As an uncle, although Mrs. Shi loves his first wife most, he also has concubines in his house. In addition to Mrs. Shi, there are also two aunts who gave birth to children for him.
Mrs. Shi gave birth to a total of three sons and one daughter, the eldest son Shi Zhengmao, the eldest daughter Shi Yuhua, the second son Shi Zhengkun, and the youngest son Shi Zhengye.
Of the two aunts, Aunt He gave birth to a son and a daughter, the concubine Shi Yuwen and the concubine Shi Zhengde; Aunt Kong gave birth to only one daughter, the concubine Shi Yuru.
With four sons and three daughters, the old man Shi had quite a lot of heirs.
The seven children, according to the order of their birth, are: the first is the noble line, the second is the jade flower, the third is the jade, the fourth is the kun, the fifth is the virtuous, the sixth is the jade, and the seventh is the right karma.
As the children got married and grandchildren were born, the branches and leaves of the Shi family became more and more prosperous.
At this point, Mr. Shi was quite pleased.
Because of Shi Yuhua's return, Mrs. Shi sent someone to call her four sons and daughter-in-law to Yixiang Hall.
As soon as everyone arrived, Mrs. Shi spoke up: "Something happened at home. Originally, I wanted to tell you when you all take a bath, but today Yuhua is back, so I might as well tell you together."
"Zhengmao, Zhengkun, you are the ones with errands. You can't keep others waiting. You'd better send someone to ask for leave."
When Shi Zhengkun heard that he wanted to ask for leave, his heart suddenly tightened. Shi Zhengye and Shi Zhengde, who knew nothing about it, looked at each other a little bit.
Zeng Yuwei's daughters-in-law looked at Mrs. Shi and saw that there was nothing strange on her face. They felt relieved a little, suppressed their curiosity and sat silently beside their husbands.
When Shi Yuhua saw that Mrs. Shi and Mr. Shi both had tense faces, she smiled and came out to liven up the atmosphere: "Mother, what happened? Why are you and father so serious?"
Mrs. Shi glanced at Shi Zhengkun, took out the letter from Jiang Anbang's last visit, and handed it directly to Shi Yuhua: "You are my sister, you should read it first."
Shi Zhengkun's heart trembled when he saw Mrs. Shi. When he saw Shi Yuhua's increasingly surprised face after reading the letter, he became even more uneasy.
"impossible......"
Shi Yuhua looked at it and shook his head, looking in disbelief.
"impossible!"
Before reading the letter, Shi Yuhua strongly denied it: "Mom, the second uncle must have made a mistake. How could Zhengkun not be the son of the Shi family?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room was shocked. Except for Mrs. Shi, Mr. Shi and Mr. Shi Zhengmao, who knew it at the beginning, everyone else opened their mouths in surprise.
Shi Zhengkun swayed, stepped forward and snatched the letter from Shi Yuhua's hand, and then quickly read it, his face getting paler as he read it.
Zeng Yuwei couldn't sit still at this time, and quickly came to Shi Zhengkun's side, and read the letter with him.
"how so?"
Halfway through reading the letter, Zeng Yuwei collapsed.
The person she married was not a son of the Shi family, but the son of a military household?!
Shi Yuhua and Shi Zhengkun had the best relationship. Seeing that Shi Zhengkun's hand holding the letter was shaking, he couldn't bear it. He quickly looked at Mrs. Shi and Mr. Shi: "Father, mother, there must be a mistake, right?"
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Shi Zhengkun also quickly raised his head and looked at Mr. Shi and Mrs. Shi pleadingly, hoping very much that this was just a joke they played on him.
However, he was disappointed.
Seeing the serious eyes of Mr. Shi and Mrs. Shi, Shi Zhengkun collapsed.
He couldn't accept this fact.
How could he not be the son of the Shi family?
He still has memories of scenes from his childhood. Shifu is his home!
"I don't believe it, father, mother, I don't believe it!"
After saying that, Shi Zhengkun slapped the letter on the table, turned around and ran out of the room.
When Mrs. Shi saw it, she sighed, got up and helped him sit down on a chair.
Zeng Yuwei grabbed Mrs. Shi's wrist and asked eagerly: "Sister-in-law, this is not true. Please tell me, this is not true. Uncle Jiang must have made a mistake, right?"
Mrs. Shi looked at her parents-in-law and sighed: "Steward Shi and Aunt Xu are in Rongcheng now. They met Changsen's family. Changsen looks like his second uncle, and his daughter also looks exactly like her mother. It's unmistakable.
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Zeng Yuwei still shook her head: "There are so many people who look alike in the world. This alone can't explain anything at all."
