Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich-Chapter 191 - 190 Grateful Heart

Chapter 191: Chapter 190 Grateful Heart

Chapter 191 -190 Grateful Heart

The small incident that occurred in the Ye family was not known to Hongji at the factory.

Mrs. Li, along with a maid carrying her son, took a bullock cart to the estate—she was also unaware.

She felt uneasy about going to the estate without her son, as he was still nursing and they did not know when they would return home.

Keeping her son close by seemed safer; her daughters were at home to watch him, but she didn’t trust them with her son while they were at school.

In the fields beyond the mountains, she worried about the insects when taking her son.

Their estate seemed to be free of bugs and mosquitoes, and even if there were any, they managed to control them with mosquito repellent.

By evening, Mrs. Li returned home with the maid and her son, the bullock cart filled with freshly picked fruits.

The kitchen used freshly picked fruits and vegetables daily and shared some with the neighbors and also sent some to Mr. Chen before he returned home to share with his family.

When it came to sharing fruits and vegetables with the neighbors, Mrs. Li had her gentle intentions.

Every time she returned home from the estate, she would do this from a heart of gratitude.

The person she most wanted to show gratitude to was Granny Li and her family.

Speaking of Granny Li, though she was not her actual mother-in-law, she was even better than a real mother-in-law to her.

Whenever she gave birth to a daughter, Granny Li, the neighbor, would come to visit and bring her eggs.

Just like when she gave birth to Wuwa, struggling with a difficult labor, lying in bed, she knew her life might be at end!

At that time, her mother-in-law had not given her husband money to hire a midwife, and after enduring the painful labor, she was bleeding so much that she thought she might die.

Aside from her disoriented husband and the panic of her daughter who was watching, the family members outside didn’t regard her life as worth saving.

They possibly saw her as nothing more than a tool for earning money, working, and producing.

Believing she was going to die, she was bleeding severely again right after giving birth and had no strength to speak or call for help.

Her daughter called for Granny Li who, despite her family’s objections, entered the room; this Granny Li, not her mother-in-law but better than one, helped clean her and miraculously she recovered.

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Since then, Mrs. Li not only respected Granny Li, the neighbor, but also, now that she could repay her, she helped however possible.

Granny Li’s family was not rich. They had opened a wood factory and also ran the estate.

Granny Li’s son had once asked to work in the factory, and others sought part-time work at the estate during the slack season.

At that time, Hongji and Mrs. Li unconditionally agreed, and Hongji also taught him a craft when Granny Li’s son joined the wood factory.

He was able to take responsibility for this work daily, and as a skilled worker at the wood factory, as long as the factory didn’t close and there were no violations, he would always be a factory worker, earning a good salary.

Granny Li and other family members worked part-time during the slack season, receiving the same wages as other employees, and they were given vegetables when they finished work.

Such was the treatment Mrs. Li and her husband accorded to Granny Li’s family; Mrs. Lai had opposed this at times, also taking issue with her son and daughter-in-law.

Mrs. Lai had always felt that Mrs. Li helped Granny Li often, treating her better than she treated Mrs. Lai, her own mother-in-law.

Mrs. Lai sensed this; she saw that Mrs. Li’s outward obedience was actually dismissive of her opinions.

Since her son began to prosper, they seldom listened to their elders’ opinions, and Mrs. Li was so good to Granny Li’s family, it was surprising she could bear it.

“Mrs. Li, do you think that wretched woman, Mrs. Li, is your real mother-in-law?”

“How can you say that, Mother-in-law? You are Hongji’s birth mother; how could Granny Li be my only mother-in-law?”

Mrs. Li fully understood what Mrs. Lai was insinuating; she was merely playing the fool.

“Hmph, then why are you so kind to their family?”

“Mother-in-law, we are neighbors, and isn’t hiring workers just hiring workers? Our family needs to hire workers. Since you and the aunts don’t work, we have to hire even more people.”

“Hmph, I’m already old, and you still expect me to work? What are you thinking?”

Mrs. Lai’s eyes bulged with a manic and malevolent expression.

“Mrs. Li, what are you thinking? You’re already the boss’s wife; do you still want your sister-in-law to work?” Ye Shuzhen, hearing her mother and sister-in-law’s conversation, chimed in to support.

Mrs. Li…

Mrs. Li didn’t engage in their arguments but continued doing what she wanted.

Later, when Hongji found out about this incident, he fully supported Mrs. Li’s actions. The couple always did what they could to help others.

He and Granny Li’s family maintained relations as close as they had been with relatives in the past.

Later on, Mrs. Lai also had strong objections about Hongji’s reaction. Hongji rebutted his mother, arguing that hiring workers was necessary no matter whom they hired.

“But you can’t be so generous, always giving vegetables to others. Those vegetables could be sold for a good profit. They pay for the labor, don’t they?”

In front of her son, Mrs. Lai spoke more about Mrs. Li being wasteful and criticized her excessive generosity.

Hongji disagreed, arguing that with the estate’s crops growing so rapidly, what was a little fruit and vegetables?

It was merely a small benefit for the workers helping out, encouraging them to work more diligently. This had also been a strategy advised by their youngest daughter.

The factory had already implemented a reward system, and the estate would too. Offering small graces to make the workers perform better, wasn’t that going to make them earn more money?

Every time Mrs. Li returned from the estate with vegetables and fruits to give to neighbors, she faced a lot of criticism from Mrs. Lai.

“Wasteful nonsense, they earn fruits and vegetables working at the estate, and then you give them more fruits and vegetables. Their family could thrive without even farming, having enough to eat every day.”

Mrs. Lai’s scolding was so loud. She shouted in the courtyard, and all the surrounding neighbors could hear it.

Granny Li and the other neighbors felt embarrassed. They received rewards normally for their work, and Mrs. Li often shared extra fruits and vegetables with them. If Mrs. Lai didn’t rant, they would feel awkward accepting them.

Mrs. Lai’s scolding echoed from the courtyard, making the neighbors feel even more embarrassed.

Mrs. Li continued her work silently, telling the neighbors not to mind her mother-in-law, and went about her business as usual.

Occasionally, Mrs. Lai was at a loss with Mrs. Li’s silence in response to her scolding. If she did talk back, as a mother-in-law, she had more space to criticize Mrs. Li.

Their son was different these days, more often siding with Mrs. Li, making her rants futile. Sometimes, he was even stopped by his father.

As time went on, although Mrs. Lai would still rant, her wife carried on as usual, leading her rants to turn into mere murmurs.

Mrs. Lai had become a menopausal old woman who was idle and gossiped abundantly.

The hired workers, including Mr. Chen, all knew Mrs. Lai was the most troublesome person in the Ye family.

But since Hongji and his wife were so kind, everyone overlooked Mrs. Lai’s behavior. As long as the pay was good and the benefits were ample, they performed their tasks well.

Mrs. Lai talked too much about managing workers, who considered her a troublesome landlord.