Although Yang Niannian is not a member of the Huo family, after reading the above, she can also feel the bitterness of a big family going from prosperity to decline.

Lu Shishen also felt the same way, right?

She sighed.

"Even if we find someone to change their name, they are no longer from our family. The bloodline is broken, so what's the point of having a surname?"

Lu Shishen said nothing, stuffed the book into the bamboo tube and put it into the bottle.

Yang Niannian still didn't understand what had happened to the Huo family, so she asked curiously.

"What happened to the Huo family?"

Lu Shishen rolled his throat twice and said in a deep voice.

"The Huo family was harmed by treacherous officials and the entire family was massacred. The old lady and her youngest son luckily escaped and passed on the family line under an assumed name. However, the Huo family never prospered and the family line was cut off by the owner's generation."

Yang Niannian opened her mouth in surprise. No wonder Lu Shishen was in a bad mood. This seemed a bit similar to his experience.

Looking at the pearls in my hand, I felt a little strange.

"They must have had a very hard life as an orphan and a widow, so how come they still have so much wealth?"

Lu Shishen's eyes were dark as he spoke, "The Huo family has been aristocrats for several generations and has accumulated a lot of wealth. They have experienced many ups and downs and have saved some money in private for emergencies. Because they were afraid that their identities would be discovered, the following generations have been living on this money and dared not take the imperial examinations or do business."

This is also one of the reasons for the decline of the Huo family.

The more Yang Niannian listened, the more sympathetic she felt towards the Huo family. "How about we sponsor a child with the surname Huo as written in the suicide note?"

Their surname is not Huo, and it is impossible for them to change it to Huo by adopting a child. Moreover, they will have their own children in the future, so they can only settle for the second best and sponsor a child with the surname Huo.

Lu Shishen seemed to have made some decision, and shook his head slightly with a firm look in his eyes.

"Don't try to do anything deliberately. Everything has its destiny. The Huo family's bloodline has been cut off. Even if you find thousands of more, there's no way to make a fake one look real."

Yang Niannian thought about it and agreed. Just as she was about to say something, Lu Shishen took the handkerchief from her hand, opened it, and found a jade bracelet inside.

He put the bracelet on Yang Niannian's hand, and it fit perfectly. "This is made of mutton-fat white jade, and it is more nourishing to wear."

Yang Niannian didn't understand the quality of the jade, so she turned her wrist and looked at the bracelet.

"This is something that was passed down thousands of years ago. What if I bump into it?"

If it breaks, she will be heartbroken.

Besides, this bracelet has been passed down for thousands of years. How many women have worn it?

Lu Shishen looked at her and said, "It's okay. Just wear it. If you don't like it, you can take it off and keep it."

After a pause, he added, "This was originally prepared by Mrs. Huo for her eldest daughter-in-law. No one else has ever worn it."

When Yang Niannian heard that no one had worn it before, she immediately became happy and said with a smile.

"Then wear it! I quite like this bracelet. It feels cool and comfortable to wear. It is also safer than a gold bracelet. After all, not many people understand jade."

Lu Shishen said meaningfully, "As long as you like it." Perhaps some things are destined.

Yang Niannian inadvertently looked up and glanced at Lu Shishen. Her heart skipped a beat and an idea suddenly flashed through her mind.

She wanted to ask, but swallowed the words back.

Maybe it's better to leave some things unsaid than to get to the bottom of them.

So she said to herself, "I will treat this bracelet as a family heirloom and pass it down from generation to generation."

Lu Shishen raised his hand and touched her cheek, looked at her deeply, and nodded.

"good."

Yang Niannian smiled at him, and then began to think about how to deal with these things.

"Shall we put the gold and pearls in the safe? Leave one of the bottles outside as a vase and put the other two in. We are not going to sell them anyway, so it will be safer inside."

Lu Shishen nodded, and put the other two bottles back into the iron box as she said.

