Chapter 606: Subtle Influence
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Upon hearing her parents’ words, Li Qin also began to hesitate.
In the beginning, she came to Li Yan’s house because she barely had enough to eat at home. If she came to her sister and brother-in-law’s house, she could at least eat her fill.
But now that the family had enough to eat, did she need to stay here?
Previously, Li Qin had planned to follow her brother-in-law to the capital and find a good marriage partner for herself.
However, during this period of time, she realized that her brother-in-law’s family wasn’t as good as she had imagined.
Although they could eat their fill, they didn’t eat delicacies like those officials did.
Although her sister didn’t say anything, Li Qin also realized that her brother-in-law’s family actually wasn’t that rich and they had to plan their meals well.
If she followed her sister and brother-in-law to the capital, could she really get what she wanted?
Thinking back on the past few days, her sister didn’t do anything and let her do everything.
Exhausted, Li Qin couldn’t help but ask herself what exactly she was doing here.
Was she here to work for her sister?
Thinking of this, Li Qin looked at her sister, Li Yan.
At this moment, Li Yan was still socializing in the crowd and bragging about Pei Xuanxin, as if she was already the wife of an official.
However, Li Qin saw Li Yan’s fatigue under her glamorous appearance. She didn’t seem truly happy.
What did happiness feel like?
After Li Qin thought about it carefully, she suddenly remembered her cousin, Li Xiaoran, and her brother-in-law, Luo Cheng.
Li Qin had secretly gone to see Li Xiaoran once and saw Li Xiaoran and Luo Cheng walking hand in hand while talking.
It was at that time that Li Qin had a clear understanding of happiness for the first time.
She wanted to live a good life, but she also wanted to be happy.
She wanted to be happy like her cousin, Li Xiaoran, instead of pretending to be happy like her sister.
At this moment, Li Qin made a decision and nodded at her parents.
“Father, Mother, I’ll follow you guys back! I want to go home!”
When Li Qiang and w.a.n.g Ying heard that their daughter had made this choice, they nodded with a smile.
Li Qiang said, “Sure, follow us home today!”
It had to be said that Luo Cheng’s arrangements for the Li family were very successful.
After Li Qiang and Li Wei had been forced to work diligently during this period of time, they had actually changed.
Now, the two of them followed a routine every day. Although it was a little tiring, their health was getting better and better.
w.a.n.g Ying and Zhang Hong were the same. Granny Huang forced them to do many things every day, but after the house was tidied up, they felt more comfortable living there!
The vegetables in the garden grew every day. Now, they could eat several types of vegetables.
The hens at home lay eggs every day and nourished the family.
In addition, when they walked out of the house, others no longer looked at them with disdain.
When everyone saw them, they greeted them kindly and didn’t deliberately make things difficult for them.
w.a.n.g Ying and Zhang Hong understood that they had to thank Luo Cheng and Li Xiaoran for this change.
In addition to supervising the Li family, Granny Huang also told them what she had seen and heard about other people’s families.
The Li family gradually understood something.
A person’s thoughts, perceptions, and ideas would change over time. Granny Huang, who had lived in the palace, naturally knew this very well. Therefore, at this moment, she also used this discreet method to change the Li family’s mentality bit by bit.
Granny Huang’s method was quite effective.
Of course, Granny Huang did this to repay Luo Cheng.
Since ancient times, very few women from the deep palace had a good ending.
Granny Huang was very grateful that Luo Cheng was willing to bring her out of the palace and take care of her in her old age.
These days, although Granny Huang was at the Li family’s house during the day, she slept at Luo Cheng’s house at night.
Granny Huang lived a comfortable life every day and was taken care of when she was sick. Granny Huang felt that she must have spent all the fortune she had acc.u.mulated in her previous life in this life.
It was precisely because Luo Cheng treated Granny Huang so well that Granny Huang did her job seriously and responsibly. She planned to change the Li family’s mentality gradually. She didn’t plan to make them Luo Cheng’s helpers, but at least they couldn’t become a burden to Luo Cheng.
Li Xiaoran, Luo Cheng, and the others were riding in a carriage.
Since they were here to look for talents and observe the situation, the group naturally didn’t have to rush things.
They enjoyed the scenery along the way, as if they were out on a trip.
Li Xiaoran didn’t stay in the carriage the entire time. When she saw beautiful scenery, she would come down to stroll around.
It had to be said that strolling around amidst beautiful scenery relaxed her body and mind.
At noon, Li Xiaoran and the others pa.s.sed by a waterfall. They felt that it was cool and beautiful, and the terrain was very flat, so they decided to stay here for the night and set off tomorrow.
There were many fish in the clear mountain. After the group set up camp here, they began to play around happily.
While Luo Cheng and the others were fishing, Li Xiaoran and Shu Ruyue led a few people to the shallow water area of the river below to move stones and catch crabs.
At the same time, they could go to a place with families nearby and buy some vegetables to eat.
This place was relatively flat, but there were also terraces around it.
There weren’t many families living here, only ten families in total.
Fortunately, the mountains here weren’t high, and there was a road that allowed people to enter and leave. Therefore, the ten families were living here quite comfortably.
When Li Xiaoran and the others went down the river to catch crabs, they happened to encounter a few other children who were also there to catch crabs.
The oldest child looked to be seven or eight years old. When he saw Li Xiaoran and the others appear, he asked warily, “Who are you guys? Why haven’t we
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Li Xiaoran smiled when she saw this group of children.
“We were pa.s.sing by and saw that the waterfall here was very beautiful, so we planned to stop here! Little guy, who are you? Do you live nearby? It just so happens that we want to buy some vegetables. Can you take us to your house to buy them?”
The boy still hadn’t let down his guard. After he thought about it carefully, he asked, “How can I trust you guys? What if you’re bad people?” When Li Xiaoran heard this, she immediately smiled.
“How about this? If you’re afraid of us bad people, why don’t you call your parents to look for us?! We need to buy some vegetables and fruits under the waterfall over there. We don’t need too many.. If you have them at home, ask your parents to send them to us! Don’t worry, we’ll buy them at the market price!”