Chapter 301 - 188: Heavenly Secret_3
Old man Qian was more ecstatic than ever, boasting every day about how a high-ranking official from Capital City had helped him to his feet, even asking him to "please rise". The news circulated for over a month without dying down.
In mid-June, just as Old man Qian was riding high on excitement, he was struck dumb as if by a cudgel. He had heard that his granddaughter Qian Manxia’s dowry included property from the Old Qian Family. The third son had actually given her half of his shares in "Old Brother Snack House" and also the thirty mu of lotus ponds adjacent to the Hong River. Out of those thirty mu, five were planted with the precious Golden Lotus Root.
The blood rushed to the old man’s head in that moment, almost causing him to collapse on the spot.
Old woman Qian was even more distressed, pounding on her chest in agony. The third son was truly mad, giving that girl fifty mu of land, thirty mu of lotus ponds, and half of the shares in the Dessert House, and now they had hired several carpenters to make pine furniture for her. My God, that’s a lot of money. All these were supposed to be for her great-grandson Jinwa, how could it be given to someone outside the family?
This matter was opposed not only by the old couple, Qian Dagui’s family, and Qian Ergui’s family but also by Qian Manchuan and Qian Manhe. It was up to the third branch whether to give the lotus ponds and land, but the shares in the Dessert House should not have been given to an outsider. That was the foundation of the Qian family’s standing.
They asked Sister-in-law Lu to invite Qian Sangui to the Qian family’s first wife’s quarters for a discussion on the matter.
Sister-in-law Lu’s deed of sale was with the third branch, so her heart was still with them. She whispered to Qian Sangui, "It seems to be about the Dessert House."
Qian Sangui also guessed it might be about this.
Qian Yixiu was at a loss for words. The Dessert House was not an ancestral property of the Qian family; it was started by his own family, who merely asked the other branches to symbolicly contribute a few taels of silver to join the business. The original idea was to let the relatives’ families become wealthy, so their lives would be comfortable and they wouldn’t nag at his family every day.