Chapter 21 The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 21 Anxiety
For Mo Xin and Mo Zhen, the days in the capital were even better than in Moji Village. Here, no one would ridicule them for being motherless children, they wouldn't go hungry often, and they could even eat eggs and meat every day, better than the New Year meals they had in the past.
For Mo Yan, she had many things to do. After she tidied up the small vegetable garden in the yard, sowed seasonal vegetable seeds such as greens and celery, and finished making clothes for the family, seven or eight days had passed.
As the head of the household, Mo Qingze went out early and returned late every day. Each time he came back, his complexion was not too good. Mo Yan asked a few times without getting any results, so she let it be.
This day, Mo Qingze came back only at dinnertime again, but he seemed to be in a very good mood.
"Yan'er, I've arranged a job. I'll start working tomorrow. I'll support the family from now on, and you take care of the two little ones," Mo Qingze said to Mo Yan after putting down his chopsticks.
Mo Yan was startled, finally understanding why he went out early and returned late: "That's good news! But what job did you arrange?"
Mo Qingze smiled slightly, "As an accountant for a silver shop, with a monthly salary of two taels of silver, enough for our family to live on!"
Two taels of silver?
Mo Yan was surprised. After being in this world for so long, she had a deep understanding of the purchasing power of silver. With two taels of silver deducted for monthly rent, they would have one tael left. As long as they didn't eat extravagantly every day, this one tael of silver would be enough for their family to live on, and they would even have some surplus.
She vaguely felt something was wrong. It didn't make sense for her father, who had just arrived in the capital, with no experience as an accountant, to be hired by a silver shop, especially with such a high monthly salary. It seemed suspicious no matter how she looked at it.
Thinking like this in her heart, Mo Yan didn't directly express her concerns, so as not to undermine her father's confidence. Instead, she gently reminded, "Being an accountant is not easy. It's not as easy as when you managed the inn before."
Mo Qingze waved his hand, obviously not taking her concern seriously. "I know what I'm doing. The shopkeeper at the silver shop is good, he appreciates me. As long as I do my job well, there won't be any major problems."
Mo Yan's eyes twitched. She wasn't as confident as her father. If there really was a trap, with her father's straightforward nature, he wouldn't be able to see through it. She hoped that all of this was just her overthinking. Their family was poor, who would plot against them?
"Now that Dad has made up his mind, I won't say much. I just hope Dad doesn't overwork himself," Mo Yan said, seeing her daughter not opposing, and considering herself in every way, Mo Qingze felt greatly comforted. "Dad won't overwork himself, as long as you three siblings are well, Dad will be content."
Mo Yan's nose tingled. In her previous life, her father said this to their four siblings the most.
However, compared to her father in her previous life, her father in this life obviously lacked experience in worldly affairs. He had the demeanor of a scholar, but if there were really worldly troubles, he might find it difficult to handle.
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Ignoring Mo Yan's various worries, the next morning, she still got up to prepare breakfast for the family.
Today, Mo Qingze changed into the new robe his daughter made for him. He looked even more gentle and elegant. After breakfast, he gave Mo Yan some earnest advice before hurriedly leaving the house.
After Mo Qingze left, Mo Yan didn't idle either. She washed the clothes and tidied up the house inside and out. Seeing the two little ones engrossed in fishing for "monks" in the yard, she returned to her room, closed the door, and entered the space. (Here, "monks" are bugs that can dig holes. When you insert thin grass into their holes, they climb up. When she was young, she used to play with them, haha.)
The spiritual energy in the space had already solidified into substance, like a faint mist enveloping everything. Upon entering, she felt refreshed.
Because the space was too small, she could only plant a small patch of the dozen or so kinds of seeds she bought in Longshi Town. Recently, they had been ripening one after another, and Mo Yan had stacked them beside the Biyu Platform. Fortunately, with the spiritual energy preserving them, they remained as fresh as if they were still growing in the ground.
With so many vegetables and fruits, Mo Yan's eyes hurt from looking at them. If she continued to stack them up, there would be no room left in the space to grow vegetables. There were only four people in the family, so they couldn't consume much. Therefore, she had to sell them.
There were also eggs. Of the twenty chicks she bought earlier, sixteen were hens. She could find at least one hundred and fifty eggs every day she came in, and in the past ten days, she had gathered nearly two thousand. If she didn't deal with them soon, she would be buried in eggs.
Mo Yan took dozens of eggs and picked a few vegetables to put in a basket. Just as she was about to go out, she saw two fat roosters standing on the Biyu Platform, spreading their wings and fighting. She found it amusing and grabbed one without hesitation.
"Today, I'll cook you!"
Having been in the capital for several days, she hadn't stewed chicken soup for her family yet. Roosters didn't lay eggs, so keeping them would only waste food.
After leaving the space, Mo Yan took a piece of cloth and tied the rooster in the yard.
When the two little ones saw the big rooster, they stopped fishing for "monks" and couldn't help but touch the shiny feathers on the rooster's body.
Mo Yan didn't stop them and went into the house to take the pass token, which she put in her sleeve pocket. Coming out, she said to the two little ones, "Sister will be out for a while. You two stay at home and don't go anywhere. When sister come back, we'll kill this chicken for you to eat."
"Yeah, we'll play at home, big sister, come back soon!"
The two little ones wanted to follow their big sister, but they knew their big sister must have something inconvenient to take them, so they answered loudly, promising not to run around.
Mo Yan touched their heads and locked the courtyard door after going out.
The West Market was adjacent to the North City Gate, but because Chudu was very big, it would take a long time to walk there. It would be too late to go home for lunch, so Mo Yan spent five wen to take a mule cart.
The carter was an old man who found it strange when Mo Yan said she was going to the refugee camp on the outskirts of the city
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