Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 368: The Proposal to Little Cabbage, the Female Lead (4)_1

Chapter 368: Chapter 368: The Proposal to Little Cabbage, the Female Lead (4)_1

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Mo Qingze only returned home once a month, the second day, Mo Yan took him to see the low-lying fields, the terraced fields, and the ponds, and spoke of her plans for the coming year; she also wanted to hear if her father had any better suggestions.

Mo Qingze listened with a smile as his eldest daughter spoke methodically and logically, feeling good about everything, his heart swelled once again with boundless pride!

His daughter was so capable, and all he felt as a father was pride! What he could do was to study hard, striving to pass next year’s autumn imperial examinations and the spring examinations the year after that to obtain the Jin Shi degree. With a certain status, he could give his family more protection.

After they finished discussing the fields, Mo Yan didn’t neglect to talk about the business matters either, only omitting the deal she had with Yan Junyu, and claimed it was the Punishing Shopkeeper who had helped. As the head of the family, her father had the right to know everything happening at home. She hadn’t mentioned earlier conflicts to avoid affecting his academic pursuits, but now that the matter had passed, telling him didn’t seem to matter.

Having heard everything, Mo Qingze knew the dangers involved and, struggling to suppress his fear, scolded Mo Yan sternly. Although he was only a Scholar and couldn’t help much in this matter, the idea that his daughter had been so bold as to hide such a significant incident from him, and that he might have been the last to know if something happened to the children, was just too distressing.

Mo Yan shrank her neck, enduring her father’s unconventional display of paternal love, until he calmed down a bit, then offered a sheepish smile and coaxed, "Dad, I didn’t tell you because I knew what I was doing, and look, isn’t everything resolved now?"

Mo Qingze glanced at her and hummed without speaking, putting on an "I am still angry and don’t want to hear your explanations" expression.

Seeing this, Mo Yan wiped the mock sweat from her forehead and couldn’t help but find it a bit amusing. Her father was acting like a petulant child, but she knew she still had to appease him, lest he worry about home while at the Academy, unable to focus on his studies.

"Dad, rest assured, I will never hide anything from you again, be it big or small, I promise!" she said earnestly, and even raised three fingers to show just how sincere she was.

Meeting his eldest daughter’s watery eyes, Mo Qingze’s anger dissipated, besides, he wasn’t angry at Mo Yan for keeping things from him, but rather at himself.

As a father, not being able to be the support for his children and instead having his daughter, a girl in her teens, solve dangerous situations to allow him to be undisturbed was a deep feeling of defeat that left him feeling quite ashamed.

Still, to prevent his daughter from hiding things from him in the future, Mo Qingze kept a stern face and said, "This time, I’ll let it go, but if there is a next time, I’d rather leave the Academy and stay at home to watch over you all."

"Mm-hmm, there definitely won’t be a next time!" Mo Yan nodded like pounding garlic, continually agreeing.

Mo Qingze patted his eldest daughter’s head with satisfaction, noting that she was nearly at shoulder height with him, and realized by next September she would come of age. A thought crossed his mind.

Lately, aside from studying, he had also been observing the unmarried students at the Academy and had discovered several young talents of suitable family background, diligent and studious.

These individuals were all seventeen or eighteen years old, and their appearances weren’t bad, but their character needed further investigation. If one truly suited her, it could be worthwhile to have someone propose a match.

Thinking this, the forward-thinking Mo Qingze decided to ask for his daughter’s opinion, "Yanyan, Dad is thinking of arranging a match for you before you come of age. What do you think?"

"Ah?" The sudden shift in topic caught Mo Yan off guard, and she stared blankly at her father.