Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 525 Settling Dust (6)_1

Chapter 525: Chapter 525 Settling Dust (6)_1

Constructing the family ancestral temple, establishing ancestral graves, and founding the Mo Family School... Every one of these matters is of great benefit to the clan members. Mo Fang, as the Clan Leader, could say he wished for the Mo Clan’s prosperity and development more than anyone else. Let alone other things, just the founding of the Mo Family School alone made it impossible for him to refuse!

With the family school, the children would have books to read. Even if not every child was cut out for scholarly pursuits, there was always hope, wasn’t there? Even if, in the end, not a single child managed to become successful and bring glory to the family, it was still better than being blindly ignorant. If they ever went to the city to seek employment, they would be looked upon more favorably than those who only knew how to toil the soil.

At the same time, he also valued Mo Qingze’s scholarship and felt that Qingze’s name would surely be on the list in this year’s imperial examinations, perhaps even advancing further. With that thought, the "sacrifice" of Lao Mo’s House was nothing at all, especially since they had been too extreme and ruthless in their actions, so they had no one to blame but themselves!

With Mo Fang’s partiality and the help of clan members who supported the new clan rule, Mo Hong’s family and others simply couldn’t stir up any trouble. Tie Tou smoothly took his siblings away from Lao Mo’s House and temporarily moved into Mo Yan’s House, waiting only for the new household registration to come through and a new house to be built before they could move out and start a new life.

However, citing years of raising Tie Tou and his siblings, Mrs. Hong demanded a "nurturing fee" of one hundred taels of silver. This demand was somewhat reasonable, and Wu’s, as well as Tie Tou, agreed to it for the sake of a peaceful life in the future.

But the children had never had a single good day at Lao Mo’s House; they also helped with the chores and didn’t need a full one hundred taels. In the end, with Mo Fang’s intervention, they settled the matter with thirty taels of silver, completely severing what was left of the emotionless bond.

Finally, Wu’s family reunited. After receiving the new household registration, they joyfully bought a plot of land and started purchasing bricks and tiles. They were just waiting for the cooler weather after the autumn harvest to start building their house.

At that time, Mrs. Hong was pained by the repayment of one hundred taels of silver to Liu Qingqing and went crazy when she heard that Wu’s was going to build a brick-and-tile house, smashing everything in her home clean. When Mo Yongfu came back from the fields, he found himself the target of his wife’s pent-up rage and resentment, as she unleashed it all on him, who was becoming increasingly silent.

When Wu’s heard about this from a gossip, her expression was indifferent; she neither feigned sympathy nor gloated over the misfortune, as if she were just listening to a story.

The resentment she had once felt toward that family had completely dissipated after her children returned to her side. Whether those people were good or bad was, from then on, of no concern to her.

After observing for a few days to ensure that Lao Mo’s House dared not harbor any crooked thoughts, Mo Yan fully immersed herself in the grand endeavor of building a winery.

Nevertheless, when she received the first batch of silver from Yan Junyu and began to purchase a large amount of bricks and tiles, she kept her promise by purchasing land in the village and hiring Liu Tinglan’s uncle, Master Lv, to help build the Mo family ancestral temple.

Building the ancestral temple wasn’t solely to aid Wu’s family and use this as a bargaining chip to "tempt" Mo Fang. She had this idea in mind as early as last year when Mo Qingze decided to participate in this year’s imperial examinations.

For Mo Qingze to successfully pass the civil service exams and enter officialdom, he first needed to ensure his reputation was spotless.

The Mo Family had money, which everyone in the village knew, but the Mo Clan, despite having a Clan Leader, lacked an ancestral temple, which was also evident to everyone. Although the Mo Family’s wealth did not oblige them to construct an ancestral temple, if Mo Qingze made enemies in the official ranks in the future, this issue could suffice as a reason for attack, and she had to take precautions.

This time, by taking advantage of Wu’s family’s issue, she approached Mo Fang and proactively proposed building the ancestral temple. While constructing the ancestral temple would cost a good amount of silver, in the long run, it was undoubtedly more beneficial than detrimental for the Mo Family!