The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 124 Deliberately Coming to Vent Anger (5)_1

Chapter 124: Chapter 124 Deliberately Coming to Vent Anger (5)_1

Even Si Ya had no objections, "Today, we made a total of seven hundred and ten wen money!"

"After deducting the cost, we hardly made a profit," Pei Qin frowned.

"Take it slow! Not losing money at the start is already very good!" Lady Fang, however, was very optimistic, "As long as we have this income, being able to sell every day is a good thing."

"We will earn more and more!" San Ya cheered.

Lady Fang urged everyone to go to sleep, they had all been tired for half the day, and there was still much to do tomorrow!

Pei Qin slept until the evening when she got up, she saw Lady Fang doing needlework and also supervising Pei Wendong with his studies.

The next day, when they went to set up the stall again, they didn’t need to get up so early, as long as the gravy and dough were ready in the morning and taken to town.

Sun Tiezhu and Zou Xing had already set up the stove and stall for them, and the water was also fetched.

Lady Zou was there too, saying she wanted to see how the business was doing and how the noodles were made.

Pei Qin told Sun Tiezhu and Zou Xing that they didn’t need to help in the future, just to hurry up with making the sleds and the hand carts, "...We have plenty of time at noon, lots of hands, just one small noodle stall, we can handle it." The fire was already burning on one side, and she served Lady Zou a bowl of beef Hele noodles.

Lady Zou initially declined, but after eating the noodles, "I had so much this morning, and it’s not even midday yet, I wasn’t hungry at all, and here I am finishing a whole bowl of noodles! They really are delicious!"

"A lot of people come to eat! The business is amazingly good!" Grandma Sun smiled and praised. She insisted on paying.

Lady Fang wouldn’t take the money, "You’ve already helped us so much!"

Indeed, people seeing the noodle stall set up started to shout that they’d come to eat noodles later.

There weren’t many people around at midday, just a few from Taiping Town. By late afternoon, they had sold all the noodles they’d brought.

After packing up and returning home, the sun was just setting.

Counting the money, there were only four hundred and eighty wen money.

"There’s still some profit! Much better than other work!" Lady Fang consoled Pei Qin.

Now setting up a stall, with the town not having a market every day, can only proceed slowly.

For two or three days in a row, no one at home had been seen. Villagers found it strange, the several women going out early and coming back late. The people in the main house speculated even more.

Not until someone saw them setting up a stall in town selling Hele noodles did it become a big topic of village gossip. It was only then that the main house folks knew they were setting up a stall outside!

Lady Zhu came to call at the door.

They had to get up early for the market tomorrow, while it was still light, the women made some food and went to sleep on the kang.

They didn’t find anyone. The next day, Lady Zhu happened to go to the town to sell the eggs she had collected, and Lady Chen followed her.

Pei Wenbo, hearing about the market, was determined to follow, even if it was just to spend one wen money or two wen money on candy, it was still good.

Pei Wenlee also closely followed them; she wanted to see what kind of strange noodles those despicable bastards were selling and boasting about how much they had earned!

They left after having breakfast, a bit late. Upon arriving at the town, they saw that at the noodle stall, Lady Fang and Pei Qin, along with a few others, were busy serving customers, with three tables fully occupied and many people waiting on the side. Grandma Sun was helping by collecting and washing bowls and chopsticks on the side.

Seeing such a scene, Lady Zhu and the others were all stunned.

"They’ve really set up a stall, and there are so many customers!" Pei Wenlee said, her voice sharp.

San Ya also spotted them and felt a sense of tension, nearly spilling the noodles. "Elder Sister! Mother!" she called out to the two and hurriedly served the noodles, collected the money, and returned.

Upon seeing Lady Zhu and Lady Chen, Lady Fang’s expression changed. However, now that they had divided their families and their agreements were in writing that there should be no interference in each other’s lives, they couldn’t meddle, nor forbid them from setting up their stall. Gradually, she relaxed.

Pei Wenbo had already set his sights on their noodles and said unapologetically, "There’s even meat in it; I want a bowl too!"

Of course, he didn’t plan to pay.

Lady Chen, noticing the long queue and a lot of ash under the stove, realized they must have sold quite a bit. Her gaze darkened, and with dignified poise, she approached and said in a not-so-quiet voice, "Second Sister-in-law! Because of the Jian Xiao incident, there have been all sorts of harsh words. How can you still bring your daughters out to run a stall? Si Ya may be young, but Da Ya and San Ya are not! You are an educated person, a Scholar’s daughter..."

Before she could finish, a ladle of hot soup came flying towards her.

Lady Chen screamed and dodged, but she still got splashed on half of her body, with her neck scalded. She glared at Pei Qin furiously, "I am your elder uncle’s wife! You see me and throw hot soup at me!? Is this how your mother raised you!?"

Those who were eating, those who were waiting in line, all turned their heads toward the commotion. The news of Old Pei’s House in Back Mountain Village, of the Scholar’s son’s death during the examinations, and of the eldest son adopting a polygamous lifestyle having children with two women, had spread far and wide. However, Lady Fang rarely left her home and was seldom recognized by people.

As soon as they heard this was the main protagonist, their eyes immediately fixed on her, sizing up Lady Fang, curious to see what a woman involved in Jian Xiao looked like.

Lady Fang’s face turned alternating shades of red and white, flushing with embarrassment and anger, and gritted her teeth silently, "Elder Sister! If you have an issue, take it up with me! Don’t take it out on the children!" She could bear being humiliated and scolded in public but could not tolerate her children being insulted and abused!

"I’m taking it out on the children!? I see you leading your daughters to set up a stall, and I say something out of concern for you all! Your well-taught daughters, throwing hot soup at your elder uncle’s wife!?" Lady Chen’s face showed her rage, yet she still tried to maintain the decorum befitting a Scholar’s mother. Her eldest son was studying at the town school and was going to take the Scholar’s examination after the new year!

"What? Women aren’t allowed to run a stall? There are so many women and girls setting up stalls in town; are they all, as you suggest, shameless for showing their faces publicly? We are but vulgar people; when the family separated, we left with neither a copper coin nor a grain of food. We need to eat to survive, and if setting up a stall to earn some money offends you! Or is it because I taught Carpenter Sun to use the corn thresher and handcart, instead of teaching you, that you are so jealous, deliberately coming here to cause trouble when we are running our stall!?" Pei Qin looked coldly at Lady Chen, laughing sarcastically.

"They are deliberately here to cause trouble and ruin our business!" Si Ya said, biting her teeth indignantly.

San Ya and Pei Wendong too had red eyes; now, would anyone still come to eat the he lao noodles they sold?

Grandma Sun, unable to stand by and watch, chuckled and stepped forward, "This must be the elder sister-in-law from Old Pei’s House. This girl, Xiao Pei, taught my Tie Zhu how to use the corn thresher and the handcart! Every time one is sold, she gets a commission. Even close brothers settle accounts clearly; if you also wanted to do it, you should’ve just negotiated properly. There’s no need for this!" She suggested that Lady Chen, failing to make the thresher and cart herself, probably came to sabotage the business.

"And anyway! Isn’t it true that Carpenter Pei learned how to make them when my family first started selling them, and has been selling them in town on market days ever since?"

Lady Chen wanted to deny it, but Grandma Sun’s next remark, about Pei Houli selling the thresher, effectively silenced her. Her heart filled with hatred, she glared at Lady Fang sinisterly, "Our family is a family of scholars; I was merely speaking out of concern for you, seeing that Da Ya and San Ya are grown up already!"