From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 805 - 801: Not Wasting Time (Third Update)
"Fengzi, don’t intervene in this matter. I want Shuangshuang to apologize to my mother!"
Liu Zian spoke with conviction.
He didn’t want to press charges against Shuangshuang for hitting his mother, he just wanted an apology.
"Apologize? Apologize for what? It’s your mother who should be apologizing." Lu Yuanfeng’s face was full of anger.
In the morning, Mrs. Song came to cause trouble, and then in the afternoon, Liu Zian came to make trouble. Is there no justice in this world?
"Shuangshuang, listen to me, my mother was beaten like that, if you don’t go to apologize..."
"What if I don’t apologize? Will your mother not like me, or will you hate me?"
"Shuangshuang, I..." Liu Zian was stunned for a moment, having been guessed correctly.
Mu Shuangshuang rolled her eyes.
She seemed to understand Liu Zian’s logic; whether she hit anyone or not, she first had to make his mother happy.
She wasn’t Liu Zian’s wife, so why should she help him please his mother?
Mu Shuangshuang was not foolish. Mrs. Song’s trouble-making this time was understandable; there was only one possibility!
Liu Zian might have praised her in front of his mother, or used her as a shield during matchmaking.
Or he might like her, and his mother found out!
Between these two possibilities, Mu Shuangshuang leaned towards the latter.
No wonder Liu Zian asked her that day if she was willing to go to the county!
He even emphasized that Fengzi couldn’t provide her a good life, dismissing him as a mere laborer.
Some things are better left unthought of. The more she thought about it, the more angered Mu Shuangshuang felt.
Liu Zian knew she liked Fengzi, yet he tried such foolish schemes, showing blatant disrespect for her and Fengzi.
"Liu Zian, even if I hit your mother, I won’t apologize! And I didn’t hit her, so there’s nothing to apologize for!
If you think I’m unreasonable, kindly take the exit to your right! I don’t have the time or energy to waste on you!"
Mu Shuangshuang’s words carried some sense of misplaced anger, but it was understandable.
She was the one who felt wronged, and not only was she not comforted, now she was expected to comfort Liu Zian!
"You... Shuangshuang, how did you become like this? The Shuangshuang I know wasn’t such an unreasonable girl, I..." Liu Zian was rendered speechless by Mu Shuangshuang’s remarks.
Mu Shuangshuang, on the other hand, acted nonchalant and said, "It’s never too late to know! I am petty, violent, unreasonable, and I’ll hit whoever I want! If I can’t stand you, I’ll hit even you!"
Liu Zian was infuriated, he rushed out of the third branch’s courtyard and ran back to Liu Family Village.
Lu Yuanfeng, who stood by, frowned and asked, "Shuangshuang, it seems Liu Zian misunderstood you!"
"Let him be mistaken, a scholar is useless anyway! He demands an apology without discerning right from wrong; it’s unfair to me.
With this kind of attitude, if he becomes an official later, he’d just be someone to be manipulated, I’m simply teaching him the ways of the world!"
Mu Shuangshuang, though worked in a small place in her past life, had seen much of the world.
Liu Zian’s impulsiveness and heavy personal emotions were far too predominant.
If he doesn’t change this attitude, he might not have an easy life in the future.
Lu Yuanfeng listened to Shuangshuang’s words, feeling touched, as he knew Shuangshuang was still considering Liu Zian’s wellbeing.
"Shuangshuang, actually, you didn’t need to say those things to Liu Zian. He surely doesn’t realize you meant well, he might even be resenting you right now!"
"Let him resent me, who cares!" Mu Shuangshuang replied.
Mu Shuangshuang never cared about Liu Zian’s opinions. The way she approached life and things was open and honest. To those who believed in her and wanted to be friends, she would treat them with sincerity!
"Fengzi, once you’re done, take a rest. We have more than enough firewood for the winter!"
Lu Yuanfeng every while went to the mountains to cut wood for the third branch, and they already had enough for the winter; now they even have enough for next spring!
"There’s usually a lot of rain in spring, making it hard to chop wood, so I prepared more." Lu Yuanfeng grinned, making Mu Shuangshuang laugh.
The matter with Liu Zian was left unresolved, and Mu Shuangshuang didn’t have time to care, because time quickly passed, and it was the day before Mu Dalang’s wedding.
On the morning of December 17, the Old Mu Family courtyard, inside and out, was already bustling.
After Mu Dade became a scholar, this was the first celebratory event in the Old Mu Family, so several relatives who hadn’t been in touch for decades came a day early.
All of them came with their families, wanting to gain some benefits from the Old Mu Family; the most important objective was to win Mu Dade’s favor for their younger generation.
So that after Mu Dade became an official, he’d remember them and help them rise to success.
Due to this, the main branch was almost bursting, as everyone wanted to partake in the joyous atmosphere.
Mu Dandan and Mu Yingying complained all morning, expressing disdain for these people.
The tea leaves, which she priced at two silver per jin, quickly ran out.
In the side hall of the main branch, Mu Dandan was preparing tea and spat on the ground in frustration.
"Pshaw! Yingying, I can’t take it anymore, why should our main branch bleed for the second branch’s son’s wedding?
Look at how much of the good tea leaves are left. Two silver!" Mu Dandan lamented with a pained expression.
"Yes, sister, what should we do about this? We can’t just kick them out, can we?" Mu Yingying was also extremely annoyed.
These relatives, whom they never saw before, suddenly appeared in droves, eating, drinking, and taking things for free, treating them as if the main branch were some charity.
"Should we call grandpa and grandma to deal with these people?" Mu Yingying asked.
"No, most of these people are relatives by blood, even if grandpa and grandma don’t like them, they won’t say anything in front of them, as it concerns the Old Mu Family’s reputation."
Mu Dandan, though angry, was still somewhat sensible.
Kicking these people out wasn’t practical.
"Then what should we do? Our tea leaves are almost gone, what if they want other things from our house later?" Mu Yingying said.
"Here’s what we’ll do: go find Gou Dan from the second branch and some other kids from the family, grab some fruits and snacks and let them chase away the people.
At that point, if anyone gets beaten, it’ll be them, and it can annoy these absurd relatives, plus it has nothing to do with us."
Mu Dandan’s plan was to borrow others to do the dirty work.
Her mother wanted to raise her and her sister to be ladies and didn’t allow them to engage in these things. Mu Dandan didn’t want to disappoint her mother, nor did she want any trouble!
"Sister, that’s a good idea, I’ll go do it right now! If Little Zhi from the third branch could join them, that would be perfect. I have a grudge against the third branch that’s hard to swallow." Mu Yingying said.
"Okay, you go find Gou Dan, I’ll find Little Zhi, we’ll act separately!"
Mu Dandan and Mu Yingying finished speaking and went their separate ways, one heading to the second branch, the other to the third branch.
Dealing with the second branch was easy; Gou Dan, lazy by nature, barely needed a word to follow Mu Yingying eagerly.
