Chapter 228 - Father Mo’s Plans Foiled As He Tries To Advance His Studies (3)_1
When Mo Yan brought in the dishes, she didn’t notice anything unusual, not until after the meal when Mo Qingze found her. Only then did she learn about yet another "good deed" from Lao Mo’s House.
Although interrupted midway, the atmosphere afterward was still not bad, so the feast went on for nearly two hours before ending amidst a lively burst of firecrackers.
Aside from the people of Old Man Mo’s family who could hardly swallow their food, everyone else was full and round-bellied, thanking Mo Qingze for his generous hospitality.
Originally, these folks intended to leave after expressing their gratitude, considering that the Mo Family still had matters to handle, and nobody wanted to stick around rudely to spectate the commotion.
"Please, everyone, stay a moment!" Mo Qingze gestured with his hands clasped, smiling. "Regarding the issue mentioned during the feast, let me explain it here, and I hope you all will bear witness."
Hearing this, the crowd felt it was not appropriate to leave anymore.
The trouble had been stirred up by Old Man Mo’s family, and it wouldn’t look good for them to leave directly either. Each of them wore a decidedly unhappy expression.
Mo Qingze no longer cared about what the people from Old Man Mo’s family were thinking. Once the tables had been cleared of leftovers and the ground had been cleaned, he invited everyone to sit down in the hall. With Lizhong left behind to tend to the guests, he went to the kitchen to find Mo Yan, who was eating there.
Upon hearing the full story, Mo Yan was furious. It seemed that Mo Erni didn’t learn her lesson from last time, and Mo Yan couldn’t believe it was just an innocuous question; Mrs. Hong must have forgotten the several hundred silver she still owed their family—it was time to present the IOU and demand repayment.
"Yanyan, the grandfather and grandson of the Li family haven’t formally sold themselves to our family. Like you, I also hope they don’t actually come to serve our household. It wouldn’t be good to rashly claim them as our servants, so..."