A fluffy, round little head popped out from Pei Yichen's arms.
Those big, wet eyes blinked as they looked at Pei Yao.
Pei Yao: "......"
"Ah! A dog!"
"Take it away quickly!"
Almost instantly, Pei Yao screamed and jumped out of the yard.
Unpleasant memories flooded my mind like beans spilling out.
Pei Xuan: "..."
Pei Yichen: "..."
Pei Yichen and Pei Xuan were taken aback: "Sister, are you afraid of dogs?"
Pei Yichen's mind raced for a moment, but he couldn't recall his older sister being afraid of dogs.
It's just that when I see the village dogs on ordinary days, I walk a little to the side...
However, whenever I visit Aunt Fang's house, I never go inside her yard...
However, every time my sister sees Aunt Fang's big yellow dog, she always unconsciously stiffens for a moment...
......
Pei Yichen looked at Pei Yao as if he had suddenly realized something!
He realized that his sister seemed to genuinely be afraid of dogs...
Pei Yichen quickly used his hand to block Xiao Hei, who was about to jump out of his arms, and then held Xiao Hei far away from Pei Yao.
Pei Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But no matter what, he refused to step into the courtyard.
I just stood at the gate of the courtyard, listening to the two of them explain how they found the dog.
Pei Yao stared at the two siblings in disbelief, exclaiming in shock, "You want to take it in?"
Pei Yichen looked at his older sister's overly excited face and nodded hesitantly: "Is...is it okay?"
Pei Xuan also looked at Pei Yao with her big, wet eyes:
"Sister, if we don't take it in, Little Black will have nowhere to go."
Pei Yao rubbed her temples and quickly glanced at the little white dog in Pei Yichen's arms.
I felt that this tiny dog was like a menacing demon, making me afraid.
Pei Yao didn't say anything, but Pei Yichen and Pei Xuan stared at her with their big, watery eyes.
Pei Yao: "..."
Pei Yao couldn't bring herself to refuse, but the thought of living with a dog made her feel dizzy and disoriented.
Finally, Chen Fang came over and called the three of them home for breakfast, which interrupted their conversation.
Pei Yichen: "Sister, can we keep Xiao Hei in this yard for now?"
Pei Yao neither agreed nor refused.
Pei Yichen and Pei Xuan took it as a yes and settled the puppy in the workshop's courtyard.
The Pei family spent the morning at home sorting out the Gu family's orders. They had arranged with Aunt Fang and the others to come over after lunch this afternoon.
We need to go there early today to pick up the seaweed that was dried yesterday.
Pei Yao and the others waited in the courtyard after lunch, and soon a commotion came from outside the courtyard.
The noise was still quite loud, so Pei Yao and the others estimated the time, grabbed their things, and prepared to leave.
Yesterday, I didn't make enough sweet soup, so Pei Yao specially made extra today to take with us.
Since it wouldn't require much sugar, Pei Dalang could take it with him.
As that group of people walked over, Pei Yao's eyelids twitched for no reason, and she felt that there was something wrong with those people.
However, she couldn't quite put her finger on it until those people got closer, at which point Pei Yao realized something was wrong.
There were about a dozen people in the group, led by a man with a sleazy face, followed by several men and women.
The men in front all had ashen faces, while the women behind them all had their heads bowed and remained silent.
Even with their heads down, it wasn't hard to recognize them as the women from Liujia Village who came to help yesterday.
The man at the head of the group sized up the Pei family members with his narrow, squinty eyes, then glanced at the woman behind him.
He shouted, "Is this the one?"
The woman behind him trembled and dared not speak, so the man grabbed her and raised his hand to hit her.
The woman stumbled as the man pulled her, and instinctively reached out to protect her head.
Their skill is so adept it's heartbreaking...
He looks like he gets beaten up all the time.
The man probably realized that it wasn't appropriate to hit someone while they were out.
He then withdrew his hand: "You wretched woman, I asked you if this is your home, answer me!"
The woman trembled at the shout, but bit her lip tightly and refused to make a sound.
Pei Yao recognized the woman who spoke; she was one of the women who had come to help yesterday.
Although he is a bit taciturn and doesn't talk much, he works very hard.
The man abruptly shoved the woman away, causing her to stumble and nearly fall, but luckily she was caught by the woman behind her.
Chen Fang and Yunniang couldn't stand it anymore.
"Why did you push someone?" Chen Fang said in an unfriendly tone.
When the man saw that Chen Fang still dared to talk back to him, he rushed forward to attack her.
"You wretched woman, it's none of your business how I discipline my own wife."
Pei Dalang frowned slightly and stepped forward to block Chen Fang's path.
The two men in the Pei family were born into wealth and received excellent nutrition as children, so they naturally grew to be very tall.
Both brothers are over 1.8 meters tall.
Pei Dalang's face was cold: "Watch your mouth."
The man originally intended to go up and teach Chen Fang a lesson, but when he looked up and saw the man who was half a head taller than him, his arrogance immediately diminished.
He took a step back, but soon the man looked at Pei Dalang and the others with a proud and arrogant air.
Pei Yao glanced at the group of people, then at Xiao Xuan'er who was standing there dumbfounded, wondering if she was frightened.
He turned his head and whispered to Yunniang:
"Mother, please take Xuan'er back with you. I'm afraid she'll be frightened later."
Yunniang nodded and took the child home first.
The man opposite, seeing someone about to leave, immediately rushed forward.
"We haven't even finished discussing this yet! Who told you to leave first!"
Pei Erlang stepped forward, his strong body blocking him.
“He can leave whenever he wants.” Pei Erlang’s tone was firm, leaving no room for argument.
The man's narrow eyes darted around, and he spat a mouthful of phlegm at Pei Dalang: "Pah! He looks decent enough, but I never expected him to be doing such shady things."
Pei Dalang: "?"
Pei Yao: "?"
Pei family: "?"
What do you mean by "shady dealings"? Is drying seaweed something so shameful?
Pei Erlang looked puzzled: "What do you mean by 'that kind of shady business'?"
Another man stepped forward from the crowd behind that person:
"Stop pretending! Don't think we don't know about your shady dealings behind the scenes!"
Pei Erlang: "?"
Pei Yao: "?"
Pei family: "?"
What kind of shady dealings are they?
Are you drying seaweed?
Pei Dalang said with a sneer, "I had no idea that drying seaweed would become something you all talk about as something shameful?"
The men snorted coldly.
The man who started the commotion said, "Ha, do you think my wife needs to come over to dry seaweed at night?"
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