The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 329: Defend the Eight Front Teeth (3)_1

Chapter 329: Chapter 329: Defend the Eight Front Teeth (3)_1

"This only requires frequent winding, and it is very precise!" Having explained everything to Shen Songming, if he still produced a subpar product, it would be extremely embarrassing.

Pei Qin had already started tinkering with the musical box, winding it up, and once she let go, the tinkling sound of music began to play.

Last time, she and Shen Songming spent a whole day fiddling with it in the house, not expecting the finished musical box to turn out like this.

"The sound is really nice! It plays music on its own, without a person!" Pei Yuan exclaimed, watching in amazement. "And the flowers on top are spinning too!"

"Barely passable!" Pei Qin listened to the tone and turned the winding key again, letting it continue to play.

Shen Songming couldn’t accept that, "What do you mean ’barely passable’! Boss! You’re just saying that, but do you know how difficult it was to make this thing!? I found skilled craftsmen, and even musicians, damn it, those musicians didn’t understand it, I talked my mouth off, and tried so many times before we finally made it!"

"Uh..." Pei Qin looked up at him.

Shen Songming looked at her with a grief-stricken expression, "You don’t even know to praise me!"

"Fantastic!" Pei Qin manually gave him a thumbs-up.

Upon hearing her praise, Shen Songming felt a bit better, "This time I’m going to stay for a few more days! I’ll eat here!"

"No problem!" Pei Qin nodded.

She suddenly became so agreeable, which made Shen Songming skeptical. Pei Qin was not one to be cowed by the strong nor bully the weak. If confronted, she would be even tougher! Seeing her expression, Shen Songming’s face darkened a bit. Did she think he was some unreasonable woman!?

Pei Qin had already stood up, slung on her apron, and asked, "What are we having for lunch?" She headed to the kitchen to cook.

Pei Yuan and Pei Qian quickly stepped forward to help.

Shen Songming followed as well, and upon seeing several ingredients, he requested sweet and sour pork loin and braised pork ribs.

Pei Yuan had already parboiled the ribs. After frying the pork loin, she made these two dishes first, and then prepared a few side dishes. The rice was steamed in a bamboo tube, resulting in a fragrant and delicious meal.

Once the meal was ready, Pei Wendong and Chang Yonglin also returned from school and were amazed to see the large wall clock and the musical box on the table that rotated and played beautiful music.

Chang Yonglin shouted that he wanted one as well, "How much does this cost? I’ll ask my grandfather to pay for it!"

Shen Songming had indeed thought of a price, "These two items are just the first batch of finished products, used for trial. If you want to buy, you’ll need to place an order in advance, and wait two months before it can be delivered!"

Chang Yonglin insisted on having one and suggested that Shen Songming accompany him to Chang’s house.

Shen Songming had no problem with that. He was now doing presales with a few samples, taking the silver first to invest and then starting production. He mentioned that since he wasn’t getting married, his mother was angry and was going to take away the twenty thousand taels of silver in her dowry, so he needed to have money on hand.

It rained that evening.

Pei Qin was too busy to accompany him to the county; they had to plant sunflowers on Taiping Mountain. After the rain, the ground was moist and soft, the perfect condition to hurriedly plant the sunflowers.

The sweet potatoes also needed their branches pruned and divided. When Sun Lizheng heard that Shen Songming had returned, he specifically came over to discuss the sweet potato business with him.

Shen Songming had already taken Chang Yonglin to the county.

Pei Qian scornfully pressed her lips together. That Sun Lizheng, hearing that Brother Songming was here, came to discuss planting sweet potatoes—his intentions were not good.

Sun Quanliang’s family helped with pruning and dividing the branches. A hundred plants were bundled together, and each bundle was only ten copper coins.

Pei Qian thought it was too cheap, "It’s almost like giving them away, we’re not making anything, we’re losing money!"

Sun Quanliang also felt it was a bit cheap. Although those people didn’t spend much, Pei Qin and the others were not making much money.

"Do you think we are doing this to make money?" Pei Qin looked at her and laughed, bending down to whisper in her ear, "Besides, do you think I would do a business at a loss?"

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