The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 719 Godfather Buys You Candy (5)_1

Chapter 719: Chapter 719 Godfather Buys You Candy (5)_1

Shen Songming was aware as well, but he also had his own mischievous pleasures. Seeing Jiujiu with a face so similar to Mo Heng’s call him "Dad" was a secretly thrilling thought.

As for the undercurrents between the two of them, they had passed before Pei Qin and the others returned.

The next day was bright and sunny. Shen Songming slept in well past noon before he got up and came over to discuss with Pei Qin the matters of this shipment and the trip down south.

Pei Qin was standing on the roof with a telescope in hand, testing its view, "The visibility isn’t that far."

"You’re still picky, it’s so much better than the naked eye! There aren’t such big pieces of crystal to grind into lenses, and lens grinding isn’t easy!" Shen Songming complained dissatisfied.

Pei Qin aimed the telescope at him, his acne scar appearing very clear. She smiled and said, "It’s quite a bit better than the naked eye."

Shen Songming hummed unhappily, "The Emperor cherishes this thing greatly, and he’s already said he wants to use it for military purposes. It was with this that I negotiated business with the Transport Gang."

Mo Heng put his arm around Pei Qin’s waist and they descended from the roof.

On the other side, Pei Qian and Pei Wendong were also having fun with magnifying glasses and kaleidoscopes.

Little ants, magnified under the lens, amazed everyone with their enlarged size.

Jiujiu had found something fun, aiming her magnifying glass at her caterpillars. With the harvest season approaching and the beans ripening, the bean caterpillars also started falling from the baobab leaves. The caterpillars at home could stay alive for a few days, so Jiujiu had raised quite a few.

Shining the magnifying glass on the caterpillar, which was as thick as a finger, suddenly made it two to three times larger. Jiujiu began to scream in fear and wonder, looking down at the caterpillar, which hadn’t grown bigger, and then at the magnified caterpillar in the glass, utterly puzzled.

Pei Qin watched and said, "The caterpillar can live a few more days now."

Shen Songming accused her, "You’re spoiling Jiujiu!"

Pei Qin shot him a look, "I’ve prepared everything you wanted, when are you leaving?"

Shen Songming glanced at Mo Heng, whose eyes flickered slightly, and said irritably, "Definitely after the fifteenth! That blind fool, secretly making bows and crossbows. Even with Prince Yong’an’s protection, Liang San and the people behind him could still find a handle on them if they wished to harm us."

Mo Heng simply didn’t want him to die, letting Pei Qin grieve for a lifetime. He knew how dangerous explosives were and would certainly not use them unless absolutely necessary. He had secretly made a batch of three linked crossbows and support equipment for him to outfit himself with.

Shen Songming then took out a map to discuss the shipping route and his destination, as well as where to plant rubber and trifoliate orange trees, where to establish a latex product factory, and what to produce.

Pei Yuan and Pei Wendong also listened in for a while, looking at the large map, which was just like the one their eldest sister had casually drawn during her lessons, and found nothing odd about it.

Mo Heng looked at it and reminded them, "It is a serious crime for anyone other than military commanders to privately possess maps of this detail."

"Well, I’m sort of half the Emperor’s favorite now, isn’t it? He wouldn’t convict me, would he!?" Shen Songming was only taking a map with him for this long trip, just for convenience and not intending to show it around carelessly.

Seeing them almost act like natural enemies, Pei Qin glanced up at the roof.

Jiujiu ran in with the magnifying glass and aimed it at Shen Songming’s face, her eyes widening in surprise, "Your eyes are so big!"

Shen Songming laughed heartily and hugged her.

Pei Qian also asked, "Brother Songming, what is this kaleidoscope made of? The flowers change whenever you turn it!"

"It’s made of colored glass." When Shen Songming began talking about this, he knocked on his head and asked Pei Qin, "When do you plan to start a glass factory? I’ll allocate the silver in advance."

Chemistry research wasn’t a big deal for them, and making glass wouldn’t be troublesome. However, because the siblings’ foundation was not yet stable, Pei Qin hadn’t planned to start it. Originally, she was waiting for Fang Liuming to pass the examinations and become an official, coupled with Shen Songming’s partnership, before setting up the glass factory. Now, as long as Xiao Guangbi wasn’t eliminated and Liang San was lurking with predatory intent, Pei Qin didn’t plan to start the business, "Let’s wait another two years!"

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