Chapter 468: Even Became a Father (2)_1
They stayed at the same large cart inn as before, where they could park the cargo carts at a reasonable price, the only downside being the unappetizing meals. After a short rest, Pei Qin took some caramelized peanuts, Drunkard’s Peanuts, and assorted melon seeds, along with a small jar of soy sauce to the Yamen Government Office of the Magistrate. She said she was going to see Meng Hongchan but ended up looking for Meng Dinglun.
Meng Hongchan had grown taller again and had become very skilled at playing with the Dragon Surfboard. "I still prefer skateboarding!" she exclaimed.
Pei Qin suggested to her, "Then you should order a long skateboard from Wang’s Shop. Not only can you play on it, but you can also dance." Madam Meng was probably going to have a headache seeing an official’s daughter in ancient dresses yowling all day on a skateboard.
Meng Hongchan’s eyes lit up as she heard this. "My mother is just shy of nagging me every day for being ignorant. I’ll choreograph a dance with the skateboard to show them!"
"Great!" Meng Dinglun hadn’t even entered the room when he said with a laugh.
When Meng Hongchan saw her father come in, and Pei Qin looking like she had business, she glared at her with dissatisfaction, "You’re here to see my father, huh!" implying she was not there to see her.
"Incidentally," Pei Qin smiled.
Meng Dinglun thought about Wu Dongsi soon being transferred, while he was to stay for another two years until his term ended. Pei Qin coming to him could be seen as a friendly gesture, so he sat down to wait for her to speak.
There was some truth in thinking it was a friendly gesture. Otherwise, Pei Qin wouldn’t have brought gifts, cheap though they might be, which couldn’t be found just anywhere. Her main purpose was to give a reminder, "...I heard that a Ms. Liangsan in Jingcheng has successfully grown double-season rice and has been titled County Magistrate."
Meng Dinglun’s eyes flickered with a brief stun, watching her intently without saying a word, trying to guess her intentions.
"Some people feel indignant on behalf of my family! Who knows, maybe someday someone, out of indignation, will end up in the big jail. My thought is, regardless of their good or ill intentions, after all, it concerns my family’s affairs. Should anyone end up in jail, I only wish to do my part. Just order, Judge, that the cells be kept cleaner and, with the cold weather, to lay out more dry straw. That way, the inmates can sleep warmly and we won’t have incidents of people freezing to death," Pei Qin said, smiling amiably at him.