Chapter 79: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 79: First Encounter with Arrogance
Early the next morning, Mo Yan arrived at the Eastern Market as usual, only to find that Lin Meng and the others, who usually arrived earlier than her, hadn't shown up yet. She stood in front of the stall waiting for nearly two quarters of an hour before she saw several familiar ox carts slowly approaching with people and vegetables.
She looked carefully but only saw Lin Meng, Xiong Shi, and Zhou Shi sitting on the carts. Mo Yongshou and Mo Yonglu were nowhere to be seen.
After the group got off the carts and placed the dozen or so baskets of vegetables neatly, Mo Yan asked, "Why didn't they come?"
When Lin Meng and the others heard this, they looked at each other and finally Lin Meng spoke up, "When we came over in the morning, we didn't see them. We thought they overslept, so we waited for a while. But after nearly a quarter of an hour passed and they still hadn't arrived, I went to their house to find them. It's just... it's just that Mo Yongshou said they won't be coming here anymore!"
In reality, what Mo Yongshou said was much harsher, but Lin Meng didn't want to say it and affect everyone's mood.
Mo Yan frowned. If these two simply didn't want to work anymore, they wouldn't have refused yesterday's wages. Thinking about their abnormal behavior these past few days, she suddenly had a bad feeling.
Considering everything that had happened in the past few days, Mo Yan thought carefully but couldn't figure out why these two wouldn't take their wages and suddenly quit. In the past, she would have been glad for them to leave, but now things were obviously not right. She suspected that these two might have done something behind their backs.
Seeing more people gathering on the street, Mo Yan waved her hand impatiently, "Forget about them for now, let's focus on doing business!"
Lin Meng and the others nodded and didn't say more. They quickly picked up the scales and started serving customers.
With two fewer people, they suddenly became much busier. Plus, business was better than usual nearing the end of the year, so they increased the amount of vegetables they were selling, and the four of them found it difficult to keep up.
After all the vegetables were sold out, the four of them were exhausted, their backs and foreheads covered in sweat.
Seeing Lin Meng and the others busy packing up the bamboo baskets and other items, Mo Yan quickly told them to take a rest.
They leaned against the stone slab, catching their breath. With about ten days left until New Year's Eve, Mo Yan said to the three of them, "The four of us are too tired. Go back and see if anyone is willing to come and help. The South Market and West Market have been busy these days, so finding three or four people should be possible."
Lin Meng and the others quickly agreed. Everyone in the village knew that the Mo family was generous with wages, so there would surely be many people willing to help. However, they had to choose carefully to avoid people like Mo Yongshou, who offended customers every other day, leaving the young miss busy cleaning up after them.
After resting for a while, they started packing up their things. Just as they were about to leave, a low-profile carriage appeared in front of them. When the door opened, two people got out successively, Shopkeeper Xing and Xiao Zhu.
"Shopkeeper Xing, didn't we agree on something before? There's really no secret method like you said!" Mo Yan smiled and spoke, thinking the other party had come to discuss the secret method again.
Shopkeeper Xing shook his head and said seriously, "I'm here for another matter this time. Miss Mo, please come with me."
Mo Yan was puzzled and couldn't help asking, "What is it? Could you please explain first?"
Shopkeeper Xing knew he couldn't hide anything from her, otherwise, this girl wouldn't come with him. So he said, "This matter will involve the reputation and wealth of the entire Mo family."
Mo Yan felt a bit uneasy upon hearing this. It involved the entire Mo family, so she couldn't refuse Shopkeeper Xing's invitation. She asked Xiong Shi and Zhou Shi to go back first and then got into the carriage with Lin Meng, following Shopkeeper Xing.
The carriage first passed through several bustling streets, but gradually the surroundings became quiet. When the carriage finally stopped, there were no more sounds of people.
Getting off the carriage, Mo Yan saw an ancient courtyard in front of her. Seeing the unfamiliar surroundings, she felt nervous, but she quickly calmed down.
If Shopkeeper Xing really had ill intentions, he wouldn't need to go through such a big detour.
Lin Meng stood closely beside Mo Yan, watching Shopkeeper Xing vigilantly. If anything happened, he would immediately pull the young miss away to escape.
"Don't be nervous, I mean no harm!" Shopkeeper Xing, who had seen all kinds of people, could see through their thoughts. He admired Mo Yan's composure a bit more.
Mo Yan was fine, but Lin Meng felt a bit embarrassed and touched his nose awkwardly, but he still didn't move away from Mo Yan.
Shopkeeper Xing smiled and made a "please" gesture to Mo Yan, leading the way ahead.
After entering the courtyard, Mo Yan didn't pay attention to the surroundings. She only felt the extreme quietness around her. She hadn't seen anyone along the way.
After passing through several inner gates, Mo Yan's legs were sore. Just as she was secretly complaining about the size of the courtyard, Shopkeeper Xing finally stopped in a small garden.
The small garden was not big, planted with evergreen plants all year round. But what surprised Mo Yan was that there were several kinds of flowers blooming in the flower beds, including purple chrysanthemums, red begonias, and pink roses...
Seeing these flowers that usually only bloomed in autumn flourishing in the coldest season, Mo Yan had a sense of time going backwards.
"Surprised?"
The low, magnetic voice, carrying a lazy breath, flowed like a gentle stream, playfully entering her eardrums.
Mo Yan nodded blankly at first, then suddenly turned around. Before she could see who it was, a warm object was pressed against her face, covering her eyes.
Yu Junyu stared blankly at his hand on her face, blinking his eyes. He just wanted to touch this little girl's hair to see if it was as black and smooth as it looked. But now it had turned into touching her face?
But this face was so smooth, even smoother than the flowers. He wondered if it would be as soft to touch as the flowers!
Thinking of this, Yu Junyu extended his left hand again, pinching Mo Yan's face like kneading dough, "Hmm, just as soft as the flowers!"
"Smack!"
Seeing the handprint on the left side of Yu Junyu's face, Mo Yan's anger flared even more. Another slap quickly followed, landing on his right cheek...
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