After the Lantern Festival, the Lin family only had a few days to rest before they had to start working again.
It is autumn now. For farmers, autumn is their harvest season. The busy farming season is approaching, and the crops in the fields are basically ripe. The villagers of Daling Village have also begun to go to the fields to harvest rice and other grains.
These days, Lin's father and mother go to the fields every day to check and drain the water from the fields. The store that Yan Ningxi mentioned before has been found, and Lin Cheng will go to the town to check it out in the next few days.
Cheng Yan's house had been built. After leaving it empty for a few days to let the smell dissipate, he began to fill it up little by little. Lin Mo had nothing to do these days, so he would go over to take a look every day.
Things like the bed, the dressing table in the main room, the large dining table, and the large wooden sofa that Lin Mo had specially asked Cheng Yan to order, have all been made and placed.
However, the exquisite furniture inside would not be available until a month later. Apart from these, the house was ready for living. All that was left was to plant flowers and fruit trees in the yard.
But he has to go to the Lin family to help harvest the crops tomorrow, so Cheng Yan doesn’t have time to go to the mountains to look for suitable climbing flowers and fruit trees. He can only go to the mountains after he and Lin Mo get married.
The Lin family has nearly 30 mu of paddy and dry fields, which makes them the family with the most farmland in Daling Village. In the past, during the busy farming season, their family was run by Lin's father, mother, elder brother, and elder sister-in-law.
Although Lin Xing and Lin Chen, two ten-year-old children, could not do much, they could still pick up corn cobs and peanuts that fell on the ground, or look at the millet in the threshing ground.
They planted too much rice, so it used to take them more than ten days to harvest it all. Then they had to dry the harvested rice and store it in the warehouse, which took half a month, and that was when the weather was good and the sun was strong.
But it is always like this during the busy farming season. When drying the millet, you have to keep an eye on the weather and collect it before it rains.
However, this year the Lin family did not do it themselves, but went to the town to hire some temporary farm workers. Those people were also farmers who had grown crops before, and because they were paid every day, they worked hard and quickly got the hang of it.
Anyway, as long as you have money, you can hire the people you need in the town. In Lin Mo's words, this is equivalent to modern human resources.
After hiring someone, the supervision work was done by Lin's father and mother. After finding the shop, Lin Cheng bought the shop with the help of Yan Ningxi. In the past few days, Lin Cheng and Lin Mo took Lin Chen to the town.
The original layout of the shop had to be cleared out and a new renovation was done. Lin Cheng could do this job alone, as he had already learned almost everything that Lin Mo had taught him in his previous life.
However, because the matter was not urgent, Lin Cheng explained to Lin Chen while he was working, so the progress was a little slow.
The money needed to buy the shop and renovate the shop was what they earned during the Lantern Festival. However, most of the money was gone after buying the shop, so Lin Mo sold some of the fruit wine he had brewed to Zuiyunlou.
It would take another month for those barrels of wine to be successfully brewed, so Lin Mo did not touch them. The most valuable thing was the wine, so he had to wait patiently.
Lin Mo followed them and gave them some reminders when Lin Cheng's mind was stuck.
Lin Chen's sensitivity to business is indeed as Lin Cheng said before, although his talent is slightly inferior to that of Lin Mo's second brother who was the president in his previous life.
But as long as he gives a few pointers and explains some modern business theories to him, then the plans that Lin Cheng mentioned before are not impossible to achieve. However, Lin Chen is still too young now and needs to grow up a little more.
Cheng Yan's help was no longer needed in harvesting the crops, so he followed Lin Mo to help with the shop and keep an eye out for any shops that were about to be sold nearby.
However, Cheng Yan would get up earlier than usual every day and go deep into the mountains to look for big prey. After it was completely bright, he would carry the prey to the town to sell it, and then go to the shop to help.
It was the same today, but because the big fish he hunted today was a bit dangerous, Cheng Yan was inevitably injured. After going to the clinic to simply treat his wounds, Cheng Yan took out the clothes he brought with him and put them on, lowering his sleeves to cover his injured left arm.
Every time Cheng Yan carried his prey to the town to sell, he would bring some clothes with him to change out the blood-stained clothes.
Five days had passed since they bought the shop, and the layout of the shop was almost done, with some finishing touches left. They would be able to get the custom-made utensils back in a few days, but they would have to wait until after the busy farming season to collect fruits from the villagers.
Lin Mo was helping on the side, but when Cheng Yan approached, his brows were furrowed. He seemed to smell a familiar and nauseating smell of blood.
Lin Mo put down what he was holding and pulled Cheng Yan, who had just walked over, to the side.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Yan asked in confusion, enduring the pain from the wound being pulled.
"You are injured." Lin Mo looked up at him and said in a positive tone.
"Uh... I've already applied medicine, it's okay." Cheng Yan was surprised at Lin Mo's sensitivity. Logically, he had treated the wound and applied medicine, so there shouldn't be any smell. How did it get discovered? Cheng Yan was a little puzzled.
