The Huang Brothers ignored Mrs. Lin, and the four of them walked together toward the gate of the Old Mu Family’s courtyard.

Mrs. Lin chased after them, cursing loudly: "What nanny goat? Is it that little slut Huang Bita seducing my son, making him buy it?"

"I’ve seen that Huang Bita isn’t anything good. She hasn’t even entered the family yet and she’s making my son buy this and that. How shameless!"

The second Huang Brother stopped in his tracks, surged forward, ready to slap the loud-mouthed Mrs. Lin to death.

But he was held back by Huang Bita.

"Second Brother, forget it. Let’s go back. I won’t marry into this family. I’ll spend my life taking care of you guys."

Tears poured out as she spoke, falling to the dirt and vanishing quickly.

"Ah Bi, let me go. I want to beat this foul-mouthed woman to death. Anyway, you’re not going to be the daughter-in-law of the Old Mu Family, you don’t have to suffer this indignity."

The words of the second Huang Brother infuriated Mrs. Lin.

"You brat, how dare you insult me? You even want to hit me, you’re really out of line! Someone, help, the in-laws’ son is hitting the in-laws’ mother, it’s outrageous!"

Mrs. Lin shouted curses at the Huang Family, determined not to let them have it easy.

"You... How dare you spew such lies, I’ll make you pay."

The second Huang Brother jumped up, about to kick Mrs. Lin, but the first Huang Brother quickly pulled him back.

Nobody knew why the most honest of the Huang Brothers, Huang Mo, rushed forward and slapped Mrs. Lin across the face.

With a "slap", Mrs. Lin was knocked to the ground.

She was stunned for a moment and then began to wail loudly.

"Oh my, oh my goodness! I can’t go on, I can’t go on, I’m Lin Xiaozao and this is the first time I’ve seen a younger generation hit the elder. What’s going on here..."

"The Huang Brothers are beating people! Someone, help, it’s terrible! Father, Mother, look at the Huang Brothers’ fine deeds..."

Mrs. Lin’s voice was truly too loud and everyone around the Old Mu Family could hear it. Mr. Mu came rushing out.

"Second daughter-in-law, what’s going on?"

Mrs. Lin didn’t mention what she did, she just said: "Father, you need to stand up for your daughter-in-law, the Huang Family is too bullying.

They disdain fourth daughter’s cooking as pig feed, refuse to eat and want to cancel the engagement with Da Lang. I didn’t allow it, and they hit me..."

Mrs. Lin spoke as she pushed her reddened face forward for Mr. Mu to see.

The Huang Family was all stunned, never expecting Mrs. Lin to reverse white and black right in front of them.

The ugly face of Mrs. Lin made the eldest Huang Brother want to rush up and slap her twice.

"Mr. Mu, since you’re here, we won’t let the second aunt from the Mu Family relay the message, lest she smear feces on our Huang Family.

Your Old Mu Family is too high for our Huang Family to climb. The engagement between Da Lang and my sister Ah Bi is null and void. From now on, our Huang Family will have nothing to do with Old Mu Family."

The eldest Huang Brother expressed his thoughts and beckoned the Huang siblings to walk out of the courtyard.

Mr. Mu was still unclear about the issues when Mrs. Lin suddenly began rolling on the ground, capturing all of Mr. Mu’s attention.

Out of the Old Mu Family’s courtyard, Huang Bita cried as she spoke:

"Eldest Brother, Second Brother, Third Brother, I’m sorry, it’s Ah Bi’s fault, Ah Bi shouldn’t marry. The Old Mu Family isn’t something we can climb."

Historically, prejudice against social class runs deep. Mrs. Lin believed her son, being a scholar’s son with talents, should definitely marry someone matching their family’s status.

Huang Bita’s family had nothing, relying on her brothers doing odd jobs, earning very little money.

Additionally, people around them frequently showed deliberate sympathy, deeply embedding inferiority within the Huang Family.

Mrs. Lin’s words in the kitchen crushed the Huang siblings into the soil.

The Huang Family had no choice but to cancel the engagement.

But Mrs. Lin absolutely shouldn’t have shifted all the blame onto the Huang Brothers.

"Ah Bi, that’s not how you should say it. It’s eldest brother who didn’t think it through. Eldest brother shouldn’t have let you mingle with people from the Old Mu Family. From now on, eldest brother will..."

The eldest Huang Brother wanted to say more, but Mu Shuangshuang called out to the Huang siblings.

"Brother Huang, come to my house to rest!"

She had heard the commotion earlier.

She realized that Old Mrs. Mu was unwilling to give anything good to the Huang Brothers and Huang Bita to eat,

only she hadn’t anticipated that Mrs. Lin would actually stir up trouble. She saw Huang Mo slap Mrs. Lin, but her only thought was that it was too light.

Mrs. Lin was the type who needed to be beaten into silence.

"Shuangshuang, we want to go back, I’m sorry." Huang Bita wiped her tears and spoke to Mu Shuangshuang.

"Go back where? Our third branch has split from the Old Mu Family, we have nothing to do with them anymore. You’re my friend, and I’m inviting my friends and their brothers for a meal, nothing wrong with that, right?"

Mu Shuangshuang finished speaking, pulling Huang Bita toward her home.

On the way, Huang Bita was still somewhat choked up.

Arriving at the third branch, a big table of dishes was already laid out in the kitchen.

All made by Yu Si Niang alone, the people from the third branch had already eaten.

Fengzi went up the mountain to check things out and might come back late in the afternoon to work.

"Sister Huang, our family has already eaten, you and the Huang Brothers eat as much as you like, don’t be polite, I’ll get you water to wash your face."

Mu Shuangshuang fetched a basin of water for the Huang Brothers and a basin specifically for Huang Bita.

This simple small gesture warmed Huang Bita’s heart.

She genuinely liked Shuangshuang, such a meticulous girl, just like Da Lang said, even though she’s young, she’s smarter than anyone in the Old Mu Family.

"Miss Shuangshuang, chat with us for a while!" Huang Mo spoke up, starting to look around the kitchen as soon as he entered.

The kitchen of the third branch was the largest he had ever seen, filled with many things like jars and a stone mill.

There were also two cabinets, yet it looked tidy and even somewhat cozy.

Mu Shuangshuang glanced at Huang Mo, not thinking much about it, as she was the host and should be there attending to them.

"You all eat, I just finished eating, already full."

Mu Shuangshuang took a seat next to Huang Bita.

"Shuangshuang, my... my engagement with Da Lang is over! I can’t be your sister-in-law." Huang Bita said.

"Sister Huang, honestly, not marrying into the Old Mu Family is truly a good thing." Mu Shuangshuang spoke truthfully.

On this matter, Mu Dalang had discussed it with her in the past.

The Old Mu Family never treated daughters-in-law as people, especially Old Mrs. Mu, who freely hit and scolded them as a matter of course.

In the Old Mu Family, as long as you’re a daughter-in-law, you have no status.

If Huang Bita married into the family, she’d surely suffer torment from both Old Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Lin.

But marriage is ultimately a matter between two people, to address this issue, Mu Dalang and Mu Shuangshuang had distinctly indicated that if necessary, he would divide the family, meaning to break away from the Old Mu Family and establish his own household.