Chapter 115: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 115: Outcome (2)
"They've been caught? That's great!" Mo Yan couldn't express her joy. She felt that the governance of Da Chu was indeed good.
Seeing Mo Yan's radiant smile, Xiao Ruiyuan also couldn't help but be infected. His lips involuntarily curved upwards. He was already extraordinarily handsome, and when he smiled, although it wasn't obvious, Mo Yan couldn't help but be mesmerized.
It wasn't until Mo Qingze couldn't bear to watch anymore and coughed lightly that Mo Yan snapped out of it. She pretended not to notice, but the faint blush on her cheeks revealed her embarrassment.
Xiao Ruiyuan picked up his teacup to conceal the smile in his eyes. In the past, when women looked at him like this, he would feel disgusted, but in front of her, he couldn't bring himself to hate her. In fact, there was even a sense of pleasure rising in his heart.
Pleasure? Xiao Ruiyuan didn't understand why he felt this way. Frowning, he thought for a moment and finally attributed it to Mo Yan being his lifesaver. He didn't feel any resentment towards her.
With all the human traffickers caught, Mo Qingze was also very happy. However, the matter of Mo Yan being kidnapped left him with a shadow, and he asked with some concern, "That backer should have family, right? Now that he's in prison, won't his family do something?"
Family? Xiao Ruiyuan sneered coldly, "His family probably wishes they never had him in the first place. How could they save him?"
He was just the brother of the consort favored by Prince Huai, taking advantage of Prince Huai's power to enrich himself. If it weren't for his influential sister backing him, he would have died countless times already. Now that his deeds had been exposed and his consort sister had fallen out of favor, his whole family hated him. How could they save him?
Although he was just a small fry not worth mentioning, he was useful for undermining Prince Tai's position as crown prince.
Thinking of Prince Huai being fined for a year and confined for six months, and his prestige plummeting in the court, Xiao Ruiyuan felt satisfied.
Looking at Mo Yan, his expression involuntarily softened. If it weren't for her plan this time, the human traffickers wouldn't have been caught so quickly, and he wouldn't have been able to trace the shortcoming of Prince Heng.
However, this matter couldn't be openly thanked to her, and it was best not to let anyone know about their relationship, as it wouldn't benefit her or her family if certain people found out.
Thinking of those messy matters, Xiao Ruiyuan furrowed his brow, feeling inexplicably troubled.
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After Xiao Ruiyuan left, and Mo Qingze also went out, Mo Yan asked about the two brothers, Mo Yongshou.
"That scoundrel Mo Yongshou was taken away on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month. Mo Yonglu was paraded for ten days and just finished two days ago. He's back home now."
Zhen'er was busy playing with the wooden swords, horses, and dolls that Xiao Ruiyuan had brought for him, and he replied without lifting his head.
"Hmph, on the day Mo Yongshou was exiled, that old woman came again, sitting at our doorstep and cursing. It attracted the neighbors to come and watch the excitement. At that time, Dad was in the yamen, and we didn't know what to do. Luckily, Grandpa Li was at home; otherwise, our family would have been ridiculed again."
Xin'er added indignantly. Every time she thought of that day, she wished she could beat up that troublemaking old woman.
Mo Yan patted Xin'er 's head to calm her down and said to Li Yan, "We really appreciate what Grandpa Li did. Otherwise, those neighbors who didn't know the truth might have said bad things about us behind our backs."
Li Yan smiled awkwardly, "Grandpa didn't do much. He just spoke a few words. If we want to thank anyone, it should be Grandpa thanking you two. If it weren't for you saving us twice, Grandpa and I might not be here anymore."
"We live together like one family. What's the point of saying thank you back and forth?" Xin'er rolled her eyes, unable to understand why these two were being so polite.
Mo Yan smiled and patted her. She and Li Yan exchanged a glance and both smiled.
Sometimes, saying "thank you" made things feel more distant.
Days passed by peacefully, and it was already the end of February.
That day, when Lin Da and the others came to Mo's house to hand over the money after selling the vegetables, Mo Yan asked them to stay.
Seeing that they were a bit nervous, Mo Yan smiled and said, "I asked you to stay not for anything else, but because there are a few things I want to tell you in advance."
With that, she opened the wooden box on the table, inside which was a pile of coins already strung together. "For the past two months, you've been taking care of the vegetable business, which has saved me a lot of trouble. These silver coins are an additional reward from me, just a little token of my appreciation."
Without waiting for their refusal, she let Xin'er distribute the coins according to the previously agreed-upon amounts. When they still refused to accept, Mo Yan threatened them, and only then did they accept.
After all the rewards were distributed, Mo Yan continued, "Now that the weather is warming up, and with the construction of the house starting on the sixth day of next month, I won't have much energy to continue the vegetable business. So after this batch of vegetables is sold, I plan to stop."
Upon hearing this, everyone was very surprised, and more than anything, puzzled. In their eyes, the vegetable business of the Mo family was too profitable. Moreover, many customers had come to like the vegetables from the Mo family. Even if the business became difficult later, they could still earn a lot of money.
Furthermore, if the Mo family stopped doing the vegetable business, where would they find such a lucrative job with such good wages?
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