Just as Old Mrs. Mu was about to get close to Yu Si Niang, a foot suddenly shot out of nowhere and kicked straight at her.

With a bang, Old Mrs. Mu was kicked and fell right at the doorway of Yu Si Niang’s room.

Inside the room, everyone except Mrs. Bai, who had done the kicking, was stunned!

"You... you dared hit my mother!!!" Mu Xiangxiang rushed up and questioned Mrs. Bai.

"Yeah, I hit her, so what? You gonna teach me a lesson?" Mrs. Bai glanced at Mu Xiangxiang’s skinny frame. "Go on then, try me. I ain’t afraid of you, you little vixen!"

As Mrs. Bai spoke, she raised her fist and shook it at Mu Xiangxiang.

Old Mrs. Mu clutched her aching backside and pointed at Yu Si Niang, cursing, "You whore, you... you dare gang up with an outsider to hit me, I... I’ll have Old Third divorce you, you damned shrew!"

The more Old Mrs. Mu cursed, the more disgusting she sounded, and Mrs. Bai lost her temper too.

"I’m the one who hit you, why’re you always picking on Si Niang? Let me tell you, I’m guarding here today, no one’s allowed to come make trouble in the third branch!"

Mrs. Bai blocked the front, standing off against Old Mrs. Mu, neither willing to give way!

Yu Si Niang didn’t dare open her mouth to argue with Old Mrs. Mu. On the one hand, Old Mrs. Mu was her mother-in-law, so in many things she had to listen to her.

But on the other hand, Yu Si Niang also felt that Old Mrs. Mu was being completely unreasonable!

So she stood by Mrs. Bai’s side, which both showed her stance and didn’t embarrass Old Mrs. Mu too directly!

After quite a while, just as Old Mrs. Mu was about to start another scene—

A carriage clattered to a halt at the gate of the third branch’s courtyard.

Right after, Mu Shuangshuang jumped down from the carriage.

She took out a bunch of things from the carriage, and in no time the gate was piled up like a little hill.

Mu Xiangxiang’s gaze was hooked by the things Mu Shuangshuang was unloading.

She walked up and said to Mu Shuangshuang, "You stinking girl, what all did you buy? Got anything tasty? Let me have a look!"

As she spoke, Mu Xiangxiang’s hand reached toward one of the sacks filled with stuff.

But before she got close, her hand was smacked hard by Mu Shuangshuang.

"Little Aunt, broad daylight and you’re trying to steal my things?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.

"Who... who’s stealing your stuff? I’m just looking!"

Mu Xiangxiang was a bit guilty, but even more she was furious at being refused by Mu Shuangshuang!

"Look? And after you look? You’ll say you like it and tell me to hand it over?" Mu Shuangshuang ruthlessly tore through Mu Xiangxiang’s little trick.

Mu Xiangxiang flew into a shameful rage. "It was clearly your mother who stole one of our old hens and refused to hand it over, then even called a bunch of ugly women from the village over to eat chicken. Your mother’s the thief, not me!"

"Bullshit! We’ve got more chickens than we can eat at home, why would my mother go steal one chicken from the Old Mu Family? If you want to frame someone, at least come up with a decent reason!"

Mu Shuangshuang exploded at once and grabbed Mu Xiangxiang for a round of savage scolding.

"You stinking girl, what makes you say I’m framing your mother?" Mu Xiangxiang shot back.

"Then what makes you say my mother stole a chicken? Get the hell out of here! If you don’t move it, I’ll break your damn legs!" As Mu Shuangshuang spoke, she took down the wooden bar used to bolt the courtyard gate.

And waved it right in front of Mu Xiangxiang!

Mu Xiangxiang backed away again and again until she was next to Mu Zhenzhen.

"Second Sister, that stinking girl’s gonna hit me!"

Mu Zhenzhen looked like she’d seen a ghost. She’d suffered plenty under Mu Shuangshuang before, and she knew very well Mu Shuangshuang was a vicious one—once she went crazy, she’d hit anyone!

"Mother, hurry over here, this stinking girl is turning the sky upside down!"

