The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 982 - 222: Starting from Scratch_4

Chapter 982: Chapter 222: Starting from Scratch_4

Xie Ze was infuriated and full of resentment. Pei Qin wasn’t really making Brother Wendong start a business from scratch; she was driving them away, finding a way to force them out, brother and sister!

Pei Wendong entered half a day later, his face pale.

Xie Ze took a step forward, about to speak.

Xie Yi quickly grabbed him, silencing him.

Xie Ze insisted on speaking. "If you want to drive us away, just say it directly. There’s no need for such roundabout ways. It’s just that you speak more tactfully, with cleverer means!"

"Stop talking!" Xie Yi hissed at him, tears brimming in her eyes. "Brother Wendong, don’t make it difficult for yourself, we will leave! We will go to our maternal grandparents’ home!"

Huang Qiu couldn’t help but speak up from the side. "Our lady didn’t have the malice you think. She just had a discussion with Young Master Pei about betrothal gifts. Young Master Pei has grown up; he cannot always follow his married elder sister. It’s time to establish a family and a career, and to set up his own household. It’s not as twisted or malicious as you think!"

Xie Yi was somewhat shocked and hardly dared to believe it, but she still sighed in relief and looked anxiously at Pei Wendong. "Brother Wendong!"

Pei Wendong asked them to go back to their room and wait; he went to the inner courtyard to talk with his elder sister.

Pei Qian was arguing fiercely with Pei Qin, disagreeing with Pei Wendong going out, especially disagreeing with his marrying Xie Yi. "That vile woman Xie Yi will ruin him! His inheritance, future, and marriage—all will be destroyed!"

Pei Yuan had been silent all along, her eyes very red, listening by the side without giving her opinion.

Fang Liuming listened to Pei Qian rattling off all the bad things about Xie Yi, and he also disagreed with Pei Wendong marrying Xie Yi. It wasn’t that he completely believed everything Pei Qian said was right. It was that Xie Yi simply did not possess the capability to manage a household.

Pei Wendong followed his elder sister, but sooner or later he would have to set up his own estate; he couldn’t live with his elder sister forever. His surname was Pei, and since his elder sister had married into the Mo Heng family, she was part of the Mo Pei Clan.

With no parents or elder generation above, and no brothers or sisters-in-law below, it was just Pei Wendong alone. To be his wife, it wasn’t enough for just the two of them to be in love and willing.

Pei Qin sat by the charcoal burner, listening to Pei Qian talk incessantly, without responding to her. She waited until Xue Dong reported from outside that Pei Wendong had come, then she ordered, "Let him in."

Seeing him enter, Pei Qian also quickly sat up properly, waiting to speak.

Fang Liuming tugged at her, signaling her to stay silent and just watch.

Pei Qian, always sensitive, followed his gaze to Pei Yuan, then looked at Pei Qin, and she immediately sensed something different here, very subtle. She couldn’t tell what it exactly was, but she had noticed that slight difference. But she knew that her elder sister wasn’t talking about forcing Xie Yi and her brother to leave by making Wendong start from scratch. She didn’t oppose Pei Wendong marrying Xie Yi. Since she spoke thus, she truly meant for Pei Wendong to set up his own house from scratch.

"Elder sister!?" Pei Wendong came over, his eyes red and his voice hoarse.

"Don’t be so disgraceful! It’s not like I’m ordering your execution! You truly aren’t young anymore, you are a man. Your second sister took over managing our household’s major affairs at the age of twelve, and your third sister even started managing a business at a young age, earning money for our family. You’re already fifteen, and besides studying, you haven’t done much. It’s time for you to go out and gain some experience. Here is some startup capital and recipes, one for preserving eggs and one for making soy sauce," Pei Qin said gravely.

Pei Wendong held back his tears. "I know, elder sister has always taught us not to be people who only extend our hands to receive."

Since Pei Qin wasn’t one to nag and seeing that he understood, she then handed him one hundred taels of silver and two recipes, one for preserved eggs and one for soy sauce.

"Elder sister! These two recipes..." Pei Yuan began.