The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 117 Celebration with Roast Chicken (1)_1

Chapter 117: Chapter 117 Celebration with Roast Chicken (1)_1

Pei Qin turned around and saw the mocking coldness in his deep eyes, chuckling, "One should be content to live happily!" If it hadn’t been for the accident that landed the deal in her hands, she would have preferred to sell them one by one!

"Once the snow stops, you have to come over and teach me! Otherwise, I won’t give you the silver!" Wang Ting called out from behind.

"Okay!" Pei Qin waved her hand and, leading San Ya, went into the street, "Let’s go! Let’s have a bowl of beef noodles!"

As they sat down in the noodle shop and the noodles were served, San Ya still felt a bit unreal. She looked around, leaned closer to Pei Qin, and asked in a low voice, "Big Sister! Did we really just make a deal for one hundred taels of silver?" She had just heard one hundred and some taels.

Pei Qin laughed heartily at her, "Kid! Stick with your sister, and you’ll eat and drink well!"

This attracted sideways glances from others in the noodle shop.

"Big Sister..." San Ya called out to her earnestly.

"Eat quickly! Eat quickly! If we don’t go back soon, we won’t be able to walk once it starts snowing heavily!" Pei Qin laughed as she urged her.

San Ya nodded and hurriedly sped up her eating. The beef noodles were so fragrant, so delicious! When they set up their noodle stand, they would have to make them this tasty! Surely lots of people would buy!

After eating, Pei Qin saw a braised meat shop and went inside to buy a roast chicken, "Let’s go! Let’s go home and celebrate!"

San Ya was also very excited. The two sisters, facing the falling snow, got on a mule cart and rushed back to the village before the snow became too heavy.

Lady Fang stood anxiously at the entrance of the village, covered in a layer of snow on her head and shoulders. Seeing the two returning, she finally sighed in relief, "Aren’t you cold? Have you eaten? Hurry home! You’re all wet!"

Si Ya’s nose was sharp. As soon as they entered the house, she smelled meat, "We already had meat at home, and you went and bought more meat!"

"I bought a roast chicken!" Pei Qin placed the chicken on the small table, took out ten taels of silver and tossed them onto the table too, then went to the doorway to shake the snow from her body with a towel.

Lady Fang, Si Ya, and Pei Wendong stared at the roast chicken and the ten taels of silver, dumbfounded.

"Those two sleds were sold for ten taels of silver!?" Si Ya asked excitedly.

"Not ten! It’s that your big sister negotiated a big deal with the shopkeeper of the Wang family. The Wang family’s general store ordered five hundred sleds. These ten taels of silver are the deposit, and the total sum is... one hundred and some taels of silver!" San Ya said excitedly, lowering her voice at the end.

"Ah!? One hundred... taels of silver!? Did I hear that right? Isn’t it one hundred copper coins?" Si Ya hurriedly grabbed her and asked.

"One hundred and five taels. Don’t shout about it! We can’t get the money now; we have to wait until we deliver the goods before we can get a share! This ten taels deposit will have to be used tomorrow to buy wood from Sun Tiezhu. He has ordinary wood, but for rosewood, phoebe nanmu, and redwood, we need to pay a lot!" Pei Qin stamped the mud and snow off her cotton boots.

Si Ya felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her, "We have to share with Sun Tiezhu’s house? How much can we actually get?"

"We should get about twenty taels." Pei Qin made a rough estimate.

"Only that much from one hundred taels!?" Si Ya exclaimed in shock.

"What are you making a fuss for! The wood and the workmanship are all their contribution. Getting over twenty taels is already not bad!" Pei Qin glanced at her. People here would split one wen money in half if they could; twenty-something taels of silver could feed a family of five for three years!

"That’s already a lot!" Lady Fang felt joy mingled with a touch of heartache for her eldest daughter.

San Ya nodded continuously, "There are also hand carts and wheelbarrows. We’ll get a share from selling those too!"

Si Ya felt a bit deflated. The big sister was just too kind! Clearly, they could have gotten more, but she chose to get less! She asked again, "Then why didn’t we sell the hand carts and wheelbarrows together with the rest?"

"It was originally because your big sister agreed to teach that young master how to ride the sled that the deal came about. If we had asked them to buy the hand carts as well, we might not have made a deal at all. Your big sister said to take it one step at a time," San Ya explained.

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