Chapter 252 My daughter just got home and started talking about this.
Chapter 252 My daughter just got home and started talking about this.
Chapter 252 My daughter just got home and started talking about this.
When Xia Mo returned, Aunt Li greeted her warmly.
"MoMo's back!" Aunt Li called out loudly.
Xia Mo was surprised for a moment, then politely greeted, "Hello, Aunt Li."
what's the situation?
Xia Mo decisively extended his divine sense, scanning the entire village and the fields near the village, and understood.
"Okay, okay, all good, hahaha..." Aunt Li nodded with a smile, warmly seeing Xia Mo off as she went home.
Xia Family —
When Xia returned home at the end of summer, he wasn't surprised to not see his older brother Xia.
"Father, Mother, Second Brother, I'm back!" Xia Mo said with a smile as she rushed into her mother's arms.
Xia's mother looked at her hands, which were still covered in braising sauce, but her daughter had already rushed over, and there was no time to clean them. She decisively reached out and hugged Xia Mo, trying her best to prevent her hands, which were covered in braising sauce, from touching her daughter.
"My dear daughter, you've been away from home for two months and haven't even sent a letter. We miss you so much," said Xia's mother.
“Hehe,” Xia Mo said, “Look, there’s another me with you guys.”
When Xia's mother mentioned this, she frowned: "That's not you, it can't replace you."
Xia Mo was surprised. The clone puppet was made entirely according to her own personality and behavior. She didn't expect that her parents could tell the difference.
"Here, put it away," Xia's mother reached into her bosom and pulled out a wooden figure, handing it to Xia Mo and indicating that Xia Mo should put it away.
A gentle smile appeared on Xia Mo's face at the end of summer.
She gave her clone a hint: if someone close to her recognized it, it would be ineffective and would revert to its original small wooden block form.
"Hehe," Xia Mo happily hugged her mother again, jumped away, and rushed over to hug her father.
Xia's father hurriedly called out, "No, no, she's all grown up now."
Xia's father spoke softly, then nervously glanced at the door. Finding it closed and unnoticed, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
As summer drew to a close, the rain and dew fell evenly, and I hugged my family members.
Xia Erge looked at Xia Mo with a mixture of helplessness and doting affection.
“My eldest brother is staying in the fields. I’ll go and bring him back,” Xia Erge thought, feeling that it was time to let his eldest brother know that their little sister had returned home.
"Hehe, no need. I've already sent a telepathic message to my older brother. He's already heading back. Also, there's no need to guard the fields. I'm watching them with my special abilities," Xia Mo reminded him with a chuckle.
Xia Mo took the "Rice Planting Techniques" book home for her family to plant. She wasn't worried at all; her family wouldn't just give her a perfunctory answer.
It's August now, and two months have passed since she left home.
The second crop of rice in the fields has reached the jointing stage, and in another half month, it will be in the booting stage. This year's second crop of rice will definitely be harvested, no doubt about it!
Therefore, the villagers and people from nearby villages all felt that the Xia family's second rice harvest was secure, and people would often go to the Xia family's rice fields to check on it.
If it's just to check the rice growth, there's nothing wrong with that.
But there are always some people who are particularly mischievous, like pinching off a section of rice seedlings or stealing a stalk to take home, which is incredibly annoying.
Brother Xia and his colleagues had no choice but to take turns having someone guard the eight mu of rice paddies.
Fortunately, it wasn't just the Xia family guarding the area; the village head also had other villagers help guard it. Otherwise, the four members of the Xia family would have been exhausted.
No sooner had Xia Mo finished speaking than Brother Xia rushed into the Xia family home.
"Little sister!"
When Brother Xia saw Xia Mo, he happily and warmly greeted her.
Seeing the mud all over his trouser legs, Brother Xia quickly stopped in front of Xia Mo, afraid that the mud on his body would get on Xia Mo.
Xia Mo smiled mischievously and deliberately made a few hand gestures. In the next instant, all the mud on Brother Xia's body disappeared, and his body and clothes were as clean as if they had been washed.
