Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 510 - 268 Siblings_1

Chapter 510: Chapter 268 Siblings_1

The eunuch finished reading the imperial edict, and Pan Yang quietly slipped him a purse.

Qian Manjiang invited the eunuch and the officials to have lunch in the front yard, and had Li Jinhu arrange for the Imperial Army soldiers and the attendants of these officials to set up tables and eat on the wasteland.

Li Shuanzi also came back with them, riding his horse at the very end of the large group. He saw a familiar little girl peeking out of a crack in the gate on the west side of the village; who else could it be but his daughter, Li Ah Cao?

Delighted, he shouted, "Ah Cao," then dismounted and headed to his new home.

After the meal, the eunuch and the officials from the provincial and county towns all left.

More than a hundred Imperial Army soldiers and guards still remained. These men were sent by the Empress Dowager and Prince Consort Pan. The commanders were arranged to stay in the front yard, while the soldiers and guards were partly housed in the rooms behind Guiyuan and partly in the homes of villagers with better conditions.

Wang Lizheng came to Guiyuan again to find Qian Sangui.

He was also happy despite regretting that he hadn’t ingratiated himself well with the Imperial Grandson previously and hadn’t gotten his wife and daughter-in-law to court favor with the Commandery Princess. But the honor had fallen on Huaxi Village because of the Qian family. In the whole of Xishan County, which other village had taken in two members of the Royal Family at the same time? Which village had a Lord Xiangen or a fourth rank officer, and so many Wives of the Imperial decree? None.

He wanted the village to chip in and hold a three-day banquet with an endless stream of dishes, so all the villagers could join in the fun and make people from other villages envious. Especially Green Willow Village—when they had a Graduate emerge, they held a three-day banquet claiming their village had good Feng Shui, hence the emergence of a Star of Literature.

Now let them see, Huaxi Village had even better Feng Shui. Ideally, the village could even be renamed to something like Qilong Village or Qifeng Village.

Upon hearing Wang Lizheng’s idea for hosting the banquet, Qian Sangui laughed and said, "I had the same thought. However, the funds will come from me; I’ll trouble Wang Lizheng to help with organizing it. Please invite all the villagers to the feast, but make sure they don’t bring any gifts."

Wang Lizheng nearly bent his back down to the ground, hurriedly saying, "Not at all, not at all, everything will be done according to—oh, my apologies, according to the lord’s wishes."

When Qian Sangui heard himself addressed as "lord," he blushed a bit but still smilingly gave Wang Lizheng an additional twenty taels of silver.

Pan Yang’s heart had long since flown into that small building in the distance that he could see, knowing his sister lived there. From the moment he could see the building, he kept his gaze fixed on it.

After finally sending those people away, he said to Qian Manjiang, "Brother-in-law, hurry and take me to see my sister."

Qian Manjiang smiled and led him into the inner courtyard.

At that moment, Qian Yixiu was keeping Cheng Yue company. Cheng Yue was nearly going crazy with happiness at seeing Brother Jiang return, but she dared not go out seeing so many horses and people in the courtyard.

She kept complaining to Qian Manjiang, "Why hasn’t Brother Jiang come to see Yueyue? Doesn’t he miss me?"

When she saw Qian Manjiang approaching Wangjiang Building, her heart and eyes were full of him, and she barely noticed Pan Yang following behind him.

Cheng Yue threw herself into Qian Manjiang’s arms, crying, "Brother Jiang, why did you take so long to come back? Why did it take so long to see me? Yueyue missed you so much, I thought I would die."

Qian Manjiang’s eyes also grew warm as he gently patted her shoulder, saying, "Here I am back, aren’t I? I’ve come back to take Yueyue with me. From now on, we’ll never be apart again."

Cheng Yue lifted her head, her eyes brimming with tears, and asked, "Really? Brother Jiang won’t deceive Yueyue?"

Qian Manjiang wiped her tears with his hand, nodding, "It’s true. From now on, our family will be together forever and ever."

