Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich
Chapter 409 - 295: Maternal Home_2

Chapter 409: Chapter 295: Maternal Home_2

Ye Shiqi washed her face and brushed her teeth, no longer wearing the bright red outfit from yesterday.

After being permeated by the smoke of fireworks for two full nights, it had acquired a somewhat unpleasant odor.

Today, Ye Shiqi wore a pink cotton dress. In ancient times, not only did people wear skirts, but some also wore trousers for convenience. Wealthier women would wear skirts, only putting on underpants beneath them.

The maid combed her hair again, creating two small buns tied with floral ribbons, and also inserted a silver hairpin.

She wore pink embroidered shoes on her feet, as there was no snow here, and today the sun was shining outside the window.

While Ye Shiqi was dressing, her elder sister quietly sat beside her.

Then, three other sisters came over to watch. After Ye Shiqi was dressed, all the sisters looked at each other and realized they were all wearing matching outfits.

The five sisters were dressed in pink skirts and jackets, and pink embroidered shoes.

However, the accessories on their heads were a bit different, but that did not affect their matching appearance.

When the sisters, hand in hand, came to the hall for breakfast, their father was seated, their mother holding their brother was there too, and even their grandparents were present.

"You don’t have to go to your mother’s home so early. Can’t you go in a few days? Today your sisters and brothers-in-law might come!" Mrs. Lai said to her son and daughter-in-law, sounding more like a command than a suggestion.

The five sisters hadn’t yet seated themselves. They had originally planned to visit their maternal grandparents’ home today.

The grandmother made this disruptive suggestion, and they hesitated for a moment before silently taking their seats, settling down to eat breakfast peacefully.

Today’s breakfast was quite lavish, still featuring rice cakes and pastries, but no meat porridge, perhaps out of a belief that eating porridge during the New Year was something poor people did.

"Mother, the second sister sent a message saying that the fireworks business is good this year. They’ve restocked twice, and today she can’t come because she has to go buy more stock," Ye Shiqi announced.

"Then your elder sister and your younger sister might come to our home today," Mrs. Lai responded with the same expression, clearly prioritizing her daughters’ visit over her son going to his father-in-law’s home.

"Mother, I already spoke to my elder brother-in-law yesterday. Today we go to the father-in-law’s home, and they’ll come over tomorrow. As for the younger sister, her health is frail, and the brother-in-law said she won’t come, but he will visit on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year," Hongji said.

Mrs. Lai, having been rebutted twice by her son, was still undeterred and insisted, "Then, since you are free today, come with me to my parental home!"

Hongji, seeing his mother’s persistence, and to prevent her from venting her frustration on his wife during the New Year period, looked to his father for help.

Hongji’s father, who had been silent and eating breakfast, was unwilling to voice his opinion and was reluctant to accompany his wife to her parental home.

Yet, catching his son’s pleading look, he spoke up to help him, "Isn’t it enough that I accompany you to your parental home?"

Mrs. Lai was momentarily speechless at her husband’s words, stymied from voicing her plans in front of so many people.

Mrs. Lai was determined to have her son and family accompany her to her parental home, harboring the notion of introducing her son to her young niece prior to the New Year, hoping he would take her as a concubine.

Mrs. Lai still concealed this plan after a previous instance where her husband had undermined her, and not wanting to confront him unless things were settled, she was upset to be undermined once again.

"Alright then!"

Mrs. Lai decided to take this opportunity to visit her parental home and clarify everything with her husband. If he supported her, they could settle the betrothal gifts for the girl this time, without needing any matchmakers.

After all, as long as the betrothal gifts were given, the lack of a dowry didn’t matter; a simple sedan chair would suffice to bring her into their home.

Seeing his mother drop the matter, Hongji sighed in relief and gave his wife an apologetic smile.

Mrs. Li reciprocated with a look, indicating it was alright as long as they managed to visit the maternal home together without issues.

Little did the couple suspect that Mrs. Lai would scheme against them at this time.

Ye Shiqi was enjoying a cup of sheep’s milk and a couple of pastries arranged by the maid with her sisters.

From the grandmother’s initial command to her eventual smooth agreement, Ye Shiqi felt there was something off about her grandmother’s expression, but she couldn’t quite decipher her thoughts.

At that moment, she merely figured that her grandmother maybe wanted to bring her son and daughter-in-law, along with their family, back to her parental home, to show off to her relatives.

Competing with her mother to visit her parental home today might have just been about outdoing her mother.

Ye Shiqi could never imagine her grandmother harboring such intentions, as it had been a strategy reprised from two years ago.

As a granddaughter, Ye Shiqi wasn’t very close to her grandmother and disregarded her hint about considering her father taking her aunt as a concubine. Her second aunt and third aunt had been married off; even if there was such a girl, she would have been married by now after two or three years!