The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 144: Burst You (20)_1

Chapter 144: Chapter 144: Burst You (20)_1

After unloading most of the cart, the rest was all taken to Chang Agricultural Tools Shop, where the Shopkeeper, having been informed beforehand, was even more enthusiastic towards them. He had his assistants serve them tea and snacks. Then, they settled the Silver Coin.

Once the Silver was in hand, amounting to dozens of taels, the group didn’t dare to dine in the county town; instead, Zou Xing bought a stack of baked flatbreads, cutting some stewed pork to stuff inside. For Pei Qin, he even bought an extra chicken drumstick. With the Silver tucked away, they hurried home.

Pei Wenli personally witnessed the Shopkeepers of both the Wang family and Chang’s house seeing them off with a respectful demeanor. He had heard about the handcart affair, Pei Qin’s unwillingness to teach the technique to the main branch, and their resultant inability to replicate it. Unexpectedly, not only had they connected with Landlord Chang’s house, but even with an aristocratic family like the Wangs.

Pei Houli, who had lingered in town to gather intelligence, had lunch there. Not much later, he saw several people returning with their empty carts, all heading to Sun Tiezhu’s house, their faces brimming with joy.

After Pei Qin and Lady Fang came out from Sun Tiezhu’s house, they split seven taels four coins of Silver amongst themselves. Previously, it was agreed that whoever sold a cart would receive a commission. Both transactions had been brokered by Pei Qin, with the commission set at twenty percent, but her share hadn’t been shorted, hence the sum of over seven taels of Silver.

The mothers joyously returned home, where Lady Fang kneaded some dough and made scallion pancakes for Pei Qin and the rest.

The next day, Lady Fang invited Grandma Sun to help, while Pei Qin took a basket of hèluó dough early in the morning to the county town.

Wang Ting, seeing a full basket of hèluó dough, couldn’t help but show a satisfied smile on his chubby face, "Yesterday, they bought skateboards to take home, let’s go sliding in the streets today!"

Not far north of the town was an arched bridge where the road was paved with blue stone slabs, newly repaired and very smooth. Promoting it outside could help sell more skateboards.

Pei Qin led several Little Radishes to the arch bridge on the north side of the town.

The Wang family’s house servants blocked pedestrians from both sides of the bridge, asking them to take another route. Thankfully, the sky was overcast and there were few people, so not many complained.

They watched as Pei Qin led several richly-dressed young masters and repeatedly cast sideways glances.

The arch of the bridge wasn’t too steep, with a gentle slope, and Pei Qin, with a skateboard under each foot, swiftly glided to the middle of the bridge, sliding down through the air and even managing to flip the skateboard in the air, performing tricks.

The Little Radishes watched in awe, filled with envy. The skateboards were like living things under Pei Qin’s feet, obediently moving as directed. Under theirs, however, the boards were slippery, and they could barely stand, inching forward with one foot sliding slowly.

After Pei Qin had shown off enough, those Little Radishes all tugged at Wang Ting, wanting to learn, piling on the praise and promising lots of things. Wang Ting finally let Pei Qin teach them with a mixture of pride and reluctant obligation.

"Let’s get one thing straight first: playing with this thing means you’re going to fall over, and if you cry after falling, don’t expect me to comfort you!" Pei Qin looked at the gathering of Little Radishes with a bit of a headache. When had her affinity with children become this strong?

Wang Ting had also fallen before. Though the talk of falling left some worried and frightened, their attachment to the new toy and pride that couldn’t bear not having what others had, or lacking skills others possessed, spurred the young masters on with high spirits.

Pei Qin started with the basics, simple maneuvers that allowed the skateboard to glide forward without pushing off the ground with one’s feet.

As she taught them half the day, word got around and people came to watch, all bewildered.

Pei Qin was caught in the midst of several Little Radishes, instructing one, reminding another, also having to prevent anyone from falling and getting hurt. These were all precious young masters; if any of them got hurt, even though she had made it clear beforehand, she wouldn’t be able to escape blame. It was fortunate that she didn’t ask for Shuxiu Money; otherwise, any deduction would mean she’d end up owing them instead.