The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor

Chapter 21 Uneasiness

 For Mo Xin and Mo Zhen, life after arriving in the capital was even better than in Mojiacun. Here, no one will laugh at them for being motherless children, and they will not often go hungry. They can even eat eggs and meat every day, which is better than what they had during the Chinese New Year.

 For Mo Yan, she has a lot to do. Seven or eight days have passed since she cleared out the small vegetable patch in the yard, sprinkled it with seasonal vegetable seeds such as greens and celery, and made the family's clothes.

As the head of the family, Mo Qingze went out early and came back late every day. Every time he came back, his face was not very good. Mo Yan asked him several times without asking the result, so he just let him go.

On this day, Mo Qingze didn't come back until dinner time, but he seemed to be in a good mood.

"Yan'er, dad has a job and will start working tomorrow. From now on, dad will support the family and you can take care of the two little ones." Mo Qingze said to Mo Yan after putting down the bowls and chopsticks.

Mo Yan was stunned for a moment, and finally understood why he went out early and came back late: "This is a good thing! But what is dad's errand?"

Mo Qingze smiled slightly: "I work as a bookkeeper for a bank, and I earn two or two dollars a month, which is enough for our family to live on!"

 Two taels of silver?

 Mo Yan was surprised. After being in this world for so long, he already had a deep understanding of the purchasing power of silver. After deducting the monthly rent, there is still one tael left. As long as they don't eat and drink every day, this tael of silver is enough for their family to live on, and they may even have a surplus.

She vaguely felt something was wrong. Ordinarily, her father had just arrived in the capital and had no experience as a bookkeeper. It was impossible for a place like the Silver House to deal in precious jewelry to hire a stranger to be the bookkeeper and offer such a high monthly salary. What do you think? What's wrong?

Thinking like this, Mo Yan couldn't say it directly, lest it hurt his father's self-confidence, so he had to remind him tactfully: "It's not easy to be a bookkeeper. It's not any easier than what Dad used to do."

Mo Qingze waved his hands, obviously not listening: "Dad knows what he is doing. The shopkeeper of the bank is a good man and he appreciates me very much. As long as he does his job well, there won't be any big problems."

Mo Yan's eyes twitched. She was not that confident. If there was really a trap, her father's simple and upright temperament would have made it impossible to spot it. She hoped that all this was just her overthinking. Their family was so poor, who would think anything of it?

"Since dad already has an idea, my daughter won't say much. She just hopes that dad won't wrong her."

Mo Qingze was greatly relieved when he saw that his daughter had no objection and was always thinking about himself: "Dad is not aggrieved. I only hope that you three siblings will be well. That's enough for me."

Mo Yan's nose felt sore. This was the most common sentence her father said to the four siblings in her previous life.

　　Compared to his father in the previous life, his father in this life is obviously less experienced in the world of people. He has the aloofness of a scholar. If someone really finds trouble in life, he may find it difficult to deal with it.

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　　Not to mention all the worries in Mo Yan’s heart, she still got up early the next morning to prepare breakfast for the family.

Today, Mo Qingze put on a new gown made by his daughter, and he looked more gentle and handsome. After the meal, he gave Mo Yan careful instructions before hurriedly leaving the house.

After Mo Qingze left, Mo Yan was not idle. She washed her clothes and tidied up the inside and outside of the house. When she saw two little guys fishing for "monk" in the yard, she went back to the room and cleaned up the house. The door was locked and he entered the space. (The "monk" here is a kind of bug that can dig holes. If you insert thin grass into their holes, they will climb up. I often fished for fun when I was a child, haha)

The aura in the space has turned into substance, like a light mist. As soon as you enter, you feel refreshed.

Because the area was too small, the dozens of seeds I bought in Longshi Town could only be planted in a small area. Recently, several crops have matured one after another. Mo Yan collected them and piled them next to the Jasper Terrace. Fortunately, they had spiritual energy to keep them fresh. , no matter how long you leave it, it will look like it is still growing in the ground.

Mo Yan's eyes hurt from looking at so many fruits and vegetables. If they continue to pile up, there won't even be enough space to grow vegetables. There are only four people in the family and they can't consume much, so they still have to sell it.

There are also eggs. There are 16 hens among the 20 chicks she bought earlier. She can find at least 150 eggs every day when she comes in. In the past ten days, she has collected nearly 2,000 eggs. If she doesn't get rid of them, , the eggs will bury her.

Mo Yan took dozens of eggs and picked out a few vegetables and put them in the basket. Just as she was about to go out, she saw two fat roosters standing on the jade platform, spreading their wings and stretching out their necks to fight. She saw Seemingly amused, he reached out his hand and grabbed one without ceremony.

 “I’ll do it for you today!”

　　After arriving in the capital for several days, she had not yet made chicken soup for her family as a tooth sacrifice. Roosters cannot lay eggs, so keeping them would be a waste of food.

 After leaving the space, Mo Yan took a piece of cloth and tied the rooster in the yard.

 When the two little guys saw the big rooster, they stopped fishing for "monk", and each of them couldn't put it down and touched the shiny feathers of the rooster.

Mo Yan didn't stop him. He went into the house and took the pass and put it in his sleeve pocket. He came out and said to the two little guys: "Sister is going out for a while. You two stay at home and don't go anywhere. When sister comes back, we will I’ll kill this chicken for you to eat.”

“Hmm, let’s just play at home. Sister, you have to come back early!”

 The two younger ones wanted to follow their elder sister, but they knew that her elder sister would definitely have something to do and it would be inconvenient for them to take them, so they agreed loudly and promised not to run around.

Mo Yan touched their heads and locked the courtyard door after going out.

The West Market is adjacent to the North City Gate, but because Chudu is so big, it takes a long time to walk there. It would take too long to go home and make lunch, so Mo Yan spent five cents on a mule cart.

The driver of the car was an old man. Hearing that Mo Yan was going to a refugee camp on the outskirts of the city, he was a little surprised: "It's quite chaotic there now. What is the girl going to do?"

Mo Yan went there this time just to see the situation there. If possible, she wanted to donate the eggs and vegetables in the space to those who had no food. This would not only free up space but also help people.

Just after hearing what the old man said, she was a little worried: "It's a mess there? Didn't it mean that the imperial court had built a house and gave out porridge every day, so how could it still be messy?"

The old man sighed: "It was fine before, and many dignitaries set up porridge shacks to give out porridge. But the war in the south has been going on, and more and more refugees have fled to the capital. Those nobles can't hold it anymore, and they are giving out porridge." There is less and less, and there is not enough to eat. Those refugees are also pitiful. In order to have more food, they can only steal other people's food. Wouldn't this cause chaos? I heard that several people were killed."

Mo Yan was horrified when she heard this. She really didn’t expect that the chaos there would be so chaotic that people would be killed. It seemed that if she wanted to use the space to help those people, she would have to think of a comprehensive way first...

 (End of this chapter)