Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 186 - 145: Celebrate Birthday_3

Chapter 186: Chapter 145: Celebrate Birthday_3

Since it was like that, there was no need to go to the town especially to buy food. Buy some pork from Xie Meat Shop, slaughter a chicken and a duck, and with the vegetables and mountain goods at home, these would be enough.

Qian Manxia was then asked to take Qian Xiaoyu to tidy up the middle room in the east wing.

In fact, that room had been furnished several days earlier when Huang Tie bought furniture back from the county town—beds, cabinets, writing desks, they had everything. Today was just about making the bed and moving over some study and daily living items.

But as the saying goes, plans cannot keep up with changes. Before Lady Wu could leave the house to buy meat, Qian Xiang came visiting with Eldest Daughter-in-law Zhang and her eldest grandson Hu Wa, riding in a donkey cart driven by Li Zhanchun.

This was a rare visit, and Qian Sangui was overjoyed, hurrying to invite them into the house.

Qian Xiang laughed heartily and said, "Big brother, big sister, don’t think of us as too eager guests, coming to your house so early. I was afraid big sister would go out to buy meat again, and then wouldn’t our bringing so much meat be in vain?"

Li Zhanchun parked the donkey cart and carried over a basket. The basket contained four pieces of pork, a pig’s leg, two pig’s trotters, and also a set of pig intestines, liver, and kidney—it was almost filled to the brim. Aside from two pieces of pork that were for the eldest and second branches, the rest were gifts for the third branch.

The Li family also brought Qian Yijin a sky blue silk robe and for Qian Yixiu, a small silver bracelet.

Qian Sangui and Lady Wu insisted that the gifts were too generous and beyond what they could accept.

Qian Xiang smiled, picked up Qian Yixiu, and kissed her, saying, "I know brother and sister-in-law love children, giving gifts to them makes us even happier than giving to you two."

With the arrival of Qian Xiang and the others, it wouldn’t be right not to call over the eldest and second branches, so Qian Manxia was sent to invite them over for lunch, as Qian Xiang and her party needed to head back to town by the afternoon.

With Qian Xiang bringing so much meat, there was also no need to buy anything else from outside. After slaughtering the chicken and duck, frying and braising the dumplings, there was enough food for everyone.

Lady Zhang and Qian Xiaoyu helped Lady Wu in the kitchen, while Auntie Xiu Xiu took on the role of a nanny, keeping Hu Wa entertained.

The moment Hu Wa saw Benben, he was thrilled and staggered around following Benben. This time, Tiaotiao had gone into the mountains with Monkey Brother Dashan, so Benben was left at home.

Qian Dagui’s family soon arrived, supporting both Old man Qian and Old woman Qian. Although it was the busy farming season, the eldest branch had hired two temporary workers to help with the farming because they had some spare cash, so Qian Dagui also had time to visit.

Lady Wang knew that today marked the birthdays of the two younger siblings, and with the Qianxiang House making a visit, it was almost certainly for well-wishing, so she brought out two red envelopes, each containing a hundred coins.

Qian Dagui told Qian Sangui, "The second brother is still busy in the fields, he said he’ll come around noon."

Qian Xiang empathized, saying, "Second brother really should hire some temporary workers to help him, it would be so much better. He’s not young anymore, and Manhe has to be busy at the shop; it’s exhausting for him to do the farming alone."

Old man Qian snorted coldly, "The second has become more and more muddleheaded, letting his wife run the show."

Old woman Qian, too, was upset about her son’s situation and had long been uncomfortable with it. Hearing what Qian Xiang said, she scowled and criticized, "That wretched wife, rather wearing her man to death than spending a little money to hire some help..."

Old man Qian said, "That’s also because your son lacks spine, a pushover. If he listens to his wife, what can anyone else do?"

As they were speaking, Wan Dazhong and his father Wan Erniu also came to the third branch. Wan Dazhong had a sika deer on his back which attracted countless envious glances and several pairs of admiring "autumn waves" along the way.

The Qian family had a good impression of the Wan father and son and welcomed them warmly. Li Zhanchun, who had a naturally generous disposition, engaged Wan Dazhong in discussions about hunting and even made an offer to buy any game Wan Dazhong caught, promising to match any price others were willing to pay.

Qian Yixiu noticed that just moments ago, her little aunt only had two pink rosebuds in her hair, but now there was an agate hairpin? And her earlobes were flashing with gold as well.

Thinking of Grandfather Sangui saying he had his own calculations, Qian Yixiu held back what she wanted to say. Perhaps Grandfather Sangui, having suffered a great deal due to his high-risk occupation, could not bear the thought of his daughter also suffering hardship.

Qian Manxia saw Qian Yixiu staring blankly at the hairpin on her head, blushed, glared at her, and then walked away.

Fa Hai certainly was annoying.

While Qian Yixiu was feeling disgruntled, Qian Duoduo ran up and whispered into her ear, "I heard my grandma and aunt say that Uncle Wan wants to be Auntie Xia’s husband." He then clicked his tongue twice and added, "It would be so nice if he became my uncle, then this sika deer would belong to my family. Such a big deer, we could eat for many days."