The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 119 Let me marry Da Ya_1

Chapter 119: Chapter 119 Let me marry Da Ya_1

Zou Xing was already seventeen, and he understood his own feelings, wishing to see her, to be close to her, to treat her well. Those people were still mistreating her, not knowing her worth at all!

As he was thinking, someone called out at the door.

Grandma Sun went to open the door and saw Pei Qin and Si Ya coming in. She exclaimed happily, "Ah! Xiao Pei is here!? In such cold weather, how come you’ve come!?"

Zou Xing hurriedly stood up, his gaze fixed intently on her.

Pei Qin greeted with a smile, "We have good news, wanted to inform you in time so you can start work early!"

Si Ya pursed her lips and said, "My eldest sister helped you negotiate a deal with the Wang family, one hundred and five taels of silver!" Speaking of this, she felt indignant, such a large sum of silver, and they would only get a little over twenty taels, it was far too little!

"What!? One hundred and five taels of silver!?" Grandma Sun, Sun Tiezhu, Zou Xing, and Lady Zou all widened their eyes in shock.

Pei Qin took out the signed contract, explained the details of the matter, and then took out ten taels of silver money, "A batch of goods needs to be delivered by the end of November, the rest will be delivered at the end of December and by the end of the first month. If it’s too busy, recruit two trustworthy carpenter masters to help out! After all, there are hand-pulled carts to make too!"

Grandma Sun was so overjoyed she hardly knew what to say, she took Pei Qin’s hand, tears of excitement appearing in her eyes, "Xiao Pei! You are truly our family’s consort, our great benefactor!"

Lady Zou also wiped away tears of joy, knowing if they earned this money, not only could they pay off all their debts, but their life could also become more comfortable! When the baby in her belly was born, she would no longer have to worry about having no money to raise the child!

Grandma Sun handed Pei Qin to Lady Zou to pull inside, "Don’t let them go back! I’ll go slaughter a chicken!" She also called out to Sun Tiezhu, "Hurry and cut some meat!"

Pei Qin hadn’t bought meat but brought a bag of eggs instead, these were loose eggs, meant for Lady Zou to eat two a day, which could be consumed gradually, buying chicken cutting meat, would all be gone in one meal.

Seeing the family’s excited and agitated state, Pei Qin knew she wouldn’t be able to leave, and she also needed to discuss the sale of the hand-pulled and hand-pushed carts with Sun Tiezhu and Zou Xing. She cheerfully agreed, "Today, we won’t leave, we’ll just freeload and eat here!"

"Good, good, good!" Lady Zou said "good" repeatedly.

Before Pei Qin could stop her, Grandma Sun had already slaughtered the household’s crowing rooster with swift movements of the knife.

"This chicken was loud, crowing before daybreak, always disturbing Tie Zhu’s wife from sleeping well! Now that I’ve slaughtered it, it won’t bother anyone again!" Grandma Sun didn’t feel a bit of sorrow, instead, she was quite delighted.

Pei Qin smiled and went over to help.

Meanwhile, Sun Tiezhu quickly returned with cut meat and also bought a pound of pressed beef, ten steamed buns made of white flour. They used mixed flour pancakes for their own meals at home, which didn’t look nice or taste good to serve.

It wasn’t even midday yet when Grandma Sun had hurried and finished cooking. She stewed a big pot of chicken, stir-fried a pot of meat, sliced a plate of beef, and fried white cabbage with tofu, radish slices, and a bowl of scrambled eggs.

A lavish spread was laid out on the table, inviting Pei Qin and Si Ya to enjoy the hot meal.

There was no rule of silence during meals, and with several people sitting together at the table, it was indeed a lively and hearty feast.

Pei Qin discussed with Sun Tiezhu and Zou Xing about making skateboards first, finding two trusted carpenter masters, not to delay the hand-pulled carts and hand-pushed carts. Once the skateboards were sold, they would gradually introduce the hand-pulled carts, if there were few buyers in the county town, they would sell them in the prefectural city, despite the distance, they could earn more money.