Yang Niannian said as she put the gold ingots and pearls into the safe.

"I think this iron box is worth a lot of money."

After thinking for a while, before Lu Shishen covered the box, he took one pearl and one gold ingot and put them into the bottle.

"You can't take everything away, leave some in!"

After saying that, he stood up, carried another empty bottle back to the room, and placed it next to the TV cabinet. It would be nice to put some dried flowers in it later.

When she came back, Lu Shishen had restored the ground to its original state. He also found something to plug the gap of the loose brick, making it smooth.

After so much trouble, it was already past one o'clock and she hadn't had lunch yet. It would be too late to go to the antique city after lunch, so she had to give up the idea.

"Let's go eat first and go to the antique city next time, right? We don't have enough time today. If we rush over, it might be dark before we find the place."

Lu Shishen naturally had no objection. He just wanted to stay with Yang Niannian for a while longer. As for what to do, he didn't care, as long as Yang Niannian was happy.

The two went out for lunch and went to the vegetable market to buy some ingredients. For dinner, Yang Niannian specially made sweet and sour pork ribs and stir-fried beef for Lu Shishen.

Lu Shishen did not return to the army at night, but stayed directly in the courtyard. He did not return until after four o'clock in the morning.

When Yang Niannian woke up in the morning, the house was empty. Zheng Xinyue had just arrived in Beijing in the afternoon. She was bored, so she went for a stroll on the pedestrian street.

When I passed by Yang Huiying's shop, I found that the shop was already open for business. The person watching over the shop was a pretty girl in her twenties, who must be a waitress hired by Yang Huiying.

Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly heard someone calling her name from behind.

"Yang Niannian."

Yang Niannian turned around and saw Du Jiping and a gentle woman walking towards her arm in arm.

Without waiting for Yang Niannian to speak, Du Jiping introduced her to the woman next to her.

"Aunt, she is the military wife I told you about, the one with good taste in clothes."

Yang Niannian didn't expect Du Jiping to praise herself like this in public, but then again, Du Jiping's aunt is really young, she looks to be in her twenties, maybe less than thirty.

Just as I was thinking about what to say, I heard Du Jiping introduce, "This is my aunt, Huang Danping."

Yang Niannian was stunned, Huang Danping?

If she remembered correctly, An An's mother seemed to be called Huang Danping. What a coincidence.

Du Jiping didn't notice that Yang Niannian looked strange and asked.

"Don't you like the styles of this store? Why are you standing at the door instead of going in?"

Yang Niannian came back to her senses, rolled her eyes, and answered with a smile.

"I'm here to buy clothes for my godson today, so I won't go to the women's clothing store."

Du Jiping was shocked, "How old are you, and you already accepted him as your godson?"

Yang Niannian quietly observed Huang Danping's expression while explaining with a casual smile.

"My godson is called An An. Shi Shen adopted him when he was in the Haicheng Army. He is the son of his comrade-in-arms. He is 9 years old this year and very well behaved."

As soon as these words were spoken, Huang Danping, who was standing next to Du Jiping, suddenly widened her eyes and stared at Yang Niannian, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.

Du Jiping didn't notice her aunt's expression. Seeing that Yang Niannian talked about children all the time, she didn't like this topic very much.

"Is it very popular to adopt a godparent in your area?"

Yang Niannian shook her head. "Not really. An An's biological mother disappeared, and his grandparents were also gone, so Shi Shen took him in and took care of him for a while. They developed feelings for each other, so they became godparents."

As soon as she finished speaking, Huang Danping asked anxiously, "Why did his mother disappear? Is his father gone too?"

Yang Niannian looked regretful, "He left a letter and then left without saying goodbye."

Hearing this, Huang Danping's face suddenly turned pale and the blood color disappeared from her lips.

Du Jiping also noticed that Huang Danping looked a little strange and asked with concern.

"Aunt, why are you so pale? Are you feeling unwell?"