Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 136 - 128 Slow Half a Beat_1

Chapter 136: Chapter 128 Slow Half a Beat_1

After that, several of us bathed the animals at the House of Animals and even gave them bubble baths. As Qian Yixiu washed them, she asked Dashan, "Don’t Benben and Tiaotiao look like the white clouds in the sky?" Seeing Dashan nod, Qian Yixiu laughed and said, "See, didn’t I keep my word? If we ever get more of these things, I’ll make them even fancier silver collars."

Seeing Dashan and Monkey Brother’s eyes shimmering with endless longing, Qian Yixiu wondered to herself, am I tempting innocent children into an unfair trade?

Qian Manxia, hearing Qian Yixiu’s words and then seeing the exchange of glances between Monkey Brother and Dashan, muttered under her breath, "Oh my, oh my, our house doesn’t just have a monkey spirit and a dog spirit, but also a human spirit."

Qian Yixiu laughed and said, "Little aunt, you’ve forgotten one, our house also has a wolf spirit."

Qian Manxia snorted with laughter, "Indeed it does."

After bathing the animals at the House of Animals and drying their fur, Monkey Brother had grown taller and stronger, with denser fur than before. Qian Yixiu said, "It’s a good thing I had foresight and had Grandpa make bigger little beds for you, Benben, and Tiaotiao in advance."

Benben and Tiaotiao were born at a good time, much luckier than their mother had been. Not only had they never suffered hunger, but they could also sleep in "little beds" like their brother, Monkey Brother. Unlike Dashan, who was content to just lie down anywhere.

Dashan was a good mother and didn’t mind her own simple conditions. But if it meant short-changing Benben and Tiaotiao by not letting them enjoy the same treatment as Monkey Brother, she would not stand for it.

The next day, Lady Wu and Huang Tie went together to the county town. They were going to sell ginseng at Baohe Hall, make copper collars for Benben, Tiaotiao, and Monkey Brother, and also buy some cloth and cotton. Not only did so many people in the household need winter clothes, but Monkey Brother, Benben, and Tiaotiao also needed little garments made for them.

In the afternoon, as soon as Lady Wu stepped into the courtyard, Monkey Brother ran up to greet her. Lady Wu smiled and said, "Making copper collars isn’t that quick, they won’t be ready until tomorrow."

Entering the house, and eager to see her, Qian Yixiu and Qian Manxia followed her in.

Lady Wu took out her purse and laughed, "We sold it for eight hundred taels of silver. Old Master Zhang said it was a thousand-year-old ginseng root, but the price was affected because some of the rootlets were broken off, otherwise, it would have fetched an even higher price."

With savings now increased to eleven hundred taels, everyone was ecstatic.

Since they had earned a lot, Lady Wu had not scrimped when buying cloth, purchasing three bolts of both fine and coarse fabric, and even decided to make two sets of clothes for the servants. She directed Qian Xiaoyu to stop doing any other chores and focus solely on making clothes with Qian Manxia for the family. Before making clothes for the people, she made sure to finish the clothes for the animals at the House of Animals first.

Qian Yixiu also insisted on giving monthly allowances to the family members. Qian Sangui, being a good head of the family, accepted this suggestion, saying that with money now available, there was no need to live too frugally and from now on, each person would receive fifty wen money every month. Cheng Yue, knowing her daughter loved money, immediately handed her allowance to her daughter for safekeeping, and Qian Yixiu happily accepted it.

That evening, a few meat dishes were added to the meal. Not only was food specially prepared for the hardworking animals at the House of Animals, but Qian Yixiu also sent two bowls of meat over to Qian’s Main Courtyard.

As Qian Yixiu walked along, she thought Lady Wang was truly shrewd in keeping Old woman Qian in the main room, showing off her own virtue while also benefiting herself. Auntie Lu took care of Old woman Qian and at the same time helped with many chores for the main house, while their own and Qianxiang House regularly offered tribute.

The next afternoon, Huang Tie returned from the county town with the three copper collars. Qian Yixiu put them on her three little friends and dressed them in their new clothes, making them look beautiful for a long time. Two days later, Dashan even brought White Wolf back home to see their pretty babies.

White Wolf had brought back a fat rabbit. Upon seeing the pretty babes, it too was happy, and graciously stayed at the house for a day.

Time flew by and four days later, the sausages were ready to eat.

Qian Sangui specially sent Huang Hua with a cart to bring Old woman Qian to his third residence, telling her they would be eating something special. Naturally, Qian Yiduo also came along with her.

They gave each Lady Xu and Lady Wong two sausage links to take home to eat, steamed eight links for themselves, four with spicy flavor and four sweet, and had Qian Xiaoyu take four links to the main courtyard for their meal.

At dinner time, Lady Wu helped Qian Sangui out, who was wearing a thick, long cotton robe and a hat on his head. In the past winters, Qian Sangui would already be bedridden, inhaling less than he exhaled, but now he was still able to come to the main room for dinner.

Old woman Qian, on the other hand, was leaning crookedly against the back of her chair. While Lady Wu filled her rice bowl with food, Old woman Qian was still able to eat by herself, although she ate quite slowly.