The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 691, Soaring to Great Heights (1)_1

Chapter 691: Chapter 691, Soaring to Great Heights (1)_1

Xiao Guangbi finally had news, and Pei Qin brought the letter over, quickly opening it, reading it from beginning to end. He couldn’t help frowning and handed it to Mo Heng, "What does this mean!?"

Mo Heng scanned it briefly, "Since the Lai Prefecture’s Magistrate is Xiao Guangbi’s man, it will be all the easier to handle."

Xiao Guangbi now wanted to rise to power, but first, he needed to amass forces and military power. With a gold mine discovered in his territory, there was no way he would not be tempted by a gold mountain.

"But what if Xiao Guangbi wants to use you?" Pei Qin’s eyes reflected a cold light. Xiao Guangbi couldn’t ensure his plan was foolproof, and after he had gone to great lengths to frame and win over Mo Heng, he would certainly give him tasks to test his loyalty.

"He still won’t let me touch his core strength, he’ll only give me some trivial tasks, or use other things to test my loyalty." If it were before, Mo Heng would have dived right in, stirring the waters even more to achieve his goal. But now that he had a wife, a daughter, and a home, he would not risk his own safety.

Pei Qin couldn’t help grinding her teeth whenever she thought of Xiao Guangbi.

Mo Heng pinched her cheek, "It’s been over half a year since we returned from Capital Jingcheng, and now that a gold mine has been discovered, he will act soon."

His prediction was not wrong. Xiao Guangbi had left Mo Heng hanging for over half a year, yet he didn’t see any proactive demonstration of loyalty from him, instead discovering that Mo Heng had quietly gone from Yuanyang County to Lai Prefecture to buy a seemingly useless piece of mountain land. If it were for planting sweet potatoes or sunflowers, he could have done that in Yuanyang County or around Runing Prefecture. Going so far to Lai Prefecture without reason just to buy a piece of mountain land? Upon investigation, he found a gold mine beneath the mountain ripe for over a hundred years of mining, which overjoyed him. It was as if he had been dozing off and someone brought him a pillow! He also knew that Mo Heng was aloof by nature, proud and solitary, so the chance of Mo Heng willingly doing his bidding was slim. He would have to give the orders himself.

Soon, Mo Heng received a letter from Xiao Guangbi suggesting that on his way back to the capital to celebrate Consort Yu’s birthday, he encountered a local official escorting a ’special product’ to the capital. Upon inspection, it turned out to be gold and silver treasures intended for the Crown Prince Mansion. Such a person must be draining the fat from the people, causing the local citizens to live in dire straits. As Prince He Qing, he could not overlook this matter, yet his status made it difficult for him to intervene.

As Mo Heng read the letter, he found it was from the Governor of the Two Rivers,"This person is the Crown Prince’s man, cunning and deeply shrewd. Xiao Guangbi has probably resented him for some time but had no way to deal with him."

Pei Qin watched him frown.

"This person is not a loyal and good official, so it wouldn’t be hard to eliminate him," Mo Heng said indifferently as he put away the letter, "Many likely covet the Governor of the Two Rivers’ seat. Now it’s just a matter of whether the Crown Prince is willing to let go."

"What should we do?" Pei Qin asked him.

Mo Heng, however, smiled and changed the subject, "Don’t worry, I won’t put myself at risk. Didn’t you buy so many winter melons to make candied melon?"

Pei Qin rolled her eyes at him, and as they were speaking, Sun Quanliang arrived from outside, "Boss! The ash you asked for has been delivered!"

To make candied melon, you either use mussel shell or lime. Lime is not as safe as mussel shell ash, so Pei Qin had someone buy mussel shells and grind them into mussel shell ash.

Hearing that the materials were ready, Pei Qin began to get to work, leading a few of the Sun Quanliang family to try making it.

Pei Qian saw her ’sullen’ for a few days and now starting to tinker with things again. Once she finished her work at hand, she came over to help as well.

The candied melon seemed simple, but it was not easy to make. Just slicing them into strips and soaking them took several repeats, and only after the water was dried could they be put into the pot. It had to be coated with sugar powder to bring out the white frost on the candied melon for it to be successful.

After ruining two pots, they finally made a successful batch.

Jiujiu looked at the greenish candied melon with white frost and ate one strip after another, "So sweet!"