Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 657 Rampage (2)_1

Chapter 657: Chapter 657 Rampage (2)_1

Mo Yan and her companions had been busy all morning, their waists and hands indeed sore from the labor. Relieved to have some help, she quickly set down the cleaver and untied her apron, smiling.

At that moment, Dani came over with some tea, pouring a bowl for each person who had come to help.

Mo Yan took a sip and tasted the sweetness of sugar spread throughout. She was not fond of such sugared water, barely managing to drink half a bowl before setting it down on the table. Unexpectedly, a seven or eight-year-old child spotted it, gleefully rushed over, and in one breath, finished the remaining half bowl, even relishing the bowl’s bottom for one last taste.

Mo Yan’s eyes bulged in astonishment. She reached out to stop him, but it was too late. It wasn’t that she minded the child’s lack of manners for drinking her sugared water without asking—it was simply too unhygienic for her comfort, and it caused her some distress.

"Hey, you little glutton, why did you drink your Mo Sister’s sugared water?"

The mother of the child, one of the women who had come to help, initially thought the child was clever for drinking the half bowl of sugared water. Seeing Mo Yan’s change in expression and thinking her reluctant to part with it, she quickly set down her own bowl, grabbed her child, and began to scold loudly while slapping the child’s bottom.

"Waaahhhh—"

What could a child of that age know? Seeing his mother, who seldom laid a hand on him, both hitting and scolding him, he burst into terrified tears, quickly smearing his face with snot and tears, looking pitiful indeed.

It was originally a minor incident, but the situation made Mo Yan quite embarrassed. She hurried over to the woman who was still set on spanking the child, "Children don’t understand these matters, it was just half a bowl of sugared water. If I knew he liked it, I would have given him a whole bowl. You mustn’t hit him like that, Auntie. If something happened to the child, he would suffer, and you’d feel terrible, wouldn’t you?"

The woman, finding an out, ceased her spanking, but she said, "Children cannot be spoiled. They must be punished for their mistakes until they recognize their wrongs, or else who knows what kind of trouble they’ll get into when they grow up!"

"Auntie teaches her child well, he does seem obedient. You’re a fortunate one!" Mo Yan said with a smile, offering a few words of praise, and the others joined in trying to calm the woman down, eventually causing her to loosen her grip.

Children of that age were already conscious of their self-esteem, and being hit and scolded by their mother in front of so many people, the initial fear was replaced by a sense of grievance. Angered, the child hurriedly grabbed the clay figure he had been playing with earlier and ran out of the yard with swift little steps, soon disappearing from sight.

Seeing this, Mo Yan felt uneasy and reminded the woman to call the child back.

The woman picked up her cleaver to continue chopping vegetables, and without looking up, she said, "That boy’s got less courage than a rabbit; he wouldn’t dare run off anywhere. He’ll return on his own when it’s time to eat!"

Thinking that the village was mostly safe and even if adults had conflicts, no one would hurt a child behind the scenes, Mo Yan didn’t say anything more.

This minor episode didn’t linger in anyone’s mind. As the sun climbed higher, the temporary stove in the yard was burning, and the chopped vegetables and meat were poured in bowl after bowl, quickly stir-fried then served, becoming platters of deliciously fragrant dishes.

Besides the Mo Family, the Wu family had no other relatives here, so the guests invited to warm the house were all those who usually had a good relationship with the Wu family.

By midday, Mo Qingze had already come over, carrying the family’s table, with other invited guests carrying over their tables and chairs. Yang Bao and several village elders arrived before the feast began. After presenting their gifts, Tie Tou guided them to the head table.

Once the head table was filled, the rest of the guests also found their seats. A row of children surrounded each table. The children couldn’t sit at the table, so the adults who brought them let them stand on the side with bowls and chopsticks, ready to serve them some dishes as the food was brought out.

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