Chapter 400 - 225: Birthday_1
The granddaughter of the Wan family’s Washing the Third banquet saw both the first and second wives of the Qian family bring generous gifts, each family giving a pair of silver bracelets, eight two-tael Graduate silver ingots, two sets of infant clothes, two chickens, and a hundred eggs. The old couple gave a small Silver Lock and a pair of silver bracelets.
Qian Sangui was chatting in the main room’s hall with Wan Erniu when Old man Qian led the Qian men in. It was the first time Qian Dagui and Qian Ergui had seen Qian Sangui since that incident, and they both approached with flushed, embarrassed faces. Old man Qian intervened with jokes and banter, while Qian Manchuan and Qian Manhe also doled out compliments, preventing the situation from becoming awkward.
Wan Erniu could tell that Old man Qian wanted to use his home ground to mend relations with Qian Sangui. He was afraid Qian Sangui might be too soft-hearted and easily appeased. So, at crucial moments, he would snipe at the Qians, bringing up the hurtful things Lady Tang had said in the village, times when Qian Sangui was nearly infuriated to death, and the other benefits various branches of the Qian family had obtained at Qian Sangui’s expense, mentioning them incessantly.
Old man Qian was beyond frustrated, his face red and veins bulging, yet he was powerless. Wan Erniu held an indescribable authority; although he had no titles like village head, landlord, Township Kun, and so on, no one dared to provoke him, including the deceased Yama Raja Xu.
So, despite Wan Erniu’s provoking, the Qians had no choice but to take it and continuously put on apologetic smiles, admitting their mistakes.
When the Qian women arrived at the Wan families’, they took the initiative to help in the kitchen, even Lady Wang helped with the cooking. Lady Wang felt too embarrassed to sit in a place of honor and chat with Lady Wu, knowing that Lady Wu wouldn’t bother with her.
Qian Yixiu had no choice but to play the ringleader, leading Duo Duo, De Wa, and others as they played in the yard. Qian Yishan, blushing, pulled Yijin to the west wing room and once again solemnly apologized for the wrongs their elders had committed.
Towards the end of Si hour, relatives and villagers began to trickle into the Wan family’s home. The Wans didn’t have many friends or relatives; most visitors were fellow villagers and neighbors from Darong Village, contrasting with the more numerous relatives from the Qian family. Not only did Qian Xiang come with her eldest daughter-in-law and Hu Wa, but Qian Mandie, who wasn’t invited, also arrived, heavily pregnant, along with her husband Yu Delli, her in-laws Yu Chu and Lady Huang.