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Chapter 406: The News Spreads

On Saturday, only Huang Xiaochuan was home in the large old house. Yu Xiang was not home. This is one of the downsides of a newly hired doctor: he always has to be on duty.

In the afternoon, Huang Xiaochuan, who was reading in the study, heard a noise in the yard. He thought that Da Gun and Xiao Gun were fighting again, so he stuck his head out of the window to scold them. But he saw that his mother and the others had returned.

Huang Xiaochuan rubbed his eyes. This was strange. Didn't he just send them to the airport yesterday? How come they're back today?

I hurried downstairs to greet them.

When Huang Xiaochuan arrived at the living room on the first floor, everyone had already gone inside.

"Why are you back so soon?"

No one responded to Huang Xiaochuan's question. Huang Xiaochuan looked around carefully and found that the expressions of everyone from his grandmother to Lao Huang were not quite right. What was going on?

After looking around, Huang Xiaochuan decided to look for a breakthrough from Lao Huang.

"Dad! What's going on? Weren't you going to a wedding? Why are you back so early?" Huang Xiaochuan knew that the wedding was tomorrow, so he found it a bit strange.

Old Huang glanced at his mother-in-law and wife, but didn't answer his son's question. After all, he was just a son-in-law, and there were some things he couldn't say. This involved his sister-in-law, who was his wife's sister and his mother-in-law's daughter. They could scold and talk as they pleased, but he shouldn't get involved.

Seeing that he couldn't get a response from Lao Huang, Huang Xiaochuan went to ask Zeng Jiahua instead.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you?"

Zeng Jiahua glanced at his elderly mother but didn't dare answer Huang Xiaochuan's question.

Huang Xiaochuan could clearly sense that the atmosphere in the living room was somewhat oppressive.

Huang Xiaochuan knew a little about his aunt, but not much, mainly because his mother, Zeng Lijuan, and his father almost never talked about her in front of him.

Huang Xiaochuan learned some things about this aunt from his maternal aunt, but since it involved the past between elders, Huang Xiaochuan didn't pry into it. Besides, he had hardly ever interacted with this aunt. It was the same in his previous life, and it seemed that nothing would change in this life.

Just then, my aunt put the things down and said to everyone, "You all rest for a while. I'll go to the store and buy some groceries to cook dinner later."

"Auntie, let me go with you!"

Upon hearing this, Huang Xiaochuan immediately followed his aunt out.

Sure enough, as soon as he left the hospital, his aunt told Huang Xiaochuan what had happened in Chang'an, and also told him about some of the things Zeng Liping had done when she was young.

"Around 1966, when your aunt was eighteen or nineteen, she led a group of people to confiscate some of your maternal grandfather's collection and some of your maternal grandmother's dowry. They burned some and smashed others. Fortunately, some of the items were hidden by your maternal grandmother and some were stored at relatives' houses. Otherwise, your aunt would have ruined them all that time."

The key point is that she publicly announced that she was severing all ties with her original family, that is, with your maternal grandparents. This was a huge blow to your grandfather, who fell seriously ill and passed away a few years later. For a long time afterward, your mother and your maternal uncle almost completely cut off contact with your aunt. Later, as time passed and the incident faded into the past, and your maternal grandmother grew old and missed her daughter, they gradually resumed some contact.

Huang Xiaochuan was dumbfounded. "My God, my own aunt is actually this kind of person?"

Huang Xiaochuan had heard of a certain personality type in his later life, that some people are born cold-hearted and have a very weak sense of family affection. Judging from this, his aunt seemed to be such a person.

If his aunt hadn't explained the whole story, Huang Xiaochuan would never have known there was so much going on. No wonder his mother and uncle never told him about these things; it was practically a family scandal!

Huang Xiaochuan's aunt then instructed him: "That box was given to you by your maternal grandmother, so it's yours. You must keep it safe and don't take it out from anyone who asks for it in the future."

Huang Xiaochuan felt a warmth in his heart and nodded involuntarily.

However, Huang Xiaochuan asked, "Auntie, did you hear this from my maternal grandmother, or did my maternal uncle tell you?"

"Your maternal uncle told me that your maternal grandmother is the kind of person who, no matter how bad her children are, can only be spoken about by her, or by your mother to your maternal uncle. No one else can say anything, or the old lady will be unhappy." Auntie rarely complained like this.

Huang Xiaochuan smiled helplessly. He knew his grandmother's protective nature. Besides, she was very concerned about her reputation, so he decided to pretend he didn't know anything about it.

When Yu Xiang returned home from get off work the next morning, she was stunned to see a large group of people at home.

After saying hello and changing her clothes in her room, she went to the study and found Huang Xiaochuan.

Yu Xiang pointed downstairs with a questioning look: "Why are Grandma and the others back so quickly?"

Huang Xiaochuan rubbed his forehead: "You'd better not ask about this. Anyway, it has nothing to do with you. It's all between my mom and the other elders. Knowing too much will only cause you more trouble."

Hearing Huang Xiaochuan's explanation, Yu Xiang stopped asking. It's normal for relatives to have disagreements. As the saying goes, "a dragon has nine sons, and each one is different." There are countless examples of siblings falling out. They must have broken up over something, otherwise they wouldn't have come back so quickly. Even an upright official can't settle family disputes, so it's best not to get involved in her mother-in-law's affairs.

Old Huang and Zeng Lijuan returned to Qingjiang on Monday. They were still worried about their eldest grandson, and since everything was alright, they figured they might as well go back sooner.

However, before leaving, she didn't forget to tell Huang Xiaochuan some things, mainly about Huang Xiaochuan and Yu Xiang's wedding at the end of next month.

Huang Xiaochuan stated that he would follow his mother Zeng Lijuan's advice in this matter. However, he still made some arrangements of his own.

My uncle went back to complete the handover procedures. Now his wife and children have moved to Shanghai, leaving him all alone in Suzhou. He also wants to come to Shanghai as soon as possible to live with his wife.

However, Zeng Jiahua is keeping something from his family for the time being: he has already asked someone to find him a house. He can't stay at his nephew's house after coming to Shanghai, that would be too inappropriate. He doesn't want to go to his daughter and son-in-law's house either. Once he buys a house, he can bring his elderly mother to live with him. His mother should be taken care of by him, her son.

Although the group returned from Chang'an, news of the discovery of a gold "Xu Shichang Renshou Tongdeng Commemorative Coin" spread throughout the coin collecting world. Some collectors and auction houses tried every means to find out more information, hoping to contact the owner of this precious coin and see if they could have the opportunity to see and acquire it.

However, the information is not complete. It is only known that the news originated from Chang'an, but it is said that the owner of the treasure is in Suzhou, which has confused many people.

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