Chapter 547: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 547: Hidden Malice (6)
Thinking of this, a look of satisfaction appeared on his face. The master now had a beloved lady, and soon he would marry and have a true wife who cared for him and children who would bring him familial joy. The old Marquis could finally rest in peace.
Xiao Ruiyuan’s gaze fell once more on the letter, his expression inscrutable.
It had taken considerable effort to trace the origin of the Heart-Eating Poison. Not only him but also twenty years ago when the late Empress was poisoned and his cousin was gravely injured, it was the same person who had provided the poison to the Lin family, which was then used by that consort to poison the late Empress.
While the consort who administered the poison was indeed detestable, the Lin family, Empress Lin, and the poison supplier were the true culprits. Until they were completely eradicated, the suffering of his cousin would never end.
What surprised him was that the poison supplier had connections to Yan'er. If not for Shiliu noticing something unusual and investigating, he wouldn’t have known that Yan'er’s birth mother was still alive and was now the wife of his and his cousin’s enemy.
Not to mention that the woman was his enemy, just thinking about how Du Shi abandoned her husband and children to elope made Xiao Ruiyuan harbor no good feelings toward his future “mother-in-law.” Therefore, he had no intention of sharing this matter with the woman he loved.
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On the eighth day of the eighth month, an auspicious day for marriage and ground-breaking, Mo Yan was busy with both the rice harvesting and the ground-breaking for the wine house and Wu's new home.
With everything scheduled at once, Mo Yan found it difficult to manage everything. Fortunately, Grandpa Ding was in the fields, so she didn’t need to worry about the rice harvest. The villagers who helped with the harvest went home for lunch, and Mo’s family only needed to send some tea to the fields.
For the rice harvest, Mo Yan had sent about half of the village laborers away. The remaining villagers were supervised by Lin Yong, with thirty selected workers. Twenty were led by Master Lu to dig the foundation for the wine house, while the other ten helped dig the foundation for Wu's new home. Master Lu’s top disciple was handling the construction of Wu’s house, making it a simple task.
Mo Qingze was preparing for the provincial examination in September and was thus unavailable. Mo Yan had to take on all the responsibilities for the wine house construction.
The bricks, tiles, and wood had long been prepared. The wine house’s construction area was not smaller than Mo’s family residence and would even surpass it once completed.
However, the construction of the wine house couldn’t be rushed. Mo Yan divided the project into three phases. The first phase, which was currently underway, would be completed before winter. By next autumn, when the interior was furnished and the orchard’s fruit had ripened, the wine house would be ready for use.
The second and third phases would be built in the spring and autumn of the following year. The families who had hired Master Lu to build their houses would have to wait. If not for Master Lu’s interest in the blueprints Mo Yan provided and the favor of Liu Tinglan, he might not have agreed.
A long string of firecrackers exploded, marking the official start of construction as Mo Yan took the first shovel of earth.
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Just as the firecracker noise from one side ended, a longer string of firecrackers erupted from the other side. Mo Yan looked over and saw that it wasn’t the location where Wu’s house was being built. She casually asked a nearby villager, “Is there a wedding in the village today?”
Generally, when a family had a wedding, they would inform close friends and invite them for a drink. Others would go to congratulate them and seek good fortune.
The villager thought for a moment, looked at Mo Yan hesitantly, and said, “It should be the Old Mo family’s daughter getting married. I heard the Fang family wanted to marry quickly, but July was a ghost month with no good days, so they scheduled it for August.”
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