Ren Yaoting thought for a moment, "When I sneaked into the backyard, I happened to see that the door to the main hall was open. When I got closer, I saw an old woman burning incense. I didn't dare to go any closer because I was afraid of being discovered. I could only vaguely see two or three rows of tablets above the incense table."
"Isn't this the Han family's tablet? Did you see the words on the tablet carefully?" Hearing this, Ren Yaoqi felt that if he could know which family's tablet it was, Han Dongshan's background might be revealed.
Ren Yaoting frowned and recalled, "Although the main room was lit with candles, it was still a little dark. When I was about to take a closer look, the old woman seemed to have heard something and suddenly turned around to look over. I was so scared that I quickly hid behind the pillar in the back room, so I only saw one word... "Qu"... Yes, the surname on the tablet is "Qu"!" Ren Yaoting asked with some confusion, "Why would the Han family enshrine the Qu family's tablet? Do the Han family have any relatives with the surname Qu? Or was the original owner of this house surnamed Qu? But this doesn't make sense. How could the original owner give the tablet of his ancestors to someone else for worship? The Han family doesn't have to do this."
"Qu?" Ren Yaoqi pondered inwardly. Han Dongshan naturally would not worship the tablets of other people's families, so Qu was most likely his real surname.
As far as she knew, there seemed to be no wealthy families with the surname Qu near Yanzhou in recent decades.
Han Dongshan seems to be fifty years old this year, so if his last name is Qu and he is from Yanbei, then there should be news about the Qu family in Yanbei fifty years ago. Or is Han Dongshan just from an ordinary poor family?
Ren Yaoting complained, "When will our foot injuries heal? And my mother will definitely ask about it."
Ren Yaoqi temporarily collected his thoughts: "Isn't the injury not serious? Just rest for a few days. As for your breaking into the Han family ancestral hall today, don't let anyone know. If the elders knew, they would definitely think you are unstable and unworthy of such a big responsibility."
This is a serious crime. Generally, when a wealthy family marries a wife for their eldest son or grandson, the most important thing is that she is dignified and stable.
Although Ren Yaoting was young, she was very sensitive to such things. After thinking about it, she understood and nodded, "I won't tell anyone, Fifth Sister. You won't go out?"
Ren Yaoqi smiled and said, "If I were going to go out, why would I remind you?"
Ren Yaoting was very satisfied and took Ren Yaoqi's arm intimately: "Fifth sister, you are so kind."
The Ren and Han families were not far from each other, and the carriage soon arrived at the Ren family. Second Madam Ren had received a tip from the maid who had returned earlier, and was worried that Ren Yaoting was really injured, so she had already sent her trusted maid to meet him.
Ren Yaoting was escorted back to the East Mansion. Before leaving, he did not forget to say to Ren Yaoqi, "Fifth sister, I've been recuperating at home these days and can't leave the house. Please come to the East Mansion to see me when you have time."
Ren Yaoqi agreed with a smile and returned to the West Mansion with Ren Yaohua and others.
Arriving at Ziwei Courtyard, Ren Yaohua asked curiously, "Why have you been so close to her lately? And how could she have sprained her ankle in someone else's house when she was perfectly fine?"
Ren Yaohua knew what Ren Yaoting was thinking. With that in mind, shouldn't he have tried to impress the elders at their house and leave a good impression? Ren Yaohua felt a little confused about Ren Yaoting's pretentiousness.
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