The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor

Chapter 24 The first clues emerge

 Under Uncle Meng’s strong request, Mo Yan reluctantly agreed.

It wasn't until later that Mo Yan understood why Uncle Meng was so angry with just a single word. It turned out that more than 20 years ago, Uncle Meng's hometown was hit by a locust plague, and all crops were harvested. He dragged his family and fled all the way to the imperial city. At his feet, if it were not for the kind-hearted villagers who took him in and helped him, his family of seven would have starved to death.

 Finally, Uncle Meng's words particularly impressed Mo Yan: "Girl, you don't know, when a person is about to drown, even if someone just throws a straw to him, that is a great kindness!"

While Mo Yan was convinced, she also felt ashamed of herself. She was given space and actively did good deeds to accumulate merit, but she always had some purpose. Compared to Uncle Meng, she was indeed much worse.

After saying goodbye to Uncle Meng, Mo Yan went to the street and bought thirty eggs. In addition to supplementing nutrition for children and breastfeeding women, Mo Yan had to sell the extra eggs to grocery stores to supplement her family's income. Selling eggs is no better than selling vegetables. The eggs are small and inconspicuous. Just put them in the basket and cover them with a cloth. Even if they are spotted by the neighbors, they will not arouse suspicion. Moreover, the eggs are easy to sell and the price is relatively considerable.

 In the future, in addition to setting aside two plots of land to grow cabbage and rice for chickens to eat, she plans to plant the rest of the land to high-yielding potatoes and sweet potatoes, so as not to run out of supplies.

However, how to transfer a large amount of grain and vegetables without making Uncle Meng suspicious is a headache for her. It is obviously unrealistic to rent a house like Longshi Town. Not to mention that the rent is expensive and the people around are talkative. , and it is easy to attract the attention of others.

 At night, Mo Yan estimated the time and Mo Qingze arrived home just after dinner was ready.

“Dad, you got lucky today, are you so happy?”

Mo Yan came out with the food. Seeing the faint smile on his father's face, he couldn't help but make fun of him.

Mo Qingze heard his eldest daughter's teasing and saw a pair of younger children staring at him curiously. He felt a little uncomfortable: "The shopkeeper praised dad for keeping clear accounts and said he would promote dad well in the future. Dad thinks our family will be better in the future. , it will definitely get better and better.”

"Really? Dad is really capable. Not only did he find a good job, he also met a good shopkeeper."

Mo Yan was telling the truth. After escaping from famine all the way, she vaguely knew that her father was still worried about "her" almost starving to death. He had shown his decadence and inferiority complex more than once. Now that he had settled down, he was the one who needed encouragement the most.

“Yeah, daddy is the best. Daddy can make a lot of money and buy a lot of candied haws for Zhener.”

Zhen'er's eyes were bright, and she clapped her little hands to encourage her father, but her last sentence exposed his foodie nature.

Xin'er could not avoid another "blow" to her younger brother. Zhen'er said that she wanted to cry or not, she was very pitiful.

The encouragement from his children made Mo Qingze smile even deeper. As long as the children are safe and happy, he can do anything he wants.

Mo Yan's uneasiness about Mo Qingze's accounting job has never stopped. Now after listening to her father's words, she still felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong. She pretended to be curious and asked while filling the rice. Said: "Dad, what accounts will you mainly do these two days?"

Mo Qingze didn't think much about it. He took the job and said, "Dad just left. In the past two days, the shopkeeper asked me to do some accounting that was messy before, so that it can be sent to the boss for accounting at the end of the year."

Mo Yan had a bad intuition when she heard this: "Can you do it? Messy accounts are the most likely to make mistakes, right?"

Mo Qingze felt a little strange. His daughter said something similar last time: "It should be fine. The shopkeeper also said that dad did a good job."

Mo Yan was speechless and wanted to roll her eyes, but she finally heard it. This father with no curvy heart was very grateful to the shopkeeper. If he really had bad intentions, this stupid father would help him count the money for fear of being sold. !

 She was not sure about this, so she could only wait and see, hoping that her worries were unfounded.

 …

Here, Lin Yong summoned nearly a hundred members of the Lin family and told them what they had discussed with Mo Yan in the afternoon. Everyone, men, women, old and young was happy to hear this. Although I haven't starved to death these days, I still haven't eaten a grain of rice all day long.

“Brother Yong, in this way, we people no longer have to worry about food?”

 In the crowd, Lin Dayi, who is in his twenties, clapped his hands and seemed particularly excited.

Lin Yong nodded solemnly and explained what Mo Yan had told him.

“These are all trivial matters. We have been here for almost two months and we know who the people are and what their temperaments are. There are so many old, weak, women and children here, I’m afraid such a good thing will break your head!”

Lin Da felt that this was nothing at all. As soon as he said it, others also responded.

 “It’s better to gather quietly and don’t cause any trouble.”

Lin Yong warned with a cold face. He was happy in his heart, but he didn't want anyone to bleed because of this.

Lin Da shrank his neck. He was most afraid of Brother Yong's cold voice.

“Well, life is hard now, especially for the elderly and children. Now that some kind people are sending food, I’m afraid it will be much better!”

“Yes, more and more old people and children are being carried out these days, which makes me feel uncomfortable.”

“I don’t know how the war is going in the south. When will it end?”

 …

Other people also talked a lot, but the sadness on their faces was slightly lighter. Along the way until now, the Lin family has starved to death more than a dozen old people and children.

After hearing this, Lin Yong thought of his grandfather who died of illness on the road again, and felt very sad. However, before his death, his grandfather passed on the position of clan leader to him. He could only keep the sadness in his heart and try his best to take good care of his clan members. Now that things have finally turned around, his gratitude to Mo Yan cannot be expressed in words.

Mo Yan, who was busy in the space at this time, didn't know that because of this gratitude, in a conspiracy not long after, if Lin Yong hadn't helped, the entire Mo family would have been destroyed...

 (End of this chapter)