Chapter 1979


    The Wade family’s ancestor worship ceremony was the grandest family ceremony that the Wade


    family had.


    Allrge families would always value ancestor worship, especially forrge families with a long


    history such as the Wade family. As they had a profound history and many branches to their family,


    they attached great importance to the ancestor worship ceremony.


    In truth, a lot of wealthy families had always wanted t o engage in special ancestor worship


    ceremonies. However, a real ancestor worship ceremony was not something that any ordinary


    family could just do.


    Some nouveau riche families who wanted to hold an ancestor worship ceremony might not be able


    to keep up with the appearance at all.


    This was because these people''s ancestral tombs might have thetest three to four generations of


    their ancestors in total. Moreover, when it came to their identities, most of their ancestors from the


    previous generations might be peasants with no high-end or amazing stories to be told to the future


    generations.


    Although those from the peasant ss were also very worthy of respect, to those in the upper-ss


    societies, if the other party''s ancestors did not have a strong identity or background, it would be


    somewhat


    unpresentable and embarrassing to be shown. 4


    This was especially so for the upper-ss people from Eastcliff.


    In addition toparing their wealth and power, they alsopared their family origin and heritage.


    In Eastcliff, many elders were survivors of the bygone ages. During ancient times, the ancestors of


    their families were all nobles from a reputable background. They were all lords anddies from the


    upper-ss societies.


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    This kind of family had a strong foundation. During the ancestor worship ceremony, if they read out


    two to three of their ancestors'' deeds, they could immediately portray a very positive feeling to the


    other people.


    The ancestors of the Wade family were also pce officials. Any ordinary family would definitely be


    very eager to build an ancestral hall in his hometown for their ancestor if there was a talented


    individual in their family. There were more than a hundred pce officials and schrs amongst the


    ancestors of the Wade family. There were already about ten top schrs in the history of the Wade


    family. There were even about thirty-one schrs in the Wade family who had made it to the top


    three ranks. 4


    With a history of nearly three hundred years in ancient times, there had already been about one


    hundred and twelve examinations for schrs held in the king''s pce.


    During these three hundred years, a total of more than twenty thousand schrs and one hundred


    and fourteen champions had been awarded.


    The Wade family alone ounted for nearly one-tenth of this amount, which was an extremely


    remarkable achievement. 4


    It was precisely because of these talented ancestors that the Wade family could continue to exist for


    hundreds of years. Moreover, the Wade family had always been pretty strong and influential. They


    could still be considered a local dictator even during the turmoil and chaos of the war era.


    The Wade family had expanded and branched out for s o many years. At this point, there were at


    least tens of thousands of Wade family descendants all over the world, and a considerate number of


    them had already gone overseas. 3


    Going back hundreds of years, their ancestors were the ancestors of the Wade family. 4


    However, during ancient times, the eldest son would always inherit the entire family. All the other


    sons would have to separate from the family. Therefore, more and more of the Wade family


    members were reduced to coteral family members of the Wade family, leaving behind only the


    eldest son''s family as the true descendant of the Wade family.


    For instance, Charlie''s father had three brothers.


    ording to the ancient rules, after Charlie’s grandfather passed away, the three sons of the Wade


    family would have to be separated from the Wade family to branch out on their own. At that time,


    the eldest son of the Wade family, yton, would be the one to inherit most of the Wade family''s


    business and estates. 2


    After performing their filial piety duties toward theirte father for three years, the second and third


    sons 0 f the Wade family would have to leave the original Wade family mansion with their family


    members to start another family on their own.


    This way, the second and third son''s families would eventually be the Wade family''s coteral


    family.


    At this time, these two coteral families would still b e rtively close to the main family. After all,


    the second and third brothers were still biological brothers with their eldest brother. 3


    However, when it came to Charlie''s generation, Charlie’s cousin would be the one to inherit the


    original Wade family. So, the rtionship between the two coteral families and the main family


    would be set apart by yet another generation.


    When it would finally be time for the third and fourth generation to take over, these two coteral


    families would have also derived even more coteral families, and they would be separated even


    more from the original main family. 1


    If this continued for five to six generations, more than a hundred years would have already passed


    by. 1


    At that time, the family members might not even know each other at all, and they would only be able


    to find the names of the descendants from the other coteral families from the genealogy chart.