Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 392 - 222: Budget-Friendly Man_2

Chapter 392: Chapter 222: Budget-Friendly Man_2

The back courtyard contained a thatched hut, a vegetable garden, cattle sheds, horse stables, and they also kept more than a dozen chickens. Qian Manxia had initially wanted to raise a couple of pigs too, but Wan Dazhong disagreed, fearing it would be too hard on her.

Wan Erniu occupied the main room, while Wan Dazhong and his wife Qian Manxia lived in the eastern wing. Wu Erwu and Cai XiaoYe, who had just married at the beginning of the year, lived in the opposite room.

Wan Dazhong had already gone to fetch Doctor Xu; Qian Sangui was directly invited by Wan Erniu to the main room, whereas Lady Wu, Cheng Yue, and Qian Yixiu were asked to go to the western wing by Qian Manxia. The western wing served as the guest rooms, and they went straight into the north room.

As soon as Cheng Yue entered this unfamiliar environment, she felt somewhat frightened. Qian Yixiu kept holding her hand, while Lady Wu and Qian Manxia comforted her now and then.

Pointing to the bed further inside, Qian Manxia said, "I know my sister-in-law’s preferences—the pillows and bedsheets on the bed are all new."

Gratefully, Cheng Yue said, "Thank you, younger aunt."

Qian Manxia was more than eight months pregnant, and her belly was quite sizable. However, she still moved around briskly and seemed to be busy all the time, as if she could never sit still.

In Wan Erniu’s eyes, his daughter-in-law was good in every aspect, except she was perhaps too dedicated to her work and too keen on cleanliness. Ever since she married into the family, the house had become clean and tidy; it felt to him as if his wife had returned and the family was once again living together.

He liked this change too. However, his daughter-in-law preferred doing things herself, and even being pregnant, she wasn’t cautious enough.

In the main room’s hall, Wan Erniu was still prattling to Qian Sangui, "... To lessen my daughter-in-law’s housework, I bought another maid a while ago. But it didn’t reduce her workload at all. Instead, the servants now have an easier time."

Qian Sangui, knowing that his in-law was just concerned about his daughter, laughed heartily, "There’s no need to worry, Wan in-law. Country women are all like this. Some of them are still toiling in the fields when they’re close to giving birth. It’s no harm. Being active might even make the delivery easier."

Wan Erniu wanted to say, just look at your daughter-in-law Lady Cheng, she’s still not due, but she walks so gingerly and occasionally protects her belly with her hand.

Lady Cheng... Despite knowing the Qian family for so many years, it was the first time he had seen her today. At the moment they met, he felt a familiar sensation, and now he suddenly remembered who she resembled. Then, considering the time of the Commandery Princess Zhenyue’s misfortune and the time he had previously inquired about when the Qian family had bought their daughter-in-law, his heart felt like it was hit by a stormy wave. Even the hand holding his teacup began to tremble slightly.

He had long served as Prince Ning’s personal guard, and later, when Prince Ning moved out of the Palace to set up his own establishment, Wan Erniu was promoted to deputy captain of the guard. He had attended many royal family gatherings with Prince Ning. He had seen Prince Consort Pan on multiple occasions, and even caught a glimpse of Princess Zhenyue twice from a distance. Though many years had passed, and Lady Cheng had grown and become a married woman, her facial features and charisma resembled at least eighty percent of the Princess’. Plus, one disappeared in a tragedy (was reported missing) and the other appeared not even a month apart, in places not far from each other...

Now, he could be absolutely certain that Princess Zhenyue hadn’t been washed into the mountains by a flood and then eaten by wild animals (the official conclusion at the time) but somehow, through some unknown twist of fate, had miraculously survived. The only thing was, she had suffered a blow to her head causing amnesia, and then was purchased by the Qian family to become their daughter-in-law.

Oh Heaven, the noble blood of the Royal Family had actually fallen to such a state... The more he thought about it, the more he realized the seriousness of the situation and that he must report to his master immediately. And before Prince Ning could act freely, it was crucial that no one discovered Princess Zhenyue was still alive. Otherwise, it would be easy for others to discover their young master.

This revelation later caused Qian Yixiu great embarrassment; it must be due to the difference in professions and levels of sensitivity. She had seen Prince Consort Pan so many times without ever immediately thinking of her younger mother. Moreover, she knew about the necklace on her younger mother, suspecting she might be from the Royal Family.

Around the beginning of noon, Wan Dazhong brought Doctor Xu to the household. Doctor Xu was in her fifties, rather thin and tall, dressed in a dark green fine linen jacket with a moon-white horse-face skirt, her hair fastened on top of her head with a silver hairpin, and small silver earrings adorning her ears. She looked neat, refreshing, and every bit the professional woman associated with the medical sciences.

Qian Yixiu had a very favorable first impression of her.

Doctor Xu was directly led by Wan Dazhong into the hall of the western wing. Lady Wu and Cheng Yue were in the north room, leaving only Qian Manxia and Qian Yixiu in the hall.

After taking Qian Manxia’s pulse and feeling her belly, Doctor Xu said with a smile, "The Lady of the Wan family is in great shape, and the child inside is growing well too."

Qian Manxia asked with a smile, "They say you can tell whether it’s a boy or a girl. What do you think I’m carrying?"