The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 856 - 184: Don’t Be a Pushover_4

Chapter 856: Chapter 184: Don’t Be a Pushover_4

Pei Qin complained bitterly about Mo Heng, feeling she should just return to her previous carefree life. Even with Little Radish, she could take Little Radish along with her, "I have already helped Li Baoxiang as much as I could, as for how much Mo Heng will help him, that’s up to his fate!" If his fate is good, then let him develop on his own. If his fate is bad, Mo Heng, with a heart as black as coal, will surely kick him into the fire pit.

Grandma Fang also lodged a series of complaints, and only then did she feel a bit relieved.

Meanwhile, Grandma Li went to the Yu family to talk again, and sister-in-law Yu was annoyed to no end. She said that no one owed anyone anything and it wasn’t possible to help for a lifetime, which offended her cousin-in-law’s family.

Lady Yu told her sister-in-law not to ask too many questions, that Li Baoxiang’s misfortune was due to his lack of ability. They couldn’t even get married initially, and it was their own insistence on marrying Yu Qingxiu over there. They aimed to take advantage, and now that things weren’t going well, they had nobody to blame but themselves!

Grandma Li ran around in circles and couldn’t come up with a solution. She sent word to Li Baoxiang and Yu Qingxiu that if things weren’t going well, they might as well return home. Pei Qin and the others had also offended important figures in the Capital Jingcheng. If those people sought revenge, they would end up as scapegoats.

Pei Qin didn’t care. Now with Liang San helping Xiao Guangbi pull Mo Heng onto their side to sell their lives for, they wouldn’t deal with them for the time being. She was only focused on teaching Radish at home.

Xiao Yi was now pressured by his elder, Pei Qin; his own words had cost him a hundred insects for Jiujiu, and these days he negotiated with insects. Jiujiu asked him to catch them, which he found disgusting and somewhat frightening. So he asked Manager Liao for Silver and paid the town’s kids to help Jiujiu catch the insects she liked, while he followed behind, paying them.

With money to earn, those kids were as enthusiastic as if injected with chicken blood, catching insects everywhere.

Jiujiu’s room soon faced an insect infestation. She threw them together to fight, saying she wanted to raise a powerful insect to be her follower. Chang Yonglin had taught her to pit crickets against each other, but she didn’t like it, so she tossed bean beetles together to fight instead.

Xiao Yi even thought she was psychotic, while Manager Liao inwardly trembled. If the Prince hadn’t been making use of Mo Heng, and the Junior Provincial Official actually took this little Miss Mo Jiujiu as a consort, the future would not bode well. Miss Mo Jiujiu was just a three-year-old child and had already started playing with insects. If in the future she learned the art of using Gu insects like those from the Miao borders, it would be a silent, deadly affair!

But since Jiujiu played with insects and Pei Qin didn’t care, Manager Liao, being just a servant, could only mutter a few words in Xiao Yi’s ear.

Seeing Jiujiu like this, Xiao Yi had already discarded the idea of taking her as a consort in the future. This wild girl could not be of great use. When he grew up, he speculated Mo Heng might be useless as well. Wouldn’t his father still be able to control him then?

The town speculated about Xiao Yi’s identity, but without finding out any news, they just thought that Pei Qin’s family had gained another distinguished little young master as a permanent resident. As long as they didn’t provoke him, that was fine. It seemed he had more influence than Zhao Yong, and naturally, quite a few youths approached him with the intent of currying favor.

Xiao Yi soon gathered a group of followers.

Pei Qin saw his antics, like a mob boss, and kicked him a couple of times, "What are you here for? Forming cliques! If you really want to play, go to the fields, the mountains, the rivers, and play all day long!" Ignoring his hopping in protest, she threw him to the teacher who had followed them there.

Xiao Yi snorted in anger, "Pei Qin, you dare to disrespect this Provincial Official repeatedly. In the future, this Provincial Official will make sure you regret it!"

"I’m waiting for you!" Pei Qin replied with a smile.

Xiao Yi hmphed, then sought out Manager Liao, "Write a letter to Father, say that Pei Qin has abused this Provincial Official!"

