The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor

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 simple 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.

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

While Mo Yan was convinced, she also felt ashamed for herself. She had been given space and was actively doing 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 laid by ****. In addition to supplementing nutrition for children and breastfeeding women, she had to sell the extra eggs to grocery stores to supplement the family income. Selling eggs is no better than selling vegetables. The eggs are small and inconspicuous. Just put them in a basket and cover them with a cloth. Even if they are spotted by neighbors, they will not arouse suspicion. Moreover, the eggs are easy to sell and the price is relatively high.

In the coming period, 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.

In the evening, Mo Yan estimated the time and Mo Qingze arrived home as soon as dinner was ready.

"Dad, you got lucky today, are you so happy?"

Mo Yan came out with the food, and when she saw the faint smile on her father's face, she 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 low self-esteem 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 Zhen'er."

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, and Zhen'er said that she was very pitiful whether she wanted to cry or not.

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, took over the job and said, "Dad has just left. In the past two days, the shopkeeper has asked dad to do some accounting that was messy before, so that he can send it to the boss for accounting at the end of the year."

When Mo Yan heard this, she had a bad intuition: "Can dad 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. !

But she wasn't 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 clan and told them what they had discussed with Mo Yan in the afternoon, which made everyone, men, women, old and young happy. 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?"

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

Lin Yong nodded solemnly and explained what Mo Yan had asked.

"These are all trivial matters. We have been here for almost two months, and we know by heart which people have what temperaments! 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 right now, especially for the elderly and children. Now that some kind people are giving us food, I'm afraid it will be a lot better!"

"Yes, more and more elderly 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 about it, 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...