Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 436: Nearly Disfigured (1)_1

Chapter 436: Chapter 436: Nearly Disfigured (1)_1

Liu Yang Village had over a hundred households, with the majority being newcomers who had arrived just last year. After a year of getting acquainted and smoothing out relations, only about thirty to forty households had either become friendly or were related to the Mo Family. So for New Year’s greetings, they only needed to visit these few dozen homes, rather than every single household.

However, now, having only visited seven or eight homes, Zhenzhen adamantly refused to pay respects to another family.

"Dad, big sister, as long as Auntie comes along, Zhenzhen won’t go for New Year’s greetings, it’s simply too embarrassing!" Zhenzhen fumed, glaring at Mo Yongxi, who was cracking sunflower seeds with gusto, and stood there refusing to move another step.

Before the New Year’s visits, big sister had reminded everyone that most families in the village were struggling to get by, and likely couldn’t afford to offer snacks to their guests, let alone their own children. If they were offered food, they should just accept a little, for good luck. But this woman, as if she hadn’t heard a word, would stuff her pockets full of peanuts and seeds from the table as soon as she walked in, completely disregarding others’ feelings. With such thick skin, he felt ashamed himself.

"Embarrassing? You little rascal, say that one more time!" Mo Yongxi lost her temper, spat out a sunflower seed shell with a "ptui," and charged forward, raising her hand to slap Zhenzhen.

Zhenzhen deftly twisted her small body to avoid the fierce slap and hid behind Mo Yan, peeking out her little head to shout, "Men and women shouldn’t touch each other, you shameful woman, it’s no wonder you can’t get married being an old maid!"

"Pfft!" Xin Er, who was nearby, couldn’t hold back her laughter, and when she saw Mo Yongxi glaring furiously at her, she quickly covered her mouth, but her curved eyes and brows couldn’t hide her amusement.

Yun Zhao’s lips twitched, struggling to hold back a laugh. San Ni didn’t understand the meaning of the comment, but knew it wasn’t anything nice, so she simply watched and kept quiet. As for the youngest, Yun Sheng and Little Stone, they were too young to grasp the humor and looked around blankly at others, puzzled.

Mo Yan struggled to suppress her laughter, seeing Mo Yongxi’s face twist with indignation, and tapped Zhenzhen on the head while feigning a stern face to scold, "Who taught you to talk to your elders like that? It’s rude, now apologize to Auntie right away, and let her show magnanimity by not bearing a grudge against a child!"

However, she thought to herself that she definitely needed to teach her clueless brother the proper use of "Men and women shouldn’t touch each other," so as to avoid funny mistakes in the future.

Zhenzhen rolled her eyes, not at all wishing to apologize, but realizing that he had indeed misspoken, and even if Auntie was embarrassing, it wasn’t his place to mock her as a junior. So, quite reluctantly, he stepped forward and said to the furious Mo Yongxi, "Auntie, please be magnanimous and not mind the ignorance of your nephew and forgive me."

Yet, Mo Yongxi had no intention of letting him off the hook so easily. In fact, from the moment Mo Yan’s family had arrived at her place dressed up for New Year’s visits, she had been seething inside. Afterwards, the indifference shown by Mo Yan and the others towards her had only made her anger surge, and now with such a great opportunity, how could she pass it up?

"Hmph, so you know you’re wrong now? Too late, your father didn’t teach you well, and that’s why you disrespect your elders. Today, I’ll ’properly’ teach you!"

Having said that, she approached Mo Yan and reached out to drag Zhenzhen out.

"That’s enough!" Mo Yan blocked her wrist, her face cold as she said, "My dad is right here. If Zhenzhen says something wrong or does something wrong, it’s my dad’s place to teach him, not yours, Auntie."

Mo Yongxi struggled, trying to shake off Mo Yan’s grip without success, then burst out cursing, "You—you let go of me, even you, a cheap girl, dare to bully me, I’ll fight you."

Mo Yan scoffed, tightening her grip even more, "Say what you want, but as long as I’m here today, I won’t allow you to lay a finger on Zhenzhen."