Pei Qian returned to her room and wrapped a package of sugar-coated peanuts for him in waxed paper.
Feng Bo sensed the hostility from her and did not pursue further inquiries. After greeting the siblings, he hurried back home in his donkey cart.
The Feng family's wheat had already been harvested and was spread out in the threshing ground to dry. He mentioned he was going off to deliver vegetables and would return later in the afternoon to ask Pei Qin for some lessons on accounting.
Seeing him return so quickly with a troubled expression, Fang Hui couldn't help but ask with a smile, "What's wrong?"
Feng Bo hesitated, then told her about the donkey cart Pei Qin's family had bought and the planting of sweet potatoes, "Those sweet potatoes are pre-ordered, and when it's time to harvest, I expect people will come to collect them. They run a noodle stall, deliver sugar-coated peanuts to the county, and now they've planted those sweet potatoes..."
