Farm Girl's Manor-Chapter 267 Buying Land to Reclaim and Deceiving Little Flower (4)_1

Upon hearing this, Mo Yan did not find it expensive and told Lizhong to quickly find someone from the Government Office to measure the area so they could purchase it as soon as possible.

With silver at hand, things were easier to manage, and the Government Office personnel came promptly. In the end, they measured the entire awkward patch of land, which totaled forty acres.

Forty acres seemed a bit small to Mo Yan, but there was nothing to be done about it since it was already the largest block of land in Liu Yang Village. There were other pieces of land available, but they were scattered and much smaller, making them a real hassle to clean up.

After paying sixty taels of silver plus one tael for the handling fee, Lizhong returned with the land deed for that piece of wasteland.

While the cold weather caused most of the vegetation to wither, the Mo Family began to look for people to clear the land. Eventually, a hundred or two villagers signed up, but Lizhong only selected fifty or sixty capable people and led them to the low-lying land the next day.

Mo Yan did not need to manage the work of clearing the land herself, which left her with more free time. Now that many fruits in the mountains were ripe, she began to visit the mountains more often. However, she would bring Little Fur Ball with her, as the little one would eventually return to the mountains, and it was good for it to get familiar with the environment in advance.

Little Flower, carrying the tiger cub, walked ahead while Mo Yan followed behind. She looked around carefully, and whenever she came across a wild fruit tree, she would stop to pick the fruits before proceeding.

The wild fruits on the outer trees had already been picked by villagers who had gone up the mountains, but deep in the mountains, no one ventured there. The wild fruit trees, not tended to by humans, grew quite tall. When Mo Yan came across a tree that was easy to climb, she could ascend to pick fruits, but for those trees that proved difficult, she could only stand beneath and knock the fruits down with a bamboo pole.

By this season, the fruits were ripe and would easily spoil if they fell to the ground. Mo Yan could only pick up those that were slightly damaged and put them in the basket. Fortunately, she encountered quite a lot along the way, and it didn’t take long for her to fill four or five bamboo baskets.

In addition to common wild fruits like persimmons and hawthorns, she also found plenty of wild walnuts and gingko nuts, particularly the gingko, which could also be used for brewing! It was just a shame she didn’t find smaller plants; otherwise, if she could transplant them into the Space, she would have had a steady supply of gingko nuts.

Mo Yan had not wandered into Dabai’s territory for long when Dabai came bounding over excitedly, making happy ’woo woo’ sounds.

Since moving, Mo Yan had hardly been to the mountains, and Dabai, having not seen her for so long, naturally missed her dearly. It rubbed against her for quite a while until Mo Yan could hardly withstand its enthusiasm before it ran off to play with Little Flower and Little Fur Ball.

It was Little Fur Ball’s first trip to the mountains, and it was intensely curious about everything around it. However, it was still a bit afraid of the impressive and mighty Dabai, clinging tightly to Little Flower and refusing to get down.

When it saw Dabai’s big tongue stretching over, it panicked and howled ’ao wu,’ looking pitifully at Mo Yan, hoping its owner would rescue it from peril.

Knowing that Dabai liked Little Fur Ball and couldn’t help but tease it, Mo Yan naturally did not intervene. Besides, if the little one got along well with Dabai, would it not have a backer for its future life in the mountains?

But Little Fur Ball did not appreciate its owner’s good intentions. In no time at all, it was drenched by Dabai’s licking, which did not spare even the tail. Throughout the ordeal, the little one kept up a frightened and impatient shrieking.

After picking enough wild fruits, Mo Yan entered the Space with Xiao Hua Dabai and the others.

As soon as Dabai entered, it sniffed vigorously a few times before bounding straight to the edge of the Spirit Spring Pond, where the Lingzhi were growing. The Lingzhi had grown larger since last time, and the most noticeable change was that they had turned from an initial blood red to a completely purple color.

Dabai circled around the Lingzhi, howling joyfully several times, clearly very excited. It glared with its wolfish eyes at Mo Yan, who was approaching, licked its chops, and displayed a keen desire to eat them.