Chapter 84: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 84: Severing Ties
The Mo Yan family returned from their New Year shopping to find Old Mo, Hong Shi, and Mo Yongfu waiting for them in the alley, learning about the arrest of Mo Yongshou and Mo Yonglu.
"Zeyan, Uncle is begging you, begging you to save your two useless cousins. Uncle is kneeling to you!"
In the main hall, Old Mo's face was full of sorrow as he finished explaining the situation, then thumped to his knees in front of Mo Qingze.
"Uncle, what are you doing?" Mo Qingze was startled and rushed forward to help him up. "Please, get up. How could I let you kneel like this? Won't it shorten your nephew's life?"
Old Mo held onto Mo Qingze's arm tightly, shaking his head stubbornly. "Zeyan, if you don't agree, Uncle won't be able to get up."
Was Uncle forcing him?
Mo Qingze's expression darkened. With a thump, he also knelt down. "Uncle, I am just a commoner. I can only try to find out the cause and effect of the matter by going to the official government first."
Before Old Mo could speak, Hongshi became excited. "By the time you figure it out, your two cousins may have lost their lives! Shou'er said that as long as you bring out the secret of growing vegetables, they can come back."
"The secret of growing vegetables?" Mo Qingze was puzzled. "How our family grows vegetables is known to the whole village. Where does this secret come from?"
"How can there be none?" Hong Shi thought Mo Qingze was trying to deceive her. Thinking of her son suffering in prison, all her rationality was drowned out. "Are you resentful because my wife treated you harshly back then, so you refuse to save your cousins? Is it? Is it?"pop
Mo Qingze retreated repeatedly under her interrogation, trying to explain, but Hong Shi refused to listen, stubbornly believing that Mo Qingze harbored resentment towards her. Her words became increasingly harsh:
"You're just a heartless hypocrite. No wonder your own wife cheated on you and ran away with someone else. This is karma! If you don't save your cousins, you'll be struck by lightning, and your bastards won't have a good ending!"
"Enough!" Mo Yan couldn't bear it anymore. With a slap on the table, she stared at Hong Shi. "Get out of here now. My family doesn't welcome you!"
This loud reprimand shocked Hong Shi. When she came to her senses, she finally realized what she had said in her anger, her face pale with fear, too scared to even look at Old Mo, who was furious.
Old Mo gasped for breath, his eyes filled with unprecedented fierceness as he glared at Hong Shi. He shouldn't have let this madwoman come over.
"Slap! Slap! Slap!"
Supporting Mo Yongfu's trembling hand, Old Mo stood up shakily, walked to Hong Shi, and slapped her several times. "You wicked woman, apologize to the children, quickly..."
"You don't have to pretend in front of me!" Mo Yan waved his hand, interrupting Old Mo's words. "It's your good sons who cheated people out of their money, and you who benefited from it. You have no relationship with my family, and we have no obligation to help you! If you think we're refusing to help out of resentment, then so be it! In any case, it's impossible for my father to use a nonexistent secret to save someone!"
After saying this, Mo Yan went over to help her father up and didn't look at the two troublemakers again!
Mo Yan's decisive words completely changed the expressions of Old Mo and his family.
Old Mo looked at Mo Qingze with the last bit of hope, but he saw him turn his head away, clearly unwilling to listen. He lowered his head in despair, and in his old eyes, hidden from everyone, was deep resentment.
Hong Shi wanted to continue causing trouble but was pulled back by Mo Yongfu. "Mother, please stop. Making a scene won't save Second and Third Brother."
In the end, the family of three from Old Mo left the Mo family reluctantly.
"Sister, I hate Grandma so much. Don't let her come into the house again."
With red eyes, Zhen'er opened the door and threw himself into his sister's arms, apparently having heard Mo Hongshi's words just now.
Mo Yan hugged him and smiled. "Okay, listen to Zhen'er. We won't let her take a step into our house again!"
Xin'er also ran over, holding her sister's arm tightly, seeking comfort.
Mo Yan put an arm around her shoulder and the three siblings hugged quietly, the faint warmth gradually dispelling the unpleasantness stirred up by Old Mo and his family.
Mo Qingze wanted to reprimand them for their lack of manners but couldn't bring himself to speak. He could only stand awkwardly aside, watching the three siblings bond.
After hugging for a while, Mo Yan sent them to their room to play and took out cups, pouring two cups of tea, handing one to his father, and taking a sip from the other.
"Dad, let's just distance ourselves from Second Grandpa's family from now on!"
This time, the two families had completely severed ties, and Mo Yan was completely fed up with them. Mo Yongshou and Mo Yonglu dared to scheme against them, while Hong Shi not only threw tantrums and shifted blame onto others but also never realized where her own faults lay!
Such people should not be associated with, let alone be close to.
As for Old Mo, who was good at disguising himself, he always hid behind others, enjoying the benefits brought by Hong Shi without any guilt. Such a person was even more despicable!
As for Wu Shi, she always remembered the care she had received, so if their family could separate from them, they could still maintain their relationship as relatives.
This time, Mo Qingze didn't speak up to reprimand her for her lack of manners. It seemed that he also felt that the estrangement between the two families was too great, and even if they were close, it would only be a pretense.
Mo Yan smiled and then recounted the schemes of Mo Yongshou and Mo Yonglu, feeling somewhat fortunate in the end. "Dad, if it weren't for Manager Xing's honesty, our family would be in big trouble this time!"
Without mentioning Yan Junyu, this transaction was conducted privately, and Yan Junyu even subtly hinted that the potion (Spirit Spring water) involved was significant, asking her not to disclose it to anyone, not even Lin Meng, who had followed them that day.
After hearing this, Mo Qingze's hand trembled, and the tea in the cup spilled out. He felt a moment of horror. "Luckily, luckily."
His anger towards Mo Yongshou and Mo Yonglu reached its peak, and even the guilt he had just refused to help them had disappeared without a trace...
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