Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 127 - 125: Defend Mother (Two - s in One)_1

Chapter 127: Chapter 125: Defend Mother (Two Chapters in One)_1

"Little Devil, you sure know how to hide. Are you hungry?" Qian Yixiu scolded as she picked up Tiaotiao. Suddenly, she had an idea and whispered a few words into Qian Yeejin’s ear.

Qian Yeejin said, "That would be best. But would she be willing?"

"Ah, let’s move her with emotion and convince her with reason," Qian Yixiu said.

A moment later, Lady Wei and her son and two daughters returned, with Lady Wei and Qian Xiaoyu each carrying a carrying pole, and Qian Xiaofeng and Qian Xiaolei carrying an axe and a sickle.

Lady Wei said, "There’s nothing unusual in the courtyard."

Qian Yixiu turned her gaze toward Qian Xiaoyu. In the darkness, the young girl was pretty and lovely, and though she was the same age as her little aunt, she was half a head taller.

Initially, she could not bear to see this stubborn and beautiful girl violated, so she had saved her. But now, to protect her mother, she was pushing her into a pit of fire again.

Though in this world, when the master orders a servant to die, the servant must die, she always found such actions too cruel to bear. However, between Cheng Yue and Qian Xiaoyu, she didn’t need to make the choice: there was only one outcome.

Even if it was cruel, even if it was selfish, she had to do this.

"Is there something troubling my brother and sister?" Seeing her younger siblings looking at her imploringly and hesitating to speak, Qian Xiaoyu asked.

"Um, we’d like to discuss something with Auntie Hua and Sister Xiaoyu," Qian Yeejin said with all the courage they could muster.

They went to the east wing, where Qian Yeejin and her siblings, with shame, suggested the only way they could think of to save their mother: if bad people came, they wanted to ask Sister Xiaoyu to pretend to be Cheng Yue...

Tears shining in her eyes, Qian Yixiu said, "...Sister Xiaoyu, we know this isn’t fair to you. But my mum is sick, she can’t be frightened. To protect her, I would rather die myself. But I’m too young to replace her. We can only ask Sister Xiaoyu... If all is well tonight, Brother Huang will be home tomorrow, and we’ll all hide in the county town. If something happens tonight, rest assured, we will go to the county town first thing tomorrow and ask Shopkeeper Cui, Old Master Zhang, and Brother Huang for help. If they can’t do it, we will appeal to Fourth Master Song in the provincial capital. We won’t let anything happen to you... If, if something unfortunate happens to you, we will take care of your family."

By the end, she was sobbing so much that she couldn’t speak, and Qian Yeejin also began to cry.

Wiping away her tears, Lady Wei looked at her daughter, who, resigned to fate, said, "My life was saved by my sister and brother, and I’ve lived such a peaceful and happy life for so long. If I were to go back now, I’d still have been lucky. Besides, I am but a servant; whatever my masters order, I must do. The fact that my brother and sister even consulted with me, treated me this way... With parents and a little brother under such kind masters, I can die in peace."

...

While they were discussing, they heard the sound of the courtyard door being banged, followed by the voices of Monkey Brother and Dashan. Benben and Tiaotiao had already run to the door.

It was Monkey Brother and Dashan returning!

The siblings rejoiced; with them, they would not be sitting ducks.

They ran to open the door; Dashan did not enter the house but led Benben and Tiaotiao to meet White Wolf, who was about twenty meters away from the main gate, with a dead badger lying beside him.

Seeing White Wolf, Qian Yixiu was almost moved to tears. She then pleaded, "White Wolf, I know you are loyal and righteous. My family is in grave danger, and I want to ask you to help us guard the courtyard. If someone comes tonight to do harm, please help us."

She didn’t care whether White Wolf understood or not; after speaking, she looked at it earnestly.

Hearing this, Dashan nudged White Wolf, who then took the lead into the courtyard, followed by Dashan with the dead badger in its mouth.

After closing the front door, Qian Yeejin again addressed them gravely, "Monkey Monkey, Dashan, our family is facing a crisis. My grandfather has been taken to the county town, and the adult men are not at home. I’m afraid someone might come to snatch my mother at night. Please, join us and protect my mother, protect our home..."

With these valiant defenders on their side, Qian Yixiu and Qian Yeejin began to re-discuss their strategy. If someone truly came at night to abduct someone, they reasoned that there wouldn’t be many. One reason was that such wrongdoers naturally did not want to attract too much attention. The other was underestimating the enemy, thinking that their family, left with only a few women and children, would be easy to handle.

After agreeing on a strategy, Qian Yixiu hurried back to the room to wake up her little mother and have her sleep in the large courtyard.

Cheng Yue, afraid to go out, said with tears streaming, "Scared, scared, mother is scared. There are bad people outside, I won’t go out."