The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 28 - The House Collapsed (2)_1

Lady Zhu’s face turned dark and sour.

After the meal, Pei Qin again picked up an axe and rope, claiming she was going to chop firewood on the mountain.

Si Ya quickly stood up to follow, “I’ll go with Eldest Sister!”

Pei Qin knew she was being watched.

She glanced at Si Ya and, without saying much, let her follow.

Little did they know, as soon as they left the house, Wenbo also followed them.

Si Ya didn’t say anything; she too worried that Pei Qin might truly seek Dalang to elope.

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With Wenbo accompanying them, he could keep an eye on her.

As they left the village, Pei Qin suddenly turned around, beckoning Wenbo with a smile.

Seeing his sinister smile, Wenbo instantly became afraid, “What are you up to!

You little wretch!”

Pei Qin’s face darkened, and she approached with the axe, ready to hit him.

Wenbo cried out and ran back toward the village with all his might.

“Eldest sister…” Si Ya called from behind.

Pei Qin chased Wenbo all the way back to the village before turning around to call Si Ya to follow her up the mountain.

Si Ya was filled with confusion and resentment, yet considering her sister had caused the collapse of a house that morning, she didn’t dare complain further and followed her up the mountain.

Pei Qin checked the path and, following the direction from the day before, found the two bundles of firewood.

To Si Ya’s surprise, she hoisted them on her back and asked, “Are you coming to sell firewood in town, or not?”

Si Ya’s eyes widened, “Sneak off to sell it!?”

“Follow me if you’re coming; go home if you’re not!” Pei Qin said, and then took another path down the mountain.

Of course, Si Ya wanted to go.

On the way down the mountain, she couldn’t stop marveling at Pei Qin’s surprising and intriguing plan.

Eldest Sister actually thought of secretly selling firewood to make money!

That meant the earned money surely wouldn’t be handed over to Grandma and Grandpa, would it!?

Pei Qin had eaten quite well in the morning, and the distance from Back Mountain Village to Taiping Town wasn’t too far.

They stopped to rest twice on the road before reaching the town.

Si Ya reminded her as they walked, “Dalang might be at the school in the town.

If he or his wife finds out, this firewood will have been sold for nothing!”

Pei Qin didn’t respond and continued straight over the bridge to the street on the other side, finding her way to the same mill she had visited before.

The mill owner was indeed waiting at home, looking to be in his thirties with a face showing some signs of hardship.

Seeing Pei Qin, he realized she was indeed the young girl his mother had described.

He didn’t belittle her.

Instead, he was interested in the threshing tool she had mentioned, “I made one last night, is it something like this?”

Yun Duo saw the scraper-like object he had made and twitched the corner of her eye, “That’s a bit too abstract!”

Watching her expression, the mill owner realized that the object he had created wasn’t right and gave an embarrassed smile, “My mother wasn’t clear, I rushed to try it out and ended up with this thing!”

“Can you do carpentry?” Pei Qin asked, looking at the object he made.

“I’ve just started learning not long ago,” the mill owner scratched his head.

Pei Qin nodded, “If you can do carpentry, then I’m looking for you!

That’s not how the object is made.

Get me a piece of paper, and I’ll draw it for you.

Let’s agree first on how to split the money once the object is made!”

Seeing that she could also write and draw, the mill owner became even more convinced of Pei Qin’s ability.

If it was really like what she said, then this corn shucking tool, once made, would certainly sell for money!