Chapter 426 Grim Reaper Comes to Claim Lives (4)_1
She used the pretext of looking for Pei Qin to visit the workshop and probe for information. "Seeing that no one was at home, and hearing that everyone was at the workshop, I thought I would come by and also pick up half a pound of soy sauce. How is the soy sauce coming along? How much longer will you need to be busy?"
"It’s going to take some more days." Pei Qin just happened to be taking a break and filled half a pound of soy sauce for her and even added a little extra.
With the soy sauce in hand, Sun Xiujin asked with a smile, "You’re so busy, why not hire a few permanent workers to do the job, and you can just oversee it? With just you few, when will you finish?"
"Anyway, there’s no rush, we’ll just do it slowly!" Pei Qin had not yet lost interest in making soy sauce, the demand for koji was too high, simple tasks could be delegated to the Sun Quanliang family, but she needed to oversee the ones with strict requirements.
Sun Xiujin then asked, "How long are you planning to make soy sauce for? Can you finish in a month?"
"We estimate we’ll continue until August 15th. Do you have something you need?" Pei Qin asked her, puzzled.
"Oh! No! I was just saying I haven’t seen you all for a while because you’ve been busy in the workshop," Sun Xiujin laughed and after some small talk, she left with her soy sauce.
Once out of the workshop, her expression darkened. If they were going to be busy until August 15th, would Shen Songming come again by then?
Pei Qin had already received a letter from Shen Songming stating that there were some complications, and he needed to stay a bit longer to keep watch; he would come to spend August 15th with them. This year’s reunion, he wanted to celebrate with Pei Qin!
Seeing Zhang Xiaolang playing outside, Sun Xiujin mentioned Pei Qin to Sun Tingyu, "They’ll be busy until August 15th, with no time to come out at all."
Enviously, Sun Tingyu pouted, "Soy sauce sells for such a high price; they’re making so much of it, they’re sure to earn handfuls of silver!"