Chapter 204: The Hero Seizes Wealth and Beauty (4)_1
Lady Chen at home also kept an eye on the second household. In her words, it was only after Pei Zongli and his family returned that Lady Fang met her untimely death, causing such a scene that it even affected Pei Wenli’s reputation and his imperial examination. She suggested that Pei Zongli should lend a helping hand.
It was easier to get things done when there was someone in the family with an official title, but the newly appointed County Magistrate was difficult to read, and attempts to find connections were fruitless.
As the family was worrying, Pei Qin unceremoniously used her rice flour workshop to win over Pei Lizheng, and Lady Zhu had berated Pei Lizheng countless times at home.
Pei Qin busied herself until the end of the month, finally turning the invested twenty taels of silver into thirty-five, and after accounting for the losses, she had earned a net profit of five taels. Sun Tiezhu also brought her the money from the sale of skateboards and hand carts, totaling thirteen taels, which meant she had finally gathered enough silver to build the house.
The siblings were moving again. Just across the alley, Old Father Kong rented them two wing rooms.
Sun Tiezhu and Zou Xing helped them move again.
Seeing that there were other tenants in Old Father Kong’s property, Sun Tiezhu couldn’t help frowning, "You should move into my place, it’s more convenient, and you won’t be staying for long anyway!"
"We’ve already moved here, and it will only be for another two or three months at most; it will pass quickly!" Pei Qin instructed Pei Yuan to tidy up the rooms, and after checking the kitchen, she found it quite spacious, certainly much better than the makeshift shed and half-room they had been using. As long as they didn’t disturb Old Father Kong and the other tenant’s meals, they were free to use the kitchen as they pleased.
After paying two months’ rent, the four siblings settled down at Old Father Kong’s place.
On the second day of the second lunar month, Pei Yuan took out the big steamed buns that had been saved from the New Year festivities, soaked them, and made a batter, then fried pancakes and sent two over to Old Father Kong.