The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 39 - The Bite that Led to the Separation_1

Si Ya cried for a while but struggled to keep crying, turned her head to look at Pei Qin, wanting to ask how much money she had made.

Without money in hand, it would be impossible for them to live if they separated from the family.

Turning to look at Pei Qin, Si Ya appeared somewhat dazed and stunned.

Ever since the elder sister rolled down the mountain, her temperament changed drastically these past few days.

Now, watching her mother and siblings, she seemed as if she wasn’t part of the family at all.

When Pei Qin saw Lady Fang crying so bitterly, she could hardly imagine if her mother knew that her most beloved daughter was also already dead, whether she would crumble.

These last few days, she had felt that although Lady Fang also loved San Ya and the others, she clearly cared more for her; all her efforts seemed to be for her daughter’s survival.

As her eyes became increasingly sour and blurred, Pei Qin wiped away her tears and said calmly, “I can make money, and I’ve already earned some; let’s separate from the family!

Even if we live a bit worse off, eating chaff and tasting vegetable leaves, at least we won’t have to live so suppressed.”

Eagerly seizing on her words, Si Ya asked, “How much did you sell the firewood for?”

“Seven wen, but I spent two, so now there’s a total of nine wen money,” Pei Qin said truthfully.

Si Ya’s face fell instantly, “You spent two out of seven wen!?

What did you eat?

With just nine wen money in total, if we separate, we can’t even buy a peck of cornmeal!

Where will we live?

What will we eat?”

“I’m still making money!

As long as we separate, making money to support the family will still be no problem!” Pei Qin had withheld a trick and didn’t teach the hand-operated threshing machine to Wang Tiezhu.

Now it all depended on how the sale of the corn stripers went; once she had some capital, she would find someone to make hand-operated threshing machines to sell.

“Relying on just that corncob stripper?

You only get one wen money for each one sold, how much can you earn!?” Si Ya complained unsatisfied.

Pei Qin gave her a look, not needing her approval; as long as Lady Fang agreed, she and her mother could separate from the Old Pei’s House and move out today.

Lady Fang stopped crying and came over to take Pei Qin’s hand to look, then rolled up her sleeve to see the cuts from chopping wood and dragging tree branches, and hugged her, bursting into tears, “Qinqin!

My Qinqin!

Mother has wronged you!”

“If you feel you’ve wronged me, then listen to me, let’s separate!

I don’t want to be sold again by them!

If there’s a first time, there will be a second; after they sell me, the next one could be San Ya or Si Ya.

San Lang won’t end up any better!” Pei Qin patted her back, soothing her.

Lady Fang hesitated; a widow with several children, living on her own… She wasn’t afraid of hard work, but she didn’t want to make the children suffer!

Moreover, “Your grandparents will never agree to it.”

“Mother!

If you’re not firm this time, we’ll never have a chance to turn things around at Old Pei’s House!” Pei Qin said earnestly, “Furthermore, outsiders look down not on your circumstance, but on your weakness; if you stand tall, perhaps you’ll be second to none!”

Lady Fang shook all over, tears welling up once more.

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That was right!

She had been bending over since the day she underwent Jian Xiao and had never straightened up since!

Her parents had disowned her, and her siblings had cut off contact.

Her in-laws only cared about having a grandson to carry on the lineage; she could never lift her head in front of the main house or the villagers, nor had she dared to visit her deceased husband’s grave!

“Jian Xiao is not an unforgivable sin, nor is it something to hide in shame.

Even the Emperor has personally decreed it, and throughout the Chu Nation, who knows how many families are involved in Jian Xiao.

Mother, you have nothing to be ashamed of, nothing to keep you from lifting your head, as long as you see it…

as a formality.

Isn’t it fine as long as San Ya and the others are here?” Pei Qin wasn’t good at persuading others, and Lady Fang wasn’t like her buddies whom she could just fight with or drink away her sorrows with.

Nine wen money could buy a few steamed buns to eat, but alcohol was a rare commodity and definitely unaffordable.

Lady Fang was stunned, her mind replaying Pei Qin’s words over and over.

No one had ever spoken to her like this, they were all pushing her son.

And before, her eldest daughter wasn’t so close nor did she ever counsel her.

San Ya and Si Ya were older now and understood things.

Despite being young, Pei Wendong, often called a bastard, knew he was not fathered by his dad, but born of his mother and uncle.

The three of them all looked at Pei Qin and Lady Fang as if they were about to be abandoned.

Pei Qin held Lady Fang and talked about the corn stripper cooperation with Si Ya and the others, “Once those strippers are made and sold, we can get our money.

Once we separate, we can also free up more time to make money, and providing for a few people’s livelihood won’t be a problem!”

Lady Fang, still hesitant, said, “After we separate…

we have nowhere to live…”

“Then let’s just build a shack over there!” Pei Qin pointed to a nearby open space.

Lady Fang opened her mouth.

“Just kidding!” Pei Qin laughed, “We could live in a shack, but we’re not at our wit’s end yet.

We can go to the town or the county city to rent a house!”

“But…

we only have nine wen money…” Lady Fang was tempted but even more worried.

Pei Qin’s mouth twitched, “Is all of your dowry gone, not even one wen money left?”

Lady Fang lowered her head.

Her modest dowry had been taken away years ago by her mother-in-law for various reasons, leaving nothing, and the last silver hairpin had been traded for medicine money.

“Damn it!” Pei Qin cursed angrily, “We must separate regardless!

It may be a bit urgent, but I will come up with something quickly, I won’t let you go hungry!

We must firmly insist on separating and cannot relent!”

“Granny and the others are coming!” San Ya pointed at the group of people approaching from afar.