Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 228 - Father Mo’s Plans Foiled As He Tries To Advance His Studies (3)_1

Chapter 228: Chapter 228 - Father Mo’s Plans Foiled As He Tries To Advance His Studies (3)_1

When Mo Yan brought in the dishes, she didn’t notice anything unusual, not until after the meal when Mo Qingze found her. Only then did she learn about yet another "good deed" from Lao Mo’s House.

Although interrupted midway, the atmosphere afterward was still not bad, so the feast went on for nearly two hours before ending amidst a lively burst of firecrackers.

Aside from the people of Old Man Mo’s family who could hardly swallow their food, everyone else was full and round-bellied, thanking Mo Qingze for his generous hospitality.

Originally, these folks intended to leave after expressing their gratitude, considering that the Mo Family still had matters to handle, and nobody wanted to stick around rudely to spectate the commotion.

"Please, everyone, stay a moment!" Mo Qingze gestured with his hands clasped, smiling. "Regarding the issue mentioned during the feast, let me explain it here, and I hope you all will bear witness."

Hearing this, the crowd felt it was not appropriate to leave anymore.

The trouble had been stirred up by Old Man Mo’s family, and it wouldn’t look good for them to leave directly either. Each of them wore a decidedly unhappy expression.

Mo Qingze no longer cared about what the people from Old Man Mo’s family were thinking. Once the tables had been cleared of leftovers and the ground had been cleaned, he invited everyone to sit down in the hall. With Lizhong left behind to tend to the guests, he went to the kitchen to find Mo Yan, who was eating there.

Upon hearing the full story, Mo Yan was furious. It seemed that Mo Erni didn’t learn her lesson from last time, and Mo Yan couldn’t believe it was just an innocuous question; Mrs. Hong must have forgotten the several hundred silver she still owed their family—it was time to present the IOU and demand repayment.

"Yanyan, the grandfather and grandson of the Li family haven’t formally sold themselves to our family. Like you, I also hope they don’t actually come to serve our household. It wouldn’t be good to rashly claim them as our servants, so..."

Mo Qingze paused here, and seeing that Mo Yan didn’t object, he continued, "Being sold into servitude isn’t something to be proud of, and they still need to live in Liu Yang Village. Lixiu’s nephew also needs to get married; it wouldn’t be right for people to know about this. So, when I explain it to the others later, I’ll say that dad was framed by someone and that Uncle Zhong saved him. In gratitude, dad allowed them to stay in our home."

This way, those who had conflicts with their family wouldn’t use this as a means of attack, and the plans of their second uncle’s family would be foiled.

Mo Qingze wasn’t blind to the intentions of Old Man Mo in causing the earlier commotion.

Mo Yan nodded in agreement; this explanation was indeed the most suitable given the current circumstances, "Let’s do as dad suggests! However, it was Brother Lin who actually helped our family, and I think we should let him in on the matter."

Mo Qingze nodded and then hurried to find Lin Yong.

Lin Yong never intended to take advantage of the situation to gain anything from the Mo Family. Having been informed of Mo Qingze’s plan, he was not concerned and just asked him to proceed as he saw fit.

Mo Qingze gratefully thanked him repeatedly before rushing to the back courtyard to tell the crowd about his past ordeal of being framed.

"Uncle Zhong has done me a great kindness. If it were not for him, I might well have been falsely accused to death that time, leaving my three children as helpless orphans! Given this, it is not excessive to have Uncle Zhong’s family stay in our home."

Mo Qingze gratefully bowed to Lizhong, whose eyes were now red, then continued to the suddenly enlightened crowd, "As for my second uncle and second aunt, they have children and grandchildren. If we asked them to move in, it would be too humiliating for my cousins to bear, and how could I commit such an unjust act?"

"Ziyu knows how to be grateful and righteous, possessing both benevolence and integrity without fault," Mr. Liu laughed heartily, stepping forward first to show support.

"The Scholar Lord is right, Mr. Mo is truly a good man of benevolence and integrity."

"That’s right, your second uncle and aunt have children and grandchildren. If they were to move in, it would be spineless of them. Moreover, we all know well how you’ve not been remiss in showing filial respect to them," added the crowd.