The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 113 Unbelievable_1

Chapter 113: Chapter 113 Unbelievable_1

Inside the second branch of the family, the children were still asleep. Lady Fang rose quietly to prepare breakfast. Just as she had prepared the cornmeal batter and was about to chop some cabbage to fry with salted vegetables, she heard a knock at the door and went out to open it in confusion.

"Is this the Pei Qin household? I’m Sun Tiezhu!" Without seeing Sister Peiqin and her brothers, Sun Tiezhu asked Lady Fang to confirm.

Lady Fang had not met him before, but she knew of him and quickly nodded her head, "Yes! Yes!" Seeing him carrying the meat and pastries and coming over so early in the morning made her even more bewildered. She glanced back and saw San Ya getting up, so she told her to go wake up Pei Qin and opened the door to let Sun Tiezhu in.

Having been referred to as Auntie by Sun Tiezhu as he entered, and seeing that they only occupied two rooms partitioned off from the front yard, Lady Fang was filled with questions.

They didn’t usually have male visitors inside the house, and it would be inappropriate to invite him in, so Lady Fang moved a small stool to the doorstep of the kitchen and apologized, "It’s cramped here at home, we don’t have a place to host you properly, so for now, please bear with this inconvenience!"

"Not at all! Not at all!" Sun Tiezhu did not sit, he carried the meat and pastries into the kitchen, and also placed down one hundred wen money, "We can’t accept this money! The things, my mother asked me to buy them, I..."

"Is there something wrong?" Lady Fang saw his demeanor and knew he had some issues to discuss.

Seeing Pei Qin yawning as she came out, Sun Tiezhu quickly apologized, "...it was me not knowing the seriousness of the matter and still hoping to get some work, my mother scolded me harshly! The skateboard you requested is already made, and I even made two. You check which one you prefer and take it for that young master! I’m in your debt for this favor; I apologize to you!"

Pei Qin was taken aback for a moment and glanced at San Ya.

San Ya lowered her head, afraid that Brother Sun might be delayed.

"No problem! No problem! There’s nothing to be wrong or right about, I said the day after tomorrow anyway!" Pei Qin said with a smile as she received the skateboard. It was polished smoothly, and it would look even better with some varnish. The wheels underneath were well made, and she was just about to give it a try.

Pei Houli came to the outside, "Da Ya! What did you guys need, that you had Carpenter Sun make?"

Sun Tiezhu took a careful look and also recognized him. Sun Tiezhu was the first to learn how to use the screwdrivers that Pei Houli brought out to sell.

Pei Qin, without even looking up, said to Sun Tiezhu, "Brother Sun, you came so early, you haven’t had breakfast yet, have you?" She then told Lady Fang, "Mom, bring out the bamboo shoots to cook two dishes!"

Lady Fang responded and went inside to get the winter bamboo shoots.

"No need! No need, Aunt! I already had breakfast prepared by my mother before coming here." Sun Tiezhu quickly interjected, "Xiao Pei, what do you think of the skateboard? If there’s anything to be altered, just tell me, and I’ll take it back to modify. But I tried it, it should work!"

"For now, I don’t see anything that needs changing, glad it works!" Pei Qin nodded. The ground at home was uneven, so they could only skate on the flagstone streets in town.

"That’s good! I’ll be going then! If you need anything else, just find me!" Sun Tiezhu said as he walked out, then told Lady Fang, "Aunt, don’t bother; I’m heading back now! There’s still work to do at home!"

Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Pei Houli’s face darkened, and he took the initiative to say to Sun Tiezhu, "I’m Da Ya’s uncle. Carpenter Sun, why not stay for a quick meal with us?"

Sun Tiezhu was taken aback; Carpenter Pei was actually Xiao Pei’s uncle, yet just now none of Xiao Pei’s family had paid him any mind, even though they used his screwdrivers. He glanced again at the two rooms partitioned off from a large courtyard; his eyes flashed, "Oh! No need! I still have things to attend to at home!"

Witnessing him stride away, Pei Houli frowned and turned to ask Pei Qin, "What did you guys make? If you had said something, I would have made it directly for you, no need to waste that money!"

