Chapter 306 - 298: Qiqi’s Indirect Kiss
Later, Sisi learned from Mr. Yun that the Mo Family was a prominent clan in Guangzhou during the Republic of China era, well-known throughout Guangdong, not for their wealth but for their talents.
Indeed, the Mo Family produced many talented individuals, excelling in music, chess, calligraphy, poetry, painting, songwriting, and sculpture, all at the top of their fields.
Mo Liu’s grandfather, Mou Ming, was renowned for his painting. Notable officials and nobles all loved to collect his paintings of cows and gold bar; many people would queue up to buy them.
The Mo Family was wise. Before the chaos of war even began, they foresaw what was coming and sold most of their family assets, moving to settle in Hong Kong, except for Mou Ming’s branch due to his father’s frail health and their status as a concubine branch, they stayed behind.
After Mou Ming’s father passed away from illness, war broke out. Mou Ming himself was quite clever; even before the Japanese entered Guangzhou City, he had already disposed of his family’s wealth, leaving nothing behind.
Later, somehow, Mou Ming met Mr. Yun and under his persuasion, joined the Communist Party, becoming an excellent aide to Mr. Yun. Mou Ming, being a free-spirited, nonchalant, and uninhibited man who could engage anyone in conversation, from high-ranking officials to the common folk, proved extremely helpful to Mr. Yun during that period by gathering many crucial pieces of information.
Because of Mou Ming’s illustrious history and Mr. Yun’s protection, Mou Ming did not suffer much during the ten years of turmoil and lived quite comfortably.
According to Mo Liu, his grandfather is becoming more mischievous by the day, causing a lot of headaches for his father.
For instance, secretly killing chickens raised by his father for his grandmother to make soup, just because he couldn’t paint chickens as well as his father; and catching fish raised by his uncle for his grandmother to steam, too, because he couldn’t paint fish as well as his uncle,...
Although she has never met the interesting old man Mou Ming, Sisi has taken a fond liking toward Mo Liu’s grandfather; she imagines having such a playful elderly figure at home would make it lively every day.