Chapter 60: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 60: Another Incident (Part 2)
More and more villagers gathered to watch the commotion. Mo Qingze looked at the acting mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with an indifferent expression, wishing he could just leave. However, considering their seniority, he could only patiently explain, "Second aunt, it's not that your nephew refuses. It's just that the rented place is too small. With these extra people, there won't even be a place for them to sleep. It's freezing cold, we can't let my cousin and niece sleep on the floor!"
Hong Shi, without hesitation, said, "It's just two more people. It's warmer when you're crowded on such cold days! If there's really no room, you can rent another room."
Niu Shi also nodded along, feeling completely justified. They didn't think their request was unreasonable at all!
"Tch, you have a place to live yourself, yet you want to take advantage of relatives. I've never seen such shamelessness."
"Exactly, they caused such a scene a few days ago, and now they have the nerve to bring this up. Having relatives like this is truly unfortunate."
"Master Mo hasn't neglected his relatives at all! I just saw Miss Mo take her cousin from another room to the city for a medical check-up. Now she's leaving her cousin here to take care of him. She's even taking care of her own cousin quite well."
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Seeing the shamelessness of this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the villagers watching the scene were disdainful.
Hearing these comments, Wu Shi, leading San Ni'er, felt ashamed and wished she could disappear. If she insisted on bringing her child back, her mother-in-law and sister-in-law wouldn't have an excuse to make things difficult for her nephew.
Mo Yong Xi, who was already fourteen and spoiled by her parents, readily agreed to her second aunt's request without even thinking twice. She was resentful that her cousin repeatedly refused, and now hearing the villagers' comments, she exploded, pointing at Mo Qingze and cursing, "What kind of useless cousin are you? If you had any conscience, you would let those bastards of yours sleep on the floor and give up the bed for us!"
"Slap!"
Old Mo had just arrived and heard his youngest daughter's words. His head was spinning, and he slapped her hard across the face, roaring, "Shut your mouth! Is this something a girl should say? Apologize to your cousin now!"
For a grown girl to call her cousin's Children "bastards" and disrespect her cousin, if this got out, who would dare to propose marriage? Who would marry such a daughter-in-law without virtues?
Unfortunately, Mo Yong Xi couldn't grasp her father's good intentions. Holding her swollen face, she cried out loudly and fell to the ground, wailing incessantly, kicking her legs stubbornly, "They're bastards because their mother eloped with a man! If they're not bastards, what are they? They are bastards without a mother!"
Old Mo was infuriated by his foolish daughter's words. Seeing his nephew's cold gaze fixed on his daughter, he didn't have the heart to comfort her. He went up and gave her another slap across the face, shouting, "You're so unreasonable! Get up and apologize to your cousin!"
Afterwards, he forced a smile and said to Mo Qingze, "Ze'er, your cousin is still young and ignorant. Don't argue with her!"
Before Mo Qingze could say anything, Hong Shi, who had seen her daughter been beaten up by her husband, rushed up and started fighting with her Old Mo, "You useless old man, dare to bully us in front of others, I'll fight you!"
The villagers watching were dumbfounded. No one expected the situation to escalate like this.
Mo Qingze looked at this farce with cold eyes, his whole body covered in a layer of frost, with no intention of intervening.
Mo Yong Xi, sitting on the ground, shouted for Hong Shi to avenge her. She endured and endured, but couldn't resist kicking her father's legs again. If his uncle hadn't already intervened, he wouldn't have forgiven her cousin for insulting his children.
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In the evening, Mo Qingze brought San Ni'er back. Although he tried to conceal it, Mo Yan could still sense something was wrong.
"Dad, what's wrong with you?"
Mo Qingze patted his daughter's head, forced a smile, and shook his head, "Dad's fine, just a little tired. I'll rest for a while."
Seeing her father unwilling to talk, Mo Yan didn't ask further. Looking at the timid San Ni'er, she couldn't help but wonder if something had happened again with Hong Shi's side.
During dinner, Mo Qingze had no appetite. He only ate half a bowl and made an excuse about being too full at noon, then put down his chopsticks and returned to his room.
San Ni'er, holding a bowl of rice, timidly watched her uncle enter the room. She didn't dare to eat the delicious food on the table anymore. It was Mo Yan who took the initiative to put some dishes in her bowl. After thanking her softly, she carefully began to eat.
With two more children at home, at night, Mo Qingze and Li Zhong slept in the master bedroom's east bed, while Xin'er, Zhen'er, and Li Yan slept in the west bed. Mo Yan slept in the small room with San Ni'er and Shi Tou. Fortunately, the beds were large, and it was winter, so they weren't too crowded.
After Shi Tou fell asleep, Mo Yan asked San Ni'er about what had happened in Liu Yang Village.
San Ni'er carefully recounted everything that had happened, omitting the offensive words spoken by her aunt to spare her sister's feelings.
Mo Yan didn't expect the situation to be exactly as she had guessed. She was utterly speechless about Hong Shi's shamelessness. She didn't even have the energy to complain. In this life and the previous one, she had never seen such a shameless person!
"Sister, Mom said it's her fault this time. She asked me to apologize to you and said she caused trouble for your family."
San Ni'er, lying in the warm bed, held her brother's hand tightly, her face flushed as she apologized.
When she saw what her grandmother and second aunt had done, she wanted to take her mother to the city immediately and bring her brother back home, so as not to cause trouble for her uncle's family.
"San Ni'er, this is not Aunt Wu's fault. Where did she do wrong to me? Don't think too much about it. Just stay here with Shi Tou, and come back whenever you want to go home."
Mo Yan was really angry. It was also because she didn't think carefully enough that she allowed Hong Shi and the others to cause trouble. Originally, she wanted to help her aunt's family as much as possible in the future, but given this situation, it wasn't easy to help. Hong Shi was like a blood-sucking locust, and they couldn't afford to get involved.
San Ni'er felt relieved when she heard this. She was really worried that her sister would blame them!
With everything cleared up, San Ni'er became more affectionate towards Mo Yan. She chattered about many small things, then finally couldn't resist her sleepiness and fell into a deep sleep while holding her brother's hand.
Mo Yan listened quietly to the siblings' long breaths, her eyes shining in the darkness. She knew that San Ni'er had hidden some things from her, otherwise her father wouldn't have acted like this just because of Hong Shi's commotion.
In this life, she had already regarded her father and siblings as her closest relatives. She wouldn't actively provoke others, but if anyone dared to hurt her loved ones, she wouldn't easily let it go. Originally, she thought that as long as the people from the old Mo family didn't provoke them, she wouldn't bother. But now, it seemed that she couldn't just let it go...
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