The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 589: Provoking Little Chili (2)_1

As soon as she left, Fang Liuming turned to Mo Heng with a plea for help in his eyes. "Brother-in-law!" he hoped he would come up with a solution to aid him.

Seeing him directly address him as brother-in-law, Mo Heng looked at him with a smile in his eyes. "Qinqin doesn’t completely disagree, she’s just a bit temperamental. She’s just not assured about Pei Qian. If Pei Qian is willing, she won’t object."

That meant he needed to spend efforts to get Pei Qian to agree to the marriage. Fang Liuming had already prepared himself for this; she was still young, and there was plenty of time to gain her agreement. He got up, bowed to Mo Heng, and thanked him for his assistance.

Lady Yu sighed softly to herself, realizing that her son had set his heart on marrying his cousin.

Grandma Fang spoke to her grandson in a low voice, "Just now, it was you who carried Qianqian back to the room..."

Fang Liuming shook his head, "Mentioning this, cousin sister will hit me with a broom." This must definitely remain unsaid! If cousin sister had not become pregnant and had been unwilling to marry brother-in-law, if he also mentioned this as a precedent, cousin sister would certainly beat him. Cousin Qian would also hate him for it.

Grandma Fang chuckled sheepishly, "You just focus on your studies first, strive to pass the Graduate exam next year. By then, it will be easier to discuss."

Fang Liuming nodded vigorously, his expression resolute.

Lady Yu realized she couldn’t expect him to marry before her daughter, thinking it was better to go back and prepare her daughter’s marriage first. After her daughter was married off, then they would discuss their eldest son’s.

Back at home, Old Scholar Fang heard that Pei Qin disagreed but Fang Liuming insisted, so he let him persist. He was currently studying for the imperial exams, and indeed, getting married could impact that. Truly, if after a year or two the other side still disagreed, he himself would have to give up.

Fang Fang, however, found the situation difficult to accept. Pei Qian was younger than she was, and she was the elder cousin. In the future when her older brother married her, she would have to call her sister-in-law, and she would become the elder one! Besides, Pei Qian disliked her most, criticizing her for eating too much and not working, "If she becomes my sister-in-law, I won’t like her!"

Fang Liuming shot her a sideways glance, "You should lose weight first, getting your own marriage settled is more important!"

Fang Fang pouted; with a wife at his side, a brother forgets his mother – her older brother hadn’t even gotten married yet, and he was already scolding his sister.

Fang Liuming couldn’t stay at home any longer and rushed back to the county school.

Graduate Chang was still waiting for a letter from the Fang family. But when none came and he heard they wouldn’t discuss the marriage for one or two more years, Graduate Chang took it as an excuse for refusal. Disappointed at losing a son-in-law like Fang Liuming, he decided to drop the matter, feeling it was a pity.

Fang Liuming had started on the long journey of pursuing his wife. Taking the opportunity of consulting Mo Heng on scholarly questions, he sent back thick stacks of letters with Sun Quanliang and the others who were delivering goods to the county. One for Mo Heng, genuinely to seek advice on scholarly matters, and one for Pei Qian, to share everything he saw and heard at the county school, so she could clearly understand his situation.

When Pei Qin saw the letter, assuming it was a love letter, she took it to confiscate it. Opening it, however, and finding it full of trivial matters, she quickly lost interest.

Seeing her lose interest, Mo Heng sat down with Jiujiu in his arms, "Shall I write you a love letter then?"

"Don’t disgust me!" Pei Qin glared at him, took her daughter to feed her, and went to check on the workshop.

Each year around New Year’s, the workshop would get busy, so some families had brought in soybeans early to make oil, accumulating quite a lot of soybean cake. But because it was too cold in the winter to make soy sauce, it could only be done in heated rooms, which required frequent checks.

Watching Pei Qin go ahead, Mo Heng handed the letter to Zhang Gengshan and followed Pei Qin out the door.

Zhang Gengshan took the letter and went to the front courtyard to deliver it to Pei Qian.

Pei Qian also thought it was a love letter and felt a flutter of anxiety, reluctant to read it yet unable to resist finding out what it contained. Upon opening it, she saw it was filled with daily trifles, and immediately lost interest too, feeling a hint of disappointment. She tossed it aside. Showing off that his handwriting was better than hers, huh! Hmph!