Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 273 - 178: Instigation (June Monthly Ticket +)_1

Chapter 273: Chapter 178: Instigation (June Monthly Ticket +)_1

Seeing that Great-grandma was annoyed, Qian Yijin hurried over to massage her shoulders, delighting the old lady with a face full of wrinkles.

Qian Yixiu glanced at Lady Wang, who was patiently continuing to pick vegetables and called Duo Duo to help arrange the flowers for her.

Lady Wang could be considered among the sharpest women in the countryside; she was selfish, assertive, yet would appropriately soften her stance and knew how to judge the situation well. If she were born in a previous life and given some education, she would definitely be a strong, entrepreneurial woman.

Qian Dagui was just an honest man who could only toil in the fields, yet his family lived a very good life. If Qian Yixiu had not time-traveled and come into unexpected wealth, the big room should have been the best off among all in Qian’s Main Courtyard.

She took advantage of the third room the most, but wasn’t as detestable as Lady Tang. While not affecting her own family’s fundamentals, she would lend a hand to her brothers. But as soon as her brothers’ lives improved beyond hers, she felt uncomfortable in her heart.

Although Qian Sangui’s couple had their own opinions on her, they still treated her with respect on the surface, and the big and third rooms got along quite well. The old couple knew she was formidable, yet still relied on her, willing to live together with the big room.

This must be a skill of hers in interpersonal interactions.

Originally, the third room was at a disadvantage and had to rely on the help of brothers and nephews, so they could take the lead. But now the situation was different; now it was their big room that needed to leverage the power of the third room.

Perhaps having understood this, she came to make up for the lotus leaf’s mistake. However, this time it wasn’t just an economic loss; if not for timely remediation, the third room would offend people they should not and plant many hidden dangers. Master Sangui’s heart must have already been ringing alarm bells.

The big room and the third room had an enjoyable dinner together.

Old man Qian was happy, repeatedly mumbling phrases like "When a family is united, everything will flourish," and "In battle, brothers stand together, father and son join as soldiers."

Qian Dagui and Qian Sangui nodded frequently, echoing the old man’s words.

On May 26th, the family was to move to the front courtyard. This courtyard was just finished a few days ago, and as soon as it dried a bit inside, they would move in. The courtyard they were currently living in was to be torn down to build the main courtyard.

Cheng Yue didn’t want to move, crying and wailing, saying that this little room had Brother Jiang’s scent, and she couldn’t bear to leave.

Mother always was so emotive.

Qian Yixiu’s lips went dry from talking. She told her that only by moving would she be able to live in the Embroidery Building. Once she lived in the Embroidery Building, she would be able to see the little road where father came home directly from her room. Moreover, she could look anytime she wanted during the twelve hours of the day, even in the middle of the night without anyone seeing her.

Additionally, living in the inner courtyard, she no longer had to worry about bad people seeing her. She wouldn’t have to keep the windows shut and hide in the room whenever there was a stranger like she does now.

Mother didn’t understand at first, but after Qian Yixiu explained for half a day, she finally got it. Both conditions were tempting, and Mother pursed her lips in agreement.

But on the night before moving, she still cried for most of the night.

After breakfast, the family closed the main room’s door tightly, and Qian Yijin dug out the jar from underneath Qian Sangui’s bed, filling and compacting the hole, and covering it with a layer of dry earth. Qian Yixiu also secretly took out the teacup containing the map and pearls.

When Huang Tie, Old man Cai, and other servants arrived, they started by moving heavy furniture like cupboards, beds, and tables to the new place. During the move, Wan Dazhong also came to help with the relocation.

The family and the maids together then took the smaller, more delicate items over.

Cheng Yue’s big embroidery frame was carefully carried over by Qian Xiaoyu and Cai Xiaohua, who didn’t want to let others see it yet, so they covered it with a layer of white silk gauze.