This letter from Manager Liao had already been written; its wording was tactful, but she believed the Prince would definitely understand the underlying message—it would be best to have the Junior Provincial Official taken away by some means. Mo Heng was nothing more than someone who worked his life away for the Prince, yet he dared to use the Junior Provincial Official as a hostage; it was truly deserving of death! Moreover, that Pei Qin even dared to lay a hand on the Junior Provincial Official, that was a crime worthy of a thousand deaths!

Upon receiving the letter, Xiao Guangbi also felt displeased in his heart; however, the person had already been sent and was now in the hands of Pei Qin. Since he was not present, he could not manage the situation properly. All he could think about was whether Mo Heng had managed to take control of Xining Guard quickly, as he had requested.

Mo Heng traveled fast and had already arrived at Xining Guard with his men. He had the transfer orders from the Ministry of the Army, but he was merely an Eighth Rank small official. Nevertheless, he dared to come and claim his share of the action, even arriving with such threatening momentum, suppressing Xiao right from the start. Even if a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake, Mo Heng was even less than a newcomer dragon, a mere small fry!

Since Mo Heng dared to come to Xining, he had already more or less figured out the situation of Xining Guard. With his swift and thunderous methods, he quickly usurped the position of the Senior Official, gaining control of the forces of a hundred soldiers and, by leveraging the issue of embezzling Silver, pulled down two Deputy Generals. This forced the stationed General at Xining Guard to treat him with caution and promoted him to Deputy General, assigning him to lead a troop and station at the barbarian border.

This was exactly what Mo Heng wanted, and he directly took a troop and left.

By the time the letter reached Pei Qin’s hands, the hot weather was already coming to an end.

Jiujiu was sticking around everywhere, catching cicadas to bring back for her sister Xixi to listen to their calls.

Once, the nurse saw her stuffing a bean weevil into her sister’s hand, and Xixi, not knowing any better, reached to put it in her mouth, scaring the nurse so much that she dared not leave even a step away from her charge. Even when she needed to use the bathroom or blink, she would call for Huang Qiu or Xue Dong to watch over Xixi. Miss Jiujiu was already like this, and she shouldn’t lead the younger Miss astray as well! If the lady of the house wouldn’t mind, they couldn’t just stand by and watch!

The nurse was startled and spoke in a rushed manner, causing Jiujiu to realize that her nurse now seemed to like her sister more and did not like her as much, which made her a bit unhappy. Carrying her insects, she went out to play.

"Jiujiu! Where are you going?" Pei Qian saw her going out and called out, "Would you like some sweet melon your little aunt cut for you?"

Jiujiu thought about the taste of the sweet melon, which wasn’t that great. "I don’t want it, I’m going out to play." Her sister clearly also liked the bean weevil she gave her. It was just the nurse making a fuss! Humph! When her sister could walk, she would take her out to catch bugs together!

Seeing her going out again, Huang Qiu said, "Miss, wait a moment; this servant will get you a hat to wear!" Xiao Yi had just run out for a few days and gotten a layer tanner, and even if Jiujiu didn’t tan, she could still get sunburned. She always wore a sun hat that her little aunt had made whenever she went out.

Jiujiu held onto her bean weevil and hummed, quickly striding out with her little legs.

Huang Qiu found the sun hat and took it, then filled a small gourd with cool boiled water and grabbed a handkerchief to chase after her.

But after searching everywhere, she couldn’t find her. Huang Qiu ran to Sun Xingwang’s home without success, and she couldn’t find her at Landlord Zhao’s house either. She became somewhat panicked, asking everyone she encountered, "Have you seen our Miss Jiujiu?"

It was hot outside and there weren’t many people around. Several people she asked said they hadn’t seen her.

Huang Qiu turned pale and immediately asked for help to search by the river, before stumbling home to raise the alarm. "Lady! Lady! Miss Jiujiu is missing!"

Pei Qin stood up hurriedly, "How long has she been out? Who went with her?" She quickly called for Liu Feng and Cao Li, among others, to go out and track her down.

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