The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 511: Quickly Falling Out and Getting Divorced (6)_1

Chapter 511: Chapter 511: Quickly Falling Out and Getting Divorced (6)_1

Shen Songming furrowed his brows, "I’m worried now that she knew your background in her past life, knew that you were involved in weapons research, which is why she couldn’t wait to have you killed."

"I didn’t see her ’couldn’t wait’, she’s quite patient," said Pei Qin.

Shen Songming gave her a look, "If it was right after she was reborn, she couldn’t even get a full meal, let alone a decent dessert. Who would have the means to assassinate you!? These past two years she’s become wealthy, slowly gaining control of silver coin and power, isn’t that when she started making her move!"

Pei Qin remained silent.

"So, I’ll bring you the stuff you asked for first, but you’re not allowed to make any moves now! Who knows how many eyes are on you! That pretty boy of yours, he’s also a ticking bomb!" Shen Songming said, pulling out a stack of silver notes, "All these notes are in small denominations, totaling three thousand taels. I’ve invested the rest in the crystal mine, take these for emergencies. This time, I’ve brought two men whose martial arts are on par with Lu Hai; I’ll leave them with you when I go."

"What about you?" asked Pei Qin, frowning.

"Concerned about me?" Shen Songming suddenly grinned mischievously, and seeing her roll her eyes, he laughed, "Don’t worry! It seems like she found out I’m pretty good at making money, wants me to work my ass off earning money for her! She won’t make a move on me! I’ve kept someone even more formidable by my side. And soon, the others will come over as well!"

Pei Qin nodded.

Having finished talking business, Shen Songming started to joke around, "That pretty boy of yours gets really jealous!" His mouth was kissed swollen, and he deliberately bit it to leave a mark—was that for him to see?

At the mention of this, Pei Qin rubbed her forehead, "Don’t provoke him, he’s going through a sensitive time right now."

"You talk like he’s on his period!" Shen Songming wanted to tell her that Mo Heng was being taken for a ride, really wanted to let her know she was being duped, but after a second thought, he held back and didn’t tell her. Let her figure it out on her own! He wondered when she would understand.

"Are we done?" Pei Qin stood up.

Seeing her about to leave, Shen Songming waved his hand dismissively, "Off you go then!"

Pei Qin tucked the silver notes away, thanked him, opened the door, and left.

Mo Heng smiled and handed her a cup of tea that had cooled, "It’s ready."

Pei Qin downed a cup.

Shen Songming also drank a couple of cups of tea, didn’t stay long, and called out as he got up to leave, "I’ll be going to Capital Jingcheng in a few days, get the soy sauce ready for me to take!"

"Sure!" responded Pei Qin.

Once the house was tidied up, a few of them moved over to the workshop to begin extracting soy sauce.

Shen Songming moved about the workshop as if on patrol, occasionally tasting this soy sauce, occasionally tasting that. After a whole day, his throat parched from the saltiness, he finally stopped tasting, "Did you put too much salt in this soy sauce?"

"Don’t you know how hard it is to buy salt these days? Maybe you’ve just tasted too much!" If it wasn’t for the Wang family, she couldn’t have immediately bought so much salt.

Shen Songming stroked his chin, "The salt trade sure is a quick way to riches! No, just having a salt permit means you can trade IOUs for silver."

Mo Heng, tending the fire, glanced at him. If the Shen family got involved in salt permits...

Shen Songming clicked his tongue twice, "I better stick to my jewels and ornaments. That business is too dangerous, too many pits! I might as well go back to running a silver account."

When Pei Qin heard he was planning to go back and deal with opening a silver account, she refrained from hitting him. The salt trade was incredibly profitable, but it was also fraught with danger. Besides, he had made so much silver he couldn’t spend it all.

After another two days, the soy sauce was loaded onto carts, and Shen Songming finally set off back to the capital.

Once he left Yuanyang County, he fell silent, not wanting to say a single extra word, and Shuang Xi felt unbearably guilty. The young master had rushed over eagerly, intending to marry Ms. Pei, but in the end, she married Mo Heng. Seeing the young master like this, he wished he had fought tooth and nail to help him marry Ms. Pei!