The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 744 The Replicas Are Better (4)_1

Chapter 744: Chapter 744 The Replicas Are Better (4)_1

The village was abuzz with speculation, all guessing just what had happened that led Pei Qin and her family to forcefully take all of Fang Hui’s savings in silver.

Pei Qian, holding two hundred taels of silver, returned home and looked at the smashed Jade Cabbage Sculpture, still filled with anger, "Even if we’ve compensated with silver, the smashing of this Jade Cabbage Sculpture means a hundred fortunes have been shattered, our family’s wealth luck is all broken! They probably don’t know how we were cursed after we left, or how they slandered us to the whole village!"

Pei Qin laughed, "Alright! How much anger do you have that it should interrupt our mealtime?"

Hong Xia was still trembling with fear, hesitant and nervous, "Madam! Young Miss! Are you really not going to make me... pay for that silver?"

"As long as you are loyal, you don’t need to repay that silver," Pei Qin smiled. That Jade Cabbage was a counterfeit she and Shen Songming had asked for, not worth much money. Two hundred taels of silver could buy several of them.

Hong Xia was dizzy with disbelief, so unreal! She hastily looked towards Pei Qian.

Pei Qian rolled her eyes, "Let’s just leave it at that. But if you dare to do something betraying your masters in the future, you’ll certainly be beaten to death with a heavy board!"

Hong Xia, with tears of gratitude streaming down her face, quickly knelt down and kowtowed, swearing that she would be loyal for life, never to betray her masters!

Pei Qian started thinking about whether or not to get another Jade Cabbage Sculpture to put on display again.

Pei Qin told her to go to the backyard, "Bring that Pixiu statue over to the front yard! Not only does it attract wealth, but it also wards off evil spirits and protects the home!"

"Won’t there be nothing left to display in the backyard then?" Pei Qian replied grumpily.

"We can also take out a fish carving to put on display!" Pei Qin suggested.

So, Pei Qian moved the Pixiu statue to the front yard, mumbling some words as she placed it on its stand.

Zhang Gengshan was utterly speechless, a line of black streaking across his forehead. Clearly, there were authentic items at home, yet his wife... preferred those fakes. It was alright when ordinary people came; they couldn’t tell the difference. But if someone knowledgeable were to visit and see a counterfeit on display, that would be really embarrassing...

Anyway, Pei Qin was quite pleased with those fake pieces; even if they were smashed or damaged, it wouldn’t upset her as much.

But Fang Hui was seething with hatred, running to Fang Family Village along with Feng Shouxing, and crying miserably. She recounted how cold and ruthless Pei Qin and Pei Qian were, unmovable even with her pleading and kowtowing, forcing them into a desperate situation. Their sources of goods had been snatched away, all their savings taken by force, and now all they had left was a noodle shop they’d invested a lot of silver in with not even one wen money of profit in return! It was all Pei Qin and Pei Qian’s fault.

Lady Yu frowned upon hearing this, "The things displayed in their front yard are mostly wooden carvings that wouldn’t break easily. The only things that could are a desk clock and two vases. Did you break the desk clock or the vases? No, wait, there’s also a Jade Cabbage Sculpture! Those are the only valuable items that could break! Especially the desk clock, which is hard to buy even with money. And the Jade Cabbage Sculpture has special significance."

Upon hearing this, Grandma Fang’s face also soured, "Which one did you break!?"

Seeing their reaction, Fang Hui’s heart burned with anger, "We had our supplies stolen, all our savings taken by force. You don’t care about whether we live or die, but you’re only concerned about what valuable thing they broke!?"

"A broken desk clock can be fixed, and it wouldn’t cost you five hundred taels of silver. Nor would a vase. So you must have broken the Jade Cabbage Sculpture. Did my second sister go over there and accidentally smash their Jade Cabbage Sculpture that brings wealth and blessings?" Lady Yu suspected her harboring a grudge and deliberately smashing it, trying to ruin the wealth and prosperity of Sister Peiqin’s family.

"That Jade Cabbage Sculpture is a sign of fortune, it should not be broken! How could it fall off the stand if it was well-placed?" Grandma Fang pointed angrily at Fang Hui, "Hui Niang! You... you’re really disappointing me now!"

"You actually suspect that I broke it on purpose!?" Fang Hui stood up in resentment, the tears vanishing.

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