The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 694, Soaring to Great Heights (4)_1

Chapter 694: Chapter 694, Soaring to Great Heights (4)_1

The only thing that felt gratifying was Pei Qian’s marriage affairs. Her eldest son’s letter stated dramatically that Young Master Yang already had a wife, who was a daughter of a respectable family. How could he fancy such a shrewish, venomous bastard of a wench!

After returning home with her daughter, Lady Kong saw the look on her face and the way her eyes glanced at her. She knew her daughter was filled with hate and anger again, and that included resentment toward herself. Lady Kong pursed her lips and tried to divert her daughter’s attention by changing the subject, "Pei Qian’s breeding farm near the front of Taiping Mountain is almost ready. With such a big breeding farm, the villagers will probably flock there again."

Lady Chen snorted with spiteful anger, "She dares to set up a breeding farm right under our noses, let’s see how capable she is of making it successful!"

"I heard she plans to raise bamboo rats and wild rabbits! The Pei Lizheng family even inquired about it," Lady Kong subtly shifted her daughter’s anger.

Grinding her teeth with a grim expression, Lady Chen’s anger burst toward her again, "All you do is gallivant outside every day! Is that what you’re watching!? Leaving all the chores to me, your mother-in-law. If you’d really bore a son, I wouldn’t mind attending to you. But standing idle as if you’re doing nothing, and still expecting me, your mother-in-law, to wait on you!?"

Lady Kong’s face reddened with shame and anger, her hands clutching her daughter’s tightly as she silently cursed and endured. Four-year-old Pei Qingya, terrified, huddled close to Lady Kong.

"Not going to cook and feed the pigs! You’re waiting for me to serve you, right!?" Seeing that Lady Kong remained silent, Lady Chen scolded her once more. This daughter-in-law was only good for one thing: she didn’t fight back when hit, nor talked back when scolded.

Obediently, Lady Kong pulled her daughter to the backyard to prepare the vegetables.

Pei Qingya saw her mother’s tears streaming down and, with red-rimmed eyes, she reached out to wipe them.

Lady Kong hugged her daughter and wept silently, her tearful eyes flashing with repressed hatred. In the old days, the Old Pei’s House treated her with utmost respect; even the matriarch of the family wouldn’t dare to speak harshly to her, let alone the mother-in-law. But now she was reprimanded casually like a servant. However beautiful she was, such grinding down could only tarnish her. If Pei Wenli truly remained faithful, it would be bearable, but if he betrayed her...

At this moment, Pei Qin was holding a letter about Pei Wenli, her eyes filled with surprise, "He’s really quick! Not only did he find a husband for Pei Wenlee, but he also got himself a daughter of an official’s family! Quite capable!"

Lady Kong had always worried that as Pei Wenli climbed higher in status, he would abandon her. Before he left, Pei Wenli swore he would never betray her, but after failing the examination, he set his heart on staying in the Capital Jingcheng, promptly getting involved with an official’s daughter.

With a sullen face, Pei Qian took the letter and read it carefully. Seeing that Pei Wenlee was married to the Chief Clerk of the Crown Prince’s Chancellery, and Pei Wenli was involved with a daughter of a prestigious family intending to return home, she asked, "What rank is a registrar of the Glorious Monastery?"

Pei Qin shrugged, "I only know the Glorious Monastery manages the Imperial Court feasts. This registrar should have a position similar to other registrars."

"Which means, at least a seventh-rank," Pei Qian said, followed by a cold snort. "So, he’s like Sun Xiujin who was sent back home after being dismissed? Is he planning to take a concubine, or is he preparing to divorce Lady Kong to marry that woman?"

Pei Qin pondered, "Whether he marries or not will depend on how capable that daughter of a prestigious family is!" Although Pei Wenli cared greatly for his reputation, the reputation of the Pei family was already gone. If there were enough benefits, he would smoothly cast away his wife without difficulty.

Pei Qian thought of her visits to the construction of the breeding farm, where she ran into Lady Kong twice. Her eyes rolled as she thought, "Is there anything else to do at home? If not, I’ll go out for a walk."

Seeing her expression, Pei Qin could guess what she was planning, "Nothing pressing!"

Seeing that she wasn’t being stopped, Pei Qian couldn’t help but smile as she took her maid and left the house, heading again to Taiping Mountain.

This time she didn’t come out to stroll, and she didn’t run into her.

However, that didn’t stop her from spreading the news, telling Lady Zhu was just the same.

When Lady Zhu saw her approaching, she was frightened inside. Though this wretched girl was not as smart as Pei Qin, she was even more vicious and malicious—if she came over to hit her...

Pei Qian saw her trying to avoid her and run away, scoffing contemptuously. Turning her head, she bumped into Pei Wenbo strolling nearby, her mocking words immediately escaping her lips, "You, the dignified young master of the Old Pei family, appear in public without even a servant to wait on you. Doesn’t that embarrass you?"

Pei Wenbo, seeing the maid and guard following her and her imposing presence, glared at her with a dark look, "Being waited on by servants makes you proud, does it!?" He didn’t dare to insult Pei Qian to her face. It would end with the guards she brought beating him. He couldn’t beat them.

"It’s only you who is unsuccessful in your family. Your sister climbed her way up to an official post in the Crown Prince’s Chancellery, and your older brother has got his hooks into a daughter of an official’s family, and is only waiting to divorce his wife to marry into a more prominent family. Only you are useless, unable to even find a wife!" Pei Qian looked at him with disdain.

Pei Wenbo, about to curse in response, then caught on, "What did you say!? My older brother got involved with a daughter of an official’s family and wants to divorce his wife!?"

Pei Qian sneered and turned to leave.

Believing her words in his heart, Pei Wenbo thought that his sister indeed did marry an official in the Crown Prince’s Chancellery, so could his older brother really have found a daughter of an official’s family!? He rushed home to tell Lady Chen immediately.

Lady Chen was dubious at first, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt it could be true. Fang Liuming and Fang Fu were both in the Capital Jingcheng. After Shen Songming visited, he broke both of Zhao Junchao’s legs. Pei Wenli said that if one failed the examination, they couldn’t stay in Capital Jingcheng, or else Shen Songming and Fang Liuming would scheme against them.

But now he was staying in the Capital Jingcheng, Wenlee had already married, yet he still hadn’t returned.

"Mother! Do you think big brother really got himself a daughter of an official’s family?" Pei Wenbo couldn’t help but ask, seeing her expression. If his older brother had married a daughter of an official’s family in the Capital Jingcheng, he wouldn’t look for a bride in the village either; he would also go to the Capital Jingcheng to find someone better!

"If your older brother really did get one..." Lady Chen began, the smile unconsciously growing on her face. That useless Lady Kong wouldn’t be so arrogant anymore! The future of her eldest son might have been blocked by that wench Pei Qin, but in the future, he was sure to rise high!