Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich
Chapter 438 - 305 Cursing Mother

Chapter 438: Chapter 305 Cursing Mother

Li Zhijun listened to what his younger brother had told him, the two brothers sat in his room with solemn expressions, silently trying to think of a way to help Mrs. Li.

Li Zhijun was silent, not making a sound, and for a moment couldn’t think of a solution. He was usually so honest and steady that he was momentarily at a loss.

Li Zhihao’s eyes lit up as he thought of an idea and said,

"Elder brother, we can start with the matchmaker and the driver."

"What are you going to do?" Seeing his younger brother’s expression, Li Zhijun knew that this cunning younger brother had a plan.

Li Zhihao smiled mysteriously and said, "Elder brother, you go and invite the village matchmaker, and then you can take on the role of the driver. By then, both the matchmaker and the driver will be our people, and if the other side wants to play tricks, they won’t be able to."

Li Zhijun nodded and agreed to the plan, saying, "I’ll go and talk to the village matchmaker. Younger brother, you go find our elder sister and let her know, so when she seeks out the matchmaker, she can say that one has already been hired."

Li Zhihao agreed and immediately went back to the Ye family to speak with his elder sister about this matter.

Mrs. Li, taken by her brother to a room, was surprised to hear what he had to say. She hadn’t expected her brother to come to her home not about the estate business but to have learned so quickly about what had happened in her family.

At that moment she was not in the mood to entertain her brother, nor did she have the intention to ask her family to support and decide for her. With things already being complicated enough, she feared that involving her family would only cause more chaos.

Upon hearing her brother’s explanation, Mrs. Li broke out in a cold sweat. Her daughters had put a lot more thought into this than she had. As a mother, she had not considered this aspect at all, nor had she thought about protecting her children’s rights.

And she hadn’t thought about protecting herself from being tricked by others.

Feeling a wave of fear, Mrs. Li accepted her brother’s suggestion. She followed her brother’s advice that the matchmaker should be the one she hired, naturally someone she knew, and for the driver, they would use his elder brother.

Of course, she would also arrange the other people who would go to deliver the dowry.

She asked her brother to return to the estate and that she would notify them when it was time to take action.

Mrs. Li was aware that her husband and father-in-law had a secret conversation after breakfast that morning, then they both went to the house of an elder in the village.

She had a guess in her heart about how they planned to solve the issue of insufficient funds, suspecting that her father-in-law had used his private funds to handle the matter.

The mother-in-law and father-in-law both had their own private funds, a fact known to both husband and wife.

Perhaps the mother-in-law was unaware of the extent of the father-in-law’s private funds, and even the couple themselves weren’t quite clear about it.

Hongji, after hearing his wife’s idea, had breakfast and found his father to discuss the family’s shortage of funds.

Hongji’s father thought he wouldn’t need to use his own private funds. When he had spoken to his son the day before, he had agreed outright. As he lay in bed that night, he secretly rejoiced at having concealed his private funds, as it meant he could add another beautiful wife to his household.

The thought of possibly holding a young, beautiful woman in his arms as he slept filled Hongji’s father with such delight that he woke up on the bed laughing merrily!

Mrs. Lai’s mood was the opposite of her husband’s; she usually slept easily but tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep.

Upon hearing her husband’s laughter, she nearly bit her own teeth in frustration.

Hongji’s father, upon hearing from his son that they only had several taels of silver left, enough perhaps just to build a small house and buy plain furniture and land, let alone purchasing gifts for the ten tables and sourcing poultry and livestock from the estate.

He had no choice but to reveal his private funds; he would contribute the hundred taels for the dowry, and he would also pay for the three pieces of gold jewelry.

Hongji, relieved to have the dowry funds resolved, said he would go to handle the purchasing of a residential site.

Hongji’s father offered to help and together, carrying gifts during the festive New Year period, they hurried to visit the owner of the residential site at his home.

The owner of the residential site, the father in the household, owned only a small scattering of land, while his young and strong son worked at a lumberyard. The father and son managed to make ends meet and live better than before, but the cost of renovating the house and the son’s forthcoming marriage were still challenging.

When Hongji and his father visited, they felt like honored guests. It was unusual for employees to visit their boss or for the boss to visit an employee’s home; such a visit suggested underlying motives.

Hongji looked around the father and son’s house, noting that they had likely repaired the tile roof and walls in recent years.

Though the two men had no woman at home and kept the place very clean, Hongji felt that the absence of a female owner and children made the house feel less lively.

The host poured some tea, which was really just boiling water with a bit of homemade wild tea leaves.