Chapter 635 - 316 Recovery_3
Qian Ergui, with a flushed face, explained to those in the courtyard, "That woman is spouting nonsense; I went to her courtyard only to bring her money."
Lady Zhu quickly stood up and said, "What my husband said is true. Every time he went to deliver money, he told me about it."
Although this little episode was past, it continued to circulate around Huaxi Village and Darong Village for a long time. Some people didn’t believe that Qian Ergui had gone to sleep with Lady Tang, thinking that she, old and lame, was far inferior to the younger Lady Zhu. Others believed that Qian Ergui had indeed gone to sleep with her, arguing that no matter how ugly or old she was, Qian Ergui had been doing so for so many years, and as long as she was willing, it was a shame not to take advantage.
Qian Ergui was so embarrassed that he didn’t dare to go out for a long time and was too ashamed to show his face even at the invitation to the banquet of running water by the third branch of his family.
The third branch hosted a two-day banquet of running water, inviting everyone from Darong Village and even the Red Cloud Troupe from the county town to perform operas.
That day, Li Shuanzi’s brother and sister-in-law also came, saying that Li Shuanzi had brought so many gifts to Qian Mandua’s maternal home, it was impossible that he forgot to bring any for his in-laws. Could it be that Master Qian had forgotten?
Hua Qiang, leading the Qian family’s servants, stopped them and yelled, "You know better than anyone else the despicable things your family has done. And now you expect Li Shuanzi to bring you gifts? You must be dreaming. If you dare to make trouble here again, don’t blame me for being rude and beating you so bad you won’t be able to get out of bed for half a year."
The people from the Li family, scared by the imposing Hua Qiang and several robust servants, hurriedly ran away.
Then there were feasts at Butler Wong’s family, Landlord Li’s family, Qian Liang’s family, Wang Lizheng’s house, Wan Lizheng’s family, Huaqiang family, Qianxiang House... many families hosted guests, including the Master County Magistrate and the County Magistrate from the county town. Only Qian Sangui and Lady Wu attended these, while Qian Manjiang only attended those of the Master County Magistrate and the County Magistrate.
In the midst of all the eating and drinking, it finally became winter, and life finally settled down. Qian Sangui, exhausted from all the activity, could at last stay peacefully at home without going anywhere.
On the sixth day of the winter month, the couple Qian Manjiang and Pan Yue, along with their three children and generous gifts, made a trip to Zhang family in Xishan County Town and stayed there for two days. Qian Manjiang asked the old and Little Divine Doctors to give Pan Yue another consultation, hoping to prescribe her more medicine. Zhang Zhongkun said she was already out of danger and didn’t need to take any more medicine; since medicines have their side effects, from now on she just needed to eat more brain-healthy food like walnuts.