Pei Qin took the skateboard back into the room, "San Ya! Go and heat up the pot, let’s fry up the meat!"

San Ya obediently went to the kitchen to fire up the stove.

Si Ya, with her hair still unkempt, came into the kitchen and saw Lady Fang had cut up a small portion of the meat. She quickly took the larger portion along with the two boxes of pastries and one hundred wen money back into the room, brought out a comb for her hair, and locked the door.

Seeing them not even replying, Pei Houli went to the kitchen doorway with an unhappy expression and asked Lady Fang, "How come you’re acquainted with Carpenter Sun? You asked him to make things and he even brought gifts!?"

"Nothing much! Just had him make some items!" Lady Fang didn’t say much more, and seeing the oil in the wok heating up, she poured the meat in to fry.

"If you want to beat something, just come to me! I don’t want your money!" Pei Houli frowned and said.

"He doesn’t want money either! He’s even giving us money!" Peiqin stood with her arms folded and a smile that wasn’t quite a smile on her face.

Pei Houli was even more puzzled, "Why would he give you money?"

"What about it? You want to meddle in our family affairs again?" Peiqin’s gaze was icy.

Pei Houli instinctively felt that things were not simple, and he feared that asking wouldn’t yield any answers. He also warned Lady Fang that Peiqin was a grown girl now, that Sun Tiezhu was married, and to not let anyone deceive her and the like.

Lady Fang listened, and anger stirred in her heart, "My Qinqin is smart! She won’t be deceived! If Sun Tiezhu brings us money, it’s because Qinqin taught him how to craft things and we’re taking a cut! Don’t talk nonsense here!"

"I worry that Da Ya might be deceived... What did you say? Da Ya taught Sun Tiezhu to craft things!? What did she teach Sun Tiezhu to make!?" Pei Houli’s eyes widened in shock.

"The corn threading tool!" Peiqin said with a laugh.

Si Ya tugged at her with a somewhat paled face, worried that if they found out, the main house would definitely want to learn too. And then they would have taught it for nothing, without getting paid!

Pei Houli couldn’t believe it, "The corn threading tool was your idea? How did you teach Sun Tiezhu to make it!? You... I’m a carpenter too, why didn’t you come to me?"

With a smile lingering on her lips, Peiqin looked at him with a mocking coldness, "The main house and the second house do not interfere with each other. Please do not interfere in how we eat!"

Lady Fang had already finished stir-frying the vegetables.

The siblings washed their faces and then huddled in the small kitchen, gathering around the small stove with the stir-fried dishes to eat.

The aroma of pork kept wafting into Pei Houli’s nose, turning his complexion from green to black, and from black back to green. He felt that he must clarify this matter at any cost!

As soon as he left, Si Ya immediately locked the main gate.

Lady Fang was somewhat worried.

"If I don’t teach them, can they force me to!?" Peiqin wasn’t afraid.

Lady Fang sighed, "We ate their meat, so next time we catch a bamboo rat or a wild rabbit, we’ll send one to their house!"

"Alright!" Peiqin agreed, and after eating, she took the skateboard, got back the one hundred wen money, and went out with San Ya, telling Si Ya, "You stay at home and watch!"

Si Ya would have stayed home to watch even without being told. Not just her, she wished her eldest sister and third sister would stay home too. The main house would definitely come over today!

"Being in the right, if you can’t even protect your property, then don’t come to me with complaints in the future!" Peiqin finished speaking, took San Ya, and headed straight for the county town.

Grandma Miao came over when she heard the rumors, inquiring about why someone was sending them meat and gifts, wondering if it was a marriage proposal!

Over in the main house, upon learning that Peiqin had invented the tool and had taught someone else to make money from it, Lady Zhu was so angry she was almost cross-eyed.

"Even though we raised them, they still turn their backs on us! No matter how you raise them, they never grow close!" Lady Chen scoffed as she brought the meals into the house.

Lady Zhu, looking at the stir-fried cabbage stems mixed with coarse flour steamed buns on the table, and thinking of them eating meat and white flour, was already so annoyed she couldn’t take it and stood up to go out, "Ungrateful girl! An ungrateful wretch I failed to rear properly! I’ll show you..."

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