Chapter 101 Coercive Buying and Selling (1)_1
Pei Wenli was able to come back and hold the fort, a request from Pei Houli. He had said that the matchmaking for his brothers and sisters would be discussed after he achieved scholarly honors. Unexpectedly, as soon as Pei Qin joined in, she agreed to follow his lead, pushing away this excellent marriage proposal and laying the blame on him. Without eating lunch at home, claiming that there were still lessons to attend to at school, she headed straight back to town.
Pei Houli’s brows furrowed; he had spoken highly of this marriage proposal, and it was only because of the influence of the main branch of the family that the other party had come forward, yet it was rejected outright. What better match could there possibly be?
"At least wait another year," Pei Qin and Lady Fang agreed to earn money first and then move out to a new home.
Lady Fang was particularly hopeful that she could find an even better family; getting married at fifteen wasn’t too late, and if the family could earn a hundred taels of silver, waiting a year was certainly worth it, for they would surely find a good match!
Once the mothers had agreed, they shifted their focus to making money.
Pei Qin began spotting rabbit burrows on the mountain. Whenever she found a burrow, she blocked one end and marked the other. The next day, if there were rabbit tracks, she would light wet grass and leaves at the entrance, and with a sack ready at the other entrance, the rabbits were hers for the taking.
After several days, she had caught fourteen rabbits and got up early to sell them in the county market.
Si Ya insisted on accompanying her, determined to watch over Pei Qin and stop her from spending money frivolously. She suspected that the wild rabbits could fetch a good price this time, and she didn’t want her eldest sister to spend it all as soon as she laid eyes on it!