Chapter 239: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 239: Gaining Another Uncle (7)
Finally, Mo Qingze took the household register and went to the yamen with the Li family of three to handle the indenture.
Indentured servants belonged to the master's household and couldn't own private property. As a result, the ten mu of barren land allocated to the Li family would have to be reclaimed by the government.
The ten mu of barren land had already been cultivated with soybeans and was about to be harvested. Seeing this, Mo Qingze spent ten taels of silver to buy the land and included it in his own land deed.
If the Li family wanted to be freed from indenture in the future, it would be convenient to return the ten mu of land to them.
The paperwork for the indenture was quickly completed, and the Li family of three seemed to have lifted a heavy burden off their shoulders. They felt more natural staying at the Mo family's home than before, and there were even more smiles on their faces.
However, although there was now a distinction between the master's family and the servants, the Mo family still respected the Li family of three, and their attitude towards the Mo family remained natural, not much different from before. Whenever there was a decision to be made, they would consult Mo Yan and her father beforehand.
There wasn't much for the Mo family to do, so Li Zhong focused all his energy on the orchard; Li Xiu continued to teach Xin'er embroidery and did some housework in her free time; Li Yan was responsible for household chores, cleaning, laundry, cooking, mowing grass, and feeding the cows.
Xin'er and Zhen'er didn't treat them like servants and would also help with some tasks within their capabilities. Mo Yan didn't want them to be lazy, so she would supervise them from time to time.
After Mo Qingze left, with the help of everyone, Mo Yan began to organize the courtyard of the house.
There were about a dozen small courtyards of various sizes in the Mo family's compound. The flower beds hadn't been planted yet, so they looked bare.
"Big Sister, these flowers are so beautiful. Did you buy them from the flower garden?" Xin'er asked curiously as she looked at the purple-red glory bower in the flower bed.
Mo Yan replied while planting flowers, "I dug them up from the mountains. There are many wildflowers in the mountains, and I picked some pretty ones. They're not inferior to the ones sold in the flower garden."
At this time of year, there were also many beautiful wildflowers blooming in the mountains. Although the cultivated flowers in the garden were more vibrant, they required careful care, otherwise they would easily wither. The wildflowers in the mountains had strong vitality and could thrive with just a little watering.
Xin'er found it interesting and also took a small hoe to help plant flowers.
In addition to flowers, Mo Yan also dug up several jujube saplings, persimmon saplings, and chestnut saplings from the mountains and planted them in the large flower bed in the backyard. The flower beds in the front yard were planted with small landscape trees bought from the flower garden, which fit well.
The Mo family's compound was too large and needed many flowers and plants to adorn it. Mo Yan would go into the mountains almost every day to dig up plants or collect seeds, which could be scattered in the flower beds in the spring.
The flowers and plants in each small courtyard of the Mo family were different according to everyone's preferences. In her own courtyard, Mo Yan planted a row of bamboo by the wall and planted many glory bower and other flowers and plants in the central flower bed.
With these flowers and plants, the courtyard looked much more beautiful.
These days were fulfilling and peaceful, without much hustle and bustle, making people feel at ease. Mo Yan hoped that such days could continue.
However, the red python that had been driven away before would occasionally climb over the courtyard wall and sneak in, which troubled Mo Yan.
Fortunately, she had given her family members preventive measures beforehand, so although they were very scared when they saw the red python, no one fainted again.
Xin'er was still afraid, but she was a brave girl. From trembling with fear and sweating profusely when she first saw the red python, she could now glance at it from a distance.
Zhen'er became bolder. As long as Mo Yan was present, he dared to touch the red python. There was even one time when the red python, in order to please Mo Yan, let him ride on its back and took him for a run around.
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