Looking up at this unfamiliar city, Shu Yi felt a sense of alienation; this place didn't feel like her home at all.
"Jingnan has a strong commercial atmosphere. Although there are many people, I still feel more comfortable in Jiaxing. There are fewer people, but it has a lot of human touch."
Her murmured words reached his ear, and as the light turned green, Zhang Youye pressed the accelerator again.
“I also really like Jiaxing. I know you miss home. When there’s a chance in the future, I’ll talk to Old Master Shu and I’ll take you back to visit.”
Mentioning her grandfather, Shu Yi recalled her aunt's attitude towards him, sighed softly, and asked in a low voice.
"After meeting with my uncle's family today, I realized that there are many things about the Shu family that I don't know."
"By the way, do you know about my grandmother? And about her and my grandfather? The information Wei Bo gave me doesn't go into much detail."
If we were to talk about the grudges and grievances of the Shu family...
It must be traced back at least three generations.
Long ago, Zhang Youye also learned some information from a conversation between his father and second uncle.
He frowned and pondered for a moment, carefully choosing his words, before asking, "Which grandmother do you want to know about?"
"Why don't you just tell me everything you know?" Shu Yi replied calmly.
Nodding in understanding, Zhang Youye mentally went through the sequence of events and began to explain.
"Your Shu family is a distinguished family, and the connection between our Zhang family and your Shu family began in your great-grandfather's generation. Speaking of your great-grandfather's generation, we must mention your eldest uncle's birth mother, whose surname was Shen."
According to the Shu family genealogy.
Shen Yi is a descendant of a famous general.
Some of Shen's ancestors served as officials in the imperial court, and one of them was even a famous general in the current dynasty.
However, the political situation changed later.
He died on the battlefield for his country.
When the time came to Shen Yi's generation, the Shen family still retained the style of a family of famous generals.
However, Shenyi was the only daughter in her family, and the country was in turmoil at the time, beset by internal and external troubles.
In order to prevent the family from declining, Shenyi's father made the decision to arrange for his daughter to marry into the Shu family.
"If Grandpa is going to marry Grandma Shen, why is my dad still here?" Shu Yi asked, puzzled.
"I heard about this from my grandfather," Zhang Youye explained as he drove.
Back then, the Shu family also had civil officials in their ancestors.
Shu Yi's great-grandfather was naturally happy to marry the descendant of a famous general.
Considering that his eldest son had indeed reached marriageable age, the great-grandfather asked his eldest son, Shu Qiyi, to choose a time to meet the eldest daughter of the Shen family.
only.
Shu Qiyi already had a woman he liked at that time.
That is, Shu Yishi's biological mother.
Shu Yi's biological grandmother, Guan Suyu.
However, apart from his peers, his great-grandfather was unaware of this matter.
The day of meeting Shen Yi is fast approaching.
In order not to disappoint Guan Suyu, Shu Qiyi took the initiative to tell his family everything.
Unexpectedly, after hearing Shu Qiyi's explanation, his great-grandfather became furious and beat him up.
They even locked him up in a house.
He was repeatedly ordered not to go out without permission again.
Great-grandfather's meaning was clear: he only needed to wait patiently for ten days until the day he would marry Shenyi.
In that era when absolute authority prevailed, some deeply ingrained ideas remained unbroken, especially regarding intermarriage between families.
Shu Qiyi naturally understood that the concept of "marrying someone of equal social standing" was not just a casual remark.
But the deed is done.
Under his great-grandfather's authoritarian rule, Shu Qiyi, locked in the house, could only ask someone to instruct his close friends to help take care of Guan Suyu.
Among these brothers who were once close friends was Zhang Youye's grandfather.
Entrusted by his brother, Zhang Youye's grandfather came to Guan Suyu's house that night and told her that Shu Qiyi had been locked up in the house and could not come out to explain the reason to her.
As a weak woman, Guan Suyu was no match for the powerful. She learned from Grandpa Zhang Youye that Shu Qiyi was about to marry the eldest daughter of the Shen family.
Besides crying silently.
What else can we do?
After crying enough, in order to prevent Shu Qiyi from feeling too bad, and also so that he could do things more easily.
She hastily wrote a breakup letter, indicating that Zhang Youye's grandfather should give it to him, and repeatedly gave him instructions.
"Chili, tell him not to worry about me, and just focus on marrying Miss Shen. I will give him my blessings."
Zhang Chili had always seen the feelings between the two, but right now, he knew he couldn't offer any words of comfort, since words were always inadequate.
After leaving some money, he pocketed the letter and hurriedly left again.
Later, after reading the three-page breakup letter, Shu Qiyi became despondent, lost his appetite, and couldn't sleep at night.
Seeing that he was in a half-dead state, the great-grandfather did not soften his heart, but ordered people to continue to keep an eye on him.
To prevent him from escaping through the window, his great-grandfather also had the window reinforced again.
Later, following his father's request, Shu Qiyi finally compromised and married Shen Yi.
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