The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 148: The Wealthy Pei Loaer (2)_1

Chapter 148: Chapter 148: The Wealthy Pei Loaer (2)_1

"Next time they come, we shouldn’t let them eat a bite! If they keep coming every day, no matter how much we sell, it won’t be enough to cover their freeloading!" Si Ya protested strongly. Originally, a bowl of noodles only made a little over one wen in profit, so giving away two bowls for free—how much would that cost them?!

After a tiring half day, when I returned home in the afternoon, I saw Kong’s had come over again, and even Si Ya didn’t look too pleased. "Our family is really busy right now, elder sister, so if there’s nothing important, please go back home!"

"It’s nothing much; it’s just that the New Year is coming, so I embroidered a new handkerchief for you all to use during the holidays," Kong’s said with a smile, taking out a brand-new handkerchief.

Si Ya glanced at it and said, "My mother has already embroidered some for us; we don’t need elder sister’s!" She didn’t open the door and went straight back inside.

"When we had no money, they walked all over us! We couldn’t even afford a proper meal of mixed noodles! Now that we have money, they’re all sticking to us!" Si Ya stuffed her mouth full of mung bean cake with force.

People inherently gravitate towards benefit and steer clear of harm. Pei Qin, when she had more leisure time, would go along with it and chat for a bit, but now she was tired as a dog every day—how could she have the mood to babble with those she didn’t like!

The next day, Fang Fang and Fang Liuming didn’t come over again, and Si Ya felt a bit more at ease.

But Kong’s kept finding excuses to come over every day, either bringing over some little thing or coming to discuss embroidery patterns with Lady Fang. The Laba Festival was approaching soon, and she asked Lady Fang about how to make Laba congee, whether to prepare Laba garlic or Laba beans, and so on.

With the need to set up a stall at home, Lady Fang had no time to make Laba garlic or Laba beans. Kong’s then said that the old mansion would make an extra portion and send some over to them.

The market day arrived again, and since Laba was right around the corner, there were obviously more people coming to the market.

Grandma Sun knew that Pei Qin was the busiest during the market, especially after the peak hours when she would go to the county to teach the young master of the Wang family how to skateboard, so she came early to lend a hand.

Pei Qin managed to free up her hands, packed up as usual, and took a basket full of fresh noodles to the Wang family in the county.

Wang Ting flaunted in front of her that he had already mastered some of the more difficult moves she taught, while his playmates were still only able to simply push themselves forward on the skateboard.

This time, the lady steward in the kitchen had already prepared Pei Qin’s meal in advance, a big bowl full of white rice and another big bowl brimming with vegetables, plus plenty of meat.

Looking at that big bowl of steaming white rice, Pei Qin’s mouth twitched. Even if she ate a lot, she couldn’t finish a big bowl of dry rice and a big bowl of vegetables!

The chef’s assistant brought in another bowl of rib soup, "The third young master ordered it; if it’s not enough, there’s more!" Wang Ting had been called by his mother to eat inside, but he left a message with the kitchen.

Pei Qin wasn’t picky about food, but the one thing she didn’t like was different types of vegetables mixed together in one bowl.

She ate more than half of the rice and not much of the vegetables, but she drank every last drop of the rib soup.

The other Little Radishes were already impatiently waiting.

Pei Qin kept teaching until the afternoon, focusing on correcting their wrong movements and sharing tricks, teaching them how to practice.

When she returned home at dusk, she carried a bag of Laba rice, "Given by the Wang family, save it for the day after tomorrow to make Laba rice!"

Lady Fang looked at the Laba rice, which included glutinous rice, millet, yellow rice, chestnuts, peach kernels, almonds, peanuts, pine nuts, and rock sugar. She had only heard about such elaborate Laba rice but had never seen it. "We can eat for two meals! We’ll make Laba porridge in the morning, and Laba rice in the afternoon!"

Before we even got to eat the Laba porridge, a marriage proposal arrived.

It was that family that Pei Houli mentioned before, the young man named Luo Jie.

This time Luo Jie’s mother was much more pleasant, smiling graciously at Lady Fang and speaking of marriage, even bringing up the matter of the bride price on her own.

Last time, Lady Fang was somewhat reluctant. The Luo family’s circumstances were not bad, but Luo Jie was too unimpressive. Her Qinqin was so capable; having been nurtured for a while, she had blossomed even more, becoming quite outstanding. Standing next to someone like Luo Jie, she felt it was beneath her, and she declined gently.

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