Reborn in Each Other’s Bodies: A Mother and Daughter’s Deadly Revenge - Chapter 129

Xiong San watched the Feng family from a distance, marveling inwardly.

The anesthetic Madam provided was truly excellent!

Just as expected, those people woke up halfway through the house burning down!

If Madam had wanted the Feng family dead, they would undoubtedly be dead.

Madam is truly terrifying!

She also ordered him to follow them, to see if the Feng family would head to the capital.
If they went to the capital, he was to have people from the indentured servant agency buy the two daughters from the Feng family’s second branch…

Xiong San didn’t know what Madam intended to do.
He simply followed her orders exactly as given.

After spending a night in the woods, early the next morning, the Feng family actually set out on foot for the county town.
The whole family was covered in dust and grime, looking like refugees fleeing a famine.

Xiong San pulled a flatbread from his robe, eating it as he followed them from afar.

After walking for most of the day, they finally reached the county town.
Then, Xiong San witnessed a scene that dropped his jaw.

The old patriarch Feng was actually leading his whole family in begging?!

He had seen clearly last night – that old woman was clutching a small box tightly; there must have been money inside!
Moreover, the Feng family still had land. Farming in the village shouldn’t have left them unable to eat, so how had they been reduced to begging?

After thinking for a moment, Xiong San began to understand.
A chill rose in his heart; this Feng family was truly cunning!

If the Feng family went to the capital to beg, and later others learned of their background, they would probably think that the Seventh Young Lady Sheng or the Sheng family couldn’t swallow their anger.
That they had wanted to wipe out the Feng family, secretly setting fire to their house—

The Feng family’s begging was their method of retaliation!

Xiong San felt he had broadened his horizons; he wouldn’t dare look down on anyone from now on!

He followed the Feng family like this, taking four or five days to reach the capital.

After entering the capital, the Feng family tried to beg again, but unexpectedly, a group of beggars caught them and beat them severely.
The two young Feng boys were beaten, howling and wailing, constantly crying that they wanted to go home and eat meat.
Feng Eldest and Feng Second also had their faces bruised purple from the beating.

Xiong San found it quite entertaining.

The beggars in the capital had gangs; ordinary beggars couldn’t squeeze into the good spots. The Feng family, unaware of the situation, got a beating for nothing.

The Feng family members whimpered and sobbed, or else grumbled and cursed.
Little Li shrieked, demanding the old couple give them money to buy food and medicine for their sons.
The old patriarch Feng insisted he had no money, saying that begging was their only way to survive…

Old Feng’s determination to have the whole family become beggars was resolute.

Later, a kind-hearted woman directed the group to a rundown temple in the western district to rest.

Only then did Xiong San go to inform the people at the indentured servant agency that two girls could be acquired cheaply.
If his guess was correct, Old Feng would definitely sell them; only by doing so would they appear more pitiful and gain more sympathy.

Afterwards, Xiong San went home, wrote a letter, and gave it to Auntie Zhao.
Nowadays, Auntie Zhao was taking care of his mother, and communication with Madam was also done through her.

Soon, Qingchi entered Sheng Minmin’s room holding a letter, and thus Sheng Minmin learned about the Feng family’s shocking actions.

As the saying goes, those with nothing to lose fear nothing.
Being entangled by such shameless, destitute people like the Feng family could be quite troublesome.

However, that wasn’t her concern; that was a headache for the other members of the Sheng family and Sheng Mingzhu to deal with.
Especially Sheng Mingzhu, who despised country bumpkins the most. Sheng Minmin looked forward to seeing how Sheng Mingzhu would react when plagued by such a group of parasitic bumpkins in the future.

A few more days passed, and Sheng Minmin went to the indentured servant agency, where she was not at all surprised to see Fourth Niece Feng and Fifth Niece Feng.
After examining them carefully, she realized that even though Fourth Niece Feng and Fifth Niece Feng were sallow, thin, and frail, they still bore a thirty percent resemblance to Sheng Mingzhu!

If they were raised well in the future, their skin whitened, and they gained some weight, they could resemble Sheng Mingzhu by at least sixty percent.
If they deliberately imitated Sheng Mingzhu’s clothing, style, expressions, and habits, they might even achieve an eighty percent likeness.

