"Yan girl, don’t worry about this, ’Good wine needs no bush’. This wine is good; sooner or later, people will be vying to buy it, hehe!"
Lizhong had been in business for decades, and his eye for it couldn’t be called anything but sharp, especially after tasting the delicious grape wine, he knew it held imnse value. Initially, he had even thought about how to dissuade Mo Yan if she considered selling at a lower price, but unexpectedly, Mo Yan had the sa idea as him.
Mo Yan had stayed in the shop for a while before going out for a stroll and noticed many shop assistants setting up wooden ladders to hang red lanterns at their entrances. Out of curiosity, she couldn’t help but ask and learned that the next day was the Upper Yuan Festival, and hanging red lanterns at the entrance also signified the hope for a prosperous and thriving future!
So, it was the Upper Yuan Festival again!
Rembering the harrowing experiences during the last Upper Yuan Festival, Mo Yan couldn’t help but think about how she and a dozen other abducted girls had barely escaped from the dungeon in a yard ablaze with fire, only to be discovered by the human trafficker.
She had thought the escape would fail, but then a man clad in silver and black armor, leading a group of soldiers majestic as descending deities, captured all the traffickers, rescuing the terrified girls and children. She beca close friends with Liu Tinglan, t Little Flower, and, by a twist of fate, found Aunt Li...
One had to admit that fate’s intricate web often led to unexpected outcos!
If it hadn’t been for their first encounter where he saved their family, perhaps she would never have had the chance to save him later, and the bonds that followed would have been impossible... Now looking back, it seed as if God had arranged everything. She was destined to et him, and destined to be entwined by these emotions, like a tangled ss she wanted so desperately to cut through, yet she never could bring herself to be so heartless!
With mixed feelings, Mo Yan wandered the streets for a long ti, imrsing herself in the bustling marketplace until her restless heart began to settle down. After purchasing the necessary items for ho, she said goodbye to Lizhong and hurried the horse cart back to Liu Yang Village.
At ho, she coincidentally ran into Lin Da, Lin An, and others coming out and learned that they were there to inquire about land cultivation.
Last year, the Mo Family had purchased a total of 120 acres, including valley and hillside lands, but due to heavy snow and bad weather, nearly 30 acres of the hillside remained unattended. Now that the New Year was behind them, and with so free ti before the busy spring season started, Lin Da and the others planned to clear the Mo Family’s land first, also hoping to earn so money for seeds and grain.
Mo Yan calculated that if the sa people who had cleared the land last year were available, the 30 acres could be done in roughly twenty days. Once the spring rains ca, they could till the soil and plaster over the ridges with mud to prevent leaks, then planting deep-rooted grasses shouldn’t pose much of a problem.
In this way, the total ti spent would be at least two months, which would be just around March, not delaying water conservation and planting seedlings.
Considering there was still ample ti, Mo Yan said, "Tomorrow is the Upper Yuan Festival. If the weather is good after the festival and you are willing to start early, we can begin the day after tomorrow. If you prefer to rest a few more days, we can pick up at the end of the month."
Hearing Mo Yan speak this way, suggesting that they would continue to be employed, Lin Da and the others were very happy and unanimously said, "The weather has been good recently, and it seems there won’t be rain or snow for a while. The sixteenth is also an auspicious day, perfect for breaking the ground!"
With the workers having no objections, Mo Yan had even less reason to. Thus, the date was set for the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, and as for the others, Lin Da and a few volunteered to go around and notify everyone.
Thinking that the Upper Yuan Festival was just around the corner and that there would be a lantern festival at Qu Shui Riverside, Mo Yan expected the younger ones at ho to make a fuss about going to admire the lanterns, but surprisingly, no one brought it up even until dinner. When she ntioned it herself, not a single person agreed. Upon asking, she discovered it was because she had been abducted last year, casting a shadow over the family, and they had decided not to watch the lanterns
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