Chapter 72, Everyone in the Shi Family
As an uncle, although Mrs. Shi loves his wife the most, there are also concubines in the house. Besides Mrs. Shi, there are two other aunts who gave birth to children for him.
Lady Shi had three sons and one daughter in total, the eldest son Shi Zhengmao, the eldest daughter Shi Yuhua, the second son Shi Zhengkun, and the youngest son Shi Zhengye.
Two aunts, Aunt He gave birth to a son and a daughter, concubine Shi Yuwen and concubine Shi Zhengde; Aunt Kong gave birth to only one daughter, concubine Shi Yuru.
Four sons and three daughters, Mr. Shi still has a lot of children.
Seven children, according to the order of birth, the first is Zhengmao, the second is Yuhua, the third is Yuwen, the fourth is Kun, the fifth is virtue, the sixth is Yuru, and the seven is Zhengye.
With the children starting their own families and the birth of grandchildren, the branches and leaves of the Shi family became more and more luxuriant.
On this point, the old man Shi is very pleased.
Because of Shi Yuhua's return, Mrs. Shi sent someone to call all four sons and daughters-in-law to Yixiangtang.
As soon as everyone arrived, Mrs. Shi said: "Something happened at home, I originally wanted to tell you when you all rested, but today Yuhua came back, so let's talk about it together."
"Zhengmao, Zhengkun, you all have errands on your body, it's not easy to keep others waiting, you should send someone to ask for a leave."
When he heard that he still had to ask for leave, Shi Zhengkun felt tense, while Shi Zhengye and Shi Zhengde, who knew nothing, looked at each other in blank dismay.
Zeng Yuwei's daughters-in-law looked at Mrs. Shi, and seeing that there was nothing unusual on her face, they were a little relieved, suppressed their curiosity, and sat silently beside their husbands.
The atmosphere in the room was a little dignified. Shi Yuhua saw that Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Shi both had tense faces, and came out with a smile 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 last time, and handed it directly to Shi Yuhua: "You are my sister, you should read it first."
Shi Zhengkun's heart trembled when Mrs. Shi saw it, and when he saw Shi Yuhua's more and more surprised face after reading the letter, his heart became more and more uneasy.
"impossible"
Shi Yuhua shook his head while watching, looking in disbelief.
"impossible!"
Before reading the letter, Shi Yuhua tried to deny it: "Mother, 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, the people in the room were shocked. Except for Mrs. Shi, Mrs. Shi, and Mr. and Mrs. Shi Zhengmao who knew about it at the beginning, everyone else opened their mouths in surprise.
Shi Zhengkun swayed, took a few steps forward and snatched the letter from Shi Yuhua's hand, and then quickly read it, his face became paler the more he looked at it.
Zeng Yuwei couldn't sit still at this time, and also hurried to Shi Zhengkun's side, and read the letter with him.
"how so?"
After reading half of the letter, Zeng Yuwei collapsed.
The person she married was not the son of the Shi family, but the son of a military family? !
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, and quickly looked at Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Shi: "Father, mother, you must have made a mistake, right? ?”
Shi Zhengkun also raised his head quickly, and looked at Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Shi beseechingly, hoping that this was just a joke they were playing with him.
However, he was disappointed.
Seeing the serious eyes of Mrs. 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 finishing speaking, Shi Zhengkun slapped the letter on the table, turned around and ran out of the room.
Zeng Yuwei stood there in a daze, also looking unacceptable.
When the eldest lady saw her, she sighed, got up and helped her to a chair and sat down.
Zeng Yuwei grabbed Mrs. Shi's wrist, and eagerly asked for confirmation: "Sister-in-law, this is not true, tell me, it is not true, it must be Uncle Jiang who made a mistake, right?"
Mrs. Shi looked at her parents-in-law, and sighed: "Butler Shi and Nanny Xu are both in Rongcheng now, and they met Changsen's family. Changsen looks like the second uncle, and his daughter is exactly like the mother, so it can't be wrong .”
Zeng Yuwei still shook her head: "There are so many people who look alike in the world, and this alone can't explain anything at all."
