Chapter 292 - 185 Speaking Without Keeping Promises_3
Qian Sangui said, "Xiang Niang would only recommend a family with good character. They just want to collaborate with Jinxiu Embroidery Workshop in normal business. Who isn’t doing business?"
Lady Wu snorted coldly again, "Lady Tang that blockhead, she truly deserves a beating. She came with Zhi Niang and Mother Duo to the main courtyard to visit my father-in-law and mother-in-law and, upon hearing about this matter, became jealous. She said something about Auntie Die being second-hand goods yet managing to marry into the county town as a young mistress, while Auntie Xia, a pure damsel, only found herself a peasant, it’s all topsy-turvy, which made me and my sister-in-law feel like beating her up. Mother-in-law was so angry that she couldn’t take it and whacked her with a walking stick, shutting her up. Tell me, what kind of person is that?" Thinking it over, she added, "Head of the household, she wouldn’t hear about how Auntie Die managed to find herself such a fine man after your influence, even after being divorced, and instigates Mother Duo to seek a divorce too, right? Then she might use your name to look around for sons-in-law, that would be troublesome."
Qian Sangui chided, "My dear, you think too much, how could that be possible?"
Qian Yixiu, however, felt that it was quite possible, as there was nothing Lady Tang and Qian Mandua wouldn’t do.
After the New Year, the woodworkers came back to continue making furniture, and Master Lu’s finely carved work was still in progress. Old woman Qian heard that a screen frame hadn’t been made even after several months, felt the carpenter was merely freeloading at her son’s house, and told Qian Sangui to send him away.
In early March, it was time to plant the lotus roots at West Lake.
After discussing with his grandchildren, Qian Sangui decided that they would only plant the lotus roots for their own household. They would not give any to the first or second households, to let them know that there were consequences for their mistakes, so they could better govern their behavior in the future.
Therefore, it was not feasible to share with the Wan family either.
Might as well plant half of the lotus roots in the pond next to Guiyuan, and the other half in the pond by the Hong River. Those near the Hong River could serve as Qian Manxia’s dowry, which was equivalent to giving them to the Wan family.
Then, thirty acres of pond would be cleared to scatter Gold Lotus Flower Seeds, in order to cultivate the lotus roots. The remaining fifty or so acres of pond would continue to grow regular lotus roots.