The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 379: You Can Change It Now If You Don’t Want To (13)_1

Chapter 379: Chapter 379: You Can Change It Now If You Don’t Want To (13)_1

The red-braised Dongpo pork that had been stewing since morning, along with braised intestines and spicy boiled fish, was indeed a feast! One meal had enough flavor to satisfy.

Pei Qin felt a bit greasy after finishing her meal but particularly fancied the plate of pickled bamboo shoots. They were refreshing and crisp, and she ate quite a lot of them.

Zhang Yan also found the pickled bamboo shoots tasty. He’d just taken a few bites when he saw her hastily taking chopstick after chopstick, gobbling up half the plate as if to spite him. He raised an eyebrow. Could it be that, among all these people, she only wanted to annoy him?

She was definitely overthinking it! Being the only little tyrant at home, Pei Qin had always focused on filling her own stomach since she was little, because most of the time, her parents weren’t home to eat. Growing up and starting school, she was used to eating her fill alone, without the need to worry about the family. She would only take care of others if there were beauties around.

After the meal, Pei Qin took out a watermelon they had stored at home and cut it, finding to her surprise that it was still fresh and unspoiled.

And it still had a bit of chill to it.

Aside from Pei Yuan and a few others who were in the know, like Little Radish, Zhang Yan, and Wang Ting all assumed it was because of the cool weather that the watermelon was slightly chilled.

After a meal taken care of by the hosts, the group continued to go down to the fields. They aimed to harvest all the sunflowers from Taiping Mountain that day, so Zhang Dacheng and Sun Quanliang wouldn’t have to stay overnight on the mountain to watch over them.

But they were short-handed. The sunflowers, which didn’t look like many, took more work than anticipated. They filled cart after cart, yet there were still many left unharvested.

They had no choice but to continue the work the next day, leaving someone to watch over the fields at night.

Zhang Yan and Wang Ting also stayed behind.

But there was no place for them to stay at home, so the two of them went to lodge at Yue Sheng Tavern.

The next day, Pei Wendong and Chang Yonglin went to the tavern to call for Wang Ting.

Zhang Yan had just gotten up, as he had not been idle the day before, having also done some work. There were a lot of thorns on the sunflower stalks, and he felt itchy all over when he returned. It took three washes to feel somewhat better. But after a day of hard work, he slept soundly through the night.

Wang Ting, on the other hand, had a great time and even ran off to Pei Qin’s house for breakfast.

Zhang Yan, following far behind, watched the three Little Radishes discussing how after finishing their work at noon, they’d roast sunflower seeds in the afternoon. He couldn’t help but smile.

Sun Xiujin, with a basket slung over her arm, and Sun Tingyu also came by, "We only heard yesterday afternoon that you guys were harvesting sunflowers! Some are still left, so we’re here to help today!"

Pei Qin always welcomed the help of girls, and cheerfully replied, "Great! If we finish early, we can roast sunflower seeds in the afternoon!"

Sun Tingyu inquired about the process of roasting the seeds, wondering if they would be like the ones sold, and upon hearing that they would be, remarked, "... then in the future when you set up a stall, you’ll have to sell roasted sunflower seeds as well!"

"It should be similar!" Pei Qin was already looking at shops and planned to check one out after gathering the sunflowers, with the intent to buy it. It would be a good opportunity to earn something before the New Year.

Sun Tingyu looked on with envy, thinking that Sister Peiqin and her brothers were really lucky!

Seeing the handsome Zhang Yan, she thought even more highly of Pei Qin’s fortune. The Magistrate’s son, Young Master Shen Songming, liked her, and now here was another good-looking man who looked like a young master from a wealthy family visiting their house.

Sun Xiujin’s eyes changed subtly, and she pursed her lips. After greeting Pei Qin and saying she would be over after having breakfast at home, she asked her to call her when leaving.

Pei Qin called out for them to join her when she went down to the fields.

Pei Qian was hanging her face, not liking the two of them.

Sun Xiujin, watching Zhang Yan also going down to the fields with them, spent the entire morning talking only to Wang Ting and Pei Qin, ignoring others. A surge of jealousy welled up inside her. She already had Young Master Shen, and no sooner had he left than she started flirting with another man! If that was the case, then she should stop clinging to Young Master Shen and just go for Young Master Zhang!

Zhang Yan found it a bit difficult to work, and after being chastised by Pei Qin, he confessed he was itchy all over from being pricked by the thorns.