Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 172 - 140 Golden Black Dragon_1

Chapter 172: Chapter 140 Golden Black Dragon_1

After freshening up, Qian Manxia picked up Qian Yixiu and headed to the main house for a meal.

As they stepped out of the small house, Qian Yixiu asked, "Where is Doctor Xiao Zhang? I need to tell him, he mustn’t blame Old Uncle Zhang."

Qian Manxia said, "Doctor Xiao Zhang was sent to the county town by Huang Tie as soon as dawn broke. He had to rush back and inform Old Master Zhang that you had been found, fearing that Old Master Zhang might bring people over to look for you." She glared at her resentfully and reproached, "It’s all because of you, this calamity magnet, that so many people have been put through so much trouble. According to Doctor Xiao Zhang, Old Uncle Zhang has already been placed under watch. If anything had happened to you, it’s likely he wouldn’t have survived either."

Qian Yixiu lowered her head again, regretting that she had unintentionally caused harm to many people.

After finishing her meal, she repeated the excuse she had given about following Monkey Brother deep into the mountains to look for nice flowers, only to end up not finding the flowers and losing her way back home.

Qian Sangui and Lady Wu were furious upon hearing this.

Lady Wu even chided Qian Yixiu by tapping on her little head.

Cheng Yue was devastated, her eyes brimming with tears as she defended her daughter at the side, "It’s not Xiu’er’s fault. Xiu’er is so young and doesn’t understand anything. Mother, please don’t scold her..."

Qian Yixiu could tell that Qian Sangui and Lady Wu wanted to discipline her, yet Cheng Yue was still there to protect and side with her. She admitted to herself that what she had done was indeed thoughtless and deserved to let everyone vent their frustration on her. She then persuaded her mother to go to the east wing to do some embroidery, as she was eager to see "the most beautiful flower in mother’s heart."

Cheng Yue reluctantly puckered her lips and went to the east wing to embroider.

Seeing that Lady Wu’s scolding was nonstop, Qian Sangui waved his hand at her, signaling her to stop.

Once Lady Wu closed her mouth, Qian Sangui, with a stern face, emphasized that safety was more important than anything and that if anything had happened to her, the family would have been ruined. He reminded her of how anxious family and relatives had been, how many people from the two villages had been dispatched to search for her during the busy farming season, and how much time had been wasted. He especially mentioned Wan Dazhong, wondering what they would do if he had an accident in the mountains, along with many other concerns.

In his younger years, Qian Sangui had a volatile temper, but many years of illness had smoothed his character somewhat. Yet, he still maintained a strong presence. Clearly furious, he could not bring himself to physically punish the only blood he had left from his son. Moreover, with her foot already so severely injured, he couldn’t even bring himself to speak harshly to her. He could only offer advice and lecture her on various life lessons.

"...You can never do this again. Even if the mountains contain valuable and exquisite flowers, you must not take the risk to go there. In your grandfather’s eyes, you are more valuable and precious than anything else."

Qian Yixiu was touched, her eyes filling with tears. It turned out that her grandfather was still a master of sentimentality.

She apologized earnestly and sincerely, and then, with a choked voice, she buried her head in his embrace and sobbed, "...Grandpa, Xiu’er knows she was wrong, Xiu’er won’t dare to do it again. Grandpa, when Xiu’er was walking through the pitch-dark cave, I was so scared, I missed grandpa so much, I missed everyone at home, so, so much..."

Upon hearing this, Qian Sangui, holding his soft, little granddaughter, could no longer utter a word of rebuke.

Lady Wu, who had initially wanted to discipline her granddaughter, could only swallow back her words upon witnessing such a touching scene between the grandfather and granddaughter.

Afterward, Lady Wu and Qian Manxia described the events that unfolded during her "disappearance," with Qian Yeejin adding details.

Yesterday, because Cheng Yue was so restless and anxious for her daughter, Lady Wu sent Huang Tie to the Zhang family to fetch people in the afternoon. Only when Huang Tie arrived at the Zhang family did he learn that Qian Yixiu had already left the Zhang household to return to the village the day before.

Zhang Zhongkun, upon hearing that the family coachman had not handed the child over to an adult but let her off halfway, and that she was missing, was horrified. Knowing that Qian Sangui and Cheng Yue were ill, afraid they might have an accident, he quickly sent Zhang Yang with Huang Tie to the Qian family ahead of him.

As it was already getting late and the city gates were about to close, he said they would find more people to come to the village to help search the next day.

Luckily Zhang Yang arrived because upon learning that Qian Yixiu was missing, both Qian Sangui and Cheng Yue were so scared that they collapsed in bed and couldn’t get up. Cheng Yue, especially, was crying inconsolably, alternating between lucidity and confusion.

Lady Wu, Qian Manxia, Qian Yeejin, and Huang Tie went to Darong Village to find Wan Dazhong, only to discover that Wan Dazhong completely denied that Qian Yixiu had come looking for him. Hearing this made them even more frightened, so Qian Yeejin quickly returned to the village to discuss forming a search party with the first and second branches of the family, while Huang Tie was instructed to keep an eye on Wan Dazhong to prevent him from "escaping."

Lady Wu and Qian Manxia were both anxious and scared, fearing that Wan Dazhong might bear a grudge against Qian Yixiu for reprimanding him and might have sought revenge. They cried and grappled with Wan Dazhong, refusing to believe his explanations, regardless of how he defended himself.