Mu Shuangshuang rolled her eyes. She thought to herself: with guts this puny, you still dare come to the third branch looking for trouble? You must be tired of living!

Old Mrs. Mu didn’t dare come closer. She just flung a few vicious lines at Yu Si Niang: "Good for you, Yu Si Niang, this is how you teach your daughter? Aren’t you ashamed as a mother? If I were you, I’d go kill myself!"

"You..." Hearing that, Mu Shuangshuang was so furious she wanted to start swinging.

The always-bullied Yu Si Niang somehow mustered up some courage.

She said to Old Mrs. Mu, "Mother, I’ll say it again, I didn’t steal the chicken. If you don’t believe me, you can search our chicken coop as you like!

If you find it, I’ll pay you back ten chickens. But if you don’t find it, you have to apologize to me!"

As soon as Old Mrs. Mu heard that, she nodded at once. "If we can’t find the chicken in the third branch, this old woman will apologize to you. But if we do find it, you’ll give me ten hens."

Old Mrs. Mu had been coveting the third branch’s hens for ages.

Especially since she’d heard villagers say the third branch’s chickens seemed to be raised on some kind of herbal medicine, very nourishing!

Before, Old Mrs. Mu just hadn’t had the chance. Now the opportunity was here, and of course she wouldn’t miss it!

She strode quickly inside and searched every corner of the third branch, even went into Mu Shuangshuang’s room.

As expected, she couldn’t find the speckled hen she’d been going on about.

Seeing this, Old Mrs. Mu said, "So the chicken’s not found, but that doesn’t prove you didn’t steal it! Anyway, Yu Si Niang, you’re still under suspicion!"

With that, Old Mrs. Mu was ready to leave.

Mu Shuangshuang hurriedly blocked her way, the corners of her mouth twitching. "Grandma, that’s not what you said earlier. You said if you couldn’t find the chicken in our third branch, you’d apologize to my mother!"

As if just anyone got to stroll into her room, Mu Shuangshuang’s place?

"What are you doing, I’m your grandmother! You think you can block me?" Old Mrs. Mu was a bit angry.

Mu Shuangshuang smiled and turned to the crowd who’d been watching the commotion inside for so long. "Aunties, does anyone remember what my grandma said just now? Could you remind her?"

Zhao Yun hurriedly said, "Your grandma said if she didn’t find the chicken, she’d apologize to your mother!"

"Grandma, you heard that, right? All these aunties in the village heard it. If you want to go back on your word, you’d better make sure they all forget what you said first!" Mu Shuangshuang said.

Old Mrs. Mu stayed silent and still didn’t apologize!

Mu Shuangshuang had to use her trump card: "Since Grandma won’t apologize, I’ll just have to go around telling everyone in the village and in town! After all, Grandma’s reputation is yours to throw away.

As for whether it’ll affect my eldest uncle’s official position in the end, well, that’s hard to say."

The threat in Mu Shuangshuang’s words struck right at Old Mrs. Mu’s weak spot.

She bared her teeth at Mu Shuangshuang for quite a while, then finally, unwillingly, said to Yu Si Niang, "You didn’t steal the chicken. I apologize!"

Only then did Mu Shuangshuang step aside!

But she still didn’t forget to remind Old Mrs. Mu: "Grandma, you should know better than me who in this family is the real thief and who likes to sneak things. You’ve been held up in our third branch so long, that chicken might’ve already been eaten by someone!"

That single sentence made Old Mrs. Mu’s eyes turn red with anger.

Of course she knew Mu Shuangshuang was talking about the second branch.

In the past, Mrs. Lin just loved doing this sort of thing.

Sometimes it was a piece of ginger from the salt jar, sometimes an egg from the chicken coop.

If Old Mrs. Mu caught her, fine; if not, that woman would definitely never admit it.

Once she thought it through, Old Mrs. Mu didn’t care whether she’d lost face in the third branch. She hurried straight toward the second branch of the Old Mu Family!

Mu Zhenzhen and Mu Xiangxiang exchanged a glance, then quickly followed after her!