Pei Yichen glanced at her older sister, then silently turned her head away.
Sister, it's not that your brother doesn't want to help you, it's just that Uncle's expression is too creepy.
Pei Yao was engrossed in watching when she suddenly felt a chill down her spine, as if a sinister gaze was watching her.
She thought it was her imagination, but when she turned around, she was met with her father's dark, sullen face.
At this moment, Pei Dalang was looking intently at the book in Pei Yao's hand.
Pei Yao was startled and quickly hid the storybook "Spring Colors Are Alluring, the Scholar Is Too Charming" that was hidden behind the Thousand Character Classic behind her back.
Pei Dalang also saw the name of the storybook, and his face immediately darkened even more.
"Ah, Father, why are you here?" Pei Yao asked Pei Erlang nervously.
After saying that, he winked at his father.
He remembered that whenever his father got angry, Pei Xuan would act cute like this, and Pei Erlang would always be unable to bear scolding her after seeing it.
Looking at his daughter's clumsy cuteness, Pei Erlang couldn't bear to be angry anymore.
He simply shook his head, sighed helplessly, and held out his hand: "Give me that... third-place scholar... book."
Pei Erlang didn't even dare to pronounce the book title completely; it didn't sound like a proper storybook at all!
Pei Yao obediently lowered her head, hesitated for a moment, then took out the storybook from behind her back and presented it to Pei Erlang with both hands.
Seeing his daughter's aggrieved look, Pei Erlang felt a little softer.
I almost couldn't bear to accept it, but when I thought of the title of that storybook, I immediately became serious again.
He reached out and confiscated the book.
However, seeing his daughter's pitiful and aggrieved look, Pei Erlang couldn't bear to scold Pei Yao, and only said:
"If you don't like reading the Thousand Character Classic, just tell your father, and I'll find you some more normal storybooks later, but this..."
Pei Dalang glanced at the title and contents of the book with disdain.
What, flirting with a complete stranger who's only met a few times!
What? Going to the riverbank with a scholar!
Finally, there was even something about her secretly pledging her life to a scholar!
Pei Erlang slammed the book shut.
Close your eyes! When you open them again, your eyes are filled with unconcealed anger.
This book is utterly unrestrained and disgraceful! It's an insult to literature!
We must never let Yao'er read this book again, lest we corrupt her!
After all, he only has these two precious daughters.
Pei Erlang looked at Pei Yao and said earnestly, "Don't read such obscene novels anymore."
Pei Yao lowered her head and obediently nodded: "Mhm."
Then he tried to explain: "Actually, this notebook isn't anything special, it's just..."
Seeing Pei Erlang's increasingly dark expression, Pei Yao stopped talking and didn't continue.
Yunniang returned from outside and immediately noticed that Pei Erlang seemed to be talking to Pei Yao.
Judging from Yao'er's appearance, she probably still feels a little wronged.
Then she came over to support her daughter.
"Why are you yelling at the child? Can't you talk to the child nicely?" Yunniang glared at Pei Erlang and then lovingly put her arm around Pei Yao.
Pei Yao went along with it and threw herself into her mother's arms, looking aggrieved.
A child loved by its mother will receive milk.
Hearing Yunniang speak up for her, Pei Yao nodded in agreement.
Pei Erlang remained expressionless and spoke calmly: "Madam, Yao'er is reading this book. It says that the Prime Minister's eldest daughter and a down-on-his-luck scholar secretly pledged their lives to each other..."
Before Pei Erlang could finish speaking, Yunniang's face darkened, and she snatched the book from Pei Erlang's hand.
He casually tossed it two miles away.
Pei Yao: "..."
Pei Yichen “…”
Pei Erlang:. "
When Yunniang returned, she clapped her hands lightly and said to Pei Erlang, who was still in a daze:
"Husband, it's alright now. I threw that tattered book into the sea. It will never appear before our Yao'er again!"
After Yunniang finished speaking, she patted her chest, still feeling a bit shaken:
"Luckily it was lost early, but we can't let our Yao'er see that kind of lousy storybook again."
Seeing that things were not going well, Pei Yao quickly packed her things and tried to run away, but Yunniang grabbed her.
"Mother, Yao'er won't watch it anymore." Pei Yao silently promised, looking at his mother's face, which was as dark as ink.
Yunniang nodded with relief after hearing Pei Yao's words.
The family farce finally subsided.
Ever since Pei Erlang and Yunniang discovered that she had read the storybook about a maid in the Prime Minister's mansion falling in love with a poor scholar.
During this period, Pei Erlang and Yunniang would intentionally or unintentionally bring up this matter in front of Pei Yao.
For example, when Pei Yao is feeding the chickens in the yard, Pei Erlang will pretend to casually pass by her and then start a conversation with her:
Pei Erlang: "My dear daughter, do you know?"
"I don't know," Pei Yao shook her head.
Pei Erlang said earnestly, "In the past, the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Fan in the capital fell in love with a scholar who failed the imperial examinations every year. Prime Minister Fan..."
Pei Yao continued, "Prime Minister Fan only had this one beloved daughter. He couldn't dissuade her from marrying, and worried about her, he had no choice but to use his connections to get the scholar a powerful official position. The scholar himself was indeed ambitious and rose through the ranks, becoming deeply favored by the then-eldest princess. After frantically ingratiating himself with the princess, he abandoned Miss Fan..."
Pei Yao recounted the story of the prime minister's legitimate daughter and the ungrateful poor scholar without missing a single word.
...
Or perhaps it's Pei Yao starting a fire in the kitchen with Yunniang and Pei Erlang:
Pei Erlang: "My dear daughter, do you know?"
"I don't know," Pei Yao shook her head.
Pei Erlang said earnestly, "The youngest daughter of the Imperial Censor once fell in love with a petty hoodlum who collected debts at a gambling den..."
Pei Yao continued, "The Imperial Censor cherishes his youngest daughter the most. He couldn't dissuade her from marrying, and worried about her, he had to use his connections to get that scoundrel a position with considerable power. But this scoundrel secretly beats up the Imperial Censor's youngest daughter every day..."
Pei Yao recounted the story of the Imperial Censor's youngest daughter and the blond-haired thug without missing a single word.
Pei Erlang looked surprised, his eyes shining: "My dear daughter, how do you know about this? Have you heard it from others? Do you know the deeper meaning behind it?"
Pei Yao sighed and explained, "Father, you've told me this story at least three times since that day, whether intentionally or unintentionally. My ears are practically calloused."
After finishing her sentence, Pei Yao added, "Oh, right, there's also the story of Prime Minister Fan's eldest daughter and the poor scholar."
Pei Erlang hadn't expected that he would say it so many times, yet he had no recollection of it.
Pei Erlang scratched his head, looking somewhat embarrassed.
Then he turned and left.
Pei Yao glanced at Pei Dalang's retreating figure, feeling both amused and exasperated.
Yunniang was cooking when she glanced at the interaction between the father and daughter and smiled.
Pei Yao had never had any relatives and didn't know what was wrong with Pei Erlang, so she asked in confusion, "Mother, what's wrong with Father?"
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