Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich

Si Ma Roumei, while planning to play with her friends, heard news from Tang Shunyan that she could visit the Ye family estate again.

Of all the sisters, only Ye Fengqi returned; the others all remained at the Capital City.

At home, unlike Tang Shunyan, the young master of the Tang Family, Si Ma Roumei wasn't privy to the conversations her father had with family members.

County Magistrate Si Ma Heyu, having received a letter from within the family, did not disclose its contents to his wife or daughter.

Nor would he share such information with his concubines. If his sons had been there, it might have been possible to share the family's thoughts and considerations with them. However, since both sons were in the Capital City, he had not written to let them know.

He truly believed, since his sons were male and studying in the Capital City, they would not associate with females secluded at home.

Si Ma Roumei was quite curious as to why their parents would be willing to leave several daughters in the Capital City.

Driven by curiosity, she arranged another outing with her friends to ride and race bicycles.

The date was set for tomorrow. They would first spend a day at the Ye family estate before carrying out the race the following day.

Tang Shunyan agreed, as he also intended to bring items he had purchased to the estate, waiting for Housekeeper Ye to return to the Capital City to help carry them back.

Though Tang Shunyan could have used his family's carriage team for the delivery, he was quite curious about the Ye family's relatives in the Capital City and what the old housekeeper looked like.

Li Zhijun, who managed the estate, was busier than before; he was now overseeing three estates. Although his son helped him, his son was young and not as adept as his brother.

More critically, some matters at the estate required his personal attention.

The nephew knew about the Divine Water in those clay jars; he knew its use. This time, having learned that his niece would stay in the Capital City for possibly a long time without returning, he understood why.

Li Zhijun realized that the crops and the animals raised at the Ye family estate thrived so miraculously all thanks to that Divine Water.

This Divine Water had healing properties.

Li Zhijun, secretly handling certain matters in the three estates, noticed a strange occurrence.

Housekeeper Ye inquired not about his sister and nephews but about the matter of his own birth.

Li Zhijun knew this housekeeper was a relative of his brother-in-law and found it strange that he would inquire about his brother-in-law's birth, burying the peculiar feelings that arose within him.

His sister had been married off for many years, and these years had been the best. At the beginning, he, as her family, had thought his brother-in-law was inadequate, and his actions unreliable.

Moreover, he felt that his parents' treatment of his brother-in-law was a bit abnormal, as was their treatment of his sister.

Li Zhijun didn't dare share his wild guesses with his sister, knowing that the Old Master was again hiring maids. Middle-aged man Li Zhijun thought, with more money, the Old Master grew bolder.

He was busily trying to continue his lineage, which ideally should have been the responsibility of his vigorous brother-in-law.

However, as an elder brother, he did not wish his brother-in-law to be so fickle, causing his sister heartache!

Such actions by the Old Master made people feel that he was fickle. His grandchildren from his eldest son were already grown, yet he shamelessly took another concubine and was about to buy a pair of sisters.

As a relative, Li Zhijun, with both his brother-in-law and sister accepting such behavior from the Old Master, could say nothing.

After several days of discreet inquiry, Housekeeper Ye investigated not only Mrs. Lai's maternal family but also Hongji's father's uncle's family and why Mrs. Lai married into the Ye family.

He had already prepared gifts, and after breakfast that morning, he and the guards entered Bushen Village.

Hongji had been quite busy these days, having handed over the estate affairs to his uncle. Collaborating with the Tang Family's factories, he had to attend to the duties expected of the Young Master.

When he learned that his father wanted to purchase a maid, it was actually to add another concubine to his household.

His brother-in-law had bought his father two sister maids.

Hongji felt that many people looked at him with mocking smiles, sarcastically congratulating his old man on his newfound happiness.

In reality, they were laughing at him for not having the guts, since he was in the prime of his life, yet he let those beautiful maids go to his father.

Others secretly mocked him for his supposed inability to father children anymore, leaving the responsibility of continuing the family line and further reproductive duties to his father.

They gossiped even more that the Old Master was still robust, presumably due to overdosing on certain tonics, and despite his age, still wanted to sire a brood of children.

He kept bringing maids into his room; could he really handle several women at once?

Hongji completely ignored these gossips as if they were mere wind by his ears. He felt helpless as a son, but which man isn't a bit reckless?

He was rather devoted to his own wife and felt that his children were grown. He didn't want more trouble for himself; his house was already chaotic enough.

Indeed, in recent years, he had sworn in his heart to treat Mrs. Li well.

Even though these maids and those village girls seemed young, Hongji still felt that they were not as good as his wife, Mrs. Li.

They lacked her gentleness and capability, and her kindness as well.

As a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Li saw that it was Aunt Lai's idea originally for the father-in-law to buy the maids, and once he had purchased them, he took them into his chamber.

Aunt Lai ended up despising her, now fighting with the two new maids.

The house seemed calm on the surface, but underneath there was a silent battle.

Mother-in-law Mrs. Lai, since having a stroke, became quiet, and now there were two others fighting Aunt Lai at home.

Nevertheless, the two maids were quite enduring, facing numerous disadvantages while Aunt Lai spewed sarcastic insults, reminding one of Mrs. Lai in her earlier days.

Aunt Lai had met her match in these two formidable characters, who avoided arguing with her or engaging in verbal spats.

The sister maids had tightly captured Hongji's father's heart, even though they only had one room on this big estate side, which was a guest room.

Every time Hongji's father shared a room with one sister, the other would go to Mrs. Lai's room to keep her company.

Although the sister maids were taken in by Hongji's father as concubines, they knew very well how to win people's hearts, taking care of Mrs. Lai's daily needs.

The previous little maid had been sent away by Aunt Lai.

Aunt Lai realized that her husband no longer came to stay in the smaller house, just like how Mrs. Lai once stayed alone.

She harbored hatred in her heart. The smaller house had a little maid and the wet nurse, as well as her daughter.

Aunt Lai, filled with anger, vented it either on the wet nurse and the little maid or on her own daughter.

She would call her stupid, useless, and berate her father for his lack of conscience.

The barely over two-year-old Ye Daidi realized that her aunt had become even more malevolent. Facing her aunt's fierce demeanor every day, she increasingly sought refuge in the big house.

Being such a small child, she needed her mother's love, so she constantly clung to Mrs. Li, calling her "big sister" but hoping that Mrs. Li was indeed her mother.

Priorly Mrs. Lai was quite harsh, which Ye Daidi feared, but lately, she felt that her big aunt's temper had improved considerably. She now had more people close to her, and she also received care from the two maids.