"Whoever’s ugly, I’m talking to them! I’m telling you, there’s nothing between us, nothing at all! I’d rather die than marry you, so give up on that thought!"
At that mont, Mu Danian completely forgot about his situation.
He only knew he had to quickly clear his relationship with the ugly woman in front of him.
"Dad, did you hear that? He won’t marry ! Let’s ask their family for money!" Gao Cuihua shouted to Gao Tiezhu.
Gao Tiezhu sneered and took three contract papers from his pocket.
Then he read them aloud in front of Mr. Mu.
"Old man, don’t forget, you borrowed one hundred and fifty taels of silver from back then, with double interest!
Today, either agree to the marriage, or pay three hundred taels of silver imdiately!"
The figure of three hundred taels nearly made Mr. Mu spit blood.
"You’re talking nonsense! It was clearly fifty taels of silver, and we agreed to repay one hundred taels within a year!" said Mr. Mu.
"Whether it’s nonsense or not, the contract is the proof. Each of you gave a fingerprint back then, twenty taels per person.
The nas are right here, Mu Danian, Mu Dabiao, and Mu Dazhong!"
At that ti, Gao Tiezhu indeed didn’t ask much interest from the Old Mu Family, but he tampered with the contract.
Three n from the Old Mu Family each signed a contract, each for fifty taels.
Actually, it was almost like high interest!
Hearing this, Mr. Mu realized he had been tricked, and his mind went blank!
He pointed at Gao Tiezhu: "You... you... don’t forget, the village chief of Gao Village is here too, he can testify that our Mu Family only took fifty taels of silver!"
"Oh, you’re talking about that old thing? I forgot to tell you, that old thing has received plenty of benefits from , he’ll only speak for and won’t care about your Old Mu Family’s life or death!"
"My son is a scholar, aren’t you afraid my son will co back and kill you?" Old Mrs. Mu huffed angrily.
"What good is fear? It’s only fair to repay debts. Besides, if my daughter marries in, she’ll be family with the Old Mu Family, and I doubt Cuihua’s brother will harm his own relatives."
Mr. Mu had experienced much in his life, seen big waves.
He’d encountered all kinds of oddities, but had never seen one like Gao Tiezhu.
"You two old things, since I’ve co all this way, my daughter is definitely marrying here, whether you agree or not. Anyway, we’ll hold a banquet at the end of the month in Gao Village!
I’m inviting the entire village, finally marrying off my daughter!"
Gao Tiezhu laughed heartily as he spoke of the happy occasion.
"You... you..." Mr. Mu was choked with rage, and fell to the ground.
Gao Tiezhu didn’t care.
He left harsh words behind, "If you don’t agree, I’ll drag all your Old Mu Family’s won to the town brothel and sell them as hostesses!"
"I’ll fight you, old woman!"
The man was fainted from anger, the hot-tempered Old Mrs. Mu grabbed a dish bowl from the table, intending to smash it against Gao Tiezhu.
Before she could hit Gao Tiezhu, one of the n kicked Mu Laotai’s body.
Old Mrs. Mu flew backwards, hitting her head against the wall, and blood started gushing from her head.
Mu Danian was completely stunned, not even daring to resist.
Chen Hong wisely hid in a corner this ti.
She thought about it and decided to run away tonight, it seed she couldn’t stay in the Old Mu Family anymore...
Gao Tiezhu had walked far with his people before Mu Danian dared to step forward and check on Old Mrs. Mu.
Old Mrs. Mu covered her bloody head and shouted at Mu Danian: "Go find soone to save your father, don’t mind !"
...
The Old Mu Family suffered heavy losses this ti, Mr. Mu fell ill from anger, and Old Mrs. Mu got her head broken.
Even Chen Hong took advantage while the Old Mu Family wasn’t paying attention and packed her belongings to escape.
Mrs. Lin was nowhere to be found.
Mu Danian originally planned to run away with them, but thinking about how Gao Tiezhu had his signed contract, if he ran and got caught, the consequences would surely be dire.
At dinner, with tears and snot, Mu Danian went to the third branch.
He exaggerated the events Gao Tiezhu caused at the Old Mu Family, adding more details.
Upon hearing Mr. Mu fainted from rage and Old Mrs. Mu got her head broken, Mu Dashan and Yu Si Niang stopped eating and anxiously rushed towards the Old Mu Family.
Mu Danian eyed the lavish dinner on the table, swallowed hard, and thought of sneaking so food once Mu Shuangshuang left.
Little did he know, Mu Shuangshuang wasn’t swayed at all!
"Shuangshuang, why aren’t you going to check on your grandparents? They’re really suffering right now!"
Mu Shuangshuang continued picking at her food, ignoring Mu Danian.
"Shuangshuang, you’re the most capable one in this family, go and take a look!"
Mu Shuangshuang still paid no attention!
Mu Danian was furious: "Eat, eat until it kills you, you beast!"
Just as Mu Danian finished cursing, Lu Yuanfeng slamd his chopsticks down and rushed forward to grab Mu Danian by the neck.
"Watch your mouth! Say one more wrong word and I’ll kill you!"
The pain in his neck showed Mu Danian that Lu Yuanfeng wasn’t joking.
He quickly pleaded: "Lu Family’s boy, I was wrong, I was wrong..."
"I’ll never dare again, I was just anxious, I... I deserve to die!"
Mu Danian made a motion, lightly wiping his face.
Lu Yuanfeng tossed him out, with a look of disgust.
Freed, Mu Danian scrambled and fled from Mu Shuangshuang’s yard.
Now, only three children, Mu Shuangshuang, and Lu Yuanfeng were left in the kitchen.
Xing Beichen had gone to town at noon, saying he had sothing important to do.
Now, it’s just family in the kitchen!
"Sister, are we really not going to see grandma and grandpa?" Little Zhi raised his head and softly asked Mu Shuangshuang.
"No, if Little Zhi wants to go, then go see them!" Mu Shuangshuang shook her head.
Little Zhi lowered his head in disappointnt: "Oh, if sister isn’t going, then neither will Little Zhi!"
Yuanbao saw Little Zhi so upset and quickly said, "Little Zhi, if you want to go, I’ll go with you. Sister Shuangshuang and my second brother have their own ideas, we can’t be like them!"
Xiao Han also stood up: "I’ll go with you!"
"Alright then!" Little Zhi nodded.
The three children put down their bowls and chopsticks and headed towards the Old Mu Family.
Mu Shuangshuang, even at such tis, remained calm.
"Fengzi, are you curious why I’m not going?" Mu Shuangshuang asked Lu Yuanfeng, who had been watching her.
"Yeah!"
"Because it’s not the ti yet! If I’m not mistaken, my grandparents are probably asking my parents for those silver taels!"
Mu Shuangshuang knows the Old Mu Family too well.
When suffering losses, they think of the third branch.
When there’s a benefit, they absolutely don’t think of it.
"Won’t Dashan and Aunt Si have any trouble?"
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