Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 482 - 256 Special Gift_2

Chapter 482: Chapter 256 Special Gift_2

The two children were extremely beautiful, with the boy handsome and slightly rough around the edges, while the girl had features like a painting, adorable with her snow-like jade complexion. Both had their large, round, and curious black eyes fixed on this grandfather.

Upon hearing the grandfather call him, Ming Wa candidly was about to go over but was held back by Jingjing.

Jingjing pouted and said, "Mother doesn’t like it," then turned back, rushed to her mother, and hugged one of her legs. Looking up at her mother, she proudly claimed, "Jingjing doesn’t like it either."

Seeing this, Ming Wa also loudly declared to Prince Consort Pan, "Don’t like, foreigner." He then turned and ran to hug Cheng Yue’s other leg.

Cheng Yue felt a swell of pride seeing her children standing in solidarity with her and echoed, "Yes, don’t like."

Prince Consort Pan had just received a package from the maid Dankou and was about to divide gifts for his grandson and granddaughter, but everyone had scattered. Looking again at the six eyes staring roundly at him and three little mouths pursed high, he shook his head and chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Grandpa Pan is unloved, insists on giving gifts, but nobody wants them."

After sitting for a while, Prince Consort Pan stood up and went to distribute the gifts he had brought.

Having made preparations and using his own hired boat, he brought a full five horse carts of goods, covering all necessities. He also brought a generous personal gift for each member of the Qian family, including Qian Manxia’s household.

At the same time, he also brought generous gifts for the Zhang family, who had saved Cheng Yue several times, instructing Qian Sangui to deliver them on behalf of the Qian family.

Altogether, the gifts were worth no less than ten thousand taels of silver.

Qian Yixiu looked at the gifts sent to her, an ivory jewelry box carved with flowers and birds, containing a set of filigree head ornaments inlaid with pearls and jade, along with a smooth, light pink East Pearl necklace. Jewelry box and ornaments together were worth at least one thousand taels of silver—the generosity was indeed staggering.

She sighed inwardly, Grandpa Pan’s family truly is wealthy!

However, the gift Prince Consort Pan brought for Cheng Yue was even more intriguing: a Purple Sandalwood Wood jewelry box with a golden phoenix carving, and inside, a pair of golden hairpins with phoenixes holding pearls in their beaks. And there was also a gold thread phoenix and bird-embroidered brocade jacket, which was already half-worn.

The gifts were meant to be passed on by Qian Yixiu, who initially wanted to refuse and challenge him to deliver them himself. But seeing that these items were not ordinary gifts and perhaps held significant sentimental value, she accepted them, planning to give them to her little mother privately at night. If they upset her, she would be there to comfort her.

That evening, Prince Consort Pan and Mr. Yu were invited to dine in the main courtyard, where the Wan family was also asked to join. These two, along with Qian Sangui, Wan Erniu and his son, and Qian Yijin all sat at one table, while the others were at another.

The adult men drank Blue flower brew, while Qian Yijin had rice wine. Qian Yixiu rather approved of Mr. Yu’s approach to educating Qian Yijin—not merely focusing on rote learning from books, but teaching him how to interact with people and handle objects. Moreover, he would take him to the fields to talk with the farmers, to understand their thoughts. Sometimes they would visit the shops in the county town, or inns and teahouses, to hear the businessmen’s views. Now, some of the Qian family’s interpersonal affairs were also managed by Qian Yijin in place of Qian Sangui...

Mr. Yu often said in class, "To cultivate oneself, regulate the family, govern the country and make the world peaceful. One must first have a clear mind to distinguish right from wrong. Once cultivated, one can have wisdom, and only then can manage one’s family well. Those who manage their families well can govern the country effectively. And a person who governs their country well can certainly bring peace to the world and happiness to its people..."

From this perspective, Mr. Yu was more suitable to be a teacher than Mr. Pan.

Everyone learned from Grandpa Pan that before he came, the successor for Assistant Pan had been determined—it turned out to be Sir Di, Di Shu, the idol of little Qian Yijin.

Wan Erniu was surprised and remarked, "Elder Di only entered the Imperial Court last year, and that too as a Vice Minister. He must be the youngest there, only about forty-five or forty-six this year, right? How could he be chosen to succeed Elder Pan’s position?"

Sir Yu chuckled, "Prime Minister Zhang is already sixty-one. Perhaps the Emperor is considering Elder Di as the future Prime Minister..."

The Aristocratic families have always looked down on Di Shu, who came from a peasant background, and Prince Consort Pan was among them. Especially after hearing rumors about the Di family’s inner house, he could not understand why the Emperor would appreciate such a person.

Now, Prince Consort Pan’s views had changed, feeling that if Di Shu could rise step by step from a farmer’s son to this position, perhaps he truly had exceptional abilities.