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The bright moon is like a hook, and the lonely sycamore tree is locked in the deep courtyard of the clear autumn.

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

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

The room is not big, but it is very cozy. There is a carpet on the floor and a bed is not big. It just happened to sleep with one person, and it would be very crowded for two people to sleep with.

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

Xu Taiping nodded, walked aside and turned on the heating, then walked to the opposite side of Song Jialing and sat down.

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

"Do you drink?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Everything is OK, it's up to you." Song Jialing said.

"Then let's have a drink." Xu Taiping picked up a bottle of wine, pulled the bottle cap with his fingers, and then handed the bottle of wine to Song Jialing.

Song Jialing took the bottle of wine, took a sip, and then said, "I've been drinking today, and I haven't had a good chat yet."

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

"I found that most of the people here have surnames Zhou and Li, why are you surnamed Xu?" Song Jialing asked.

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

"This is strange. Generally speaking, even if you move, you will move to big cities. How could you move to small towns? And it is a small town that is not familiar with people?" Song Jialing asked curiously.

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

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

"What's the story? My parents came here from somewhere, and gave birth to me. Not long after, my mother left, and my father left too. Fortunately, the society is good, otherwise I wouldn't have lived this big life. Today, Grandma Li and Uncle Tu often helped me when I was a child." Xu Taiping said.

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

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

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

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

"Downstairs, I remember put 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. He was made of a kind of wood that Xu Taiping could not name. It was dark all over and emitted a strange fragrance.

Xu Taiping opened the box, and the things in the alley were lying in the box in peace and quiet.

Xu Taiping saw a pair of cloth shoes that were placed on the top, and then there was a set of clothes underneath, with some miscellaneous items placed next to the clothes, such as pens, glasses, etc.

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

Xu Taiping opened the booklet and found that nothing was written in it.

Xu Taiping was a little surprised. Why did he put a booklet in this box if he had nothing to do?

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

The envelope was sealed, with a few words written on it.

“If you are opening an envelope, it means your life will 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.

No abnormality appeared, Xu Taiping opened the envelope.

The first thing I saw was a photo.

The photo is very big, and Xu Taiping can see it. This is a family photo.

Xu Taiping took out the family photo and looked at the person on it carefully.

When Xu Taiping saw this, his brows frowned.

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

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

"This is your father and me."

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

"How did I know? Maybe I'm afraid I'll forget what he looks like, but I really can't remember what my dad looks like. Moreover, he seems to be very young when the photo is up." Xu Taiping said.

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

Xu Taiping shook his head, frowned, and looked at the person in the photo.

The people in the photo include old, few, and young and middle-aged people.

"How come these people look familiar?" Xu Taiping pointed to the people in the photo and said.

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

"There is only less than 20 in this photo. It proves that this photo must have a history of at least 30 years. More than 30 years ago, I was in my teenage years old, and now I have to be in my forties or fifties. Why do you feel serious?" Song Jialing asked.

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

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

Most of these old people are women. Although they look in their seventies or eighties, their dress and overall temperament are much better than those of ordinary young people today.

Xu Taiping looked in the middle, and when he saw it, Xu Taiping was stunned.

In the middle, there is an old man with white hair.

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

"You know this old man?" Song Jialing asked.

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

"How is this possible? More than thirty years ago, this old man had to look like he was in his eighties or nineties. How could he be alive now? If he was still alive now, he would be over 100 years old? The old man over 100 went to the bar with you. Are you kidding me?" Song Jialing asked.

"I didn't lie to you. This old man really, I have seen him. He is the old shoemaker in the capital who made shoes for me!" Xu Taiping said excitedly.

"The old shoemaker who makes shoes?" Song Jialing said in surprise, "The old shoemaker who is over 100 years old?"

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

"Look at the back and see if there is any name written." Song Jialing said.

Xu Taiping quickly turned the photo over and found that there was really a name behind the photo, and the names were written behind everyone.

"A lot of these people, surnamed Zhao, have you discovered them?" Song Jialing asked.

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

"Zhao Dingjun."

Zhao Dingjun?

Xu Taiping looked through the image of his father again in surprise, then looked at the name behind him, and confirmed that the name was written behind his father's image.

"How is it possible that my dad actually called Zhao Dingjun? Isn't my dad Xu Zuo?" Xu Taiping was completely confused. He always thought that his dad called Xu Zuo, but now, why has it turned into Zhao Dingjun?

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

"Do you know Zhao Dingjun?"

Xu Taiping was shocked and quickly searched a lot of names.

Sure enough, Xu Taiping saw three names he was familiar with, and these three names were Zhao Taiheng, Zhao Taixun, and Zhao Taiji.

Xu Taiping looked at the images of these three people in the photo again. It turned out to be the three people he thought were serious just now.

These three people are Zhao Taiheng, Zhao Taixun, and Zhao Taiji when they were young.

"If your father's surname is Zhao, then you should be called Zhao Taiping. Look at the names of the people behind this, these are the Zhao family, Ding generation, Zhao Dingjun, Zhao Dingwei, etc., and then these are the Tai generation, Zhao Taixun, Zhao Taiji, etc. You see, this makes sense. You are from the Tai generation in this family." Song Jialing said.

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

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

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

Xu Taiping carefully opened the letter.

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

"The photo in this envelope is a family photo of our Zhao family. Everyone on it is our relatives. And you, I, don't call Xu Zuo, but Zhao Dingjun."

"I took your mother away from the Zhao family back then, on the one hand, because my outlook on life is different from that of others, and on the other hand, because I don't want you to grow up in such a big family. It's good to be in a big family, but that will make you less fun in life. I don't want my son to rest assured all his life, so I took your mother away from the Zhao family and came to Chiyan Town."

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

"I thought that if you gave birth to you in such a place, you could really become a dragon flying in the sky, but I didn't expect that God made such a big joke on us couple. Not long after you were born, your mother and I both suffered from incurable diseases."

"This is really sad because I haven't watched you grow up with my own eyes and told you in person that there is everything about our Zhao family. I can only leave such a letter and such a box for you before my life ends."

"When you see this letter, you can make your own choice, take the booklet without any words, return to the Zhao family, and hand it over to the people of the Zhao family. They will know where you come from, and you can become the descendant of the Zhao family, rest assured for the rest of your life, and you can also act as your Xu Taiping and live your future life safely."

"Dad wants to tell you that there is only so much. By the way, let me tell you that your surname comes from your mother. That's it."
Chapter completed!