Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 274 - 179: Touched_1

Chapter 274: Chapter 179: Touched_1

The beautiful flower arrangement not only made the nearby Qian Manxia and Qian Xiaoyu exclaim in admiration, but even the aesthetically discerning mother was amazed and excited to the point her face turned red.

She stared at the flower arrangement for quite a while before saying, "It’s really beautiful, my daughter is so capable!"

With joy and pride shining in her eyes, she had the proud sense of Look at how skilled I am, look at how capable the daughter I gave birth to is.

The Zhang family had done a great favor for their own, so when the benefactor’s son was getting married, Qian Sangui always wanted to give a good gift. But the Zhang family had money, and what the world sees as good, the Zhang family might not care for, and they also didn’t have that much silver.

After discussing with his grandchildren, Qian Sangui decided to give a fine screen, do the embroidery himself, ask Master Zhao to help find a good carpenter, and buy a few pieces of good quality wood to make an exquisite stand.

This had started two months ago. The embroidery design was drawn by Cheng Yue; it was of mandarin ducks playing in the water. The design itself wasn’t complicated, but the challenge lay in it being double-sided embroidery.

With the mother busy, she let Xie Xiaoyu take the lead in stitching. Xie Xiaoyu’s embroidery skills were already good, and she was quite talented. Although Cheng Yue couldn’t explain, the clever Xie Xiaoyu learned a lot just by watching, and her embroidery skills became increasingly superb.

However, the eyes of the mandarin ducks and several water droplets were embroidered by the mother herself, using the water ripple needle. It not only added the finishing touches to the embroidery but also elevated its class.

A few days ago, the beautiful carved stand had already been made. The wood was chicken-wing wood, which the carpenter had left over after making furniture for a wealthy merchant in the provincial city, and it was just enough for a medium-sized screen. The wood and craftsmanship cost the carpenter eighty taels of silver.

With the embroidery inlaid, a high-class screen miraculously appeared.

Qian Sangui was extremely satisfied, saying that if this screen were sold in a shop, it would fetch no less than five hundred taels of silver.

The Zhang family would surely be pleased with this gift, as high-class screens are common, but not many had embroidery done with the water ripple needle.

After breakfast, the siblings began to dress up. Today they must wear festive colors, and both siblings were dressed in red. Their clothes were made of bright red jacquard satin, red and gleaming, looking festive and pretty.

In early February, Fourth Lady Song gave birth to a nearly seven-pound baby boy, and the Song family was ecstatic. When Steward Wong returned from the provincial city, Fourth Master Song specifically asked him to bring two rolls of high-quality jacquard satin and a basket of celebration eggs to the Qian family to thank them for the several small tiger-shaped pillows (for a boy) they had sent.

Of the two rolls of satin, one was bright red. After creating an outfit for each of the siblings, Lady Wu put it away, saying that she would save it for when Qian Manxia got married as her bridal gown.

Qian Yixiu also took out the gold-inlaid ruby carp hairpin, a keepsake given by Old Lady Song, and wore it on her young daughter’s hair.

Seeing such a pair of children looking like golden boy and jade girl, Cheng Yue’s pride surged, and she praised herself, "Jinwa and Yixiu look so beautiful, I really am capable,"

causing everyone to laugh.

Five minutes after Chen hour, Qian Sangui led the siblings onto the carriage; they had a mission today and needed to get to the Zhang family early.

Huang Tie was driving the carriage onto the Golden Avenue in the village, where Old man Qian was already waiting. Qian Sangui was bringing his father along to let him see the world. The old master wore a brown silk robe embroidered with endless lucky character patterns around the collar—a piece Qian Manxia and Cai Xiaohua had worked on together.

As the carriage passed the entrance of Darong Village, Wan Dazhong, dressed in a blue silk shirt, was also waiting there. As Qian family’s future son-in-law, he too had been invited.

Upon reaching the entrance of the Zhang family, besides a few close relatives and friends, a large number of guests had yet to arrive.

The screen was directly handed to the gift-receiving attendant, and the flower arrangement was directly brought inside. Originally, this flower arrangement was meant for the bridal room, but Zhang Zhongkun was so impressed upon seeing it that he said to take it directly to the main hall, where the couple would perform the wedding ceremony in front of many people for a more auspicious atmosphere.

The bridegroom, Zhang Yang, dressed all in red, was preparing to fetch the bride. The bride had already arrived in Xishan County Town a few days ago and was staying in an annex of the Huang family.

At sixteen, Zhang Yang remained slim and pale, but he had gained a lot of maturity and reserve. After exchanging a few polite words with the Qian family, he led the wedding procession away. Among the wedding procession were old acquaintances Liang Jinzhao and Fourth Master Song, with Liang Jinzhao even grinning and giving Qian Yixiu a smile.

The siblings first went to the inner courtyard to pay respects to the old lady. The hall was already seated with some guests; even Old Lady Song, Second Lady Song, Lan Jiejie, and Qing Jiejie were there. The Song family had arrived the day before and were staying with the Zhang family. Fourth Lady Song had not come, staying at home to look after her son.