A few days later, Lin Cheng's injuries were almost healed, and Lin Mo followed Lin's mother and others to Zhang Yuanqing's home.
Lin Mo held Xiaoya's hand and walked behind Lin's mother, while Lin Xiaonan grabbed his clothes with one hand and looked around. They were only three years old and had few opportunities to go out. Now they were in a strange place and were naturally curious.
"Xiaoya, do you want your mother to hold you?" Mrs. Lin walked aside, touched her daughter's head and asked.
Lin Xiaoya looked up at her mother, then at her fourth uncle, with some confusion in her eyes.
"Go ahead, it's still a long time before we get there." Lin Mo let go of her hand, touched her head, and gently pushed her towards Mrs. Lin.
Seeing that his daughter was already held by his wife, Lin Cheng turned his head to look at his son. However, Lin Xiaonan did not look at him telepathically. Instead, he held Lin Mo's hand and continued to walk with him.
Lin Cheng: “…”
Not long after they walked, they met Cheng Yan who was walking from another path. Cheng Yan was holding two strong pheasants and a wild rabbit in his hands.
"Da Cheng, are you going to town again?" asked Lin's father.
"No, let's go to Uncle Zhang's house." Cheng Yan shook his head.
After hearing this, Father Lin understood. Cheng Yan would go hunting in the mountains every few days. Some families would reserve game with him in advance, or wait for him to take it to town before buying it from him, but there were not many such people.
"Big rabbit!" Lin Xiaoya, who was held by her mother, naturally saw the big gray rabbit in Cheng Yan's hand, and pointed at it with her little hand with excitement.
When Lin Xiaonan heard his sister's words, he retracted his gaze from other places, but his sight was blocked and he could not see. Lin Xiaonan looked up and tugged at Fourth Uncle's clothes.
"Hmm? You want to see it too?" Lin Mo asked with his head down.
Lin Xiaonan nodded and looked at him without blinking.
"Let me do it." Lin Cheng picked up his son. Lin Xiaonan's vision widened and he saw what Cheng Yan was holding.
"There are also big chickens." Lin Xiaonan's eyes lit up.
They were all going the same way, and Cheng Yan ended up walking with them. Father and Mother Lin walked in front, followed by Lin Cheng and Sister-in-law Lin, each holding their child, and next to Lin Mo were Lin Xing and Lin Chen.
However, when Lin Mo wasn't paying attention, Cheng Yan walked up to him, and Lin Xing and Lin Chen ran to the front without him noticing.
Lin Mo tilted his head to look at him, and remembered what Lin's mother had said to him a few days ago. Cheng Yan likes him? It seems that I can't tell.
"Are you...feeling better lately?" Cheng Yan suddenly asked in a low voice, as if he rarely spoke, and his tone was slightly hoarse.
“Hmm?…Yeah, it’s much better now.” Lin Mo nodded.
Then, after Lin Mo finished speaking, Cheng Yan didn't say anything else. Lin Mo glanced at him from the corner of his eye, feeling somewhat puzzled. Was he really in love with him? If you like someone, don't you try to find topics to talk about with him?
So, they walked all the way to Zhang Yuanqing's house in silence. Lin Xing and Lin Chen in front were talking non-stop, while they were silent all the way.
Lin Mo: ...
Is this really love for him? Why can't he feel it?
Arriving at Zhang Yuanqing's house, Lin Mo was brought into the house by Lin's mother. Sister-in-law Lin followed in with her daughter in her arms and her son in her hands. As soon as Lin Xing and Lin Chen entered the yard, they saw their friends, who had already sneaked in to play with them.
When Lin Mo walked into the room, he saw that almost half of the people in the room were standing inside. There were men and women, but the men were probably all boys. Now Lin Mo could probably tell boys from men by their appearance.
The room was full of strangers, and Lin Mo felt a little uncomfortable, but if he went out now, he would have nowhere to stay, so he could only try to adapt.
Lin Mo sat aside playing with Xiaonan. There were wedding candies, wedding cakes and some snacks on the table. Lin Xiaoya walked over with small steps, pulled the person next to her, and looked up at him.
