Mu Shuangshuang returned home, and most of the women who had been chatting and gossiping at her house had left.

Only Zhao Yun was left, still chatting with Yu Si Niang.

The two of them were on good terms as usual, and once they started chatting, they couldn’t stop.

Mu Shuangshuang entered the room and said to Zhao Yun, "Aunt Xiao Yun, later on, call Uncle Yu and Da Long to come for dinner. I’m going to stew a chicken tonight, and we can have it with chicken soup!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun waved her hand repeatedly, "No, no, don’t trouble yourself. I’ll go home to eat, you’ve been working hard all day, finally home, you should take a good rest!"

Mu Shuangshuang smiled, "It’s nothing, Aunt Xiao Yun, are you not giving Shuangshuang face?"

"Oh, come on, you make it sound as if it’s unacceptable if I don’t eat here!"

Zhao Yun said this with a laugh.

Yu Si Niang and Mrs. Bai also urged her to stay, and with no choice, Zhao Yun decided to stay.

Mu Shuangshuang grabbed a knife and went into the chicken coop, catching an old hen.

She slit the hen’s throat, allowing the blood to flow into a small bowl of water, collecting half a bowl of chicken blood before she started boiling water to pluck the feathers.

In the kitchen, Mu Shuangshuang was already skilled and confident. Even without any help, she could quickly finish the job.

Soon, the sound of chopping vegetables came from the kitchen of the third branch.

Mrs. Bai, Yu Si Niang, and Zhao Yun heard the sounds and started discussing.

"Among all the girls in Er Gui Village, it seems Shuangshuang is the most diligent and capable of earning money!" Zhao Yun exclaimed.

Mrs. Bai agreed, "I used to think that if a girl could stand on her own outside, she wouldn’t be able to handle kitchen work!

Who would have thought, this Shuangshuang manages outside work smoothly and keeps everything at home organized too. I’m envious, Si Niang, you have a great daughter!"

"Not only that, but there’s Feng. I heard the village women gossiping yesterday, saying when Shuangshuang was washing clothes, Feng helped carry the water bucket, pitying his future wife.

He eagerly carries heavy loads. Such a son-in-law, most girls wouldn’t even imagine!" Zhao Yun said.

Yu Si Niang blushed from their words. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

She modestly insisted her daughter wasn’t that good.

But deep down, only she knew how happy she was when her daughter was praised!

Dinner was soon ready, and the highlight of Mu Shuangshuang’s evening was the herbal chicken raised on medicinal herbs.

Not only nutritious, but she hadn’t added any seasoning, making the chicken soup purely flavorful.

After a long day, the men enjoyed dumplings, drank chicken soup, and had rice if they wanted.

This life was truly blissful.

In contrast, at the main house of the Old Mu Family, Old Mrs. Mu, Mu Zhenzhen, and Mu Xiangxiang searched through neighbors’ houses but couldn’t find a single chicken feather.

If no one was watching, Old Mrs. Mu might have crawled into people’s chicken coops, searching chicken by chicken.

Without any chickens, the dinner quality naturally wasn’t high.

Old Mrs. Mu instructed Mrs. Liu to make boiled vegetables, tiger skin peppers, and even brought out the seldom-used fermented black beans.

With such dishes laid out, the family from the main household naturally didn’t want to look at them.

Mrs. Jin took one glance at the food and claimed Mu Dade had an upset stomach and didn’t want to eat dinner.

Old Mrs. Mu gave Mrs. Jin a disdainful look, seemingly unhappy with her words.

But there was no helping it; you can’t force someone to eat if they don’t want to.

However, there were bound to be sarcastic remarks.

"Some people just can’t endure a little hardship. Anyone unaware might think they were born to be a wealthy lady.

But as everyone knows, a single step, no matter who takes it, stands in a pile of chicken droppings. What’s meant to stink will stink, and what’s not meant to be fragrant won’t be fragrant!"

Listening to Old Mrs. Mu’s mocking words, Mrs. Jin was seething inside but had to maintain a smiling face.

Lin Xiaozao, on the side, didn’t miss the chance to add insult to injury.

"Mom, you shouldn’t speak ill of my sister-in-law; she’s the county magistrate’s wife. We might need her help when we go to the county later.

If she gets upset, like last time, and falsely accuses us of stealing her golden bracelet and drives us out, what then?" Mrs. Lin said.

Old Mrs. Mu’s face darkened immediately, "She wouldn’t dare! The Old Mu Family isn’t led by daughters-in-law; while I, the old woman, am here, the son listens to me, and so does the daughter-in-law!"

"I agree, how can a daughter-in-law not listen to her mother-in-law? Mom, I support you!" Mrs. Lin added.

Their combined efforts almost wiped the smile off Mrs. Jin’s face.

Mrs. Jin quickly excused herself and left the dining hall rapidly.

Once Mrs. Jin was gone, Old Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Lin strutted like victorious roosters, their tails seemingly sky-high.

Suddenly, Old Mrs. Mu scanned Lin and asked, "Second son’s wife, where’s the second son? Didn’t he come back? Why isn’t he coming out to eat?"

Lin was so startled by this sudden question that her heart almost leaped out of her throat.

"Mom, Daddy Gou Dan has an upset stomach, he said he doesn’t want to eat tonight!"

What a joke, they were waiting to roast a chicken in the cotton field tonight.

Mr. Mu frowned immediately, "Second son is back? How come I didn’t know?"

"Dad, Xiangxiang and I didn’t know either. If mom hadn’t gone to the second sister-in-law’s room to find a chicken, second brother probably wouldn’t have shown up. I wonder if he made some money and plans to get rich quietly!"

Mu Zhenzhen loved stirring things up ever since she returned and didn’t reunite with Zhuangzi.

She began to instigate conflicts.

Good things were twisted into bad in her mouth.

Several times she almost caused family fights.

"Zhenzhen, how could you say that? Don’t you know what kind of person your second brother is? If he made money, would he hide it? Plus, we have mom here to control things; apart from the first sister-in-law, nobody has a little treasury!"

Mu Zhenzhen was one of Old Mrs. Mu’s favorite daughters.

Mrs. Liu knew she couldn’t confront her directly!

So she directed the trouble back to Mrs. Jin.

Sure enough, after she spoke, Old Mrs. Mu sneered, "Just a little tart, my son comes from my flesh, whatever I tell him to do, he’ll listen to me!"

Mrs. Liu nodded repeatedly, "Mom is right, you’re in charge of our family!"

The dinner wasn’t satisfying; though Old Mrs. Mu didn’t serve good food to others, both daughters each got two steamed eggs.

Mu Xiangxiang and Mu Zhenzhen didn’t complain about the food.

Especially Mu Xiangxiang, she’d eat another meal later, so there was no need to fuss over this one.

After dinner, Mrs. Lin excused herself by saying she had a stomach ache and hurriedly ran to her house without even clearing the dishes.

It was still early as she walked in and saw Mu Dazhong already dressed, seemingly waiting to head out as soon as it got dark.