Besides a letter, Mo Beihan had sent a parcel with some local specialties to Old Master and Old Madam Mo. He had sent it to them via the Ji family.
At the moment, Old Master Mo attached great importance to the Ji family. He treated the Ji family as Mo Beihan’s trusted followers and fostered them accordingly.
With the Ji family around, the parcel arrived quickly, and the Old Master received it on the day of the Lantern Festival.
It was the best present that Old Master and Grandma Mo could receive for the Lantern Festival.
“Hurry, hurry, hurry! Let me see what it is?”
When Grandma Mo heard that her oldest grandson had sent a parcel, she rushed to the study to see what was in it.
When they opened the parcel, the first thing they saw was a thick letter. The two old folks ignored everything else and opened the letter first.
The letter was from Mo Beihan. He asked about their welfare and their health, then told them about his family’s situation.
And about Mu Mu, Jiang Jing, Jiang Xun and his brother.
Old Master Mo and Grandma Mo were stunned!
“This… we have another two great-grandsons?” Grandma Mo felt that things were rather surreal.
How long had it been?
She had suddenly acquired another eldest grandson and four great-grandsons!
Grandfather Mo nodded as he read the letter. “That’s right! There are another two children. They’re even younger and had an even harder life when they were young. Fortunately, they met that girl from the Gu family, or Mu Mu would have died.”
Grandma Mo’s eyes reddened and she could not stop her tears from falling.
Grandfather Mo panicked when he saw that Grandma Mo was crying. “Hey, old woman, don’t cry! We have two more great-grandsons. You should be happy. Happy!”
Grandma Mo’s heart ached as she cried. Although she was happy that the two children had been found, but…
“I… I’m happy! But… how can I not cry? How much have these two children suffered? Didn’t you read the letter? It was pitch dark when his older cousin carried him on his back to look for a doctor! If they had not run into the Gu girl, Mu Mu would have died.
“Wu wu wu. His older cousin is just a teenager. It was already extremely fortunate that he could get enough food for them every day to prevent them from starving to death. He couldn’t possibly have had the energy to take care of Mu Mu. He must have had such a hard life since he was young.”
Grandma Mo’s heart ached. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got.
She was shaking with anger!
“It’s all our eldest son’s fault. That beast! If not for him, my grandsons and great-grandsons would not have to suffer like that. That hypocrite dares to come back here to enjoy life while the children suffer in the countryside. That beast. No, I must go and beat him up!”
Grandma Mo was so infuriated that she turned to go downstairs and beat him up.
Grandfather Mo was frightened by how angry she was and he hastened to pull her back.
“Hey, wife! Wife, calm down. Beating up our son is easy. I’ll help you beat him up later. You can just watch. We haven’t even finished reading the letter! Let’s continue reading and see what our grandson wrote to us.”
Grandma Mo was so angry she wanted to go over and punch him. But then she saw the unfinished letter. In the end, her grandson won out.
“Then we’ll read the letter first, and when we’re done, we’ll go and beat him up.”
“Right, right, right! Let’s read the letter first, and when we’re done, we’ll go and beat him up. I’ll help you!”
Grandfather Mo coaxed her and pulled her back to her seat. He stood next to her and they read the letter together.
The letter described the children’s situation, and then came Mo Beihan’s request for the Gu family.
When he finished the letter, Old Master Mo sank into deep thought.