From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 770 - 766: Who Is Right (Third Update)

"Since it’s Qin Shijie’s leg that got broken, how did you find our Old Mu Family? And why should our Old Mu Family pay the debt?"

Old Mrs. Mu asked boldly.

"Screw you, you old hag, stop babbling nonsense. I only know that your Old Mu Family’s daughter will marry into the Qin Family in the future.

Since that’s the case, you might as well help the Qin Family pay off the debt early, I don’t want to wait too long!"

The man’s logic was that since Mu Xiangxiang would become a daughter-in-law of the Qin Family, she should naturally help pay off their debts.

But Old Mrs. Mu wasn’t pleased. The engagement ceremony hadn’t happened yet, even if it did, they weren’t married yet, and even if they were married, there could still be a divorce. Why should her daughter take such a big loss?

"I’m telling you, I don’t care who you are, but the engagement between my daughter and the Qin Family’s people is off, my daughter won’t marry into the Qin Family, if you want money, go ask the Qin Family for it." Old Mrs. Mu mustered the courage to confront the burly man.

"Hey, you old hag, I’ve told you to shut up, but you keep blabbering, see if I don’t beat you to death."

The man took a few steps forward, grabbed Old Mrs. Mu by the collar, and was about to slam her to the ground when Mu Dajiang stepped up and said to the man, "What are you doing, let go of my mother! Do you think this world has no law?"

The man laughed loudly three times, "I am the law, either you give me the money or buy yourself a coffin and lay in it!"

The man’s words were extremely arrogant, and the dozen or so thugs behind him glared at the people of the Old Mu Family like fierce gods guarding the door.

Mu Dazhong and the others were so scared their legs went weak.

Old Mrs. Mu was still held in mid-air, her face turning blue and purple, about to pass out. Just then, the rough man’s hand released, and Old Mrs. Mu fell to the ground, nearly splitting her hips in two.

Old Mrs. Mu wailed endlessly.

Her voice also became a little weaker.

Mr. Mu, as the head of the household, had never seen such unreasonable people, but no matter how unreasonable, he still had to be reasonable.

"Dear brother, I don’t know how you found our Old Mu Family, but our daughter hasn’t married into the Old Qin Family, so she can’t be considered a Qin Family member’s wife.

As you can see, our Old Mu Family’s current condition, living in a mudbrick house, where can we get a thousand taels of silver?"

Mr. Mu pleaded earnestly.

But the man didn’t listen to any of it.

"I knew you’d try to play tricks, today I’ll let you know clearly."

The rough man finished speaking and shouted to the thugs behind him, "Aunt Qin, get in here right now!"

At the gate of the Old Mu Family’s courtyard, a disheveled woman staggered in.

She showed no visible injuries, but her halting steps gave the impression of someone hurt.

Aunt Qin appeared drastically different from the last time they saw her.

But Mr. Mu couldn’t worry about that now, he hurried up and anxiously asked, "Aunt Qin, it was your Old Qin Family who said they wanted to marry Xiangxiang, and when you didn’t show up yesterday, our Old Mu Family lost all face.

Now our Old Mu Family wants to call off the engagement, you should have no issues with that, right?"

Aunt Qin’s expression twisted instantly at Mr. Mu’s words.

"Such a cruel heart you have! Our Qin Family once believed that Mu Xiangxiang was a blessed person and wanted to turn our luck around through her.

But ever since the engagement with you, our Qin Family’s shops have had endless problems, first accused of selling fake goods, then two shops got shut down.

The night before the engagement, Shijie went to the gambling den and nearly lost the entire Qin Family’s fortunes. I see Mu Xiangxiang is far from blessed, she’s a jinx.

She ruined our Qin Family, left us with nothing, and now Shijie’s leg is broken..."

Aunt Qin raged like a madwoman, yet Old Mrs. Mu didn’t back down.

"You shameless woman, stop spewing useless garbage, your Qin Family had problems in the first place, how can you blame others?"

"And Qin Shijie went gambling the night before the engagement, and he’s still right? I don’t care what you say, my daughter won’t marry into the Qin Family."

Aunt Qin looked at Old Mrs. Mu, who was short but exceptionally shrewd.

Luckily!

She had prepared in advance.

"I knew your Old Mu Family wouldn’t admit it, but in my hand is a contract you old hag signed, let’s see you try not marrying Mu Xiangxiang into our Qin Family."

Aunt Qin took out a piece of paper from her sleeve, nobody knew what was written on it.

But according to Aunt Qin, it was signed by Old Mrs. Mu with her fingerprint on it.

"Oh my dear mother, how could you be so confused to sign something like this, now we’re really in for it, our Old Mu Family’s left without even our underwear." Mrs. Lin cried out, dissatisfied with Old Mrs. Mu.

"Stop talking nonsense, when did I sign anything with my fingerprint?" Old Mrs. Mu said.

"You’re just going to have to ask Nanny Li, her fingerprint is on it too!"

Aunt Qin was extremely confident that her contract was valid.

With Old Mrs. Mu’s fingerprint and Nanny Li’s as the mediator, this was much more official than the contract from when Mu Shuangshuang was sold by Mrs. Jin. Even if brought to the government, they would only agree to Aunt Qin’s request to have Mu Xiangxiang married off.

Only then did Old Mrs. Mu realize why Nanny Li hadn’t shown up, she must have heard about the debt collectors after the Qin Family, Qin Shijie’s thug leg getting broken, and the so-called contract, so she had run away.

Old Mrs. Mu’s body was swaying, almost fainting.

"You... you did it on purpose." Old Mrs. Mu steadied herself, pointing at Aunt Qin.

"So what if it was on purpose, so what if it wasn’t? Mu Xiangxiang ruined our Qin Family, you’ll go down with us!"

Originally, Aunt Qin had bribed Nanny Li to write a contract fearing that the Old Mu Family would go back on their word on the marriage due to rumors about Qin Shijie being cursed.

It was intended to secure the marriage, but now serves this purpose instead.

With the Qin Family facing such a downfall, Aunt Qin just wanted to take as much money as possible, no longer caring about the rest of the Qin Family.

"You need to hand over the ten taels of silver the Old Qin Family gave you at the start, along with the clothing, and the fifty taels sent to you twice thereafter."

The Qin Family had given ten taels of silver at first and sent more silver to the Old Mu Family several times to marry Mu Xiangxiang.

"Oh, and that piece of jade, and the four taels given to your two sons, hand them over."

Aunt Qin wanted both the money and Mu Xiangxiang herself.

"You’re talking nonsense, what ten taels of silver, what fifty taels, the first time you only gave us five taels, and as for the restaurant, you didn’t spend a dime, we, the Old Mu Family, even covered the meal expenses."