The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 523 Your Sister Is Calling You Home for Dinner (3)_1

Chapter 523: Chapter 523 Your Sister Is Calling You Home for Dinner (3)_1

Pei Qin rubbed the ink stains on her hands and came over, "Pei Qian!?"

Pei Qian quickly tried to remedy the situation, "My elder sister has come out, why don’t you all come inside and sit!"

Pei Qin told her to get some pastries out, and she would go wash her hands first.

Pei Qian pursed her lips and took two plates of pastries out of the kitchen.

Li Baoxiang thanked her for the trouble and greeted her, then went back to the side room. Mo Heng was indeed knowledgeable, and he had to seize the time to ask more questions in preparation for the spring examinations next year.

Sun Tingyu and Li Baolian had been playing for more than an hour, and it was almost time for dinner. Sun Tingyu stood up and proposed to leave. Their family was different from others; staying too long could be annoying! Hadn’t Pei Qian’s glances already become very unfriendly?

Li Baolian was reluctant to leave; she didn’t live in town and couldn’t come over often. If she didn’t seize the opportunity, there would be nothing for her to do, "I’ll wait for my brother to leave together." If Pei Qin asked them to stay for dinner, she would stay as well. You invite me, I invite you, and that’s how relationships are built.

Pei Qian went over to the side room and called for Li Baoxiang, "Your sister is asking you to come home for dinner!"

Mo Heng had just finished teaching a section as well.

Li Baoxiang couldn’t stay any longer; he wasn’t like Fang Liuming, who was a relative and could casually stay for meals. He smiled, bowed, and after greeting Mo Heng and Fang Liuming, he left.

Seeing that Fang Liuming didn’t come out and Mo Heng wasn’t visible either, Li Baolian felt a bit depressed, but she had to leave with her brother. Before leaving, she still came over and pulled on Pei Qin’s arm, "Can I come over to play with you tomorrow?"

"Sure..." Pei Qin’s words were cut off midway by Pei Qian.

"It’s the end of the year, and our business is very busy. We have to go out tomorrow!" Why are you trying to cozy up to our house! Didn’t you see that the Fang family has already declined? She has no good intentions!

After this interaction, Li Baolian quickly confirmed that she genuinely disliked Pei Qian.

In this respect, she and Sun Tingyu were quite similar.

Pei Qin beckoned Pei Qian, "Come here!"

With pursed lips, Pei Qian stood still, "I know I’m not pleasing again. I’ll cook, wash the pots! I’ll take care of it for the next few days!"

Seeing that she had taken the initiative to accept punishment, Pei Qin said sternly, "If there’s a next time, it’ll be copying rules for women!" She must learn to contain, hide, and only reveal her sharp tongue when it’s time to strike.

Pei Qian returned to the front yard, unconcerned.

Fang Liuming sighed with a slight smile.

The next day, Pei Qin went to the workshop to get busy. As they were about to enter the twelfth lunar month, it was time to prepare goods for the New Year, and people who came to buy soy sauce would increase. She had to get the soy sauce ready in advance.

The half-pound bottles she had ordered were still piled up in the warehouse. When the soy sauce was ready, if there were no containers, customers could buy it bottled.

Mo Heng also helped out in the workshop.

Li Baoxiang came over for two consecutive days and didn’t see anyone.

Fang Liuming didn’t come over either; he stayed in the school to work on his essays.

Li Baolian didn’t feel right about going to the school to look for Fang Liuming, nor did she feel right about staying at the Sun family’s house all the time. Even if she had the nerve to stay, once Sun Xiujin’s postpartum month was over and she could move around, she would have to go back to their own home, and then she would have even less chance to see him.

Mo Heng was not a professional teacher, and it wasn’t possible for him to stay at home every day doing nothing but teaching them. As the end of the year approached, he became busier.

Pei Qin, pregnant with their child, had activities Mo Heng could take over and do, keeping her from having to lift a finger.

Li Baolian decided that before Sun Xiujin’s full month after childbirth was up, she would give something to Fang Liuming. Purses and handkerchiefs were too traceable, so when she came to see Pei Qin, she asked, "I don’t know what kind of pastries scholars usually like to eat?" Her brother hadn’t figured it out.

Seeing her blush, Pei Qin raised her eyebrows slightly, "My cousin doesn’t like eating pastries."