From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 1072 - 1068: So Frightened Her Legs Went Weak (Second Update)
Mu Shuangshuang didn’t rush to answer Old Lady Lu’s question but glanced at Lu Yuanfeng first.
Seeing that he didn’t show any sign of impatience, she started to respond to Old Lady Lu’s question.
"We were in the backyard garden at noon, turning the soil and planting vegetables. We missed the meal time, and only after finishing the work did we start cooking!"
Mu Shuangshuang didn’t want to say that she had talked with Lu Yuanfeng about stories all night last night, so she just skimmed over the events before dinner.
Old Lady Lu was in a particularly good mood because of Mu Shuangshuang’s response.
Although Mu Shuangshuang had caused trouble at the Lu Family a few times before with Lu Yuanfeng, Old Lady Lu, when calm, felt that Mu Shuangshuang wasn’t bad.
The little girl is just straightforward, plus she’s good to her grandson, which is why she did so much.
She had long since stopped resenting Mu Shuangshuang for telling the facts to her grandson.
In fact, thinking about it now, Old Lady Lu was a bit relieved.
Lies would eventually be exposed. Rather than hearing it from the fourth son’s family someday, it was better that Fengfeng knew the truth first.
"Is that so? You young couple, even if you’re busy, don’t forget mealtimes. You might not feel it when you’re young, but you’ll know when you’re older—overworking isn’t a good thing!" Old Lady Lu advised earnestly.
The term "young couple" made Mu Shuangshuang blush bright red.
She nodded shyly, thanking Old Lady Lu for her kindness.
The three of them had just reached the outside of the Old Lu Family’s kitchen when they heard noises coming from inside.
Mu Shuangshuang’s first reaction was to lower her footsteps, and Lu Yuanfeng reacted similarly, stopping as well, leaving Old Lady Lu puzzled by their response.
Copying their actions, she lowered her voice: "It should be a stray cat or something. Since the Old Lu Family has divided, your grandpa and I... we cook for ourselves. This rice pudding, it isn’t shared with other families!"
Hearing this, Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng exchanged a look, both feeling that the noises from the house weren’t caused by a stray cat.
It seemed like someone was rummaging through something.
Lu Yuanfeng lowered his footsteps, quickly reaching outside the kitchen window, peering inside.
Inside the kitchen, Chen Xiaoyue from the fourth family was sneakily standing in front of the stove, holding a ladle and scooping rice pudding into her family’s bowl.
A pot of rice pudding had been split by her, and before long, a big hole had been scooped out.
Chen Xiaoyue wasn’t satisfied with just that. She opened the wooden bucket where Old Sir Lu and Old Lady Lu kept bowls, took a clay bowl meant for vegetables, and wanted to fill it with rice pudding too.
Lu Yuanfeng spoke up: "What are you doing?"
Startled by his voice, the clay bowl in Chen Xiaoyue’s hand fell to the ground with a dull thud.
Perhaps due to the mud near the stove being relatively soft, the clay bowl didn’t shatter upon falling from the air.
Chen Xiaoyue patted her chest, looking as if she had been frightened.
"Why are you shouting like a ghost? Are you trying to kill me!"
Caught red-handed, Chen Xiaoyue wasn’t scared in the slightest. Instead, she resented Lu Yuanfeng for interrupting her good deed.
"What have you done? Chen Xiaoyue, your fourth family has already split off. Are you stealing our rice pudding?"
Old Lady Lu heard and pushed open the kitchen door, angrily questioning.
"Mom, what are you saying? Who’s stealing your rice pudding? Don’t forget, I’m your daughter-in-law!
And what’s wrong if a daughter-in-law eats a bit of your rice pudding? What, you want to team up with outsiders to scold me?"
Chen Xiaoyue was very displeased with Old Lady Lu’s words.
"Who’s an outsider? Fengfeng and Shuangshuang are not outsiders; one is my grandson, the other is my granddaughter-in-law!" Old Lady Lu said.
"Tsk ~ Mom, you must still be dreaming. The brat’s letter of severance is still with the village chief; he’s not part of our Old Lu Family but an outsider.
I’m your daughter-in-law, the daughter-in-law of your legitimate son!"
Chen Xiaoyue spoke leisurely.
Her attitude was as arrogant as ever.
Mu Shuangshuang sneered: "Some people’s skin is really thick; I bet even the old cowhide from Uncle Wang’s house isn’t as thick as hers! Stealing is one thing, but being so plausible about it."
Seeing Mu Shuangshuang, every cell in Chen Xiaoyue’s body was seething.
— It was this woman, this woman who made the brat tear off her family’s tiles and almost got drowned when it rained heavily.
Chen Xiaoyue hated her!
"You little slut, do you have the right to speak here? Get out!" Chen Xiaoyue shouted.
"The one who should get out is you! Fengfeng and Shuangshuang were invited by me, this old woman, to eat rice pudding!
As for you, entering my kitchen uninvited, aren’t you a thief?" Old Lady Lu came forward, loudly scolding Chen Xiaoyue.
Chen Xiaoyue walked up to Old Lady Lu, cursing: "You damn old woman, are you bewitched?
They no longer see you as their grandmother. You haven’t seen them give you good food, and yet you protect them; do they know?"
Old Lady Lu was very emotional: "And you’ve got the nerve to speak? Your father is sick, and has anyone of you gone to see him?
If it weren’t for Fengfeng getting a doctor for him, your father would have already died on the kang! During the division, we made it clear that you’re no longer our son and daughter-in-law!"
Mu Shuangshuang stepped forward, supporting Old Lady Lu.
Lu Yuanfeng grabbed Chen Xiaoyue’s arm, pulling her outside.
Even a fierce woman is no match for Lu Yuanfeng.
Chen Xiaoyue was forcibly pushed out by Lu Yuanfeng. Still unwilling, she shouted, "If you won’t let me in, fine, but that rice pudding inside is mine, so give it to me!"
Chen Xiaoyue kept shouting, and Mu Shuangshuang got angry, picking up the vegetable knife from the chopping board and tossing it out.
The knife landed on the ground in front of Chen Xiaoyue.
Splashing mud everywhere, Chen Xiaoyue was stunned, staring blankly at Mu Shuangshuang inside the kitchen.
Mu Shuangshuang rolled up her sleeves and shouted in her direction, "Say one more useless word, and I’ll chop your head off with this knife!"
Chen Xiaoyue had never seen such a scene before.
In the past, village women at most slapped each other or pulled hair, but never wielded knives.
Recalling the time when Mu Shuangshuang removed her family’s tiles, Chen Xiaoyue instinctively knew that Mu Shuangshuang would definitely do it.
No longer daring to ask for her bowl back, Chen Xiaoyue pointed at Mu Shuangshuang and cursed, "You little bitch, just you wait!"
With a glance from Mu Shuangshuang, Chen Xiaoyue fled, afraid of being chased and beaten by Mu Shuangshuang again.
After Chen Xiaoyue left, looking at the rice pudding with a hole in the middle, Old Lady Lu inexplicably burst into tears.
At her age, people say it’s the time to enjoy the blessings of numerous descendants.
But none of her sons brought her peace of mind.
And her daughters-in-law were fiercer than the last.
Old Lady Lu feared that by the day she died, she might not even have someone to bury her and her old man.
The more she thought about it, the more upset she became. Ignoring the young ones present, she lost control of her emotions...
