stern wife

Chapter 69

"Then... has anyone else found it?"

Pei Runzhi shook his head and said:

"I haven't heard of anyone finding it, but early in the morning, officers and soldiers in Beijing have posted reward notices everywhere, saying that whoever sees that jade pendant and turns it in, will offer a reward of 1000 taels of silver."

Pei Xiaoran nodded, his eyes thoughtful.

Pei Runzhi thought she was worried, so he patted her little shoulder and comforted her:
"Don't worry, big brother has asked all the friends in Beijing to help him find it. If there is any clue, he will let me know. We will definitely find it."

Pei Xiaoran shook his head and said:

"Brother said that the notice was posted in the morning. After this day, almost everyone in Beijing knew about it, but no one took the initiative to hand in the jade pendant. There is only one possibility, and that is——the one who picked up the jade pendant People who don’t want to hand it in.”

Pei Run was stunned for a moment, then his two sword eyebrows frowned, and said:

"You mean, the person who picked up the jade pendant wants to keep it for himself? But the Holy One has already offered a reward of 1000 taels of silver. He keeps it for himself only for money. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds to hand over the jade pendant?"

Pei Xiaoran reminded: "Then what if... that jade pendant looks more valuable than 1000 taels of silver? After all, it is something that King Yin Li carried with him, so it is naturally of the highest grade. See that this thing is extraordinary."

Pei Runzhi frowned even tighter, touched his chin and fell into deep thought, Pei Yuxuan also fell silent.

Pei Xiaoran turned around and raised his small hand to pat his elder brother's broad shoulders, saying:

"Big Brother and Second Brother don't have to worry about this, and don't bother looking for it anymore. I have my own way to get that jade pendant back."

"What way?" Pei Runzhi and Pei Yuxuan asked in unison.

"A very simple way," Pei Xiaoran said with a mischievous smile:
"Tomorrow I will go to my uncle for help."

"Uncle?!"

Early the next morning, when Pei Runzhi was still in his sleep, he heard a faint knock on the door.

He put on his clothes sleepily and went to the ground, opened the door, and saw a neatly packed young girl standing outside the door.

"Xiaoran?" Pei Runzhi was surprised: "Why did you get up so early today? Is there something wrong?"

"It's okay, but I went to bed too early last night and couldn't fall asleep. It was too boring to stay in the house by myself, so I came to play with my elder brother, and have breakfast with my elder brother by the way."

It was common for brothers and sisters to eat together. Pei Runzhi didn't think there was anything wrong, and while letting his sister come in sideways, he asked the young man in the yard to wash up with water.

Seeing Pei Runzhi's slender figure washing in front of the copper basin, Pei Xiaoran pursed his lips and smiled, and asked suddenly:

"Brother, when will you find me a sister-in-law?"

In his previous life, Pei Runzhi got married very late, of course the biggest reason for this was because of Pei Xingshan.

As the eldest son of the family, if Pei Runzhi married a woman whose family background was too low, it would be inevitable that people would gossip about him. If he married a woman with an equal or higher family background, Pei Xingshan was also afraid that Pei Runzhi would unite with the Yue family to deal with him.

So she kept procrastinating and procrastinating until she couldn't go on any longer, and finally agreed to propose marriage to her elder brother.

Pei Xiaoran didn't want to interfere in the brothers' marriage, because such things as feelings cannot be forced at all, even if they meet the right people, if the timing is wrong, they will not be able to get together after all.

Therefore, it is better to leave everything to God to arrange.

It's just that when she looked at her elder brother who was old enough to discuss marriage, she would inevitably think of her sister-in-law, so she couldn't help but ask casually.

Pei Runzhi paused slightly when he washed his face, Jun's face turned red, and he asked calmly:
"Why, do you want a sister-in-law?"

"Well," Pei Xiaoran nodded vigorously, looked at the shy boy who didn't dare to look back at her with a smile, and teased:
"Then when is the elder brother going to get married?"

"This..." Pei Runzhi paused, and finally turned around to look at her. The shyness and ease just now had disappeared from his face, and he said with seriousness and prudence:

"The order of my parents, the words of the matchmaker, I am not in charge of matters of marriage. Furthermore...with the current situation of my elder brother, it is not suitable for marriage. Even if I do, I am afraid that I will be wronged."

Since her younger sister became more assertive, Pei Run subconsciously began to stop treating her as a child, instead treating her like an adult like him, saying what she had.

Pei Xiaoran nodded in understanding, and sighed lightly.

Now the old lady is still in charge of the Pei residence, and men can't get a hand in the affairs of the back house, so it's really not suitable to get married at this time.

She doesn't really want to force her elder brother to marry her sister-in-law back, it's just chatting, after all, which teenager doesn't have a spring?

Looking at her elder brother's blushing face, she couldn't help supporting her little chin with one hand and continued teasing:
"Then... what kind of woman does Elder Brother like? If I meet outside, I can also lead Elder Brother through it."

Pei Runzhi couldn't help laughing, walked over and gently squeezed his sister's soft cheeks, and said:
"Have you learned how to be a matchmaker at a young age?"

"Others ask me to do it, but I still don't want to! But if it's the eldest brother... ten taels of silver will be enough after the work is done."

Pei Runzhi's smile deepened, and after serious thinking for a while, he said:
"Well... my ideal wife doesn't have to be too beautiful, nor does she have to be from a good family, as long as she has a kind heart and can treat her younger siblings well."

Pei Xiaoran's nose was sour, and he hurriedly turned his face away and blinked vigorously a few times.

Really, even when you marry a wife, you don't forget to take care of them. Aren't you afraid that the bride will be jealous?
However, Pei Xiaoran couldn't help laughing again when he thought of her sister-in-law's stunning face in her previous life, which was hard to find, fragrant and beautiful.

"What are you laughing at?" Pei Runzhi felt a little puzzled seeing his sister smiling so happily.

Pei Xiaoran straightened his face, and said with a serious face:

"What you want is often the opposite of what you get, brother, don't be 'disappointed' when the time comes."

Pei Runzhi was startled, misunderstood what Pei Xiaoran meant, and sighed softly:
"That's right. No matter how much I think, it's useless. At that time, I can only obey my father's arrangement. I just want that person's heart to be good. I don't want anything else."

Pei Xiaoran squeezed Pei Runzhi's arm in comfort, but smiled.

Just at this time, the servants brought in the food, and the two brothers and sisters came to the dining table and sat down.

Taking advantage of Pei Runzhi's effort to lower his head to rinse his mouth, Pei Xiaoran quickly changed their jobs, then picked up the spoon and ate!
Today is the second day of the new year, and the second and third day are the days when married women return to their natal homes with their husbands.

The relationship between Pei Xingshan and Yue's family is not bad, so early in the morning, someone had the carriage set up and generous gifts were prepared.

Pei Xiaoran yawned and followed Pei Runzhi out of the gate. Watching Pei Xingshan make people carry boxes of things onto the carriage, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but sneer.

The gift he gave was less than one ten-thousandth of what the Wu family paid for him back then.

(End of this chapter)