Chapter 176: Visiting (2)_1
Xiao Zhu, standing by, truly felt happy for Aunt Tong. Seeing her stand there dumbfounded without a reaction, he quickly nudged her, "Aunt Tong, you should quickly accept."
Aunt Tong came back to her senses, her eyes red. She wiped her eyes with her sleeve and choked up, "Miss Mo, there’s no need for so much, really. You are willing to give an old body like mine steady work—that in itself is a great kindness to the Tong family."
Mo Yan smiled and said, "Aunt Tong, one or two pieces of silver a month is not too much, especially since the orchard is so large. Even when there’s not enough work for hiring others, you’ll have to clear the weeds and miscellaneous trees. It will be quite tiring then."
Xiao Zhu also persuaded her for a few sentences, and Aunt Tong, with tears in her eyes, finally accepted, though she still felt uneasy inside, thinking her labor wasn’t worth one or two pieces of silver.
With the matter settled, Aunt Tong couldn’t stop worrying about her home, so she was anxious to return. Just as Mo Yan was about to get up and see off the guest, Xin Er’s voice came from outside the door, "Sister, do we have visitors at home?"
As soon as Xin Er finished speaking, she walked into the main room, holding Zhenzhen’s hand, followed by Aunt Lixiu’s nephew. They had all gone to the embroidery workshop to deliver the embroidery and had just come back from the street.
"Hello, Little Brother Zhu, and greetings to you, ma’am."
Seeing Xiao Zhu and Aunt Tong, Xin Er and Zhenzhen hurriedly greeted them politely.
Aunt Tong looked at the siblings who seemed like little immortals and liked them a lot. But looking at the delicate and pretty Xin Er, she felt a sense of déjà vu. It wasn’t just this young girl who seemed familiar; she had felt the same when she first saw Miss Mo too—as though she resembled someone.
After thinking hard, Aunt Tong still couldn’t figure out who the sisters resembled. It wasn’t until she walked out of the Mo Family house that she suddenly slapped her palm and widened her eyes, her voice filled with a strange intonation, "They resemble her!"