"Big brother, Xiaoya wants to eat candy." Lin Xiaoya said with anticipation.
"Whose child are you from? You're so cute." A boy gave her some wedding candies and asked with a smile.
"Ah? I don't know. Thank you, big brother." Lin Xiaoya said bewilderedly. She held the candy in her two little hands together, thanked him, and then walked over to Lin Mo.
"Fourth Uncle, have some candy!" Lin Xiaoya handed the candy to Lin Mo and grinned, with two dimples faintly visible on her face.
Lin Mo was stunned for a moment, looking at the smile on Lin Xiaoya's face, he inexplicably felt a warm current flowing through his heart.
Lin Mo took it and fed them both one, holding the others in his hands. Lin Xiaoya lay on Lin Mo's thighs, her mouth puffed up, smacking her lips from time to time. Lin Xiaonan found a small stool from somewhere and sat next to Lin Mo.
The other boys who had been paying attention to the cute girl Lin Xiaoya also saw Lin Mo sitting next to them, and there was some confusion in their eyes. Obviously, they didn't know who Lin Mo was.
There were also a few aunts who had seen Lin Mo, so they pulled Lin's mother aside to chat.
A few people heard the conversation between the other aunts and Lin's mother, and then looked at Lin Mo's face which was a little too pale, and guessed a little bit in their hearts, but no one went over to talk to him.
Lin Mo didn't have to wait long before he heard someone outside calling them to go out for dinner. Mrs. Lin came over and picked up Xiaoya and took her out, while Lin Mo took Xiaonan out of the house.
It was noon and the sun was quite strong. As soon as Lin Mo went out, he squinted his eyes because of the glare from the sun.
Lin Mo had never attended a wedding banquet, and didn't know what wedding banquets in the countryside were like. However, when he saw the tables set up in the yard, most people were sitting in their seats, and it seemed that there were no empty seats.
Lin Mo picked up Xiaonan and followed his sister-in-law, carefully avoiding people walking back and forth. Lin Cheng, Lin's father, was sitting in a slightly off-center position, but it was in a good location, in the shade, so he wouldn't be too exposed to the sun while eating.
Cheng Yan was alone, so he sat at the Lin family's table. The other brothers sitting at their own seats looked at Cheng Yan from time to time, and when they saw Lin Mo sitting next to Cheng Yan, their eyes were full of jealousy and envy.
I didn’t expect that the person Cheng Yan likes is really the sickly boy from the Lin family.
There were a series of things to do after dinner, but Lin Mo felt bored and didn't want to stay any longer. He said goodbye to Lin's mother and left with Cheng Yan.
Because he was worried that Lin Mo might have an accident on the way back, Lin's father asked Cheng Yan to accompany him back. The two walked side by side, Cheng Yan glanced at Lin Mo out of the corner of his eye, but couldn't say what he wanted to say.
Cheng Yan accompanied him all the way, and was also entangled all the way. He still couldn't say it until they were about to arrive at the Lin family. He felt relieved but also a little disappointed.
"Cheng Yan..." Lin Mo suddenly stopped, turned around and looked up at Cheng Yan.
"Huh? What...what's wrong?" Cheng Yan felt a little uncomfortable with his straightforward look, but fortunately his expression did not change.
"Do you like me?" Lin Mo looked at him steadily and asked.
Cheng Yan's thoughts were spoken out directly by him. His heart trembled inexplicably, his ears gradually felt hot, and he even had the urge to avoid his gaze.
"Yeah, I like you." Cheng Yan looked at him calmly and nodded in response. However, he didn't know that his red ears had betrayed him.
Lin Mo looked at the ears that were the opposite of his calm expression, and inexplicably wanted to laugh.
"Why do you like me?" Lin Mo asked. He didn't think there was anything about him that would make the other person like him, and the number of times they met seemed to be no more than ten times, right?
“…I can’t tell.” When Cheng Yan heard him ask this, he thought about it in his mind, but found that he didn’t seem to know why he liked Lin Mo.
"So what went through your mind when you realized that you liked me?" Lin Mo thought for a moment and asked.
