Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 99 Lantern Festival (2)_1

Chapter 99: Chapter 99 Lantern Festival (2)_1

"Hmm!"

The three little ones’ eyes shone as they nodded their heads vigorously, afraid that if they were slow, the adults would change their minds.

The lantern festival was being held in the evening and didn’t affect the Mo Family’s business; on the fifteenth, the Mo Family’s business went on as usual. When they learned that the Mo Family intended to go see the lanterns at Qu Shui in the evening, Lin Da and other families with children were also tempted.

However, upon thinking of the distance from Liu Yang Village to the city, and the fact that they couldn’t afford to stay a night in an inn in the city, they had to let go of the thought.

Since it was the Upper Yuan Festival, it was customary for families to gather and eat sweet dumplings together. Therefore, Mo Yan went to the rice shop to buy a lot of glutinous rice flour, giving Lin Da and a dozen others three pounds each and telling them to take the remaining thirty-plus pounds back to share with Zhang Dayou and others in Liu Yang Village.

Lin Da and the rest were both surprised and delighted, not knowing how to adequately express their gratitude.

Glutinous rice was expensive, and processed glutinous rice flour was even more so. Before the flight from hardship, their families could only afford a little glutinous rice flour each year, using it to wrap steamed sweet potatoes to make the sweet dumplings.

Such generous gifts of glutinous rice flour were something only the kind-hearted Mo Family would do.

Mo Yan accepted their thanks with a smile, not forgetting to remind them, "If you sincerely help out at my place, I naturally won’t treat you unfairly. This little bit of stuff isn’t worth much."

The meaning behind her words was clear to Lin Da and the others. Fortunately, they were sincere and eager to work diligently, wishing to stay and work for the Mo Family.

Since Lin Yong had been a great help to the Mo Family, Mo Yan naturally took the opportunity to thank him, asking Lin Da to take some of the ready-made sweet dumplings and a chicken from Space to him.

As for Old Man Mo and his people, Mo Yan directly ignored them.

After the New Year, for some unknown reason, Mo Yongfu didn’t come to work as a helper again, and Mo Yan did not inquire. As for Lao Mo’s House, the only ones she was concerned about were Mo Wu and San Ni and Shitou; as for the others, she had absolutely no intention of getting involved.

The villagers of Liu Yang had their scales in their hearts. Comparing the attitudes and actions of the two families before and after the New Year, Old Man Mo’s family was completely overshadowed.

Moreover, many were eager to work for the Mo Family. Even if Mo Hong’s family cursed and slandered the Mo Family all day long, nobody paid any attention anymore, which was exactly what Mo Yan wanted.

By evening, the two families sat together in a warm and lively gathering, eating sweet dumplings. Only the daughter’s news was still absent, and Lizhong’s smile was somewhat forced. Over the past few months, his face constantly held a faint worry, and his hair had turned significantly grayer.

Seizing the opportunity, Mo Qingze suggested that Lizhong should join them. Lizhong couldn’t bear to refuse his kindness, and since his granddaughter was also going, he agreed.

So, they cleared the bowls and chopsticks, each returned to their room to change into clean clothes, and finally extinguished the lights in the house, locked the main door and the courtyard gate, and headed to the street to board a donkey cart, making their way towards Qu Shui.

Qu Shui is a river that runs horizontally through the Eastern Market. The river has a wide surface, suitable for small pleasure boats, and both banks are lined with shops of all sizes, combining dining and entertainment. It is a well-known commercial district in Jing City.

On the Upper Yuan Festival and other major holidays, countless scholars and literati, as well as those who enjoy the finer things, would take to the pleasure boats, drifting above Qu Shui, reciting poems and engaging in lively banter.

Today was no exception. By the time Mo Yan and her group alighted from the donkey cart, the street was already crowded with people, and delicate pleasure boats shuttled back and forth on Qu Shui, where one could vaguely hear the sound of silk and bamboo music.

By now, the sky had completely darkened, lit only by countless cold stars; however, the street glowed brightly with the light of the rising lanterns, as if it were daytime. The Lantern Festival had begun...

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