Transmigrated Farmgirl's Scheme to Get Rich - Chapter 237
Mo Zenian Returns Home
The gathering only ended in the late afternoon. Lu Junming helped Mo Yan onto Fubao’s back before holding its reins and walking back slowly.
They had just arrived at the doorstep and hadn’t even knocked on the door when it had opened. But the person who came out wasn’t Jin’er, and was instead Lu Hong. It was lucky that they hadn’t done anything out of the ordinary.
Lu Hong saw Mo Yan on horseback, “Miss Mo, it’s going to be the New Year soon, why haven’t you returned to your own home?”
Lu Junming replied, “She lives here now, and this is her home.”
“You weren’t home in the past, so it was fine for her to live here. Now that you’ve returned, it’s inconvenient for two members of opposite sexes to live together.”
“We’ve been playing together since we were little, what inconvenience is there?”
“But now you’ve grown up, so you need to be more considerate of this kind of thing. Don’t besmirch the reputations of young women.”
Mo Yan said, “General, thank you for your consideration, I’ll be going home now,” after saying that, she summoned Jin’er over, “Jin’er, I’ll be going back home for the New Year, stay here to take care of the young master.”
After saying that, Mo Yan tugged on Fubao’s reins and left. Lu Junming didn’t catch up with her, definitely staying behind to debate with his father.
When she passed the main road, Mo Yan slowed down. To her, that house wasn’t a good place to live in.
Seeing the chimney of the Mo family home billowing smoke from the distance, it seemed like Ms. Liang was making food for the New Year. And when Mo Yan arrived at the doorstep, she indeed smelt the fragrance of cooking.
The entrance in the alleyway was too small, and it would be inconvenient for Mo Yan to enter on horseback as she’d be too tall. On top of that, the door was closed. Then, she thought of the entrance in the south of the courtyard, which was larger and had a constantly-open door.
Mo Yan rode the horse to the south entrance when Xiuying just happened to come out of the house, “Yan’er, you’ve come back? And you’re even on horseback, how impressive.”
Mo Feng also ran out of the house to take a look, “This horse is so beautiful! Did you buy it?”
“No, it was borrowed from Mr. Chi. I sprained my foot so borrowed it for a while.”
Mo Yan rode the horse all the way to the courtyard, and only dismounted when she had to under the willow tree. She leaned on the horse’s back and carefully set her feet onto the ground, before using the wall as support to the kitchen and sitting in front of the stove.
Ms. Liang was making sweet buns on the dinner table, and didn’t notice that Mo Yan had been limping inside, even complaining, “You’ve only come back on the twenty-ninth, didn’t you know that I’m the only one working at home?”
“I,” Mo Yan wanted to say that she was busy in the storefront before choking back the words on the tip of her tongue. If she said that again, Ms. Liang would definitely ask her for money once again.
“I sprained my foot and can’t walk very well, so I won’t be of much help aside from starting fires.”
Xiuying entered from outside, “Yan’er, if you’ve sprained your foot, then you should stay at home for a few more days and only go back when you’ve fully recovered.”
Whether or not she was being sincere or fake, Xiuying’s words were much more pleasant to the ear than Ms. Liang’s.
“Since I haven’t been home, thank you for helping out at home, sister-in-law.”
“There’s no need to be so courteous, we’re all one family, after all,” Xiuying said as she helped Ms. Liang knead dough.
That night, Mo Yan used the excuse that her foot wasn’t feeling well to turn in early, but she wasn’t able to sleep all night.
Thinking that Lu Junming might be engaged to someone else, her heart ached like someone had stabbed it with a needle. She curled up under the blankets, trying to muffle the sound of her sobbing.
The next day, she had just woken up when Chi Jie arrived. He claimed he had come to deliver medicine to Mo Yan, and immediately saw Mo Yan’s swollen eyes.
“Yan’er, do your feet hurt? Do you need me to find a doctor to take a look?”
Mo Yan shook her head, “There’s no need, it doesn’t hinder me.”
Seeing that there wasn’t anyone around them, Chi Jie said angrily, “Lu Junming, that scumbag, if he really marries someone else, I’ll stop talking to him.”
