The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 358: The Potential to be a Crooked Businessman (5)_1

Chapter 358: Chapter 358: The Potential to be a Crooked Businessman (5)_1

"Young ginger is still ginger!" Pei Qin glanced at her and laughed.

Pei Qian was gambling with determination, having first contacted those who planted cabbages, and then greeted the villagers who had worked last year; she was waiting for cabbage prices to rise, calculating how much spicy cabbage she could make to sell in Runing Prefecture.

When Shen Songming hurried over, they were just setting up the stall, and Pei Qian was busy with the chili powder ingredients. It was supposed to be the least spicy kind of chili, but it still had some heat, making several people sneeze.

Upon hearing that Pei Qian had taken over the spicy cabbage project and was going to form her own team, he immediately praised her, "Good! Tell me what you need, I’ll support you!"

What I’m missing is a brother-in-law... Pei Qian really wanted to say. But she knew a girl had to be reserved. Shen Songming seemed easy to talk to and was kind to her elder sister, but his father was the Magistrate, and his family held even higher official ranks; surely, his family would look down on hers! So she changed her words, "I’m short of a lot of cabbages! I want to buy up all the cabbages! And I can’t let the prices go up!"

It was all about securing a source of cabbages, and Shen Songming immediately nodded, "If you want to go to Lin County and Runing Prefecture, I’ll take you on a trip! Let’s secure the cabbages first!"

The last time Pei Qian went to Runing Prefecture, she and her elder sister almost ended up in jail, and the Qian family was also there; she didn’t want to go, "Then let’s go to Lin County!" she said, glancing at Pei Qin.

Pei Qin had Lu Hai accompany her.

"Why won’t you go?" Pei Qian wanted her to come along.

"You’re taking over, aren’t you? Do I still need to be there to watch?" Pei Qin was busy with other things and did not go.

Shen Songming also encouraged her, "You haven’t been to Lin County yet, have you? I passed by there when I came here, and their snacks are especially delicious! Especially that wood ear pork, it’s made so well!"

Pei Qin was unmoved.

Shen Songming said a lot, but seeing that she was truly not going, he felt a bit disinterested, yet having said that he would, he still took Pei Qian and Lu Hai out to Lin County.

At home, Pei Qin and Pei Yuan were making sugar-coated peanuts and Drunkard’s Peanuts to send to the County Government Office.

The two were gone for three days, and when they returned, Pei Qian was absolutely thrilled. Not because Shen Songming had treated her to good food and bought her toys, but she had found out that Shen Songming hadn’t gotten married because he had "killed" two fiancées and even two servant girls in his home.

With such a tough fate, he surely would have trouble getting married! What family would willingly give their well-raised daughter to him! But her elder sister was so strong-willed, her character probably just as firm, maybe tough enough to counteract Shen Songming’s. She wanted to find someone to do the calculations, to see if their birth charts matched. If so, her elder sister could marry him! And not wait until the mourning period was over, for those with ill intentions to scheme about her sister’s marriage prospects again!

So, she aimed to knock down Shen Songming’s value first, "Brother Songming! How did you "kill" so many fiancées!? With such a tough fate, you’ll probably never be able to marry! Even if you do, you’re probably going to end up with someone not afraid of death, a misshapen leftover fruit!"

Shen Songming was perplexed, this girl had a poisonous tongue, but was it really okay for her to keep picking at his scars? After all, he had just helped her secure so much cabbage. And it’s not like he actually "killed" any fiancées! He had "killed" them when he had crossed over, what a wrongful accusation!

"Not being able to get a decent wife, you’ll end up with no one to care for you in old age! You’ll have to live alone for life! Such a tough character, "killing" fiancées, that’s really a big problem!" Pei Xi said, wrinkling her little face, her picky and contemptuous gaze fixed on him.

Shen Songming felt like his life was reduced to a sorrowful tale after being teased by her. His mouth twitched, and he turned to ask Pei Qin, "Is Pei Xi taking the wrong medicine or what? It’s not like I’m the one who jinxed two fiancées to death... Spit! It was the previous guy, not me, and she just keeps on roasting me!"

"You probably offended her somehow!" Pei Qin reminded him.

Shen Songming expressed his frustration, "Right! Are you short on money this year? If you are, I can give you the change. The rest, three thousand taels, I invested in a crystal mine for you. It’s a surefire profit! You’ll double it by next year!"

"I’m not short! Just give me the change," said Pei Qin, who planned on buying a shop to sell roasted goods with the silver in her hand.

"Not short and still wanting silver!" Shen Songming grumbled dissatisfiedly as he handed her a stack of silver notes, "The change is just over a hundred taels. You wait until we collect the silver from delivering those standing clocks to the Wang family, Chang’s house, and then you can use this first!"

Pei Qin laughed, accepted it without any refusals.

Seeing her smiling face, Shen Songming couldn’t help but click his tongue. Pei Qin had grown up harmless-looking, yet inside she hadn’t changed a bit, "You’re finishing your mourning period next March, aren’t you?" What kind of man would be a good match for her? Shen Songming worried a little. He knew her well, but others didn’t. Those from good families weren’t willing; it was just a headache for him. Those from lesser families who had outstanding character, he felt they were not worthy of Pei Qin. Even if there was someone with potential, Pei Qin, ah! She was the grand female Hegemon of Rongdu, how could she stoop to marry some shabby man just like that?

"What are you asking this for?" Pei Qin looked at him.

"Once you’re done mourning, it’ll be time to talk about marriage!" Shen Songming reminded her, lest he be frantically searching for a husband for her while she had no intention of marrying.

Pei Qin rolled her eyes at him directly, "Right now, I am a young girl in the prime of youth!"

"Even if you don’t want to marry, you must think about your younger siblings. You’ve worked hard to raise the three of them, but because of you, you could make their fates miserable." Shen Songming decided that he first had to persuade her before moving on to the next step.

"Living itself requires one to catch their breath!" Pei Qin wasn’t interested; everyone behaved as if she was some old maid unable to get married, while she was still a tender flower! Even if it was a trifle of a bloom, it was still a flower!

"If you don’t marry, your younger brother and sisters can’t just skip over you. Are you planning to wait until Pei Yuan is fifteen or sixteen and ready to marry before you just pick anyone to marry off too?" Shen Songming argued.

"What is it that you want to do?" Pei Qin asked him.

"I’ll help you find a man!" Shen Songming looked at her, preparing to run for his life at any moment.

Pei Qin chuckled, "I want to live freely for a few more years!"

"No way! We’ll start looking now. Even if you don’t marry him, at least snatch him up! This is settled then, and I’ll be the matchmaker!" Having said that, Shen Songming quickly made a getaway.

"Shen Songming, you bastard!" Pei Qin’s voice of rage echoed in the room. The matchmaker had turned his sights on her now!

"I do have a half-sister, but you’re out of luck; you need to find a man!" Shen Songming shouted back, laughing as he bolted out the door.

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