Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 476 - 254 Jinjin_2

Chapter 476: Chapter 254 Jinjin_2

Eunuch Li, who was over forty years old, was an elderly servant by Princess Ning’s side. He had come especially to visit Qian Yeejin and Qian Yixiu, conveying Princess Ning’s wishes for their happy birthdays and for everything to go their way. The boy’s studies were getting better and the girl was becoming prettier...

Eunuch Li was very excited, his voice high-pitched and somewhat trembling as he spoke, his eyes eagerly fixed on Qian Yeejin. Even when he blessed Qian Yixiu, his gaze would drift towards Qian Yeejin.

After all, Yixiu wasn’t really a little girl and knew that Qian Yeejin wasn’t a child of the Qian family. Seeing Eunuch Li’s expression and thinking about Princess Ning’s enthusiasm for her own family, even if father had been a close confidant of Prince Ning, would that warrant such concern for both of their children?

Her heart skipped a beat, and looking again at Qian Yeejin, she thought, could it be that he was Prince Ning’s son? If that were the case, the little boy would be a prince, and he would at least become a prince of the blood in the future. Her own family would indeed have climbed a great tree...

Thinking deeper, if the little boy was Prince Ning’s son, wouldn’t that make him her cousin? Although the relationship was distant, she did indeed share a cousinly connection...

The Qian family was very enthusiastic towards these guests, with Qian Sangui and Wan Dazhong accompanying them to drink and keeping them to stay in the front yard for two days.

On the second day of April, Wan Dazhong’s family invited the Qian family, the Zhang family, and Mr. Yu for a meal, and the three people who had brought birthday gifts were also included.

Before the meal, Mr. Yu had Qian Yeejin write a piece in large characters. Qian Yeejin’s calligraphy, having been inherited from Mr. Yu, was elegant and spirited, naturally earning great admiration from everyone present.

Afterward, Wan Dazhong put him to the test in martial arts. Qian Yeejin had been practicing boxing and martial arts under Qian Sangui’s guidance since he was young and later under Wan Dazhong’s instruction as well. His martial arts were not bad, earning applause from the crowd.

After training, he was drenched in sweat and changed into fresh clothes.

What Qian Yeejin didn’t know was that the next morning, Eunuch Li took the calligraphy he had written and the set of clothes soaked with sweat back to Capital City.

On the evening of April fifth, just before dinner, Monkey Brother returned with the House of Animals. They also brought two pitch-black little birds back with them as gifts for Qian Yeejin and Qian Yixiu, one for each. The little birds flapped their wings and cooed.

Was this their birthday gift from Monkey Brother? He sure knew how to engage in social niceties. Qian Yixiu couldn’t help but laugh.

Although the birds weren’t much to look at, the thought was what counted, and Yixiu still expressed her thanks. Qian Yeejin, on the other hand, liked the little birds and hurriedly had someone fetch two birdcages to house them.

Qian Sangui laughed, "These are two myiophoneus, they can talk if trained well."

To thank them for their thoughtfulness, they also made a minced meat and egg custard for them, as well as braised pork bones. Qian Yixiu also promised to make them new silver wolf-head collars. These little tykes didn’t know how to treasure their belongings and often lost or broke their silver collars.

After dinner, the House of Animals followed their master back to the inner courtyard, with Cheng Yue and Qian Yeejin leading the younger siblings towards Hexi Garden. However, Monkey Brother pulled Qian Yixiu aside and even gave her a secretive wink.

This monkey was getting smarter and smarter. Qian Yixiu smiled and fell behind the group along with it.

Once they were away from the others, Monkey Brother took Qian Yixiu under a tree, took out five fruits from his satchel, and looked at her with pride, as if seeking praise.

These fruits, the size of walnuts and with very hard shells that couldn’t be pressed in, were red with purple teardrop-shaped spots, and oval in shape. Yixiu had seen this kind of fruit before when she was still a ghost; the Fierce Red Monkeys had them, but the Monkey King was the one who kept them.

Considering Monkey Brother’s proud expression and recalling how much the Fierce Red Monkey treasured it, Yixiu intuited that the fruit must be something precious. However, exactly how valuable it was, she didn’t yet know. She decided to keep them and find an answer later.

She rubbed Monkey Brother’s neck and smiled, "Thank you, Monkey Brother, for giving me such good things. Three for me is enough; you keep the other two."

Monkey Brother shook his head and gestured a few times. Yixiu understood that it meant he would find more on his own later.

The next day was the birthday of Qian Yeejin and Qian Yixiu.

Although this birthday celebration wasn’t a major one, many people still attended. From the provincial city, aside from Lady Wong who brought Qian Manting, no other families came. However, relatives and friends from the county and nearby towns who were supposed to come did so. Wang Shoushi and his son shamelessly ingratiated themselves again.

Shopkeeper Cui also came with his daughter-in-law and wife. He was aware that Qian Yixiu might become his family’s young mistress, so he no longer dared to treat the Qian family as equals as in the past.