During the five-day enrollnt and registration period, Mu Shuangshuang received nurous inquiries from people.
The final number of students settled on was thirty.
Mu Shuangshuang consulted Luo Bai, who was already staying at the academy, and confird that this number was not a problem.
Because when it cos to studying, the teacher is only an aid; the students themselves learn most of it.
Furthermore, the teaching classrooms initially constructed were large enough, so Mu Shuangshuang agreed to this number.
Throughout the academy matters, Mu Shuangshuang involved Mu Dashan completely, and she was preparing to let him manage the academy autonomously afterward.
As for the tavern business, Mu Shuangshuang did not plan to let her family handle it.
Firstly, she did not want to overburden Mu Dashan and Yu Si Niang. Secondly, she feared that abruptly handing such a major responsibility to her parents might excessively tire them.
In any case, Mu Shuangshuang had already thought it through and planned to ensure Mu Dashan and Yu Si Niang lived more comfortably.
After sorting out the academy matters, Mu Shuangshuang returned to the third branch.
Her original plan was to rest well, but upon reaching the courtyard gate, she was surprised to see a crowd of people standing in the courtyard.
All were from the Old Mu Family.
Old Mrs. Mu stood at the forefront, while Mu Dashan and Yu Si Niang explained sothing to her.
Old Mrs. Mu placed one hand on her waist; the other, she pointed at Mu Dashan’s face, loudly saying, "Oh, you old three, your heart is truly black to dare accept the Zhao Family’s grandson.
Don’t you realize that it was because of that vicious woman that our Zhenzhen was abandoned? If Zhenzhen hadn’t been abandoned by the Zhao Family, how could she have disappeared?"
At this mont, Old Mrs. Mu’s face was twisted with anger.
Moreover, so people beside her incited her further.
Mrs. Lin said, "Oh my, Mother, you wouldn’t know how last ti I ca to find old three to let our Gou Dan go study, how he refused.
He shook his head like a rattle, who would have thought that today, Zhuangzi’s grandson could so easily enroll?
Seeing that scene, as the second sister-in-law, the pain in my heart, this family doesn’t help their own, how can we live like this!"
Mrs. Lin’s words successfully fueled Old Mrs. Mu’s rage even further.
Old Mrs. Mu spoke more directly.
"I’m telling you, don’t think that just because you opened so academy or have so tavern, you can show off in front of this old lady. Don’t you forget that it was I who gave birth to and raised you!"
As Old Mrs. Mu spoke, she sprayed saliva everywhere.
In a short mont, Mu Dashan’s face was covered.
Mu Dashan dared not wipe it off, only smiling along and explaining to Old Mrs. Mu, "Mother, Zhuangzi and Zhenzhen’s matter is all in the past, and it’s inappropriate for us to judge.
Besides, they are just kids, only a few years old. We shouldn’t stoop to arguing with children, should we?
Also, the kids are here to learn; I can’t keep eager students out of the door."
Mu Dashan didn’t want Old Mrs. Mu to know that the decision was made by Shuangshuang, so he took responsibility for it.
"Pah! You’re talking nonsense; I don’t care if they love to learn. All I know is that anyone who offends my daughter doesn’t end well. If you don’t get that little bastard out of the academy, don’t bla this old lady for being unkind." Old Mrs. Mu said.
Mrs. Lin chid in, "Also, let my son Gou Dan attend the academy for free!"
"Old three, you heard it, right? Do what Mother asked you to do!" Mrs. Lin said.
Involving his own son, Mu Dazhong, who usually stayed out of things, also got involved.
Even Mr. Mu was glaring at Mu Dashan, seemingly intending to pressure him this way.
Mu Dashan shook his head, "Father, Mother, I won’t and can’t drive the children away."
"Mother, I said it, old three won’t compromise, deep down he has no regard for you. From what I see, you must use the family law against him!" Mrs. Lin said.
Old Mrs. Mu’s pupils contracted slightly, and her glance toward Mu Dashan turned vicious.
Mu Shuangshuang stepped into the courtyard just in ti to hear Mrs. Lin ntion family law.
She curled her lips into a subtle smile and asked, "Second Aunt, which family’s law are you referring to? The Old Mu Family’s or ours, the third branch?"
When Mu Shuangshuang opened her mouth, Mrs. Lin imdiately retreated two steps, hiding behind Old Mrs. Mu.
Old Mrs. Mu had already been standing forward, making her the most conspicuous.
Old Mrs. Mu panicked internally; she knew Mu Shuangshuang wasn’t easy to deal with.
She was also afraid that if Mu Shuangshuang went crazy and acted, it would be utterly humiliating.
"You... you don’t worry about which family’s law, just co clean, was it you who let that old hooligan from the Zhao family bring her bastard grandson to your academy?"
Though Old Mrs. Mu still spoke rudely, her deanor had significantly weakened compared to when she initially argued with Mu Dashan.
Mu Dashan, fearing Old Mrs. Mu would harm Mu Shuangshuang, promptly said, "Mother, it had nothing to do with Shuangshuang; it was my idea, solely my idea!"
"Shut up, you have no say here." Old Mrs. Mu scolded.
"Ha! Grandma, this is the third branch. How can my dad not have a say?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.
"What you asked about was indeed my decision. If you have any objections, go to the village chief.
All school disputes are overseen by the village chief, not ."
Mu Shuangshuang had deliberately sought out the village chief as a guarantor.
In Er Gui Village, the village chief was the most powerful. As long as he was inclined, even Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu had to respect him.
Now that the village chief’s grandson was also studying at the academy, he certainly wouldn’t allow anyone to disrupt the school’s order.
"You..." Old Mrs. Mu was once again speechless because of Mu Shuangshuang’s retort.
She couldn’t catch her breath, and her spider-like hands kept rubbing her chest.
Seeing this, Mr. Mu knew he had to step in.
He said, "Shuangshuang, we ca not to scold anyone, but primarily for two things.
The first is whether the Zhao family’s two grandsons can leave.
The second is whether Gou Dan, as your brother, can be sent to your academy as well."
Zhuangzi’s mother sending her grandson to the Old Mu Family for schooling made Mr. Mu feel humiliated.
Especially since Mu Zhenzhen was abandoned by the Zhao family, causing a village-wide commotion, it had already disgraced the Old Mu Family.
Now, if the villagers knew Zhuangzi’s mother’s grandson was studying in Er Gui Village, under the Old Mu Family’s noses, who knows what they’d say.
Moreover, Mr. Mu had just heard from Matchmaker Sun that Zhuangzi’s mother had found Zhuangzi a new wife.
She was a woman with children and not even half as good-looking as Zhenzhen.
Adding all these together, Mr. Mu could not tolerate the Zhao family’s child appearing in Er Gui Village in any way.
Especially one of the children was the one Zhuangzi brought along from his second wife.
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