Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 693 - 339: The Birth of a Child_2

Chapter 693: Chapter 339: The Birth of a Child_2

Now that there’s a funeral in the Pan family, it’s not appropriate to handle these matters. When Qian Yixiu heard about it, she called over Old man Cai and asked him to go to the Academy after tomorrow with Qian Yishan to help Sean with the matter. They were to buy a residence next to the Academy as well, with the Qian family covering the necessary silver.

The 26th is an auspicious day for weddings, and it is also the joyous day of Qian Manting’s marriage. The day before, everyone went to add to Qian Manting’s dowry, Qian Yixiu giving a set of gold-inlaid Dong Pearl headwear; Father Jiang and his wife gave a pair of jadeite bracelets. Qian Sangui and Lady Wu, estimating that the wedding would cost over four hundred taels of silver, presented Qian Manting with six hundred taels of dowry silver.

In total, the third branch of the family spent over fifteen hundred taels of silver on Qian Manting’s wedding, which was even more than what the fourth branch contributed, and naturally Qian Sigui and his wife were endlessly grateful.

Although Zhu Sujin didn’t come on that day, an official from the Crown Prince Mansion did, and he brought a generous gift. Others, such as the Liang Family, Fu family, Changfeng Princess Mansion, Song family, and many civil and military officers, came to congratulate the family; even the Prince Shou Mansion sent someone with gifts. Liang Jinzhao and Song Huaijin both specially took leaves of absence to attend the wedding and were a part of the bridal procession. The Pan family, observing mourning, only sent someone the day before to contribute to the dowry.

Qian Manting has certainly married off with full honors. This made Huo Ming and his son exceedingly happy, knowing that though Qian Manting’s background was somewhat humble, with the support of the Xiangen Marquis Mansion, she was indeed a match for the second son of the Huo family.

Amid the sounds of music, Qian Manjiang carried Qian Manting on his back into the bridal sedan chair.

Qian Mandie, Qian Manxia, and Qian Manting were all beautiful, kind and industrious young girls. Qian Yixiu watched them slowly grow up, and one by one, witnessed them getting married. In a way, at the time of their weddings, the three young girls were all filled with hopes for the future—a feeling that all brides share. But beyond hope, each carried different emotions; Qian Mandie was apprehensive, Qian Manxia happy, while Qian Manting was uniquely ambitious, as if she was not just heading to her husband’s family but also to a career.

Personality determines destiny. Their future paths were now theirs to walk, but their maiden families remained important, of course.

Three days after returning to her maiden home as a new wife, Qian Manting was bashfully happy, and her husband was very protective of her. It appeared that the Huo family had not mistreated Qian Manting, which greatly relieved and pleased Qian Sigui and his wife.

However, on the sixth day of August, which was also a day before Qian Sigui, Lady Wong, and Qian Manpo were to return to Ji’an, when Qian Manting came to see them off, people noticed that one of her maids, Rourou, had her hair styled like a married woman’s.

With a smile brimming in her eyes, Qian Manting said, "It was I who asked Fourth Master to take her into his service. Once she bears a son or a daughter, she will be raised to the rank of a concubine."

Qian Yixiu was dumbstruck. Qian Manting adapted to new things astonishingly quickly—she embraced the good just as quickly as the bad, and with an air of inevitability.

Rourou—no, now she should be called Miss Rourou—came over shyly but courageously to pay her respects to them.

At this moment, it seems the masters should give Miss Rourou a gift to celebrate.

Lady Wu, feeling helpless, rewarded her with a pearl hairpin, saying, "In the future, you must serve your master and Fourth Mistress well."

Lady Wong’s eyes reddened with anger. Despite glaring vehemently at Qian Manting for her disapproval, she still gave Miss Rourou a pair of gold earrings, saying, "You must conduct yourself properly and not forget your status, just because Fourth Mistress has a good temperament."

Frightened, Rourou quickly knelt down, saying, "This servant wouldn’t dare."

With a sharp pregnancy bulge, Pan Yue, her eyes devoid of warmth, also gave Rourou a jade hairpin, with only a brief admonition, "Remember your place."

As an unmarried girl, Qian Yixiu was not expected to give gifts to a concubine. But she knew that even if she were married, she wouldn’t give a gift to a concubine.

After the fourth branch left, the Qian family still couldn’t settle down because Pan Yue, the young mother, was approaching her due date for her fourth child, and the entire household was highly anxious. Midwives and wet nurses had already been arranged for and brought into the residence.

The fifteenth was the Mid-Autumn Festival and also the seventy-fifth birthday of the Grand Empress Dowager.

The Grand Empress Dowager survived the tragic death of the Fifth Prince and his family, and continued to live, thanks in part to the Jade Spring in the Clam Shell House. Yixiu later inadvertently learned from Pearl Kid that the spring water was not only good for making tea but also for prolonging life. Therefore, she instructed Father Jiang to send cakes made with Jade Spring water to the Empress Dowager many times. The cakes were sweet, sticky, and soft, and the Empress Dowager loved eating them. Sometimes when Yixiu forgot to send them, the Empress Dowager would send someone to urge Manjiang, asking Maiden Xiu to send the cakes quickly, as she craved their taste. Even if Yixiu was at the villa, she would make the cakes every ten days.