Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 465 - 250 Landscape Painting _3

Chapter 465: Chapter 250 Landscape Painting _3

Qian Yixiu also had tears in her eyes as she said, "Ah Cao, didn’t I tell you before? If she hits you again, you should go tell Great-grandpa and Great-grandma to stand up for you."

Li Ahcao’s gaze was still somewhat vacant as she murmured, "I don’t dare."

Old man Qian became even angrier upon hearing this and pointed at Qian Mandua, berating her, "Only a mother like you could be so heartless, not even knowing how to protect your own daughter."

Then, with his smoking pipe, he forcefully struck Qian Ergui, scolding, "Useless trash, you can’t even control your own wife. If you had a bit more backbone, that evil woman wouldn’t be able to do so many outrageous things..."

Qian Ergui’s face flushed red as he quickly said, "Father, don’t be angry, Father, don’t be angry. I will go home and deal with that woman."

Qian Mandua hurriedly said, "You can’t blame my mother for everything. She had good intentions and wanted to teach Ah Cao how to work. It’s all because Ah Cao is slow to respond, and my mother just gets anxious and..."

Old woman Qian cursed in anger, "Foolish child, what would the Old Qian Family do with a stupid daughter like you? Not knowing how to cherish such a good child, letting her be abused, and now spouting such nonsense with a straight face."

After a while, Lady Xiao Wong brought up a bowl of chicken soup to feed Li Ahcao. Seeing the chicken soup, Li Ahcao’s eyes reddened with heartache. Lady Xiao Wong said with a smile to comfort her, "This chicken was caught by your aunt, not one from the Ah Cao’s house, drink it with peace of mind."

Lady Wu said, "I also brought some food, and it’s all to nourish Ah Cao." The implication was to not let others eat it. Although Qian Mandua had become more diligent, her gluttonous habits had not changed much.

Qian Yixiu knew what Lady Wu meant and then said, "Aunt Duo works hard to earn money every day, so let’s have Sister-in-law Wang from our house come over daily to make food for Ah Cao." Sister-in-law Wang was the daughter-in-law of the worker Li Wang.

They stayed until the sky began to darken before getting up to go home. As they left the yard, they saw Qian Manhe hastily going to see Li Ahcao.

Among Lady Tang’s three children, she didn’t care about Qian Manhe and Qian Manwan, both of whom were quite good. It was only her favorite, Qian Mandua, who she kept close to her side, that had been spoiled.

The next afternoon, bigger news reached Guiyuan. The face-conscious Lady Wang went to the second wife’s place to have a fierce fight with Lady Tang. Then she went back home and created a ruckus, and after that, she even took a rope and tried to hang herself, luckily, she was stopped by others in time.

It turned out that a fine marriage prospect for Duo Duo had been sabotaged because of Lady Tang.

The suitor was thirteen years old this year, his family living in Shili Town with hundreds of acres of good farmland, and it was said that he had an uncle who was a high official in the provincial capital. The boy was also very learned, having already passed the child student examination this spring, and was going to appear for the scholar examination next year.

This marriage proposal had been initiated by the visitor’s family head, who plainly saw the influence of the Qian’s third wife. They knew that Qian Manjiang had become an important official, and also a confidant of Prince Ning.

They had first met with the couple of Qian Dagui through Wang Lizheng. Qian Dagui and Lady Wang were overjoyed, this match was even better than the one arranged for Qian Mandie.

This marriage had nearly been settled privately when, just before the formal engagement, the visitor’s family decided to be extra cautious and sent someone to secretly inquire around Huaxi Village. It just so happened that the person arrived yesterday when the villagers were discussing Lady Tang. Learning about the unworthy Qian family wife who not only abused her granddaughter but almost beat her to death, the visitor’s family withdrew their proposal. It’s said that a daughter resembles her mother; marrying such an unworthy woman would be an ill fate for the family.

Filled with determination, Lady Wang desperately wanted to make this marriage happen. Her granddaughter would not only be a young mistress but could also potentially become the wife of a graduate or even an official, which would be a great help to Shan Wa as well. To her dismay, the duck that was almost in their mouth had flown away.

Disturbance began this morning when she received the news that the other family was no longer interested.

Yesterday, Old man Qian had only told Qian Ergui to go back and give Lady Tang a beating, a lesson to teach her. But now, hearing that Lady Tang had tarnished the Qian family’s reputation and ruined the family’s customs, this matter couldn’t just be let go.

What if, this time, it was just a granddaughter’s marriage opportunity that was ruined, but what about the grandson’s future prospects?

The more the old man thought about the consequences, the more serious they seemed, and he led Old woman Qian and the couple of Qian Dagui to the second wife’s place, simultaneously sending for Qian Sangui’s couple to join them there. He wanted a divorce!

Lady Tang had been terrified since yesterday, after being beaten by Qian Ergui and bellowed at by Qian Manhe, she didn’t dare to leave the house. At noon, Lady Wang came to beat her again. Knowing she was at fault, she didn’t dare to fight back, and Lady Wang scratched her face and even caused her nose to bleed.

Now, hearing from her father-in-law that he wanted to divorce her, she became even more frightened. She knelt on the ground, crying and kowtowing continuously, repeating that she had born three children for the Qian family; if not deserving of merit, at least she had endured hardship...

Qian Manhe, because Li Ahcao hadn’t gone to the shop today, quickly kowtowed to plead for mercy upon seeing his grandfather wanting to divorce his mother. Although he was angry at his mother, he still couldn’t bear to see her cast out, De Wa and Sheng Wa also cried and pleaded for their grandma. Hearing the news, Qian Mandua also brought Li Ahcai to kowtow and beg for mercy...

While the second wife’s place was in turmoil, Qian Yixiu went to the main house to visit Duo Duo. Duo Duo was still lying in bed, her eyes swollen from crying. Since morning, she had not had a single drop of water to drink.

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