The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 286 Foreign Spy (5)_1

Chapter 286: Chapter 286 Foreign Spy (5)_1

Such complex hairpin-tying rules were a lot for a grown man to drone on about, and Pei Qin grew so impatient she was on the verge of lashing out, "If you have something to say, just say it; if you have to fart, just fart. What’s with all the nagging!?"

Pei Zongli was taken aback, seeing her eyes sharp as knives, her irritable demeanor, "Qinqin! These are all hairpin-tying rules; I am your father, of course, I have to arrange it!"

"Now I also feel like ’arranging’ it for you!" Pei Qin lifted her leg high and kicked him right in the face.

To prevent Lady Zhu from saying anything unpleasant, Qian Wanxiu had come over, which only made Pei Qin more irritable. So Pei Zongli was alone, carrying stuff and hurrying over with the horse-drawn carriage. He had only heard his family say Pei Qin was wildly arrogant and vicious when hitting people, and when he returned and saw the black and blue on Lady Chen’s face, he still didn’t quite believe it.

Watching her foot flying toward his face and then finding himself being stomped to the ground and violently crashing down, he suddenly realized that what they said was probably all true.

Pei Qian, seeing him brutally sprawled on the ground, mocked him, "Thinking that we would soon receive an award from the Government Office, you hypocritically brought these things over. Where were you when you drove my mother to death? You didn’t expect this day, did you? Thinking of scheming against us, try it in your next life!"

The front gate slammed shut with a bang.

People in the alley came out to see what the commotion was about.

Pei Zongli felt he had lost all face and was in so much pain that his whole body was shaking, he couldn’t even feel like he could get up.

After being pointed and stared at for a while, Pei Zongli managed to gather his strength, got up, leaned against the carriage, and drove the horse carriage back. He thought they would help him speak well of him to Magistrate Wu, but Wanxiu was wrong! He thought too highly of their goodness and simplicity! They all hated him, Pei Qin might seem easy to talk to, but when it came to hitting her own father, she was merciless!

When he got back to his home village, Grandma Miao wore a look of marvel, "My, what happened to Second Old Master Pei’s face? Such a big footprint! Was he beaten up by someone?"

Pei Zongli’s face flushed and then turned pale. He touched his face and quickly drove the carriage home.

Lady Zhu was still waiting at home for good news. Those boxes of sweets and several pieces of silk fabric were all nice items; surely those ungrateful brats couldn’t resist the sight of good things!

But seeing Pei Zongli return so soon with a red shoeprint on his face and an extremely ugly expression, Lady Zhu’s heart sank, and she cursed as soon as she opened her mouth, "That damn wench hit you!? That lethal little beast! Daring to hit her own father, she’s not afraid of being struck by lightning and sent to hell!"

Old Pei realized that they clearly hadn’t come to an agreement, and there was no hope.

Lady Chen’s face twisted with dark anger, trying to sweeten her up with nice things, yet that little wench wouldn’t agree. It wasn’t that the offered items were too few; it was deliberate!

Lady Zhu, feeling sorry for Pei Zongli, pulled him to sit down, and then called for Pei Wenlee to fetch water.

Pei Wenlee fetched the water reluctantly, knowing that with those few wild children gone, Grandma dared not order around the people of the second room but knew only to make them work! Cooking, scrubbing pots, sweeping – they were told to do it all!

Lady Chen didn’t want to work either. Since splitting from Lady Fang and Mother Peiqin, thanks to Pei Wenli, Lady Zhu had still helped with some chores. Once Pei Zongli and Qian Wanxiu returned, all the household chores had been handed over to the first room!

Although Qian Wanxiu brought maidservants and grannies with her, since they had to open a silk fabric shop in the county town, they rented a house in the city, and the servants were taken away. Except for a newly built courtyard house, they were given a little bit of money and some food each month – nothing else!

"Wanxiu is just too kind-hearted! That’s why she thinks others are kind-hearted too! Those disgraceful little brats were brought up by their mother to have no manners, to be sharp-tongued and critical, and to be wickedly scheming! To still send food and such nice clothes to them, it’s a total waste of kindness! I haven’t even worn such nice stuff myself!" Lady Zhu wiped Pei Zongli with a sweat towel and continued to curse incessantly.

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