The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 275: So Many People Like Me (3)_1

Chapter 275: Chapter 275: So Many People Like Me (3)_1

Finally, on a day of rest, Feng Bo returned from the county town, carrying pastries and local snacks he bought there, and a few strings of candied hawthorn. He didn’t go home but got off directly in Taiping Town and went to Pei Qin’s house with the goodies.

Pei Qin was not at home, she had gone to the workshop.

Feng Bo had no choice but to leave the things at her house and go to the workshop to find her.

Pei Qin pinched a handful of sweet potato leaves and stems, strolled around and, just as she returned to the outskirts of town, bumped into Feng Bo, "Is something the matter?"

Feng Bo glanced at the fish-shaped hairpin in her hair and took out a shiny Silver Step Shake, "This, I want to give it to cousin!"

Seeing his ears turn red with a bashful face, Pei Qin was taken aback. The act of giving hairpins by ancient customs differed from theirs! Looking at Feng Bo, she asked, "Is this a confession?"

Feng Bo, his face blushing even more at her straightforwardness, nodded, "Cousin! I truly like you and want to marry you! If you marry me, I will definitely treat you well, and our whole family will too!"

"Thank you!" responded Pei Qin politely, nodding and continuing on her way with the sweet potato leaves.

Feng Bo was startled, "Cousin!? Cousin! I really do like you!"

"Haven’t I already thanked you?" Pei Qin turned back in surprise.

"Then... then cousin... would you be willing to marry me? I will wait for you even past the three-year mourning period!" Feng Bo said earnestly, feeling extremely uneasy as he observed her calm demeanor.

Pei Qin rolled her eyes to the sky, "Just because you like me doesn’t mean I have to like you back, much less marry you!"

Feng Bo’s face stiffened, "But..."

"But what! I appreciate that you like me! But does that mean I have to like whoever likes me? Does that mean I have to marry them too!? I can’t manage that!" Pei Qin thought about the many in her previous life who called her ’wife’, all clamoring for her to spread the love evenly. Was she supposed to marry them all and bring them home? Her parents would be scared to death!

Unable to manage... Feng Bo had anticipated the possibility of rejection, but had never imagined a rejection like this. Holding the Silver Step Shake in his hand, he felt ridiculously foolish. She thanked him... she couldn’t manage all the attention...

Seeing her return, Pei Yuan hurriedly said, "Feng Bo, cousin came over, said he went to the workshop looking for you."

"I saw him!" Pei Qin replied, bringing over a basket and started plucking the sweet potato leaves and meticulously peeling the stems.

Seeing the two of them staring at her, Pei Qin outright mentioned Feng Bo’s confession.

"You don’t like him, right?" Pei Qian asked, both concerned and certain.

"With so many liking me, if I had to like them back, could I manage it?" Pei Qin shot her a look.

Both of them were taken aback, their lips twitching. Where did the eldest sister learn about ’so many liking’ her?

But with Pei Qin’s current temperament, she certainly gave Feng Bo a hard time! Pei Qian felt a secret pleasure. That’ll teach them to harbor ulterior motives!

Feng Bo, feeling cold and frustrated, aimlessly took the Silver Step Shake and trudged back home.

Fang Hui, who had gone to the market, also learned about Pei Qin handing over the noodle shop to someone else and was stewing with resentment. Hearing that Feng Bo’s confession was rejected, flames of anger rose inside her, "The bigger the household, the more they care about matching social status. She’s a motherless eldest daughter, burdened with several younger siblings and having such a reputation. If she really wants to climb the social ladder, what can she hope for? Even if by fluke she manages to deceive her way to the top, she’ll only end up as a concubine, eternally oppressed by the principal wife, manipulated by a circle of lawful wives and concubines, what good end can she expect to have?"

Feng Shouxing sighed, "Liuming is going to study for official exams in the future, and if he’s lucky, becomes an official. If she married Liuming, she would become Madam Official. With this in mind, she probably wouldn’t look twice at our family anymore!" He assumed Old Scholar Fang had promised Pei Qin some advantage.

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