From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 859 - 855: The Showdown Between the Third Branch and the Main Branch
"Dad, she hit me..."
Mu Yingying covered her swollen face and began to cry.
Mu Shuangshuang’s slap not only stunned Mu Yingying but also Mu Dade and Mrs. Jin.
They were speechless for a while.
When Mu Yingying shouted, Mrs. Jin finally came to her senses.
Mrs. Jin was full of anger; she charged towards Mu Shuangshuang, her hands clenched into fists.
"You wretched girl, how dare you touch my daughter! I won’t let this go!"
"You wretched girl, you have no status or standing, who do you think you are? How dare you lay a hand on my daughter?"
Mrs. Jin slapped Mu Shuangshuang.
Mu Shuangshuang dodged easily and, in passing, stuck out her foot, tripping Mrs. Jin, who fell face-first onto the ground.
Her once beautiful white face was now covered in dirt, her nose red.
Mrs. Jin got up and wanted to fight with Mu Shuangshuang, but Yu Si Niang hurriedly pushed her away.
"What are you doing?" Yu Si Niang shouted loudly.
"Who allowed you to bully my daughter? Jinyin’er, you’re way too overbearing."
Yu Si Niang protected Mu Shuangshuang like a tigress, shielding her carefully behind her.
Her eyes were fiery red, glaring at Mrs. Jin.
"Yu Si Niang, are you blind? Your daughter started hitting my daughter, what’s wrong with me disciplining this little wretch?" Mrs. Jin yelled.
"Why did Shuangshuang hit Yingying, can’t you figure it out? It was her foul mouth, Shuangshuang wasn’t wrong, not only was she right, but she hit her well. If I hear her call anyone an adulterer again, I’ll tear her mouth apart!"
At this moment, Yu Si Niang was like an angry beast, her hair standing on end.
For her daughter, she wasn’t afraid of feudal etiquette or the so-called status of the first branch.
In her eyes, there was only one thing: her daughter must not be bullied, even if it meant she had to die.
Mu Shuangshuang felt deeply moved.
Yu Si Niang fiercely protected her cub; she wouldn’t let anyone bully her child.
And this time, for her sake, she faced everyone in the Old Mu Family.
"You... you..." Mrs. Jin was so furious she couldn’t even speak, pointing her finger, trembling all over as she glared at Mu Shuangshuang and Yu Si Niang.
Mu Shuangshuang was tougher than Mrs. Jin, her eyes wide, her presence overwhelming as she retaliated against Mrs. Jin.
"Auntie wants to compete on who has bigger eyes, I’m ready to go all the way!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
"You..." Mrs. Jin was so angered by Mu Shuangshuang’s words that her entire body ached, especially her stomach, as if it was about to burst.
She couldn’t catch her breath.
Determined she wouldn’t gain anything from this mother-daughter pair, Mrs. Jin turned to Mu Dashan: "Third brother, be a man and properly discipline this troublesome mother and daughter.
They bullied my daughter, caused me to fall, and now disrespect me. I want them to kneel and apologize to me!"
Mrs. Jin spoke to Mu Dashan with an air of superiority, as if Mu Dashan was born to serve her.
Mu Dashan was enraged: "Sister-in-law, precisely because I am a man, I must protect Si Niang and her daughter. Today, Shuangshuang did nothing wrong, nor did Si Niang; the ones in error are Yingying and you.
You’ve gone too far! We won’t apologize and don’t need to apologize. Sister-in-law, it’s true you are the Scholar’s wife.
But let me tell you, you’re merely a Scholar’s wife, not a Champion Scholar’s Wife, so mind your words and actions according to your status!"
Mu Dashan’s words were like a deep-sea torpedo in boiling water.
With this strike, the enemy was either dead or crippled.
So, hearing this, Mrs. Jin collapsed, her hands and feet twitching, and white foam began to flow from her mouth.
The Old Mu Family was thrown into chaos.
Mu Dandan and Mu Yingying rushed forward, shouting loudly, "Mom, Mom, what’s wrong..."
Only the eyes rolling back, face turning blue, and twitching Mrs. Jin responded to them.
"Dad, my mom... my mom..." Mu Dandan was terrified.
Mu Dade was also filled with panic, he shouted: "Call a doctor, call a doctor..."
Mr. Mu was also anxious; the eldest daughter-in-law had always been the one he cared about most.
Knowledgeable, reasonable, most importantly, from a good family.
If something would happen, what should he do?
At this moment, Mr. Mu somewhat blamed Mu Dashan, he said: "Third son, what’s wrong with you? Jinyin’er is still your sister-in-law, do you speak like this?"
"Dad, how did I speak? Did I say anything wrong? Wasn’t it sister-in-law calling Shuangshuang a wretched girl, wasn’t it Yingying calling them adulterers?
I didn’t even hit them, and now they’re upset over the truth, but when I, Mu Dashan, scrimped and saved to send elder brother to school, no one said they couldn’t handle it?"
At this moment, Mu Dashan resented Mr. Mu’s favoritism and Old Mrs. Mu’s cruelty.
They were all sons, yet he and his other brothers never received the desired affection.
Even Zhenzhen and Xiangxiang received more than they ever did.
As long as it was a good thing, elder brother could have it, second sister could have it, seventh sister could have it.
Only them brothers couldn’t touch anything.
Injured, sick, crippled, just some plaster and it was taken care of, but elder brother had a headache and they’d invite all of the world’s famous doctors.
If that’s the case, why give birth to them in the first place?
"You..." Mu Dashan’s words left Mr. Mu speechless.
Because they were all facts, not a single lie.
Others might say they made contributions to the Old Mu Family with some discount, feeling it was half-true.
But what Mu Dashan said needed no discount.
Back then, it was indeed him, waking early and exhausting himself, supporting the entire Old Mu Family’s farmland.
"Third son, you..." Mr. Mu wanted to say some gentle words to make Mu Dashan apologize, let the matter pass.
But Mu Dashan’s words touched Mu Dade’s sensitive spot.
Mu Dade, with a flushed face, confronted Mu Dashan: "Third brother, I’ve never talked about the domestic matters as an elder brother.
You always say my scholarship success depended on your money-making; I, Mu Dade, am telling you today, it’s not true.
The over a hundred taels for the imperial exam, fifty taels were from Jinyin’er’s family, and the remaining fifty taels were from eldest sister’s in-laws.
As for you, I, Mu Dade, never spent a penny of yours! Don’t show up in front of me again, or don’t blame me for severing brotherly ties."
Mu Dade threw down these harsh words, but Mu Dashan did not concede an inch in spirit.
He also said: "We of the third branch don’t depend on your luck, nor do we expect to follow you up high.
Just hope in the future you don’t use your broken scholar’s status to pressure our third branch, otherwise my hoe will not spare you."
"Dad, I support you, when it comes to shameless relatives like this, make them roll, the further the better! Also, anyone who tries to harm the third branch behind backs, I curse them to never flip over in their lives!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
