Chapter 540: Chapter 540: Pros and Cons Chapter 540: Chapter 540: Pros and Cons “Mother, how can you do this?”
Shopkeeper Fan left with an empty cart, and Mo Xiaoqiang, furious, paused for a moment, wondering how he would explain to Madam Xie and the others.
For the sake of silver, Old Lady Mo didn’t care much. She thought that with Big Bull absent, Madam Xie, a widow with orphaned children, wouldn’t be able to do anything to her. Most importantly, she was still Xuexue and Chuner’s grandmother. Even if she took back the farmland, it could be justified—others couldn’t do much against her.
“What’s wrong with me? Such fertile land should not be wasted on outsiders; it must be kept for our Mo family’s descendants.”
“Mother, don’t forget, originally, this land was all rocks, extremely barren, and impossible to cultivate. It was Madam Xie who, along with Xuexue and Big Bull, spent many days just picking rocks, then enriching the soil with manure, and clearing the stones again, hardly turning this land fertile. And now you want to snatch it back, that’s going too far.”
In fact, Mo Xiaoqiang knew very well that Old Lady Mo’s retrieval of the land was just a pretext; the truth was, she had her eyes on the watermelons in the field and wanted to claim them as her own.
Indeed, watermelons were worth many times more than the land itself!
Their argument led to no resolution.
In the end, Old Lady Mo and Mo Daoyan, taking advantage of their greater number, forcefully drove Mo Xiaoqiang out of the watermelon field.
A few people stayed behind in the field, their faces alight with joy at the sight of the watermelons, all dreaming of the silver they would earn after selling them.
Madam Ruan, holding a big watermelon in her hands, called out joyfully for Mo Daoyan to cut it open for her.
Mo Daoyan took a sickle from the basket, split the watermelon in one go, revealing its bright red, juicy, and delightful flesh.
“Mother-in-law, you should come and have a piece too.” Having argued with Mo Xiaoqiang and Shopkeeper Fan for so long, she was dying of thirst. Madam Ruan wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, reached out for a piece of watermelon, and began to eat with big bites.
Mo Daoyan also grabbed a piece of watermelon, not minding the dirt, and sat down in the field, devouring the watermelon greedily with both hands.
“Eat, all you do is eat.” Hearing this, Old Lady Mo, who had been counting watermelons in the field, turned her head back and scolded them. She was working her fingers to the bone not for herself, but to gather wealth for their son, ensuring his future prospects.
Indeed, in their current era, attending the Academy was the most expensive, and without a substantial amount of money to back one up, it was tough to endure.
“Mother-in-law, why are you so anxious? Now this land belongs to our family! Come on, sit down and have a slice of watermelon to quench your thirst, don’t tire yourself out. In a few days, when Hengjian comes back, he would be heartbroken to see his grandmother has gotten thin!” Madam Ruan said nonchalantly.
Before Big Bull had arrived, it was easy to manipulate Madam Xie’s family. Now that he was gone, with Old Lady Mo, the grandmother, in charge, what do they have to worry about?
“That wretched girl Xuexue is quite formidable. She will definitely come to argue with us when she returns from the town. You all need to be cautious.” Madam Xie wasn’t a cause for concern. Mo Xiaoqiang had been driven away by them; now it all came down to handling that wretched girl Xuexue.
“Psh! Mother-in-law, don’t think too highly of that wretched girl. She dared to be so arrogant before only because Big Bull had her back. Now that Big Bull is gone, what can a young girl do to us?” Madam Ruan sneered dismissively, confident that the rumors she had spread in the village the day before had left Xuexue in a state of desperation, with no time to fight over the watermelon field.
“Exactly, mother, don’t be too nervous. I’ve watched that girl Xuexue grow up from a child, and she’s not of a bad nature,” Mo Daoyan also added hastily.
Madam Ruan pursed her lips, clearly disagreeing, “Husband, you are mistaken. That wretched girl has changed a lot, she’s become quite cunning. It’s all over the village. You better keep your distance from her in the future.”