Cheng Yue smiled, her smile was bright as the splendid sunshine outside.

She then proudly said to Qian Manjiang, "Brother Jiang, Yueyue is capable, I gave birth to another set of twins of mixed sex. Jingjing is obedient, and Ming Wa has a handle, you will definitely like them." Then she called out to the stunned Ming Wa and Jingjing, "Ming Wa, Jingjing, come and greet your daddy."

Qian Yixiu smiled and led Ming Wa and Jingjing over. Having been instructed by their mother and sister earlier, they knew they had to kowtow and greet their father when they saw him.

So they knelt down and kowtowed several times to Qian Manjiang; after standing up, they were still staring at him, forgetting to even call out to him.

Qian Manjiang gladly bent down and picked up both children, one by one, kissing each one and said with a smile, "Ming Wa, Jingjing, daddy missed you so much." Seeing Cheng Yue’s anxious face, he quickly added, "I missed Yueyue even more."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yue started to smile with pursed lips and whispered softly, "Yueyue also missed Brother Jiang."

Qian Yixiu saw Uncle Pan staring intently at her stepmother, biting her lip hard to stop herself from crying. She tugged at Qian Manjiang’s sleeve, giving him a look, "Dad, look."

Qian Manjiang quickly put the two children down and had the servant take them out. Then he took Cheng Yue, no, now it should be Pan Yue, by the hand and pointing to Pan Yang he said, "Yueyue, take a look, remember him?"

Pan Yang couldn’t help but let the tears flow and choked up, "Yueyue, sister, brother has finally seen you again..."

Pan Yue looked at Pan Yang, her eyes also reddening, and said, "Who are you? You look very familiar, have I met you before, Yueyue?"

Pan Yang, already sobbing, cried, "Sister, I’m your brother, I’m your brother Pan Yang, we lived in the same mansion more than a decade ago and saw each other every day."

Pan Yue became confused again and wonderingly said, "Brother? Does Yueyue have a brother?" She thought more carefully and added, "It seems I do have a brother, my brother was always kind to Yueyue, every day after school he would come to see Yueyue..." Her eyes drifted somewhere behind Pan Yang, her gaze becoming empty.

Pan Yang took out a wipe to dab at his tears and asked with a smile, "Remember your brother now?"

Pan Yue’s gaze returned to Pan Yang, and she shook her head, "Although you seem like a good person, you are not Yueyue’s brother. My brother is much younger than you, you look a bit old, like Yueyue’s uncle..."

Pan Yang grew anxious and stepped forward to pull Pan Yue, "Sister, you’ve been away from home for fourteen years, brother has grown from a fifteen-year-old boy to a twenty-nine-year-old man, of course, there would be changes."

As Pan Yang grew anxious, his voice inadvertently raised, pulling her again. Pan Yue became frightened and started to cry, "Scared, scared, Brother Jiang, Yueyue is scared..." Then she fainted.

Qian Manjiang hurriedly carried Cheng Yue up the stairs.

Pan Yang wanted to follow upstairs, but Qian Yixiu stopped him, "Uncle, give my mother some time."

Pan Yang had to suppress his desire to follow upstairs. He turned around, walked over to Qian Yixiu, reached out to touch her hair and said softly, "Yixiu, you look so much like your mother. It was when she was your age that the tragedy happened, she’s really had it tough..." He couldn’t finish his sentence before he began to cry again, covering his mouth with the wipe.

Qian Yixiu also shed tears and pulled her uncle to sit down...

Wangjiang Building mournfully told of the sorrows of parting, whereas the main courtyard presented a completely different scene. Everyone was beaming with joy, filled with laughter and merriment. People from Qian’s first wife and the second wife’s family had all come, including Qian Manchuan’s family from the town and Qian Xiang with his spouse, as well as Qian Liang’s family.

Oh, no, someone was missing; it was Old man Qian.

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