Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 514 - 270: Entering the Capital_1

Chapter 514: Chapter 270: Entering the Capital_1

It was propitious to travel on the eighth day of the eighth month. Starting in the morning, ox carts and horse carriages bustled in and out of Guiyuan, taking three trips to move all the belongings. The fourth trip was for transporting the people of Guiyuan.

For Pan Yue, this was the third time she had left home in the fourteen years since she had married into the Qian family. The first time was when she was tricked by Fan Erhei, and the second was when Qian Yixiu went to the county town to sell flowers, and she hurried out to welcome her daughter.

Even riding in a horse carriage, she was very reluctant to leave. Qian Manjiang held her hand the entire time, comforting her in a soft voice, "Yueyue, don’t be afraid. I and our children will always be by your side. And there are so many people who came specifically to protect you. Nobody will dare to bully you again."

Pan Yue still refused to go, crying as she said, "Yueyue likes this home; Yueyue doesn’t want to leave this home."

Qian Manjiang said again, "Alright, once the children have grown up, we will come back to live here and retire in this place."

Qian Yixiu also said, "Mother, if you miss this place, I will accompany you back to stay. It is convenient to travel from Capital City to here by boat, and you can directly arrive at the doorstep of our home."

Hearing this, Pan Yue finally, trembling, boarded the horse carriage.

For this trip to the Capital City, besides all the masters of Qian’s third wife and Old man Qian and his spouse, around a dozen servants, two foreigners, the House of Animals, as well as the families of Qian Manxia and Qian Mandua, Qian Sigui, Qian Manchuan, and Qian Manhe, and Li Zhandong, along with those soldiers, there were four medium-sized boats in total. Two were the Qian family’s own boats, and another two were rented.

Li Shuanzi had become a Seventh Rank minor official at Pili Camp by now. There were quarters specially prepared for the visiting families of military officers. He wanted his wife and children to stay there for a while; if his son could make a living and find work in the suburbs of Capital City or in the city itself, they would rent a house and live together permanently. If his wife and son could not find work, it would be better for them to return to Huaxi Village, where life was easier. Everything in Capital City was expensive, and his salary was just enough for his family to scrape by, but not enough for a comfortable life. Furthermore, with Ah Cai about to take a wife and the need to save for Ah Cao’s dowry, there would be a significant expense.

Ever since Li Shuanzi returned home, he had not visited the Li family in Green Willow Village, and had even driven Eldest Li away when he came to find him. Only in the two days before leaving did he take his wife and children to offer incense at his parents’ graves, and then he went to the Li family courtyard to give Li Laoer, who had a lame leg, a beating.

Qian Sigui, on the other hand, wanted to experience Capital City. He discussed with Qian Manchuan and Qian Manhe the possibility of exploring business opportunities while enjoying the city. If it did not work out, they would simply return to the countryside and dutifully carry on with their usual work.

Li Zhandong was purely going to broaden his horizons or for educational travel and planned to quickly return to his hometown to study diligently. He had not passed the county examination last year and was eager to pass it the next time. With his cousin’s help, even if he could not pass the Graduate exam, his status as a Graduate would still allow him to hold a minor official position, which could alter the Li family’s social standing.

Relatives of the Qian family and friends from the village came to see them off at Huaxi Jetty, including Zhang Zhongkun and his son, Steward Wong, among others.

Qian Sangui and others tearfully waved goodbye to those seeing them off, saying, "If we can’t get used to living in Capital City, we and our parents will return to live in the countryside. It’s convenient to travel here from Capital City and the scenery is so beautiful. Even Yixiu and her mother can’t bear to part with it and will occasionally come back to stay..."

The boats were not large and had few cabins, yet there were many people. Except Pan Yang, nearly all masters were two to three people per cabin, while the House of Animals occupied one cabin as a family. Qian Yixiu, along with the sensible Fangfang, shared one cabin, and Ming Wa and Jingjing stayed in another cabin with their wet nurse. Pan Yue was not in the best of spirits, so Qian Manjiang, still comforting her, shared a cabin with her alone.

As the boat gradually moved away from Huaxi Jetty, the sight of Moonlit Lotus Pond, Mountain of Flowers and Fruits, Shixi Mountain, Huaxi Village, and Xijing Mountain receded further behind; Qian Yixiu could not help but tear up. She was so familiar with every inch of this land. Although she was only six years old when she transmigrated, she was full of confidence about the journey ahead. She loved this land so deeply—the endless mountain ranges and the Cave Sky Pool hidden within them.

But now, even though she had grown up—with an Empress Dowager as a great-grandmother, an Emperor as a maternal granduncle, an official father, a grandfather who was a noble, an external grandfather who was a consort prince, and a "brother" who was Prince Ning’s Heir—she still felt anxious and unsure about the future.

She wiped her eyes and saw Monkey Brother enter the cabin. It pointed out the window and chattered and gesticulated, showing its reluctance to leave.

Qian Yixiu said, "Wait for it, we will come back. That is our root. Even after I get married, I will have my dowry there." She then whispered into its ear, "There is also Cave Sky Pool, the treasures not yet retrieved, Lady White, and the little squirrel..."