From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 1001 - 997: Feels Familiar (Second Update)
"You brat, how dare you talk? If it weren’t for you, would I have lost four taels of silver?" Mrs. Lin shouted at Mu Shuang.
Mu Shuangshuang rolled her eyes and said in a moderate voice, "If you didn’t have the thought to steal, would you have lost the silver?"
"As people act, the heavens watch. Those who do bad things are just waiting to be punished by Heaven!"
After Mu Shuangshuang spoke, Mrs. Lin angrily rushed to Old Mrs. Mu.
Complaining to Old Mrs. Mu: "Mother, just now I asked Shuang if she knew Xiangxiang’s whereabouts, and that brat reprimanded me, saying even if she knew, she wouldn’t tell me."
Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Mu couldn’t stand it and rushed to find trouble with Mu Shuangshuang.
Mu Shuangshuang calmly replied, "Grandma, you might ask the folks in the fields if anyone has seen my little aunt. Generally, no one goes into the mountains."
Old Mrs. Mu didn’t get the expected response from Mu Shuangshuang and felt deflated, like a balloon losing its air.
The group set off to search for Mu Xiangxiang again.
Mu Xiangxiang, meanwhile, was having a good meal and drinks at the Sun family’s home.
It was lunchtime, Old Mr. Sun pulled Granny Sun outside, sighing heavily, "Oh, wife, what should we do? Where on earth did this pig spirit come from?
This morning she ate nine buns and half a pot of rice. Now, take a look at those dishes.
She ate them all by herself; our son didn’t get a single bite."
Granny Sun wasn’t pleased either.
The person before them looked delicate, not like someone capable of hard work.
"Yet, I feel I’ve seen that girl somewhere before, even though our son says she’s a relative of someone in the village."
Granny Sun remarked.
Old Mr. Sun had the same feeling.
"She looks so familiar, almost sure she’s someone from our village."
"But, since this girl is willing to talk to our son, why don’t we ask our son to marry her?"
Old Mr. Sun’s suggestion brightened Granny Sun’s eyes.
Sun Dali was getting on in years, but his excessively robust physique scared off the village girls.
Girls from other villages, even more so, wouldn’t dare marry Sun Dali.
"If the girl is willing, it might not be a bad idea. Although she eats a lot, once she marries, we can control her meals and when she has a child, send her to do farm work to build up her strength."
Granny Sun began to scheme.
Old Mr. Sun agreed, "The most important thing is this girl isn’t from Old Mu Family. That girl from Old Mu Family is a lunatic, whereas this one seems normal."
The couple weighed their options and decided to discuss it with their son when everyone left.
If the son doesn’t get it, it’s a mother’s duty to hint more.
Once Granny Sun and Old Mr. Sun considered Mu Xiangxiang as their daughter-in-law, they didn’t mind how much she ate.
On top of that, Granny Sun took out the cured meat meant for spring planting meals to cook for Mu Xiangxiang, hoping to gain her favor and their son could marry her.
Mu Xiangxiang returned home, her belly full, by dusk.
Old Mrs. Mu had nearly cried herself dry with worry at home.
Seeing her daughter return, she hugged Mu Xiangxiang affectionately, calling out non-stop.
Expecting to find out from Mu Xiangxiang where she had been, but Mu Xiangxiang didn’t say a word.
Patting her full belly, Mu Xiangxiang remarked to Old Mrs. Mu, "Mom, why are you crying? Haven’t I come back?"
"Where did you go? Your mother was about to go crazy with worry!" The concerned Old Mrs. Mu asked.
"Enough talk, I’m tired. Later, make me a snack; I’ll eat when I wake up!"
Mu Xiangxiang’s appetite was growing bigger.
Old Mrs. Mu couldn’t decide if this was good or bad.
Her daughter wants to eat, she couldn’t deny her.
But if she continued to eat like this, what would happen in the end??
Old Mrs. Mu fell into deep thought, which Mu Xiangxiang didn’t care about.
She went to her room and slept.
At the third branch, Mu Shuangshuang was dealing with the pheasant caught by Lu Yuanfeng.
Lu Yuanfeng helped pluck the feathers while Mu Shuangshuang managed all the subsequent steps.
A whole pheasant was chopped into small pieces and set aside.
Lu Yuanfeng diligently tended the fire, occasionally glancing at Mu Shuangshuang.
Mu Shuangshuang chopped green onions and ginger with a knife, then blanched the pheasant.
Pheasant soup relies on being delicious and original, so spices like star anise and cinnamon weren’t added.
Lu Yuanfeng had already heated a large iron pot, and Mu Shuangshuang added a little rapeseed oil.
Once the pheasant was thoroughly fried, she added ginger and green onions, followed by water.
After covering the pot, the rest was Lu Yuanfeng’s task.
The pheasant soup needed at least half an hour to simmer.
While the soup was cooking, Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng discussed the recent inn operations.
The inn’s operations were basically running smoothly, although many dishes were still under development.
The medicinal cuisine chicken they intended to create was now producing eggs at the inn.
They originally caught thirty-five chickens, thirty of which were hens.
Every day there was an egg, totaling thirty eggs daily.
These eggs were mainly used for morning fried rice, or dishes like scallion omelettes requested by guests, and also for nourishment for the three kids at home.
One egg every morning.
"Looks like we need to catch a hundred more chickens from Aunt Ge," Mu Shuangshuang said.
"But now that we have the inn, we can’t constantly watch the back hill; what if the chickens run away?" Lu Yuanfeng asked.
"Let my mother help us keep an eye on them. By the way, Brother Da Lang bought a house in Tie Dao Village with a back hill, right? We can also raise the chicks there.
If Brother Da Lang helps us feed them daily, we can prepare the feed and deliver it every few days." Mu Shuangshuang suggested.
Lu Yuanfeng thought the idea was good.
He nodded in agreement.
The drought was safe with Mu Dalang there, as were the pond, and even the mountain, so they could raise chickens.
"So, let’s find a time to go to the mountain and set up chicken coops and pools to prevent chaos later."
Mu Shuangshuang knew well that things were different now.
With the inn and school, she and Fengzi had more to consider.
Thankfully, the inn operations were handled by the trusted brother Yu Dahai; otherwise, who knows how much trouble there could be.
Take now, as she and Fengzi planned another chicken-raising site. If not for Yu Dahai backing the inn, they wouldn’t have been able to manage.
As they spoke, the chicken soup was finally done, the alluring aroma drew Mu Dashan and Yu Si Niang who were chatting outside, inside.
Accompanying them was teacher Luo Bai.
The students in the school had been picked up by their families after class.
"Wow, smells so good, Shuangshuang, is the chicken soup ready?" Yu Si Niang asked as she entered.
"Mom, we can set the table and eat now! Today I also made some bracken, you all should try it." Mu Shuangshuang said.
