The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 133 Burst You (9)_1

Chapter 133: Chapter 133 Burst You (9)_1

"The house doesn’t even have any tea..." Lady Fang said, feeling embarrassed.

Zou Xing had already turned his donkey cart around, called out, and left.

Upon hearing the noise, Lady Zhu ran out to see what was happening.

Locked outside by Si Ya, Grandma Miao came over with a twisted mouth to gossip with Lady Zhu. She exaggerated how the handcart Pei Qin taught others to make was sure to earn big bucks, otherwise, they wouldn’t send so many things. Then she exaggeratedly recounted all the items sent, including the fabric, bedding, chickens, vegetables, and bread.

Lady Zhu’s complexion darkened, and she walked briskly to the entrance of the small courtyard. "Lady Fang! Come out!"

Just as Lady Fang had put the items away and heard her call, she came out and asked, "Mother, what is it?"

"What’s the matter? Can I, as your mother, no longer order you around?" Lady Zhu asked back with a stern face.

Lady Fang didn’t speak but listened for her to continue.

"Come to the old courtyard! I have something to say!" After saying this, Lady Zhu glared at Lady Fang, standing still, waiting for her to follow.

With Grandma’s authority on display, oppressing Lady Fang, she couldn’t openly resist. She informed Pei Qin and the others and came out.

Pei Qin also followed them to the old courtyard.

Knowing that Pei Qin was there meant she definitely couldn’t say what she wanted, Lady Zhu gave her a sideways glance. "I didn’t call for you. Adults are talking here. What are you following for? Wait outside!"

Pei Qin raised her eyebrows, good-naturedly stood still, and waited outside.

Lady Zhu thought that Pei Qin was still afraid of her, and snorted secretly. As Lady Fang entered, Pei Wenlee promptly bolted the main gate.

Old Pei and Pei Houli were sitting in the main room, while Lady Chen was sitting at the doorway sewing soles, all set up as if they were preparing for a confrontation.

Lady Fang knew they were definitely going to talk about the handcart business. As Lady Zhu unabashedly expressed her displeasure, Pei Houli earnestly proposed that they would also share a certain amount of money with them; Old Pei suggested that the first and second branches of the family were always one, and they should help each other, and that Pei Qin and her siblings would still need to rely on Pei Wenli in the future. Without immediately refusing, Lady Fang looked at the bolted door and after a long silence said, "I’ll go home and discuss it."

"What’s there to discuss! Do you think it looks good to favor outsiders over your own mother? Are you planning to rely on strangers in the future, being a widow and orphans?" Lady Zhu rebuked.

Lady Fang didn’t plan on depending on strangers, but she also knew, seeing them like this, that they would likely not be able to rely on them in the future, "I will go back and discuss it with Qinqin! She was the one who signed the contract with Carpenter Sun and left her fingerprints. She has to agree to teach others, or we’ll have to compensate them!"

Lady Zhu’s face stiffened, "What sort of absurd contract is this!? Since when can’t others learn what you’ve taught him? It’s not like teaching someone else, but our own family—does that bother him? And we have to pay compensation!"

Lady Chen’s eyes sparkled with mockery, "Even if the second sister-in-law can read, she must have forgotten most of it over the years, right? What exactly does that contract say—to make you pay compensation? Were you swindled?"

"Sold out and still counting the money for them!" Lady Zhu cursed angrily.

Pei Houli frowned, "Who suggested that if you teach others, you have to pay compensation? That’s just too malicious! It was originally your own thing. You teach them, and they make money, but they still had to add such a malicious clause to the contract!?"

"It was Qinqin who wrote it!" After Pei Qin concluded the skateboard deal with the Wang family, she came back and also signed a contract with Sun Tiezhu and Zou Xing. The specifics constrained both parties, not just one, not as Lady Fang understood, but it did include a rule like that.

Lady Zhu was about to curse Pei Qin to death, "... digging your own grave to jump into! Thinking you’re so smart, when in fact, you’ll just look like a fool when you’re sold out!"

Lady Fang pressed her lips together, saying nothing.

Old Pei spoke up with a grave voice, "If it’s something that can be discussed, and it’s no issue as long as Carpenter Sun agrees, then we should talk to Carpenter Sun about it!"