Chapter 304: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 304: Hu Shi's Calculations, Mo's Family's Plea (6)
"Hmph, keep trying to deceive me. I don't believe a word!" Just as she was about to continue hitting him, cries suddenly came from inside the house. Yao Taohua kicked Zhang Ming fiercely and hurried back into the house to comfort the child.
Zhang Ming touched his bruised arm and swollen ear, his face contorting in pain, and he became even more determined to bring Li Xiu back.
With the couple quarreling behind closed doors, such a big commotion could be heard by the neighbors, let alone with someone deliberately listening outside.
At the Huixian Residence, Xiao Zhu sent away the friend who came to deliver the message, then quickly went to Mo's Rice Shop before dinner time to inform Mo Yan of the news.
Mo Yan thanked him profusely upon hearing the news. This friend of Xiao Zhu's was indeed talented, having caused a conflict in the Zhang family within just one day. Knowing that Hu Shi had sprained her foot and couldn't get out of bed pleased her even more.
It was unlikely that the family would come knocking on their door again for a short time. If they persisted, she would have to take drastic measures to ensure that the Zhang family couldn't stay in the capital.
Returning home in the evening, Mo Yan fed some Spirit Spring water to Da Hong Zao and also brought out some vegetables and radishes from the space for it to eat.
Perhaps due to a day of good rest, Da Hong Zao seemed more energetic. But after drinking the Spirit Spring water, it started having diarrhea again.
Li Zhong brought a bunch of grass over to feed Xiao Hei and, seeing Da Hong Zao's condition, he wondered, "Xiao Hei and Xiao Huang had diarrhea as soon as they arrived at our house. Now Da Hong Zao is starting to have it again. It's really strange."
Mo Yan stuck out her tongue and chuckled, "Maybe they're not used to eating so well at our house, and their stomachs can't handle it. Isn't it even better for Xiao Hei and Xiao Huang to have diarrhea? Now when they go out, everyone says they're 'good horses'. Xiao Huang is also growing well. That calf will be able to plow the fields next spring, haha!"
Li Zhong affectionately patted Xiao Hei and the three cows, feeling very happy.
Mo Yan was also pleased to see them. These five livestock were important labor force in their household. Especially the three yellow cows, with over a hundred mu of land, they would have to rely on them for farming in the future, which would be quite hard work.
Thinking of the uncultivated slope, Mo Yan said to Li Zhong, "Grandpa Li, I won't go to the shop tomorrow. I'll find some helpers as soon as possible. Those fields haven't been cultivated yet, so I need to keep an eye on them. Please take care of the shop for me."
Li Zhong smiled, "Miss Yan, rest assured, I'll take good care of the shop. You just focus on opening up the new land."
After dinner, they tallied up the accounts, and the income for the third day was similar to the previous one. After deducting the expenses for processing the grains, they earned a total of sixty-five taels.
Of course, in Mo Yan's view, the pure income was sixty-five taels, but Li Zhong had to subtract the "capital" used to purchase the rice. Even so, they still made fifteen taels of silver in three days.
According to him, this was already quite profitable. One must know that in his former master's best rice shop, they could only earn a hundred or so taels of silver in a month. It was already very good for the new rice shop to make this much.
The next day, Mo Yan didn't go to the rice shop and planned to hire some helpers. She already had some candidates in mind. One of them was Mo's eldest grandson, the original owner's cousin, Tie Tou.
Tie Tou was a bit simple-minded and not very clever, and because of this, despite being the eldest grandson in the family, he wasn't favored by Old Mo and Hong Shi.
He was seventeen years old this year, the age when he should be looking for a wife, but because of the notorious reputation of the Old Mo family and their lack of money, he couldn't even see the shadow of a prospective wife.
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