She Became A Downfall Noble Lady

It was time to go home.

Whenever Lady Zhao thought of this, her heart would fill with warmth. Honestly, whether it be Clear Water Village, Qingyuan County, or the capital, in Lady Zhao’s eyes, none compared to her hometown. The capital might be prosperous, but that was a place for the powerful and influential to enjoy, hardly relating to ordinary folks like them.

Even the Pastry House owned by Madam Yin, Ye Zi’s mother, which Madam Yin had invited her to visit twice, wasn’t really a place to eat—it was a place to burn money, definitely not somewhere meant for commoners like them.

She felt more at home in Hezhou. She was familiar with that place, which was filled with her fellow townspeople and family. Everyone knew each other well.

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Her son had made something of himself, and their family had grown wealthy, which was also a glory for the Wong Residence. Only in their hometown would everyone know that she hadn’t suffered all those years in vain. Unlike in the capital, where the streets were filled with strangers, rich folks, and high-ranking officials, no matter to what extent Ah Qiao succeeded, no one would envy him.

So, when she got her hands on the more than seven thousand silver notes and three hundred taels of cash silver that Wong Qiao had brought back, her happiness grew manifold.

She had never seen so much silver before; that stack of silver notes was indeed an abundance of silver.

"Ah Qiao, are you sure about this? Did your uncle and Ye Zi really calculate one-tenth of the Qi family’s fortune for you?"