The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 898 - 198: Little Rich Woman Pei Qian_3

Chapter 898: Chapter 198: Little Rich Woman Pei Qian_3

Pei Qin directly bought her two shops, one in Yuanyang County and one in Capital Jingcheng, "Although the recipe for spicy pickled cabbage has been made public and isn’t as profitable anymore, if you still want to do it, you can take some people with you and continue. As long as the product is authentic and genuine, the business can be long-lasting, and it won’t be bad. I won’t buy you the farmland; with these two shops, you can run a business here, and when you go to Jingcheng, you can make use of the other one."

Pei Qian didn’t say anything, silently taking over the light bundle of two property deeds stamped with the bright red seal of the Government Office. Her heart quivered, and she pursed her lips tightly.

"As for other things, I won’t prepare them for you. You can take the breeding farm with you, and Zhang Dacheng’s family can be of use. Additionally, I’ll buy you a few more people to use." She was different from Pei Yuan; she would be following Fang Liuming to his post and would need her own people to work for her.

"I won’t take the breeding farm with me; I’ll leave it for Zhang Dacheng’s family to look after," Pei Qian said.

Pei Qin thought about it and agreed since she wouldn’t be able to look after it if she accompanied Fang Liuming to his post.

As for the rest, she provided more gold and silver jewelry, which could be pawned in case of emergencies. The money at the bottom of the chest was the same as what was given to Pei Yuan.

Pei Yuan only sent one set of silver jewelry, "I won’t give you the fabrics and clothes. I don’t feel secure leaving them on the side, and even less so taking them with me. I’ve turned all of them into money for you, so you can have something to use when you get there." She handed over two fifty-tael silver notes.

Pei Qian refused, "Opening the shops has already taken up quite a lot of silver."

"The money for the shops is being advanced by your elder sister. I haven’t touched much of my own silver!" Pei Yuan said with a smile. "Besides, business is good before the New Year. The shops will make a profit! You guys just wait for your dividends!" She insisted on giving the silver to her.

Although Fang Liuming was a county magistrate, he earned less than seventy taels of silver a year, which was not enough to feed a family, not to mention the necessary social expenses. Marrying him meant Pei Qian became an officer’s wife, which was prestigious only in appearance. Since Fang Liuming was not corrupt, they relied on Pei Qian’s income to sustain their household. Therefore, both Pei Qin and Pei Yuan prepared private savings for her.

Even Xiao Yong gave her one hundred taels of silver and two pieces of Shoushan Stone.

Xiao Yi, seeing him give nothing but stones, huffed and ordered Manager Liao to prepare some quality items for Pei Qian, "Don’t let me lose face!"

Manager Liao obeyed and delivered a complete set of red gold jewelry, glittering with gold.

Chang Yonglin and Pei Wendong exchanged glances and inwardly laughed. Neither of them had brought gifts, only providing silver—sixty and fifty-five taels respectively. This was their personal savings, money they earned themselves from trading goods from the south.

Chang’s house had other jewelry and fabrics added to the dowry.

"You’re not even married yet, and your auntie has become a little rich lady!" Pei Qin pinched Jiujiu’s chubby little face.

"Is a little rich lady very wealthy?" Jiujiu asked, tilting her little face upward.

Pei Qin nodded, "She has small assets!"

"Mom, do you have money?" Jiujiu asked again.

"Err... Mom is a poor ghost!" Pei Qin declared with mock seriousness.

Jiujiu rolled her eyes in mimicry, "I don’t believe it!" Looking at Pei Qian, she asked, "Mom! Do you have more money, or does Auntie have more money?"

"Your Auntie has more money!" Pei Qin straightforwardly replied.

Jiujiu looked convinced, having seen in the past few days just how much money and how many things her aunt had.

Seeing that her gaze was fixed on her, as if she were extremely wealthy, Pei Qian couldn’t help but pinch Jiujiu’s little face, "Jiujiu! How about you live with your auntie from now on! Your auntie has a lot and lots of money!"

Pei Yuan and the others watched with amusement, waiting to see how she would respond.

After thinking for a moment, Jiujiu said, "Then I’ll visit Auntie every year!"

"You little ingrate! Not staying with me but visiting me every year, you just want to take advantage yearly, don’t you!" Pei Qian said, paddling her bottom twice.

"But Auntie is very rich! She’s a little rich lady!" Jiujiu retorted.

Pei Qian pretended to strike at her.

Pei Yuan laughed and pulled her into an embrace, rubbing her little face, "Your auntie is now wealthy, so from now on, we will go and take advantage of her every year! We won’t come back until we’ve had our fill!"

"Okay!" Jiujiu giggled.

"Let’s see if you’d all dare to follow me!" Pei Qian challenged.

The siblings all burst into laughter.

When evening came, Pei Qin handed over a volume of Pictures of the Spring Palace with a dead serious expression, "Take a look at this!" She had taught her almost everything else; this was the only thing left.

Pei Qian, thinking it was something else, opened it and instantly blushed all over, snapping it shut immediately, and thrust it to the bottom of her trunk.

When Pei Qin and Pei Yuan were in the same situation, it had been Lady Yu who had stayed the night to teach them.