Transmigration: A Farm Girl's Brocade-Chapter 102 - Curiosity_1
Chapter 102: Chapter 102 Curiosity_1
Chapter 102: Chapter 102 Curiosity_1
By afternoon, it was even more incredible, Qian Sangui’s grandson was actually held by the young nobleman to ride on the horse, and Father and Son of Old Wong were actually running back and forth behind the horse, serving them.
After those young masters left the village, many people asked Old woman Qian and Qian Dagui’s family, who were also outside watching the excitement.
Qian Dagui said he was not clear about the details, only knowing that Auntie Xia came to inform them that a distinguished guest had arrived at their home and asked Auntie Die to help with the cooking. After saying this, his family was all beaming with pride, extremely pleased with themselves.
Then there were those nosy people who teasingly said to Qian Ergui and his wife, “The third wife’s family has this good fortune, why didn’t they call for your family too?”
Lady Tang said angrily, “Their eyes are perched on the top of their heads, how could they see our house?”
Qian Ergui hurriedly said, “What nonsense are you talking about, wife? Surely it’s because our folks were all busy and they didn’t feel it was appropriate to call us.”
Before long, Qian Mandie returned to the village, and these people gathered around her to ask. Qian Manxia said, “I was busy working in the kitchen and also not clear on who they were, only knowing they were young masters from a wealthy family.”
Madam Lizheng said, “We know that without you telling us, they are indeed young masters from a rich family.”
With her face flushed, Qian Manxia said, “I don’t know much else, I was almost scared to death, how could I dare to approach and chat with them?”
The family of the first wife and Qian Manxia went home. Lady Tang, thick-faced, followed them to Qian’s Main Courtyard as well, only to be unceremoniously shut out by Lady Wang.
When Qian Manxia happily took out the small silver ingots from her purse, her family passed them around to look at, not wanting to let go.
After her initial joy, Lady Wang said, “Auntie Die said there is a share for everyone, with six people in the third wife’s family, doesn’t that mean we got over ten taels of silver?” She then glanced at Qian Manduo and commented, “You always kick up a fuss wanting to go to Third Grandfather’s home, why didn’t you follow along today? If you had gone, you might have gotten more silver.”
Qian Dagui scolded, “You’re really something, being able to say that. Duo Duo is so young; what if he had annoyed the nobleman? The tempers of the wealthy are fierce, and they would hit someone if provoked.”
In an envious tone, Qian Mandie added, “Embroidery and Jinwa are so capable; they dug up two pots of flowers in the mountains, and one of the nobles liked them and even bought them, saying that he wanted to take them back to Capital City.”
“How much money did they sell for?” Lady Wang eagerly asked.
“I don’t know, I was too far away to see clearly, I only saw that they gave Embroidery two pieces of paper,” said Qian Mandie.
“Silly girl, why didn’t you go over to have a look?” muttered Lady Wang.
Old woman Qian said, “What kind of good flowers could those two kids find? It would be good if they could sell them for a few hundred wen.” Internally, she was always guarding against her monkey-clever, competitive eldest daughter-in-law for the third wife’s family.
Lady Wang pursed her lips but said nothing.
Smacking his lips, Qian Manchuan said, “Granny’s joking, how could it be just a few hundred wen. That paper is a silver note, used when there’s too much silver to carry easily, so they exchange it for a silver note at the money exchange.”
Qian Dagui’s mouth gaped wide open as he exclaimed, “My heavens, wouldn’t that fetch at least a hundred and eighty taels of silver? Only with that much silver would it be hard to handle.”
Upon hearing that so much silver could be made, Old woman Qian couldn’t believe it either, “Is my son joking? Two pots of broken flowers selling for a hundred and eighty taels of silver? Only if one’s head were broken.”
Lady Wang’s eyes turned red with envy as she said, “Manchuan and your daughter-in-law run to the mountains every day, how come they only knew to pick Xia Grass? From now on, also pay attention, if you see good flowers, dig them up and bring them back, you can also sell them for some money.”
