The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 600: Eighth Rank Preaching Pei Zongli(4)_1

"Get lost! None of your business to meddle in our family affairs!" Pei Qian’s veins bulged in angry annoyance, wishing she could just walk over and hit him.

Yang Boyan wore a face of sincere remorse, "I’m really sorry, I didn’t mean to! Calm down, please calm down!"

Furious, Pei Qian’s chest heaved with anger, and, unable to stand it anymore, she stepped forward and gave him a fierce shove.

Yang Boyan tumbled to the ground, sprawling all over, wailing without end.

"If I ever see you again, I’ll smash your mouth!" Pei Qian gritted her teeth and turned, storming off angrily toward the workshop.

While still holding his injured hand, Yang Boyan got up crying, "I was really just trying to give a friendly reminder! I didn’t expect to say something wrong..."

When Pei Qian came out of the workshop with soy sauce and spicy cabbage, Yang Boyan was still waiting outside, rubbing the abrasion on his hand. Seeing her appear, he stepped forward to bow and make amends, "...I have a bit of legal knowledge. The law of Great Chu clearly stipulates that for relationships of adoption and blood relatives, if children kill or harm their parents, they are to be executed by dismemberment! I saw you acting impulsively and spoke out to remind you, out of good intentions. I didn’t expect such words would upset you... Anyway, I have apologized!"

Pei Qian gave him an earful, telling him to mind his own business and forbidding him from coming to their house in the future.

Yang Boyan came forward to apologize again.

Pei Qian stepped over, crushing his foot under hers and grinding it in.

"Ow..." Yang Boyan hopped on one foot in pain, his face turning green.

Pei Qian, still feeling unsatisfied, snorted angrily and went home, carrying the soy sauce and spicy cabbage.

Yang Boyan, tiptoeing on his foot, returned to Mansion of Landlord Zhao.

"Sprained your ankle?" Zhao Huai came over to check on him.

Yang Boyan said with a painful smile, "Stepped on!"

Zhao Huai frowned. When he had visited earlier in the year, many in the town knew Boyan was his brother-in-law, so it was surprising someone dared to step on him. "I’ve told you not to provoke them. If anything happens, I won’t help you this time!"

"It’s alright! Don’t worry, brother-in-law! Nothing will happen! I’m a grown man, I know my limits!" Yang Boyan said, smiling through the pain and then ordering the servants to bring him medicinal wine to apply to his wound.

Pei Qian returned home with an extremely ugly expression on her face. Pei Yuan, seeing her, thought she was upset about hearing gossip from outside and forbade her from going out again, "There’s no work in the fields or workshop for now, anyway. Just do some needlework at home! The weather is almost warm, it’s time to make spring clothes, and Jiujiu needs new clothes too. When it gets warmer, she will need to change from cotton clothes to lighter ones. She’s growing fast, and many of her lighter clothes don’t fit; they need alterations to be wearable."

"Mhm." Pei Qian agreed upon hearing it was for her little niece’s clothing. However, the thought made her seethe with unresolved anger. Pei Zongli was worse than a beast! If it weren’t for them returning, their mother wouldn’t have been driven to death! Their entire family deserved to be struck by lightning and come to a bad end!

The next day, Yang Boyan personally brought several gift boxes to apologize to Pei Qian.

"I told you not to come to our house again, and you still dare to show up!" Pei Qian raged.

Pei Qin raised an eyebrow, "What happened?"

Yang Boyan, apologetically, explained to both families, "...It was all my fault, I shouldn’t have spoken. I came specifically to apologize!"

No matter how sincere his apologies were, Pei Qian still harbored anger in her heart.

Nowadays, very few people brought up the issue that Pei Yuan, Pei Qian, and Pei Wendong were children born of Jian Xiao. Pei Yuan understood Pei Qian’s anger well; it was the very topic she was most sensitive about, and yet Yang Boyan had to bring it up.

Pei Qin accepted the gifts and had Zhang Gengshan see the guest out.

"After he said all that, you still accepted his gifts!?" Pei Qian glared disapprovingly at Pei Qin.

"You can’t stand a little reminder, and when somebody actually attacks us over this, you’ll start chopping them up?" Pei Qin said with furrowed brows. If people stopped talking about Jian Xiao, and they couldn’t handle even hearing about it, it was only a matter of time before they faced real criticism.

Pei Qian gasped, her face darkening as she fell silent.

"A hero doesn’t choose their path, but when asked about their origins, a hero wouldn’t react as violently as you do," Pei Qin said, instructing her to focus on practicing her calligraphy.

Pei Qian wrote a hundred large characters in one breath, slowly settling her mind down afterward.

Pei Yuan sorted through the items Yang Boyan had sent, including food and a pair of Red Jade Pearl Flowers, and handed them over to Pei Qian to deal with.

Pei Qian picked them up and threw them to the side.

Lady Yu and Grandma Fang came to visit again, saying they came to see Jiujiu. They asked Pei Qin about Li Baoxiang’s prospects for the upcoming imperial exams.

"The Pei family has just bought an official position, and the family that was discussing marriage with Fang Fang is starting to hesitate. They didn’t criticize their family situation or anything else; it’s just that the boy seemed decent enough, but now even that’s changed. The spring examinations are about to begin, and the Li family visited several times before and after the New Year, seeing if... they could find a way to give him a push?" Grandma Fang felt that, since Li Baoxiang was related to their side, if he also passed the exams, it could bolster their family’s status and prevent Old Pei’s House, who deserved to be struck by lightning, from looking down on them and committing treacherous acts so casually.

"He’s restless and anxious now; pushing won’t help." Pei Qin wasn’t interested in making an effort on Li Baoxiang’s behalf.

Grandma Fang sighed and spoke more plainly, "Their family gave a hint..."

Pei Qin looked at her.

Lady Yu wore a look of distress, "They want to make a marriage alliance."

"What!? Their family wants to marry into the Fang family!? Let Li Baoxiang marry Fang Fang!?" Pei Qin exclaimed in shock, disbelieving what Lady Yu and Grandma Fang had said.

Lady Yu knew in her heart this was not a good choice for her daughter, "I’m... I’m just desperate! You’ve seen how Fang Fang is, she’s like a sleepwalker, and scolding or beating her doesn’t work. She’s had no luck with marriage proposals. On the Li family’s side... Although it’s by a concubine, they claim they have no sons. Their family is well-off, with only one son and no brothers. Bao Xiang has some minor issues, but overall, there’s nothing seriously wrong with him. He’s presentable and a scholar. I..."

So she was tempted, thinking it’s better to marry into the Li family than settling for defective goods.

Grandma Fang also felt troubled every day, lacking alternatives, "Qinqin! What do you think about Bao Xiang...? Is he better than those...? Would it be a better option?" They were trying to make the best of the short end of the stick.

Pei Qin looked at them as if they had just eaten something disgusting. freewebnσvel.cøm