Mrs. Shi showed sympathy: "But Steward Shi went to Tianlingtun and met the Li family. The fourth younger brother's facial features are quite similar to that of Old Li's."
If only Li Changsen's family resembles the Shi family, there is indeed a little insufficient evidence, but Shi Zhengkun also looks like the Li family, which makes it impossible to refute.
Zeng Yuwei couldn't accept it, she stood up suddenly, and left quickly without saying a word to Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Shi.
"Mother, her fourth sibling"
At that time, the old lady didn't care about it, 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: "Father, mother, uncle, are they really right?"
Shi the old lady glanced at her: "Your uncle has always acted prudently and rigorously. If he hadn't confirmed it, he wouldn't have told us about this kind of thing."
As he spoke, he took out the letter from Shi Nian and Madam Xu.
"This is a letter from Steward Shi and Nanny Xu. They won't talk nonsense. You should read it too."
Shi Zhengye and Shi Zhengde recovered from the shock and joined the team of reading the letter.
After everyone finished reading the letter, although they were not as collapsed as Shi Zhengkun was, the shock was still palpable.
Shi Yuhua looked at Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Shi: "Father, mother, if the child is really wrong, what are you going to do?"
Old Madam Shi looked at her indifferently: "What do you mean by plan? What else can you do? That is your own brother, so naturally he will take him back to Shi's family."
For the younger brother who grew up in a military family and had never met, Shi Yuhua really couldn't empathize with him, but for Shi Zhengkun who grew up together, he couldn't bear and sympathized: "Then what about Zhengkun? "
Old Madam Shi said indifferently: "If he is still willing to stay in the Shi family, he is the adopted son of the Shi family. If he is not willing, let him go."
Hearing this, Shi Yuhua and Shi Zhengye were a little shocked.
Shi Yuhua eagerly got up and walked to Mrs. Shi's side: "Mother, is this necessary? I have no objection to taking back that so-called Li Changsen, but Zhengkun doesn't need to be so extreme."
"What do we mean by doing absolutely? I just gave Zheng Kun the right to choose. If he wants to leave or stay, it's up to him. Your father and I respect his decision."
Shi Yuhua became anxious: "Mother, I didn't mean that. There are many ways to bring Li Changsen back. It doesn't have to be that Zhengkun is not the son of the Shi family."
When the old lady understood what her daughter meant, she shook her head and said, "But he really isn't." Then she clicked on the letter on the table, "And he already knew."
"You are afraid that he will have a rift with his family, right? But, even if we don't make it public, he and we will never go back to the past."
"Yuhua, for things that cannot be done by manpower, do more and make more mistakes, especially don't deceive yourself and others."
"Picking your younger brother back to Shi's house is the responsibility of your father and I as parents. As for how Zheng Kun treats Shi's house. Let God arrange it."
When Shi Yuhua heard Mrs. Shi say this, knowing that his parents had already made a decision, he felt a little annoyed: "Then Li Changsen grew up in the border, and he is still a military household. He probably doesn't understand anything. He returned to Shi's house. Our family I'm afraid it will become the laughing stock of the capital."
"Snapped!"
The old lady put the tea bowl in her hand on the table heavily, looked at Shi Yuhua coldly, only looked at Shi Yuhua with a guilty conscience and bowed her head.
"I think it's not easy for you to be in your in-law's house. I have talked about you these few years, but it makes you more and more shameless. Is it you, a sister, who said this?"
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 own son was wrongly held for more than 30 years, and he grew up in a border military family. I can now imagine that our family has become the laughing stock of others."
The old lady was silent: "There is never a shortage of gossip in the capital, and there are few people in our family who pay attention to it. Even if someone says a few words, it is not painful."
Shi Yuhua snorted: "But my mother-in-law and sister-in-law will make fun of me."
It was rare for the old lady not to answer these words.
Because of the decline of the Shi family, the life of the three girls in her husband's house was a bit difficult.
Shi Yuhua was unhappy and didn't want to argue with his parents. When he saw Shi Zhengye and Shi Zhengde who were silent, he immediately changed his partner: "Fifth brother and seventh brother, this is a big family matter, you should say something." !"
