The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 514 Peach Blossom Luck (1)_1

Chapter 514: Chapter 514 Peach Blossom Luck (1)_1

After a heavy snowfall, a thick layer blanketed the ground. Fang Liuming stepped on the creaking snow and headed to the butcher’s shop to buy meat, "Boss! Do you have any lamb?"

"Yes, we have a lamb leg! How much do you want?" The boss, seeing him, smiled and came out to greet him, "Going to your cousin’s house for a meal again!? Every time you bring something over, you really know how to behave!"

Fang Liuming said with a slight smile, "Then, please cut me two pounds of lamb." His cousin couldn’t eat much, so he wanted less.

"Alright! Two pounds of lamb coming up!" The boss quickly moved the lamb leg over and cut him two pounds, "Two pounds and a bit extra. Since you come to buy meat often, I’ll just charge you for two pounds!"

"Well then, thank you very much, boss!" Fang Liuming said with a smile, taking out his purse to pay.

The butcher’s wife then inquired, "I remember you’re about sixteen or seventeen now, it’s time to start talking about marriage, isn’t it?" It was previously said that he was waiting for Pei Qin, and if things didn’t work out with Young Master Shen, she would marry Fang Liuming, her cousin. Now that Pei Qin had married someone else, it was time for Fang Liuming to look for a match too, right? He was handsome, well-educated, and extremely polite. Had he not been waiting for Pei Qin, he probably would have been engaged already.

Fang Liuming, feeling a bit shy, smiled, "It’s still early for that!"

"Not early at all! Settle the engagement this year, and you can get married next year!" the butcher’s wife teased with a smile.

Fang Liuming, holding the meat, smiled and left, stepping on the snow towards Liu’er Alley.

Turning back, the butcher’s wife said, "Honestly, this Fang Liuming! He used to come here often enough, but now that Pei Qin is married, he comes even more frequently!"

"Probably because he’s studying with that scholar staying at the Pei household! I hear he’s very knowledgeable. Pei Wendong and Young Master Chang have always been guided by him, and that’s why they’re doing so well in their studies! Otherwise, why would the landlord Chang’s eldest grandson live at the Pei household here in our town to study!? Can Teacher Sun’s knowledge really be better than the teachers’ in the county city!?" the butcher analyzed.

The butcher’s wife nodded in agreement, "He could also teach at the school. At the very least, he’d earn some tuition money, instead of being kept at home for nothing!"

They too thought that Pei Qin was keeping Mo Heng.

"Mind your own business! They’re not short of money!" the butcher glanced at her. Such a beautiful person, if he were Pei Qin, he would be willing to keep him too!

The butcher’s wife spat at him, "If you had a whiter face, were thinner and taller, with delicate, tender skin, I’d keep you as well!"

"If I were that good-looking, would I need you to keep me?" the butcher scoffed jokingly.

The couple bantered back and forth.

Sun Lizheng came to buy meat, overheard their entire exchange, laughed as he carved his meat, then carried it home. Passing by Liu’er Alley, he looked at the footprints leading toward the Pei household and pondered for a moment.

When he got home, he told Miao’s to inquire with Grandma Li, who was staying to look after Sun Xiujin during her confinement, about bringing Li Baoxiang over instead.

Miao’s looked at him puzzled, "If we bring Bao Xiang over, what can he do? Can he hold the baby or do chores like serving food and changing diapers?" Miao’s was somewhat dissatisfied with Li Baoxiang, who had stayed for only two days before leaving. What about studying for next year’s examination, not even caring for his wife and child!?

"I just went out and saw Fang Liuming visiting the Pei family again, saying he’s studying with that Mo Heng. A couple of days ago, Teacher Sun mentioned his scholastic progress had improved a lot, and he’s preparing for the examination next year. Fang Qian, that cunning old man, sure is shrewd. His eldest grandson will take the exam after the New Year. Instead of calling him back to coach him personally, he lets him stay in town to study with Mo Heng, which means Mo Heng’s scholarship must be exceptional. Studying with him might promise high achievement in next year’s exams." Sun Lizheng was also somewhat anxious to help his son-in-law, who had failed the spring examination that year, by trying to pull some strings.

Miao’s understood immediately, "You want Bao Xiang to study with that Mo Heng too?"

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