The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 112 Looking for Someone (2)_1

Chapter 112: Chapter 112 Looking for Someone (2)_1

Lady Fang feared she would return late, so she let San Ya go with her.

When they reached Sun Tiezhu’s house, it was already late. Grandma Sun hurriedly asked if there was anything urgent.

Pei Qin asked Lady Zou to bring paper and ink, "Brother Sun! I need you to stop your current task and help me make something first!"

"What is it that needs to be made? Is it urgent?" Sun Tiezhu had been very busy these days.

"It’s urgent!" Pei Qin nodded.

The Wang family matriarch saw her son’s hesitation and shot him a stern look. "Whatever Xiao Pei needs made, do that before anything else!"

What Pei Qin wanted to make was a skateboard. She drew a diagram and explained how it should look.

Mrs. Wang urged Sun Tiezhu to get to work, "Just this one, I guarantee it will be done by tomorrow! You can take it in the afternoon!"

"Good! Thank you so much!" Pei Qin expressed her gratitude and left one hundred wen money.

Grandma Sun insisted on not taking it, but Pei Qin left the money and departed with San Ya.

San Ya, seeing her elder sister did not offer any explanation, couldn’t help but return to the Sun family. "A young master took a liking to the handcart and offered five taels of silver to buy it. My sister was afraid that others would learn how to make it, making the handcart unsellable, so she refused. The young master had someone steal the handcart, and now my sister needs it back but has to exchange it for this skateboard!"

After speaking, she quickly ran out. If they were after silver, that young master would probably be willing to pay ten taels of silver to overpay, yet her sister kept her promise to collaborate with the Sun family. She had told them about making those items but didn’t ask for much money. For such an urgent matter, they should be quicker!

Pei Qin was waiting for her outside. "What were you doing?"

"I... I went to the outhouse," San Ya reflexively didn’t tell her the truth.

Seeing her face flushed, Pei Qin did not inquire further and led her home, contemplating whether she could get the Wang’s Shop to help sell the handcarts and pushcarts depending on the quality of Sun Tiezhu’s work.

The Sun family, having heard San Ya’s words, were shocked—Grandma Sun, Lady Zou, and Sun Tiezhu. Sun Tiezhu immediately felt guilty for his earlier thoughts.

Grandma Sun came out to see that the two sisters were already out of sight. She returned home with a stern face and scolded Sun Tiezhu, "You’re not going to sleep tonight until you finish that board!"

"Yes!" Sun Tiezhu replied with some shame, quickly found the timber, and started working busily.

Sun Tiezhu worked throughout the night and made two skateboards. As dawn approached, he carefully smoothed them down, stood on them to test them out, cleaned them, and continued to polish.

Grandma Sun lamented, "We only know her surname is Pei, but we have no idea where she lives!"

"I know! Xiao Pei mentioned before that her family is from Back Mountain Village. Knowing her name is Pei Qin, I can deliver it and just ask around the village to find her!" Sun Tiezhu decided to deliver them quickly.

Grandma Sun nodded. Seeing him with red eyes from lack of sleep, she felt very sorry for him. She made him a bowl of dough drop soup and told him to eat, then gave him two strings of copper coins. "Return these hundred wen money to Xiao Pei. We can’t take it— it’d be unscrupulous. Take this money to buy two boxes of pastries; don’t go empty-handed."

Sun Tiezhu nodded hastily, ate his meal, took the money, wrapped the skateboards in burlap, and then went to the market. He purchased meat, two boxes of mung bean cakes, and pea cakes, and hurried to Back Mountain Village.

It was already broad daylight and smoke rose from chimneys everywhere. Sun Tiezhu asked a villager where Pei Qin’s home was. Seeing the person didn’t understand, he added that she was the eldest of four siblings and their father had passed away.

Four siblings whose father had died—there was only Pei Qin’s family fitting that description in Back Mountain Village. The man gave Sun Tiezhu a strange look after seeing him carrying meat and pastries, and finally pointed him in the right direction.

Pei Houli opened the door to find Sun Tiezhu arriving with goods, heading for Pei Qin’s door. He couldn’t help but feel surprised. Why was Carpenter Sun coming to seek out the people from the second room, and with generous gifts at that?

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