointed at the people in the photo and said.

"Look familiar?" Song Jialing glanced at the people Xu Taiping pointed at and found that those people were all young people, about ten years old.

"Your dad is only twenty years old in this photo, which proves that this photo must be at least thirty years old. He was a teenager more than thirty years ago, and he must be forty or fifty years old now. Why do you feel serious?" Song Jialing asked.

"I don't understand, it just looks familiar!" Xu Taiping shook his head, and then continued to look at the center of the photo.

In the center of the photo are a group of old people.

Most of this group of old people are women. Although they all look like they are in their seventies or eighties, their clothes and overall temperament are much better than the average young people today.

Xu Taiping looked towards the middle again. At this sight, Xu Taiping was stunned.

In the middle is an old man with white hair.

"Why is it him?!" Xu Taiping looked at the old man in shock and couldn't help shouting.

"Do you know this old man?" Song Jialing asked.

"How could I not know him? I just went to the bar with him a few months ago!" Xu Taiping said in surprise.

"How is this possible? Thirty years ago, this old man looked like he was in his eighties or nineties. How is it possible that he is still alive now? If he is still alive now, he must be more than a hundred years old? An old man who is more than a hundred years old and When you go to the bar, are you kidding me?" Song Jialing asked.

"I'm not lying to you. This old man is really the old shoemaker from Beijing who made my shoes!" Xu Taiping said excitedly.

"An old shoemaker who makes shoes?" Song Jialing said in surprise, "An old shoemaker who is over a hundred years old?"

"What on earth is going on?" Xu Taiping looked at the family portrait in front of him and fell into deep thought.

"Look behind the back and see if there is a name written on it." Song Jialing said.

Xu Taiping quickly turned the photo over and found that there were names behind the photo, and the names were written behind each person.

"Many of these people are named Zhao, have you noticed?" Song Jialing asked.

"Yeah!" Xu Taiping nodded, looked at his father's position in the photo, and then turned the photo over. Behind his father's position, he saw three words.

"Zhao Dingjun."

Zhao Dingjun?

Xu Taiping looked at his father's image again in surprise, and then looked at the name at the back, confirming that the name was written behind his father's image.

"How is it possible that my dad's name is Zhao Dingjun? Isn't my dad Xu Zuo?" Xu Taiping was completely confused. He always thought that his dad's name was Xu Zuo, but now, why did he become Zhao Dingjun?

Xu Taiping suddenly remembered what Zhao Taiheng had asked him that day.

"Do you know Zhao Dingjun?"

Xu Taiping was startled and quickly searched among a lot of names.

Sure enough, Xu Taiping saw three names he was familiar with, side by side, namely Zhao Taiheng, Zhao Taixun, and Zhao Taiji.

Xu Taiping looked at the images of the three people in the photo again, and sure enough, they were the three people he thought were serious just now.

These three people were clearly the young Zhao Taiheng, Zhao Taixun, and Zhao Taiji.

"If your father's surname is Zhao, then you should be called Zhao Taiping. Look at the names of these people here. These are the Zhao family, Dingzi generation, Zhao Dingjun, Zhao Dingwei, etc., and then these are the Taizi generation, Zhao Taixun, Zhao Tai Chi and so on, you see, it makes sense, you are the Tai Chi generation in this family." Song Jialing said.

Xu Taiping looked at this photo with a solemn expression. The shock this photo brought to him was definitely beyond imagination.

"There is another letter here, take a look at it first!" Song Jialing said.

Xu Taiping nodded, put the photo aside, and then took out the letter in the envelope.

Xu Taiping opened the letter carefully.

"Son, when you read this letter, you should be eighteen years old, and it's time to know your life experience."

"The photo in this envelope is a family photo of our Zhao family. All the people on it are relatives of our family. My name is not Xu Zai, but Zhao Dingjun."

"I took your mother and left the Zhao family back then. On the one hand, it was because my outlook on life was different from other people's. On the other hand, it was also because I didn't want you to grow up in such a big family. It's good to be in a big family. But that will deprive you of a lot of joy in life, and I don’t want my son to sit back and relax all his life, so I took your mother and left the Zhao family and came to Chiyan Town."

"The place you are now is a magical place. In Feng Shui theory, this place is called the Land of Dragon Pan. Your mother and I searched for it for a long time before we found it and settled down."

"I thought that by giving birth to you in a place like this, you would truly become a dragon soaring in the sky, but I didn't expect that God would play such a big joke on us as a couple. Not long after you were born, you Mom and I both have incurable diseases.”

"This is really sad, because I didn't get to watch you grow up with my own eyes and tell you everything about our Zhao family. I can only leave such a letter and such a box to you before the end of my life. you."

"When you see this letter, you can make your own choice. Take the book without any words, return to the Zhao family, and give the book to the Zhao family. They will know where you are from. Wherever you go, you can become a descendant of the Zhao family and have peace of mind for the rest of your life, or you can pretend that nothing has happened and you can continue to be your Xu Taiping and live your future life peacefully."

"That's all dad wants to tell you. By the way, your last name comes from your mother. That's it."