Pei Yao didn't stay at the Su residence for too long, so the two of them left the city relatively early.
After Pei Yao left, Lin Shaoqing, who had just been called away for something, returned.
As soon as he arrived, he searched around for Pei Yao. Su Xue'er immediately saw through her cousin's thoughts and whispered, "She's already gone."
Upon hearing that Pei Yao had left, Lin Shaoqing frowned in displeasure: "She's already gone?"
Su Xue'er took a sip of the lychee wine in her hand, raised an eyebrow and pointed to the door, saying, "They just left a short while ago. If we chase after them now, we can probably still catch up."
Lin Shaoqing watched the direction Pei Yao left in, but ultimately did not chase after her.
Su Xue'er handed a glass of lychee wine to Lin Shaoqing: "I've done everything you asked me to do for you today. You still have to keep your promise to bring me half a month's worth of ice jelly."
Lin Shaoqing glanced at Su Xue'er: "I understand."
The thought of being able to eat ice jelly every day for the next two weeks instantly lifted Su Xue'er's spirits.
It turned out that when Lin Shaoqing came early this morning, he told her to help promote Miss Pei's lychee wine at this banquet and to ask her good friends to take good care of Pei Yao's business.
Su Xue'er agreed to Lin Shaoqing's condition that he bring her half a month's worth of ice jelly.
When Zhong Wanqing saw Lin Shaoqing coming over, she immediately clung to him and squeezed in between Lin Shaoqing and Su Xue'er.
Squeezed, Su Xue'er rolled her eyes speechlessly and moved to the side.
Zhong Wanqing called out in an affected manner, "Brother Lin, where did you go? Why did you suddenly disappear?"
Zhong Wanqing had come with Lin Shaoqing earlier, but in the blink of an eye, he disappeared.
Su Xueer and Zhong Lingyu, who was standing next to her, felt goosebumps all over their bodies when they heard her voice.
Su Xueer glanced at Zhong Lingyu with an expression that seemed to ask: What has happened to your half-sister? Why is she talking like that?
Zhong Lingyu gave her a look: You're asking me? I don't know either. This is the first time I've seen her like this.
Lin Shaoqing remained silent with his head down in response to Zhong Wanqing's enthusiasm, as if there was a natural barrier between them, and he completely ignored her voice.
Zhong Wanqing wasn't annoyed that he ignored her. Instead, she looked at the lychee wine he was drinking and said solicitously, "Brother Lin, you like this lychee wine too? I love it so much! I heard it can make you more beautiful. I've been drinking it lately..."
Others: "......"
Wasn't it you who just said this wine was dirty?
Su Xueer almost spat out the lychee wine she had just taken a sip of because of Zhong Wanqing's words, but luckily she managed to hold it in.
She finally understood why Zhong Wanqing was targeting Miss Pei; it couldn't be because of her cousin.
When Lin Shaoqing heard her mention lychee wine, he finally reacted, glanced at Zhong Wanqing, and said, "Drinking it regularly is indeed very good. You can ask Miss Pei to buy more, but as for becoming more beautiful, you can't rely solely on drinking lychee wine..."
Lin Shaoqing looked Zhong Wanqing up and down, then said with a serious expression, "It probably won't have much effect."
Su Xueer, who had managed to hold back her wine, couldn't hold it in any longer and vomited it all over Zhong Wanqing, who was standing next to her.
"Aaaaaaahh ...
Zhong Wanqing suddenly screamed and jumped away, but she was still sprayed all over with Su Xue'er's lychee wine.
Zhong Wanqing glared angrily at Su Xueer: "Su Xueer! What are you doing?"
Su Xue'er said awkwardly, "Sorry, I couldn't help it..."
After speaking, Su Xue'er glared fiercely at Lin Shaoqing. If he hadn't said those words so cleverly just now, making her laugh, she wouldn't have...
Fortunately, because Lin Shaoqing was there, Zhong Wanqing didn't explode in anger on the spot. In fact, after realizing what was happening, she immediately changed her tune and looked at Su Xueer with a kind voice, saying, "Sister Su, it's okay, I'll wash up later."
Su Xue'er's lips twitched as she looked at her like this.
That's incredibly patient!
...
When Pei Yao and the others returned to Meilin Town, they did not return the carriage immediately, since they needed to continue delivering goods to the county the next day. So they found a horse rental company and rented it for another day.
Yunniang and the others hadn't gone back yet; they were waiting on the road they usually took back to the village.
Yunniang spotted Pei Yao at a glance. Seeing that the two of them had returned safely, she was finally relieved and immediately went to greet them: "Yao'er."
Pei Yao got off the carriage and walked towards her mother.
Chen Fang looked at the two of them and asked with a smile, "Is everything going smoothly?"
Pei Dalang nodded, unable to hide his smile.
Then the family talked about what happened that day as they walked home. However, Pei Yao didn't mention the part where Zhong Wanqing made things difficult for her, because she was afraid that telling her would make her family worry.
I only mentioned that the young ladies loved lychee wine and had ordered a lot from her; I'll be going to the county tomorrow to deliver it.
Everyone was immediately delighted to hear this.
Only Yunniang felt a little worried about Pei Yao, especially when she heard Pei Yao being called in alone; her heart jumped into her throat.
She glanced at Pei Yao with concern and whispered, "Yao'er, the money our family earns from the stall is actually enough to live on. I'm always uneasy about you running around like this..."
Pei Yao knew that Yunniang was worried about her. After all, it was indeed unsafe for her, a girl, to be traveling around doing business in a place they were not familiar with.
Chen Fang and Pei Dalang fell silent after hearing this. Indeed, as Yunniang said, their family had earned some money now, in addition to their family stall.
If you live an honest and simple life, you will certainly have enough, and you can even live a good life.
Especially Pei Dalang, he was actually worried when Pei Yao was called in today. After all, they were just ordinary people now, and if anything happened to them...
Pei Yao patted her mother's shoulder reassuringly: "Mother, don't worry. I'm actually quite happy doing these things now, and they give me a great sense of accomplishment. But I will be more careful in the future."
Pei Yao felt that she had earned money on her own and made her family live a better life. Seeing the significant improvement in the lives of her family and herself made her feel motivated and satisfied.
Chen Fang felt similarly to Pei Yao, so she also spoke up for Pei Yao: "Sister-in-law, let Yao'er give it a try. Our Yao'er is capable of great things, and she shouldn't shrink back because of fear."
Pei Dalang also said, "That's right, I'll keep a closer eye on things from now on. If Yao'er wants to do it, let her do it."
After hearing this, Yunniang glanced at her daughter but ultimately said nothing more.
When Pei Yao and the others returned home, Pei Erlang and Pei Xuan were picking vegetables in the yard to prepare a meal.
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