Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 154 Result (1)_1

Chapter 154: Chapter 154 Result (1)_1

"Aunt, why have you come?"

At the construction site, Mo Yan was playing with Little Flower with a branch when she saw Mo Wu hurrying over.

"Yan girl, Aunt has something to tell you." Mo Wu had overheard the conversation between her second uncle and her cousin earlier and, after much thought, she still felt she needed to tell Mo Yan.

Noticing her unusual expression, Mo Yan hurriedly led her to a grass hut on the side, "Aunt, there’s no one here, you can take your time and speak!"

Mo Wu nodded, making sure no one would overhear, before relaying the conversation between Mo Yonglu and his daughter to Mo Yan. After finishing, she cautioned her, "Erni seemed so nice usually, but who would have known she had such deep schemes. She now has a grudge against you, Yan girl, you must be careful!"

"Thank you for coming over to tell me about this, Aunt. Otherwise, I would have no idea who was trying to harm our family!" Despite the tension between their families, Mo Wu was still willing to share this with her, and Mo Yan was sincerely grateful, "I’ll be more careful. It’s just that all this somehow involves your family as well, Aunt."

"What are you talking about, Yan girl? If anything, it’s our family who owes you an apology!" Mo Wu said with a faint troubled look on her face, "There has been no peace at home, and now with these troubles, life has become too hard to bear."

A thought flickered in Mo Yan’s mind, and she nearly blurted out "then why don’t you split the family and live separately". Instead, she said reassuringly, "Aunt, don’t worry, things will get better in the future. My cousins are all good people, and you surely have great fortune ahead."

Thinking of her four sensible and filial children, Mo Wu’s face lifted with a faint smile, deepening the fine lines at the corners of her eyes, but then her brows furrowed with worry, "I’m not ashamed to say it makes me a laughing stock, Aunt. Tie Tou and Dani have both reached the age for marriage, but with the state of our family right now, who would be willing to marry into it? It’s really distressing."

In Great Chu, men generally marry at eighteen, and women between fifteen and eighteen. Mo Wu’s eldest son, Tie Tou, was already seventeen this year, and her eldest daughter, Dani, was fifteen, indeed at the age for marriage discussions.

There are over one hundred households in Liu Yang Village. Many are seeking to marry off daughters or bring in daughters-in-law, and most families aren’t wealthy. Generally, in the village, as long as there’s a suitable match, they can simply find someone familiar to negotiate, and the marriage can be settled without spending too much silver.

Mo Wu had her eye on a girl, but ever since Mo Hong’s family moved to Liu Yang Village, their good name had been thoroughly spoiled by her and others; no one was willing to marry their daughter into her family.

That was something Mo Yan couldn’t help with, so she could only offer words of comfort, "My cousin and sister aren’t in a hurry. It’s alright if they wait a year or two, maybe by then they’ll even find a better match."

Mo Wu knew this matter couldn’t be rushed and felt much relieved after being comforted by Mo Yan.

After seeing Mo Wu off, Mo Yan went to the barren hills. The fruit seedlings had been planted in small batches, and it would take another busy day to finish planting them all.

When Lizhong saw Mo Yan coming, he pointed to the highest mound on the barren hill and suggested, "Yan girl, the fruit seedlings need careful tending. I think we could build a house there, and I would live here to look after the orchard and prevent anyone from causing trouble."

Mo Yan agreed with the idea but wouldn’t let him guard the orchard alone at his age, "Grandfather Li, the seedlings need regular watering and weeding. How could you manage that alone? I think it would be better to hire two people from the village to watch over it. When it’s busy, we can hire a few more people to work. Also, there are two more hills to tend to, which will need your labor!"

"Then... alright, let’s do it that way!"

Lizhong understood Mo Yan’s concerns, but there were indeed two more hills to work on soon, so he accepted her kind intention.