Sun Tiezhu greatly admired her, a young girl who came up with those things, made money to support her mother, brother, and sister, encountered a young master, and even struck a big business deal, yet she only took a small commission and handed it all over to them. Now whatever Pei Qin said, he felt made sense.

"The noodle machine is finished, do you want to give it a try!" Zou Xing suddenly asked.

Pei Qin’s eyes lit up, "It’s finished? Let me have a look first!"

Zou Xing laughed and led her to see the noodle machine.

"How about I help test it with some dough!" Lady Zou came over and asked.

Pei Qin examined it carefully and tried pressing it with her hand; it was made of jujube wood and was very sturdy, "No need! This is fine! I’ll just take it home and try!"

"This thing is quite heavy! Let me help you send it home!" Zou Xing quickly offered.

Pei Qin tried lifting it and found it manageable, "It’s alright! We’re close by, I’ll be home in a moment!"

Grandma Sun hurried out, wrapping a chicken leg in oil paper, insisting she take it home for her brother and sister to eat, and also brought out some eggs, "...our family never runs out of eggs!"

After a round of back and forth refusals, Grandma Sun kept the eggs, and Pei Qin accepted the chicken leg, carrying the noodle machine out with Si Ya.

Zou Xing watched them and, after greeting his brother-in-law and sister, chased after them, lifting the noodle machine, "Didn’t you say the road was short? It won’t take much time, so let me take it home for you!" he said, striding ahead.

Si Ya caught up and saw Zou Xing’s flushed face; she then looked back at Pei Qin falling behind, thought for a moment, and her eyes immediately brightened. This Zou Xing must have taken a fancy to her older sister! He’s capable, not bad-looking, and his family is in the blacksmithing business—they surely had some savings. He was far better than Qian Dog and much better than Zhang Dalang! She had to go home and talk to Mother about it!

The Sun family was so warmhearted that Pei Qin didn’t think much of it, and when they arrived at her door, she invited Zou Xing in for tea.

Zou Xing took a look, indeed it was just two small rooms, the kitchen was a straw shed, and the toilet was surrounded by corn stalks. The house, looking as if it leaked rain, didn’t even have a proper gate. Seeing the thin and small Pei Qin, he felt a pang of pity and said with a smile, "No, thank you! I’ll have tea when I have time on another day! I have to go back and help my brother-in-law with work now!"

There was hardly any space in the house, so Pei Qin, of course, did not insist and thanked him as she watched him leave.

Lady Fang came over to open the door and moved the noodle machine inside the house.

Zhang Dalang followed him to the edge of the village, watching the flushed-faced Zou Xing stride away; feeling blocked and stifled inside as he thought about the village rumors; he went back home and pleaded with Grandma Zhang again, "Mother! Please agree to let me marry Da Ya! Their family’s situation isn’t her fault, she didn’t even understand what it meant for her father to be dead at that time! Now you’ve heard, Da Ya is better than those village girls! Please agree!"

"Even if you keep asking, I won’t agree to let you marry a girl from a family like theirs! I’ve already spoken to your aunt and your mother’s sisters; we’ll find you a match before the year is out, and you’ll get married after the new year! Stop thinking nonsense!" Grandma Zhang said sternly. She had her first son in her thirties and would never let him marry that sort of girl!

"I don’t want to marry any of those girls! I just want to marry her!" Zhang Dalang’s eyes reddened as he said, "If it’s too late, Da Ya might be taken by someone else!"

"That little vixen must have bewitched you! If you insist on marrying her, over my dead body! Otherwise forget it! I will never let her enter Zhang family’s doors!" Grandma Zhang looked down on Pei Qin and disdained Lady Fang; her son could not marry someone like Pei Qin.

Zhang Dalang’s face turned pale, wondering what it would take for his mother to agree to let Da Ya join their family!

The obstinate Grandma Zhang soon contradicted her own words.