As soon as he mentioned Lu Junming, Mo Yan’s eyes reddened, “Can you not mention him, please, don’t mention him. After the New Year, I’ll settle the terms of the business with him, and we won’t have any relations anymore.”
“Alright, then I’ll stand by you.”
Ms. Liang heard people talking in Mo Yan’s room, and when she came in to see Chi Jie, she said politely, “So it’s Mr. Chi, why haven’t you returned to the Upper Valley for the New Year?”
Chi Jie had no way to tell Ms. Liang his actual reason, so said randomly, “There isn’t much meaning in going back home, and I like spending time with my friends here.”
“And you’re here to find Yan’er because…”
Ms. Liang asked, “Young master Chi, how old are you this year? Have you been involved in any marriage talks?”
“I’m sixteen this year, and haven’t talked about marriage before.”
Ms. Liang looked at him, then looked at Mo Yan without saying anything and left.
Chi Jie hadn’t left when Cao Zhang arrived. He had heard from Chuzi that Mo Yan had sprained her foot, so came over to check up on her. Seeing Mo Yan’s red eyes, he asked, “Does it hurt?”
Mo Yan started laughing, “I’m fine, it doesn’t hurt as long as I don’t put too much weight on it.”
Cao Zhang also handed over a vial of medicine to ease bruises. When Chi Jie said she already had medicine, he replied, “Your medicine was randomly bought from a store, but this medicine was personally made by my father, so the effects won’t be the same.”
Mo Yan took both vials of medicine, “Alright, I’ll take both, it doesn’t hurt to be prepared.”
Both of them sat in her room without saying anything, nor did they have any intention of leaving, as they were both waiting for the other to go first. In the end, Mo Yan said, “It’s New Year’s Eve today, young Mr. Cao, you should go back to spend the New Year with Mr. and Mrs. Cao! Chi Jie, you should also go back! I’ll come back to live in the workshop after two days, so ask Ze Wu to clean my room for me.”
Cao Zhang didn’t understand what she was saying, “Weren’t you living in Lu Junming’s courtyard?”
“He’s come back now, so it’d be inconvenient.”
They used to be two peas in a pod in the pod, and now they’re saying that it’d be inconvenient.
The two bade her farewell, but as soon as Mo Yan got up, the two clamoured to help her. Mo Yan didn’t want to be courteous, so said, “How about you help me to the kitchen!” The two helped her to the kitchen before leaving.
Because Mo Jing was too young, the adults decided to have the New Year’s Eve dinner in the south courtyard to accommodate him.
Ms. Liang didn’t invite the old woman in the back courtyard, but Mo Zenian came on his own, and wasn’t shooed away by her.
The food had been readied, and the entire family sat down to eat. Even the three-month-old Mo Jing had his own bowl and chopsticks, even though he was still in Xiuying’s lap.
Mo Zenian happily raised his cup and said, “Come, I’ll have the first toast so my grandson is healthy, and lives for a hundred years.”
After a few cups of wine had been drunk, Mo Zenian relied on the liquid courage to say, “Yanfen, I know that I was the one who wronged you in the past, but only dead people can’t change, and I’ve become a new man. Can you let me rejoin your family?”
Ms. Liang harrumphed coldly, “Don’t even think about it!”
Mo Zenian then went to beg Mo Feng and Xiuying, “Feng’er, Xiuying, my storefront has been selling well every day, and all of my money will be given to Xiuying in the future. I definitely won’t be a hindrance.”
Mo Feng and Xiuying felt too awkward to respond, and Mo Yan didn’t want to bother with their matters, so no one said anything. Mo Zenian then said, “Yanfen, for the sake of the children, please accept! If you still don’t want to be with me, we don’t need to share a room.”
Ms. Liang rolled her eyes at him, “What are you talking about in front of the children, ‘sharing a room’? Just come back!”
After hearing her agree, Mo Zenian was delighted beyond belief, and lightly pinched Mo Jing’s cheek. He didn’t use any force, so Mo Jing thought he was playing with him and started laughing.
Mo Zenian became even more delighted, “See, when he heard his grandfather is coming back, my grandson is so happy! When the spring comes around, let’s rebuild the courtyard wall, I want to make the door more impressive.”
P.S. I question Ms. Liang’s judgement.