The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 904 - 200: Eager to Die Soon_2

Chapter 904: Chapter 200: Eager to Die Soon_2

Fang Zhi then came up with a plan. "Brother Fang! You can’t always stay in this broken temple, right? In such cold weather, there isn’t even a coal fire in the house. In the dead of winter, what will you become!? Brother Fang did nothing wrong, and yet they are so heartless. You are now a respectable gentleman. Apart from anything else, is this a place fit for people? The villagers don’t even know yet. If they find out, how could they still respect Brother Fang!?"

Fang Li snorted angrily and couldn’t stand the bitter cold and destitution of the place any longer. Currently, only Fang Zhi would listen to him and allow him to give orders, so he discussed with Fang Zhi how to get out.

Fang Zhi whispered with him for quite a while. When leaving, he even asked for a keepsake, saying it was for Widow Yang, to put her at ease.

Soon, Widow Yang and Fang Li rekindled their affair.

Not being at home, without so many eyes watching, made it even more convenient for the two of them.

With the distance, the family didn’t get any news at all.

After the Laba Festival, they started preparing for the New Year.

This year, Pei Qian got married. In previous years, Pei Qian would usually handle the accounts, but this year, the accounting books piled up on Pei Qin’s desk. Mo Heng damn well didn’t come back, so no use could be made of him. Pei Qin, looking at the pile of ledger books, glanced at her elder daughter, who was drawing chickens. "Jiujiu! Let mom teach you how to keep accounts!"

Jiujiu blinked her large eyes. "Mom! Don’t you want to do the accounts?"

Pei Qin coughed lightly. "No! Who said that!? Your aunt got married, and your uncle went to the county school. There’s no one else to teach you, so of course, it must be Mom!"

Jiujiu thought about it and agreed, "But isn’t Mom teaching me how to draw chickens?"

"After the New Year, you’ll be four years old. Others can recite the "Three-Character Classic" and poems at three, yet you can’t even do arithmetic. Isn’t that embarrassing!? Your aunts and uncle were all taught by Mom. Look how amazing they are! And how slow you are!" Pei Qin coaxed her.

As soon as she called her slow, Jiujiu frowned. "I’m not slow! I can learn too! Look how well I’ve drawn my chickens! Huang Qiu, Xue Dong, and the nanny all say I draw well! Zhang Gengshan even said they could be sold for money!"

They were just flattering her, only telling her what she wanted to hear.

"Alright! Then Mom will teach you! When you can also earn a title, you can support your mom in her old age!" Pei Qin said with a smile, beckoning to her.

Jiujiu blinked her eyes.

The smiling Huang Qiu and the others exchanged glances and quickly continued the conversation. "The young mistress is really smart! She learns everything at once!" They hurriedly brought over paper and pencils.

After feeding Xixi, Pei Qin was simultaneously keeping the accounts and teaching Jiujiu simple arithmetic addition and subtraction.

The nanny watched Xixi, while Huang Qiu and Xue Dong went out to prepare hot soup and snacks. "Madam... was that just a joke?" The young mistress is a girl, even if she is extraordinarily talented, she can’t participate in the imperial examinations. Those words about Madam having no sons, does they still upset Madam?"

"Madam probably misses the adults! It’s almost New Year. who knows if they can come back?!" The household felt even emptier after the third daughter got married.

Who knew that Mo Heng, so unexpectedly undiscussed, would return that very night.

Startled awake by the creaking beside the bed, Pei Qin exclaimed, "Who?"

"It’s me." As his words ended, his cold lips seized hers instantly.

"Mo..." Pei Qin was astonished at his sudden return.

Pei Qin pushed him, cursing inwardly. Had he taken an aphrodisiac!? He was lustful from the moment he arrived! Where was her Xixi?

As soon as Mo Heng entered the room, he had taken Xixi, who was soundly asleep in her mother’s bed, and handed her to the nanny. Despite her pushing and shoving, his tall figure firmly pinned her beneath him.

"Bastard! I’m going to die!" Seeing him catch his breath and ready to continue, Pei Qin was unwilling.

"No! Qinqin, I’ve missed you!"

"Get lost..." Pei Qin desperately wanted to kick him off the bed.

After asking for water, Mo Heng carried her to bathe.

Pei Qin kept her eyes closed the whole time. Mo Heng’s mind raced with wild thoughts. He had hurried all the way from Xining, barely resting on the road. Although he was utterly exhausted, once he was home and smelled the familiar scent, saw the person he longed for with her clothes loosely draped and lazily sleeping, he couldn’t restrain himself.

"Beast..." Pei Qin murmured in her sleep.

"Mm." Mo Heng held her close with a laugh. If not for the long and rough journey, the frequent upheavals there, he would have loved to keep her and their daughter always by his side.

When dawn came, Xixi opened her eyes to find the nanny instead of being in her mother’s bed and started crying loudly.

Hearing her younger daughter cry, Pei Qin instantly woke up, reached for the leather jacket at the bedside, put it on, and got up.