Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 491 - 259: Good News_3

Chapter 491: Chapter 259: Good News_3

After the meal, everyone went back to their respective homes. Qian Mandua had Li Ahcao tidy up the place, while she herself packed a bowl of potato braised pork, especially reserved for Lady Tang, into a basket and headed to Darong Village.

Lady Tang’s small courtyard was not large, comprising only three main rooms, one kitchen, and one latrine. It was brand new, uniformly built with green bricks and tiles, and there was a willow tree in the yard.

Qian Manjiang had hired an Old Grandma Wong from Darong Village to do two hours of housework for her every day, washing clothes, cleaning, and cooking a midday meal. She cooked plenty, enough to heat up and eat again in the evening.

At the moment, Lady Tang was sitting under the willow tree in the courtyard, chatting and laughing with two other women.

Qian Mandua didn’t like these two women at all; they were the gossipy types from Darong Village, and one of them was the extravagant Widow Tan.

Seeing that Qian Mandua’s face was stern, clearly not welcoming them, the two women got up and left.

Lady Tang, displeased, said, "It’s not easy for an old lady to find two people she can talk to, and you come here making faces, offending everyone away."

She grumbled with her nose as if she smelled something delicious and then noticed Qian Mandua taking out a bowl of braised pork from the basket, she smiled, "Mother didn’t love you for nothing, still remembering to bring your mother a bowl of pork." With that, she grabbed a piece of meat and stuffed it into her mouth. After eating the meat, she even sucked the grease off her fingers.

Qian Mandua then smiled and talked about the matter of Li Shuanzi becoming an official.

But Lady Tang didn’t seem too pleased after hearing it. She smacked her lips and said, "Oh, the son-in-law is still alive, is he?"

Qian Mandua was surprised by Lady Tang’s attitude and said angrily, "What are you talking about, Mother? Do you hope your son-in-law is dead and your daughter becomes a widow?"

Lady Tang laughed, "There’s a saying, ’a blessing in disguise.’ My Mandua is so pretty and charming, who could tell she’s almost thirty? If Shuanzi died, maybe you could find someone even better. Just now, we were talking about Mr. Pan from Guiyuan, so handsome and wealthy. With that kind of elegance and the clothes he wears, you can tell he’s loaded. Even if you were to be his concubine or secondary wife, the blessings you’d receive in this lifetime would be endless. If Shuanzi were to die, I would have your Third Uncle help with the matchmaking..."

Qian Mandua’s face flushed with anger as she exclaimed, "Mother, I can’t believe you would say such a thing. My husband is still very much alive, how can you even think of such matters?"

Lady Tang pursed her lips, "It’s not a bad thing, what’s there to not be said? Even Big Sister Tan just mentioned that Mr. Pan is a distinguished guest of the third family; they definitely want to ingratiate themselves with him. Which man doesn’t like beauty? In these ten villages and eight towns, how many can compare to my Mandua’s beauty..."

Qian Mandua was furious but too inarticulate to argue. She could only stomp her foot and turn to leave angrily. She had reached her own doorstep when, thinking it over, she turned back and headed to her father’s house.

Four days later, after sending Hua Qiang away, they brought some letters and several pairs of shoes for Qian Manjiang, as well as thirty catties of dried meat. Brothers Yixiu and Yijin also wrote a letter to Liang Jinzhao, sending him ten catties of dried meat. The Old Monk even sent a monk with two letters to be forwarded to Liang Jinzhao by Hua Qiang.

The excitement from these missions and letters temporarily relieved the Qian family’s concerns about the House of Animals.

Especially for Cheng Yue, who would pull out Qian Manjiang’s letter to read every now and then and shared it with her children.

This time, Daddy’s letter was again filled with too many classical references. The entire letter was loaded with lines from love poems, with many phrases like "Slender she rises, in the tower above the city wall. A day’s absence is like three months’ time," "The moon ascends, the beautiful ladies beam, they flutter and whirl, and my heart is uneasy," and so on and so forth, as well as words like my thoughts, my fondness, my joy.

Listening to it made both Qian Yeejin and Qian Yixiu recite them by heart, with flushed faces and racing hearts, yet they had to insincerely praise Daddy’s excellent writing. Later, whenever their little mother wanted to read the letter, the siblings would find excuses to slip away. If they couldn’t avoid it, they’d begrudgingly listen on.

That afternoon, after finishing his grandson’s studies, Prince Consort Pan and the boy came to Wangjiang Building again. Brother Jie ran over to join Embroidered older sister in playing with their younger siblings. Meanwhile, Prince Consort Pan sat quietly in front of a few unflowered plum trees watching them.

At that moment, Cheng Yue was deep in thought, seemingly struck by some idea, her gaze growing softer. Suddenly, she smiled again.

Seeing Brother Jie arrive, she called, "Brother Jie, come here, wait for me, Auntie Cheng will go get the letter to read to you." She then got up and went inside.

Little Brother Jie obediently stood where Cheng Yue sat and waited.

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