Brother Xia looked at his body, which had suddenly become clean and crisp, with surprise and admiration.
Xia Mo then rushed straight to Brother Xia, gave him a light hug, and quickly jumped away.
With her hands behind her back, Xia Mo said with a grin, "I hugged Dad, Mom, and Second Brother, now I want to hug Big Brother too."
"Hehe," Brother Xia chuckled indulgently.
“Brother, our family business has expanded, so you may not be able to stay at home anymore. You’ll have to go and manage the new business,” Xia Mo said, immediately putting on a worried look.
"what?"
Brother Xia was puzzled.
With a flick of her wrist, a stack of contracts appeared in Xia Mo's hand.
"This is the deed for the Xia Family Embroidery Shop in Haozhou Prefecture, this is the shop deed for the Xia Family Cloth Shop in Haozhou Prefecture, this is..."
As Xia Mo explained, she handed the contract to Brother Xia.
Brother Xia took the contract and looked at the name written on it, somewhat startled.
"Little sister, what's going on with these...?" Brother Xia held the stack of contracts, his pupils trembling.
“I’m going away for two months to do business. I’ve made a water-powered automatic spinning machine and a water-powered automatic spinning wheel. Also, this is a note to contact Sister Yin,” Xia Mo said. “Sister Yin will help us find the cheapest raw materials.”
"Of course, relying on yourself is worse than relying on others. If you have time, it would be best if you went out and made your own way to contact these farmers who sell raw materials, and also..."
At the end of summer, Xia carefully explained the affairs of the Xia family's cloth shop to his elder brother Xia.
Xia's father, mother, and second brother also gathered around Xia Mo without her noticing, listening attentively.
"This weaving shop covers twenty acres, isn't that huge?" Brother Xia thought that eight acres of land was already a large area, but this was twenty acres!
“Yes, but only ten acres of land are used for the workshops, and the other ten acres are used for growing cotton,” Xia Mo nodded with a smile.
Even so, it's still very impressive.
"Hehe, big brother, don't worry about it. Xia Family Cloth Shop, our backer is King Jiang. King Jiang is involved and owns three shares." Xia Mo immediately knew what his big brother was thinking when he saw the worry on his face.
With so much wealth, they're bound to attract the attention of bad guys, but the powerful figures behind them are people the bad guys can't afford to mess with.
Upon hearing the name of Jiang Wang, Brother Xia thought of Huangfu Qian and felt a mix of emotions.
"Knock knock knock..."
There was a knock on the Xia family's gate.
Xia's father went to open the door and saw Gao, the village head, standing outside.
“I heard Momo is back, so I came to see her,” Gao Li said kindly, with the gentleness of an elder.
“Yes, he’s back,” Xia’s father stepped aside to let Gao Lizheng in.
Gao Lizheng was not the last one. His arrival was like a signal. Soon, a second visitor came, followed by a third, a fourth, and so on. Almost 70% of the villagers came to visit.
Gao Lizheng also had another selfish reason, which was to delay his departure until the very end.
Inside the Xia Family Hall—
Xia's father and Gao Lizheng sat side by side, whispering to each other.
Gao Lizheng asked, "How old do you plan to keep your little girl?"
Thinking of Xia Mo's mention of eighteen years old, Xia's father said, "Eighteen years old."
“Hehe, look at my youngest son, he’s eighteen this year, can he wait?” Gao Lizheng asked on behalf of Gao Laowu.
Xia's father frowned, fearing that refusing Gao Lizheng would displease him and cause Gao Lizheng to dislike his family.
"Just say it. We're all family. Don't worry about these things," Gao Lizheng said immediately, seeing Xia's father's predicament.
“I’ll listen to my daughter. Whoever she chooses, that’s who I’ll go with,” said Mr. Xia.
“I see. Then let the two children meet sometime,” Gao Lizheng suggested.
Xia's father hesitated again. His daughter had just arrived home and was already talking about this. Wouldn't she think that her family was eager to marry her off?
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