Chapter 277: So Many People Like Me (5)_1
"Good! Good!" Pei Qin nodded in agreement, since she hadn’t figured out what to sell next at the stall, she’d just stick with the sesame sauce flatbread stand for now!
Soon, September ended and October began.
The first day of October was the Cold Food Festival, and it was also the day of ancestral worship. Together with Qingming, the Double Third Festival, and the Ghost Festival, it was one of the four major traditional festivals dedicated to the deceased.
Today also happened to be the village market day, and Pei Qin did not set up her stall. Instead, she stayed at home to fry sweet potato balls, bake sesame sauce flatbreads, make dumplings, and cut a basket of paper money to take to the mountains of Back Mountain Village to pay respects to Lady Fang.
All the families in Back Mountain Village were worshipping their ancestors, especially Old Pei’s House. The second branch’s Pei Zongli had come back alive, even bringing with him a wealthy family’s daughter as his wife and had fathered two sons. Now, with a new house built and a silk fabric shop opened in the county town, it was a significant event for Old Pei’s House, and they conducted the ceremony with great solemnity to comfort their ancestors.
The graves of Old Pei’s House were located on the hillside behind the village, close to the village proper. As Sister Peiqin and her brothers descended from the mountain, they ran into the members of Old Pei’s House returning from the gravesite.
Lady Chen’s gaze suddenly became deep and piercing as her eyes swirled within their sockets.
Old Pei’s House had found out that the land owned by Pei Qin wasn’t purchased by her but by a wealthy young master who then leased it to them to farm. They also learned about the sweet potatoes growing on that land, and though they didn’t understand the details, the fact that Master County had come to inspect meant it definitely wasn’t anything ordinary.
No one expected that Pei Qin would somehow get involved with Master County. Lady Zhu’s gaze swept over Pei Qin like a needle, "Wenlee is going to discuss marriage this year. Even if you move out, you still carry the name of Old Pei’s House. Many people in town say you’re mixed up with a man every day. I don’t care what you do with yourself, but don’t ruin Wenlee’s reputation and affect her marriage prospects!"