As a concubine, Zhengde was very aware of his weight in the family. It was about his aunt's son, and it was not his turn to intervene, so he immediately said, "I will listen to my father and mother."
Shi Yuhua didn't count on 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 wrongly carried, I think it's best for everyone to return."
When Shi Yuhua heard this, he immediately became angry: "Everyone, do you still want Zhengkun to go back 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 and said: "I think you are stupid in reading, Zhengkun returned to the Li family, and the family's raising him for so many years was all in vain at that time."
Shi Zhengye hated people saying that he was stupid when he read books, and his tone became bad: "I'm not as smart as your second sister, since you are so smart and you can't bear Shi Zhengkun so much, then you handle this matter. "
"You can bring my fourth brother back without offending Shi Zhengkun, so you can show me one. Hmph, you want to please both sides, do you have the ability?"
"you"
When the old man slapped the table, he interrupted the quarrel between the siblings: "Okay, your mother and I have already decided on this matter. I just let you know today and didn't let you express your opinions."
As he spoke, 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 Wei's house quickly, lest your mother-in-law and sister-in-law pick you up again."
Once the old master Shi spoke, Shi Yuhua didn't dare to say more even if he didn't want to.
Since they planned to take Li Changsen back in a legitimate manner, Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Shi didn't want to hide the fact that the child was wrongly carried back then, so today's conversation spread throughout the entire Shifu like a tsunami, and spread outside the mansion.
Within two days, members of the Shi clan, the family of good friends, and the family of in-laws all knew about it.
For this reason, a wave of heated discussions was triggered.
At the same time, Rongcheng, Li's family.
Going home from school, Li Qilang came to look for Li Wuya again: "Sister, it's been almost half a month, and there is still no movement from the Jiang family. They don't really want to recognize us, do they?"
Li Wuya is wiping the strings. Today she learned a new piece of music, and she is in a good mood: "It's just a blood relationship, and there is no emotion. If you don't recognize it, you don't recognize 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: "I look pretty good, but I'm just a little distracted. Sister, do you think Dad really wants to recognize the Shi family?"
Li Wuya was silent, his father probably wanted to recognize his relatives.
Her mother once said that her father used to work so hard for the Li family because he wanted to get the approval and care of Li's father and Li's mother.
Her father should be very eager to get fatherly and motherly love.
Li Qilang sighed: "Actually, I also really want to go to the capital." As he spoke, his eyes became yearning, "The capital is the place where the emperor lives, and there must be many delicious and fun things to do."
Li Wuya replied: "There will be many troubles. There are many people in high-ranking and big families. If there are many people, there will be more right and wrong. Do you think you can handle it?"
Li Qilang made a cut and squeezed his fist: "I'm still afraid they won't succeed?"
Li Wuya: "There are some things that can't be solved with a hard fist. In a place like the capital where nobles are everywhere, many things can affect the whole body."
"However, the same sentence, high risk and high reward, in the capital, there will also be delicious food and beauty that we will never be able to touch in Rongcheng."
Li Qilang bumped into Li Wuya's arm: "Sister, you also want to recognize the Shi family in your heart?"
Li Wuya smiled lightly, and generously admitted: "There are shortcuts for people to go to high places. Naturally, I am too lazy to climb up step by step."
Li Qilang frowned: "Then what should we do now? The Jiang family has ignored us. Could it be that we still have to beg for help? Did we lose by wrestling with them?"
Li Wuya patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, what's wrong with this matter, we haven't made a move yet, and now we're just passively waiting for them to choose."
As he spoke, he plucked the strings twice, "Since Dad wants to recognize his relatives, and returning to Shi's house will indeed benefit us, we have to take the initiative."
Li Qilang: "What do you take the initiative to do?"
Li Wuya: "Take the initiative to show a little value, so that the Jiang family has to bow their heads to recognize us."
Li Qilang was eager to try: "How to show?"
Li Wuya was silent for a while: "Father and mother are not easy to operate, we have to come four. Governor Cai and General Zhuang are still in Rongcheng, Qilang, you go to Shang Laojiu now and ask him to inquire about their itinerary .”
"Okay, I'll go right away."
(end of this chapter)