Madam Shi showed sympathy: "But Butler Shi also went to Tianling Village and met the Li family. The fourth brother...the fourth brother's facial features are quite similar to that of Father Li."
If only Li Changsen's family resembles the Shi family, there is indeed insufficient evidence, but Shi Zhengkun also looks like the Li family, which makes it impossible to argue.
Zeng Yuwei couldn't accept it, so she stood up suddenly and left quickly without saying a word to Mr. Shi and Mrs. Shi.
"Mother, the fourth brother and sister..."
Mrs. Shi didn't care and waved her hand: "Let them all be quiet."
Shi Yuhua picked up the letter again and read it. After reading it, she still didn't want to believe it: "Did my father, mother, and uncle really get it right?"
Mrs. Shi glanced at her: "Your uncle has always been prudent and rigorous in his actions. If he hadn't confirmed it, he wouldn't have told us about this kind of thing."
With that said, he took out Shi Nian's and Nanny Xu's.
"This is a letter from Butler Shi and Aunt Xu. They don't talk nonsense. You should also read it."
Shi Zhengye and Shi Zhengde recovered from the shock and joined the team reading the letter.
After everyone finished reading the letter, although they were not as broken as Shi Zhengkun, they were still shocked beyond words.
Shi Yuhua looked at Mrs. Shi and Mr. Shi: "Father, mother, if the child is really carried by the wrong child, what are you going to do?"
Mrs. Shi looked at her indifferently: "What do you mean, what do you plan to do? What else can you do? That is your biological brother. Naturally, he has to be taken back to the Shi family."
Shi Yuhua really couldn't sympathize with the younger brother who grew up in a military household and had never met him, but he could not bear to sympathize with Shi Zhengkun, whom he had grown up with since childhood: "What about Zhengkun?
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Mrs. Shi said calmly: "If he is still willing to stay in the Shi family, then he will be the adopted son of the Shi family. If he is not willing, let him go."
Upon hearing this, Shi Yuhua and Shi Zhengye were a little shocked.
Shi Yuhua stood up eagerly and walked to Mrs. Shi's side: "Mother, is this necessary? I don't object to taking back that Li Changsen, but Zhengkun doesn't need to be so ruthless."
Madam Shi frowned tightly and looked at Shi Yuhua displeased: "You and Zhengkun have a good relationship, I understand, but Changsen is your biological brother, you'd better understand this."
"What do you mean we have done the best? I just gave the choice to Zhengkun. If he wants to stay or leave, it's up to him. Your father and I respect his decision."
Shi Yuhua was anxious: "Mother, that's not what I meant. There are many ways to bring back Li Changsen. It doesn't necessarily have to be that Zhengkun is not the son of the Shi family."
Mrs. Shi understood what her daughter meant, shook her head and said, "But he is indeed not." Then, she clicked the letter on the table, "And he already knows it."
"You are afraid that he will cause trouble with the family, right? However, even if we don't disclose it to the public, he and we will never be able to go back to the past."
"Yuhua, when it comes to things that cannot be done by human power, the more you do, the more likely you will make mistakes. Especially, you can't deceive yourself and others."
"Taking your brother back to Shi's home is the responsibility of your father and I as parents. As for Zhengkun... let God arrange it."
When Shi Yuhua heard what Mrs. Shi said, she knew that her parents had already made the decision, and felt a little irritated: "Li Changsen grew up in the border area and was a military household. He probably doesn't know anything. He returned to Shi's family, and our family
I'm afraid I will become the laughing stock of the capital city."
"Snapped!"
Mrs. Shi placed the tea bowl in her hand heavily on the table and looked at Shi Yuhua coldly, only to see Shi Yuhua bow her head with a guilty conscience.
"I think it's not easy for you to be in your husband's family. I haven't said anything about you these years, but it makes you more and more shameless. Are these words said by a sister like you?"
Shi Yuhua was a little dissatisfied: "If I don't say it, won't it happen? Mother, you know better than me what people in the capital are like."
"My biological son was miscarried, for more than 30 years, and he grew up in a border military family. I can imagine now that our family has become the laughing stock of others."
Mrs. Shi was silent: "There is no shortage of gossip in Beijing, and no one pays attention to our family. Even if someone says a few words, it won't hurt."
Shi Yuhua snorted: "But my mother-in-law and sister-in-law will make fun of me."
The old lady rarely answered these words.
Because of the decline of the Shi family, the three girls all had a difficult time in their husband's family.
Shi Yuhua was unhappy and couldn't argue with his parents. Seeing Shi Zhengye and Shi Zhengde who were silent, he immediately changed the subject: "Fifth brother, seventh brother, this is a big matter in the family, you guys should say something."
