Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich

Tang Shunyan also found it strange. Why would people foolishly send money and supplies?

What secrets lay within that he was still unaware of?

With such suspicions, Tang Shunyan was even more eager to go to the Capital City to understand the situation.

Then another day passed, and the family gathered for a meeting again at dinner time.

"It's really unexpected; the Ye family must have smoke rising from their ancestral grave!"

Madam Tang sighed with relief that they hadn't looked down on Mrs. Li just because she was a wet nurse.

It seemed that their wholehearted support came because their grandson liked the wet nurse's family, and that was why they were willing to help.

In the past, people said it was them who supported the Hongji family, but only those within knew that this man was worth supporting, and their joint business ventures had made a lot of money thanks to him.

"It really is unexpected!" Grandpa Tang sighed.

"Even back then, I knew their family wouldn't remain ordinary forever, capable of creating such unique toys. They are truly gifted! Our family has indeed found a treasure in a business partner."

Mr. Tang was among those expressing admiration.

Young Mrs. Tang, listening to her family's high praise of the Ye family, felt reluctant and pouted!

"What's the big deal? If it weren't for our partnership with them, they wouldn't have been able to prosper so quickly and afford to buy homes and land!"

Lady Tang's discordant voice stood out, and only her youngest son, who didn't understand, ignored her. The others disregarded her words, even finding her perspective shortsighted.

She had always been a discordant voice whenever the support for the Ye family was discussed.

Every time Shunyan, as her son, brought gifts or visited the wet nurse, he experienced his mother's obstruction firsthand!

"What do you know? Mrs. Li might be a farmer girl and Hongji a farmer, skilled in crafts and designing, which may be what people refer to as having a business mind, but they raised a number of children who are all promising."

Mr. Tang's words were full of admiration, clearly disagreeing with his wife's retort.

"Daughter-in-law, our Tang Family is also a wealthy family, with vast holdings, yet we haven't had so many noble ladies and young ladies coming to visit us all in one day, over thirty families!"

Madam Tang's words echoed with an instructive tone, as if she were schooling her daughter-in-law.

"That's because we don't live in the Capital; we've always lived in this remote county. Those noblewomen don't want to come here, that's why they don't visit!"

Young Mrs. Tang remained defiant. In truth, she too wished to always live in the Capital and mingle with those noble ladies. Sadly, her family preferred not to live in the Capital, but rather in this rural county.

"What do you know? It may seem like our family's business is vast and profitable, but if we lived in the Capital, we'd likely be targeted by many people.

Everyone would want to profit from us; would we still have good days ahead? The visitors would all be after money; would that make you happy?"

Mr. Tang knew best why their family had always lived here. If they had moved simply to enjoy wealth and splendor, their fortune would last for several generations without running out.

Their ancestral legacy had to be passed down from generation to generation; this wasn't just for wealth and splendor, but also for the sake of peace and survival.

They chose to keep a low profile and live securely.

"You all only see the surface. In fact, the house that the Ye family bought belongs to General Ye. It is rumored that they might be descendants of Old General Ye, which would explain why so many people visited—it was certainly to investigate the truth."

Mr. Tang now entrusted more of the family property to his son to manage, and though he continued to devise strategies and make plans, he remained as the steadfast defender of their home.

"I also heard that the Ye family's old housekeeper, escorting them back, encountered bandits along the way and wiped them out. All the men he brought back were military veterans!"

Mr. Tang relayed what he knew to his family.

"The Ye family members are in this ordinary county; the Old General has been to the border city for over twenty years, and his whole family has been there. How could there be any descendants in this county?"

Lady Tang raised the question that everyone in the family and many in the Capital City had on their minds. As for the secrets that might lie within, perhaps only the parties involved knew the truth.

"The truth will come to light one day. Housekeeper Ye's presence here must be on a mission to investigate openly and in secret."

When Mr. Tang voiced this opinion, others nodded in agreement. There are no walls in the world that do not leak some news. Whether a dragon or a worm, gold will always shine brightly in its own time.

"Father, Mother, Grandfather, and Grandmother, tomorrow I shall visit the Ye family. I have some items to deliver, which the housekeeper can later take to the Capital City!"

Actually, Shunyan proposed this to meet with the Ye family members and learn about their situation in the Capital City. Receiving reports from the family's spies was not as reliable as asking the master in person. He also wanted to see that housekeeper from the General Mansion with his own eyes.

"Hmm, that's a good idea. Tomorrow your grandmother and I will join you!"

Madam Tang decided, for the sake of an outsider, to leave behind the hustle and bustle of their home, a decision that garnered the support of most family members.

Only Young Mrs. Tang was reluctant. If her mother-in-law took over her motherly duties, wouldn't that distance her even further from her son?

"Mother-in-law, may I take the younger son with me as well, and we can enjoy ourselves at the estate."

Madam Tang concurred with the daughter-in-law's suggestion and ordered preparations for tomorrow's gifts.

Shunyan insisted on personally selecting the gifts; this time, her mother did not reiterate her previous objections, suggesting the farmer girl was unworthy of her son.

If she wasn't fit to associate with her son, then it was just moments ago she had said, even more noble madams and ladies were socializing with the farmer girl.

If she spoke such words again, it would only make her more disliked by her family.

Young Mrs. Tang, eager to outshine Mrs. Li, also prepared her best attire for the next day.

...

Housekeeper Ye, escorting Hongji and his family, came to the county without any major incidents. Not settling in the county, their group headed straight to the entrance of the village.

Knowing that Hongji's place had an estate where they could stay and enjoy themselves, and that staying there ensured meals without worry and the opportunity to gather information, he decided to lodge the group at the estate.

He did not first go see Hongji's parents, knowing that meeting them would not yield the truth. Only by going to see the relatives of the concubine himself could he possibly uncover any secrets.

Zhong Xingwang, together with the guards, arrived at the estate and encountered the coachman from the previous carriage.

Upon seeing the young master, the coachman immediately reported how the carriage had gifts before, which had mysteriously vanished later on, and how those transporting grain also had empty wagons.

The coachman shared the peculiar incidents, curious about what he did not understand. At the time, the drivers transporting the grain were dumbfounded, and he was too!

"You need not concern yourself with this matter; the items have already been sent home!"

How was Zhong Xingwang to explain? The rocks hurled down by the mountain bandits and the large trees they pushed had vanished into thin air.

Turns out, the gifts on the carts had already been arranged by his younger aunt to be sent home while still in the Capital City. How could he explain such a fantastical event to the coachman?