The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 721 Angered Hatred (1)_1

Chapter 721: Chapter 721 Angered Hatred (1)_1

Zhao Xiaochen was stationed at the guardhouse, where he was only allowed two days of rest each month to return home; traveling to and from there took a whole day. Consequently, Madam Zhao and Old Master Zhao, eager to cradle a grandchild, couldn’t say much since Pei Yuan had married into the family without having conceived.

If Pei Qin was considerate, Mo Heng could rest easy.

"Since you have nothing else to do at home, why don’t you join the cargo ship for a trip?" Shen Songming asked him. Even with an impaired right hand, this fellow could still execute moves with his left hand and knew martial arts. When Shen was heading out, he always made sure to bring two skilled bodyguards with him, so he’d have two extra free bodyguards!

"Only if I suspend my seal," Mo Heng replied coldly.

Shen Songming glanced outside the room, where Pei Qin had gone to the kitchen, beckoned Mo Heng closer with a curl of his finger, and whispered, "Have you noticed that she’s becoming increasingly distant from you? She’s not only emotionless towards you but also passionless!?"

Mo Heng stared at him with a cold gaze.

Shen Songming chuckled and said, "There’s a type of beauty in distance, for distance creates enchantment. Pei Qin is no simple woman; if you’re always hovering before her eyes, no matter how handsome or attractive you are, overexposure will turn your allure from moonlight to plain boiled rice. You must know that ’absence makes the heart grow fonder,’ right?"

Mo Heng just looked at him silently.

Shen Songming rolled his eyes, "Do you really think that if you leave your lair, I’ll swoop in and steal her away? If you stick with me, you can keep an eye on me too!"

"I’m not interested," replied Mo Heng curtly.

"The two of you have been married for almost three years now. Every marriage has a so-called ’seven-year itch,’ which is when both parties grow most tired of each other, leading to affairs and seeking thrills! You should also be aware of how quickly Pei Qin loses interest in things; if you left for a while and then came back, that freshness would keep going. Marriage needs excitement too!" Shen Songming half-seriously, half-jokingly tried to persuade Mo Heng to take a long journey.

However, Mo Heng remained unmoved.

After talking for a long time to no avail, Shen Songming snorted dismissively and couldn’t be bothered to persuade him any further.

Pei Qin came from the kitchen with the newly arrived mooncakes, "Want to try how this year’s mooncakes are?"

"Still, chocolate mousse mooncakes are the tastiest," Shen Songming said, skewering a piece of the flaky mooncake with a toothpick and popping it into his mouth. "On this trip, I’ll also see if there are any cocoa trees; if there are, we could make chocolate in the future! There might even be coffee plants. I’m so accustomed to tea that I practically smell of it!"

Pei Qin felt a tingling excitement as well listening to him.

Shen Songming glanced at Mo Heng with a smile and leaned in to Pei Qin, "Why don’t you come along and have a look too? I’ll wait for you to get past the first trimester, then we can hit the road. We can travel leisurely, always finding places to rest!"

Mo Heng’s gaze was dark and stern as he watched him, "Over my dead body!"

Pei Qin could only covet the idea, knowing all too well that Mo Heng would never allow her to travel far while pregnant, let alone let her join Shen Songming, so she could only resign herself with a sigh, "I’m off to the workshop." She left, uninterested in any further conversation with the two men.

Mo Heng stood up too, not wasting more words with Shen Songming and followed Pei Qin out.

Pei Qian was busy in the workshop with Jiujiu, arranging for everyone to rush the work so the remaining preserved duck eggs could be finished. The cargo wagon would come earlier, then it would have to be loaded onto the ship, which was quite a distance away. Therefore, they had to rush to complete all the preserved duck eggs before the 15th.

Grandma Sun and Lady Zou were also helping out in the workshop, while Sun Xingwang followed Jiujiu around, magnifying glass in hand, busily inspecting everything.

The workshop was bustling.

After several days of non-stop work, they finally finished making all the preserved eggs into pine patterned eggs on the 14th day. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, grateful that the task was complete!

Pei Qian, somewhat sympathetically, handed out the exchanged silver as wages, giving each worker an additional pound of mooncakes as a token of gratitude for the rush work.

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