Chapter 5 Desire
"What are you talking about, then the Yang family actually opened this mouth!" Not long after Mo Li went out of Old Lady Mo's house, Old Lady Mo's angry voice came from inside. Mo Li took Mo Xue's hand and walked to the door of his house, and couldn't help but glance over there, his eyes were complicated, this is the beginning......
"Sister?" Mo Xue pulled Mo Li's hand, and her immature voice was full of worry, "Is grandma reprimanding my mother?" ”
Mo Li came back to her senses, looked down at her sister, and showed a gentle smile on her face: "No, grandma is talking to my mother about other people's families, not reprimanding my mother." ”
Zhu's health is not good, since the first child died in the womb, she was not born until she was almost thirty years old, and it took another ten years to get Mo Xue. became a daughter-in-law but couldn't give birth to a son, so she was naturally a little shorter in front of her mother-in-law, she didn't notice it much when she was a girl, and she didn't understand it until she married Han Sidao.
"Who's in someone else's house?" Mo Xue took Mo Li's hand and asked childishly.
Mo Li paused slightly, but Xue Lin, who lived in the West Chamber, walked over, she raised her eyes to look there, and pulled Mo Xue's hand and couldn't help but tighten a little, Mo Xue didn't struggle, just turned her head with her sister to look over.
"Cousin is okay." Xue Lin said with concern when she got closer, and then reached out to touch Mo Xue's head. Mo Li pulled Mo Xue in advance, pushed her into her room, and then glanced at Xue Lin: "I'm fine, but why don't I see Aunt Xue today?" ”
Aunt Xue that Mo Li said in her mouth was Xue Lin's sister-in-law, who was introduced to the Mo family by Xue Lin's mother back then, and was carried into the door five years ago, and it was okay to look at it in the first two years, but in recent years, it has been seen that it is not a safe thing. At this time, the Xue family was still very depressed, but there were many relatives, and they liked to take advantage of the cheap and sell well, and the Mo family's business was inseparable from them. Mo Li recalled one by one at this time, and gradually had a plan in his heart.
Xue Lin didn't want to stretch out her hand and fall into the air, the doubt in her eyes flashed, and then she smiled: "My sister-in-law seems to have a headache today, so she didn't come out." She sighed when she said it, and then added a little anger and continued, "Then the Yang family is too bullying, how can you bring up this matter at this time, I am really sorry for my cousin!" What did my aunt say, wouldn't she just answer them? ”
If Mo Li hadn't noticed much of the look in her eyes before, then at this time, Xue Lin had nothing to hide in front of her.
Mo Li smiled faintly and casually ordered: "I'm going to teach Xue'er to read, since Aunt Xue is not in order, you can take care of it, the family has been busy these days, I'm afraid my wife won't be able to take care of it for a while." After she finished speaking, she turned around and entered the house, without letting Xue Lin follow.
Xue Lin was accustomed to follow up, but as soon as she moved, she stopped it, frowned, and turned to Aunt Xue. She is not stupid, today I saw that Mo Li was a little repulsive to herself, she was originally sent to the fence, so she naturally didn't want to be disliked by others.
Early in the morning of the second day, Mo Li deliberately chose a jade white shirt with a light green crepe skirt, a jasper belt around her waist, and only two simple hairpins in her hair. After dressing, she stood in front of the mirror and looked at the young, innocent and good-looking face, until Hongdou came in and said that the old lady had come out, and she came back to her senses and smiled.
The Mo family is the front shop and the back house of the four courtyards, in order to take care of the business, the east of the shop opened a corner door, whether it is a person or a family person in and out on weekdays, it is basically a corner door. Originally, Mo Li was about to go to the corner gate with Mrs. Mo in her arms, but when she just walked out of the second gate, Mrs. Mo suddenly asked, "Is the old man in the shop?" ”
Mother Liu next to her replied: "Yes, Han Ye came over just now, and he was talking to the master in the shop." ”
Mo Li's feet were stunned, and then he spoke: "Grandma, you go out first, I forgot my handkerchief in the house." ”
"I'll bring it to the girl." Hongdou on the side hurriedly opened his mouth, but Mo Li said, "No, you wait for me in the car with the old lady." With that, she turned and walked back.
"This girl, I've never seen such a loss before." Old Lady Mo didn't doubt him, she only laughed, asked Mo Li to hurry up, and then continued to go to the corner gate.
Mo Li just made a gesture and walked back, and after looking at Mrs. Mo and the others leaving, she turned around, gritted her teeth, her eyes were slightly sunken, and walked towards the back door of the shop.
"Shopkeeper Mo, I've been trying to find a way to drag you before, but I don't know who told the third uncle, so ......" Mo Li had just walked into his shop from the back door, and he heard a gentle male voice, and no one would doubt his sincerity when he heard that tone. But at that moment, Mo Li's eyes suddenly chilled, and the fist tightly clenched in his sleeve couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Han Sidao!
