Chapter 266 Are You Even Letting Others Live? (3)_1
"Almost," Sun Lizheng replied ambiguously before telling them, "Sister Peiqin and her brother seem to be easy to get along with. You two should visit them more often!"
"That Pei Qin isn’t bad, and Pei Yuan is okay even though he doesn’t like talking much. But that Pei Qian isn’t easy to get along with at all — she hasn’t given us a kind look since dinner!" Sun Tingyu pouted, clearly not fond of Pei Qian, as if she and her auntie were bound to get into a conflict.
"Perhaps you’re not well acquainted yet. Visit more often, and things will get better once you’re familiar with each other," Sun Lizheng said with a smile.
Sun Tingyu felt that she couldn’t possibly become familiar with Pei Qian; Pei Qian’s gaze always seemed hostile, and she just didn’t like her.
Pei Qian didn’t like them either. Why would they come to their home if not to take advantage and reap some benefits? If they hadn’t known the Jinan Magistrate’s Young Master Shen, if they hadn’t planted sweet potatoes, and if the Master County hadn’t visited, with potential rewards to come, would they have eagerly approached their home? And the elder sister even talked and laughed with them, sharing the method of growing sweet potatoes.
Pei Wendong and Chang Yonglin went to school for their lessons. Shen Songming sent Pei Yuan and Pei Qian to practice calligraphy and embroidery, and then he went to discuss his ice shop venture with Pei Qin while checking the account books.
After listening to his ramblings, which were essentially all nonsense, Pei Qin flipped through the account book, "I take sixty percent; you just give me the silver."
Shen Songming blinked, "Wasn’t it you four, me six?" Or did he hear it wrong? Was it he three, she seven?
"Are you sure?" Pei Qin raised an eyebrow at him.
Shen Songming chuckled, "Pei Laoda! You really are a kind-hearted beauty! I conned my mother’s dowry to open this shop. My elder and second brothers would beat me up if they knew about the mess. Even my father is kept in the dark! My mother said, if her money is drawn out completely in two years — over twenty thousand taels of silver — then I can’t keep the shop running!" He quickly brought over a chest, which contained a bundle of silver notes.