Everyone was chatting happily at the dinner table, and the whole process was very lively. After the meal, everyone cleaned up and then placed melon seeds and peanuts on the large round table in the main hall.

During the New Year, the children in the village will kowtow and wish each household a happy new year, so food must be prepared in advance.

It is a tradition to stay up all night during the New Year, so Mo Rao could only join everyone in making dumplings and staying up all night.

In the evening, many families start to light firecrackers. The firecrackers here refer to bamboo.

The bamboo was broken into airtight sections at both ends and thrown into the fire. As the bamboo burned, the combustion gases expanded inside the sections, and eventually the sections could no longer withstand the pressure of the gases and exploded. The explosion of the bamboo sections made a banging sound, and diligent families would prepare firecrackers in advance.

Firecrackers were set off one after another, and many families were setting off firecrackers, making the New Year atmosphere particularly lively.

Originally, Mo Rao also wanted to buy two strings of firecrackers, but everyone felt that it would be too eye-catching, so they just followed the tradition.

Father Mo was there making a fire with his two sons, one big and one small.

Do you want to go? Li Lingye saw Mo Rao's enthusiastic look and knew that she also wanted to join in the fun, so he asked.

"Of course." Mo Rao rushed out after saying that. She had never played with real firecrackers before, so when the fire started, she threw the bamboo joints into the fire immediately.

Seeing this, Mo Baoshan also threw bamboo sticks into the fire. When the fire crackled and exploded, the brother and sister shouted excitedly.

Seeing how happy they were having, Mo Erya and Mo Sanya joined in too.

What Li Lingye saw was a picture of a happy family. He was very envious. If their family had not suffered such a disaster, their family would have celebrated the New Year happily just like them. He didn't know how his parents and brothers and sisters were doing.

When he thought of the army stationed in the Longchuan Mountains, he couldn't help but feel a chill all over his body. The Longchuan Mountains and the deep mountains on the side of Mojia Village are connected.

If you go from the deep mountains of Mojia Village to Longchuan, it will only take a few days. If he had not investigated the iron ore, he would not have found the army in the Longchuan Mountains. The army is only more than a hundred miles away from here. After crossing the Longchuan Mountains, you will reach Nanhua City. The mountains here are the largest and most primitive deep forests in Tianyuan.

It's no wonder that no one discovered this huge army hiding there.

If he hadn't followed the clues, he would never have imagined that there was such a huge army hidden in this mountain range, at least tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people.

How these people quietly established an army in the deep mountains and forests would be unknown to anyone if it weren't for the help of local officials.

For such a large army, food and fodder are indispensable parts. These people can support such a large army quietly. It goes without saying that there must be many people involved behind this.

If a war breaks out, the first to suffer will be Nanhua City, and the villages and towns under Nanhua City will definitely not suffer any good consequences.

If war breaks out, it will be affected no matter where it is, but who knows how many ordinary people will suffer.

As for the Mo family, he had already arranged a retreat for them, but he couldn't reveal a single detail at this moment.

What's more, this army has been stationed there for some years. Unless there are special circumstances, these people will not rebel for a while.

At this time, I believe the emperor has also seen his secret letter.

There is evidence of rebellion in the princess's mansion, as well as irrefutable evidence that the prince consort is illegally mining iron ore.

I just don't know how the emperor plans to deal with this difficult matter.

While staying up all night to celebrate New Year's Eve, Mo Rao began to doze off, her eyes unconsciously squinting together. In the end, Li Lingye had to carry her back to the room.

Looking at the delicate face of the woman on the bed, although she was not stunningly beautiful, she was still pretty.

Especially with Mo Rao's careful care in the later period, her skin became as smooth as phospholipid.

This made Li Lingye want to pinch Mo Rao's face. When his hands touched the smooth skin, he couldn't let it go. Looking at the pink lips, he always wanted to taste them, and he did so.

When he touched those soft lips, he couldn't bear to let go, so he started with a light taste and then deepened the kiss.

Until the person in his arms couldn't help but murmur because of the kiss.

The murmuring and moaning sounds made Li Lingye's blood boil. He felt as if the sleeping lion in his body was awakened and wanted more.

The temperature in the whole room continued to rise, making this cold winter feel like spring.

Mo Rao woke up slowly when Li Lingye pinched her face while she was sleeping, but she was too sleepy to move.

Unexpectedly, this person became more and more excessive. He kissed her so hard that she could hardly breathe. She wanted to push the person away, but she found that she had no strength at all. She was as soft as a ball of cotton. Mo Rao opened her blurry eyes and followed Li Lingye's rhythm.

In this strange world, I have money, family, and such a handsome man to keep me company at night. Life seems pretty good.

They made love all night long until they were exhausted and fell into a deep sleep.

