The Humble Family’s Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket!
Chapter 805 - 687, Lesson

Chapter 805: Chapter 687, Lesson

Daohua brought the information Xiao Yeyang had gathered about the land to Madam Li in the main yard.

Madam Li flipped through the papers and smiled, "I was just planning to acquire some land for our family. Unfortunately, having recently arrived in Beijing, we don’t have many connections. The butler has been looking for a while but hasn’t found anything suitable. It seems Yeyang is more capable. These estates all look good."

Daohua smiled. "Mother, please take your time to choose. These are all left behind by nobles, and the lands are connected, making them easy to manage."

Seeing her daughter leisurely eating fruit, Madam Li smiled and asked, "Have you made your choice?"

Daohua nodded. "The estates here in Beijing are not very large; I have selected a few that are over a thousand acres."

Once Daohua had made her selections, Madam Li didn’t stand on ceremony and began choosing earnestly.

Daohua sat by and watched as Madam Li selected several estates that were around a hundred acres each. She couldn’t help but say, "Mother, it’s better to choose bigger estates."

Madam Li smiled and didn’t keep it from Daohua. "These estates are not for our family. Yishuang and the others are grown up now, and these will be prepared for their dowries. Although our family has split, we still need to add to the dowry when Yihuan and Yile get married."

Hearing this, Daohua didn’t say any more. "Mother, are you already looking for matches for Yishuang and the others?"

Speaking of this, Madam Li felt a headache coming on. "Yihuan is only a few months younger than you, and I’m worried about her marriage arrangements. We’re new to Beijing and don’t know many people; finding a suitable family might take some time."

Daohua replied, "There’s no rush; we can take our time."

Madam Li smiled. "Rushing won’t help; Yihuan and the others will have to wait for you to get married before they can marry."

Over the next few days, Madam Li and Daohua were busy buying estates.

Daohua called Xiaoliu and had him take Yan Shouhou to inspect the selected estates in person and discuss important considerations regarding Beijing with him.

As for the family lands, she didn’t interfere at all.

...

Not many larger estates in Beijing were up for sale, and many people who wanted to buy couldn’t find the connections.

In the case of the Eight Princes Party, several officials were investigated, and those in the know were aware of many vacated estates. However, compared to those wanting to buy, there were far more seekers than available properties—it was a time when wide connections mattered most.

The Han Family also wanted to take this opportunity to buy some estates; they still had several daughters to marry off and needed to prepare dowries. Hearing that the Yan Family was buying estates, they knew the Yan family had connections, so the Han Family sent someone to find Han Xinran.

When Han Xinran heard the message delivered by the butler nanny who assisted her mother, her brow furrowed. She knew her family was buying land; if this were in Zhongzhou, her mother-in-law wouldn’t have excluded her, but this time she hadn’t been informed at all, indicating she was still in their bad books.

Seeing Han Xinran hesitate, the butler nanny felt compelled to persuade her. "Second Miss, the Earl Residence has been depleting its reserves. If we don’t add more assets, there will come a day when nothing is left. Now that the Yan family has connections, as in-laws, it’s only right to help out a bit."

Thinking of the times her mother looked worried while examining the accounts before she was married, Han Xinran hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded in agreement to help. "Wait for me for a moment, I’ll go ask my mother-in-law."

...

Main yard.

Madam Li was tallying the remaining household money after buying the estates when she heard from a maid that her daughter-in-law had come with her grandson. After thinking for a moment, she instructed Ping Tong to put away the account books.

Back in Zhongzhou, she was very satisfied with this daughter-in-law—good looks, good family background, and a good relationship with her son. They had a grandson in the second year of marriage, and she was willing to give this daughter-in-law more face.

However, since coming to Beijing, this daughter-in-law gradually began to overstep her bounds.

She wasn’t a harsh person, nor did she want to prevent her daughter-in-law from being close to her natal family, but there was a limit to everything, and crossing it could be annoying.

Han Xinran entered the room carrying her son and noticed the Senior Maid by her mother-in-law’s side leaving with the ledger she had just finished organizing, causing a flicker in her gaze.

Madam Li disregarded her daughter-in-law’s unease and smiled as she reached out to embrace her grandson, "Little Mingyuan, did you miss your grandmother?"

Han Xinran handed her son over to her mother-in-law and then smiled, "Mother, were you just looking at the ledger?"

Madam Li hummed in response and continued playing with her grandson.

After joining in to amuse her son for a while and seeing her mother-in-law laughing joyfully thanks to the boy, Han Xinran finally spoke up, "Mother, I heard that our family has bought some new estates?"

Madam Li’s smile paused and she glanced at the nanny, waiting until she had taken the grandson away before turning to Han Xinran, "Our family doesn’t own much in Beijing, so we had to acquire some."

As she spoke, she picked up her tea and took a sip. Seeing Han Xinran hesitate to speak, she frowned slightly, lost interest in addressing it, and picked up a toy to entertain her grandson again.

Seeing that Madam Li wasn’t inclined to elaborate, Han Xinran took the initiative, "Mother, my family also wants to acquire some estates and I was hoping you could help..."

Before she could finish, Madam Li raised her hand to interrupt, looking displeased, and after gesturing for the servants to leave, she finally spoke, "Xinran, do you know what your status is now?"

Han Xinran faltered, "I am a daughter-in-law of the Yan Family."

Madam Li scoffed, "You remember you’re a Yan daughter-in-law? I thought you still considered yourself a Han maiden."

Seeing the undisguised displeasure on her mother-in-law’s face, Han Xinran was taken aback, and hastily knelt down to apologize, "Mother, what did your daughter-in-law do wrong?"

Madam Li, clearly annoyed and disappointed, responded, "You may be close to your own family, but you should also consider your husband’s family."

Han Xinran was alarmed, "Of course, I am Yan’s daughter-in-law and must consider the Yan Family."

Madam Li remarked, "If you truly thought about the Yan Family, you wouldn’t have mentioned this today."

Han Xinran defended, "I had no other intentions, I just thought that since our family has connections, I could help my family as well."

"By the way?"

Madam Li laughed out of anger, "There are not so many ’by the way’ matters in this world. Estates in Beijing are difficult to buy; you should know this better than me. We managed to buy them only by owing favors to others."

"This time, even for our own family, I didn’t choose many estates because I feared causing trouble to others. And here you are, saying your family wants to buy some too!"

Although Xiao Yeyang had brought many estates for them to choose, it was said that the lands seized by the Imperial Court would not be auctioned publicly; most were to be awarded to soldiers who had distinguished themselves on the Northern Frontier.

Due to his status, Xiao Yeyang could secure a part of them, but the quantity could not be too extensive, otherwise, it would attract the Emperor’s dissatisfaction.

For this reason, she had cut the number of estates her daughter had helped to choose by half.

Given that her daughter’s marriage to Xiao Yeyang was already a social climb for their family, how could they afford to burden her with family matters?

Han Xinran quickly admitted her fault, "Your daughter-in-law thought too simplistically, mother. I acknowledge my mistake, please do not be upset."

Madam Li responded, "Xinran, it’s right for relatives to help each other, but it has to be within one’s capacity. What family would dare to accept a daughter-in-law who takes all her family’s issues upon herself?"

Han Xinran shivered inwardly, "I will never do this again."

After talking further, Madam Li did not want to make the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship too tense, so she allowed Han Xinran to get up, "Go back and think about it yourself. Consider what kind of life you have in the Yan Family and what other married daughters experience in their in-laws’ homes. Don’t think I’m being too harsh on you."