"Have you been to the mountains again these days?" Lin Mo frowned. He was wondering why Cheng Yan didn't come with them in the morning, but came to help on time at almost nine o'clock. It turned out that he went to the mountains early in the morning, and came to help after selling the prey.
"Yeah." Cheng Yan answered honestly.
"You are not allowed to go there again after today... Even if you go, you must pay attention to safety!" Lin Mo said with a serious face.
It seems that he needs to quickly go and see if there are any shops for sale, so as to build up the business and make money quickly, otherwise he will have to worry for a long time every time Cheng Yan goes to the mountains.
"Okay." Cheng Yan nodded in response, but a smile flashed in his eyes. Anyway, the prey he brought back from hunting in the mountains a few days ago sold for a lot of money, so he would not go again in the short term.
"I've asked my brother-in-law to help me keep an eye out for shops that are for sale. After we get married, we can start some business to make money, and you don't have to go hunting anymore." Lin Mo explained. Going hunting in the mountains is too dangerous, so it's better not to go if you can.
"Well, have you figured out what to do?"
"It's easy to make money, and it's relaxing... I prefer to sit aside and collect the money." Lin Mo thought for a while and said. Now he already has a rough idea in his mind, and he has to make further plans.
"Then I'll take care of it, and you sit behind the counter and collect the money." Cheng Yan nodded in agreement.
“No need, just hire a few people to do it. You be the boss and I’ll collect the money.” Lin Mo chuckled.
Lin Cheng, who was busy not far away, turned his head to glance at them. Hearing their conversation, he felt a little emotional. It turned out that Mo Ge became different after he had someone he liked.
After finishing the work in the town, Lin Cheng and his family shifted their focus back to the family. Lin's father and mother hired five strong men to harvest the crops, and since they couldn't sit still, they also went to the fields, so two-thirds of the crops had been harvested.
After Lin Cheng and Cheng Yan joined, the speed increased. After they no longer had to go to the town, Lin Mo went to the fields to deliver water to them.
Lin Mo boiled a small bucket of mint tea and made sweet orange mint juice. Thinking that it was about time, Lin Mo put on a straw hat and went to the field with Lin Xing carrying the tea bucket.
After walking for a long time, they finally arrived. Lin Xing shouted to them. Lin's father, who was busy working in the fields, heard it and asked everyone to drink water and take a rest.
Mint tea is made for the workers to clear away heat and relieve summer heat. Lin Mo specially made mint juice for Lin's father and his friends, which is sweet and sour with the coolness of mint.
Cheng Yan didn't like sweet things very much, so Lin Mo poured a big bowl of mint tea and walked to where Cheng Yan was sitting. There was a not very big tree, but it was just enough for the two of them to enjoy the shade.
Lin Mo handed him the bowl, then sat down next to him and fanned him with his straw hat. "How is it? Have you adapted? If you can't, you don't have to come. Dad has already hired five people, so one less person won't matter."
Cheng Yan couldn't do farm work. This was discovered by Lin Mo on the first day Cheng Yan came to help. Apparently, others knew it too. Father Lin didn't comment on this, but Cheng Yan's speed became somewhat proficient on the second day. But to others, Cheng Yan's speed was about the same as that of a beginner.
"Well... not bad." Cheng Yan took a big sip of tea and raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, but was stopped by Lin Mo.
"Wipe it with a handkerchief. The day before yesterday you used your sleeve to wipe your face and it got all red. Are you so forgetful?" Lin Mo quickly grabbed his hand and put the handkerchief in his hand.
Crops like rice have something like thorns on their surface, which will cause itching when they touch the skin. Lin Mo only knew this because of Cheng Yan. Fortunately, the person involved didn't remember it.
"...I forgot." Cheng Yan smiled awkwardly, his ears a little red, not sure if it was because the weather was too hot or something.
Lin Xing hid under the shade of a tree and ate fruit. He looked around. His parents were a couple, his eldest brother and his wife were a couple, his fourth brother and eldest brother Cheng were another couple, and he was the only one alone.
Well, luckily my second elder brother and my younger brother are the same person.
"I heard from my elder brother that you have been living in the previous house these days? Isn't the new house ready?" Lin Mo asked. It takes more than half an hour to walk from here to where Cheng Yan lived before.
"After we get married..." Cheng Yan shook his head and said, but before he could finish, Lin Mo glared at him and he didn't dare to say anything more.
Why didn't I realize before that he had this domineering side? Cheng Yan felt helpless.
"Okay, we'll stay there tonight." Cheng Yan compromised.
"I'll move all the stuff in when I get back at noon."
"Okay, any more?" Cheng Yan chuckled.
“…Also, you must listen to me from now on!” Lin Mo felt extremely uncomfortable with his laughter, and said angrily while trying to maintain his composure.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Cheng Yan picked up the bowl again and took a sip of tea, covering the corners of his mouth that were rising uncontrollably.
I think the way he looks when he's angry is kind of cute.
Lin Xing was sitting not far from them. He saw their interaction and heard their conversation throughout. He was stunned by his fourth brother's abnormal behavior.
If he understood some words, Lin Xing would know that his current state was like being forced to eat a bag of dog food, which was so uncomfortable.
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