The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 533 This Lifetime is Completely Ruined (3)_1

Chapter 533: Chapter 533 This Lifetime is Completely Ruined (3)_1

Landlord Zhao chuckled, "What’s the rush? The sisters just married off one before the year’s start, and Pei Yuan hasn’t even had her hairpin ceremony. No matter how urgent, you have to wait for her to reach that age!"

Zhao Xiaochen felt his face heat up from the laughter, "Anyway, I’m just going to ask Uncle for a bride!"

"The brides are all found by me, are you afraid you won’t get married?" Landlord Zhao teased him, reassuring him.

After having his assurance, Zhao Xiaochen bowed with a smile to express his thanks before he took his leave.

When Pei Qin woke up from a nap, she was made to drink a bowl of almond dew, "Good...," it tasted terrible.

"The almond dew doesn’t taste good, let’s try making walnut dew tomorrow." Mo Heng had a sip earlier and indeed, it was a bit unpleasant.

Pei Qin felt that Shen Songming, that piece of work, was unquestionably tormenting her. He had given a list of nutritional guidelines for pregnant women, and now Mo Heng would insist on nourishing her every day. Hearing that he was planning to make walnut dew, Pei Qin hurriedly stopped him, "Eating dry nuts will do! Later on, we can have fried almonds, and just make some five-spice walnuts on our own!"

"They’re not good for absorption," Mo Heng looked at her.

As the list from Shen Songming had said, one should eat more liquid foods and soups which are easier for one to absorb nutrients.

"My digestion is fine! Eating dry nuts is enough!" Pei Qin urged him to stop fussing.

"Goat milk, almond dew, or walnut dew, pick one." Mo Heng was not leaving it up to her; she was too thin, barely showing a pregnancy after three or four months, and still not obediently taking her supplements.

After Pei Qin became pregnant, she couldn’t drink goat milk anymore, for she would vomit as soon as she drank it. Staring him down resolutely refusing to drink, Pei Qin insisted, "You’re sleeping outside tonight!" All he did was give her supplements, as if he had some ulterior motive!

Mo Heng watched her for a while and yielded a step, "You have to drink the tonic soup every day."

As long as it wasn’t too greasy, Pei Qin could still accept the tonic soup.

After sleeping all morning and finishing lunch, Pei Qin strolled around the front courtyard.

Even though the marriage was settled, Pei Yuan still took out the gifts she had received for Pei Qin to look over.

"This lantern is nice! The comb is pretty too, keep it!" Pei Qin reached out to fiddle with the fringe of the lantern. Now that the marriage was fixed, she had better get to know the items well, or else she’d be blindly marrying off.

The box Zhao Xiaochen had sent over later contained a comb. Its craftsmanship wasn’t very fine, but it was ingeniously made, with a row of jade fragments that were very beautiful.

Li Baoxiang came from the outside; he had knocked on the door in the backyard in the morning, but Zhang Gengshan said that Pei Qin and Mo Heng were resting and not receiving visitors.

After discussing with his family, Li Baoxiang decided to stay at the Sun Lizheng family for a few days, dedicating time to learn from Mo Heng in preparation for the spring Imperial Examinations. Magistrate Wu had already left for his new posting in Datong Prefecture, and a new county magistrate would soon arrive. These scholars without connections or influence would fail the examinations each year because they couldn’t discern the preferences of the examiners.

Pei Qin’s home had a Pai Building granted by The Imperial Court, so even with the arrival of a new county magistrate, they should have an approachable opportunity. Moreover, Mo Heng’s scholarship was genuinely outstanding. Therefore, Li Baoxiang’s visit this time was to request Mo Heng’s guidance on scholarly matters during this period.

Sun Lizheng was worried he wouldn’t phrase it well, as Mo Heng was quite aloof, not an easy person to get along with. That morning, Li Baolian had fallen in their home ’without watching her step,’ so she came along.

Upon hearing this, Pei Qian’s face fell. Were they planning on coming to bother them every day from now on?

They still had to live in town, and since Mo Heng hadn’t found out the details of this new Magistrate Huang yet, Pei Qian nodded in agreement, "That is acceptable, but no assorted riff-raff should come over to disturb us."

Li Baoxiang thought of his sister, and his face reddened with embarrassment as he rose to his feet, bowing, "Thank you, Brother Mo."

Since Sun Lizheng wanted to finalize a betrothal with the Fang family before the spring examinations, hearing Mo Heng’s words, he naturally nodded in agreement. If they said anything unfavorable, the Fang family would certainly not enter into marriage with them. This was also good; at least the Li family girl would no longer stay at their place.

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