Chapter 1162: Chapter 1158: Struggling on the Brink of Death (Third Update)

"You... you... I’ve had such a hard life, marrying into the Old Mu Family for so many years, never enjoyed any good fortune, only endured so much hardship, gave birth to children for you, and took care of your every need.

Now that we are about to live a good life, you abandon me, this poor wife, is there someone in your heart? Which woman is it?"

Old Mrs. Mu’s scolding became more and more outrageous.

Mr. Mu was getting increasingly angry.

With Mu Dade still standing by, Mr. Mu’s breathing became labored, his chest heavy with discomfort...

Suddenly, he started gasping for breath, violently!

No one knew how it happened, they just saw Mr. Mu, who was standing fine, suddenly collapse to the ground.

His eyes rolled back, no matter how they shouted, he wouldn’t move!

"What’s wrong with Dad?" Mrs. Jin looked at Mr. Mu on the ground and asked Mu Dade.

Mu Dade, startled, knelt on the ground, reached out his hand to check Mr. Mu’s breath.

Mu Dajiang, standing nearby, was so anxious his face turned red.

Just then, Mu Dashan entered the house, and Mu Dajiang shouted, "Third brother, it’s bad... it’s bad, Dad’s in trouble!"

Seeing his father lying on the ground, and Mu Dade kneeling beside, Mu Dashan almost stopped breathing, thinking something had happened to his father.

"Doctor, go get a doctor..." Mu Dashan shouted!

The Old Mu Family was instantly thrown into chaos.

Zhang Huai Shu, who had just finished dinner, was once again called over by the Old Mu Family.

One can imagine how unpleasant his expression was.

Not knowing Mr. Mu’s condition, he checked Mr. Mu first.

The conclusion was that Mr. Mu had fainted from being too emotional.

Moreover, the old man’s chest was beating too rapidly, which was not a good sign!

If Mu Shuangshuang were present, she could definitely say that Mr. Mu might have a heart condition or something similar.

Zhang Huai Shu lacked the knowledge of modern people, but he knew Mr. Mu had a chest problem, though what it would develop into, Zhang Huai Shu wasn’t sure either.

"In any case! You mustn’t let him get so agitated in the future, if it happens again, I’m afraid it won’t be as simple as a faint!"

In front of all the Old Mu Family members present, Zhang Huai Shu spoke frankly.

Mu Dajiang and Mu Dashan’s faces were instantly clouded with worry and heartache!

Mu Dade and Mrs. Jin, however, felt that this might be an opportunity for them.

So Mu Dade bravely asked, "Doctor, if my father wants to go to the county, can he bear the long journey?"

Zhang Huai Shu shook his head, "I can’t be sure about this. As it stands now, I know his chest is problematic, and he could easily lose his life!"

Hearing Zhang Huai Shu’s words, Mu Dade squinted his eyes.

Once he figured out how to handle this matter, then he asked, "Doctor, how much is the consultation fee?"

"Three hundred coins, I’ll leave twenty packs of medicine for you, make tea with them, boil three bowls down to one!

Also, don’t do any heavy work for now, I currently don’t know exactly how to handle Old Mu’s illness!"

Old Mrs. Mu was already stunned.

Listening to Zhang Huai Shu, he immediately felt regret deep in his heart...

"Old man, I won’t argue with you, get up quickly. You’re not fond of hitting me, right? Go ahead, hit me. I won’t talk back to you anymore, not anymore..."

After decades together, they’ve had so many children. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Old Mrs. Mu usually scolded the old man, but Mr. Mu was her sky, her everything.

If something happened to Mr. Mu, she wouldn’t fare well either.

"Old man..."

Zhang Huai Shu took the silver from Mu Dade and, following Mu Dajiang’s direction, went to Mu Danian’s room.

Mu Danian was beaten so badly that even Zhang Huai Shu thought it was too harsh.

He applied medicine to Mu Danian, his whole body wrapped in bandages, even the eyes left exposed had swollen eyelids!

"This was too heavy-handed, and it’s fortunate that Mu Family’s fifth has a tough life, or he would’ve died!"

Er Gui Village is different from other places.

Calling a man’s life tough isn’t an insult, but a way to say he has a strong life force.

Mu Danian being beaten wasn’t just a one-time or two-time thing, Zhang Huai Shu couldn’t even remember how many times he changed bandages for him.

Once, a pitchfork made a bloody hole in his buttocks, and another time, he was beaten black and blue...

In any case, it wouldn’t be long before Mu Danian was lively again.’

If that isn’t having a tough life, what is?

"Grandpa Zhang, thank you. My fifth brother’s medical expenses..." Mu Dajiang gritted his teeth, he wanted to say charge it to the Old Mu Family, he’d be the guarantor.

But Zhang Huai Shu cut him off first!

"I’ll go ask Mu Dade for it later, he doesn’t seem like a man lacking money. You have a good relationship with Shuangshuang’s house, don’t get involved in this mess!" Zhang Huai Shu advised Mu Dajiang.

Mu Dajiang nodded repeatedly to express his gratitude.

"Uncle Zhang, and two more—"

"What?" Zhang Huai Shu was a bit confused!

"There’re two more in our family that need to be looked at."

Mrs. Lin was beaten, and Gou Dan’s butt was whipped, these needed Zhang Huai Shu’s attention.

Gou Dan’s butt was a simple fix, but the invisible bruises on Mrs. Lin were tricky for Zhang, so he gave her medication to apply herself.

He followed Mu Dajiang to Mr. Mu’s room again.

At this moment, Mu Dade, full of tears and bitterness, was talking to Mu Dashan about his difficulties.

It was as if the things Mu Shuangshuang did had driven him to the brink of ruin!

"Big brother, you can’t just blame it all on Shuangshuang. If you hadn’t schemed against Fifth and Second Brother’s family, would Shuangshuang have had evidence against you?

I think Shuangshuang did nothing wrong, we have nothing to explain to you, but we also won’t accept your explanations!"

Mu Dashan spoke bluntly, he couldn’t stand to see his big brother still making excuses at this point.

"Third brother, I’m not making excuses, nor am I blaming Shuangshuang! I just want you to know, my salary alone can’t support such a large Mu Family.

You know what our parents want, they don’t just want this household to come along, but Zhenzhen and Xiangxiang, even Xiangxiang’s man. The old couple wants to bring them all over.

Shuang is worldly, renting a house, buying rice, oil, how much does that all cost?"

Though Mu Dade said he’s not blaming Shuangshuang, every word he says is about what they’d suffer after Shuangshuang exposes them,

what troubles they’d face,

and the difficulties that prevent their family from bringing others along!

"Big brother, I’m not trying to be harsh, but who doesn’t have hardships? Back then everyone was scrimping and saving to send you to school!

You may not feel it now, having had good days all these years, but back when we were poor, it was true. Did anyone in the family have enough to eat? Every little bit of money was put towards your exams.

Though Fifth Brother and Second Sister-in-law’s family aren’t innocent, they did financially support you initially! Without their support, you wouldn’t be where you are now, wouldn’t have become a scholar!"