From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 1079 - 1075: The One Who Helped Her Is... (Second Update)
All morning, Mr. Mu kept beating Mu Zhenzhen.
Several sticks were broken, but he kept picking up sticks from the ground to continue the beating.
Mu Zhenzhen was beaten until her whole body was swollen, while Old Mrs. Mu cried her heart out on the side.
But nothing could stop the despair in Mr. Mu’s heart...
His wife was brainless, his daughter was brainless, he endured once, twice, but if he endured again, the Old Mu Family would be destroyed sooner or later by these people.
Rather than this happening, he thought it better to teach her a lesson in advance!
In the courtyard, Mu Zhenzhen "danced to the stick," struggling desperately at first until she had no more strength to struggle.
She seemed almost about to be beaten to death by Mr. Mu.
Mu Shuangshuang spoke up: "Grandpa... that’s enough. If you keep hitting her like this, it might end in a death!"
Mu Zhenzhen felt intense pain all over, and her consciousness was a bit blurry.
In her daze, she heard someone pleading for her.
Vaguely, she saw the person was Mu Shuangshuang.
At that moment, Mu Zhenzhen felt a sour, unfamiliar sensation in her heart, but the stabbing pain still dominated her senses!
"Shuang, don’t stop me! Rather than let this beast continue to tarnish the Old Mu Family’s name, it would be better to beat her to death today! At least I’d be doing something good for the Old Mu Family!"
Mr. Mu was determined to the point of death.
He thought it would be better to beat to death one or two, rather than let the chaos continue day by day.
The rest, seeing someone suffer, would become honest!
The stick in Mr. Mu’s hand was about to hit Mu Zhenzhen again, but it was intercepted halfway by Lu Yuanfeng.
Holding the stick, he said, "Mr. Mu, after all, it’s a human life. There’s no need to carry the burden of a life over this matter for the rest of your days!"
Mu Dashan also said: "Father, you’re already at an old age, do you wish for grey-haired people to send off black-haired people? Although Zhenzhen is wrong, she is not beyond redemption. You might as well give her a chance to reform!"
Old Mrs. Mu wept nearby: "Old man, Zhenzhen is the flesh of my flesh after ten months of pregnancy. If you were to beat her to death, you might as well beat me to death, because I don’t want to live anymore..."
The front yard of the Old Mu Family was instantly filled with a cacophony of sobbing and pleading for mercy.
Even the second branch and Mu Danian, who had long been hiding in the shadows watching the drama, came out to plead for Mu Zhenzhen.
After all, she is their sister. No matter how annoying she usually is, such a critical matter of life and death, they were willing to speak up.
Moreover, they had already seen the drama and there was nothing more to see.
Mr. Mu’s hand holding the stick shook and shook, and finally, he let go.
Mr. Mu suddenly seemed much older, more hunched than before, and his previously somewhat clear eyes became cloudy.
He left everyone behind, went to the backyard, and picked up his tobacco pipe to smoke.
The others, seeing that Mr. Mu had stopped hitting, felt both excited and awkward.
The awkward part was the issue of sending Mu Zhenzhen to the doctor. They had money, but it was hard-earned through risking their lives.
They couldn’t just use it to treat Mu Zhenzhen.
Moreover, it was a deal with no return.
Mu Dazhong awkwardly scratched his head and said to Old Mrs. Mu: "Mom, I’m going to mine in Mountain Village tomorrow, I’ll go pack up now!"
Mrs. Lin joined Mu Dazhong and nodded: "Mom, I’ll help!"
Mu Danian moved even faster, without a word, he ran off.
This left Mu Shuangshuang, Lu Yuanfeng, Mu Dashan, and Old Mrs. Mu, the four of them, looking at Mu Zhenzhen who was still groaning on the ground.
"Old Third, you take the money..." Old Mrs. Mu wiped her tears, thinking first of asking Mu Dashan to pay for Mu Zhenzhen’s treatment.
Her own money had been completely spent when Xiangxiang got married.
"Grandma, don’t say things that might chill my father’s heart, or I won’t contribute a penny!" Mu Shuangshuang interrupted Old Mrs. Mu.
Then she called to Lu Yuanfeng: "Fengzi, please go invite Grandpa Zhang, tell him the medical fees will be on credit, my uncle will pay it back when he returns!"
This time, Old Mrs. Mu felt Mu Shuangshuang was heartless and cruel.
She felt that Mu Shuangshuang was a devil, and everything she had done to her before was far from enough to be considered bad, not bad enough to match Mu Shuangshuang!
But in Mu Shuangshuang’s eyes, Old Mrs. Mu had brought all this upon herself.
If she had been reasonable that day and taken Mu Zhenzhen away, she wouldn’t have gone to tell Mr. Mu.
Mr. Mu wouldn’t have been angry, and Mu Zhenzhen wouldn’t have been beaten.
Or earlier, if she had nicely agreed to pay for Mu Zhenzhen’s medical fees, she might have let it go.
But she chose the way Mu Shuangshuang despised most, instructing her father to ask her father for money.
Since that was the case, Mu Shuangshuang felt no need to be polite!
Lu Yuanfeng called Zhang Huai Shu, who came to examine Mu Zhenzhen and prescribed some medicine, reminding them of precautions.
Before leaving, he deliberately reminded Old Mrs. Mu: "Your little girl must control her food intake, if it goes on like this, if something happens in the future, it will definitely be a matter of life and death!"
This time, even though Old Mrs. Mu didn’t cause a scene, Zhang Huai Shu could tell from her expression that his words would have no effect.
Having reminded them twice, Zhang Huai Shu decided not to remind them in the future.
The lives of the Old Mu Family had nothing to do with him!
After sending off Zhang Huai Shu, the people of the third branch dispersed as well, as the Old Mu Family was indeed no place for people to stay.
Staying a little longer, even Mu Shuangshuang suspected she would go crazy.
Mu Dashan was an honest man, and before leaving, he still reminded Old Mrs. Mu: "Mom, no matter how much you dislike me, you have to listen to Uncle Zhang, please take care of Zhenzhen and Xiangxiang!"
With that, Mu Dashan left the Old Mu Family.
Old Mrs. Mu stood there, mumbling to herself: "If you truly had filial piety, you’d divorce that wife of yours, throw away that troublesome daughter of yours, otherwise no matter what you say, I won’t listen!"
The phrase "Those who don’t court death won’t perish" perfectly described people like Old Mrs. Mu!
This affair left the Old Mu Family heavily scarred, not to mention that Mu Zhenzhen’s reputation was ruined.
If Mu Zhenzhen wanted to get married again, unless Mu Dade really became a Champion Scholar, no one would dare to marry her.
After the incident, Mu Shuangshuang didn’t rest. She went to the village chief and spoke about the matter, leading him to set rules for the village, stating that whoever dared to cause a scene at the school again would be driven out of the village.
If they were from outside the village, they’d be sent to the government, and even if it required the entire village’s strength, they would ensure such harmful people received punishment!
With this, Mu Shuangshuang was finally relieved!
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The next day, Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng, having rested at home for two days, went back to the town’s restaurant.
About half an hour before lunch, a servant from the Liu Family came.
He said Mrs. Liu sent him, and Mu Shuangshuang, Lu Yuanfeng, and Yu Dahai personally received him.
The servant explained the reason for his visit.
Mrs. Liu wanted them to organize her birthday banquet!