Despite their chatter, they were most interested in those two silver notes and even more curious about the noble guests. Since Qian Mandie couldn’t explain properly, they decided to go and ask at Qian’s third wife’s place. Old woman Qian took Qian Dagui and his wife, Qian Manchuan, as well as Duo Duo, who was hurrying the way, out of the house. Just as they left the house, they bumped into Qian Ergui and his son, who were also curious about the young masters and thus joined them heading westward in the village.
Madam Lizheng had been loitering at the entrance and, seeing these people heading to Qian’s third wife’s place, also shamelessly went along. The other onlookers, even if they were curious, felt it was embarrassing to follow along.
Lady Tang was getting angry that her family had not been called to the third wife’s home and didn’t follow. Yet, she stubbornly said, “What’s there to see? No matter how wealthy they are, they won’t give anything to his family.”
When Qian Sangui saw so many people arriving, he quickly invited them to sit in the courtyard.
Qian Yixiu was inwardly depressed; just when the guests had left and her mother could finally step out for some fresh air, these people came and frightened her back into the small house.
All these people asked Qian Sangui questions, chattering continuously, especially Wang Lizheng, who feared even a bit of concealment. Lady Wang and others wanted to ask how much silver they had earned, but it didn’t seem proper to inquire in front of outsiders.
Satisfying the curiosity of Wang Lizheng and others, Qian Sangui said, “Of those three young masters, one is the Young Proprietor of Baohe Hall, another is the young master of the Song Family Manor, and there’s also the Young Master Cousin from the Capital City. They were brought by Little Master Hongji. I was scared to even talk to them, let alone ask too many questions.”
He truly wasn’t very clear about it. He continued, “However, that young master Liang from the Capital City seemed to be from a military officer’s family. Hearing that Manjiang had died for the country and then seeing our family’s old, frail, and sickly, he seemed to show a lot of pity for the two children.”
These identities already made everyone present gasp in amazement; the backgrounds of those young masters were extraordinary indeed. Especially Young Master Song and Young Master Liang—those were sons of high officials, no less.
Just as they were talking, Young Qian Yeejin, who had sent the guests out of Darong Village, had returned, accompanied back by Wong Liang. Wong Liang even addressed Qian Sangui as “Third Uncle Qian” and asked him to visit the Song Family Manor more often in the future. Then he carefully and eagerly loaded the two potted plants onto an ox cart.
Wang Lizheng was incredibly envious, looking at Qian Sangui with even more respect and kept giving him thumbs up, “Brother Sangui, impressive! I admire you, elder brother. To think that such distinguished young masters would come to your house as guests and stay for an entire day.”
Qian Yixiu secretly reveled in delight; unexpectedly, the visit of those young masters inadvertently brought so many benefits to her family.
Lady Wu, grateful for the mountain products brought by Lady Wang, pulled her into the main hall and presented her with a few yards of silk damask sent by the Zhang family. The silk damask was mung bean green, quite brightly colored, suitable only for making clothes for young wives. Lady Wang was overjoyed; next spring, Auntie Die was to be married, and it would be perfect for making her a spring outfit.
The Zhang family had previously sent a bolt of brown fine cotton and a bolt of mung bean green silk damask. Qian Sangui asked Lady Wu and Cheng Yue to take time to make winter clothes out of the cotton for Old man Qian and Old woman Qian, as Old man Qian would return to the countryside for the New Year before long. The silk was delicate, and Lady Wu originally planned to save it for Qian Manxia’s dowry. Still, seeing that the household had acquired another substantial income, she generously decided to use it.
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Qian Yixiu also gave Qian Yiduo a small silk handkerchief that Cheng Yue had made from leftover scraps, embroidered with a few rosebuds. Delighted, Duo Duo ran to Lady Wang, saying, “Nanny, look at this silk handkerchief, isn’t it pretty? Sister Embroidery gave it to Duo Duo.”
Lady Wang knew Cheng Yue was skilled with her hands; even with just a few flowers and leaves, it looked quite different from the ones she embroidered herself.
