Aunt Lai couldn’t persuade the Old Master and spent the entire night without sleep, frustrated. She wanted to argue with the Old Master, but he simply ignored her!
In the night, she longed to speak her heart to her family or to find a confidant in this house.
But she couldn’t find any family members during the night, and in this house, she didn’t have a single confidant.
All Aunt Lai could do was to stew in her own anger. She didn’t feel that her life was a failure, but rather, living in this luxurious home without getting more of the family wealth or earning favor was the greatest sorrow!
The next day, before dawn, Ye Fengqi was awakened by her maid and hastily got dressed.
They had prepared to have breakfast in the carriage, and she and her maid got ready to leave the house. When it was time to board the carriage, people were already waiting there.
Her parents and the escorts specially assigned to take her to the Capital City, along with the carriage driver!
Ye Fengqi listened to her parents’ advice to stay safe in the mountains, waved goodbye, and boarded the carriage, heading out to the estate.
There, a convoy was already waiting at the estate.
There were teams of young masters, along with their guards and maids, and the specialty goods they had purchased while playing around here.
Li Zhijun had also specifically hired a fleet to transport some grain to the Capital City!
The estate produced goods every day, with grain being the most abundant. The grain being transported this time wasn’t all from the estate’s own production!
Ever since this village started collecting grain, buying grain here was relatively inexpensive. Transporting it to the Capital City over a great distance would of course entail some carriage and horse fees.
It was just a day’s journey, and if nothing unexpected happened on the road, this business venture was sure to be profitable!
This batch of grain that Li Zhijun was transporting had been arranged by Housekeeper Ye during his last visit here when he transported a batch of grain to the Capital City and also instructed him to buy more grain here.
The client had already paid a deposit. It was a profitable deal, and it also helped relatives!
Moreover, his brother-in-law owned a rice shop in the Capital City, which was named after his niece!
Li Zhijun had not been able to find a more capable assistant, so now that his niece was going to the Capital City, it was the perfect time to transport this batch of grain.
Ye Fengqi saw the convoy lining up by the main road. Li Zhijun explained that the fleet transporting the grain belonged to their family.
Li Zhijun didn’t entrust such an important task to his niece alone; he had assigned someone to manage the fleet.
The manager he chose was a long-term worker of the Ye family and a guard who had been working there for several years and was a trustworthy person, a brother from the same village, sharing the same surname.
The young masters, ready to set off, waved their hands to signal their teams to depart.
Pan Zhongdan and his companions, seated in the carriage as young masters, had breakfast prepared by the maids. While enjoying their meal, they admired the scenery outside.
The convoy’s full departure created a great spectacle with dust billowing on the road.
The young masters had to close the carriage windows temporarily and eat the breakfast brought from the estate.
It was a meal that the cooks had specially risen early to prepare for them.
Besides breakfast, there was also dry food for the journey!
The entire team had been on the road for a while when the sky began to brighten slowly.
When they arrived at the East City Gate, small groups of friends and other young masters heading to the Capital City were already waiting there.
Si Ma Roumei was among those seeing them off. When she saw the large number of departing teams, she searched until she finally found the carriage Ye Fengqi was in.
"Si Ma Roumei, you’ve come to see us off!"
Ye Fengqi saw her and called out joyfully!
"Si Ma Roumei, you must come to Capital City quickly!" Pan Zhongdan added, expressing their friendship—that was not formed by fighting but, rather, by competition! Check latest chapters at 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵~𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖~𝙣𝙚𝙩
During this excursion, they had spent two months here and felt it was the most delightful period of their lives.
It was also the memories that the noble young men found hardest to swallow, the most humiliating recollections of being outdone!
"Why don’t you just come when you have time? The academy has holidays, too. There are still several months left in the year. Instead of eagerly waiting for me to go to Capital City, why not come here to play?"
In the midst of her young friends and the earnest speeches of the young masters, Si Ma Roumei did not commit to when she would go to Capital City—she couldn’t help it and couldn’t go to Capital City alone. Only if her father were transferred to Capital City could their whole family relocate!
A farewell must eventually come!
Ye Fengqi waved at Si Ma Roumei and then once again boarded the carriage!
With so many more carriages added, such a large party could not possibly remain clogging up the East City Gate!
Si Ma Roumei watched as her friends and the entire caravan moved off into the distance!
Ye Fengqi was brimming with excitement, thinking about the surprise her elder sisters would feel when they saw her!
Ye Wenjie was awoken by the noise, and when he rubbed his bleary eyes and saw who was causing the commotion at their door.
He discovered that elder sister had already left, and those making the racket outside, not allowed in, were Ye Zhiwei and his two doltish daughters!
Yesterday, they had fallen into the fishpond, embarrassed themselves in front of so many people, caught a fever afterwards, and then the household had another celebration to deal with.
In the morning, the new bride had paid her respects to her parents. Only after that did she come to visit her sisters and even supported their quest for revenge!
Ye Zhengxiong knew about his wife’s instigation of their sisters’ ruckus. His anger from yesterday had not subsided, and he did not discourage the plan that his wife had concocted!
Upon learning that her two daughters were causing an uproar at the Ye family’s place, Ye Zhiwei’s wife also scurried over and brought along some house servants, maids, and an old woman!
What Ye Wenjie saw was his parents ordering the gate to be kept shut, allowing the clamor of the three mountains, the fat women, to persist outside!
They had anticipated this family would come and make a scene today!
Not letting them in meant they would block the entrance, affecting their own comings and goings!
Allowing several crazy women in ran the risk of them starting to smash things around in the house!
Ye Zhiwei’s wife, accompanied by her two daughters, made a ruckus that attracted the attention of many villagers, who pointed and commented!
After yesterday’s conflict between the two families, many were aware of it—even those returning home from work knew the full story!
Ye Jinxiang lacked any restraints as she shouted, "Ye Fengqi, you bad woman, come out here!"
Ye Lanzi disregarded the explanations of her family members, "Ye Fengqi, you cowardly turtle, are you still not up at this hour?"
"Alright, Mrs. Li, if you don’t hand over your daughter, claiming she’s gone to Capital City, who are you fooling? Let us search and we’ll know the truth!"
Ye Zhiwei’s wife berated Mrs. Li.
Mrs. Li had maids deal with them and then instructed her husband and family to have breakfast inside, ignoring the ruckus at the gate.
Aunt Lai, who had not slept a wink all night, stood with dark circles under her eyes in the smaller house, watching the spectacle unfold at the main house’s gate!
Ye Daidi was awoken by the noise in the smaller house. She wanted to yell at the people outside but was restrained by the wet nurse, who arranged for her to have breakfast!
Aunt Lai enjoyed her breakfast while savoring the joy of witnessing this round of shrew’s vitriol!