The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 150: The Wealthy Pei Loaer (4)_1

Chapter 150: Chapter 150: The Wealthy Pei Loaer (4)_1

"Ah!? What book are we reciting?" Si Ya asked.

"Do you recognize the characters in the contract? Can you do the accounting? Can you write your own name?" Pei Qin glanced at her.

San Ya was very happy. She had wanted to learn to read and to do accounting like her older sister. But since her sister had only been teaching her brother, she hadn’t dared to express her desire to learn. Now that her older sister was suggesting they learn, she put down her embroidery work immediately, "Older sister! I will learn from you!"

"Hmm, let’s start with ’The Old Peddler’ then!" Pei Qin was fond of this ancient text that was perfected through practice. She had become more proficient in fighting by fighting more.

"What’s ’The Old Peddler’?" San Ya was curious. "Don’t we start with the ’Three-Character Classic’?"

"Understanding the principle first, then learning the characters, you will learn much faster," Pei Qin said as she recited "The Old Peddler" and then explained it sentence by sentence.

Those unfamiliar with the classical particles naturally didn’t understand, but once it was translated into a story, they all suddenly got it.

"As long as you practice one thing many times, you can become very proficient! Very proficient!" San Ya, after all being two years older, was quick to grasp the concept.

When Lady Kong came to deliver garlic for the Laba garlic and beans for the Laba festival, San Ya and Si Ya were reciting the Three Character Classic. She came over in surprise to see Pei Wendong holding a branch, and a layer of fine dirt spread on the ground, writing characters in the dirt. Lady Kong was secretly alarmed. They had already connected with the Wang family, had set up a stall, and now they were also learning to read and write...

Lady Fang didn’t accept her Laba garlic and beans, "We’ve agreed to just the Laba porridge; no one in our family likes these things. You take them back!"

Lady Kong nodded somewhat absentmindedly, and when she got home, she said to Lady Zhu and the others, "The kids from the second branch are learning to read. Does the family know?" If things continued this way, the second branch might rise to prominence in the future.

"They are learning to read—who will teach them!? Surely they haven’t gone to school!" Lady Zhu finished saying this and her face froze. They had helped Carpenter Sun sell two big carts of kick-scooters, so naturally they had some money now. Who knew if they had split a few taels of silver!

Lady Kong was slightly worried.

After Laba, the mothers returned to setting up their stall in town as usual.

The stall had just been set up when a carriage came down the main road, inquiring all the way about he luo noodles.

Everyone thought it was someone who smelled the delicious noodles and came to eat he luo, but two young masters got off the carriage, actually looking for Pei Qin.

One was Landlord Chang’s eldest grandson, Chang Yonglin, and the other, a delicate and pretty boy, was unknown, looking for Pei Qin to teach them how to kick-scoot before the New Year, "...to be better than Wang Ting!"

They also made some requests.

Pei Qin said seriously, "I still have to sell noodles at the stall..."

"I’ll give you silver so your family won’t have to sell at the stall anymore!" Chang Yonglin said, and then handed her a purse.

Pei Qin pulled out ten taels of silver and her mouth twitched, "Right now I’m teaching Wang Ting, if you want to learn, you’ll have to come to Taiping Town." The bluestone road in town wasn’t very smooth, but several wealthy landlords had their own alleys in front of their houses which were very well constructed.

Chang Yonglin looked to the young boy beside him, who nodded after a moment’s hesitation, and Chang Yonglin also nodded, "Alright then!"

Having received someone’s silver, she had to teach them well. Lady Fang let Pei Qin go teach, while she, San Ya, and Si Ya looked after the noodle stall.

The lunch crowd wasn’t too large, and Pei Qin could come over after lunchtime. She went to Sun Tiezhu to get a kick-scooter and then led Chang Yonglin and the two boys to an empty lot and alley by Landlord Zhao’s front gate. She let them scoot around for a couple of loops first and then gave pointers.

A house servant from Landlord Zhao’s family came out, ready to chase them away, but seeing the carriage parked not far away and Chang Yonglin with the two richly dressed boys, accompanied by several servants standing by, the servant didn’t dare to send them away.

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