90s: You are all reborn, who will spoil you?

Yang Qin gently dusted off the family tree and handed it to Xie Yan: "How many characters do you know? Can you understand it?"

The moment Xie Yan took the family tree, her hands trembled slightly. She stared at the yellowed paper, and an indescribable shock surged in her heart.

Those densely packed names, like strings of notes, play the magnificent melody of family history.

Xie Yan's gaze lingered on the four words "Xie Family Tree" for a long time. Through these ancient texts, she could get a glimpse of the life fragments of her long-passed ancestors.

She flipped through the pages, her fingertips gently sliding over the densely packed names and brief records of deeds.

These names are not just cold text symbols, they are witnesses of a family's history, the bonds of blood inheritance, connecting the past and the present.

Xie Yan had never seen this family tree in her past or present life. She only knew that her family had been doctors for generations, either veterinarians or traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.

She had also been curious about why all the children of the Xie family of her generation were named Xie An, but she was the only one not.

What is the basis for the word "An" for younger generations of the same clan?

Seeing the family tree in her hand, she understood.

The genealogy clearly records: "....The family, the ancestral hall, will always be virtuous and prosperous, and will establish a peaceful nation and stabilize the country, and will rectify the world for generations..."

Their generation should be the descendants of the "An" generation.

Xie Yan couldn't help but smile, the doubts in her heart were finally answered.

She imagined that for countless days and nights, the ancestors of the Xie family might have sat like this under the dim light, flipping through this family tree and telling stories, whether glorious or ordinary.

Continuing to flip through the pages, Xie Yan's attention was drawn to a special record.

That was an ancestor named Xie Jialan. According to the family tree, he not only had superb medical skills, but also had a compassionate heart. He practiced medicine in the countryside all year round and saved many poor and helpless patients. He was respected as a "living Bodhisattva" by the locals.

As she read deeper, Xie Yan also discovered that in addition to medical skills, the Xie family had made achievements in many fields such as literature, art, and science. Although these achievements were not passed down from generation to generation like medical skills, the desire for knowledge and the spirit of exploration were the common wealth of every member of the Xie family.

This made her realize why her grandparents were so obsessed with her father having a son to inherit the family business, and even if there was no son, they wanted to arrange for cousins ​​to study under her father.

"Yan Yan, come and try this watermelon just fished out of the well. It's very cool." Yang Qin's voice interrupted Xie Yan's thoughts. She was holding a piece of cut watermelon in her hand. The watermelon had red flesh and black seeds, exuding an attractive luster and a hint of coolness.

Xie Yan took the watermelon and took a bite. It was sweet and refreshing, instantly dispelling the summer heat and the irritability in her heart.

"Thank you, grandma. This watermelon is so sweet." Xie Yan responded with a smile, and her eyes returned to the family tree in her hand.

Yang Qin sat down aside and looked at Xie Yan's focused expression with gentle eyes.

Xie Yan's generation's sense of family identity is far less strong than that of their predecessors, but seeing Xie Yan's attitude at the moment, a glimmer of hope still ignited in her heart.

Perhaps by telling family stories and sharing memories that have been buried by time, Xie Yan can regain the sense of belonging to the family.

"Yan Yan, do you know? This genealogy records the rise and fall of your Xie family for thousands of years. Look at this." Yang Qin pointed to a name in the genealogy. "This is your great-grandfather. He was a general. He went to Taiwan during the war. He was a great..."

Xie Yan was fascinated by what she heard. She had never thought that there was such a legendary figure in her family.

She continued to read and found that the genealogy not only recorded the names and life stories of family members, but also contained many detailed records of historical changes.

"Grandma, why did you take out the family tree to show me?" Xie Yan asked curiously.

"Look carefully." Yang Qin's expression grew solemn. "Your Xie family motto is 'loyalty and filial piety passed down from generation to generation, poetry and literature passed down from generation to generation.' This means that as descendants of the Xie family, you must first be loyal to your country and filial to your parents; secondly, you must study diligently and bring honor to your family with your knowledge and wisdom."

After saying that, Yang Qin lowered her head.

He suppressed the emotion in his eyes and said, "Don't be like your mother."

Xie Yan nodded without further response.

She silently memorized her grandmother's words, and her fingers trembled slightly as she flipped through the family tree. On those yellowed papers, she saw some hidden horror stories.

During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a man named Xie Deyi in the Xie family. He was a shrewd businessman who specialized in medicinal materials. His family was well-off and his wealth was prominent for a time.

However, fate was cruel and Xie Deyi unfortunately passed away due to illness at an early age, leaving his wife Xie Wang and two young sons alone and helpless.

Xie Wangshi was a gentle and strong woman. She inherited a large fortune from her husband's family and also took on the responsibility of raising two young sons.

However, this property attracted the greedy eyes of her husband's brother-in-law Xie Deren.

Xie Deren was a man with evil intentions. He wanted to monopolize the family business by getting rid of Xie Wang and her descendants.

He first secretly planned and used a poisoned cake to poison one of Xie Wangshi's sons. Although Xie Wangshi knew it well, she was forced to swallow her anger due to family pressure and her own safety, and announced to the outside world that her son died of illness.

Xie Wangshi's tolerance did not win the forgiveness of her brother-in-law Xie Deren. Xie Deren did not stop there, but instead intensified his evil deeds. He bribed the second boy's wet nurse and attempted to carry out his evil plan again.

But fate did not seem to be on Xie Deren's side. The wet nurse was originally a distant relative of the Xie family, and was related to Xie Wangshi. She had received favors from Xie Deyi, so she felt compassion at the critical moment, hesitated, and even felt condemned by her conscience in her dreams. In the end, she gave up her plan to poison.

Seeing that his evil plan failed, Xie Deren resorted to a more cunning method - forging documents, attempting to deprive Xie Wangshi of her property ownership through legal means.

Faced with her brother-in-law's relentless pressure, Xie Wang was exhausted and unable to cope.

She was forced to give up the family property that had been passed down for generations, and the mother and her two children were left on the streets with no way out.

But Xie Wangshi was a strong-willed person. With her hard work, she became a nanny for a family and raised two children with her meager income.

During this process, Xie Wang's two children also grew up gradually.

One of the children in particular, named Xie Gaoyuan, showed extraordinary military talent since he was a child.

Whenever he heard stories from the battlefield, his eyes would always sparkle with yearning for heroes and desire for victory.

He is good at observation, diligent in thinking, and has unique insights into military strategies and tactics.

In the end, Xie Wangshi paid for him to study at the Whampoa Military Academy and join the army to resist foreign invasion.

This member of the Xie family who grew up in hardship chose to seek refuge in Taiwan in the torrent of history. He is the only member of the Xie family who survived in Taiwan.