Transmigrated Little Farm Girl Bringing Great Fortune

It's so noisy...

The sounds of cicadas and birdsong filled the air.

Qi Caiwei lay on the couch with her eyes half-closed.

She pinched the bridge of her nose.

Headache……

The cicadas' chirping gave her a headache.

The noise was making her very upset.

She shouted, "Aunt Mei, have someone catch all those cicadas and birds! They're making so much noise!"

But after she finished speaking, she remembered that Aunt Mei was still in prison.

Anita Mui was her wet nurse, who watched her grow up and helped raise her two children.

It could be said that Anita Mui spent more time with her than her mother did.

Anita Mui accompanied her from when she first learned to speak, to when she got married, and then to when she had children.

I've never been away from her for so long.

Qi Caiwei's eyes were red, and she wanted to find someone to inquire about Aunt Mei's situation.

He called out for someone to come in, but it was Granny Gong who entered.

"Madam, I've already instructed the servants to catch more cicadas," Granny Gong reported, standing with her hands at her sides.

Qi Caiwei: ...

That old hag, calling her "concubine," she'll sell her off sooner or later.

Then she heard various noises outside.

"Quick, there's one over there, catch it!"

"They're also on the trees."

"There...there's one there too, quick, don't let it get away..."

……

Qi Caiwei frowned, rolling her eyes in anger.

Covering her ears, she shouted, "Stop! Tell them all to stop! Stop catching me..."

"Yes."

Granny Gong went out and gave an order, and the noise outside immediately stopped.

It's quiet now, finally quiet.

At this moment, she no longer found the cicadas' chirping and birds' calls noisy.

When Granny Gong heard her call for Mei Gu, she realized that Mei Gu must be missing her wet nurse.

He then told her the information he had found out earlier.

"Madam, the verdict for Mei Gu has been handed down. Originally, she should have been sentenced to hanging, but because you compensated for the destroyed property, Madam, she is now sentenced to exile two thousand li away and never to return."

"Exile! I've already paid compensation, why am I still being sentenced to exile?" Qi Caiwei's eyes were bloodshot as she gripped her handkerchief tightly.

compensation!

Was that something she was willing to pay?

If she didn't pay, those people would come to her door every day to cause trouble, preventing her from leaving the house, let alone returning to the capital.

Look at this house, it looks like it's been robbed.

There wasn't even a decent object left.

Granny Gong: ...

What kind of person is she? Acting recklessly, setting fire to a house, and only wanting to settle things with money? Does she think the government office is run by her Qi family?

Fortunately, no one was injured in the fire, otherwise she herself would have been killed.

"Granny Gong, didn't I tell you to use money to rescue her? Didn't you do your best?" Qi Caiwei stared at her blankly.

This old hag was sent by her stepmother to look after her; she probably just wants her to suffer a lot. How could she possibly care about her sincerely?

But now, she's the only one who can come forward.

Granny Gong stood with her head bowed, "This old servant has done her best..."

What else can be said? The families whose homes were burned did not pursue the matter because of her father, Minister Qi.

How can they have no self-awareness at all?

"Answer me, are you deaf?" Qi Caiwei threw a teacup at her, but Granny Gong dodged it.

But it hit Jiang Zipei on the head as he stepped through the door.

"Ouch……"

After a scream, blood streamed down Jiang Zipei's forehead.

Qi Caiwei stared wide-eyed, her mouth agape in shock.

"Quickly, go and fetch a doctor!" Granny Gong exclaimed, quickly taking out a handkerchief to cover Jiang Zipei's wound.

Jiang Zipei took a handkerchief, covered her forehead, and walked up to her mother, saying incredulously, "Mother, are you trying to kill me?"

Qi Caiwei then realized what was happening and quickly checked her son's wound.

Filled with remorse, she said, "I'm sorry, Pei'er. It's all my fault. Luckily, the wound isn't deep. It's all because of Granny Gong. Who told you to avoid me?"

Granny Gong was glared at fiercely by her, and shrank back to the doorway. "This old servant will go and see if the doctor has arrived yet."

After saying that, he left.

Jiang Zipei could no longer feel the pain; he was now only worried about one thing.