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As a concubine, Shi Zhengde was very aware of his weight in the family. It was not his turn to intervene when it came to his aunt's son, so he immediately said: "I listen to my father and my mother."
Shi Yuhua didn't expect him either, and looked at Shi Zhengye: "Seventh brother, what do you say?"
Shi Zhengye pondered for a moment before saying: "Since the child was carried by the wrong person, I think it's best for everyone to return to their respective places."
When Shi Yuhua heard this, he immediately became angry: "Everyone returns to his/her place. Do you still want Zhengkun to return to the border and become the son of that military household?"
Shi Zhengye immediately said: "That's how it should be. Recognize your ancestors and return to your clan."
Shi Yuhua snorted coldly: "I think you are stupid because of studying. When Zhengkun returned to the Li family, all the years of raising him were in vain."
Shi Zhengye hated people saying that he was stupid because of his studies, and his tone became worse: "I'm not as smart as you, second sister. Since you are so smart and so reluctant to let go of Shi Zhengkun, then you can handle this matter.
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"You can bring your fourth brother back without offending Shi Zhengkun, so why don't you make one for me to see? Huh, you want to please both sides, do you have that ability?"
"you....."
Mr. Shi slapped his hand on the table, interrupting the quarrel between the two siblings: "Okay, your mother and I have decided on this matter. I just informed you today and didn't let you express your opinion."
As he said that, he looked at Shi Yuhua.
"Didn't you come back just to inquire about this matter? Now that the matter is known, go back to the Wei family quickly, lest your mother-in-law and sister-in-law find fault with you again."
As soon as Mr. Shi spoke, Shi Yuhua didn't dare to say more even if she didn't want to.
Since they planned to take Li Changsen back legitimately, Mr. Shi and Mrs. Shi did not think of hiding the fact that the child was carried by the wrong child. Therefore, today's conversation spread like a tsunami throughout the Shi Mansion and spread outside the house.
Within two days, everyone in the Shi clan, the families with whom they were friends, and the families of in-laws also knew about this.
To this end, a wave of heated discussions was triggered.
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At the same time, Rongcheng and the Li family.
After returning home from school, Li Qilang came to see Li Wuya again: "Sister, it's been almost half a month, and there's still no movement from the Jiang family. Do they really not want to recognize us?"
Li Wuya was wiping the strings of the piano. She learned a new song today and was in a good mood: "It's just a blood relationship, and there is no emotion. If you don't recognize it, just ignore it. It's not a big deal."
As he spoke, he paused.
"By the way, what do you think of dad's mood these days?"
Li Qilang: "It looks pretty good to me, but he is a little distracted. Sister, do you think dad really wants to recognize Shi's family?"
Li Wuya was silent. His father probably wanted to recognize him. Her mother once said that her father used to work so hard for the Li family just because he wanted to get the approval and care of Father Li and Mother Li.
Her father must be eager for fatherly and motherly love.
Li Qilang sighed: "Actually, I really want to go to the capital." As he said that, his eyes became yearning, "The capital is where the emperor lives. There must be a lot of delicious food and fun."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Wuya replied: "There will also be people who are in trouble. There are many people in wealthy families, and with more people there will be more right and wrong. Do you think you can handle it?"
Come?"
Li Qilang made a sound and clenched his fist: "Am I still afraid of them?"
Li Wuya: "Some things can't be solved with a hard fist. In a place like Beijing where noble people are everywhere, many things can affect the whole body."
"But, again, it's high risk and high reward. In the capital, there will also be delicious food and beauty that we will never have access to in Rongcheng."
Li Qilang bumped Li Wuya's arm: "Sister, you also want to recognize Shi's family, right?"
Li Wuya smiled faintly and admitted generously: "When people go to higher places, there are shortcuts. Naturally, I am too lazy to climb up step by step."
Li Qilang frowned: "Then what should we do now? The Jiang family is ignoring us. Is it possible that we still have to beg for help? Have we lost the fight with them?"
Li Wuya patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be impatient. This matter has never happened. We haven't made any move yet. Now we are just passively waiting for them to make a choice."
As he spoke, he plucked the strings twice and said, "Since dad wants to recognize our relatives, and returning to Shi's house will indeed be of some benefit to us, we have to take the initiative."
Li Qilang: "What are you doing proactively?"
Li Wuya: "If you take the initiative to show some value, the Jiang family will have to bow their heads to recognize us."
Li Qilang was a little eager to try: "How to show it?"
Li Wuya was silent for a moment: "Mom and dad are not easy to handle, so we have to come here. Governor Cai and General Zhuang are still in Rongcheng. Qi Lang, you go to Shang Laojiu now and ask him to inquire about their schedule."