Chapter 452 Unwanted (3)_1
Mo Yan felt quite helpless in her heart, but she didn’t force the issue. The lantern festival was crowded with people, and any accident could easily lead to chaos. If something did happen, there wouldn’t even be time for tears, since not everyone was as fortunate as she was.
The Lantern Festival that year was warm and simple for the Mo Family. They hung two red lanterns at the door and everyone happily ate sweet rice balls together. They chatted while snacking around the warm brazier, enjoying a harmonious atmosphere.
Early on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Mo Yan went with her younger siblings to send Mo Qingze off to the Academy. The carriage was loaded with plenty of rice, flour, eggs, vegetables, and meat, as well as several jars of high-alcohol grape wine.
Though Mo Yan had repeatedly told her father to keep the wine and drink it slowly, Mo Qingze already knew that the grape wine wasn’t selling well in the shop. He was determined to gift some to his teachers and invite his close classmates to share a drink. He wanted to increase awareness of their unique wine, thinking that if people liked it, it could lead to unexpected gains once their winery was established.
Mo Yan was unaware of her father’s new "vulgarity," as she busily helped him pack his belongings and even prepared a nice meal before he left, then she took the four little ones back to Liu Yang Village. Just as they reached the entrance to the village, Mo Yan, who was driving the carriage, was surprised to see small groups of villagers heading toward the village, whispering and discussing something. She could faintly hear words like "Mo Family" and "Wang Dali" carried by the wind.
Once home, when Mo Yan asked Lixiu, she remembered that today was the day Wang Dali was to be expelled from the village. He had stubbornly refused to leave, trying to rush to their home to plead for mercy, but luckily Yang Bao was there and had someone stop him in time. Had the family heads been present, the situation might have escalated.
Wang Dali wouldn’t give up and lay in front of the Mo family’s door, refusing to leave. But Yang Bao wasn’t a village chief for nothing; he had seen this sort of persistence before. He immediately called some strong young men to pick up Wang Dali and throw him out of the village. In the end, Yang Bao warned that if Wang Dali dared sneak back, he would expel Wang’s entire family from the village as well.