Chapter 219: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 219: Discussing Marriage Matters in the Boudoir, Banquet with Hidden Calculations (3)
Regardless of their true intentions, as long as they stood by the Mo family at critical moments, Mo Yan felt that their usual efforts were worth it.
The disheveled Aunt Wang was eventually driven out of the Mo family's house by the angry villagers, who cheered as she left. With today's incident, she would at most dare to tarnish the Mo family's reputation in the village, but she wouldn't dare to cause trouble pby coming to their house again.
The villagers were very sympathetic when they learned that the Mo family's horse had fallen ill. However, when they saw the two sturdy oxen and the healthy calf, they couldn't help but envy them, eagerly touching and petting them, wishing they could take them home.
Learning that they could rent two large oxen for a small amount of money during the busy farming season, the villagers became even more grateful to the Mo family. Who would want to toil like an ox in the fields if they had oxen to plow for them?
Satisfied, the villagers left the Mo family's house. However, Mo Qingze and Li Zhong were worried as they looked at the horse struggling with diarrhea. They were not only concerned about the loss of the eight taels of silver but also worried that there might be something wrong with their house's feng shui if the horse were to die.
"Dad, Grandpa Li, don't worry. I promise this horse will be lively and jumping around tomorrow morning," Mo Yan said as she approached with vegetables. Seeing the two men still shaking their heads in sighs, she couldn't help feeling a bit helpless.
They thought she was just trying to comfort them, but to their surprise, when the horse saw the vegetables in Mo Yan's hand, it struggled to stand up, its mouth opening and closing, clearly wanting to eat.
Under the hopeful gazes of the two men, Mo Yan tossed the vegetables into the manger. The horse walked over eagerly and started eating happily.
The horse had emptied its stomach just now, which was why it had no strength to stand up. Now that it had food, it eagerly stood up and ate heartily!
Mo Qingze and Li Zhong wiped the sweat off their foreheads. As long as it could eat, that was all that mattered.
At this moment, Li Xiu returned with several children carrying a basket full of green grass. Zhen'er couldn't wait to pick up the vegetables and feed the horse and cow. Seeing them enjoying their meal, he giggled nonstop.
Xin'er and Li Yan found it amusing and joined in, feeding the animals with vegetables. For a while, the entire livestock pen was filled with the laughter of the children.
With horses and oxen, the children had something to do again. Every day, they either cut grass or brought new friends home to visit, brimming with pride and excitement.
Mo Yan watched with a smile, not stopping them. Every morning, she would give them some Spirit Spring water to drink, which directly caused them to have diarrhea every day.
Fortunately, it was normal for four animals to eat a lot. Otherwise, Mo Qingze and the others would have been worried and unable to sleep.
Seeing that the days of the house warming were approaching, the Mo family rushed into the city with a horse carriage to purchase the items needed for that day. In addition to bowls, plates, chopsticks, and guest wine, they also bought condiments such as oil, salt, soy sauce, and a lot of firecrackers.
Soon it was August 11th. At noon on this day, Xiao Hua, who had been in the mountains for several days, came back, holding a fat and plump roe deer in its mouth.
Xiao Hua dropped the roe deer and proudly invited Mo Yan for praise. After receiving a small basin of Spirit Spring water as reward, Xiao Hua went back into the mountains and brought back a wild goat. And ran back and forth like this more than a dozen times, and in the end, Xiao Hua even dragged back a wild boar weighing at least two hundred catties.
The wild boar was found under the wall. Mo Yan knew that Xiao Hua couldn't carry such a big wild boar on its own, so it must have been Da Bai who helped Xiao Hua. She couldn't help but be moved and quickly found Mo Qingze and Li Zhong to carry it in, then went to the village to invite Lin Yong to handle these wild animals.
Looking at the ten or so wild goats, roe deer, and other large wild animals lying in the yard, Lin Yong was shocked and stared at Xiao Hua for a long time before saying decisively, "This is a wolf."
Mo Yan patted Xiao Hua's head and smiled in agreement.
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