The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 128: Burst You (4)_1

Chapter 128: Chapter 128: Burst You (4)_1

Zhang Yan sat in the pavilion, drinking tea, watching Pei Qin teach Wang Ting and Wang Nuo how to skateboard, and turned his head to instruct the Changsui standing by, "Go and check in the kitchen to see if there’s any dough left."

The Changsui looked at him with some surprise and obeyed, heading to the large kitchen in the front courtyard.

The noodles hadn’t been thrown away yet. A chef’s assistant was planning not to discard them, but to take them home for a taste test; he had never seen such round, thick noodles before and wondered how they were made. Hearing that the second mistress’s brother was looking for those noodles, he eagerly presented them.

After the cooked noodles were served, Zhang Yan took a pair of chopsticks and tasted them gracefully. The dough had been mixed with something, giving it a distinct and interesting flavor.

Pei Qin taught until the afternoon, gave the two new skateboards to brothers Wang Ting and Wang Nuo, and then bid farewell to return home.

By the time she arrived home, it had already turned dark.

The house was very calm. Lady Fang had prepared dinner, and everyone was waiting for her to come back before starting the meal.

In the pot, there was the deep-fried oil cake that Pei Qin liked, rice congee was boiled, and spicy stir-fried cabbage was cooked.

Pei Qin looked at everyone’s expressions, didn’t say much, grabbed a couple of oil cakes and ate them with the spicy stir-fried cabbage.

The next day, Lady Fang awoke before dawn and asked hesitantly, "Qinqin! Are we... still going to set up our stall?"

"Of course! Why wouldn’t we! We spoke so righteously yesterday; if we don’t go today, wouldn’t that make us look guilty!" Pei Qin got dressed neatly and started preparing the bone broth and meat.

Lady Fang took a deep breath and busied herself preparing the dough.

San Ya and Si Ya helped to pack up the hand cart.

The mother and daughters continued to head out.

The old house’s gate was open, Lady Zhu was sunning corn in the yard, and upon seeing them go out, she cursed from the yard, "You’re not ashamed enough, insisting on showing your faces! Without people pointing fingers at you, without attracting big trouble, you just won’t learn! Let’s see how long you can keep this up!"

Lady Chen had suffered several losses under Pei Qin and, with her eldest son’s critical imperial exam coming up, she didn’t dare to cause trouble openly. However, she felt even more resentful and angry, wishing for Lady Fang and Pei Qin to end up in a wretched state to soothe her hatred.

When the villagers saw them still setting up their stall, their glances were full of different emotions. Some spat disdainfully, saying Lady Fang had ruined the reputation of Back Mountain Village. Others were more accepting than outsiders, after all, it had been more than ten years, and they had gotten used to it.

Grandma Sun and Lady Zou were somewhat stunned to see them setting up the stall again, thinking of telling them to rest for a couple of days until the commotion subsided. But since the dough was already made and brought over, they had no choice but to help set up the stall.

"If people come to eat our noodles from now on, that will truly prove how delicious our He La noodles are!" Pei Qin jokingly said with a smile.

"Xiao Pei is right! As long as the noodles we sell are delicious, naturally a lot of people will come to eat!" Grandma Sun agreed, nodding with a smile, then added, "The mill owner over there, so deceptive and shifty, ruined our mill and made it impossible to manage. Still, how many people in the town know this. Isn’t their family still running a mill!?"

Having listened to some advice at the Sun family’s house the previous day, Lady Fang wasn’t feeling as humiliated and ashamed, but she felt sorry for her children. She too needed to muster her courage and keep running the noodle stall well!

They were all prepared for the possibility that no customers would come to eat, but then people started to arrive in groups to have noodles.

Lady Fang was immensely grateful and quickly served the cooked noodles.

Seeing customers arrive, Grandma Sun breathed a sigh of relief, "Business is always built up over time; slowly but surely, it will get better!"

Lady Fang thanked her again, urging her to go back to her own work, "We can manage here! Auntie, please go back! There’s still so much work to do at home!"

Grandma Sun, seeing that she wasn’t needed, headed back.

Throughout the afternoon, some people indeed came, some curious to see if they would dare to continue with their stall, others to look at Lady Fang and Pei Qin, still others to eat. In the end, they sold several dozen portions of noodles.

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