"It hurts to see you cry, and my heart feels suffocated when I see you hurt. Then I realize... I like you." Cheng Yan looked at him with seriousness in his eyes.
Hearing Cheng Yan's words, Lin Mozheng looked at him in a daze, speechless for a moment.
"I can't have children due to my physical condition. Do you mind?"
Cheng Yan heard the hidden meaning in his words, and his eyes lit up, "I don't mind!"
"Okay then, I'll tell my parents about our relationship." Lin Mo figured things out and a faint smile appeared on his face.
Cheng Yan had never seen Lin Mo's smile, and now he was a little dazed. Cheng Yan felt that he should add one more thing, that he wanted him to be happy all the time, and that he wanted him to always have a smile on his face.
…
By the time Lin Mo recovered, a few days had passed since he talked about making jam and dried fruits. The half-ripe fruits in the orchard were now ripe, and the ones that were green before were now pink.
When Lin Cheng confessed to Lin Xiu and Lin Mo before, he had already told them everything. Lin Mo also knew that Lin Cheng would be in charge of their family business from now on, so he went to discuss it with him.
"There will be a Lantern Festival in seven days. We can take them to town to sell." Lin Cheng thought for a moment and said.
"Lantern Festival?" Lin Mo looked at him puzzledly.
Lin Cheng knew his situation, but he didn't say anything. He explained to him, "We have a Lantern Festival every year in Yu Country, but the time is different in different places..."
There is another name for the Lantern Festival, which is the blind date festival. All unmarried men and women can go out on the night of the Lantern Festival, and if they are attracted to each other, they will give each other flowers.
The Lantern Festival is also the time when vendors make the most money, selling small ornaments, lanterns, or some exotic cakes and snacks. There are also various activities, such as guessing lantern riddles, poetry recitation, and painting competitions.
So that night was the most profitable night. Lin Cheng knew that if they set up a stall, they would definitely make money quickly.
"If that's the case, in addition to jams and dried fruits, we can also make some fruit-flavored cakes, juices, or other things." After listening, Lin Mo thought for a long time and said.
“That night, most of the people in town were young, and they definitely wouldn’t have considered too much when buying,” Lin Cheng added.
Boys, women and children will definitely not be able to resist something new and novel.
"So what do you think we should do?" Lin Mo didn't want to think about these things that required thinking. It was tiring.
"Let's do some of it first, and then we can sell and promote it during the Lantern Festival. Didn't you say before that Ning Xi was helping us find a shop? After we build up our reputation, we can start selling things in the shop after the Lantern Festival."
"Well, what next?" Lin Mo asked.
"Then buy the remaining fruits from the villagers. You know what happens next without me telling you." Lin Mo said.
“Brother, why did Dad say before that you have no talent for business? What you said…” Lin Mo looked at him puzzledly, and some of the ideas that Lin Cheng said also had modern allusions.
"You taught me all this. My skills are nothing. Achen is the best. You will know when you teach him later." Lin Cheng shook his head. He only learned the basics. Compared to him, Lin Chen's talent for business was amazing. Even Lin Mo in his previous life praised him highly.
However, Lin Mo has not started teaching yet, and Lin Chen has not started learning yet, so this is all he can think of.
Moreover, Lin Cheng's ultimate goal is to become an imperial merchant. He knows that in two years, the Emperor of Yu State will suddenly begin to pay attention to business and start setting up the "Imperial Merchant Assessment".
Lin Cheng was determined to get it. Wasn't it because Lin Xiu had no background that he was framed? The relationship between the imperial merchants and the court was close. Even if they wanted to frame him again, they had to weigh the interests involved.
However, two years seemed not enough.
After Lin Cheng told Lin Mo what he was thinking, he finally said, "Fourth brother, maybe you can start letting Achen learn from you now."
"Royal Merchant? Big Brother, are you serious?" Can people like them who just started out as merchants compete with families that have been merchants for generations?
"It's not just about choosing one." That's why Lin Cheng had this idea.
"We need to think about this matter carefully. Let's talk about it after the Lantern Festival."
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