The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor

Chapter 415: Drive out of Liuyang Village (1)

 The next day, the weather turned out to be fine. The bright sunshine shines on the snow-capped ground, reflecting the translucent light. Unknown birds stand densely on the wall, singing songs in the morning sun, adding a lot of excitement to the quiet winter day!

 The knee-deep snow absorbed enough heat from the sun and melted layer by layer into snow water. The snow on the roof flowed down like a stream along the eaves, and large and small puddles were created on the ground, and then slowly flowed along the drainage ditch towards low-lying areas.

Taking advantage of the good weather, Mo Yan and the others took out all the sausages and bacon that they had made a few days ago and put them in the yard to dry in the open air. They also took off the bedding on their beds and boiled several large pots of hot water. A thorough cleaning was carried out.

Although the weather is good and the sunshine is very warm, on days when the snow melts, the temperature is a bit colder than when it snows. After Mo Yan and the others washed their clothes and bedding with hot water, and were about to take them to the river to clean, Mo Qingze couldn't bear to let his two daughters soak in cold water, so he couldn't help but pick up the big wooden bucket containing the bedding and go to the river.

The Mo Yan sisters didn't think it was anything. In the past, in Mojia Village, they were too young to wash bedding and other large items. Mo Qingze took it to the water to wash it, and didn't care about the ridicule of the elders in the village.

Aunt Li Xiu and nephew Li Xiu had stayed in the Mo family for a long time and knew that Mo Qingze was not as pedantic as most scholars, so they were not surprised when they saw this. However, it was the first time for Tang Xin to see it. She was surprised and at the same time became more and more envious of the Mo family's siblings. A good father.

With free time, Mo Yan began to organize the New Year’s gifts. At the rate of snow melting today, the snow on the road will be completely melted tomorrow, and New Year's gifts can be given out before the 28th.

 There are only a few families that want to send New Year gifts, so it is not a hassle to sort them out. Not counting the relatives who moved to Liuyang Village, the old Mo family, who were closely related by blood, had to give it away. Although the two families are not harmonious, they have not completely severed ties, and the etiquette of leaving is still necessary.

Because of the relationship between Mo Wu and Tietou, Mo Yan originally wanted to prepare some more New Year gifts, but thought that the Mo Wu family still lived with Mo Hong and others, and sending them there would only be an advantage for Mo Hong, so she gave up the idea. I decided to wait until the rice shop closes on the 29th to seal Tietou’s red envelope a little thicker.

 In addition to Lao Mo's family, the village chief's family also has to give a share. This one is quite simple. One piece of pork and twenty eggs are enough. Shopkeeper Xing and Shopkeeper Muxing are indispensable. Yan Junyu, the Liu family, and the Han family must prepare carefully, and the teachers in the academy must also do their part.

 Calling it all together, there are quite a lot of things to give away. More than half of the bacon and sausages that Mo Yan had worked so hard to marinate were gone in an instant, and almost all of the fruit wine and glutinous rice wine that she had stored in the cellar had to be sent out.

 The New Year's gifts to each family were sorted and distributed. Worrying that something was inappropriate, Mo Yan made a list and gave it to Mo Qingze, asking him to go through it first to avoid mistakes in the gift giving.

Mo Qingze took the list and read it carefully twice, and found nothing inappropriate. He said happily: "Yan'er is getting more and more reliable in doing things. Just follow this and it will be good."

“Hey, thank you for the compliment, Dad, please give me more New Year’s money this year!” Mo Yan accepted his father’s compliment shamelessly, and his playful look made Mo Qingze laugh.

The father and daughter joked for a while, then found clean oil paper, red paper, and bamboo baskets, etc., and went to the cellar to carefully wrap up the New Year gifts for each family, which looked decent.

It was still a sunny day on the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month. The land that had been penetrated by snow water the day before had become very solid after being baptized by the cold night. Except for places that were protected from the sun, the snow on the ground had almost melted, so it was no problem to walk on the carriage.

 (End of this chapter)