Chapter 31: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 31: Returning to the Mo Family Village
During dinner that evening, Mo Yan brought up the matter, causing a moment of silence at the dinner table.
Putting down his chopsticks, Mo Qingze looked at his children with a hint of hesitation on his face. "This morning, the news was also being discussed at the bank. It's said that the news arrived at the court ten days ago, but it has only just spread outside. The army heading south to suppress the rebellion is probably already on its way. It won't be long before us refugees are sent back to our hometowns by the government."
"Dad, does 'sent back to our hometowns' mean we have to return to our original home? But Zhen'er doesn't want to go back, Zhen'er wants to stay here!" Zhen'er looked pitifully at his father. He didn't want to go back to the Mo family village, where many bad people bullied them. Here, there was delicious food every day, and no one would snatch it from him.
Xin'er bit her chopsticks without saying a word, her eyes fixed tightly on her father. Obviously, she didn't want to return to the Mo family village either.
The Mo family village...
Many memories related to the Mo family village flashed through Mo Yan's mind, and among these fragments, she saw a petite yet courageous girl.
In her childhood, her father worked outside to support the family, while she, at a young age, struggled to raise her younger siblings. She could endure the hardships and fatigue of life, but she couldn't tolerate the insults and abuse from the cruel women and children in the village. The phrase "bastard child without a mother" accompanied them as they grew up, and they even had to endure the harshness and oppression of some despicable relatives. The memories of the Mo family village were almost gray.
For those people, Mo Yan chose to ignore them, but she harbored resentment in her heart!
Even though those unpleasant past events had nothing to do with her, whenever she saw these scenes, her pity and admiration for her predecessor deepened. If it weren't for her predecessor's strong will and constant guidance to her siblings, the three children might have been ruined by those rumors and gossip. If these unpleasant things happened to other children, perhaps no one could handle it better than her predecessor.
If they were to return to such an environment, she worried that the two younger ones would suffer psychological trauma. Even she herself didn't want to travel thousands of miles back.
"Dad knows, Dad knows. If possible, Dad also doesn't want you to suffer! But if the government wants to send us back to our hometowns, we have no choice but to go back, otherwise our household registration will be canceled, and we won't even be considered citizens of Dachu."
Mo Qingze was also helpless. The Mo family village was where he had grown up since childhood, and it was impossible for him not to have feelings for it. However, his three children were the most important to him. He had to consider their opinions. If there was a way, he also wanted to try to stay in the capital.
Upon hearing this, Mo Yan asked, "Dad, in Dachu, are people not allowed to move freely?"
Mo Qingze nodded. "Not only in Dachu, but also in other countries! If it weren't for this natural disaster and man-made calamity, when we came to the capital, we not only needed household registration but also certificates and guides issued by the village chief, county town, and prefecture. If we want to settle down in the capital, we must change the household registration of the Mo family village to that of the capital, but..."
Here, Mo Qingze didn't continue.
Thinking about how difficult it was for someone to relocate their household registration in their past life, Mo Yan could guess what her father hadn't said. Even though she had lived under the five-star red flag in her past life, changing household registration was still a very troublesome matter, not to mention settling near the imperial city. It probably required a large amount of money and strong connections.
"Dad, don't worry. There's still no news yet, right?" Mo Yan comforted her father and reassured her younger siblings, saying that if they were really sent back to their hometowns, with the space and no worries on the road, there was nothing to worry about. As for those gossiping women from the Mo family village, she had ways to shut them up.
After Mo Yan and her father's conversation, Li Zhong also felt a bit melancholic. He had always thought his daughter was still in the capital and had wanted to find her slowly. But if they were sent back, he was afraid he would never find her in this lifetime.
Li Yan quietly held her grandfather's hand, a smile on her face. Wherever her grandfather went, she would go too.
That night, both Mo Qingze and Li Zhong, the heads of the households, tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep until dawn!
...
A few days later, Mo Qingze's speculation became reality. The government posted notices at various city gates, roughly stating that refugees from other places must change their household registration or leave the capital by the thirtieth day of September in the twenty-seventh year of Hui'an. Violators would be treated as spies of enemy countries!
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