The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 327: Defend the Eight Front Teeth (1)_1

Chapter 327: Chapter 327: Defend the Eight Front Teeth (1)_1

Shuang Xi also felt that his young master was too good to Pei Qin, valued her too much. When the New Year’s time had come, several families proposed marriage matches to the young master, and he had turned them all down, saying he needed to observe mourning for his fiancée who had died because of him; only after he made a name for himself would he marry someone young and beautiful, which angered the lady of the house so much she wanted to beat him.

Just after his birthday had passed, he came a long way to find Pei Qin again. Shuang Xi worried that once Pei Qin’s mourning period ended, his young master would bring her home and insist on marrying her. Wouldn’t that turn the house upside down!?

So he was particularly vigilant and, glancing up, saw Grandma Miao sneakily peering around the corner of the wall. He immediately shouted, "In broad daylight, what’s that old woman doing prowling around like that!?"

Startled, Grandma Miao quickly turned and walked away. After all, she had seen that Young Master Shen from the wealthy family was staying at Pei Qin’s house.

Shen Songming had already come inside carrying his luggage, turned his head to glance at Shuang Xi, and without much thought, called out to Pei Qin, "I’ve finished the work! Come out and see!"

"Brother Song Ming! My older sister isn’t at home!" Pei Yuan came out to receive him.

Pei Qian quickly said, "She’s at the workshop, I’ll go get her!" and hurriedly ran off.

Song Ming frowned, what was she doing at the workshop? To see that pretty boy Mo Jiu? He asked Pei Yuan, "Does your older sister often go to the workshop?"

"Not often, but these past days, we’ve cultivated good sweet potato sprouts, ready for planting, so she’s been going there more frequently," Pei Yuan replied, bringing over some tea, and then asked him if he had eaten, offering to prepare some food.

"I’ve already eaten, no need to fuss! I’ll go to the workshop to take a look too!" Song Ming got up and instructed, pointing to the luggage, "Put this luggage away carefully and don’t touch it!"

Pei Yuan acknowledged and, watching him leave, went to prepare the ingredients needed for cooking lunch.

Pei Qin was in the sweet potato field, hesitating whether to pinch off some sweet potato leaves to take home and steam them, either mixed with garlic sauce or chilled on ice before frying – either way would be delicious.

Lu Hai stood not far off, watching her hesitate and reach out several times toward the tender green leaves as if possessed by a demon, and finally chose to ignore her.

Pei Qian ran over and saw her reaching out as if about to pick some leaves, immediately intervened, "Didn’t you just steam pigweed the day before yesterday? You want to pick sweet potato leaves now? These are the sprouts we’re growing; we lose a leaf, we lose a section! If I let you pick a basket of leaves, that’s over a dozen sprouts gone!"

"I was just thinking about it, I wasn’t really going to pick them," Pei Qin replied, a bit crestfallen as she withdrew her hand.

Pei Qian glared at her.

"What?" asked Pei Qin, every time she entertained some mischievous thought, this girl would pop up like a surveillance camera.

Only then did Pei Qian say, "Brother Song Ming is here, and he’s calling you back home!"

"Oh!" Pei Qin glanced once more at the lush green expanse of the sweet potato field, sighing with longing, "I’ll go by the river later and dig up some wild vegetables to steam!"

"Alright!" Pei Qian swiftly agreed, figuring that if they had a meal of steamed wild vegetables, she would behave for several days at least.

In truth, if Pei Qin really got to eat them for two meals, she too would be well-behaved for a few days. Sweet potato leaves were readily available and not seasonal, so there was no need to eat them every day, lest they ran out.

Just as the three of them were coming out of the sweet potato field and nearing the riverside, Song Ming also arrived.

"I’ve brought you the clock and the musical box. You try them out first and see if there are any problems!" Song Ming strode towards her.

Upon hearing this, Pei Qin hurried back home.

Song Ming, however, was not in a hurry to return, as he wanted to check out the sweet potato field and the soybean paste and starter cultures in the workshop.

Left with no choice, Pei Qin led him to the sweet potato field, then to the workshop to check the starter cultures.

Song Ming went to find Mo Heng, telling him to be prepared, as he would come to treat his eyes.

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