Just as the two fell asleep, Mo's mother came to knock on the door. Mo Rao opened her sleepy eyes, she really didn't want to get up.

But if she didn't get up during the New Year, with so many people coming to visit her, it would not be good for her to sleep in bed, so she had to get up with difficulty.

Li Lingye said with some distress: "If you are really too sleepy, just take a nap. I will go talk to your parents."

"No, not now. When the villagers come to pay New Year's greetings, if they know I'm still sleeping, I don't know what kind of rumors will spread. It's all your fault," Mo Rao said to Li Lingye with some resentment.

That look seemed to be saying, you see, if it weren’t for you, such a shameless person, would I have not slept well?

Li Lingye felt a little embarrassed by Mo Rao's gaze, so he explained softly, "It's my fault. I lost control for a moment and was a little too indulgent. Next time, I will definitely pay more attention."

It’s a nice thought. This time it hasn’t passed yet, so I’m thinking that next time, you should go over there and get my clothes.

Li Lingye got out of bed a little embarrassedly to get clothes for Mo Rao. Hey! It's really like a tiger in plain land being bullied by a dog! In the past, he had always been a slave and maidservant, and it was the maidservant who helped him change clothes. He didn't expect that now he would be the one helping women change clothes. Since he is here, he should make the best of it! Hey!

Thinking of Mo Rao's reputation, Li Lingye sighed inwardly. She was lazy and gluttonous, able to sleep until noon. If she could still sleep so much during Chinese New Year, who knows what those nagging wives would say about his wife? Even if he wanted to let her sleep a little longer, he couldn't. He still had to consider her reputation; after all, she was the future Crown Prince's consort.

When Mo Rao and the other person got up, everyone else had already gotten up. They saw that everyone was wearing newly bought clothes, and the atmosphere was full of the New Year atmosphere.

Mo Sanya, Mo Baoshan, and the other children, in their red coats, looked like fairies from heaven. Even the youngest, Tuanzi, looked like the Fuwa (Chinese lucky charm dolls) in the New Year pictures when she put on her new clothes.

Old Mrs. Mo and Mo's mother were the first to get up, and the others also got up when they heard the noise.

Mo Rao had just finished clearing the dishes and sat down at the table when she received four red envelopes. The first one was from Old Lady Mo, who had prepared dozens of red envelopes. Mo Rao, Li Lingye, Mo Qingshan, Zhang Lanlan, and Mo Erya each received a red envelope of ten taels. Mo Sanya, Mo Baoshan, Shiyi, and others each received a red envelope of two taels.

Old Mrs. Mo was usually frugal, but she was very generous on New Year's Day, which surprised Mo Rao a little. The red envelopes she gave out were worth at least a hundred taels.

Old Mrs. Mo is the richest person in the Mo family besides Mo Rao, and most of the dividends from the Mo family are in Old Mrs. Mo's hands.

The dividend from the thresher alone is at least several thousand taels, and there are other dividends like those from the flooring, which are at least several thousand taels as well.

Old Mrs. Mo still has a lot of money in her hands, which is why she is willing to give red envelopes.

Mo's mother also prepared a red envelope of two taels for each person.

Mo Qingshan also gave each of his siblings a red envelope. Because he planned to open a grocery store after the New Year, he only gave each of them a red envelope of one or two taels.

Li Lingye gave Mo Rao a red envelope of 10,000 taels, which Li Lingye had begged from the emperor.

Each of the Mo family brothers and sisters was given fifty taels of silver notes.

Mo Rao hadn't expected Li Lingye to give her a 10,000 tael silver note. This guy had been so stingy before, and now he'd gotten the silver in just a few days.

Who wouldn't be happy to receive such a big red envelope? Mo Rao is in a very good mood right now.

Mo Rao also distributed red envelopes to his younger brothers and sisters-in-law, two taels of silver each. As the only baby in the family, Tuanzi already had quite a few red envelopes in his arms.

The Mo family’s New Year’s red envelopes are something that other families in the village dare not even think about.

After eating dumplings, people came to the house one after another to wish them a happy new year. Because there was Old Mrs. Mo at the Mo family, there were many people visiting during the day. It was a tradition in the village for younger generations to kowtow to their elders to wish them a happy new year.

Now that the Mo family has become prosperous, there are naturally many people who want to curry favor with them.

Therefore, many people will take advantage of this opportunity to visit and try to get close to the man. Women generally do not visit during the Chinese New Year, and the ones who visit to pay New Year's greetings are mostly grown men and children of a few years old.

Because the Mo family had prepared abundant New Year's goods, children came to pay their respects in waves, even from other villages. Naturally, during the New Year, Mrs. Mo wasn't stingy. Whenever a child came to visit, she would politely give them a handful of sunflower seeds and peanuts to fill their pockets.

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