The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 105 Selling to the Mountain Valley (2)_1

Chapter 105: Chapter 105 Selling to the Mountain Valley (2)_1

Si Ya pursed her lips and said nothing, though she was somewhat skeptical that Pei Qin truly had their best interests at heart. She would buy whatever Si Ya wanted to eat, without ever caring about not having saved enough money, not giving a thought to what they would do when they ran out of provisions for everyone!

Pei Wendong came over with some candy, holding it out to Si Ya, "Eldest sister asked me to bring this to you."

Si Ya’s eyes flickered with a stubborn defiance, "I don’t want it!"

Lady Fang sighed. It seemed she would have to teach her daughter to be sensible.

Pei Qin put the bones to stew, then went to chop wood. With some free time, it would also be good to chop the thicker logs to use for charcoal burning. According to her, selling just two bags would be enough to last through the winter. Their home didn’t have much firewood, and once it was made into charcoal, they would have none left for burning. When it snowed, they would have to go to the mountain to chop more.

The dry wood burned fiercely, and the delicious aroma of the meat soup wafted from the pot from time to time.

Pei Wenbo smelled the fragrance in the yard and looked quite upset, "A nest of wild birds! Eating meat again!" He felt like causing trouble for Lady Zhu to have a look.

Lady Zhu had gone last time to ask for some Bamboo Rat meat, and had been so humiliated that she still felt angry at the thought. Go and ask again, and let that little wretch hit her a second time in a row!?

"New Year is almost here, and after turning the year, once eldest brother passes the exam and becomes a Scholar, we can eat as much meat as we like!" Pei Wenlee said with a sneer, her triangular eyes darkening, though she too craved meat.

Previously, it had been a long while since the family had a meat meal. If one didn’t eat, then nobody ate; despite being tempted, they managed quite well. However, now that the households were separated, they were the ones without meat, while the second branch could stew meat every few days, making them green with envy!

Pei Houli tried to catch some Bamboo Rats, but after running around for two days and even catching a glimpse of them, he hadn’t managed to grab a single hair.

Pei Qin had seen Lady Fang prepare meat, frying it dry with just a bit of oil or just stewing it. She lit some of the charcoal she had made before in a pottery basin, propped a couple of knives on top, and brushed the meat with oil to roast it. Once the meat was roasted, she sprinkled on some seasoning and placed it in a clamping pan.

Lady Fang thought it looked a little undercooked but, seeing Pei Qin’s earnest demeanor, she held back her comments.

This method of cooking meat didn’t seem quite proper, and it felt somewhat wasteful, but it tasted surprisingly delicious.

With cornmeal pancakes and steaming hot bone soup, the mothers had a full dinner.

Before going to sleep, San Ya lay in bed trying to persuade Si Ya, but hearing some defiance in her words, San Ya didn’t reveal that Pei Qin was just trying to scare her. It was okay for Si Ya to be frugal and save money, but it was wrong to do ill deeds just to pinch pennies. It was right for Eldest Sister to scold her.

The next day, when Pei Qin went to town, Si Ya didn’t dare to follow.

Now, Wang Tiezhu and his brother-in-law, Zou Xing, were engrossed in work at home, leaving the selling to Si Ya’s brother-in-law.

Pei Qin came by and saw the improved hand-drawn carts and pushcarts, very satisfied with them.

Zou Xing looked at her with an unusual interest, "We’ve always been calling you Xiao Pei, but we don’t actually know your real name."

"Pei Qin." She told them directly, to avoid unnecessary speculation and questioning; she wasn’t one for mysteries.

Zou Xing repeated her name, "That’s a nice name!"

Grandma Sun still called her Xiao Pei and came over with a smile, handing her two pears and some sugar cakes, "Your family has kids, take these home for your younger brother and sister to eat."

Pei Qin, thinking of the half-box of orange cakes left from the last time, which were probably saved out of reluctance to eat, was about to refuse.

Lady Zou smiled and said, "It’s not something we bought, my brother brought it from our mother’s house; we made them ourselves. We’ve got quite a few left!"

Pei Qin then accepted them gladly, and negotiated with Sun Tiezhu. For selling the hand-drawn carts and pushcarts, she would help out when she had time. The price would be based on cost, tentatively set at 300 wen and 500 wen. As for the commission, she would still take only twenty percent.

Sun Tiezhu felt that twenty percent was a little low, "Maybe... maybe you should take forty percent! You’ll help sell the carts too!"

"If I end up helping you sell the carts, just giving me the commission for one cart each time one is sold would be fine!" Pei Qin laughed, taking the pears and sugar cakes as she said goodbye.

After she left, Grandma Sun and the others discussed increasing Pei Qin’s cut, "She’s a young girl; we must not take advantage of her."

Lady Zou and Sun Tiezhu both nodded in agreement.

With no money in hand, Pei Qin wandered around the market, but since she couldn’t buy anything, she left the town with the pears and sugar cakes, ready to head home.

However, by the law of misfortune, she bumped into the man who had been kicked into the river.

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