Free Web NovelChapter 1303: Chapter 1298: Old Mrs. Mu Runs Away from Home (Third Update)
When will I be able to stand tall and straight and accept Mr. Mu’s apology?
"Shuangshuang, I know you’re not feeling well, and I also know you have a way to solve the Old Mu Family’s trouble. Just consider it as your grandpa begging you, please lend a hand!"
Mr. Mu clasped his hands to Mu Shuangshuang, but Mu Dashan caught his hands.
"Dad, don’t do this. Shuangshuang is the junior, she can’t bear it!"
Mu Shuangshuang shook her head helplessly, "Grandpa, do you really think what I said before was a joke?
I do know how to solve it, but I also said, either let Grandma make a big fuss, so the whole village knows and Uncle gets the glory but doesn’t share it with you!
Or, as the head of the family, you make Auntie swallow this matter back down! As for the second option, there’s no need to say it, Auntie would never agree!"
Mu Shuangshuang said so much, but Mr. Mu kept shaking his head, looking like he couldn’t accept it or that it was unworkable.
Looking at his stubbornness, Mu Shuangshuang lost all patience just standing in the yard. ƒreewebɳovel.com
"Little Black, Little Black Dog..." Mu Shuangshuang called out into the distance.
Two completely black little things appeared right in front of Mu Shuangshuang.
Mu Shuangshuang picked up Little Black and whispered, "Let’s go fishing!"
"Shuangshuang..." Mr. Mu called out again, obviously trying to keep her.
Mu Shuangshuang didn’t turn back nor say anything.
Mr. Mu sighed continuously, and finally, having no choice, he returned to the Old Mu Family.
After he returned, he looked dispirited, and it wasn’t known that Mr. Mu had instructed Mrs. Liu to take good care of Mu Xiangxiang.
Meanwhile, she secretly picked up a few changes of clothes in the room and took a huge sum of one or two silver.
At dawn the next day, she sneaked away from the Old Mu Family.
By sheer coincidence, she met Mu Shuangshuang, who was driving a horse cart, at the village entrance.
Old Mrs. Mu stopped the horse cart and unusually said to Mu Shuangshuang, "Little Shuang, give me a ride, would you? I’m going to town!"
Mu Shuangshuang was stunned, this was the first time Old Mrs. Mu didn’t insult her with words since she remembered.
Her showing such a gentle demeanor was... rarer than winning the lottery!
Not refusing Old Mrs. Mu’s request, Mu Shuangshuang carried her to the county on the way.
When Old Mrs. Mu got off, Mu Shuangshuang asked, "Grandma, with a bundle in your hand, where are you going?"
Old Mrs. Mu trembled, turned around, and warned Mu Shuangshuang, "You brat, where I’m going is none of your business, just mind yourself!
If anyone else finds out where I’ve gone, you’d better believe I’ll skin you alive!"
Mu Shuangshuang was almost infuriated, she said, "It must be a brain caught in a door to give a lift to someone like this!"
After speaking, she whipped the horse, and it sped away.
Kicking up a whole face of dust for Old Mrs. Mu!
Old Mrs. Mu started cursing Mu Shuangshuang in the street until the sun rose, and as more people started coming and going, she hurriedly made her way toward the direction of the town’s carriage company.
Going to the county, walking was definitely not an option.
Old Mrs. Mu thought to rent a car, and then head directly to the county.
She chose a carriage company that looked pretty good and stood outside for quite a while.
Watching the people coming in and out, evaluating their moods to decide if it’s a shady shop, happy when they come out, if not, proves it’s a black shop!
Fortunately, the people coming out were all in good spirits; Old Mrs. Mu figured it shouldn’t be a black shop.
She swaggered in, and soon a clerk came to inquire.
"Madam, are you here to buy a horse cart or hire someone to take you on a journey?"
"I’m going to the county, how much?" Old Mrs. Mu asked. freewēbnoveℓ.com
"At least sixty wen, do you want to go?" the clerk asked.
Hearing sixty wen, Old Mrs. Mu’s face darkened, "What kind of black shop are you running here, charging sixty wen to go to a county, why don’t you just go rob someone?"
The clerk patiently explained to Old Mrs. Mu, "Madam, that’s the going rate, the county has no return passengers, and our drivers need to eat, all this is no small expense, so..."
"So my butt! A black shop is a black shop, you’re just yapping nonsense, I’m going to tell everyone you’re ripping off with no discussions!"
Old Mrs. Mu was unreasonable, and the young clerk got angry too!
"If you think we’re a black shop, find somewhere else, other places are cheaper, we can’t afford to serve you!"
"Hey, what’s your attitude; a black shop has the nerve now!" Old Mrs. Mu shouted, suddenly rushing out and yelling at the top of her voice at the car and horse company’s entrance.
"Everyone come and take a look, black shop, it’s a black shop, they want to bully an old lady!"
Old Mrs. Mu hollered, and it wasn’t long before a crowd gathered for the spectacle.
Fortunately, the clerk also wasn’t a pushover and explained the situation to everyone.
The crowd sided with him. ’
"Madam, going to the county is sixty wen, the county isn’t close, it’s dozens of li away!"
"Yeah, I’ve always gone like this, if you can find a returning passenger, you could even save twenty wen!"
Sixty wen is indeed exorbitant, it’s expensive, an adult man has to move goods for at least two days to earn it back!
But those who sit are the rich, ordinary people walk or ride an ox cart!
"You fool, I don’t care, I won’t be ripped off!" Old Mrs. Mu declared with conviction.
After hearing this, no one was willing to comfort her, each hurriedly walked away.
Without the crowd, Old Mrs. Mu couldn’t maintain her stubbornness, but she was unwilling to spend sixty wen just like that.
So she pointed at the young clerk’s nose, "You’re black, but some are not! I’m going to find a cheaper place; don’t regret it!"
After saying this, Old Mrs. Mu walked toward the street market, and the clerk quickly returned to the carriage company!
Returning, he dared to swear a word at Fengzi!
Old Mrs. Mu actually didn’t walk far before someone approached her.
"Old sister, are you going to the county?" An old man with a face full of pockmarks and a slightly hunched back asked Old Mrs. Mu.
"What’s it to you, get lost!" Old Mrs. Mu snapped.
"Old sister, I’m going to the county to see my daughter and son-in-law. I have my own car, won’t charge you, do you want to come with me?"
Hearing there was a free ride, Old Mrs. Mu’s eyes lit up.
"Go, of course, I’ll go! Where’s your horse cart? I’ll go with you now!"
Old Mrs. Mu was so blinded by money that she failed to notice the sleazy smile on the old man’s face when she agreed to go.
"No horse cart, just an ox cart!"
"Ah, an ox cart!" Old Mrs. Mu was a bit disdainful, she was going to see her son, how could she take an ox cart!
"Are you averse to it, old sister? Think again, how much does it cost to ride in mine—nothing at all! And elsewhere? Sixty wen, better save that to buy some food, which you won’t even finish along the way!"
The old man heavily tempted Old Mrs. Mu.
Old Mrs. Mu steeled herself and nodded, "Ox cart it is, so long as it’s free!"
