The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 203: The Hero Seizes Wealth and Beauty (3)_1

Chapter 203: Chapter 203: The Hero Seizes Wealth and Beauty (3)_1

Pei Wendong knew his words were of no use and followed Pei Qin out with a sullen air.

Pei Qin thought he didn’t have contact with other children, and whenever he did, it was always associated with unpleasant memories, casting a shadow in his heart. She cajoled him a bit more and the next day sent him to school.

As she left with a smile and a wave of her hand, Pei Wendong’s spirits sank. He was now of no help and was even costing them more silver.

Teacher Sun was also aware of the siblings’ past ordeals, instructed him to study hard and get along with his classmates and paid extra attention to him, noting the boy was bright—it just remained to be seen how much he could learn.

Only three people were left at the noodle stall, so Grandma Sun came over to help out.

"Grandma Sun! It’s less busy at noon; we can manage. You go home and take care of your business!" Pei Qin told her to go home.

Lady Zou had just finished her confinement, but now had to take care of an additional baby at home. With Sun Tiezhu and Zou Xing busy with their work, some of the more laborious tasks fell on Grandma Sun.

Pei Qin urged her several times, and seeing that they really could manage, Grandma Sun eventually went home, saying, "I’ll come to help when it’s market day!" They would certainly be too busy to manage on their own when market day came.

"Good! We’ll have to call for you if you don’t come!" Pei Qin unceremoniously agreed.

After a busy day, they closed the stall in the afternoon and hurried home for a brief rest before starting to peel peanuts.

On market day, Pei Qin didn’t socialize much; she packed up as soon as they sold out and rushed the caramelized peanuts, which she had prepared the day before, to the county town. Upon return, she didn’t even have time for a meal but gnawed on two meat pastries and drank a bowl of tea before hurrying off to Back Mountain Village with Pei Yuan.

The entire Pei Li Zheng Family was waiting for them, having already moved back the noodle press and soaked the rice as she had instructed.

Pei Qin started teaching them right away, grinding the rice into a slurry, steaming the rice batter, pressing it into rice noodles, and then cooling it, "If it’s fresh, you can drop it into boiling water, cook it briefly, and then it’s ready to eat with some sauce poured over it. If you want to make dried rice noodles, you need to dry them well. But even dried rice noodles shouldn’t be kept for too long; they can last for at most three to five days before spoiling, and eating them can lead to trouble!"

Grandma Pei was very pleased and eager to try making them herself.

Pei Qin ate three bowls of rice noodles and then put a stop to it, teaching them how the noodles should be made, before swiftly taking her leave.

The next day, after closing the stall, she returned to check on their progress. Finally, the rice noodles looked decent. After tasting two bowls, Pei Qin told them to deliver twenty servings the next day and advised them to ask around at the noodle houses to see if anyone was interested in placing orders.

The noodle stall introduced spicy and sour rice noodles along with beef rice noodles, which were quite expensive. A bowl of rice noodles cost as much as two bowls of regular noodles.

But because it was novel and unheard of, and many people in the town were well-to-do, having a bowl of eight or ten wen money rice noodles occasionally wasn’t a big deal. Rarity breeds demand, and over a few days, they managed to sell more than twenty servings each day.

When the two noodle houses in town saw that people were eating rice noodles, they too placed orders with the Pei Li Zheng Family. The little workshop was slowly beginning to turn a profit.

The people of Back Mountain Village observed that Pei Li Zheng was siding with Sister Pei Qin and her brother.

Old Pei and his people became even more convinced that Pei Li Zheng was the one who had relayed the content of the blood letter word for word to Old Scholar Fang, otherwise Pei Qin wouldn’t have suddenly taught them how to make rice noodles for money.

Pei Li Zheng didn’t say much anymore, unable to clarify his stance when Pei Qin brought up the matter, it wasn’t necessary for him to explain now.

Pei Zongli, who had been dead for over a decade, had suddenly come back to life, but his household registration had been canceled, and naturally, his scholar’s status was gone too. He needed Pei Li Zheng to provide certification and the villagers to testify in order to restore his household registration. This was easy, but restoring his status as a scholar was difficult.

Even though they had greased palms with silver, the authorities had told them to wait for news, but there had been no word yet.

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