Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 147 - 131 Grave with Clothes and Hats (Part 3)

Chapter 147: Chapter 131 Grave with Clothes and Hats (Part 3)

Lady Tang made a fuss for half a day and didn’t gain any benefit.

Although Qian Sigui and Lady Wang felt they didn’t necessarily need the fifty wen money, they still took it. It wasn’t much, but it represented an attitude.

They had a lively lunch. At the table, Old man Qian formally decided that they would arrange for Qian Manjiang’s tombstone and gravesite the next day, and then find some old clothes to bury with him the day after next during the funeral ceremony. As the third branch of the family was sick and frail, the responsibility fell on the two brothers, Qian Manchuan and Qian Manhe, along with Qian Yeejin.

After the meal, Qian Xiang went to Old woman Qian’s bedroom, and with a meaningful look, she also beckoned Lady Wu and her husband to join. Qian Yixiu then followed them eagerly.

Lady Wang glanced over and felt uncomfortable, but was persuaded to leave by Qian Manchuan.

Qian Xiang whispered to the old couple that her family had made almost two years’ worth of money in just one month. Even if everyone was nearly worked to death, they were all happy. She presented two taels of silver to the old couple as a sign of respect, and gave Old woman Qian a gold hairpin. Furthermore, she forcefully gave Qian Sangui’s couple twenty taels of silver to express her gratitude, fulfilling the promise made by the father and son of the Li family, and presented Qian Yixiu with a gold hairpin and a pair of gold earrings.

Lady Wu wanted to take the gold hairpin and gold earrings from Qian Yixiu’s hands, "Yixiu is still young and cannot wear these. Grandma will keep them safe for you and give them to you as your dowry later."

Qian Yixiu refused, saying, "What Great-aunt has given to Yixiu belongs to Yixiu now. If Yixiu can’t wear them yet, then they should go to my mother and my aunt who can."

Qian Xiang laughed upon hearing this and said to Lady Wu, "Yixiu is generous and straightforward, just the way I like. I really wish she could marry into my family as my daughter-in-law, but it’s a pity she’s of a different generation than my son, Dongzi."

Everyone laughed at this.

This comment was a breath of fresh air, even startling Qian Yixiu.

Afterward, they started discussing the preparations for the young master’s "Grave with clothes and hats."

Qian Yixiu felt that her little mother was stubborn and wouldn’t accept something she believed to be irrational. She thought if her little father was not dead, she wouldn’t want to treat an empty grave as his. Planning to talk to her little mother and prepare her, she headed home first.

She first went to her young aunt’s room and brought out the gold earrings like a treasure, "Great-aunt gave these to me, but I’m too young to use them. Auntie, you take them and wear them."

Qian Manxia dared not accept such a grand gift and tried to give them back, "Yixiu, you should keep them and wear them when you grow up."

"By the time I’m grown up, our family will be even wealthier. Then, I’ll buy jade earrings to wear. I like jade earrings," Qian Yixiu said generously, and pushed the gold earrings back to her young aunt again.

Qian Manxia, flushed with emotion, said, "Then auntie will keep them safe for Yixiu. If Yixiu wants to wear them, auntie will give them back to you."

Qian Yixiu then went to her own little room, where her little mother had just woken up from her afternoon rest. She handed the gold hairpin to Cheng Yue, "Mother, you should wear this."

Cheng Yue examined the gold hairpin and smiled, "Hmm, it’s pretty. Let’s keep it for Yixiu’s dowry."

The little mother was becoming more astute by the day, even learning Lady Wu’s tactics.

Qian Yixiu said, "When Yixiu grows up, there will be even better things. Mother, you should wear this hairpin." She paused, then added, "Mother, everyone says my father died in battle."

"No, Brother Jiang is not dead. Yixiu should not listen to nonsense from others," Cheng Yue said with a rare increase in her voice.

Qian Yixiu continued, "I think the same as mother; father is not dead. But others believe he is, and they think that if father has died, he should rest in peace and be honored by family offerings. If Grandpa and Great-grandpa decide to set up a ’Grave with clothes and hats’ for father, you should agree. Otherwise, Great-grandpa will scold you. He’s even more formidable than Great-grandma, not only scolding you but also scolding my grandpa."

"No." The little mother said just one word, pursed her lips tightly, and sat there with welled-up tears, sulking.

Qian Yixiu rested her little head on her mother’s shoulder and said, "Mother, you can’t be too stubborn on some issues. You have to consider other people. Like my grandpa and grandma, even when they are preoccupied with their own matters, they still protect you and don’t let you suffer or let bad people bully you. If you are too stubborn on this matter, it will hurt grandpa and grandma’s feelings..."

No matter what Qian Yixiu said, Cheng Yue didn’t say a word, the first time she got mad at her daughter.

Qian Yeejin, upon her return, also tried to persuade Cheng Yue, but she remained silent. That evening, she didn’t even come out for dinner.

Qian Yixiu and Qian Yeejin confided in Qian Sangui’s couple about Cheng Yue’s aversion to the ’Grave with clothes and hats.’

Qian Sangui sighed, "I expected your mother would be resistant, but this is a serious matter, and Manjiang needs to be laid to rest. Just because your mother is emotionally resistant and unwilling, we can’t ignore this obligation. Have a good talk with your mother. Although she may not be very clear-headed, she still listens to reason."