The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 649: Killing Master Qianliang (4)_1

Mo Heng reached out his hand, "Come to daddy for a hug, let your mother rest a bit. She can’t hold you anymore." Since returning, Jiujiu had not been with him.

Jiujiu clung to her mother’s neck and wouldn’t let go.

"You’re tiring your mother. Come here." Mo Heng coaxed her.

Jiujiu reluctantly let go.

Mo Heng picked her up and carried her over; staying in her father’s arms, her little face was full of grievance.

Peiqin quickly rubbed her arms. Her daughter clung tightly and wouldn’t let go, and to make matters worse, Little Radish had long legs and a heavy body, which made her arms particularly sore from holding her.

Seeing how much Jiujiu clung to Peiqin, it was really because these past days had frightened her badly, causing Grandma Fang and Lady Yu to feel a pang of heartache.

Lady Ruan and her daughter Fang Xin played with her.

Jiujiu was not interested at all.

"Yesterday, Xiao Xingwang came over to get Jiujiu to visit his little brother, but the little guy completely ignored him, just sticking to her older sister," Peiyuan said with a smile.

"Not just Qinqin and Mo Heng, but all the people in our household, including Wendong and Jiujiu, need to be well nourished!" Grandma Fang brought three old hens in one go this time.

Nourishment was a consensus in the family.

That day’s meal featured two medicinal soups for nourishment.

Then the Fang family went home to prepare the pork, pickled bamboo shoots, spinach, etc. Fang Hui and Feng Shouxing also went home to prepare kimchi and other needed vegetables.

The Fang family raised several pigs every year, not only for selling but also so that they could have meat during the New Year, the dirty water from washing pans and leftover vegetable soup could be fed to the pigs, and pig manure was an excellent fertilizer for their fields.

"By the end of the year, the few pigs in the household will have fattened up and can be sold for money," Fang Li muttered discontentedly as he saw Old Scholar Fang picking out which pig to slaughter outside the pigpen.

Old Scholar Fang turned his head, his gaze piercing as he looked at him, "A pig is just worth a few taels of silver. You’re dissatisfied because your niece is offered a pig!?"

"I didn’t say you couldn’t!" Fang Li pursed his lips, "That’s several taels of silver for a pig, just saying."

When Grandma Fang heard this, she wanted to smack him, "Dalang and his younger uncle are attending the Imperial College, all thanks to Qinqin! She even gave twenty taels of silver for the travel expenses, why don’t you say anything about that! You worthless creature!"

Fang Li, thinking about the business he would do with Peiqin and Shen Songming to make a big profit, waved his hands, "Alright alright! I won’t say anymore, you guys pick a big one!" He turned and left.

Old Scholar Fang did choose a big one, worried it wouldn’t be enough. Peiqin and her family already had a good reputation, and now she had been titled Third Rank Lady of Yuanyang, and Mo Heng appointed as Ninth Rank Inspector, surely the visitors would not be few.

So, Sister Peiqin and her siblings went up the mountain and caught two sacks full of bamboo rats.

"These few years without us bothering them, their numbers have indeed expanded quite a lot!" Peiqin said, smiling as she held an eight-pound bamboo rat.

"Then let’s come out and catch bamboo rats again this year!" Peiyuan laughed. Catching bamboo rats had become a sentimental activity for the siblings.

Peiqian’s gaze shifted, "Let’s raise bamboo rats! And wild rabbits too! Deer meat is delicious, even if we catch them, we can keep them!" freewebnσvel.cѳm

"Sure! I’ll invest ten taels of silver!" Peiqin expressed her support.

"Then I’ll put in twenty taels!" Chang Yonglin also joined in with a smile.

Pei Wendong laughed as well, "I’ll just put in ten taels!" His private savings weren’t as much as his second and third sisters.

"I’ll also put in ten taels, that’s fifty taels of silver in capital already! We can start building houses and cages," Xiao Yong said, laughing heartily.

Peiyuan covered her mouth with a laugh, asking Peiqian, "Quick, work out what else we need, I can invest another fifty taels for you!"

Peiqian looked darkly at them, "You all just want to boss me around, waiting to pocket the dividends, don’t you!?"

"Don’t you have no money right now as well!? We’re kindly investing silver for your capital!" Peiqin laughed out loud.