Chapter 287 Foreign Spy (6)_1
Pei Zongli sighed. He wasn’t sure if this Magistrate Wu was simply greedy or truly incorruptible. He couldn’t bribe him, nor could he invite him out, and even just to speak with him was difficult, let alone asking him to help with appealing to restore their titles and honors.
The Pei’s siblings were well aware of what they wanted to do. Old Pei’s House was now only counting on the wealthy second branch and Pei Wenli who could potentially earn academic honors; both of these significant matters required support from the Government Office. Their family’s bad reputation also meant they couldn’t converse with the newly arrived Master County. Yet, their cultivation of sweet potatoes had been successful, and there were rewards from the government awaiting them, which Old Pei’s House would definitely not miss out on.
"They will certainly come again! Such a good opportunity, they can’t possibly just let it slip away unused!" Pei Yuan frowned as he spoke.
"If they dare to come, we’ll give them a beating! See what face they have to beg then!" Pei Qian huffed angrily.
Pei Qin laughed lightly; there was soon to be a lot to look forward to, and of course, Old Pei’s House was both worried and anxious.
Pei Qian, too, was somewhat impatient, "The sweet potatoes have been harvested. When is the government going to give us our reward? We won’t have to wait until next year, will we?"
"You want rewards from the government office without showing any results?" Pei Qin glanced at her askance.
"We’ve harvested nearly twenty thousand catties of sweet potatoes this time!" Pei Qian muttered in dissatisfaction.
As they were thinking along these lines, a government officer arrived.
A batch of jars had been delivered from the kiln, and Pei Qin was receiving the goods at the workshop.
Sun Lizheng came over with four government officers, calling out to Pei Qin with a smile and introducing her to the officers, "The sweet potatoes were grown by the Pei’s siblings, and this one here is the eldest sister, Pei Qin! The land behind her is where the sweet potatoes were planted, and there’s even the land marker from the County Government Office!"