The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 54 - Arrogant Past (2)_1

Pei Qin was indifferent, and scooped up some vegetables, took some mixed grain buns, and went back to the kitchen to eat.

Eating with them, she was afraid it wouldn’t sit well with her; it was better to enjoy her meal in peace!

After eating, Lady Zhu called out for them to peel corn.

Lady Fang glanced at Pei Qin, took a basket, and went to the backyard to gather corn cobs.

The mothers were back to the days of peeling corn after meals.

Lady Chen figured out how much the rice, flour, pots, and pans were worth, and how much money they had left, so she took up the conversation with Si Ya.

Si Ya only said she didn’t know; the money was with Pei Qin, and she wasn’t allowed to speak of it.

Seeing she wasn’t fooled, Lady Chen considered bribing her with an egg.

However, Lady Zhu wanted to go into the mountains to look for wild chicken eggs and wild persimmons, “Where did you pick those wild persimmons, and where did you find the wild chicken eggs?”

“We turned the whole mountain upside down and only found two nests of wild eggs; we picked all the wild persimmons we saw.

Didn’t dare to venture into the deep forest!” Si Ya claimed, half-true, half-false.

Lady Zhu felt she wasn’t being honest, but at least Si Ya was the most obedient, and she thought of the idea of hunting for wild pheasants and rabbits, as well as wild chicken eggs.

Pei Qin heard her talking and rolled her eyes, “If you want wild chicken eggs, go find them in the mountains yourself!” She wouldn’t risk her life working for them.

Until she earned her own money, she might as well live arrogantly in Old Pei’s House!

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They were the ones who came begging her, after all!

But Pei Qin wasn’t someone who could sit idly by; with nothing to do, she loved to stay busy.

Since she didn’t know how to do embroidery, she would lead San Ya and Pei Wendong up the mountain to gather leaves for knitting and chop firewood.

Whenever they could, they would fry up bird eggs they found in the nests on a small mountain fire and eat them.

Pei Wenbo always wanted to follow, but he was afraid of Pei Qin, so he would follow at a distance and then return home, running to Lady Zhu and Lady Chen to tattle and speak ill of the Pei Qin and her siblings.

Pei Houli went out again to take on some work, but this time he didn’t need to go to someone else’s house; the small jobs were brought directly home.

Lady Chen and Lady Zhu were always thinking about the money Pei Qin had hidden away, especially Lady Chen, who wished she could strangle Pei Qin.

After making a huge fuss and losing the marital arrangement with Qian Dog’s family, they lost five taels of silvers and the two acres of land, and even had to compensate the family with a hundred large coins.

The village was still talking about how she was going to sell her niece to finance her eldest son’s exams.

The damage to her son’s reputation was simply insufferable!

While Pei Qin and her siblings were away and Lady Fang and Si Ya were distracted, Lady Zhu searched through the two rooms where the mothers lived, but didn’t find a single copper coin.

Lady Fang was already used to it, as there was hardly anything of value in the room anyway.

After loafing around for a few days, Pei Qin wanted to go to the town.

It was about time that Sun Tiezhu’s hoe should be nearly done, ready to be sold.

If she waited too long, everyone would have finished picking their corn, and she would have to wait until next year.

But Pei Wenbo was afraid of her, and while Pei Wenlee hadn’t been beaten, she wasn’t afraid.

Seeing Pei Qin go past Taiping Mountain towards the town, she immediately followed quietly.

Pei Qin was aware of someone following her, and once they reached the town, which was bustling with market day, she wandered aimlessly around.

Thinking Pei Qin was going to spend all her money, Wenlee snorted angrily and cursed while following closely behind.

Just as Pei Qin was about to turn a corner to shake her off, a hand suddenly reached out from nearby and yanked her to the side of the street.