Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade

The back courtyard contained a thatched hut, a vegetable garden, cattle sheds, horse stables, and they also kept more than a dozen chickens. Qian Manxia had initially wanted to raise a couple of pigs too, but Wan Dazhong disagreed, fearing it would be too hard on her.

Wan Erniu occupied the main room, while Wan Dazhong and his wife Qian Manxia lived in the eastern wing. Wu Erwu and Cai XiaoYe, who had just married at the beginning of the year, lived in the opposite room.

Wan Dazhong had already gone to fetch Doctor Xu; Qian Sangui was directly invited by Wan Erniu to the main room, whereas Lady Wu, Cheng Yue, and Qian Yixiu were asked to go to the western wing by Qian Manxia. The western wing served as the guest rooms, and they went straight into the north room.

As soon as Cheng Yue entered this unfamiliar environment, she felt somewhat frightened. Qian Yixiu kept holding her hand, while Lady Wu and Qian Manxia comforted her now and then.

Pointing to the bed further inside, Qian Manxia said, "I know my sister-in-law’s preferences—the pillows and bedsheets on the bed are all new."

Gratefully, Cheng Yue said, "Thank you, younger aunt."

Qian Manxia was more than eight months pregnant, and her belly was quite sizable. However, she still moved around briskly and seemed to be busy all the time, as if she could never sit still.

In Wan Erniu’s eyes, his daughter-in-law was good in every aspect, except she was perhaps too dedicated to her work and too keen on cleanliness. Ever since she married into the family, the house had become clean and tidy; it felt to him as if his wife had returned and the family was once again living together.

He liked this change too. However, his daughter-in-law preferred doing things herself, and even being pregnant, she wasn’t cautious enough.

In the main room’s hall, Wan Erniu was still prattling to Qian Sangui, "... To lessen my daughter-in-law’s housework, I bought another maid a while ago. But it didn’t reduce her workload at all. Instead, the servants now have an easier time."