Mr. Mu said to the scholar, "I am Mu Dabiao from Er Gui Village in Qingshan Town.

My wife Liu Guixiang is jealous and talkative, making the whole family a mess. Now I want to divorce her."

Mr. Mu’s words undoubtedly stirred up a storm in the hearts of everyone in the Old Mu Family.

Among the rules of the seven grounds for divorce, one is for a woman to be jealous, and another for being talkative.

As long as one of these grounds is met, a woman can be kicked out with nothing from her husband’s family.

With both grounds taken, there’s even less reason to keep her.

"How dare you, Mu Dabiao! I’ve borne children for you and worked hard to manage the whole household, and you... you actually..." Old Mrs. Mu shouted, jumping in rage, but toward the end, she became scared.

Old Mrs. Mu married Mr. Mu at fifteen, and now it’s almost been forty years; she has never returned to her family during this time.

When relatives from her family came to borrow rice or grain, she drove them away several times. If she goes back now, her family would surely kick her out.

No, she cannot be divorced.

Just then, several sons of the Old Mu Family stepped forward to intervene.

"Mother, if Father wants you to pay, just give him the money. First-class Residence is not a small place, if this gets out, our Old Mu Family’s reputation will be ruined.

You should consider Big Brother’s reputation too, our Big Brother is a scholar, many people know him," Mu Danian said.

"Mother, look, Dad has already asked someone to write the divorce letter, just hand over the money," Mu Dazhong urged as well.

Yu Si Niang, who came out with Shuangshuang, never expected things to escalate to the point of divorce.

She was like an ant on a hot pan, anxious beyond measure.

The two arguing in front of her are her husband’s father and mother.

They are her daughter and son’s grandparents, ignoring all else, they are close kin connected by blood.

"Shuangshuang, find a way to persuade your grandfather, your grandmother can’t be divorced."

"Mother, this matter will be decided by my grandfather, you needn’t worry."

Mu Shuangshuang was clear about the situation; Old Mrs. Mu hadn’t acted sensibly for quite some time, if Mr. Mu really wanted her divorced, he would have done it long ago, not waited until now.

Since a divorce won’t happen, she felt it was better to just watch the drama unfold.

Yu Si Niang could not stand by doing nothing, she sighed and went to Mr. Mu, saying:

"Father, it’s not easy for Mother either; all these years, she’s suffered and endured hardships, now that Big Brother has become a scholar, she finally has hope. If you really divorce her, what will she do in the future?"

Being divorced is extremely humiliating and distressing.

When Old Mrs. Mu forced Mu Dashan to divorce her, Yu Si Niang was deeply distressed; in the same situation, she still felt the pain for Old Mrs. Mu.

Mrs. Lin watched the drama from the side, not uttering a word, for she wished Old Mrs. Mu to be divorced.

If Old Mrs. Mu were divorced, she would become the one managing things for the Old Mu Family and would personally ruin Mu Xiangxiang’s marriage.

At this moment, the issues in the Old Mu Family revealed everyone’s true nature like a demon-revealing mirror, easily showing who was human and who was ghost.

Appropriately, the divorce letter was ready; the scholar handed it to Mr. Mu, saying, "Mr. Mu, the divorce letter costs one penny, just put your fingerprint here and give the letter to whoever you want."

Divorce in ancient times was just that simple.

Once the divorce letter was written, they could go to the government later to register it, and the matter would be settled.

Mr. Mu took the divorce letter, but before he could put his fingerprint on it, Old Mrs. Mu rushed forward, grabbed the letter, and tore it to pieces, pleading at the same time.

"Father Xiangxiang, you can’t divorce me, I know I was wrong, I... can’t I just give the money?"

As Old Mrs. Mu spoke, she took out two taels of silver from her pocket.

Mu Shuangshuang had never seen Old Mrs. Mu so humiliated.

But Mr. Mu’s tactic of forcing her to the edge truly worked well.

It completely subdued Old Mrs. Mu.

Silently, Mr. Mu took the two taels of silver, gave it to the attendant, and after coming out, Old Mrs. Mu paid for the scholar’s penny, standing aside, waiting for Mr. Mu who was still not calm.

Almost forty years of marriage weren’t easily ended just like that; Mr. Mu understood well who Old Mrs. Mu was, she was arrogant because she was used to it, that’s why she behaved so recklessly.

"Father Xiangxiang, in the future, if you ask me to go east, I dare not go west. If you tell me to work, I won’t say a word. Can we just move past today’s issues?"

I left my family as a teenager; my siblings back home are now grandparents. They could never take me back. You’d be pushing me to my death by driving me away..."

Old Mrs. Mu cried pitifully.

None of the other Old Mu Family members had seen her showing weakness like this, so they all came over to dissuade her.

Mrs. Lin, who originally wanted to watch the chaos, realized that the old woman might not get divorced at this rate.

She quickly came over to curry favor.

"Father, my mother actually didn’t do anything wrong. Her actions were understandable.

Which restaurant charges leftovers like this one? It’s this black shop asking for extra. Mother wasn’t refusing to pay, just didn’t want to pay extra.

I believe the meanest part was Shuang.

She knows the people in this restaurant but didn’t help us waive the meal cost, clearly not treating us as family."

Nothing to say, Mrs. Lin was an expert at throwing dirt on others.

Even the tiniest thing could be blamed on the third branch.

Mu Shuangshuang felt very fortunate she came out, otherwise, she might have been slandered without even knowing it.

"Second Aunt, don’t make it sound like I own the restaurant. I do know the people there.

But I only deliver cold noodles to them, not even considered part of the staff, why should I ask them to let people eat for free?"

Mu Shuangshuang was speechless; only Mrs. Lin could think of such flimsy reasons.

Fortunately, Mr. Mu wasn’t someone devoid of common sense.

It would be a wonder if he believed what Mrs. Lin said.

"Second daughter-in-law, you’re one of those who likes to stir up trouble at home. If you don’t straighten up, you’ll be divorced too."

Mrs. Lin, scared, covered her mouth, recoiling several steps back and unable to speak for a while.

"Alright, I know exactly what happened today. No one should speak nonsense that I won’t believe.

This is the last time; if anyone dares destroy our unity again, I’ll personally throw them out."

Mr. Mu was truly angry this time; the family was full of trivial problems.

The wife acted without discretion, and the daughter-in-law spoke without thinking.

If this continued, it would be unbearable!

Everyone present looked displeased. Mr. Mu often got mad, but rarely so seriously.

This time was the real deal.

"Grandfather, it’s getting late. Shuangshuang and Aunt Xiao Yun still want to buy some things, so we should go now.

If you’re not in a hurry to head back, you could join us for a walk!"

Mu Shuangshuang stepped forward to address Mr. Mu, who was still simmering in anger.