Chapter 155: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 155: Outcome (2)
The arson incident was temporarily set aside by the village due to Old Mo's "coma," but matters needed resolution. Within a couple of days, Yang Bao, accompanied by Mo Qingze and the villagers whose houses were almost burned down, arrived at Old Mo's house to demand an explanation.
When the villagers learned that Mo Yongxi set fire to the orchard merely because Mo Yan was pretty, well-dressed, and lived in a big house, they were dumbfounded.
Mo Yongxi's actions were no longer just petty jealousy; it was downright malicious and heartless.
Initially, Yang Bao intended to drive the entire family out of Liuyang Village. After all, someone who would set fire without regard for others' lives due to jealousy was too dangerous. What if next time Mo Yongxi envied another girl and set fire to her house?
However, the Mo family had more than just Mo Yongxi; there were over ten people in the family. If they were driven out, apart from returning to their hometown, they had nowhere else to go.
But Mo Yongshou had offended the landlord in their hometown, and their house and land were taken away as compensation. Even if they returned safely, unless they sold themselves into slavery, they would only have a dead end.
Seeing several children in tears, the villagers couldn't bear it in the end. After all, it wasn't their fault.
At this moment, the Mo family should be grateful that the fire was extinguished in time, only causing the loss of most of their wood, without more serious consequences. Otherwise, the villagers of Liuyang Village would never allow the Mo family to stay.
However, punishment was necessary. At Yang Bao's request, the Mo family not only had to compensate Mo Yan's family for the wood at market price but also had to visit other villagers to apologize.
Apologizing was one thing, but the Mo family made a living by chopping firewood in prison and the women doing needlework to earn money, barely avoiding hunger. Where would they get the money to compensate for the wood?
In the end, following Mo Yan's example from before, they were made to sign an IOU to Mo Qingze, along with a promissory note. The gist of it was that if anyone from the Mo family dared to harm the interests of other villagers again, they would be driven out of Liuyang Village.
Li Zhong returned to the city and informed Mo Yan of the outcome.
This outcome was within Mo Yan's expectations. Although she wanted Old Mo and Mo Hongshi to be driven out of Liuyang Village, Wu Shi's family was innocent.
If driven out of Liuyang Village, in order to survive, Hong Shi, who sold off Fourth Ni'er, would definitely target Wu Shi's other children. In the eyes of Hong Shi, Wu Shi's daughters, as compensation goods, would be in danger.
Even though they weren't driven out this time, the Mo family's already poor reputation plummeted further, becoming objects of universal scorn. With the promissory note in Yang Bao's hands, no one would be willing to cause trouble for the Mo family in the future.
In this way, Old Mo and the others should behave themselves and live quietly.
As for another culprit, Mo Ni'er, Mo Yan decided to let her go. She gave Mo Yongxi a few hints through Xiong's daughter. Although Mo Yongxi wasn't smart, she wasn't a complete fool. Plus, Mo Ni'er's instigation was obvious. With some thought, she would naturally figure it out.
However, Mo Yan had overestimated Mo Yongxi.
Although Mo Yongxi had suspicions, she wasn't sure if she had been manipulated. But since that incident, she lost Old Mo's favor, and Hong Shi didn't pamper her as before, causing her position in the Mo family to plummet. To regain her parents' favor and consolidate her unique position in the family, she naturally pushed all the blame onto Mo Ni'er.
As soon as she returned home, Mo Yongxi exaggeratedly told Hong Shi everything Mo Ni'er had said to her, crying and asking Hong Shi to make a decision.
Compared to the dispensable granddaughter, Hong Shi naturally stood on her daughter's side, believing that Mo Ni'er had corrupted her daughter. Outraged, she exaggeratedly reported the matter to Old Mo.
Old Mo understood his daughter. Although she was a bit foolish, she wasn't malicious. Thinking about what she had done, he believed she had been manipulated by someone.
Under the relentless suppression of the two mountains, Mo Ni'er couldn't escape, enduring not only Hong Shi's scolding but also doing laundry, cooking, and taking on all the household chores. Whenever she had any free time, she had to do needlework to earn money. There was no respite, and her days in the Old Mo family could be described as living in deep waters and hot flames.
The saying "Evil begets evil" was true! After learning about this, Mo Yan chuckled a few times and paid no more attention.
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