These two sisters resembled Sheng Mingzhu even more than Third Niece Feng had. Overjoyed, Sheng Minmin happily bought them and took them back to the estate.

She gave them new names: Qiuju and Dongkui. First, she had the instructing matrons in the estate properly teach them etiquette and rules.

Sheng Minmin had already made plans for their future.
After they learned the rules, she would send them to the main kitchen to learn culinary skills.
The main kitchen was a place of complex interpersonal dynamics, where people often fawned on those above and trampled those below, making it an excellent place for training.
After spending some time there, being influenced by their surroundings, their tactics and eloquence would improve dramatically.

At the same time, it would also let them witness the wealth and luxury of the Sheng estate. Since ancient times, wealth has dazzled the eye.
Sheng Minmin believed the two would develop ambitions to climb higher.

After they learned a skill, she would send them to serve beside Sheng Mingyi and Sheng Mingbo.
As their “mother,” the two brothers had no choice but to accept the people she sent!

Since the two brothers liked Sheng Mingzhu, they probably wouldn’t dislike Qiuju and Dongkui, who resembled her.
Having such a substitute by their side day after day, who could tell what might happen over time!

When Sheng Mingzhu returned in the future and saw two sisters who looked like her working as maids, would it be a surprise? Or a surprise?
Wait, not two servant sisters, but three.
There was still Xiazhi!

By then, everyone in the estate would laugh at Sheng Mingzhu. It would be impossible for her to maintain her usual aloof, fairy-like demeanor.

Just thinking about Sheng Mingzhu’s expression when she saw Qiuju and Dongkui almost made Sheng Minmin laugh out loud!

Besides this, the things Sheng Minmin had the cooks teach Qiuju and Dongkui were all meticulously designed by Qingdai.
She had asked Qingdai to create these specifically for Sheng Mingyi and his brother.
Eating them over a long period would cause the body’s energy to leak away as if through a sieve…

Qingdai had been somewhat surprised when she heard the order, but didn’t ask further.
Sheng Minmin was very satisfied with this.

As for Fourth Niece Feng and Fifth Niece Feng, or rather Qiuju and Dongkui, after entering the estate and discovering that this was the very Sheng family their mother had offended, the sisters were terrified.
They even lost their appetite for the fine food they had never had access to before. For several days, they couldn’t eat or sleep properly, and became even thinner.
However, this only lasted a few days. After that, they realized that the other people in the estate didn’t know their background.
And the Seventh Young Lady, who did know their background, was secluded in the Pear Blossom Court. This finally set their minds somewhat at ease.

Gradually, they began to relax.
They felt that back in Taohua Village, they hadn’t bullied the Seventh Young Lady much.
Grandma, Auntie, and their two male cousins often bullied the Seventh Young Lady.
Several times they almost beat the Seventh Young Lady to death, and the two male cousins even pushed her into the pond…

Compared to their family members, they had only made the Seventh Young Lady wash their clothes and snatched her firewood a few times, but that was all because their third sister told them to do it…
If the Seventh Young Lady wanted revenge, she should go after their third sister, not them.
Besides, the Seventh Young Lady had let their mother and third sister live, so she surely wouldn’t hold it against them.

The sisters gradually talked themselves into believing this. Although they didn’t dare reveal that they were Nanny Tao’s daughters, they began to hold their heads up within the estate.

Elsewhere, the day after Sheng Mingbo was able to get out of bed.
Sheng Yong “magnanimously” released Huang Yaning.

Before releasing her, he had Sheng Minmin redecorate the Begonia Court, so it wouldn’t look too shabby.
Sheng Minmin sneered inwardly. Now that Sheng Yong saw Huang Yaning had connected with the Princess Consort and her reputation outside was excellent, he definitely wanted to cultivate this “daughter” properly again.
She acknowledged his order indifferently and bought a batch of furniture and decorations from outside.
Of course, the quality was nowhere near that of the original Begonia Court’s furnishings.

Sheng Yong was dissatisfied after seeing them and added some items himself before the Begonia Court was finally redecorated to a passable standard.

Huang Yaning, upon leaving the Pear Blossom Court, moved into the newly furnished Begonia Court.

Soon, she also met Qiuju and Dongkui.