Free Web NovelChapter 1375: Chapter 1370: If You Won’t Leave, I’ll Take Fourth Away
"That bitch, constantly making up stories about me in front of the old lady, stirring up trouble. Does she think just because she’s in the county now, I can’t deal with her?" Mrs. Jin said angrily.
"Mom, let’s go ask her for our rouge and face powder back! I can’t stand her smug look anymore!" Dan Dan urged on the side.
"Yes, mom, we’ve already fallen out with them, we don’t need to hold back anymore!"
Yingying chimed in.
The two sisters had long wanted to deal with Mrs. Lin.
There just hadn’t been an opportunity, but now that Mrs. Lin had taken things from their mother, they might as well seize the chance to cause trouble!
"No, we can’t make a fuss about this yet! At least wait until your dad returns and your grandpa decides to go back to the countryside before doing anything!"
Mrs. Jin wasn’t foolish; her rouge and face powder were worth a few taels of silver.
But they couldn’t compare to the savings they’d make if the Old Mu Family returned to the countryside.
If the face powder was gone, it could be bought again, but if those people didn’t leave, she wouldn’t know when she’d be able to make them go.
"You’re right, Mom. Yingying and I didn’t think it through! We’ll hold our peace for now, and once we’re sure they’re all gone, we’ll go get that old hag to return the rouge and face powder. If she doesn’t, we’ll report her to the authorities!
Anyway, since Dad is the clerk of the county, dealing with her would be no more difficult than crushing an ant!"
Dan Dan said, clearly having come to terms with not confronting Mrs. Lin right then.
Yingying also laughed, as the three of them began to envision the days the big house would have after the Old Mu Family had left.
No matter what, it surely would be better!
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Mr. Mu returned to the main hall where Old Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Lin were waiting.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were both waiting for Mr. Mu to scold Mrs. Jin harshly, and then tell them how pitiful Mrs. Jin looked being reprimanded.
Old Mrs. Mu was the first to greet him, smilingly asking Mr. Mu.
"Old man, was that whore... that woman any more honest? Did you make her apologize to us and get us a few chickens?"
Mr. Mu didn’t like the way Old Mrs. Mu spoke.
But he didn’t argue with her.
Instead, he said, "You better hurry up and pack, preferably within the next two days, we’re leaving!"
"Leaving? Going where?" Old Mrs. Mu asked.
"Back to the countryside! We shouldn’t have come here in the first place. Now, with everything that’s happened, it’s time we went back!"
Mr. Mu’s mood was heavy, and his words carried a tinge of sadness.
"What? Back to the countryside? Are you mad? What kind of nonsense are you spouting?
Just because that whore stole and ate the chicken, and we didn’t get any, we have to go back to the countryside?
Do you know who’s the victim here? And who really did wrong?"
Old Mrs. Mu was boiling with anger, with her blood rushing to her head.
She thought her husband was truly mad, wanting to leave just because of what a woman said.
Completely useless!
Was this still her husband?
"Why don’t you understand?" Mr. Mu asked angrily.
"Understand what? What do I need to understand? All I know is that my husband is retreating because of a little whore, wanting to take everyone to the countryside!"
Old Mrs. Mu was being unreasonable.
Mr. Mu held his breath out of frustration.
Mrs. Lin, on the side, was also extremely worried.
After all the effort it took to come to the county, did they want her to go back?
Impossible!
She would never go back to the countryside in this lifetime!
"Dad, my mom is right. We can’t just leave because of sister-in-law! Did you forget how much effort it took to come to the county?
We sold all our land in the countryside; we wouldn’t survive going back! Are you going to let all these mouths starve?
Also, Gou Dan came to the county hoping our dear uncle would help him achieve something in his studies. Maybe our family’s next scholar, accomplished person, or official will be our Gou Dan!"
Mrs. Lin said.
"That’s right, what will we eat back in the countryside?" Old Mrs. Mu was reminded by Mrs. Lin, sticking firmly to the issue.
"Don’t we still have more than forty taels of silver? We can go buy land! Even just buying good farmland, we can get ten acres or so, which would be enough for us all to live on!" Mr. Mu said.
"Bah! You must be mad! Money in hand, where are you going to get it from? I won’t give a single cent, don’t even think about it!"
Money was Old Mrs. Mu’s lifeline.
Without it, what’s the point of living?
Besides, everything was fine now, wasn’t it?
Living in the county, no need to work or get up early!
No need to see those poor rustics!
Now don’t know how many people envy her. Going back would be a slap in her own face!
"You... don’t you have any shame? Do you really think the things Mrs. Jin did were her own idea?
Do you really think Oldest didn’t have a hand in it? He’s completely involved in this mess!"
Mr. Mu shouted.
Mr. Mu was no fool. Ever since the incident with the gold bracelet, he realized Oldest didn’t want to bring them to the county.
And now, with everything happening since they came, he truly couldn’t stay any longer!
"I don’t care who did it! I raised Oldest all these years. Now that I’m old, he has to support me!" Old Mrs. Mu said.
"Dad, you and my mom, along with the rest of us, contributed so much for brother’s academic success."
"Back when our family had nothing, we all tightened our belts and endured hardships for brother to study."
"Now that brother’s life is better, does he think he can just kick us to the curb? No way!"
Mrs. Lin continued to try persuading Mr. Mu, talking non-stop.
But Mr. Mu had already made up his mind.
"Is it that none of you want to leave?" Mr. Mu asked.
"No way, even if we’re beaten to death, we’re not leaving!" Old Mrs. Mu replied.
"Dad, I’ll follow Mom, wherever she goes, I’ll go! If Mom doesn’t leave, I won’t leave!" Mrs. Lin said.
"Fine, don’t regret it! If you’re not leaving, I and the fourth son will!"
After finishing, Mr. Mu searched the entire yard for Mu Dajiang.
Finally, he found Mu Dajiang turning the soil in a piece of open land in the yard.
Mr. Mu approached Mu Dajiang and asked, "Fourth son, I can’t stay here any longer, pack your things and go to the countryside with me right away!
And also Xiaxia and Xiao Chu, I’ll take you all to the countryside, to carve out our own path!"
Mr. Mu’s words left Mu Dajiang’s face pale.
The hoe in his hand dropped straight to the ground.
"Dad, what did you say? Go to the countryside together? Aren’t we living just fine in the county? Why leave?"
"Oldest, don’t you know? Your brother and sister-in-law secretly enjoying feasts behind our backs.
While we eat gruel and vegetables in the kitchen, they’re hiding inside eating roast chicken. They don’t want us in the county at all!"
