Quick Transmigration: The Green Tea Mistress's Guide to Seduction - A Master's Handbook

“We don’t know the specifics either. Why don’t we go outside and let them talk?” Grandma Guihua said, standing up.

After she said that, the old woman, despite her long face, still went out with Grandma Guihua.

Wang Ge's mother clearly wanted to stay and listen, but was forcibly pulled away by Grandma Guihua.

"Aunt." Tang Wan took two steps forward and spoke somewhat uneasily.

"You are..." the woman said, walking up to Tang Wan and reaching out as if to touch Tang Wan's face: "Are you A Wan?"

Tang Wan nodded repeatedly: "Aunt, it's me."

“Ah Wan, it’s Ah Wan, she looks just like my older sister.”

Having confirmed Tang Wan's identity, Madam Qin was clearly very excited. Tang Wan was caught off guard and was suddenly pulled into her arms, not knowing how to react for a moment.

Tang Wan's prepared words, meant to awaken kinship upon meeting, were of no use at this moment.

She was held tightly in Madam Qin's arms, and she could even feel a little warmth on her neck.

Tang Wan dared not speak or move at this moment, letting Madam Qin hold her and weep.

Being held so softly in her arms, Tang Wan felt as if most of her tense emotions had been relieved.

After transmigrating, Tang Wan was in danger of losing her life at any moment. She seemed extremely rational as she brought Dong Qing here, but in reality, she was already on edge, having just arrived in this unfamiliar dynasty from a modern girl and been running around trying to survive ever since she opened her eyes.

At this moment, held in Madam Qin's arms, Tang Wan finally felt grounded.

While traveling, the only thing that sustained her was the desire to find Madam Qin, which was both the original owner's wish and something she had to do.

In reality, apart from this reason that forced her to survive in this unfamiliar dynasty, it did not bring her any real sense of fulfillment.

But at this moment, in Madam Qin's arms, she felt as if she had seen her true family, and finally had other emotions.

After an unknown amount of time, Madam Qin finally let go of her, but she still held her hand tightly, her eyes red-rimmed.

"I am aware of your father's situation," Madam Qin said, composing herself before speaking again.

Just that one sentence made Tang Wan's body, which had just relaxed, tense up again.

She looked up at Madam Qin, her lips pressed tightly together.

This journey is arduous, and her identity is sensitive. If Madam Qin shows even the slightest sign of disrespect, their lives may be in danger. All the stakes rest on Madam Qin alone.

Madam Qin didn't notice Tang Wan's nervousness. She wiped away her tears, her voice still choked with emotion, "Your mother...is she already...?"

Tang Wan nodded, "My mother found someone to impersonate me. In order to avoid being discovered, she burned down the yard before the soldiers arrived and jumped into the fire in front of them, creating the illusion that she and I died in the fire."

"Although we didn't manage to hide it from them, your mother successfully got you out of the city." Madam Qin looked at Tang Wan with tears in her eyes: "Good child, you've suffered. Don't worry, they don't know your father's identity, and they won't pay attention to the wanted posters in the city. With your aunt here, you can stay here in peace."

"Auntie~" Tang Wan cried and threw herself into Madam Qin's arms.

Dongqing, standing beside them, also had tears welling up in her eyes from excitement as she watched the two of them.

They no longer have to run for their lives!

After composing herself, Madam Qin asked them about their journey and then comforted them with concern.

When they went out, only Wang Ge's mother was standing at the door of the east wing room, eating something dark and unidentifiable in her hand.

Seeing them come out, he quickly finished the last bit of food.

“Second brother’s wife, is this really the relative you’re trying to freeload off us?” Wang Ge’s mother couldn’t help but exclaim.

"Where is Mother?" Aunt didn't answer, she just asked.

"I won't let you keep them here. It's one thing for a widow who can't have children to live here, but you also want to bring along some relatives who pop up out of nowhere and freeload off you. No family would do that!"

Wang Ge's mother reacted strongly, clearly indicating that Tang Wan staying would infringe upon her interests.

Looking at the houses in the courtyard, Tang Wan roughly understood the Qin family's situation.

The Qin family did not separate; they ate and drank together.

Therefore, whether the two of them stay or not is definitely not up to her aunt to decide alone.

Moreover, judging from what Wang Ge's mother said, her uncle, whom she had never met, had passed away. As a result, her aunt's situation here was already very bad.

Just then, Granny Qin came in from outside.

"Mother, I have something to discuss with you." Aunt's voice was soft yet firm.

Granny Qin stared at her for a while, then shouted to Wang Ge's mother, "Go and call the eldest son back."

