From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 1050 - 1046: Hogging All the Food (Third Update)
"Second Aunt, did you get your eyes stuck with fermented black beans? Which eye of yours saw me hit someone?" Mu Shuangshuang said coldly.
"You little brat, you still have the nerve after hitting someone. Get Yu Si Niang and Mu Dashan out here right now, I want them to see their dear daughter hitting someone right in front of my face."
Mrs. Lin shouted.
As she yelled, she glanced over the things behind Mu Shuangshuang.
Mrs. Lin’s gaze was instantly attracted to the neatly wrapped rice dumplings in the wooden basin, and suddenly, she felt that asking for bamboo leaves was too troublesome.
It would be better to take the rice dumplings made by the third branch so that all she’d need to do is boil them to eat.
Thinking of this, the anger on Mrs. Lin’s face vanished instantly.
She said to Mu Shuangshuang, "Shuang, regarding the matter of you hitting Gou Dan, I could actually just let it go."
Lu Yuanfeng, upon hearing Mrs. Lin’s malicious distortion of the truth, frowned and said, "Shuang’s second aunt, you need to have a conscience. Shuang never hit him; it was Gou Dan who wanted to hit Shuang, and she just raised her hand to block him."
Mrs. Lin certainly knew this; she only said Mu Shuangshuang hit someone because she wanted to get some benefits from her.
Before, she wanted bamboo leaves; now she wanted the rice dumplings that Mu Shuangshuang had already wrapped.
"You brat, this is the Old Mu Family’s turf. When does an outsider like you get to speak here? It’s one thing to be a free loader elsewhere, but do you dare freeload from our Old Mu Family?"
Lu Yuanfeng hesitated for a moment, then understood Mrs. Lin’s implication.
But Mu Shuangshuang was no pushover. As soon as Mrs. Lin finished speaking, Mu Shuangshuang retorted, "Freeloader? Second Aunt, are you talking about yourself?
You’ve been married into the Old Mu Family for so many years, yet you don’t do any work and don’t properly take care of the kids.
All you do is think about how to take advantage of one family and drink the blood of another! Saying Fengzi is a freeloader—what a joke.
The restaurant has half his share, half of Er Gui Village’s fields are his, and even half of the school belongs to him.
As for the food and oil in our house, they’ve all been bought with Fengzi’s money. Do you even know what a man is? That’s what he is!
Compared to my useless second uncle, Fengzi is a thousand times better! No wonder you have to beg for food and drink at others’ houses during festivals."
Mu Shuangshuang wasn’t one to be trifled with, and challenging her in verbal sparring was akin to seeking one’s own demise.
Mrs. Lin was so enraged by Mu Shuangshuang’s words that she almost passed out.
Looking at Mu Shuangshuang, she felt as though she wished she could eat her alive, tear her apart, and drink her blood!
At this moment, Gou Dan started rolling on the ground, chanting for rice dumplings and wailing.
Mrs. Lin then remembered that she had such a good weapon as her son.
She provocatively glanced at Mu Shuangshuang, "Didn’t you say I freeload? Well, I’m going to freeload today; I’m not letting Gou Dan get up until you give me the rice dumplings you wrapped.
If you don’t, I’ll make sure to disrupt your festival celebration!"
Mrs. Lin’s arrogant attitude irked Mu Shuangshuang; even though she was used to Mrs. Lin’s brazenness, this was too much.
"If you’re willing to let Gou Dan scream, let him scream away. It doesn’t bother me at all!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
At that moment, Yuanbao charged out.
"Hey, Mu Jingui, aren’t you going to school now? Why are you acting like a little kid, crying for food calling for daddy and mommy?
I’m going to tell the classmates at school tomorrow and let them laugh at you, snotty boy, ugly face..."
Yuanbao shouted while hopping around.
Magically, as soon as he finished shouting, Gou Dan, who had almost worn out a spot in Shuangshuang’s courtyard, suddenly got up and dashed away.
