The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 646: Killing Master Qianliang (1)_1

Pei Wendong was just eleven this year, only turning twelve after the new year, yet he was adamant about taking part in the spring examination next year. Pei Qin’s eyes immediately sharpened, "What has happened during these days we were not at home?"

Pei Qian clenched her teeth in anger, "Our workshops and stores have all been sealed, and all the sweet potatoes from the fields have been taken by the County Government Office! The land and Tian Zhuang have been taken as well! They even wanted to ransack our house! They forbade anything from being delivered to our house from outside. If it weren’t for the rice and flour we had at home, we would have starved to death!"

Pei Qin looked towards Pei Wendong.

Pei Wendong’s lips were tightly pressed together, his expression full of anger and hatred.

Xiao Yong said apologetically, "It’s all my fault. If I had revealed my identity, they wouldn’t have dared to do anything."

"Revealing your identity would only bring more harm to Sister Qin," Chang Yonglin admonished him. As the Princely Heir of Yong’an Prince Mansion, staying at Sister Qin’s house could intimidate those people, but if someone higher up wanted to harm Sister Qin, exposing this matter would only be detrimental to her. With him there, Prince Yong’an would not let anything happen to Sister Qin. As long as Sister Qin was safe, everything was still manageable!

"Huang Youzhong actually wants to take our third sister as a concubine, claiming that daughters who are married off are not subject to collective punishment, and he suggested she bring all the family’s wealth with her as dowry. That way, our family fortunes could be preserved, and even if I and Jiujiu were sentenced to exile, our seed capital could still be saved and used to rescue us," Pei Wendong ground his teeth in fury. "Scoundrel official! He clearly just wants to humiliate our third sister and seize our family’s property!"

"What else?" Pei Qin asked coldly.

Chang Yonglin pursed his lips and said, "That Lady Qian, she sent her maidservant to Huang Youzhong as a concubine. All these schemes are being orchestrated by Old Pei’s House behind the scenes."

"Well, they’re not doing it well enough!" Pei Qin sneered with a twisted smile.

Pei Wendong knew that his chances of succeeding in next year’s spring examination were nil. Not to mention that his scholarship and insights were insufficient, Huang Youzhong and Old Pei’s House had conspired together, and they would never let him pass. But he wanted to try, he had to try! He bowed to Mo Heng, "I must take part in next year’s spring examination; please, Brother-in-law Qin, teach me!"

"Forcing growth will do you no good," Mo Heng frowned.

"Next year, someone from Old Pei’s House will also be taking part in the examination, and it’s very likely that they will produce another Scholar," Pei Wendong said, clenching his fists.

Pei Wenchen was a year older than Pei Qian. With Huang Youzhong as the County Magistrate, Old Pei’s House would certainly use this advantage to make sure Pei Wenchen passed the provincial examination.

"After the spring examination, I will have three more years to settle down and study," Pei Wendong pleaded.

Pei Qin’s brows were knitted together.

Jiujiu hugged her neck, her little face pressed against hers, not wanting to part for a moment.

Mo Heng looked at Pei Qin, then at his daughter’s manner, and with a deep gaze towards Pei Wendong, said, "If that’s the case, you will spend the next four months studying hard at home!"

Pei Wendong nodded with determination, "Yes!"

Chang Yonglin also came over, "Sister Qin! Brother-in-law Qin! I’ll join Wendong! I am even a year older than he is; it doesn’t make sense for him to take the exam while I still cower behind!"

"Then I’ll also give it a try!" Xiao Yong declared as well.

"A strong youth makes a strong house! If you want to take part, the whole family will fully support you!" Pei Qin stood up, slapping Chang Yonglin’s shoulder vigorously.

All three of them looked at her and nodded.

Pei Qian was still worried about the crop in the fields, "Over a hundred acres of land, they must have harvested more than three hundred thousand pounds of sweet potatoes. Scoundrel official! They must repay us double!"

Pei Qin and Mo Heng were taken away when it was not yet October, and now it was already entering November, just the time to harvest sweet potatoes.

"If they don’t want to end up in prison, they’ll obediently bring them over!" Pei Qin sneered.

No sooner had her words fallen than someone knocked on the door, saying that Master Qianliang from the County Government Office had come with people.