Chapter 514 - 270: Entering the Capital_1
It was propitious to travel on the eighth day of the eighth month. Starting in the morning, ox carts and horse carriages bustled in and out of Guiyuan, taking three trips to move all the belongings. The fourth trip was for transporting the people of Guiyuan.
For Pan Yue, this was the third time she had left home in the fourteen years since she had married into the Qian family. The first time was when she was tricked by Fan Erhei, and the second was when Qian Yixiu went to the county town to sell flowers, and she hurried out to welcome her daughter.
Even riding in a horse carriage, she was very reluctant to leave. Qian Manjiang held her hand the entire time, comforting her in a soft voice, "Yueyue, don’t be afraid. I and our children will always be by your side. And there are so many people who came specifically to protect you. Nobody will dare to bully you again."
Pan Yue still refused to go, crying as she said, "Yueyue likes this home; Yueyue doesn’t want to leave this home."
Qian Manjiang said again, "Alright, once the children have grown up, we will come back to live here and retire in this place."
Qian Yixiu also said, "Mother, if you miss this place, I will accompany you back to stay. It is convenient to travel from Capital City to here by boat, and you can directly arrive at the doorstep of our home."
Hearing this, Pan Yue finally, trembling, boarded the horse carriage.
For this trip to the Capital City, besides all the masters of Qian’s third wife and Old man Qian and his spouse, around a dozen servants, two foreigners, the House of Animals, as well as the families of Qian Manxia and Qian Mandua, Qian Sigui, Qian Manchuan, and Qian Manhe, and Li Zhandong, along with those soldiers, there were four medium-sized boats in total. Two were the Qian family’s own boats, and another two were rented.
Li Shuanzi had become a Seventh Rank minor official at Pili Camp by now. There were quarters specially prepared for the visiting families of military officers. He wanted his wife and children to stay there for a while; if his son could make a living and find work in the suburbs of Capital City or in the city itself, they would rent a house and live together permanently. If his wife and son could not find work, it would be better for them to return to Huaxi Village, where life was easier. Everything in Capital City was expensive, and his salary was just enough for his family to scrape by, but not enough for a comfortable life. Furthermore, with Ah Cai about to take a wife and the need to save for Ah Cao’s dowry, there would be a significant expense.