The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 594 Rivalry Intensifies (2)_1

Pei Qin had also been sitting for a long while. She handed her daughter over to Mo Heng, stood up, and stretched her limbs, "Whoever made the defective ones should take them away!" It was just a few fish she had drawn, and now they had this whole pile.

Yang Boyan glanced at Fang Liuming and, with a smile at the corner of his mouth, asked Pei Qian, "Since we’ve made so many already, why don’t we just make some more and sell them at the street market during the Lantern Festival in a few days!?"

The moment it was about making money, Pei Qian got interested, "But these lanterns can’t even compare to the ones sold on the streets, who would buy them!?"

"At least our paintings are good! Let’s give it a try, we can definitely sell some!" said Yang Boyan, as he ordered someone to prepare more materials.

Pei Qin fiddled with them for a bit, then lost interest. She’d rather play with her daughter.

But Jiujiu was interested. Several of the half-grown kids in the family were fussing with the lantern frames and painting. It was lively with many people painting on oiled paper, and she liked to join in on the fun.

Pei Qin made her a small flowered umbrella and also fashioned a folding hat to place on her little head.

Pei Yuan watched, and silently switched the hat for Jiujiu. The weather was still very cold, and if she took the hat off and caught a cold, it would be bad. Jiujiu was still a little baby, and not as resilient as the bigger, tougher kids.

For three days in a row, Fang Liuming made and painted lanterns, competing with Yang Boyan, trying to show off in front of Pei Qian and Pei Qin.

Yang Boyan found it amusing, but he was actually holding back a lot of annoyance.

Seeing that he wanted to go on competing over the lanterns, Mo Heng called out to him, "You’re going to county school after the 15th, right?"

Fang Liuming was startled and hung his head in embarrassment. He wasn’t just there to show off, but to study with his cousin-in-law, and now he was spending his days painting lanterns with Young Master Yang, neglecting his studies.

"The imperial exams are half a year away, let me teach you something else today," said Mo Heng, giving him a deep look before going inside.

Fang Liuming nodded, realizing he indeed needed to wake up.

When Yang Boyan came over with Zhao Xiaolang and his brothers again, they were surprised not to see Fang Liuming, "Aren’t we painting today?"

"No more painting, off to read books!" said Pei Qian with pursed lips.

Yang Boyan chuckled softly, "Then let’s continue painting!"

Fang Liuming gradually calmed down, putting aside thoughts of making lanterns in the front yard, and focused on his studies. freewёbnoνel.com

The Lantern Festival arrived in just a few days.

Early in the morning, Pei Qian and Pei Wendong, along with a few others, went to the market to set up a stall to sell the lanterns they had made.

Yang Boyan and Zhao Xiaolang also came to help sell lanterns, since they had helped make them after all.

But their lanterns were not as fancy and pretty as those made by professionals, and even at a cheaper price, they were hard to sell.

After standing for the better half of the day, freezing, they had only sold a few.

It was then that Fang Liuming came up with an idea, "In the evening, let’s light the lanterns and hang riddles underneath. Whoever guesses the riddles correctly can have them."

With so many lanterns, and no extra space at home to store them, their fate would only be to get burned if left unhandled.

"We were already planning to do that!" Yang Boyan said with a smile, looking at him.

Fang Liuming nodded, came up with a few riddles, and went back home for lunch. After eating, he rushed back again in the afternoon.

In the evening, while eating glutinous rice balls, the savory ones allowed Yang Boyan to witness once more how unique the Pei’s siblings were.

Lanterns with riddles were hung and displayed.

The children gathered around the lanterns, which were free as long as they could guess the riddles correctly, creating a lively scene.

After dealing with the lanterns and being busy for nothing—they hardly made a copper coin—Pei Qian took Pei Yuan to go enjoy the lantern festival.

Yang Boyan followed at a discreet distance, "Although there’s not much to see, this little town is indeed quite interesting!"