Free Web NovelChapter 1381: Chapter 1376: Helping Is a Favor, Not Helping Is a Duty (Part 1)
The next day was the day Mu Shuangshuang went to the county.
Early in the morning, just as the sky was getting light, Mrs. Liu from the fourth house came knocking on the door.
Mu Shuangshuang was awakened by Mrs. Liu from her sleep, groggily got off and opened the door, and immediately saw Mrs. Liu holding a pile of things.
"Shuangshuang, I hope I didn’t disturb you?" Mrs. Liu’s face wore an apologetic expression, but her eyes revealed a piercing light.
Mu Shuangshuang knew that the light was the hope from Mrs. Liu’s heart!
She couldn’t go to the county to see her husband and daughter, but she could have Shuangshuang help carry things to convey her thoughts!
"No! Four Aunt, have you prepared everything?" Mu Shuangshuang yawned and asked.
Last night, Yu Si Niang had talked to her for almost the entire night.
Only when the rooster crowed did Yu Si Niang return to her room, and she only had a bit of sleep afterwards.
"Yes! Shuangshuang, I went to my mother’s place again yesterday and brought back a rice cake, could... could you help bring it along too?"
After saying this, afraid Mu Shuangshuang might refuse, Mrs. Liu added, "Your Four Uncle likes eating this. This time, I put in a lot of effort to... to get it, so..."
"No problem, just bring everything over! But I still want to sleep for a while. I’ll leave the door open, Four Aunt, just bring the things over!"
Mu Shuangshuang said this and used a small stool to hold open her room door.
Seeing Mu Shuangshuang agree, Mrs. Liu instantly felt excited.
Without even greeting Mu Shuangshuang, she quickly ran back to her own room.
Mu Shuangshuang went back to sleep, and in her haze, she kept feeling someone was in and out of her room.
But when she realized it was Mrs. Liu who was coming in, she wasn’t worried at all.
As the sun rose, Mu Shuangshuang finally got up.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Mrs. Liu standing at the door, waiting for her.
Looking again at the pile of things in the corner, Mu Shuangshuang was stunned.
The corner was almost filled with various things, two pumpkins, thicker than her waist.
A rice cake larger than a wash basin, and there were four or five pieces of cotton batting, jars.
There were also some small dishes stacked half a person’s height.
Neatly arranged pancakes, about a hundred of them.
And there was a heap of miscellaneous items.
Mu Shuangshuang was overwhelmed; wasn’t Four Aunt being too harsh?
This amount of stuff wouldn’t fit into a horse carriage, let alone the fact that the carriage wasn’t a freight wagon, not meant for carrying goods.
Even if it were for carrying goods, it wouldn’t just carry her family’s goods alone; she had her own things too!
"Four Aunt..." Mu Shuangshuang opened her mouth.
Mrs. Liu hastily approached, "Shuangshuang, you’re not angry, right? I brought so many things all at once!
Sorry, I... these are all things your Four Uncle and Xiaxia love to eat! Pumpkin can be used to make pumpkin pie, pumpkin seeds can be roasted, and there’s also..."
"Four Aunt, I can’t fit all these and can’t take them!" Mu Shuangshuang didn’t beat around the bush with Mrs. Liu!
She always felt that Mrs. Liu was taking her kindness for granted.
"Can’t fit? How is that possible? I heard from your mother that you can drive the carriage yourself to the county! The carriage is so large, there’s no way these things can’t be taken?" Mrs. Liu looked incredulous, her voice suddenly raised a lot.
"But I also have my own belongings to take! Four Aunt, helping to bring things is because there’s indeed extra space on my carriage for some things, and it’s on the way to the county!
But it doesn’t mean you can occupy all my carriage space and leave me with no room for my luggage!"
Mu Shuangshuang’s only dissatisfaction with the fourth house was this point.
Helping is out of kindness, not helping is justified.
When Mu Dajiang left, he asked her to take good care of Mrs. Liu.
Saying that Mrs. Liu is pitiful at home alone.
But is it her obligation?
Mu Dajiang was willing to be separated from his family for prosperity and wealth, willing to separate husband and wife, so even if she’s their niece, does she have the obligation to clean up after them?
If this is how it is, does it mean everyone who knows her can ask her for help?
A person’s patience is limited!
A person’s capacity to endure is also limited!
If Mrs. Liu only brought some things over, within what she could bear, perhaps she would’ve volunteered to say she could bring some more.
Even when reaching the county, she wouldn’t mind treating Mu Dajiang and Mu Xiaxia to a nice meal and leaving some things for them as backup!
Of course, all this must be based on her willingness!
Mrs. Liu’s face turned from green to white.
She opened her mouth, but in the end, didn’t say anything.
She didn’t say she would take these things back, just looked pitifully at Mu Shuangshuang.
Mu Shuangshuang knew she was waiting for her to soften.
After all, compared to her as a niece taking some loss, it’s better than her husband and daughter in the county not being able to eat the things she brought.
Mu Shuangshuang made up her mind not to indulge Mrs. Liu.
"Four Aunt, you can see what to do, later I’ll bring out the carriage, tie my luggage, and that person up, then whatever space is left you can try to fit as much in as you can! If there’s too much, the carriage won’t move, and I’ll take things out one by one to throw!"
Mu Shuangshuang spoke decisively, not sounding like she was joking at all.
Mrs. Liu’s eyes welled up with tears instantly.
Yu Si Niang, who was just coming out from the kitchen after making breakfast, saw Mrs. Liu’s red eyes and couldn’t help asking, "Jinhua, what’s wrong? Crying? What happened?"
Mrs. Liu shook her head repeatedly, and Yu Si Niang had to turn her gaze to Mu Shuangshuang.
Mu Shuangshuang shrugged her shoulders helplessly, indicating that she didn’t know either.
Even if she knew, she wouldn’t say; there’s no such beautiful thing in the world!
The fourth house could do whatever they wanted!
Pitiful people must have their hateful sides!
She just wouldn’t compromise!
"Mom, is breakfast ready? I’ll leave after eating!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
"Yes, yes! You start eating first; I’ll go call your dad, the kids, and your First Cousin and his wife!"
Yesterday everyone ate quite happily, so they’re up late today!
If Mrs. Liu hadn’t knocked on her door early, Mu Shuangshuang felt she could have slept more comfortably!
Leaving Mrs. Liu behind, Mu Shuangshuang went into the kitchen alone.
Breakfast consisted of various stuffed buns, paired with pickled vegetable soup, and a small dish of meat sauce.
The meat was bought by Mu Shuangshuang last night and preserved with salt overnight.
Just right for use today.
Mu Shuangshuang ate by herself, and outside, Yu Si Niang was comforting Mrs. Liu.
When she learned the reason why Mrs. Liu’s eyes were red.
Yu Si Niang regretted it too!
If she had known, she wouldn’t have gotten involved!
"Xiaxia’s mom, I’ll be honest, don’t be upset, if it were Xiaxia going to the county today, and we asked her to bring so many things for Shuangshuang, what would you think?"
