From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 790 - 786: Trapping Oneself (Third Update)
Returning home, Mu Shuangshuang noticed that Wang Erma, who had been tied up, was gone, likely taken away by the Wang Family.
Mu Shuangshuang tidied up the yard briefly and continued selling meat; as for Wang Erma’s affair, the accounting would be settled later!
Initially, the villagers were a bit afraid, after all, blood had been shed in the yard of the third branch, which was considered unlucky!
But upon reconsideration, they realized that pig slaughtering also involves bloodshed. If they continued to worry, they might not even be able to buy a piece of pork.
Today, Wang Erma dared to even slash a person, so they wouldn’t dare to buy meat from the Wang Family. If anything went wrong, they might receive a few slashes from the Wang Family themselves, leading to a huge loss.
Moments later, the villagers reached a consensus, queuing up again to buy meat. Those who bought meat then hurried to the yard of the third branch, anticipating that there would surely be drama, given that Mu Dashan and Yu Si Niang hadn’t yet appeared from their work on the construction site.
A while later, Mu Dashan, Yu Si Niang, and a few men from the construction site rushed back, each holding a wooden stick, looking like they intended to stand up for Mu Shuangshuang.
Especially Huang Da and Huang Er, who had a look that said they’d kill anyone who touched Mu Shuangshuang, scaring quite a few villagers along the way.
Yu Si Niang entered the house, frantically searching for Mu Shuangshuang, "Shuangshuang, Shuangshuang... Mother is late. Are you... are you alright?"
Being a woman, Yu Si Niang was terrified when she heard Wang Erma had attacked someone in her own house, injuring them and spilling blood. She rushed toward the third branch immediately, losing a shoe along the way.
A trailing woman caught up to her, returning the shoe, preventing Yu Si Niang from running barefoot.
Yu Si Niang’s face was pale, her hair slightly disheveled, making Mu Shuangshuang feel strongly empathetic.
"No problem, no problem!" Mu Shuangshuang waved her hand and pushed Lu Yuanfeng out, "Yuanfeng saved me, Mother, Father, don’t worry, Shuangshuang is unharmed."
Yu Si Niang looked at Lu Yuanfeng with gratitude on her face.
Her heart grew more satisfied with this son-in-law, "Yuanfeng, thank you today. If not for you, my Shuangshuang would have..."
Yu Si Niang clutched her chest, looking anxious.
"Mother, everything is over now!" Mu Shuangshuang replied.
"Indeed, Si Niang, the children have already said it’s alright now." Mu Dashan patted his wife’s shoulder, comforting her, then asked, "What exactly happened today? Tell me everything, I can’t calm my racing heart."
Mu Shuangshuang recounted the incident to those present, especially Wang Erma’s actions.
As she finished speaking, Mu Dashan threw the wooden stick in his hand to the ground.
"A brazen Wang Erma, daring to touch even my Mu Dashan’s daughter, I’m going to confront him!" Mu Dashan, face flushed with anger, was about to rush outside.
"Father, don’t go; Grandma has already gone to seek justice from my second uncle and find the village chief. We shouldn’t confront this ourselves; let the village chief report to the authorities and have Wang Erma jailed. That’s more effective than any argument."
Mu Shuangshuang always felt that simply beating someone only caused temporary pain and did not serve as a punishment.
Wang Erma, despite being taught a lesson repeatedly, would forget the pain after his wounds healed and continue causing trouble for the third branch.
Instead of constantly living in fear of him stirring up trouble, it would be better to send him to jail once, which would both deter the Wang Family and keep Wang Erma away for a while.
Mu Dashan thought about it and felt his daughter was right. "I’ll go to the village chief to discuss this. You don’t need to bother much today, take a rest early!"
After speaking, Mu Dashan left the yard.
Zhang Yutou and Zhao Yun also comforted Mu Shuangshuang, mostly agreeing with her decision to report to the authorities.
Only Huang Da and Huang Er were somewhat dissatisfied, pulling Mu Shuangshuang aside, saying, "Miss Shuangshuang, no matter what you think, we brothers still want to teach Wang Erma a lesson."
Huang Da and Huang Er had never been the type to tolerate wrongdoing, yet after becoming friends with Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng, their temperaments had improved significantly.
Now, seeing their good friend bullied, if they ignore it, they would be no different from scoundrels.
"What do you plan to do?" Mu Shuangshuang calmly asked.
Huang Da and Huang Er were surprised.
"Didn’t you say not to intervene earlier? Why now?" Huang Da asked.
"I was just deceiving my father. My father is an honest man; if he were to confront Wang Erma now, he’d surely suffer losses. As his daughter, naturally, I can’t harm him.
However, if today’s grievances are left unsettled, I’d feel uncomfortable myself; I’m not someone who just hides my pain and pretends nothing happened, so we’ll pull off a big move and let Wang Erma learn his lesson."
Mu Shuangshuang’s vengeful nature decided that she wouldn’t quietly suffer injustices.
It seemed that she wasn’t injured today, but she was scared, lost a wooden basin, and two doors. Not to mention, recovering some mental damages, and the cost of the wooden basin from Wang Erma would only be fair, right?
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At Old Wang’s place, Wang Erma lay on the bed groaning, nearly kicked to death by Lu Yuanfeng’s two kicks.
His whole body was now burning with painful sting.
At least in the end, he managed to slash Mu Dazhong once, partly restoring his dignity. Otherwise, he would have lost face completely.
Wang Erma was smug on his own, but Wang Gousheng and Gousheng’s mother were anxiously pacing around.
Today, Wang Erma’s slash at Mu Dazhong was genuine; if not for the brat kicking Mu Dazhong away, her man would have caused a major disaster.
Murder requires paying with one’s life!
"Gousheng’s father, maybe you should hide at my mother’s place for a few days. You slashed someone from the Old Mu Family today, and Mu Dade has just passed the imperial exams; he’ll probably want to deal with our family." Gousheng’s mother looked worried.
"Why hide? Mu Dazhong isn’t dead anyway! Besides, it was the little brat from the third branch deliberately trying to sell meat at low prices, cutting off my revenue. I merely gave a small punishment, didn’t really do anything serious to them. I didn’t trouble them; why should they trouble me?" Wang Erma shouted loudly.
"Gousheng’s father, listen to me, just leave and talk later." Gousheng’s mother said.
"Talking nonsense! You stupid woman, always whining. If you have the ability, sell the pork in the yard; buzzing like a fly next to me, what’s the point?" Wang Erma scolded Gousheng’s mother fiercely.
Gousheng’s mother ran out crying. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
"Hmph, useless woman, better off gone!"
Since childhood, Wang Erma was a tough cookie, always arguing back whenever someone spoke to him.
Moreover, none of the relatives in the Wang family ever attended school or pursued officialdom, so Wang Erma had no idea his actions were illegal.