"Mother, I heard that Aunt Mei is going to be exiled. Please think of a way to save her!"

He gripped Qi Caiwei's hand tightly, "Aunt Mei is too old, how could she endure the hardships of exile? She'll die on the way..."

Qi Caiwei opened her mouth, but before she could speak, Jiang Zijin slowly walked in, "Cannot be saved, and there's no way to save him..."

“Mother, someone has to take the blame for arson before this matter can be settled, and only then will the families whose shops were burned down stop... so that we can leave Jiangzhou safely.”

Qi Caiwei asked, "Is it really impossible to use money?"

Jiang Zijin frowned and took her mother's hand. "Mother, we have no money left. We used it all to compensate the families whose houses were burned down. Even this house is rented. We also used the gambling den and pawnshop to pay off debts. Now, we have very little left."

It's impossible to lose all the money.

She still had tens of thousands of taels left, and there were many places she would need them when she returned to the capital, so she deposited them all in a money exchange for emergencies.

After hearing her daughter's words, Qi Caiwei wavered.

She knew in her heart that if this matter didn't fall on Mei-gu's shoulders, it would fall on hers.

She's in prison, and her husband and father won't turn a blind eye, but her reputation will be ruined, and it will also implicate her two children.

Well, in the end, Anita Mui willingly accepted this charge.

She instructed, "Don't mention this matter again. When Aunt Mei leaves, please see her off on my behalf."

"No, Mei-gu cannot be exiled..."

"Mother, Aunt Mei is your wet nurse. She watched my sister and me grow up. How can you abandon us?" Jiang Zipei knelt down, covering her forehead. "Mother, I beg you!"

He only knew that he couldn't live without Anita Mui.

Qi Caiwei was both angry and heartbroken. She helped her son up and said, "Stop talking. Let's leave it at that."

“Mother…” Jiang Zipei was unwilling to give up.

The officials said that Mei Gu confessed to the crime herself. She said that she saw Madam Qin had offended her master and wanted to stand up for her master, so she ordered people to set fire to Tianxiang Tower.

But he absolutely refused to believe it.

Mei-gu wouldn't do such a thing on her own; it's her mother.

It must have been Mother who instructed them.

“Mother, don’t think I don’t know. Mei-gu took the blame for you. You can’t be ungrateful. You have to save her.”

"You unfilial son, what nonsense! This has nothing to do with me. Are you even my son?" Qi Caiwei raised her hand to strike him.

Her gaze fell on the crimson mark on his forehead, and she withdrew her hand.

Heartbroken, she said, "Pei'er, do you think your mother doesn't want to save you? Your mother is powerless to help."

Jiang Zijin, her face dark with anger, also tried to persuade him, "Brother, we all know you can't bear to part with Aunt Mei, and neither can we. What can we do? Are we going to ask Mother to bring her back? If she's not in jail, how could those people who burned down our shop let us off the hook? You saw it yourself, we had to pay all our money to settle this matter. Let's not create any more trouble."

Qi Caiwei chimed in, "If you're really worried, then let's give the jailers more money so they can take better care of Mei Gu on the road and make her suffer less."

Jiang Zipei looked at the two people closest to her, yet felt utterly unfamiliar with them.

He finally understood that his mother and sister had always treated Mei Gu as a servant.

A chill ran through her heart, and she sneered, "Mother, elder sister, why make up these excuses? You're just heartless and ungrateful... trying to protect yourselves..."

After saying that, he covered his forehead and stormed off.

Qi Caiwei clutched her chest in anger, leaning against her daughter. "Jin'er, look at me! I've raised an ungrateful wretch. Has he forgotten who gave him life and raised him?"

She actually turned against her own mother for the sake of a servant.

I've raised this son for nothing!

“Mother, don’t be angry. The people Father sent to pick us up should arrive tomorrow. Let’s go to the cosmetics shop. I heard that Yu Yan Zhai’s newly developed cosmetics have strong coverage and might be able to cover up the scars on your face.” Jiang Zijin reached out and stroked her mother’s back.

Sigh! I can't let Father dislike Mother.

Cover it first.

We will seek another way to treat it...