Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 218 - 156: Proposal_2

Chapter 218: Chapter 156: Proposal_2

Qian Yixiu also felt that it would be a good idea to go to the provincial capital to sell the pearls, since there was a place called the Treasure Silver Building there with both strength and reputation. Besides, she had long wanted to visit the provincial capital for fun.

She wrapped her arms around her grandfather’s neck, acting spoiled as she said, "Yixiu wants to go sell the pearls with Grandpa in the provincial capital."

With a hearty nod, Qian Sangui agreed, "Okay, let’s take Jinwa too." Thinking about how it had been over a decade since his last visit to the provincial capital, he felt quite sentimental.

Qian Yixiu went on to say that creating such fine pearls meant the lotus seeds that Monkey Brother liked to eat must also produce exceptional roots. She then shared some of her plans for buying land and digging ponds.

Having seen the quality of these pearls and considered the tea leaves worth a thousand liang, Qian Sangui was convinced that the place Monkey Brother took his granddaughter to was nothing short of extraordinary. The fact that Monkey Brother also liked those lotus seeds could not be a mistake.

Qian Sangui was an adventurer at heart, and with a bold character, he wouldn’t otherwise engage in the dangerous job of escorting valuables. After some thought, he agreed to the idea and then said, "Don’t say those lotus seeds were picked up by Yixiu from the mountains. Just say..."

Grandfather Sangui was an old fox indeed, thought Qian Yixiu, nodding her head enthusiastically as she chuckled.

Feeling that Lady Wu was about to return, Qian Yixiu left the main room. As for Qian Sangui, he went to his bedroom, leaning on his cane. He opened a large chest at the bedside and took out a small bundle that had been packed away for Yijin seven years ago. Sitting on the bed, he unwrapped the bundle and found a small baby boy’s garment inside. Seeing the delicate buttons on the garment, he got an idea...

Back in her small room, Qian Yixiu locked the door behind her and then crawled under the bed. In one corner of the wall under her bed, there was a small hole hiding a small chipped bowl that held her "map." She took the bowl out, stuffing the pouch containing the pearls inside.

After crawling back out, she dusted off her clothes and noticed mud stuck to the hem of her skirt and on her little shoes, which would surely displease her foster mother. She went to the kitchen to scoop water, washing her face and hands clean, then changed into a set of newly-made bean green silk clothes and embroidered shoes. In front of the mirror, she tidied up her hair, pinning two small yellow flowers into it.

Seeing the little beauty in the mirror, Qian Yixiu couldn’t help sending a flying kiss and a couple of coy glances to her reflection.

She went to the eastern chamber where her foster mother’s workshop was with great contentment. The foster mother stopped her work, looking at her daughter with eyes full of love. Despite her daughter’s jade-like pale face, she habitually wiped it with a handkerchief, softly holding her face as she said, "Hmm, my Yixiu should look just like this."

Lady Wu had returned. She noticed that her husband wasn’t sitting on the arhat bed in the main room as usual but was in the bedroom, staring vacantly while holding a small brocade quilt and baby clothes.

"How come you’ve taken these things out?" Lady Wu asked.

Qian Sangui replied softly, "I had nothing to do today, and I started thinking about Jinwa’s origins, so I decided to take out these old things to look through once again. And indeed, I’ve found something," he shook the baby clothes in his hand, "I actually found a few pearls in the clothes. We’ve turned the quilt and clothes inside out before, only finding those silver cakes. But we never noticed the buttons on the clothes, those buttons were actually wrapped around pearls."

Qian Sangui opened his hand to reveal six round, lustrous pearls in his palm.

Lady Wu, though not much of an expert, could tell these pearls were valuable, and she was overjoyed.

Qian Sangui said, "I thought about it, and except for leaving one pearl for Auntie Xia as her dowry, I plan to sell the remaining five in the provincial capital."

Lady Wu spoke up, "Head of the household, let’s just sell three pearls. We should leave one for each Jinwa and Yixiu’s families."

Qian Sangui responded, "I’ve already set aside one pearl each for Jinwa and Yixiu, and I’ve told Yixiu to put hers away."

Lady Wu exclaimed in shock, "Yixiu is still a child, how can you let her hold onto something so valuable?"

Qian Sangui thought about how his granddaughter hid the pearls among piles of rocks on the night of her return, wondering where she had hidden those two pearls now. He couldn’t help but laugh and said, "Yixiu is a clever girl, more reliable than many adults," and added, "These pearls could fetch a good sum of money. We’ll use some of it for Auntie Xia’s dowry, buy more farmland with the rest, and hire a few more servants. Jinwa will carry on our Qian family’s lineage, and Yixiu is our kin. The family assets will belong to both of them in the future. When they grow up, they’ll each take half of the estate..."

After dinner, while the family was still sitting around the table, Qian Sangui brought out five pearls. He said, "These pearls were purchased from a foreigner when I was escorting valuables in my younger days. I was afraid of losing them, so I sewed them inside my jacket. Then, I got injured and completely forgot about them. Today, as Manjiang mother was sorting through old jackets, she actually found them again." He then spoke with deep regret, "How could I have completely forgotten about it? If we had found and sold them earlier, our family would not have faced such tough times before."