The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 272 Are You Even Letting Others Live? (9)_1

Chapter 272: Chapter 272 Are You Even Letting Others Live? (9)_1

"Frying, boiling, whatever works! But fried rice cakes mixed with seasoning are the most delicious!" Shen Songming thought Pei Qin’s kneading was quite impressive, and once again felt she had the virtues of a good wife and mother. If she were a bit gentler, a bit more thrifty, a little more foolish, and didn’t know how to fight, she would indeed be the perfect wife and mother!

Sun Xiujin looked at him as he spoke about fried rice cakes, as if they were the most delicious thing in the world, and couldn’t help but feel that fried rice cakes actually must be tasty. "Isn’t Young Master Shen from Jinan Prefecture? Do people there also pound rice cakes?"

"People from the south have the tradition of pounding rice cakes!" Shen Songming’s family was from a southern city in his previous life.

After hearing that, Sun Xiujin asked again, "Young Master Shen knows even this; you must have been to the south, to many places, right?"

"I have been there once." It wasn’t even him who went.

Looking at him, admiration clear in her eyes, Sun Xiujin said, "Just one visit, and Young Master Shen learned how to pound rice cakes from the south, that’s really amazing!"

Shen Songming heard the praise and turned his head with a smile.

His handsome face lit up with a warm and gentle smile, uncharacteristic of those rich and dandy young masters. Rumor had it he was a Scholar, and even Master County showed him some respect. As she looked at him, her heartbeat unexpectedly quickened, and her cheeks flushed slightly.

Pei Qin was too busy to attend to guests, and Sun Xiujin stayed without leaving, washing her hands and saying she’d help. However, unfamiliar and unskilled, she stayed awkwardly to the side, occasionally chatting with Shen Songming.

Pei Qian looked up, saw her standing with Shen Songming, and her expression darkened, eyes suddenly holding a hint of malice. She was indeed up to no good!

The rice cakes were done, and Pei Qin finally found time to break away. Seeing that Sun Xiujin and Sun Tingyu were still around, she smiled awkwardly. The mortar wasn’t big enough to make many rice cakes; the two Little Radishes were so fond of them, she didn’t even know if they paid attention in class that morning, but they’d definitely want to eat some when they came back. Shen Songming, that fool, would need a whole large plate to himself. With too many monks and not enough gruel, if Sun Xiujin and Sun Tingyu stayed, they’d only be able to taste a little.

Pei Qian subtly reminded them it was time to go home for dinner.

Sun Xiujin also felt a bit awkward about staying, but remembering they had brought a basket of vegetables over, and when Pei Qin had just mentioned if they wanted to stay and try some, she blushed slightly and agreed, eagerly helping to pick vegetables and cook.

Pei Qin cut the rice cakes into thin slices, preparing to make fried rice cake. When she came out to get things, she reminded Shen Songming, "You eat less!"

"I don’t want to!" Shen Songming was quite reluctant.

By the time Pei Wendong and Chang Yonglin came back from school, the meal was ready.

As Sun Xiujin carried dishes into the main room, she glanced at the few people dining at Pei Qin’s house and her heart raced. They were surely going to sit together and eat, right?

But Pei Qian didn’t let her wish come true, "The men will eat in the main room, we’ll eat in the kitchen. Leave half of the dishes!"

Sun Xiujin’s expression stiffened.

Pei Qin didn’t mind, and looking at Sun Xiujin and Sun Tingyu, she thought of them as literate and reasonable young girls from the town. Since Shen Songming was a man, she divided the dishes and set the table in the kitchen.

Sun Xiujin was quite disheartened inside, wanting to ask Pei Qin a few questions about Shen Songming, "How do you know Young Master Shen? Were sweet potatoes taught by him too?"

"He bought the skateboard my elder sister made and came by himself!" Pei Qian answered her.

"So, it’s the skateboard." Sun Xiujin nodded, looking at Pei Qin with some envy. Because of the skateboard, not only did she teach Young Master Wang, but now even the young master from Landlord Chang’s house had moved in with them.

Sun Tingyu quickly asked, "Sister Peiqin, who taught you skateboarding? I’ve seen you teaching the young master from Chang’s house, you’re so smooth on the board!" She had been curious about this for a long time.

"That’s pretty easy! Just figure it out and you’ll know how to do it!" Pei Qin chuckled.

Pei Qian had asked before, but after seeing Pei Qin covered in bruises from falling off the skateboard, she hadn’t inquired any further.

"I also want to try skateboarding! But a skateboard costs a few hundred wen money, and neither my parents nor my grandparents will buy me one! Do you have a skateboard? Could you teach me?" Sun Tingyu looked at Pei Qin with hopeful eyes.

"My elder sister is very busy every day; she doesn’t even have time to teach Young Master Wang!" Pei Qian flatly denied her request; she didn’t like their ulterior motives for coming over.

Pei Qin indeed was quite busy, and after Pei Qian spoke, she nodded in agreement.

Sun Tingyu didn’t expect to be rejected so directly and suddenly; it was just a request to teach her skateboarding, not every day, and she felt quite embarrassed.

"There aren’t many tricks to it; if you really want to play, just practice more!" Pei Qin said, then started eating her meal heartily.

The fried rice cakes tasted great, especially being fresh, rich with the fragrance of rice. But no one had their fill.

After dinner, Sun Xiujin asked Shen Songming how to pound rice cakes; she wanted to go home and try, asking for his guidance.

Shen Songming explained the process to her.

Seeing how patient and smiley he was, Sun Xiujin asked a few more questions, thanked him, and, with her ears warming, she went back home. She told her family that she had run into Shen Songming at Pei Qin’s house making rice cakes and that he had taught her how to do it herself, and she wanted to give it a try.