Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich
Chapter 401 - 292 Conspiracy Theory_3

Chapter 401: Chapter 292 Conspiracy Theory_3

Hongji:...

The five sisters had stayed in the room for only a short while, for after all it was New Year’s, and with the hearts of children, facing the food on the table, they began to forget the unpleasantness of before.

Ye Shiqi had no interest in the melon seeds, peanuts, or some of the fried foods on the table, regarding them as junk food.

In these ancient times, people did not know how to make vegetable oil or peanut oil, all fried foods were completely cooked in pork fat.

Eating such food not only contained a lot of fat, prone to cause weight gain, but it could also affect certain bodily functions.

In these times of undeveloped medicine, a minor illness or pain could escalate from a small problem into a serious one, an illness one could ill afford.

She did, however, like to eat some soft rice cakes and conveniently took a piece made from lotus root powder, filled with sesame seeds and peanuts, enjoying its soft and chewy texture and sweet taste.

Ye Shiqi was suddenly reminded of last night’s events—the things given to her by the Great King hadn’t been looked at yet.

She was now eager to see them and just as she thought about returning to her room, another group of young visitors arrived at their home.

These little guests were the same girls who had gone with them to watch the lion dance earlier.

They came to their house, asked the workers where the five sisters were, and headed straight for their room.

When they entered the room and saw the sisters eating, looking at the bountiful food on the table, their initially worried expressions turned into ones of barely suppressed drooling desire.

Ye Luoqi had the maids bring stools for so many little girls, but the maids struggled a bit seeing so many people.

At a glance, there must have been dozens of them; even this large room was packed full, just standing was so crowded, there was no room for all of them to sit!

The little girls slowly seemed to understand the maid’s dilemma and said one after another that there was no need to sit down.

Was this village home to only these dozens of girls?

Those roughly the same age as them amounted to more than just these.

The idea that "many children bring great fortune" was deeply rooted in people’s hearts. As long as one could bear and raise them, each family would have up to eighteen children, especially those families with several brothers living together, accumulating to dozens of kids.

Especially for families like theirs with five sisters, if the firstborn was not a son, they would continue to have many daughters, and also to have children in the hopes of getting a son.

Even though some parents had already had two sons, they still wished to have even more, and in the process, they had several daughters too.

Ye Luoqi arranged for the maids to distribute food to everyone, and soon the food on the table was gone.

The maids had no choice but to go outside and bring in more food; fortunately, Madam had been prepared, having the workers busily making food since the day before.

Despite feeling a bit heartbroken that so much food was being consumed by so many people, the eldest lady had ordered it and she had no choice but to do so.

The girls eating in the room were very happy; their families also made a lot of food for the New Year, but there were simply too many siblings at home, and the parents and elders were not willing to provide them too much snack at once!

Especially as the lower-ranked girls in the family, they could not get more food.

The food in this house tasted better than what was made in their own homes; it must be cooked by a skilled chef, indeed different.

The girls happily consumed the food, cherishing the treats in their hands, refraining from gobbling it down in one or two bites.

Not only had they received pastries and snacks, but they also received candies, melon seeds, and peanuts. Even though they did not get much, it still brought smiles and laughter to their faces.

While some girls were eating, others began to indulge in caring about gossip, events that were already in the past.

"Ye Luoqi, I heard that after Ye Jiaxing and the rich man’s daughter had a quarrel, that rich man, in a fit of anger, refused to let Ye Jiaxing and his brothers rent the land they had leased from him for farming."

"Oh yes, our house is right next to theirs, and we heard their parents fighting and them screaming. We’re all worried that after New Year, with no land to rent and no fields to farm, they’ll have nothing to eat."

As the two girls said this, Ye Luoqi clenched her fists for a moment—why did it have to drag in the matter of others farming? Things were getting more and more serious, and she couldn’t help starting to worry too.

Ye Xinqi noticed her eldest sister’s expression and knew it was inconvenient for her to speak. Saying anything would seem heartless, so she stood up for her sister saying:

"This has nothing to do with us, and even less to do with my eldest sister. It’s those people who are unreasonable and bully others, their actions are just despicable!"

Although the village girls nodded along, they did not share such an optimistic mindset.

"Who’s afraid of them? Our family doesn’t lack land, and we definitely won’t rent theirs!"

Ye Fengqi said so.

Ye Shiqi thought about the estate they had just purchased together, its great mountain yet undeveloped; another already developed estate also had a mountain that had not been exploited, and they were in dire need of workers.

As a child, it was not her place to speak so openly, and only the clever would think of different ways to live for the sake of their own lives.