The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 279: So Many People Like Me (7)_1

Chapter 279: Chapter 279: So Many People Like Me (7)_1

The Boss Fang, at that time, Grandma Fang was bedridden with a chronic illness, and Grandma Fang was pregnant and had to take care of Fang Hui, while also wanting to honor her parents’ family. After discussing with Old Scholar Fang, they decided to send their sensible and obedient eldest daughter to her maternal home to help take care of Grandma.

Lady Yu was already acquainted with Lady Fang, and they quickly became playmates. As Lady Fang’s engagement was set, Lady Yu also got engaged to Fang Li, and their friendship grew even stronger. Fang Hui always felt that Lady Fang treated Lady Yu more like a sister than she treated her!

It was because of this that Fang Liuming proposed he wanted to learn martial arts. Having heeded her words, he insisted on running and obediently shouldering weights, which made Pei Qin willing to teach him.

After the Cold Food Festival, when Fang Liuming came to school, Pei Qin told him to reduce the weight of his sandbags and increase his speed, to finish running within a set time, and then come to learn moves from her.

After running around Taiping Town for several months, his cousin was finally going to teach him martial arts. Fang Liuming, thrilled, got up before dawn and sped through his running task to find Pei Qin. These past few months, he felt his body had become much stronger, and he had more energy. His family also noted that his complexion looked better than in previous years! Training in martial arts really did strengthen and invigorate the body!

Pei Qin’s techniques were very simple but required relentless repetition, tens of thousands of times, until they were mastered and could be executed with ease.

Seeing that Pei Yuan and Pei Qian were practicing martial arts with Pei Qin, repeating the simple motions over and over, Fang Liuming also followed and practiced seriously.

Early in the morning, Pei Wendong and Chang Yonglin came back from outside, having bought tofu pudding and buns with deep-fried dough sticks.

Seeing the two of them returning from outside, Fang Liuming asked in confusion, "You two went out so early?"

Pei Wendong had gone to meet Feng Wei before dawn, and Chang Yonglin had also been sent over after being stuffed with sweet potatoes for several days by Pei Qin.

Pei Qin had to teach Pei Yuan and Pei Qian martial arts, and with no one at home to cook, Pei Wendong and Chang Yonglin would practice their martial arts and then buy breakfast on their way back.

"We went out to learn martial arts with Guardian Feng," Pei Wendong replied to him.

Both of Chang Yonglin’s guards knew martial arts and lived just a wall away. Fang Liuming assumed Pei Wendong was learning martial arts with Chang Yonglin and his guards and didn’t ask any further questions.

Old Lady Chang missed her grandson, and every time he came back, she told him to visit home. Landlord Chang initially thought his grandson might not be accustomed to living outside and wouldn’t stay long, assuming he would want to return home after a few days of novelty.

Although Chang Yonglin didn’t tell his family exactly what he was learning, Landlord Chang knew that his grandson’s unwillingness to come home for so long meant that the arithmetic and martial arts he was learning must be better than at home; hence, every time they said they were sending things for Chang Yonglin, there was also a share for Sister Peiqin and her brothers.

The young master of Chang’s house had been living in Taiping Town for a long time, and Chang’s house sent things over every month, drawing much attention.

When Chang’s house introduced a hand-operated threshing machine, everyone suddenly realized that this machine was very likely another innovation by Pei Qin, the same person behind the invention of the skateboard and the hand-pulled and push carts.

Wang Ting’s little face darkened with anger and disappointment. Feeling sad, he thought about how Chang Yonglin lived at Pei Qin’s house, and she had taught him skateboarding every day. She gave the hand-operated threshing machine to the Chang family to sell but didn’t come to him! He could help her sell things too!

Seeing him approaching with a disgruntled face while she was happily selling sesame seed pastries, Pei Qin greeted him with a laugh, "Yo! Little Radish! What’s up?"

"I am not a Little Radish!" Wang Ting said sternly with a frown.

"All who have not grown up are Little Radishes!" Pei Qin said as she wrapped up a sesame seed pastry and handed it to him.

Wang Ting subconsciously reached out to take it, finding it a bit hot, so he handed it to a servant to hold it for him to let it cool.

Pei Yuan was frying sweet potato balls and, noticing Wang Ting’s poor complexion, offered him some, "I’ve got some cooled sweet potato balls. Would you like to try one, Young Master Wang?" Her older sister sometimes called them Little Radishes too, not knowing where she got that from.

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