Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 629 - 314: I’ll Lead You_2

Chapter 629: Chapter 314: I’ll Lead You_2

Mingming saw her mother come out and, delighted like a little bird, flew towards Pan Yue. The young lady Jingjing also briskly walked over, and the two little ones tugged at her skirt, calling "Mother."

When everyone heard that Pan Yue had remembered some of the past, even if it was just a short fragment, they were all extremely happy.

From that day on, Pan Yue would occasionally go up on deck with Manjiang. Especially during the time of the evening glow, one could always see the two walking hand in hand. The glow of the setting sun turned half the sky red, casting a crimson reflection on the river in autumn, and also painting Father Jiang and the young mother’s silhouettes in the same hue—one as steadfast as a pine, tall and upright, the other graceful like a willow.

Whenever Yixiu saw this scene, she would be so moved her eyes became warm. Perhaps the young mother had had too hard and too confusing a past, so heaven was compensating her. It allowed her to remember her past life, but forget the life that followed. It let Father Jiang fall in love with her again and help her adapt again to the transition from a girl to a woman.

In ancient times, loving couples were often described as respectful to each other as guests, with a harmony that suggested their faces were level when they lifted the tray together. If a couple showed such affection in front of others, the woman would be criticized.

It was probably because the young mother had this special encounter and a strong family background that she was accepted by the people. Especially the kind Grandfather Sangui and Grandma Wu, who were willing to see their son and daughter-in-law love each other so much.

Old man Qian and Old woman Qian were somewhat disapproving, feeling that it was indecent. Old woman Qian called her son into her cabin and said, "San’er, hurry and do something about them. If others see this, they’ll say they’re corrupting morals."

Qian Sangui’s face darkened as he angrily said, "Mother, I don’t like to hear this. They are only holding hands; why do you have to speak so harshly? Ever since my daughter-in-law married into the Qian family, I have been incapable of protecting her, and it has led to her being frightened to go outside. That’s why Manjiang takes her out for walks, to get used to the outside world. We should treat her as if she is a patient, or a child. Rather than pitying her, you speak this way."

Old man Qian added, "Let’s not talk about Manjiang’s wife, let’s talk about Manjiang. A thirty-year-old man, still shaving his chin clean as a twenty-year-old lad’s, what sort of appearance is that?"

Old woman Qian had learned to be smart early on. Seeing her son’s face grow even darker, she quickly relented, "Alright, alright, the old woman was wrong; let’s say the old woman never mentioned it." She also stopped Old man Qian, "Old man, the two of us are close to death, why bother with so much? Just make sure we eat well and drink well, that’s it."

After hearing this, Old man Qian reluctantly shut his mouth.

Thereafter, the elderly couple could only grumble behind closed doors, not daring to openly criticize anymore.

Manjiang had shaved his beard, and apart from Pan Yue and the three Qian siblings who liked it, thinking Father Jiang looked much younger, the others were somewhat unwelcoming. Even though Qian Sangui defended him in front of the old couple, he still said to him, "Manjiang, as a thirty-year-old, you should keep some stubble on your face for a more stable look."

Manjiang, touching his smooth chin, blushed and said, "I’ll let the beard grow back once Yueyue remembers things."

Busy with their romance, Manjiang and Pan Yue felt time flew by. In the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed, and the boat had arrived at Wenzhou Jetty in Ji’an Province. The former Wen County had been promoted to Wenzhou Prefecture, and even Xishan County was under its jurisdiction.

With the exception of Old man Qian and Old woman Qian who, accompanied by Old man Cai and others, directly switched boats for Huaxi Jetty, Qian Sangui, with his wife, grandchildren, and some servants, disembarked and went straight to the post station. Su Siwu, who had arrived earlier, had already rented a small courtyard at the post station.

After staying at the post station for one night, early the next morning Manjiang took the gifts and letters from the Liang Family to the Song family, and the letters Yixiu had written for Liang Jinyu and the Song sisters, to Xizhou Mansion. Qian Sangui, however, went directly to the Yamen in Wenzhou Prefecture to thank Prefect Li for punishing Wang Shoushi.

Originally, when Qian Xiaofeng presented the letters and gifts from Qian Sangui and Manjiang to Prefect Li, the prefect had Wang Shoushi arrested. After interrogation, Wang Shoushi didn’t dare to deny his crimes and tearfully admitted to embezzling the silver. Prefect Li sentenced him to twenty heavy beatings and confiscated all of his family’s property, leaving only fifty mu of land they had before their rise.

Stealing more than fifty taels of silver could result in imprisonment, but because the Wong family was so wealthy, possessing as much as ten thousand taels of silver, and with so much money confiscated, Wang Shoushi was not sentenced to prison.

Prefect Li also specifically wrote a letter to explain the reasons.

To this outcome, Qian Sangui agreed as well. It was the cycle of karmic justice. The fortune Wang Shoushi made with the embezzled one hundred and twenty taels of silver vanished in an instant. That was the best punishment for him.