The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 376: You Can Change It Now If You Don’t Want To (10)_1

Chapter 376: Chapter 376: You Can Change It Now If You Don’t Want To (10)_1

Zhao Junchao looked at her and laughed, "Ms. Pei, how would you know how many people are in our family? Not ten or twenty?!"

"What do I care how many of you there are—what’s that got to do with me?" Pei Qin glanced at him and hurried off to the Wang family.

"Ms. Pei!" Zhao Junchao took a few steps after her but, seeing that she had no intention of stopping, his face fell. Couldn’t she see how different he was from those poor village students? Her utter disregard for him!

Pei Qin didn’t recognize him at all—going to buy soy sauce was just that, why was he trying to cozy up to her? She had other things to do!

Upon arriving at the Wang family’s, Pei Qin delivered the peanuts and heli noodles.

Wang Ting wasn’t home, but Zhang Yan came out to meet her, saying he wanted to take some soy sauce back to his parents’ place.

Pei Qin had already agreed to sell all of next year’s soy sauce to the Wang family, and since Zhang Yan was Wang Ting’s maternal uncle, she definitely agreed, "But you’ll have to haul it yourself!"

"Okay!" Zhang Yan nodded, arranging to come over the next day.

Pei Qin then went to the Chang’s house and found Landlord Chang, handing him the handwritten dictionary of Mo Heng’s brushstroke characters, requesting his help to get them printed—earning both money and reputation.

Landlord Chang was in business and hadn’t even considered sending his son or grandson to study for officialdom before, simply wishing they’d succeed the family business. It wasn’t until Chang Yonglin went to study at Pei Qin’s house that he not only learned mental arithmetic and martial arts but also improved his knowledge considerably. It was then that Landlord Chang began to entertain the thought that it would be good if his Chang family could produce a scholar. Although he was a merchant, there was no reliance on his son, while his grandson could aim for officialdom.

Seeing the brushstroke dictionary presented by Pei Qin, which broke down every character into its components according to their shapes and sounds and then reorganized them by strokes to create a dictionary explaining the origin and structure of the characters, Landlord Chang thought of that teacher, "If this brushstroke dictionary really gets circulated, it would indeed be a great merit. And not to mention making money, just because that teacher taught Yonglin knowledge, and since it’s you who brought it up, I wouldn’t refuse. Let’s start by printing two hundred sets, distribute them for people to read. We’ll see how it goes, and then I will find people. By that time, that teacher can also reap both fame and profit!" He had heard from Yonglin that the teacher was a great scholar in distress, with excellent knowledge yet reduced to starvation—truly lamentable.

"Many thanks to you, Landlord Chang!" Pei Qin bowed her hands in thanks.

"No need to thank me for this!" Every time Landlord Chang saw her straightforward and bold demeanor, he particularly liked it. It was a pity that both his daughters had died young and in his son’s generation, there was only one grandson. Looking at Pei Qin, he asked with a smile about her marriage prospects, "You haven’t settled yet, right?" Although the Chang’s didn’t have a suitable match, there were still outstanding members of the Chang’s, and he knew quite a few families.

Pei Qin felt awkward—was there someone meddling in her marriage affairs everywhere she went? Had the world gone mad? Or had she become not just one person, but a walking super delicacy?

Without an adult to take charge, it was difficult to even talk about it. Landlord Chang sighed, "If there’s anything you need but find it difficult to discuss with me, you can go to my wife, or you could talk to Yonglin! You two are practically like siblings!" Every time his grandson came back from visiting, he couldn’t wait to move all the nice things over there.

Pei Qin smiled sheepishly, "I will! I will!" After talking a bit more about the brushstroke dictionary, she hurriedly slinked away.

Not eating in the county town, Pei Qin bought some roast meat buns. Sitting in the donkey cart while munching on them with Lu Hai, they shook and swayed their way home.

Shen Songming was waiting for her at home, "I’m leaving! Back to Capital Jingcheng!"

"Thank you for finally coming to your senses!" Pei Qin felt like she should thank his ancestors as well.

Shen Songming watched her with an odd smile, "Pei Qin! I’ve recalculated our horoscopes, and we are a match made in heaven! Think about it—none others, just the two of us here! Doesn’t that show our destined affinity? All those troubles that bother you, those nuisances, I will take care of them! I’ll make it so you have no worries about marrying me!"

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