Zhexue only found out later that Li Jin was actually a woman disguised as a man.

A woman and her young granddaughter disguised themselves as men and fled to the capital. This shows that they were already desperate.

At that time, the only son and daughter-in-law of Li Jin's family died in an accident. The old man fell seriously ill and died after just half a year. She and her granddaughter were left behind. They were bullied by the tribe and there was no male in the family, so they had no choice but to escape.

In order to take care of her granddaughter, she disguised herself as a man and wandered outside under the name of an old man.

In the past few days, Zhe Xue followed Lu Shenge in and out of the teahouse. When she saw Li Jin, she admired this woman in her heart.

Seeing Zhe Xue's figure disappearing at the door, Lu Xiangge knew in his heart that this girl must have gone in to find Li.

The sisters-in-law came today because of the things that have happened in the past few days. These cannot be explained in a few words, so let's take a day off and go to see Li Jin tomorrow.

After sitting down, Mr. Shi recounted what had happened at home in the past few days.

Lu Sheige originally thought that they came to talk about the affairs of Uncle Zhong's family. Unexpectedly, the first thing Shi opened his mouth to mention was the affairs of the Shi family.

"Both my eldest brother and my second brother received their appointment orders. The eldest brother is not far from home and is working in Dangtu, which is very close to the capital. The second brother went to his hometown of Nanyang. My younger brother also entered the Imperial College to study."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Shi couldn't help but grabbed Lu Sheige's wrist and said, "Sister, your eldest brother said that he is not the person he is looking for. Your second brother has been busy with uncle Zhong's affairs recently, and he has no time to take care of this. Sister-in-law

After much thought, it’s just you. Is it you who did this?”

"yes."

Lu Sheige didn't have the habit of doing good deeds anonymously. She wouldn't take the initiative to tell her sister-in-law if she didn't ask, but if her sister-in-law asked, she had nothing to hide.

"Really you?"

Even though both Shi and Shen Zhenghai thought it was Lu Xiangge, she still couldn't believe it when she admitted it herself.

Lu Sheige smiled and patted Mr. Shi's hand: "I just mentioned to the emperor that it was the talents of the brothers of the Shi family that made us what we are today."

"Little sister, sister-in-law doesn't know how to thank you."

"We are all from the same family, no matter how two families speak."

Shi raised her hands to cover her face and choked with sobs: "Yes, yes, we are all one family."

But she knew that if it weren't for her younger sister, how could the emperor think of her family members when he was busy with everything.

Although the eldest brother and the second brother both have the reputation of being scholars, their family background is average and it is not easy to make further progress.

Dad ruthlessly bought the family's house and land, thinking that it would help them take a step forward.

But there are so many talented people in Beijing, it is so difficult to stand out.

It is difficult for the eldest brother, the second brother, and the younger brother to enter a better college. It is not that Shen Zhenghai has not thought about it, and wants the eldest brother and the second brother to get a casual job directly.

A few years ago, my father stopped me, saying that the Shen family could not cause trouble to my aunt, who was still the queen at the time.

The eldest brother and the second brother participated in the Spring Festival twice in a row, but they both lost their names.

Maybe they didn't know enough, so Father Shi gave up his thoughts and secretly asked Shen Zhenghai to see if he could find a casual job.

I don’t know whether someone was secretly blocking it or whether the eldest brother and the second brother were just unlucky. Shen Zhenghai never found a suitable position.

Unexpectedly, there was news that the eldest brother was serving as the county magistrate.

This Dangtu has been known as "the barrier of Jinling and the key to Jiankang" since ancient times.

It's not something that ordinary people can go to.

The second brother went directly to Nanyang, which is the hometown of the Shi family, and all the ancestral tombs of the Shi family are in Nanyang.

Shen Zhenghai couldn't get these two jobs even if he asked for them.

How could Mr. Shi not be excited?

Also, my younger brother entered the Imperial Academy. If it weren't for his seniority, Father Shi would have wished he could come and kowtow to Lu Sheige in person.

Seeing her sister-in-law crying, Mrs. Dong quickly joked: "Sister-in-law, you are too overbearing. You are allowed to pull my little sister to say kind words, but you are not allowed to say thank you to my little sister."

Being interrupted like this, Mrs. Shi also shed tears: "Here, tell me, I think you can say something today."

Although she said she was blaming Mr. Dong for disturbing her, in her heart she accepted the sister-in-law's love. She came to thank her little sister, and it was unlucky to cry in other people's homes.

"Just say it." Mrs. Dong smiled and moved a chair to the other side of Lu Xiange. She also smiled at Mrs. Shi and said, "Sister-in-law, you have tea and let me and my little sister have a few words."

The tears on Shi's face were not yet dry, but she still couldn't hold back her laughter.

Shi and Dong have always had a good relationship. First, they are both reasonable and polite people. Second, although they are sisters-in-law, they come from two different families, so there is not much conflict of interest.

If Shen Zhenghai's generation, the two brothers, don't help each other anymore, wouldn't it be tantamount to allowing others to bully them?

"Little sister, third sister-in-law also wants to thank you for coming this time."

Something happened to the Dong family, and Shen Zhenghe arrived in time. Her eldest brother was fine, but the dim sum shop couldn't open anymore.

During this period, her eldest brother was disheartened and thought that if it didn't work out, he would go back to Nanyang.

Unexpectedly, just yesterday, the dim sum poisoning incident turned around. It turned out that someone was jealous of Dong's dim sum shop and deliberately found someone to frame his family.

Because it was the yamen who beat gongs and drums and led the gangster to the door to apologize, all the neighbors in the street came to see him.

Everyone thought of the good news of the Dong family's dim sum shop and persuaded Brother Dong not to go back to his hometown but to open the shop instead.

Before the Dong family here agreed, over there Jixiangzhai and Ruyilou, as well as the two largest teahouse shopkeepers in the capital, all found the Dong family dim sum shop.

The purpose of the four of them's visit was very simple and clear. They came to discuss cooperation with Dong's Shop because the dim sum made by Dong's Shop was good.

These four are all well-known stores in Beijing. If you want to book a private room, you have to make a reservation several days in advance.

It's not that they haven't ordered dim sum from outside shops for several years, they just picked and picked and picked again. Ordinary dim sum shops simply can't catch the eye of these four shops.

As soon as this news came out, Dong's dim sum shop had not yet reopened, and its reputation had spread throughout the capital.

Shen Zhenghe was originally in charge of these shops in Beijing, but because this shop was entrusted to him by the emperor, he became more and more constrained in his work and did not dare to let his uncle's snacks in.

You know, my brother-in-law's dim sum shop is owned by his wife. If he really wants to do this, no matter whether the Dong family dim sum is good or not, others will say that he is using his power for personal gain.

Shen Zhenghe was deeply afraid that if he did anything wrong, the emperor and his cousin would have objections to him.

Brother Dong was also cautious and did not dare to agree first, so he hurriedly asked Shen Zhenghe.

Shen Zhenghe was very busy because of his uncle's affairs in the Zhong family, so he was dumbfounded when he heard this.

Except for his cousin, no one has such great rights in this matter.

After the whole family sat together and discussed it, the matter became clear.

Uncle Zhong's gambling debt, Shi's employment, Dong's snacks, these things are all due to my cousin.

This has cleared the roadblock for the Shen family. If they continue to hold back the emperor, it will be really unjustifiable.
Chapter completed!