Chapter 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.