Chapter 340: A Narrow Escape Leads to an Unplanned Mother-Son Reunion (2)_1
Hearing these words, Mo Yan was happy too, though she didn’t feel they needed to be grateful, after all, they worked very hard and did well, deserving the extra Ten Wen Money she spent.
After joking around for a while, an older person stood up, looked at the sky, and said to Mo Yan, "It might snow in the next couple of days. If it keeps falling, we won’t be able to finish tidying up the fields within this year."
Mo Yan didn’t know how to predict the weather, but seeing everyone else nodding, she figured it would definitely snow in the coming days. In fact, the weather this winter was a bit strange; at this time last year, several heavy snowfalls had occurred, but this year, since the start of winter, only a few flurries had come down, yet the temperatures were much lower than the year before.
"Uncles and counts, please handle this as you see fit. Once it snows, stop clearing the fields. If we can’t finish by the end of the year, I will still hire you after the New Year. We also need to plant trees and grass on these terraces to preserve the soil and water, which will require your hard work."
"Thank you, Little boss!"
Everyone was delighted upon hearing Mo Yan’s words, thanking her eagerly one after another, no longer worrying about the snow delaying work and causing them to earn less Silver. Moreover, at the beginning of the year, there wasn’t much work in the fields for most families. If they could work for the Mo Family, even for just a month, they could earn a few hundred Wen, which was much better than idling at home and letting mold grow.
Mo Yan let them continue working while she used a walking stick to make her way down to the pond in the depression, walking around its perimeter. Looking at the empty expanse of water, she thought it would be nice to raise some fish and shrimp in there.
Being somewhat north, Jing City had less annual rainfall, which made it hard for ponds to retain water, so ordinary ponds couldn’t sustain fish and shrimp. Most people fished from rivers, and prices were quite high. Her family’s pond was fed by a spring, and as long as no severe drought occurred, it wouldn’t dry up. Raising fish and shrimp in it, whether for their own consumption or for sale, would be very good.