From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 1113 - 1109: Third Brother, Promise Mother, Please (Second Update)
Back then when Shuangshuang opened the restaurant, they didn’t even have three hundred taels of silver as capital.
Three hundred taels of silver, if exchanged for third-grade land, would be three hundred acres.
Three hundred acres of land would make almost a small landowner.
"He... how could Gao Tiezhu do this?" Mu Dashan asked angrily.
"Third brother, there’s more to it, you saw Dad, right? It’s Gao Tiezhu’s three hundred taels of silver that infuriated him.
He also said that the village chief is in cahoots with Gao Tiezhu, and there’s no use in seeking him out.
And the injury on Mom’s forehead was caused by Gao Tiezhu’s men, look, it’s still bleeding!"
Mu Danian pointed at Mr. Mu, then at Old Mrs. Mu.
At this point, he seemed like a filial son, knowing how to care for his parents.
"I... I... need to confront them, how dare they do this?" Mu Dashan was nearly insane with anger.
How could one’s parents just be trampled like this? Is there no justice, no law anymore?
"Old Third, don’t be angry! It was my mistake initially, I didn’t listen to you and insisted on borrowing money from Gao Tiezhu! Now karma has come... we’ve been duped so badly.
But what bothers me is that I was the one who did it, let the karma be on me, why drag the Old Mu Family into it?!" Mr. Mu felt deeply remorseful.
If he weren’t so weak at the moment, he really wanted to punch himself a few times or slap himself.
"Dad, don’t say that." Mu Dashan approached Mr. Mu’s bedside.
"No one knew it would turn out like this, you’re not at fault, the blame is on Gao Tiezhu for not keeping his word, it’s their fault, we should blame them!" Mu Dashan comforted Mr. Mu.
"Ah, Old Third... why was I so possessed back then to borrow money from Gao Tiezhu!"
Mr. Mu’s words of regret, Mu Dashan’s words of comfort.
Time passed quickly as they exchanged words!
Mu Danian waited and waited but didn’t hear Mu Dashan mention repaying the Old Mu Family’s debt, he became anxious.
He signaled to his mother, and Old Mrs. Mu immediately burst into fake tears.
"Oh my destiny... how bitter it is! Worked my whole life with muddy legs, finally my son became a scholar, passed the Champion Scholar exam, only to end up getting our heads knocked by a scoundrel.
Poor me, this old woman, worrying about being pursued for debt even at this old age, oh dear..."
Old Mrs. Mu’s voice was loud, the children who followed behind, including Xiao Han, felt too scared to go inside upon hearing it.
In the end, Xiao Han summoned the courage to pull Yuanbao and Little Zhi inside.
Upon seeing the children, Mr. Mu’s complexion improved slightly, and his attention shifted away from self-reproach.
"Xiao Han, Little Zhi, and... Yuanbao, come over and let Grandpa take a look..." Mr. Mu beckoned to the three children.
Xiao Han and Little Zhi went up, Yuanbao didn’t move.
Firstly, he wasn’t Mr. Mu’s biological grandson; secondly, Mr. Mu mentioning Yuanbao was added afterward, Yuanbao felt Mr. Mu didn’t sincerely like him.
"Good children, at times like this, you are the ones with filial piety." Mr. Mu murmured.
Actually, the children were not entirely ignorant.
At least Little Zhi and Xiao Han were very sensible since the third branch split from the Old Mu Family.
Little Zhi and Xiao Han basically stopped coming to the Old Mu Family’s main residence to play.
Even Gou Dan hasn’t been interacted with for a long time.
This directly led to Mr. Mu not seeing the two children for a long time.
"Grandpa, you and Grandma should take care of yourselves, if you feel like eating anything, let my second aunt cook it, she’s the best chef!" Little Zhi spoke in a childish voice.
His words nearly made Yuanbao standing next to him laugh out loud.
What Little Zhi said wasn’t the truth, Mrs. Lin’s cooking wasn’t tasty.
She said it out of concern that Old Mrs. Mu and Mr. Mu might call upon people from the fourth branch to work.
"You mention that damn woman, as soon as people from the Gao family show up, she jumps over the wall and ran away, hasn’t returned until now, who knows where she’s gone!"
Old Mrs. Mu cursed relentlessly.
Little Zhi was scared by Old Mrs. Mu’s curses and hid behind Mu Dashan.
"Enough, you’ve injured your head, what are you shouting for?" Mr. Mu scolded Old Mrs. Mu.
"I..." Old Mrs. Mu was about to retort when Mu Danian gave her a look.
Signaling her to focus on the main issue.
Only then did Old Mrs. Mu sit back down on the bench, starting to wipe her tears again.
"What can we do? Three hundred taels of silver, even selling the Old Mu Family, selling this old woman, won’t be enough to repay!"
"Mom, why say such foolish things, with me and Third Brother here, there’s no way we’d let you sell yourself, stop talking like that." Mu Danian deliberately said words to comfort Old Mrs. Mu.
Then he shifted the focus onto Mu Dashan.
"Third Brother, it doesn’t work, I can’t persuade Mom, you give her a promise, tell her you can resolve this, so she won’t be upset!"
"I..." Mu Dashan was dumbfounded, he didn’t understand how this responsibility suddenly fell on him.
"Ah, this bitter old woman, seems destined to die, I can’t live anymore..." Old Mrs. Mu began to wail and cry again seeing Mu Dashan hesitate.
Mu Danian quickly tugged on Mu Dashan’s sleeve: "Third Brother, quickly reassure Mom, we won’t really hold you responsible, as long as you calm Mom down, so she doesn’t act recklessly!"
Mu Danian’s words made Mu Dashan feel uncomfortable.
He opened his mouth, trying to agree, but couldn’t speak several times.
"Third Brother, what’s your hesitation? Do you want to watch Mom jump into the fire pit? Do you want to see her die?" Mu Danian pressed him step by step.
Mu Dashan naturally shook his head. "I don’t want to!"
"Then there we go, you don’t want Mom to die, meaning you’re willing to promise her and willing to repay the Old Mu Family’s debt!"
Mu Danian kept being clever.
After speaking, he turned to Old Mrs. Mu: "Mom, you heard, my Third Brother is willing to repay those three hundred taels of silver, you and Dad can take care of your health now!"
Old Mrs. Mu nodded with satisfaction. "Old Third, Mom hasn’t raised you in vain, if you repay those three hundred taels for the Old Mu Family, you’ll be a hero of the Old Mu Family in the future, and future benefits of the Old Mu Family won’t exclude you!"
Mu Dashan felt more and more uneasy as he listened, he clearly hadn’t said he’d fully take responsibility.
How did it suddenly become his responsibility to pay the three hundred taels?
"Danyan, Mom, it’s not... I..." Mu Dashan was about to explain.
But Mu Danian interrupted him forcefully.
"Third Brother, what isn’t? Look at Mom, she’s been beaten up, now you can’t say anything, in short, just wait peacefully to be the Old Mu Family’s hero!"
[Recommended two interesting contemporary rebirth novels: Zhou Qiqi "Rebirth Hidden Marriage: Cold-Blooded Mu Shao, Love to Excess" and Gu Xiaozhen "Rebirth Entertainment Circle: Hidden Sweet Wife, Too Enticing"!]