The front courtyard was large, with five rooms each in the main house, east wing, and west wing, and four rooms in the inverted seat, which also had a reflecting screen carved with a unicorn. The ground in the courtyard, apart from the two plots for planting trees which were soil, was all paved with bluestone.

This grand unicorn reflecting screen was a result of Mr. Yu convincing Qian Sangui to have it made. Just this screen alone cost tens of taels of silver, causing Qian Sangui much distress.

This Mr. Yu had quite the personality of an unfettered scholar of repute, treating others’ homes as his own and often coaxing Qian Sangui into doing things to his own liking. Unfortunately, Grandfather Sangui couldn’t resist his instigation, only to regret it afterward. Out of reverence for the Star of Literature, after regretting, Grandfather Sangui didn’t dare to speak up and swallowed the loss like blood-stained teeth.

In fact, many of Mr. Yu’s ideas were to Yixiu’s liking, so she remained silent as well. Otherwise, there would have been an uproar.

The old couple lived in the main house; Cheng Yue and her mother, along with Qian Manxia, lived in the west wing, where the small mother’s workspace was also located.

They had also invited Mr. Yu over, as the main courtyard was too chaotic. He and Yijin lived in the east wing, which also housed the lecture hall.

The kitchen was set up in the inverted seat, and Old man Cai, along with a strong man who took turns keeping watch at night, lived there.

To make Guiyuan conducive for growing plants, when building the house, Yixiu had the servants carry lots of good soil from the pond to spread in the courtyard.

The courtyard was spacious, so they specifically went to Xijing Mountain to dig up two old goldenrain trees with lush branches and leaves to plant here.

Living next to Dashan had quite a few benefits. Good trees, which city folk had to pay a high price for, cost them nothing at all.

Living in the new and big house made Yixiu very excited. However, the tea cup for storing the map and pearls gave her quite a headache. In the end, it could only be hidden in a wooden box under the bed, specially made for storing shoes.

Knowing that Mr. Yu preferred tranquility, and with him living in this courtyard, Qian Sangui found it inappropriate to often invite his father, mother, and brothers over for meals. Every two or three days, he would take some money to buy meat and take it to Qian’s Main Courtyard for the second wife’s family to eat together.

Besides the future son-in-law Wan Dazhong, who would visit often, there was also the child Duo Duo who would frequently come to play; thus, Guiyuan seldom had guests.

To this, Mr. Yu was satisfied, Cheng Yue was satisfied, and Yixiu was also satisfied. With fewer things to handle and more peace, she could well imagine that their impressive reflecting screen would incite much envy, jealousy, and resentment.

Wanting to ensure that Master Sangui continued his excellent tradition, Yixiu praised him, saying, "Grandfather, you should always do this, taking the meat to the main house. Great-grandma and grandma will be happy. If the meat can’t be finished in one meal, it can be eaten at the next, saving them money and sparing Great-grandma the journey, benefiting everyone."

Qian Sangui chuckled and pinched his granddaughter’s chubby cheeks.

On the second day of July, it was Zhang Yang and Huang Yue’e’s big wedding day. Qian Yijin had long declared that he and his sister would go to roll on their bed.

Usually, only boys were allowed to roll on the bed; girls were not supposed to. But because Yijin and Yixiu were twins of mixed sex, having both children roll together was seen as auspicious and joyous, so Yixiu was also allowed to go.

On the second day of July, as soon as daylight broke, Yixiu got out of bed. She had Zi Zhu, who had already come over, go outside to cut a few stems of Hundred Lotus Flowers and bring them back, while she herself went to West Lake. She picked out more than twenty stems of golden lotuses, both blooming and budding, and asked Su Erwu to help cut them down, making sure to cut along with the long stems.

Back in the room, she took out the big Tray Mountain she had custom-ordered in advance, along with the prepared Gypsophila, Turtle back bamboo, and radish. Zi Zhu also brought back a few stems of Hundred Lotus Flowers.

Using these flowers, she arranged a large heart-shaped bouquet that was beautiful, eye-catching, and fragrant.