Knowing that the matter being discussed concerned her family's interests, she went in person despite her dissatisfaction.

When she returned with her people, Tang Wan and Dong Qing had already put the bundle in her aunt's room.

Accompanying her back was a man in his thirties, whose steps were somewhat unsteady, and who seemed to be half asleep as he followed behind Wang Ge's mother.

He was muttering something under his breath, humming something incomprehensible.

Upon entering the main room and seeing Tang Wan and Dong Qing, he immediately broke free of his composure, his eyes lighting up instantly: "Mother, who are these two?"

He had barely finished speaking when Wang Ge's mother grabbed his ear and said, "I told you on the way here that someone from your second son's family was coming to freeload, didn't you hear me?"

The man wasn't annoyed when she grabbed his ear; he simply dodged to the side and got away with it.

Granny Qin said sternly, "Enough! I called you here to talk about serious business."

After explaining the situation to the man in a few words, Granny Qin looked at Tang Wan's aunt and said, "Second son's wife, do you mean to keep these two people?"

“Yes, my sister and her husband have suffered a misfortune, leaving only this niece. She came to me for help, and I can’t refuse to let her stay!” Tang Wan’s aunt clearly stated her position.

"The Qin family isn't a charity," Granny Qin said. "You're not the only one in this family, and you can't make all the decisions on your own."

“That’s right. They don’t lay eggs themselves, but they keep bringing their kids home one after another. There’s no way they’ll let the two of them stay.” Wang Ge’s mother was clearly strongly against this.

Old Lady Qin's face showed nothing, but she said, "Your sister is in trouble, and they came to you because they had nowhere else to go. I'm not saying I'd just leave them to die, but I can give them a bite to eat. However, you know the situation at home. Wang Ge'er and Lin Ge'er are both at school, and we're already struggling to make ends meet. We can't afford to support two more people."

“Grandma, I know you’re kind-hearted. It’s already a great favor that you’ve given us a place to stay. Of course, we won’t freeload. How about this? I have a pair of earrings left. They’re not big, but they’re made of gold. I’ll exchange them for money and give them to you for food every month.” Tang Wan took out the earrings and shook them.

Granny Qin glanced at it casually without saying a word.

Wang Ge's mother's eyes seemed glued to the earrings, her head swaying with Tang Wan's movements, and she said to Tang Wan, "You only have this one pair of earrings, it won't last long."

Tang Wan's aunt stepped forward at the right moment, saying, "Brother Wu should be very happy that he has a younger sister."

There was a moment of silence in the room after she said that, and Granny Qin's expression changed. "If that's the case, then let them stay."

When Madam Qin said this, she clearly knew they would agree, and there was no surprise on her face.

This Wu Ge'er.

Tang Wan secretly noted that this was someone that Granny Qin and the others dared not provoke.

That's how it was agreed.

Granny Qin and her group weren't without conditions.

Tang Wan said that the monthly food expenses had to be handed over on a regular basis, and there were no spare rooms available.

They need to figure out where to stay themselves.

Tang Wan's aunt wasn't worried about that, only saying that they could stay.

Even when Tang Wan and Dong Qing were sitting on their aunt's bed, they still felt a little dazed, not quite used to the fact that they could actually stay and live a peaceful life.

Aunt brought over two bowls of hot tea and locked the door before she had a proper talk with Tang Wan.

"The matter is urgent, you must have suffered a lot on the way." Aunt looked at Tang Wan, her heartache evident in her words.

“It’s all in the past. It’s already a very lucky thing to have found my aunt. My mother was right, my aunt really did recognize me as soon as she saw me.” Tang Wan took a sip of tea and felt like she had come back to life.

She has something on her face now; not only has her skin turned yellow, but her facial features have also been altered, yet her aunt still recognized her.

"Look closely, you look exactly like your mother."

"That's what my mother said too. I'm afraid my coming here has put my aunt in a difficult position," Tang Wan said, standing up from the bed and bowing deeply to Madam Qin.

Tang Wan performed the ceremony very sincerely, and Madam Qin quickly went to help her up. Tang Wan insisted on finishing the ceremony before getting up.

After getting up, she looked at Madam Qin with slightly red eyes and said, "Auntie's kindness will be remembered by me. I will never let you down."

"Thank you, Madam Qin!" Dongqing bowed as Tang Wan did.

“You are my child because you are my elder sister’s child. This is not called taking in, it is bringing you home.” Madam Qin patted Tang Wan and then looked at Dong Qing: “You don’t need to call me Madam Qin. Just call me Aunt Qin at home.”

Tang Wan's expression shifted; her aunt had changed her name and was now living in seclusion here, no longer even using the surname Li.

