The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 422: Completely Breaking Away from Old Pei’s House (9)_1

Chapter 422: Chapter 422: Completely Breaking Away from Old Pei’s House (9)_1

"There’s also the simplest method," Old Scholar Fang said, which was already very lenient of him, "to erase the name directly in the genealogy and let Wendong establish his own branch! All you have to do is sign a life and death pledge to never interact with each other ever again."

Old Pei snorted coldly, "Can you guarantee that you won’t oppress and trample over us ever again!?"

"Can you guarantee you won’t persecute her and her brother anymore!?" Old Scholar Fang retorted with scorn. He was willing to give them the document of consent, allowing his two grandsons to become legitimate heirs, and they still dared to make so many demands.

Old Pei fell silent, his eyes glaring at Old Scholar Fang with a rage as sharp as knives.

Old Scholar Fang also stared back at him with a cold derision, "Pei Yaozu, you are a clever man, but you’ll be ruin by your descendants."

Old Pei huffed, "Then let’s wait and see!" Apart from him, there was no one of worth in the Fang family!

At this, neither man spoke any further. They’d address future issues later; for now, they’d focus on the present. They agreed and drafted the life and death pledge, signed and thumb printed by members of both branches of Old Pei’s House, alongside Sister Peiqin and her brother, and a few relatively conciliatory people from the Pei family in Taiping Town and Back Mountain Village.

With the consent document in hand, Pei Zongli went to the Government Office to take care of the matters concerning Qian Wanxiu, Pei Wenchen, and Pei Wensheng.

Old Scholar Fang also took Sister Peiqin and her brother to re-register their household, establishing their own branch.

The matter finally came to a close, and Sister Peiqin and her brother were henceforth no longer related to Old Pei’s House.

The two sides also began their longstanding struggle and competition.

Old Scholar Fang had long been making arrangements, channeling the energy of several households in a particular direction, ensuring the younger generations moved forward, honestly and honorably.

Stung by the recent events, Old Pei was all the more determined to ensure that the descendants of Old Pei’s House would outshine those of the Fang family and Sister Peiqin and her brother, achieving greater success and turning their family into a strong and prosperous clan.

Meanwhile, the Zhao family suffered a heavy loss.

Zhao Junchao was extremely resentful, barely able to contain his fury. The very thought of having to marry Pei Wenlee filled him with relentless rage, and he vowed to make the Pei family regret their decisions and to pay Peiqin back in spades.

Peiqin, unburdened by such ambition, saw the Pai Building slowly coming to completion and the wheat in the fields turning yellow. She began to busy herself with preparing for the summer harvest. In their small Tian Zhuang, they had some fields of wheat, but they had also acquired about seventy to eighty acres more this year, which they needed to harvest as well.

Before the farming break was announced, Peiqin took advantage of the rest days, leading several Little Radishes to the field themselves to harvest the wheat and thresh it.

The imperial eunuch, having nothing better to do, came over to watch. Seeing Peiqin bringing out several half-grown kids to cut the wheat and work the threshing floor, he exclaimed, "You all have been honored by The Imperial Court, and you’re not lacking Silver Coin. They’re still half-grown children, yet they’re doing such heavy work in the fields!?"

"It’s the busy farming season; doing some work keeps them from becoming idle and ignorant of how the five grains come to be," Peiqin replied as she laid the wheat at the side of the road.

Seeing the few half-grown kids sweating profusely with red, flushed faces, yet actively and diligently working, the Great Eunuch praised them with a few admiring words, his fingers curled elegantly.

The threshing was done by her and her brother, with a donkey. After cutting the wheat, they flattened the ground, sprinkled some water, then rolled it again. Once thoroughly threshed, it was complete.

After preparing the threshing ground and as the wheat was yet to ripen fully, Peiqin rode the donkey cart out, intending to visit Tian Zhuang and also to take Chang Yonglin back to Chang’s house.

The harvest in Tian Zhuang looked even more promising. The Melon Kid’s grandfather, who was the head of the Zhuang, had already arranged the wheat harvesting.

After inspecting the fields and hearing Old Chen’s harvest estimates, Peiqin instructed them to plant corn and sorghum after the wheat harvest, deciding to grow sweet potatoes in Taiping Town, given it was the Sweet Potato Base.

Having checked the fields, Peiqin then drove the cart to the county to pick up flour and other supplies to bring home, getting ready for the summer harvest at home.

The county school was also starting to break for the farming season. Zhao Junchao, angered by Old Pei’s House, plotted against them and began to ingratiate himself with those around Pei Wenli, dragging Zhang Shiqian along to invite him for a meal.

Watching Peiqin leave the rice and flour shop with her purchases, Zhao Junchao’s gaze lingered on her, filled with malevolent resentment.

Zhang Shiqian’s eyes flickered.

At that moment, a good friend of Zhao Junchao’s snickered, "Junchao! Since you have your eye on that girl, why not go all out... With Shiqian helping you, what’s there to fear?" Peiqin wasn’t particularly beautiful; it was the challenge she presented that incited a desire to conquer her. It would also be a good test for Zhang Shiqian.

Zhao Junchao didn’t respond but coldly curved up the corners of his mouth and turned his head to look at Zhang Shiqian.

Zhang Shiqian was momentarily taken aback. To... go after Peiqin!?

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