Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 770 Mrs. Du Released from Prison Asking for Help (3)_1

Chapter 770: Chapter 770 Mrs. Du Released from Prison Asking for Help (3)_1

Mrs. Du’s silence made Chen Ji anxious, and just when he was about to say something, the heavy iron door was unexpectedly opened again, startling the couple.

Every time the prison door opened, it meant Chen Ji would be tortured. This time, however, it was not the two jailers who dragged Chen Ji to the torture chamber every day, but the Prison Head.

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"Oh, it’s snowing!"

On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Mo Yan got up early, dressed, and opened the window to find that snowflakes were gently falling outside.

The weather had been overcast since yesterday afternoon and it seemed likely to snow, but Mo Yan didn’t expect it to actually start. Fortunately, the snow was light and had just begun to fall, so there was no accumulation on the ground yet, and it wouldn’t affect travel for the time being.

Today was Mo Qingze’s birthday, and since it wasn’t a milestone birthday, the plan was simply to have a family meal to celebrate. However, both the Liu family and the Han family had sent early messages saying they wanted to celebrate for Mo Qingze. Thus, a small banquet had to be prepared so that a few families could get together, almost as a way to dispel the bad luck for Mo Qingze, who suffered unjust imprisonment.

Mao Tuan, who was still too lazy to get out of the warm bed, heard it was snowing and quickly climbed up, stretched his neck to look outside, and upon seeing the snowflakes, he let out an excited tiger’s roar, leapt from the bed, and scampered out of the room, calling Little Flower and the others to come out and play.

Soon, the sounds of the four animals frolicking could be heard in the courtyard. But the snow was too light, and without any accumulation, there wasn’t much to play with. Before Mo Yan finished combing her hair, the four animals had shaken off the droplets of water and rushed into the room, clamoring for food.

The four animals had huge appetites; they could eat an entire pig in one meal and still not be satisfied. Not long ago, the first batch of livestock, including wild boar, wild sheep, and wild rabbits among over a dozen kinds, had finally arrived at the breeding grounds in the Space. They were all prey that the animals had caught in the mountains to use as food.

All these animals had the potential to awaken their spiritual sense and once they developed human-like intelligence, Mo Yan could no longer bear to let the animals eat them. So she didn’t let Xuetuan give them Spirit Spring Water, and even the grass and vegetables they ate were grown in soil isolated from Spiritual Energy.

There was already-prepared meat in the Space and Mo Yan let the four big fellows in. By the time she had finished tidying the room, the animals had eaten their fill and even played with Xuetuan for a good few days.

The snow had gotten heavier, and Mo Yan, holding a paper umbrella, looked at the thin layer of white snow accumulating on the ground. The corners of her mouth unconsciously widened into a smile as she walked briskly towards the kitchen.

Lixiu’s nephew and Tang Xin had gotten up even earlier and were already busy in the kitchen, where two large pots were bubbling with steam, being used to wash the ingredients with hot water rather than icy cold water to prevent freezing hands.

Several basins of meat were laid out on the chopping board. In addition to the two basins of the most common pork and chicken, the rest were game meats taken from the Space. Others had long gotten used to the four animals bringing various kinds of game home and had no idea that these were actually bred in the Space, with meat that was tenderer and tastier than that from the mountains.

Mo Yan tied on her apron and rolled up her sleeves to start working. With few guests that day and only needing to set two tables, she decided to cook the birthday feast herself. However, since the feast wouldn’t be until noon, once the ingredients were washed and chopped, she made a pot of chicken broth noodles for breakfast.

After breakfast, Mo Yan and the others continued to be busy in the kitchen. Mo Qingze, accompanied by Zhenzhen and Yun Zhao, waited in the main hall for the guests to arrive.

Perhaps worried about difficult travel due to the heavy snow, the Liu family and the Han family arrived very early, at the end of chen hour, and not long after, Shen Ji also arrived. Hearing the laughter in the hall, Mo Yan’s hand holding the spatula never stopped, but her heart was wondering when Xiao Ruiyuan would return.

Since the Han family’s eldest daughter was only twelve years old and couldn’t play with Liu Tinglan, after a few words, Ting Lan ran to the kitchen and sat by the stove to make a fire for Mo