The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 322: Should Do More Immoral Things (5)_1

Chapter 322: Chapter 322: Should Do More Immoral Things (5)_1

"Adding that one thousand three hundred taels, the total is one thousand four hundred taels. Now we have one thousand four hundred and some. Purchasing Tianping Mountain costs three hundred sixteen taels, while Tian Zhuang is one thousand two hundred taels, needing one thousand five hundred sixteen taels of silver in total. You still want to plant sunflowers on the mountain, so we need to buy sunflower seeds, and twenty taels are not enough. There are still household expenses, so where do we find the extra one hundred fifty taels!?" Pei Qian calculated, her eyebrows already knitted together tightly. If it were a small amount, they could try harder to scrape it together. But this was simply too much, and it was utterly impossible to gather such an amount in a short time.

"Isn’t there money piled up in the workshop?" Pei Qin didn’t worry at all.

"Selling sweet potato shoots won’t make us much money, and besides, not many households have the land to plant spring sweet potatoes." Pei Qian glared at her, insisting on buying a manor, and now not only was there not enough silver, but we also had to incur debt.

The main issue was that even the smallest manor was hard to find. That small manor had over one hundred twenty acres of fields, with a courtyard of three sections—it looked quite decent, and with some minor renovations, it would be habitable. The price was very reasonable, and without even hesitating, Pei Qin took it. After all, once she was fifteen and came of age, she would be able to manage her own property.

One hundred fifty taels of silver—if she needed the money now, Pei Qin would have to borrow it. But once the wheat was harvested and payments were made, she couldn’t care less!

Seeing her not worried at all, and wandering out again, Pei Qian’s face darkened.

"We should be able to cover the soy sauce money, right?" Pei Yuan suggested.

"The soy sauce needs at least five months. The workshop’s soy sauce isn’t even stored inside yet; it’s still being sunned and aired outside for just over two months. With winter approaching, it’ll all freeze up. How can we sell the soy sauce before the wheat is harvested!?" Pei Qian said with a sour face, worried and furious. She was also considering whether to take sesame cakes to the county town for sale. Caramelized peanuts and Drunkard’s Peanuts could be sold in Fu City to make a little more money.

But frying peanuts is damn exhausting. Pei Qin even planned to plant the entire Taiping Mountain with sunflowers. If not pressed for oil, she would have to continue frying seeds.

Pei Qin didn’t want to fry that much at all! Frying a little every day to set up a stall was a pleasure. But when pleasure turned into an obligatory task, she wanted to lash out, looking for someone to pick a fight with.

Right then, someone from Old Pei’s House came knocking at the door, and it was none other than Pei Wenli, who was about to take the stage.

After listening to him, Pei Qin felt she couldn’t even manage a smile, "With the grudges between our two families, you’ve fathered a daughter, and you still come to us to announce the joy! What’s the idea? Do you expect us to send gifts and offer congratulations, or has your brain short-circuited so much that you’re here to show off your daughter!?"

Kong’s had given birth to a girl. Lady Chen was very displeased. She had a craving for spicy food during her pregnancy but wasn’t allowed to eat it, making her yearn every other day. In the end, she really did give birth to a girl! And at such a time, just as Dalang was about to take the stage, giving birth now, especially to a girl, was like adding trouble for Dalang!

Pei Wenli was not that vocal. It was his first time being a father, and he was quite elated, so after discussing with his family, it was decided that he would be the one to come and report the good news to Sister Peiqin and her siblings, inviting them to the full moon feast, "Sister Peiqin! We are blood relatives that cannot be severed. Even with some grievances, we are still family after all. I’ve always thought that once I excel on the stage, I could bring honor to my younger brothers and sisters, and also secure a good marriage for them, no longer looked down upon by others. My initial intentions have not changed!"

"Do you think our family now relies on you!? Before, we worked ourselves to the bone, hardly able to fill our stomachs, and the money we earned all went to support you, yet we ended up with the reputation of supporting our mother and siblings. You exploited us before, and now seeing our family with an advantage to be taken, with benefits to reap, you want to shamelessly cozy up to us!?" Pei Qian’s face was grim, her eyes glaring with fury and hatred.

Passersby looked their way, and Pei Wenli’s face flushed red and then pale, "I have never thought that way! As the eldest brother, I bear the responsibility of the entire Old Pei family. Ever since childhood, I’ve known that you all are my younger sisters and brothers, and also a responsibility I ought to bear!"

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