The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 55 - Get You a Pair of Dog Eyes_1

As it happened, Lady Yu and Lady Fang were close sisters.

Lady Fang married Pei Zongli, and Lady Yu married Lady Fang’s older brother, making them sisters-in-law.

Lady Fang, in a moment of confusion, had agreed to Old Pei and Lady Zhu’s pleading, consenting to Jian Xiao giving birth to a child for the second wife to continue the family line.

When Old Scholar Fang found out, he was furiously angry and decreed that Lady Fang remain a widow with no son to adopt.

But by then, Pei Laoda had already forced himself on Lady Fang, and it was too late to say anything.

Old Scholar Fang wanted to break off relations with his daughter, and the Fang family no longer associated with the Pei family.

Lady Fang’s two brothers, including her older sister, also ceased all contact.

Lady Yu alone could not let go and would often inquire about her good sister’s well-being.

When they met, if there was a chance, she would give her a few copper coins, but if her family found out, she’d face a scolding.

Lady Yu also stopped handling money; over the years, she became disappointed in Lady Fang.

It was they who demanded Jian Xiao and pressured her into it, but now she felt as though they did not see her as a human being after suffering all these years.

Yet she still couldn’t resist inquiring about the news from Old Pei’s House.

She had heard by chance that they were planning to marry their great-niece off as a concubine to receive a betrothal gift and money, causing quite a scene.

Lady Yu had tried to visit twice.

Unexpectedly, she bumped into someone on the street, “Qinqin!

How’s your mother?

Where were you all a few days ago?”

“On the mountain!” Pei Qin told the truth.

“All of you were on the mountain!?

How did you survive?” Lady Yu quickly asked.

“We picked quite a lot of wild persimmons and found some wild chicken eggs.

We sold them in the county town for money to buy dry food and rice flour.

But we didn’t need to use it, and ended up taking it back to Old Pei’s House!” Pei Qin replied.

Lady Yu nodded, “They won’t try to use your marriage to get a betrothal gift and money again, will they!?”

“I scared them off!” Pei Qin raised her eyebrows.

Lady Yu recalled how with one grab at her arm, one snag at her collar, her whole body soared into the air and then fell to the ground, expressing some amazement, “Qinqin!

You’re so strong!”

“I was never full before, so I didn’t have strength,” Pei Qin nodded in acknowledgment.

Lady Yu sighed and then asked, “Why have you come to town?” It was impossible for Old Pei’s House to give her money to go to the market.

“Looking for some work to earn a bit of spending money,” Pei Qin did not reveal the whole truth, for although Lady Yu had always been kindhearted toward them, sometimes good intentions could lead to trouble.

Besides, she had someone following her.

Lady Yu sighed again.

Pei Qin did not plan to say more, suspecting she hadn’t come alone, so she bade farewell and left.

Sure enough, after a while, a man in his thirties approached, his face sullen as he scolded Lady Yu for again giving Pei Qin money.

Pei Qin couldn’t help but roll her eyes skyward.

She shook off Pei Wenlee, who was following her, turned a corner, crossed another bridge, and headed straight to Sun Tiezhu’s house.

Upon knocking, Sun Tiezhu was engrossed in hard work with his brother-in-law Zou Xing.

“Xiao Pei!

Look at the house, it’s all the work they’ve produced in the past few days, a total of one thousand two hundred and seventy-three!” Grandma Sun proudly showed Pei Qin the piled-up qizis.

Sun Tiezhu’s pregnant wife, Lady Zou, also stood up with a smile, “These qizis just made have rough surfaces, and since we have no one else at home, my mother and I can polish them a bit to make them smoother—a good finish sells better!”

Pei Qin picked up a qizi and indeed, it had been polished smoothly, “These will certainly sell well!

How many more do you need to make?”

Grandma Sun hurriedly called Sun Tiezhu to ask how many more needed to be made.

“The more, the better!” Sun Tiezhu hoped to make more and earn more money, “Many people have just started selling corn.

Around the time before the New Year, those who shuck corn will increase.

If we make more, we can sell more!” His wife was about to give birth, the family would soon face expenses, and he still needed to repay debts.

“Then let’s aim for two thousand, you can sell them!

Otherwise, once they learn to use a sack and hammer, they won’t want to spend money on a qizi.

Once they’re made, you can go to the landlords in the countryside with more land and ask.

If they buy, they’ll likely purchase in bulk, and it will be easier to sell!” Pei Qin suggested.

Sun Tiezhu frowned, looking somewhat troubled.

“Brother-in-law!

There will be more opportunities to make money in the future!

Little Pei is right; if you miss the chance, you might end up at a loss!” Zou Xing advised.

Sun Tiezhu felt somewhat dejected, “Once they see it, they learn it!”

“There will still be loyal customers who will buy ours!” Zou Xing reassured him with a pat.

Sun Tiezhu sighed and nodded, then looked at the pile of wood in the house, “We’ll have to hurry up with the work!

There are still seven hundred left!”

“We’ll work a bit harder for longer; it’ll be quick!” Zou Xing urged him to take a break and then continue.

Pei Qin didn’t linger, mentioning that if someone came asking, to say they didn’t know her, and then she took her leave.

Pei Wenlee, having lost track of her subject at the market, was fuming with irritation.

Meanwhile, Pei Qin went around once and quickly returned to the mountain, carrying a bundle of firewood home.

When Pei Wenlee returned, not seeing her in the courtyard, she complained to Lady Zhu and Lady Chen, claiming she went to the market and had spent all her money on tasty food.

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“Is slandering people that amusing?” Pei Qin appeared from inside, standing behind her.

Pei Wenlee jumped in shock, pointing at her with widened eyes, “You’ve run back here first!?”

“I’ve been on the mountain chopping wood the whole time, and yet you accuse me of going to the market.

Which eye saw this?!” Pei Qin stepped forward.

Lady Zhu and Lady Chen exchanged a look, inwardly believing Pei Wenlee, but Pei Qin had indeed come down from the mountain with a bundle of freshly chopped firewood.

“I saw it with both my eyes!” Pei Wenlee insisted angrily, “It was you who hid the money and ate alone!”

“Then your eyes really aren’t working well.

Seems I’ll have to gouge them out and replace them with a pair of sharper and more useful dog eyes for you!” Pei Qin sneered, reaching towards her.