“I’ll be going back to the unit soon, and I probably won’t have time to come back and investigate this matter for a while. I wonder if I could ask you for a favor?” Zhang Jizhou asked sincerely.
Fang Yan was a little confused. "What kind of help?"
"When you're in the village, ask my mother about some things from back then."
Just now, Fang Yan's question, "Are you his biological daughter?" reminded Zhang Zongde of some things from back then that he found somewhat puzzling.
Then he told Zhang Jizhou.
Zhang Jizhou had also felt that something was amiss because of Zhang Laowu's words, "dog... bastard."
He is now a father himself, and even so, sometimes he doesn't approve of some of Xiaoyuzai's behaviors.
But he never thought of being called a "bastard" or "fool," or even a bastard or a beast.
If your own child is a dog... a bastard... then what is the person who gave you life?
Then I thought about how Zhang Laowu spoiled Da Pangdun and called Xiao Yuzai a bastard.
If he was Zhang Laowu's biological son, then Xiaoyuzai would be Zhang Laowu's biological grandson.
Even if Zhang Laowu dislikes Xiaoyuzai, the blood ties are unbreakable.
Little Fish is a bastard, so what kind of person is he as the grandfather?
As the clues came together, Zhang Jizhou couldn't help but wonder if he was really Zhang Laowu's biological son.
But when his mother passed away, he was already old enough to understand things.
But her mother never told her anything about his background.
This is what Zhang Jizhou felt was quite unreasonable.
If he hadn't been old enough to understand back then, it would have been understandable if he had been afraid of revealing the matter.
But at that time, he was already sensible and knew what he could say and what he couldn't.
If he really wasn't Zhang Laowu's biological son, why didn't his mother mention it to him at all back then?
"Then tell me about your mother?" Fang Yan thought, this wasn't too difficult.
She gets along quite well with most of the women her age and elders in the village. Occasionally, when she finishes her work, she will bring some snacks or scraps of braised food to visit other people's homes, and everyone welcomes her.
“My mother is from the neighboring Changmi Village. My maternal grandfather was a big landlord back then, and his family was very wealthy. However, he died in that disaster.”
When Zhang Jizhou and Fang Yan talked about their mothers, Zhang Jizhou said, "My mother has never talked to me about her relationship with my father. When we were little, she and my father didn't talk much."
“When I was little, I saw that my neighbors’ uncles and aunts were always busy with their own things, and some even argued and fought every day. I didn’t think there was anything wrong with their cold way of getting along.”
"However, my uncle just told me something."
Upon hearing this, Fang Yan thought to herself, "I knew I was right," and quietly sat up straight again.
“My great-uncle told me that he remembered that at the beginning, my dad wanted to ask my mom for her hand in marriage, but my maternal grandparents did not agree.”
Because his maternal grandparents only had his mother as their daughter, they wanted to find a son-in-law who would live with them, or a son-in-law from a simple family with a weak and easily manipulated personality.
As for someone like Zhang Laowu, he has six or seven brothers in his family, not counting his sisters. How could the relationships in a family with so many brothers and sisters be simple?
In addition, Zhang Laowu's rugged features and naturally fierce appearance made him even more unsuitable for Zhang Jizhou's maternal grandfather's requirements.
Fang Yan looked puzzled. "Huh? That's strange?"
"Then why did your mother later marry Zhang Laowu?"
There are examples of people backing out like this, but those are all cases where the other party's conditions can be changed to some extent to get closer to or meet their requirements.
wrong!
Another possibility is that they were forced to comply.
If it's the latter case...
"Do you think it's possible that Zhang Laowu has something on your maternal grandfather's family that he's using to force your mother to marry him?" Fang Yan speculated.
It's not impossible.
But Zhang Jizhou frowned and asked her, "You suspect that my mother was resentful because of this, and that's how I came to be?"
Well……
Fang Yan was speechless: ...
Suspecting his mother of having an extramarital affair in front of others, regardless of the reason, is always quite impolite.
Zhang Jizhou categorically denied her guess, saying, "My mother is not that kind of person."
Fang Yan thought to herself, "If someone doubts my mother like that, as long as my mother isn't too outspoken, I would say the same thing."
Humans are all prone to protecting their own.
“It’s not that I’m biased towards her just because she’s my mother. It’s just that my mother went to university in Beijing, and she has a somewhat aloof personality. She’s not the kind of person who would easily give herself to someone.”
Zhang Jizhou explained, "If my mother had an affair after marriage, would the women in the village be so quiet?"
Gossipy women love to spread rumors, so if this is true...
There are no secrets in the world. How could they have kept quiet for so many years without a single rumor spreading?
Yes!
After hearing what he said, Fang Yan felt that he was right, and suddenly she didn't know what was going on.
“My uncle also said that one day, my father suddenly came to his door and asked him to help propose marriage,” Zhang Jizhou continued.
At that time, Zhang Laowu's parents had passed away, and none of his brothers were as famous as Zhang Zongde.
Since the woman he was to marry was the daughter of a landlord, he had to ask a respected person to come and propose marriage.
So at that time, Zhang Laowu asked Zhang Zongde to propose marriage.
"He even asked my dad, 'Last time you proposed to her, she didn't like you, so how come you got together with her now?'"
Zhang Laowu only vaguely said that Wanxue didn't want to get married so soon at that time.
Now she understands.
Fang Yan, "How many days passed between disagreeing and agreeing?"
"Less than ten days."
Fang Yan: ...
At this time, it doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with it.
But it can't be said that there are no problems.
Fang Yan lacks detective skills and feels that her intelligence is somewhat insufficient.
Zhang Jizhou continued, "My uncle also said that my mother gave birth to me ten months after she married into the family."
Because it was rare in the village at the time for someone to get pregnant in the same month as their wedding, Zhang Zongde always remembered it.
Fang Yan was a little speechless. "There are plenty of honeymoon babies out there."
After that, I explained to him what a honeymoon baby is.
Well, now that they've said that, it seems all of Zhang Zongde and Zhang Jizhou's reminders were useless.
Because Fang Yan had absolutely no experience in gathering information.
Zhang Jizhou then left on short notice and taught her some tricks for gathering information.
Fang Yan reluctantly learned some things, saying, "Don't worry, even if it's just for Xiaoyuzai, I will try my best to find out information."
Fang Yan is a thousand hopes; Zhang Jizhou is not Zhang Laowu's child.
In this way, Little Fish's grandfather was no longer so sinister and terrifying.
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