Zhang Yunfei glanced at Zhang Yuchen and me after hearing her master's introduction.
She merely swept her gaze over me, but when she looked at Zhang Yuchen, her eyes lingered.
Then she looked him up and down, taking in this distant older cousin once removed who stood over six feet tall, broad and sturdy, with slightly dark skin.
Before Zhang Yunfei could speak, Zhang Yuchen beat her to it.
"Hey, hey, hey, Yunfei! Nice to meet you!
I've heard Third Uncle mention you often!
We've finally met today."
Zhang Yunfei smiled at that.
"Hello, Uncle Cousin. My grandfather told me about this some time ago. Your hometown is Shaman North Hollow?"
Zhang Yuchen nodded.
"That's right! I went back and had my uncle look through the family genealogy. We found that before the eighth generation, Third Uncle's branch and our Shaman North Hollow branch shared the same ancestor, Zhang Niu.
That ancestor had four sons. Our branch split off from the third son and settled in Shaman North Hollow.
Your branch was the eldest, the main family, and continued living in the city..."
Zhang Yuchen spoke with great detail.
But since Third Master Zhang had acknowledged it himself, it had to be true.
In our social structure, clan recognition carried considerable weight.
After Zhang Yuchen finished speaking, Zhang Yunfei and Zhang Yuchen became a little more familiar with each other.
"Then there's no mistake. Uncle Cousin, please take care of me in the future."
Zhang Yuchen was a little embarrassed. In truth, they were about the same age.
Seeing that they had gotten acquainted, the rest of us did not join in. I even found a rock and sat down to rest.
But then Zhang Yunfei noticed that Zhang Yuchen did not look well and asked,
"Uncle Cousin, are you