Farm Girl's Manor-Chapter 307: Wu’s Mo Wu Jumps into the River, Xiao Ruiyuan Comes to Find (2)_1

"Yes, yes, Tie Tou would definitely be willing," Mo Wu clutched Mo Yan’s hand excitedly, her eyes reddening once more, "Our family has done so many things to wrong you; I never expected that even with such good fortune, you’d still think of your cousin. I, I don’t know how to thank you properly."

"Aunt by marriage, such a small favor is nothing, there’s no need for this."

Mo Yan clasped her trembling hand, feeling the roughness and cracks in the palm, and felt ashamed for the hesitation that had come before.

This honest and even somewhat weak woman had once used these very hands to provide the previous host with warmth. Yet Mo Yan had, mindful of Old Man Mo and others, turned a blind eye to the woman’s plight, which was truly not right.

Mo Wu covered her mouth, unable to speak for a long time, her feelings toward Mo Yan reduced to nothing but gratitude.

Once Mo Wu’s emotions had settled, Mo Yan continued, "As for the wage, let’s tentatively set it at 700 Wen a month. At the end of the month, I will give your son 400 Wen, and the remaining 300 Wen will be kept with me. Later, when your son gets married, you can come to me to collect it. Do you agree, Aunt by marriage?" ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

"700 Wen? That much?" Mo Wu blinked in surprise and, as if something dawned on her, she hurriedly said, "Yan girl, since Tie Tou is going to help out, you can’t give him such a high price because he’s a relative. Two or three hundred Wen a month is enough."

To toil in the city for a whole month as a laborer only earns six hundred Wen, and the work at the rice shop as an assistant would be much easier than laboring; it’s so much better. Seven hundred Wen is too high; she can’t accept that much.

"Aunt by marriage, the work at the rice shop is not easy; 700 Wen is not high, and it’s the usual price to hire an assistant in any rice shop. Please don’t worry!" Mo Yan said somewhat helplessly. If it were anyone else, they would complain about the wage being too low, who would complain about it being too high!

Upon hearing this, Mo Wu felt much more at ease, "That’s good! As for how the wage is distributed, you can decide, Aunt by Marriage has no objections."

"Well, then it’s 400 Wen a month and 300 Wen kept aside." Mo Yan thought for a bit and then added a reminder, "Aunt by marriage, you should only mention the 400 Wen a month to others, and you must also keep it from your son. I’m worried he might let it slip."

Mo Wu looked puzzled, "Why should it be this way?"

Seeing her genuine confusion, Mo Yan was somewhat speechless and decided to lay it out plainly, "Cousin is turning eighteen next year, and it’s time to start saving for marriage. But since you’re not running the household, if you take the money home, will it really end up being used for your son’s benefit?"

Mo Wu’s eyes reddened upon hearing this. Indeed, if she took the money home, it would surely end up in her mother-in-law’s pocket, and in the end, it would go to her sister-in-law’s dowry. Her few pitiful children had to get up at dawn to go chop wood in the mountains, exhausted to the point of death. They barely managed to earn a few Wen, and all of it was taken by their grandmother who still complained it was too little, and they were even deprived of enough food daily.

Now that Yan girl had even thought of this, yet she, as a mother, had been clueless; she truly didn’t deserve those children!

With these thoughts, gratitude flooded Mo Wu’s heart even more, "Yan girl, thank you, really, thank you!"

Mo Yan held her warming hand, smiling as she shook her head.

Seeing that Mo Wu was dressed far too thinly, Mo Yan gave her a new cotton robe before she left. The robe was made by Lixiu following her own measurements. The two were similarly slim, so it should fit. She also gave Mo Wu some cakes to secretly take back home.

Mo Wu certainly needed these things, but she owed the Mo family too much and couldn’t bring herself to accept them no matter what, until Mo Yan pretended to be angry. Only then did she embarrassingly take them. When she left, her eyes were red with tears.