He disappeared in an instant.
Mrs. Lin was stunned, as was Mu Shuangshuang.
The two of them simultaneously looked at Yuanbao, who, after shouting, dashed into the house, not giving Mrs. Lin the chance to curse him.
Mrs. Lin wanted to chase after Gou Dan to ask what was going on, but she couldn’t bear to leave the rice dumplings in front of her.
During the standoff, Yu Si Niang poked her head out of the room.
"Gou Dan’s mother, today is the Dragon Boat Festival, normally a big day for families to gather happily. Now that the third branch is separated, we’re not celebrating with you.
Wait a moment, and I’ll get some rice dumplings for you to take to Father and Mother as a token of our respect." 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
Mu Shuangshuang saw this and quickly said, "Mom, let me help you with that!"
"Fengzi, you guard the rice dumplings outside; don’t let anyone touch them."
This "anyone" naturally referred to Mrs. Lin.
But Mrs. Lin wasn’t angry because Yu Si Niang would be bringing out some cooked rice dumplings.
There was no way they’d be given to the two old folks of the Old Mu Family; they were meant for her.
After a while, Mu Shuangshuang indeed came out with a bowl containing four rice dumplings, just the right amount for Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu.
Mrs. Lin was about to happily take the bowl when Mu Shuangshuang pulled out the dumplings with a hemp string.
Mrs. Lin almost got burned, but she quickly pulled her hand back.
Just as she was about to start raging, Mu Shuangshuang, with an apologetic face, said, "Second Aunt, I’m really sorry, Shuangshuang’s house is short on bowls. So please take them like this.
And if you like those bamboo leaves, feel free to take them too! We have enough!"
Mrs. Lin was smiling so widely her mouth almost couldn’t close. She had initially come for the bamboo leaves, then thought wrapped dumplings would be more convenient.
Now she had the dumplings, and the leaves too...
The dumplings were hers, and she’d give the bamboo leaves to Mrs. Liu to make some more dumplings, getting to eat them again tonight.
Mrs. Lin quickly grabbed the bamboo leaves and hugged the rice dumplings as she left the third branch.
At the door, she didn’t forget to turn back and curse that Mu Shuangshuang must have gotten hit in the head by a door to be so generous.
Mu Shuangshuang watched Mrs. Lin leave, smiling radiantly.
Lu Yuanfeng immediately suspected that Shuangshuang had done something.
Yu Si Niang stood in the kitchen, still recalling what Mu Shuangshuang had done.
She had just seen Shuangshuang sprinkle something in the rice dumplings for Gou Dan’s mother. Could it be poison?
Thinking this, Yu Si Niang hurriedly approached Mu Shuangshuang.
"Shuangshuang, what did you put in the dumplings meant for your grandparents?" Yu Si Niang asked.
"Just a little something good, but Mom, don’t worry. The dumplings aren’t for my grandparents; my second aunt isn’t that kind!"
Mu Shuangshuang replied.
As it turned out, Mu Shuangshuang was right. After getting her hands on the dumplings, Mrs. Lin didn’t rush home but stayed hidden at her own place.
Without bothering to properly handle the bamboo leaves, Mrs. Lin was eager to unwrap all four rice dumplings.
In her rush, she almost burned her hand, letting out a pained cry.
But she quickly covered her mouth.
This was something others shouldn’t know about!
The unwrapped dumplings were not the usual white ones; they even contained meat inside.
Mrs. Lin was astounded, staring at the dumplings with drool almost dripping down.
"This little brat sure knows how to eat; why didn’t I think that dumplings could have meat, peanuts, and dates and such?"
"Never mind, let’s eat first!"
With this, Mrs. Lin began to devour them, not leaving a single grain behind as she stuffed all four dumplings into her stomach.
After finishing, Mrs. Lin let out a burp and took care of the leaves before Mu Dazhong returned home!
