Inside the house, Mu Dashan listened to his daughter recounting Mu Dazhong’s words, and his heart grew cold.
The words his brother said in the afternoon still echoed in his mind, but none of them were about him owing a debt as his brother claid.
At that ti, he spoke about discussing with Shuangshuang, but now in his brother’s eyes, it seed taken for granted.
Under the dim oil lamp, the man’s face turned grim, his work stalling as he did it, ultimately followed by a low sigh.
Mu Dazhong listened for a while, not hearing Mu Dashan’s voice, and beca anxious.
"Dashan, say sothing! Your Sister-in-law is pregnant, asking for a good al won’t cost you your life. Just ask Shuang to make sothing good for your sister-in-law!"
"Haha, picking on the soft persimmon, Uncle, you’re just bullying my dad because he’s honest, aren’t you? But don’t worry, today I’m not cooking dinner for you, let’s see you get angry!" Mu Shuangshuang lifted her chin, shaking her head proudly with a smile.
"Before we split up, you sucked my parents’ blood. Now we’ve divided, it’s harder to suck blood, if you want a good al, why don’t you ask my grandma to cook it!"
Mu Dazhong was so angry that smoke almost ca out of his seven orifices, nearly falling to the ground.
"Fine, you brat, just wait! If your third branch has any skills, don’t beg our second branch!"
Throwing out those words, Mu Dazhong stord back to his house.
Mu Shuangshuang happily stamped her feet in place, while Yu Si Niang looked at her daughter indulgently, not thinking her daughter’s actions were wrong at all.
If her brother had done sothing right today, she wouldn’t have begrudged that bowl of dinner.
Back in the second branch, Mrs. Lin suddenly bounced upright from the bed, showing none of the previous deanor she had displayed before Old Mrs. Mu.
"How did it go? Did you bring back the at soup?" Mrs. Lin asked eagerly, staring at Mu Dazhong.
"Bring what back, that brat ca to make trouble, didn’t drink the soup, and got nothing but embarrassnt!"
Mu Dazhong was still completely indignant.
How did the third branch produce such a miser?
"I knew it, that brat is way too stingy, practically inhuman!" Mrs. Lin grumbled, then held her flat belly, lanting, "Poor child in my belly, can’t even have a good al, sigh!"
"Enough, no one’s here, what are you pretending for in front of ? Besides, it’s not certain you’re even pregnant!"
Mu Dazhong grumbled discontentedly, he hadn’t done that sort of thing with Mrs. Lin in a long ti, how could she be pregnant.
"Why am I not pregnant? I haven’t had my period for a month, still feel like throwing up, if not pregnant, then what?" Mrs. Lin muttered discontentedly.
A woman’s temper is at its worst when she’s pregnant, and even Mrs. Lin, who admired Mu Dazhong normally, was the biggest in the house at this point.
"I don’t care, I must eat sothing good today, or you’ll be starving your son!"
"You want to eat, I do too, but that’s easier said than done." Mu Dazhong rolled his eyes.
Suddenly, he had a bright idea.
"Right, I heard from my mom today, there’s a basket of eggs at ho that hasn’t been sold, they’re all in her room. Should we..."
Stealing and cheating weren’t things Mu Dazhong did often, but it’s not like he never did them.
Since Mrs. Lin was pregnant, if anything happened, he could just put the bla on her; her mom wouldn’t have the heart to hit her.
Indeed, Old Mrs. Mu was usually harsh, but if any daughter-in-law got pregnant, she would scold but never hit, for fear of miscarriage taking the bla.
"Qingqing’s dad, have you lost your mind with rage? Sneaking into mom’s room to steal, isn’t that courting death?"
While Mrs. Lin loved to eat, she wasn’t stupid.
"Are you dumb? You don’t know to go at midnight? My mom’s been worrying about my big brother these days, hasn’t slept for nights, and today’s fuss with you made her exhausted, she’s sleeping like a log!"
"That’s true!"
Mu Dazhong and Mrs. Lin hatched a plan, deciding to steal the eggs tonight.
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The Third Branch of the Old Mu Family set the table, with the family gathered to eat a simple dinner, a bowl of hot soup, and a bowl of dumplings.
On a stool beside the dining table, Little Black had a small bowl balanced on its head, half-filled with water.
Its little body swayed constantly, yet not a drop of that half-bowl of water fell.
Little Zhi looked pitifully at Little Black, then turned to look at her sister who was picking vegetables into her own bowl.
"Sister, why don’t you let Little Black go, it knows it was wrong!"
"No way, it’s too treacherous, if we don’t teach it a lesson today, it’ll act up in the future." Mu Shuangshuang said as she observed Little Black’s expression.
Little Black made mocking faces at Mu Shuangshuang, but as soon she put down her chopsticks, it would shut its mouth and its expression would carry a hint of ingratiating flattery.
Sotis, she really doubted whether this Black Mink was so kind of spirit, every expression was perfectly articulated on its little face.
Except when she was angry; Little Black always had that haughty, aloof look.
Even when being fed, it never changed that little expression.
How odd!
"Alright, let’s stop here today, I won’t punish anymore!" Mu Shuangshuang waved her hand generously, as Little Zhi quickly removed the small bowl from Little Black’s head and brought the prepared fish from the stove for Little Black.
The fish, cut into small chunks, was stuffed piece by piece into Little Black’s mouth. It ate with gusto, casting disdainful glances at Mu Shuangshuang, as if trying to provoke her.
"Hmph, such a lack of character!" Mu Shuangshuang rolled her eyes, ignoring Little Black.
"Everyone hurry up and eat, once we’re done, most of the day is over."
Lu Yuanfeng glanced at the dumplings in his bowl, then those in Shuangshuang’s, picked up his chopsticks, and placed two at-filled ones in Mu Shuangshuang’s bowl.
"Fengzi, what are you doing?" Mu Shuangshuang looked baffled.
"Sister Shuangshuang, my brother is giving you dumplings to eat. You have too few in your bowl, he’s worried you’ll be hungry."
Yuanbao chid in at the right ti, again setting him up as a good person.
Mu Shuangshuang felt a surge of warmth in her heart, but still returned Lu Yuanfeng’s dumplings to his bowl.
"I’m lean, this is enough. If I eat too much, I’ll have to exercise tonight, you’re sturdy, eat more!"
"Eating a bit more at night is fine, it’ll be okay after sleeping." Lu Yuanfeng insisted, not wanting Mu Shuangshuang to suffer.
At the dinner table, they went back and forth, yet miraculously, those few dumplings weren’t broken.
Mu Dashan looked at the heap of dumplings in his bowl, then pushed two into each of their bowls.
"You two, stop it. I’ve been lying here all day, eating less won’t be a problem!"
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