"Fengzi, do you think we should get involved in this matter?"

Mu Dashan proactively asked Lu Yuanfeng.

An outsider sees clearly, while those involved are confused!

The people from the third branch are all from the Old Mu Family, the answer they give may not be accurate.

"Third Uncle, if it were me, I think we should get involved in this matter! Whether this person is Shuangshuang’s aunt or not.

Life is more important than anything else; we talk about it for peace of mind. As for how to handle it, that’s something Shuangshuang’s grandparents should consider!"

Lu Yuanfeng’s words calmed Mu Dashan’s anxious heart instantly.

No matter what, Mu Xiangxiang is still his sister, he can’t leave her to die without helping.

But he still sought Shuangshuang’s opinion.

"Shuangshuang, what do you think about this matter? Should we help your aunt?" Mu Dashan asked.

Mu Shuangshuang answered, "Dad, I have no opinion, I support Fengzi’s point of view, let’s do as he says."

In Mu Shuangshuang’s heart, even though Mu Xiangxiang has a bad character and has caused many troubles for the third branch.

Mu Shuangshuang herself doesn’t like her, but it’s not to the point of life and death.

She is willing to act as a messenger.

"Then according to Shuangshuang and Fengzi’s words, I will go to the main house to talk to your grandparents about this matter." Mu Dashan stood up, holding onto the chair.

"Dad, there’s no rush for this matter, catching a thief requires evidence, we need Grandpa to see Aunt picking her throat, that’s more convincing than any words."

"Shuangshuang thinks things through thoroughly, let’s wait until dinner to deal with this matter!"

...

...

As soon as lunch was over, Mu Danian was already shouting about not resting and going out to work.

"Dad, what are we resting for? Hurry up and distribute the afternoon tasks so we can finish them and go home to rest. I don’t want to eat Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law’s leftovers for dinner."

Old Mu felt a surge of emotion, almost bringing tears to his eyes.

For so many years, his sons were lazy, one more than the other, and now finally someone wants to work.

It seems Shuang’s method is effective.

Old Mu decided to continue using this method in the Old Mu Family, rewarding and punishing clearly.

"You can work whenever you want! The afternoon tasks are still distributed the same way, whoever finishes first eats first, and they can eat as much as they want!"

Mu Danian heard Old Mu’s words with a smug look on his face.

"See, even Dad supports me going to work."

The people from the second branch heard Mu Danian’s words, and their expressions instantly fell.

"Fifth, you don’t want to rest, but you can’t make us not rest. You eat to your fill alone, but we have a family to feed, with kids. Think about it, Gou Dan is so young, if he doesn’t rest at noon, can his body handle it?" Mu Dazhong said.

"Exactly, Fifth, this work is more fun when done together as a family, why are you in such a hurry?" Mrs. Lin spoke confidently.

If you didn’t know her, you wouldn’t guess Mrs. Lin had a miscarriage, because she looked too normal.

Her complexion was rosy, her cheeks plump, and even her arms gained weight from lying on the kang all day.

"Mind your own business, if you want to be lazy it’s your problem. I, Mu Danian, am diligent, if you have the ability, you can also go work." Mu Danian shouted unceremoniously.

"You said it, Fifth, don’t regret it!" Mu Dazhong rolled up his sleeves and laid down the challenge.

He didn’t believe it, so many people from the second branch, yet they couldn’t outdo Fifth alone.

"I said it, what about it?" Mu Danian replied.

"Gou Dan’s mother, let’s go work now and show Fifth what we’re capable of!"

After Mu Dazhong spoke, he grabbed a sickle and carried a bamboo basket, and hurried out of the Old Mu Family with Mrs. Lin.

Just as they stepped outside the courtyard, Mrs. Lin regretted it.

"Daddy Gou Dan, are we too foolish to go work at noon? Nobody else is moving."

Mu Dazhong also felt Mrs. Lin made sense, earlier he was only focused on arguing with Fifth, and didn’t consider that at this time, there are few people working on the fields.

"You’re right, this work is endless, but the resting time is just this little bit.

Besides, we’re working ourselves to death, these crops aren’t ours in the end, they’ll end up in Mom and Big Brother’s pockets.

Now Big Brother is about to go to the county, if we go with him, we won’t manage without some money in hand."

Mu Dazhong’s mind was quickly turning.

He analyzed the future with Mrs. Lin, analyzing very thoroughly.

Having been a ’turtle’ at the Old Mu Family for a long time, Mu Dazhong almost forgot about his smart mind.

"We need to consider this. The matter of tricking the eldest sister-in-law before, that stinky girl from the third branch cheated me out of three taels of silver, causing us to lose our savings.

Now if we don’t find a way to fill this gap, I estimate if we go to the county, we won’t be able to live like Big Brother’s family." Mrs. Lin said.

Just thinking about Mrs. Jin wearing clothes that cost two taels of silver made Mrs. Lin envious and resentful.

If only she could wear clothes worth two taels of silver, that would be as good as several months’ worth of food for the whole family.

"How about... we do this? Anyway, everyone is resting at home now, we go to other people’s fields to steal some rice, and we won’t be discovered.

Then we’ll hide these rice stalks, and when everyone finishes harvesting, we’ll take them out and say we picked these in the fields!"

In farming households, there’s the practice of picking rice.

But generally, it’s after others have harvested and carried away the rice from the fields, when some elderly people with free time, or young children go to the fields to pick rice.

If you’re lucky, during a double harvest, you can collect one or two small sacks of rice stalks.

Mrs. Lin and Mu Dazhong quickened their pace, entered the fields, and started stuffing freshly harvested rice stalks from other people’s fields into their bamboo baskets little by little.

In a short time, a basket was full of rice.

The two of them, like thieves, carried the basket to the village’s notorious abandoned house.

This place has really become an abandoned house now.

Wang Fugui was beaten here to the point of disability, the kind where he couldn’t wake up, so the villagers felt the place was unlucky.

No one comes here anymore.

But for Mu Dazhong and Mrs. Lin, this place is the best for storing things.

If discovered, they would run; if not found out, it would mean heaven was helping them.

In total, Mu Dazhong stole four baskets of rice stalks, nearly destroying everything harvested in the morning.

Including the acre of fertile land at Shuangshuang’s house.

However, Mu Shuangshuang’s acre of fertile land was relatively far, so it suffered less damage.

After finishing all this, Mu Dazhong and Mrs. Lin lay in the shade of a tree, looking at each other, laughing heartily.

"Daddy Gou Dan, how about we stop working and go through other people’s fields every noon? I can see those rice stalks, once threshed, could yield quite a lot."

Mrs. Lin really didn’t want to work anymore; compared to facing the soil every day, she preferred this way of making money with just one outing.