Chapter 205: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 205: Moving into a New Home, Xin'er Faints (5)
It had to be said, Mo Yan was very good at choosing gifts, and each gift reached the heart of every recipient. Xin'er and her brother hugged Mo Yan tightly, unwilling to let go. Li Zhong and his granddaughter were touched that Mo Yan still remembered them, and although Mo Yan knew their temperaments, they accepted the gifts after expressing their gratitude.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of July, and the Mo family's house was already fully constructed. They were just waiting to clean it up and furnish it with furniture before moving in on August 6th.
The Mo family's house was quite large, and with the debris in the yard needing to be cleared, Mo Yan invited several familiar women, including Aunt Cai and Aunt Xiong, to help clean up.
Originally, Mo Yan wanted to pay them for their work, but none of them wanted to accept, saying that they wouldn't come if they were paid. Mo Yan had no choice but to give up and ended up giving each family a basket of eggs as a token of gratitude.
After Aunt Cai and the others entered the Mo family's house, they realized just how big it was. Each of them was amazed, as the house was even better than the ones owned by landlords they had seen before.
Seeing the several independent courtyards adjacent to the central area, and learning that each of the four Mo family members would reside in one, even someone as outspoken as Aunt Cai couldn't help but make a few remarks, sighing that even though her family had many people, they didn't have the good fortune of the Mo family.
Fortunately, the characters of the women were still decent. After expressing their envy, they earnestly cleaned the house and didn't gossip about it when they returned home to the rest of the villagers.
Mo Yan and her family also came to clean every day. Even the youngest Zhen'er took a cloth to wipe the doors and windows. By the time the inside and outside of the house and the yard were cleaned, it was already August 2nd.
"Dad, our furniture is too much. We need to move it in advance. We'll move in with our entire family on August 6th. These days, you should prepare the things we need for moving, and leave the transportation of the furniture to me."
After lunch in the yet-to-be-demolished thatched shed, Mo Yan told Mo Qingze about her arrangements.
"Well, I'll go ask the elders in the village later to see what we need to prepare for the move. However, we'll have to invite guests to warm the house on August 12th. The guests we should invite have already been decided. Do you have anyone special you want to invite?"
Mo Qingze had been thinking about this matter all along. He believed that the more people who came to warm the house, the better, but there were over a hundred households and thousands of people in Liuyang Village. Even if they had a spacious house, they couldn't accommodate so many people.
Mo Yan thought for a moment. Lin Yong and the others had a good relationship with her family and had helped them a lot. These people were definitely going to be invited.
Aunt Cai, Aunt Xiong, and others also had to be invited, as well as Zhang Dayou and the other twelve people who had previously helped take care of the greenhouse.
The village chief and the Mo family's clan head had to be invited, and as for other Mo family members, they should be informed, but whether they came or not was up to them.
Liu Tinglan, as her good friend, had long wanted to come to Liuyang Village to play during their housewarming, so she had to be invited as well.
Whether the manager of the punishment office and the carpentry shop should be invited required further consideration, but it seemed that there weren't many people after all. However, it would still be lively enough for the housewarming.
After listening to Mo Yan's words, Mo Qingze felt that it was almost enough. If unfamiliar villagers were also invited, they would have to bring gifts. If they weren't happy with the gifts, it would be better not to invite them.
"Yan'er, what about your Second Grandfather... Should we inform his family?" Mo Qingze furrowed his brows and asked Mo Yan, looking somewhat conflicted.
"Second Grandfather?" Mo Yan was taken aback. She had actually forgotten about that family. "We should inform them. Otherwise, Second Grandmother will have another excuse to ruin our family's reputation. However, considering how strained the relationship between our two families is, even if we inform them, they may not necessarily come. Still, we should maintain appearances."
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