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But in the eyes of Zhou Jinyue and the others, all the credit went to her. Plus, she had not objected to the Sima family's previous desire to cooperate, so they thought Zhou Jinyue was doing this for the sake of her fellow clansmen.

Zhou Jinran did not explain this matter. Sometimes it was okay to let them think this way. After all, he did not treat them unfairly.

However, when she saw Zhou Jinyue's attitude towards the Sima family, she knew that she might have found out something. She was a little curious because these things were different from what she knew.

So Zhou Jinran asked her and soon got the answer she wanted.

"I asked someone to check before. The Sima family's servants kept their mouths shut and didn't reveal any useful information. But those who checked found that the relationship between Sima Shan and Sima Li was very subtle, and the relationship between their wives was also a little unclear. Logically, they shouldn't have anything to do with each other. After all, in the Sima family, they value legitimate sons the most. How could Sima Li, as a bastard, have anything to do with Sima Shan?"

When Zhou Jinyue said this, she was still a little angry, so there was some sarcasm in her tone.

"Of course, do you think that Master Sima is still upset about what happened back then, so the Sima family is still the same now?"

Zhou Jinran knew what she was talking about, so he said to her.

"How Sima Shan and the others react depends on the specific circumstances. As for Master Sima, it's normal that he won't let go of that incident. He just may not have noticed that most of the things he did are becoming more and more similar to those of his father."

"Indeed, we thought the Sima family was a good family. After all, we didn't seem to have any problems when we visited their home twice. But over the past year, the problems they have encountered are becoming more and more similar to those of the Zhou family."

Seeing Zhou Jinyue still harboring hatred when she mentioned the Zhou family back then, Zhou Jinran couldn't imagine whether, after they knew everything about the Sima family, they would think that the Zhou family back then was actually not that bad.

However, the two of them have already begun to discuss future cooperation with the Sima family. Zhou Jinran had not found a suitable excuse before. After all, as a human being, one also needs to find some excuses for oneself and establish a character for oneself.

Now that we know from Zhou Jinyue that some people in the Sima family had their eyes on Jishidiang, this matter will be easier to handle.

Just like Zhou Jinyue said, whether the Sima family punished those people for show or for other reasons, outsiders didn't know. It all depended on their words, so it was not a bad idea for Zhou Jinran and others to start from this aspect.

So when discussing, she also went out of her way to look at other information about the Sima family. Previously, due to time constraints, she had only looked at information about Sima Shan and a few others. Now that she wanted to catch the real culprit, she naturally had to know more.

In fact, Zhou Jinran and the others didn't need to go through so much trouble, because Jishidiang no longer had to be so cautious in doing things. It should be said that they had never been cautious before, because they had nothing to fear from their own shadows.

But this time, she wanted everyone to know that they didn't want to have anything to do with the Sima family, and it wasn't their problem.

In this case, if someone else implicates the Wang family behind her, then there might be something wrong with them.

And after the Sima family incident breaks out, it would be even more perfect if they could educate those who don't know about the Zhou family's past.

In fact, after the Zhou family's affairs came to their Hujiao Village, the Sima family had spread the news everywhere. However, there are many people here who don't know the situation, so it still needs to be popularized.

Of course, Zhou Jinran would not take the initiative to do anything about this matter. After all, other people’s affairs had nothing to do with her. The most she could do now was to prepare defenses in advance.

Zhou Jinran stayed in Nanling City for four or five days before returning to Hujiao Village.

During the few days in Nanling City, she not only planned the Sima family's affairs with Zhou Jinyue, but also made plans for the later matters.

The most important thing is to train personnel. As long as someone voluntarily enters Jishidiang, we will let them learn whatever they are interested in. Those who have certain talents will also be trained as much as possible.

Because in Zhou Jinran's view, no matter what you learn, it will be useful. She does not require those people to take exams to become officials. Of course, if there are people who are really talented but have no way to find them, she will also support them. Her goal is very simple, which is to make Jishidiang bigger and stronger.

At this time, Zhou Jinran was returning to Hujiao Village with a group of people.

They were Zhao Xu and his companions. They had already arrived when Zhou Jinran went to Nanling City.

However, after they learned that Wang Yaoxing was not in Hujiao Village, they stayed in Nanling City and traveled around Nanling City.

However, when they knew that Zhou Jinran was going back to Hujiao Village, they followed him. After all, they had heard the name Hujiao Village countless times during their stay in Nanling City. They just didn't go there because they hadn't finished visiting the area near Nanling City.

Now that they have toured all over Nanling City, they naturally look forward to visiting Hujiao Village.

Zhou Jinran didn't know them, but they were good friends of her brother after all, so she introduced Hujiao Village to them in detail on the way.

Seeing how eager they were to try, Zhou Jinran thought that what Li Sisi liked most were people like them who came to experience life. In her eyes, they were free labor.

And it doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to do it, she can teach you in a short time. It’s okay if you don’t want to do it, she has plenty of bizarre methods.

However, Zhou Jinran is still very good at judging people. Zhao Xu and his wife have good personalities. If they were not a family, if they were an ordinary family, I am afraid that the couple would not go out to travel together, let alone at such a long distance.

Sure enough, after arriving at Hujiao Village, the two of them couldn't wait to go to Li Sisi's place to experience new things before they had time to rest.

When they still hadn't come out after two hours, Zhou Jinran knew that Li Sisi had succeeded in conscripting the men.

At this time, Zhou Jinran did not go to the workshop to work, but chatted with Old Madam Wang for a while, and then went to see how Shen Muxi was doing.

After so many days, Shen Muxi has fully recovered.

She has now learned about the Shen family from Chen Lan, and also knows that the poison in her body is related to other members of the Shen family. After knowing that her father went to the capital, all she has left is worry.

After all, those people in the Shen family were considered to have colluded with foreign enemies, and their dynasty was confiscated and exiled because of this. In serious cases, they might even be beheaded.

She felt that her family had only had a few days of good life, so how could something like this happen?

Although Shen Muxi has been smart since she was a child, she doesn't understand much about the affairs of the court, because every time when their family discusses this matter, she always feels a headache, otherwise she wouldn't be so worried now.

Zhou Jinran dared to say that the one sitting on the throne probably knew more about the Shen family's situation than General Shen and the others, so even if they were implicated, as she had said before, General Shen and the others had plenty of merits that could atone for their sins.