Pei Qian hummed, "Fine, invest if you want, but hurry back home and bring me the silver! I'm starting to collect bamboo rats and wild rabbits now!"
"I'm selling you two sacks of bamboo rats!" Pei Qin agreed.
Pei Yuan and the others burst into laughter.
Watching this unfold, Mo Heng couldn't help but curve his lips into a smile.
After catching the bamboo rats, they went home and stewed a pot full of rabbit meat, and the whole family gathered around for a hearty meal.
The next market day, they went out and bought all the things they were missing.
The stallholders at the market greeted Pei Qian and the others as they came to shop, telling them they would come by in the afternoon to help out and even bring vegetables.
In the afternoon, Old Scholar Fang brought over a big fat pig, which was slaughtered on the spot in town.
The hired chef arrived a day early and prepared everything that needed to be fried and cut, making sure everything was ready to go.
