"What are you all yelling about? Can’t a person sleep around here?"
Mu Xiangxiang walked out from Mu Dandan’s room, disheveled, wearing a loose-fitting pajama.
"Xiangxiang, why are you in Dandan’s room?" Mu Dade frowned slightly.
Mr. Mu was surprised too.
Mu Xiangxiang had her own room.
When the side rooms were built, it was with the expectation that the daughters from the Old Mu Family might return, so a large room with two kang beds was specifically created for them.
Mu Xiangxiang had always lived there, so why did she co out of Mu Dandan’s room today?
"My room is a ss, no one cleans it. I just ca over to stay for a few days. Now that Dandan is back, as her aunt I certainly won’t occupy her place. I’ll go back!"
With that, Mu Xiangxiang ran back to her room.
Mu Dandan was not polite to Mu Xiangxiang. When she returned to her room and saw the state of it, she almost collapsed at the doorway.
The room was filthy, especially the bed — the sheet was crumpled like bean curd residue.
In the center of the room, there was a chamber pot, and the sll of urine was overwhelming.
"Dad, Mom, look at what my aunt has done."
Mu Xiangxiang’s room was right next to Mu Dandan’s, so she heard the noise and ca out to argue with Mu Dandan.
"What’s wrong, what’s wrong? What good thing did I supposedly do? Dandan, your room was dirty. I reluctantly stayed there. Do you want to clean the room for you too? Dream on!"
Mu Xiangxiang put her hands on her waist, just like when she argued with Old Mrs. Mu.
"Alright, everyone stop arguing. I’ll let Xiangxiang’s mom co over to clean later. The eldest’s family has just returned, let them have a good rest!"
Mr. Mu returned to the main residence of the Old Mu Family, but the faces of the people in the first branch were not looking good.
Mu Dandan looked at the filthy room and cried uncontrollably.
"Dad, Mom, how can we live in this place? It’s a pigsty!"
"Mr. Dan Dan, I told you! Coming back here wouldn’t be good. We should have stayed in the county. At least Xianxian’s family could support us with good food and drinks," Mrs. Jin said with a resentful face.
Mu Dade also felt uncomfortable, but saying anything wouldn’t be good.
"Let’s just wait and see. If it really doesn’t work, we’ll leave. Anyway, I’ve already passed the exams. We can have a al anywhere! But I still need the travel expenses to the Capital for the exam. My parents and others will have to cover that!"
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The episode at ho temporarily concluded, and Mr. Mu returned to the Old Mu Family only to realize he hadn’t asked the most important question.
Naturally, this matter was blad on Mu Xiangxiang.
Mr. Mu scolded Old Mrs. Mu and made her arrange soone to clean up.
Old Mrs. Mu imdiately chose Mrs. Liu from the fourth branch without much thought.
"Fourth daughter-in-law, go clean up the eldest’s room and Xiangxiang’s. As for those two girls, they’re not disabled, ignore them!"
Before Mrs. Liu could agree, Mrs. Lin volunteered herself.
"Mom, let do it instead. It doesn’t feel right to always let the fourth daughter-in-law do the work, and she’s preparing dinner tonight!"
Mrs. Lin had her own plans, to openly go to Mu Dade’s room. She believed Mu Dade had many good things, and if she managed to ask for a few, she might get lucky.
A silk dress worth two taels of silver wasn’t sothing everyone could afford.
"Mom, the fourth sister-in-law is so busy, let Gou Dan’s mother do the cleaning and let her rest!" Mu Dazhong chid in. Such a great opportunity wasn’t sothing you’d find often.
Old Mrs. Mu was still hesitating, and Chen Hong also stood up.
"Mom, let do it. Second sister-in-law is expecting, and if she does heavy work and sothing happens to the baby, what would we do?"
"You’re talking nonsense! You’re not even a daughter-in-law of the Old Mu Family!" Mrs. Lin said angrily.
"Your opinion doesn’t count. It’s what Da Nian says that counts!"
With that, Chen Hong quickly ran outside, ignoring Mrs. Lin’s curses behind her.
"Fifth, do you really want to marry Chen Hong? Don’t care what others think?" Mr. Mu asked.
"Dad, what do you an by that? Of course I want to marry Honghong. She’s good-looking, willing to work, and besides, I’m already so old, I can’t stay unmarried forever, can I?"
Mu Danian was in a good mood. He had waited so long and finally, his father brought the topic up on his own.
Now Mu Danian was ready to negotiate for what Mr. Mu would offer in exchange.
"Fifth, do you really think Chen Hong is a good person? She only cares about herself during als and doesn’t do any work. Didn’t her actions just now annoy you?" Mr. Mu tried reasoning with Mu Danian, attempting to persuade him.
"Dad, spare the nonsense. I know Honghong’s temper, and I like her that way. Xu Dalang married his uncle’s wife, and I can’t find a clean and unmarried woman like Chen Hong?"
Mu Danian turned the affair into a matter of his ultimate goal.
Having finally realized the situation, Mu Dazhong and Mr. Mu were left in shock.
Mu Dazhong really wished he could smack himself. Who knew his fifth brother was still hung up about the Xu Dalang affair, even if he went about it differently?
"Fifth, are you blind? You dare want such a dirty fox, aren’t you afraid of catching a disease? I’m telling you, no matter what you do, Dalang and Miss Huang’s engagent is set, and yours with Chen Hong won’t happen!"
Old Mrs. Mu angrily spat at Mu Danian. She had never liked Chen Hong, and if it weren’t for Mu Danian stopping her, she would have thrown that woman out long ago. How dare she act out!
"If you’re going to say that, then I’m marrying Chen Hong! If faces are going to be lost, it’s not just mine!"
Mu Danian knew the weak spots of Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu, and he spoke with reckless abandon.
Old Mrs. Mu’s face turned beet red with anger. She rushed up and started slapping Mu Danian’s face heavily.
Old Mrs. Mu was known for her temper. Mu Danian repeatedly provoked her, and if she didn’t retaliate, she wouldn’t be herself.
The sounds of slaps echoing crisply filled the Old Mu Family’s hall.
Mu Danian had hoped to reason, but he didn’t expect Old Mrs. Mu to start hitting him imdiately.
Screams like those of a pig being slaughtered ca out of Mu Danian’s mouth—
Mu Shuangshuang paused while picking vegetables, and a cabbage snapped in two.
In the kitchen, Zhao Yun couldn’t help but chuckle.
"Shuangshuang, it’s really lively at your grandma’s house today. First your eldest uncle returned, and everyone went to watch the fun, and now it’s your fifth uncle wailing from your grandma’s scolding. But in such a big matter as your parents coming ho, no one ca to visit, truly heartless!"
Zhao Yun felt a sense of injustice for the third branch. Over the years, the Old Mu Family had been unfair to them, even after they separated from the family.
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