From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 944 - 940: Old Acquaintance Zhuangzi’s Mother (Third Update)
Villagers, without knowing when, gathered together.
The topic of discussion was still about Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng.
Most were envious, while only a few had a hint of sourness.
When everyone finished discussing, Mu Shuangshuang seized the opportunity to promote her school to everyone.
Previously, she was worried the school wasn’t ready, but now it stood there, and Mu Shuangshuang was confident.
What Mu Shuangshuang said was mostly what she had mentioned before, making it clear that in the next five days, everyone could bring their children to have a look and then register them.
After paying the gift, they would be students of Er Gui Village’s ’Zhi Xue’ Academy.
People understood the efforts Mu Shuangshuang had made lately.
They no longer considered the girl in front of them a mere whim.
Everyone was eager, with villagers already thinking about signing up.
Until the village chief’s wife came over with her grandson, taking the initiative, other villagers also began discussing the gift with Mu Shuangshuang.
Only a few brought one tael of silver and three cured meat strips as a gift, while others negotiated with Mu Shuangshuang to provide one tael of silver after the summer harvest, and as for the cured meats, they would help the third branch with work to offset it.
Mu Shuangshuang conducted a credibility assessment and invited the village chief to witness it.
In just half a day, six students were enrolled.
Even people from outside villages came to inquire.
Six students weren’t a large number, but it was enough for Mu Shuangshuang to pay Luo Bai’s annual salary.
This part didn’t incur a loss, so Mu Shuangshuang didn’t worry much, leaving the rest to fate.
After a busy morning, drying her mouth from talking, Mu Shuangshuang returned to the third branch, not having caught her breath, when she was informed that visitors had arrived from outside the village.
Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng hurried to see the situation, not even stopping to eat, and went to the village entrance to meet them.
She was quite surprised to see the visitor.
It was Zhuangzi’s mother, Mu Shuangshuang’s second aunt’s former mother-in-law, who had Zhuangzi divorce Mu Zhenzhen due to Xiao Mizi’s situation and Mu Zhenzhen’s past actions.
As for what followed, Mu Shuangshuang didn’t bother to talk about it.
After Mu Zhenzhen ran away, she never returned to the Old Mu Family.
"Granny, why are you here?"
Back then, Mu Shuangshuang helped Dahuo Village solve the traffickers’ issue, forming a bond with Zhuangzi’s mother, and since then, Mu Shuangshuang had called her granny.
Zhuangzi’s mother had been waiting at the village entrance for quite a while.
Seeing Mu Shuangshuang, the old lady couldn’t contain her excitement. She came forward, checking Mu Shuangshuang thoroughly as if she were her daughter.
Confirming that Mu Shuangshuang hadn’t lost weight and looked more rounded, Zhuangzi’s mother was delighted.
Her hearty laughter echoed far from the village entrance.
"Crazy kid, I knew I wasn’t wrong, Shuang is looking so healthy because of you, well done!"
Lu Yuanfeng turned red, feeling somewhat embarrassed.
"Granny, Shuang isn’t nurtured by me; she’s very capable, takes good care of herself and does an excellent job," said Lu Yuanfeng.
Zhuangzi’s mother squinted, tilted her head, and said, "Young man, don’t be modest. The look in Shuang’s eyes clearly shows she likes someone.
Besides, how do you know that when I said nurture, I didn’t mean care?"
This left Lu Yuanfeng speechless.
He had to remain silent, listening to Zhuangzi’s mother.
He was willing to listen to the elders, especially those who meant well for him and Shuang.
"Granny, it’s lunchtime, why don’t you come and eat at my place," Mu Shuangshuang suggested.
Zhuangzi’s mother readily nodded and said, "Sure, sure, I’ve heard Yu Si Niang is the most virtuous among the Old Mu Family’s daughters-in-law, now’s the chance to see it for myself."
After speaking, she yelled out loudly not far away.
"Old Second, hurry up, what are you dawdling for? Shuang has invited us for lunch."
After shouting, Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng noticed a man about eight hundred meters from the village entrance, pushing a cart.
The cart was piled half-human height, and the man was laboring all alone, face red as if he were about to explode.
"Granny, what’s with this?" Mu Shuangshuang was puzzled.
"This is last year’s harvest from the fields, we can’t finish it. We’ve got over twenty acres, the house is almost bursting, so Zhuangzi’s father and I decided to bring it to you.
By the way, girl, our Zhuangzi found a new wife, and she will soon join the family."
When speaking of the new wife, a bright smile spread across Zhuangzi’s mother’s face.
Seeing this smile, Mu Shuangshuang knew Zhuangzi’s mother was very satisfied with the new wife.
If Mu Zhenzhen weren’t her second aunt, she might have really asked about it out of curiosity.
But given their relationship, she refrained.
Unexpectedly, without her asking, Zhuangzi’s mother offered the information.
"The wife is from another village and was previously married with a child, already seven years old, a boy.
This time, Zhuangzi’s wife will bring the child along and join the Zhao family house."
Mu Shuangshuang didn’t sense any discomfort from Zhuangzi’s mother’s words about the child; rather, she detected a feeling of fondness.
Zhuangzi’s mother was indeed no ordinary woman.
Her openness and broad mind wouldn’t necessarily be matched even by modern women.
Unfortunately, Mu Zhenzhen didn’t have that fate.
After five years of marriage, if she had been willing to give Zhuangzi a child or been sensible, Zhuangzi’s mother wouldn’t have had Zhuangzi divorce her.
In the end, Mu Zhenzhen made a regrettable mistake in this lifetime.
During the conversation between Mu Shuangshuang and Zhuangzi’s mother, Lu Yuanfeng went over to help Zhuangzi’s second brother.
Pushing such a cart wasn’t easy by any means.
But before touching the cart, Zhuangzi’s mother stopped Fengzi: "Fengzi, let Old Second do it, this guy is tough, doesn’t feel comfortable without doing some work."
Of course, Lu Yuanfeng wouldn’t actually stop helping; he smiled, explaining, "Granny, I’m tough too, let me help Uncle Zhao!"
Mu Shuangshuang led everyone into the third branch.
Zhuangzi’s mother orchestrated unloading the cart bit by bit into the third branch’s house.
Vegetables, sweet potatoes, rice, then cured meats and dried fish—what Zhuangzi’s mother referred to as harvest surprised Mu Shuangshuang.
It also astonished Yu Si Niang and Mu Dashan.
"Granny, why...why did you bring these things? You should take them back, I can’t accept these," Mu Shuangshuang said.
"Come on, girl, I haven’t properly thanked you for helping me find Xiao Mizi, yet this small amount of stuff is something you refuse to accept.
And I have come today with a request, so you accept these, and do me a favor."
"Granny, whatever help I can offer, I certainly will, but I can’t accept these items," Mu Shuangshuang insisted.
"Why are you so stubborn? I’ve brought these things over, certainly won’t take them back.
If you try to give them back, I won’t accept them, and neither will anyone else," Zhuangzi’s mother declared.