Aunt Qin looked at Tang Wan and explained, "My older sister should have told you that the daughters of the Li family are just tools for climbing the social ladder. They are sent to wealthy families to be concubines. My older sister was rescued by your father when she was trying to escape her arranged marriage. I also eloped with your uncle during that time. Otherwise, the Li family would not have let me marry into such a poor family. Therefore, I had no choice but to hide my identity."

Aunt Qin explained it quite clearly, and Tang Wan was able to fully understand it by combining it with the original owner's memories.

Just like this time when she escaped, the original owner's mother thought of having Tang Wan seek refuge with a married younger sister instead of her maternal family at a critical moment.

Seeing that Tang Wan expressed her understanding, Aunt Qin said nothing more.

“Dongqing will sleep with me tonight, and Awan will sleep in Wu Ge’er’s room. Wu Ge’er won’t be back for the next couple of days,” Aunt Qin said.

The bed in her room was barely big enough for two people; it was made by Qin Lao Er himself when she got married.

Qin Wan can only sleep in Wu Ge'er's room for the next two days.

"Who is Wu-ge'er?" Just now in the main room, Aunt Qin mentioned this name, which is how Tang Wan and the others were able to stay.

“You should call him cousin.” Aunt Qin was clearly in a good mood when Wu Ge’er was mentioned.

but.

Tang Wan didn't show her doubts. At first, the harsh words that Wang Ge's mother said were all about Aunt Qin's inability to have children, so where did this cousin come from?

“Wu Ge’er is the child your uncle and I adopted,” Aunt Qin explained. “His father fled famine with him here and settled in the village. Unfortunately, his father died while hunting in the mountains, leaving behind this child. Your uncle and I didn’t have any children of our own, and Wu Ge’er was so young at the time, so after discussing it with your uncle, we adopted him.” Aunt Qin clearly treated Wu Ge’er as her own child, and her eyes were full of warmth as she spoke.

Tang Wan then realized that, given the Qin family's personality, how could Aunt Qin still have a say in the family? It turned out that it was because of this cousin.

Just from the family's reaction when they heard about my cousin during the day, I knew that this cousin must be someone special.

But Tang Wan didn't have time to think about all that right now.

She rummaged through the package and found some money, which was the money she and Dongqing had kept in plain sight along the way. It was wrapped in a small silk cloth, as the money in the previous pouch had been stolen several times along the way.

She took them out and placed them in her aunt's hands: "I don't know how much it costs here. We need quite a few things here, so Auntie will have to provide them. Please take these."

Aunt Qin shook her head and pushed the money back, saying, "Keep this money for yourself. I have money, so you don't need to worry about it. You don't need to worry about the money at Granny Qin's place either. When Wu-ge pays the money, he'll pay it all at once. Eating in the countryside doesn't cost much."

Aunt Qin's resolute attitude left Tang Wan with no way to refuse.

They simply took the money back.

After dinner, Aunt Qin took Tang Wan and Dong Qing to Grandma Guihua's house. Grandma Guihua's husband is now the village chief of Dashi Village.

Aunt Qin brought them here to officially establish their identities in Dashi Village, so as to avoid any problems arising from their unclear origins later on.

In backward and remote villages like this, such matters are entirely based on personal relationships.

When Aunt Qin arrived, she had some things in her basket, which she handed to Grandma Guihua.

Grandma Guihua's smile became even more genuine after she accepted the gifts, saying that it was no big deal and that it was a good thing for relatives to come and stay.

The two women were just women, and even if they stayed, they wouldn't take up any land, so the village chief readily agreed to it.

After returning home, Aunt Qin took Tang Wan to the room next to hers.

The room contained nothing but a bed and a table; it was clean and odorless.

"Stay here and relax. With your aunt here, this will be your home from now on," Aunt Qin said, looking at Tang Wan's face.

Before going to the village chief's house, Tang Wan had already washed off her makeup, and under the dim light, she was breathtakingly beautiful.

Aunt Qin couldn't help but look again and again. Her beauty was even more outstanding than her sister's, which was not a good thing in this village. Fortunately, Wu Ge'er was there, which could keep some people in check.

That night, when Tang Wan lay exhausted in bed, she finally felt a sense of belonging in this strange world for the first time.

Her aunt's care and love finally helped her accept the fact that she had inexplicably come here.

She also vowed in her heart that from now on she would be Tang Wan in this world, and her aunt would be her own aunt. Since she had come here, she would live well in this identity.

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I updated 60,000 words today, adding to the previous chapters. Those of you who are following the story can start reading from chapter 596, "The New World." I'm so sorry, sob sob. Next time I'll update daily, but I won't add extra words.