"I know I've embarrassed you, but now I've been pressing the goods for months, and the business is really cold, and I can't get any money left, can you see if you can ......" When Mo Li walked over, he saw his father rubbing his hands with his waist bent over, standing in front of the man who was old enough to be his son in a low voice, with a worried face.
Han Sidao is a cousin of her third uncle's family, but his family is not good, he lost his father at an early age, and among the four brothers, the first two brothers died young, and the third was a dementia. He is the only one who is blessed, not only born with a dignified appearance, but also very smart, does things without leakage, and is loyal, and has won the attention of the third uncle in a few years.
When she married him, he was just a small steward of her own family, but then it took him less than ten years to take the Mo family's things into his pocket little by little, and then erase the people who were useless to him one by one, such as her.
No one knows better than her how scheming this man is and how ruthless his methods are.
Once she couldn't understand why he got together with Xue Lin, but now she realized that they were actually the same kind of people, and she only complained that she understood too late and paid too much for it.
"Daddy." When Mo Liujin was worried, Mo Li called him from behind, and his voice was soft and tactful.
Mo Liujin looked back at his daughter, stunned: "Why did you come out." ”
"I'll accompany my grandmother to the temple to offer incense today." Mo Li walked over with a slightly lowered face, "Did Dad encounter something difficult?" ”
"No, no." Mo Liujin hurriedly shook his head, and then looked at Mo Li twice, "Why don't you go out and go through the corner door, old lady?" ”
"Grandma went out, I forgot to go back to get something, and when I came over, I listened to my father's voice and came in to have a look." Mo Li glanced at Han Sidao as he spoke, then slowly lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "I just heard something, is Han Ye here to collect debts?" ”
As soon as she listened to them, she remembered that this crisis was the beginning of her family's complete decline. After marrying Han Sidao back then, she was used to seeing his methods, and she also thought about it, and faintly felt that there was something wrong with it. According to my father's conservative character, it was impossible to buy such inferior cloth in large quantities at once, and it was assumed that someone had done something in secret. It's just that she trusted Han Sidao too much back then, and she never wanted to put a little bad speculation on him, but she didn't want to cause a big disaster because of it.
"Why does Mo Li talk like that!" Mo Liujin hurriedly scolded, and then turned to Han Sidao and smiled, "The little girl is ignorant, don't worry." ”
Han Sidao shook his head and looked at Mo Li's eyes soft and full of kindness: "It's okay, although it is not my intention, but in fact, what Miss Mo Li said is right." ”
Mo Li immediately raised his eyes and said hurriedly: "I know that Han Ye is righteous for others, so can Han Ye help my father this time." ”
"Mo Li!" Mo Liujin scolded again, with a very embarrassed expression on the face of a good old man.
Mo Li bit her lip and glanced at Han Sidao aggrievedly before lowering her face slightly. The most important thing is the grievance of bowing his head, which suddenly made Han Sidao feel pity, but he smiled bitterly on his face: "It's not that I don't speak for Master Mo, it's just that the third uncle has already opened his mouth, so it can't be delayed any longer." ”
Mo Li's voice was very low, but the words were very clear: "I didn't ask Han Ye to speak in front of the third uncle for my father, I just asked Han Ye to help." ”
"Mo Li, this is Dad's business, don't let the old lady wait for a long time." Mo Liujin said that he was going to let Mo Li out. Mo Li glanced at Han Sidao pleadingly, and the unspeakable charm at that glance made Han Sidao, who was just the age of his blood, feel hot, and immediately spoke: "Miss Mo Li, as long as I can help, there is no reason to shirk it." ”
Mo Li looked at Han Sidao with hope: "Han Ye now helps the patriarch manage so many shops, and he knows so many merchants, and he has also helped Brother Mo Bao sell thousands of horses of yarn and banana cloth before. ”
She euphemistically proposed to let Han Sidao wrap up Mo Liujin's unsalable fabrics, in fact, Mo Liujin had always wanted to mention it, but he was always embarrassed to speak, and Han Sidao had already made excuses to block it before he spoke. Mo Liujin is honest, and when he is blocked, the other party is really in difficulty, so naturally he will not speak. didn't want his daughter to mention it on his behalf now, he was a little stunned for a while.
Mo said that Mo Liujin, even Han Sidao was a little surprised in his heart. Not many people knew about helping Mo Bao sell goods before, but Mo Li pointed it out now, doesn't it mean that Mo Liujin had inquired before. In this way, Mo Liujin actually didn't believe him as much as he seemed on the surface, and after thinking about it like this, he really hesitated.
Mo Li knew that while Han Sidao was secretly helping the Mo family patriarch suppress her father, he also wanted to win her father's trust and gratitude for personal gain. Now that she pointed out in front of her father that Han Sidao actually had the ability to help, then Han Sidao had to consider her request, whether it was to please her or to plan for his own future.
When you are not strong enough, know how to use your weakness to maximize your interests. obsession, everyone's inner demons; Desire, the weakness of all. As long as you see the other person's obsession and the desire hidden in the depths, it is equivalent to grasping his weakness. This is the word he once taught her.