From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 989 - 985: How About Sending Her to Prison? (Second Update)
"Shuangshuang, you..." Mr. Mu was utterly astonished.
He hadn’t expected Mu Shuangshuang to handle the matter herself and then give it to the village chief.
"Grandpa, I’m sorry, Shuangshuang just wants to see the result, doesn’t want to see certain people making mistakes, not knowing to repent is one thing, but to slander me is another!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
Mr. Mu blushed and fell silent.
Anyway, today he had already lost enough face.
This didn’t matter anymore.
The village chief pondered for a moment, then suddenly spoke, "Since Da Zhong’s wife doesn’t want to pay, let’s report it to the authorities! We can all testify!"
Involving the authorities made Mrs. Lin instantly bewildered.
She suddenly stepped forward, grabbing Old Mrs. Mu’s clothes: "Mother, please save me, I don’t want to go to prison, I don’t want to..."
"Get away, you wicked woman, prison is where you belong." Old Mrs. Mu kicked Mrs. Lin away.
Mrs. Lin fell to the ground and started crying.
"Why am I so miserable, my husband went down the mine for this family, being a widow with orphaned children is hard enough, now they want to send me to prison..."
"I might as well just die, I’d rather die..."
While Mrs. Lin was causing a commotion, Mu Shuangshuang habitually looked at the private room’s door; fortunately, it was slightly inside.
It shouldn’t affect the diners outside.
"If you want to die, just die, what’s the point of crying here, go ahead and die!" Old Mrs. Mu said.
Not only that, but Old Mrs. Mu also pulled Mrs. Lin’s clothes, dragging her to the window.
She yelled at Mrs. Lin: "Don’t you want to die? Jump down, jump from here!"
Of course, Mrs. Lin dared not die; she hadn’t enjoyed life or tasted good food.
How could she die?
"Mother, I don’t want to die; I know I was wrong, I will pay, I’ll pay..."
Mrs. Lin finally agreed to pay, and Mu Shuangshuang instructed the accountant to draft a contract, having Mr. Mu, Old Mrs. Mu, the village chief, and Mrs. Lin all sign it.
Within ten days, Mrs. Lin must pay four taels of silver in full, or they would report to the authorities.
Nobody had anticipated the situation to escalate to this point.
Mu Shuangshuang apologized to the elders, but no one blamed her.
Because what she did was commendable, it was the Old Mu family that was shameless.
Everyone had their own thoughts, but as they left, they didn’t stay long and prepared to return to the village.
Several elders from the village, including the village chief, had come on an ox-cart.
However, when returning, Old Master Wang invited the village chief and two other uncles onto the carriage.
Fu Wu’s carriage was filled with female family members, with Mrs. Wang joining them.
As for the others who came on the ox-cart, they went to where it was tied up and immediately left.
Everyone made it clear that they wouldn’t allow the Old Mu family to ride on the ox-cart or the carriage.
"Everyone is gone; how are we supposed to get back?" Mu Danian said.
Old Mrs. Mu was also in a foul mood; they had come by carriage, though leaving without a carriage, they should at least get an ox-cart!
"Go call the third one, have him make the arrangements!" Old Mrs. Mu said.
"Come on, the steward at the restaurant is Shuangshuang, the third one is just like us, he’s just eating there, what else can he do?"
Mr. Mu realized, during this banquet, his son hadn’t participated at all.
It was all handled by Shuang and the Lu Family’s boy.
Since that was the case, his son probably had no say at the restaurant.
"Then what should we do? Surely you’re not suggesting Xiangxiang and I walk back?" Old Mrs. Mu grumbled unhappily.
"How should I know? Didn’t you bring money? Why don’t we rent an ox-cart!" Mr. Mu said. "No, mother, I want to take the carriage!" Mu Xiangxiang insisted.
Old Mrs. Mu was reluctant, yet she went to the back yard’s toilet, undressed, and took out eight wen from her vest’s pocket.
The ox-cart was Si Wenqian for three people; the carriage doubled.
While she was out, Mr. Mu had already negotiated the carriage. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
Mu Xiangxiang and Mr. Mu were already on their way.
Mrs. Lin calculated, Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu with Mu Xiangxiang made three, the carriage could hold four.
So, she made ready to climb onto the ox-cart, ignoring Gou Dan on the ground.
Just as she got inside, Old Mrs. Mu dragged her out of the carriage.
She even supplemented it with a kick.
"Get away, you vile woman! You don’t have the right to ride mother’s carriage!"
Mrs. Lin wasn’t willing, "Mother, there’s still a seat here; I’ll take Gou Dan up!"
Old Mrs. Mu kicked Mrs. Lin again.
Meanwhile lifting Gou Dan, not caring about Mu Danian, she handed the money to the driver and told him to leave.
Leaving Mrs. Lin eating a face full of dust.
Chen Hong laughed heartily with her hand over her mouth.
"Truly losing rather than gaining, second sister-in-law, remember to pay back the money!"
Mu Danian and Chen Hong walked towards the market arm in arm.
Leaving Mrs. Lin on the ground rolling angrily.
Until then did Mrs. Lin realize her daughter Mu Qingqing was nowhere to be seen since arriving in town.
"That useless girl, who knows where she’s hiding, moments ago she could’ve helped her mother!"
After scolding, Mrs. Lin could only slip away on foot to Er Gui Village.
The last batch of guests finished eating, and those left behind began urging Mu Shuangshuang to start storytelling.
From morning till now, Mu Shuangshuang hadn’t eaten anything; hearing urging, she grabbed a cold pancake, ready to go outside and tell stories, but was stopped by Lu Yuanfeng.
Lu Yuanfeng had a bowl in his hand, filled with steaming food, looking particularly delicious.
"Eat first, the hall needs to be cleaned, tables set up, I’ll have the staff serve a few pots of tea and some snacks. Staying hungry harms your own body."
"What about you? Haven’t you eaten either?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.
"Brother Hai hasn’t eaten either, I’ll eat and drink with him later. We can rest later, but you still need to tell stories, so who has time?"
Mu Shuangshuang thought about it and agreed it made sense.
She picked up the bowl and began eating rapidly.
Lu Yuanfeng softly pressed her back and quietly asked, "Tired? A whole day without rest, and I heard you cooked quite a lot today!"
"Not tired, I’m used to it!" Mu Shuangshuang replied with a smile.
Whether in the past life or this one, she understood one truth: only by working hard can one have hope.
A bit of hardship and fatigue didn’t matter, what mattered was being happy and striving for her goals.
Lu Yuanfeng felt extremely sorry.
His wife was a treasure, and yet she had to endure so much for life.
"Shuangshuang... maybe I should go to the army camp, to possibly work a few years and, as the commander said, maybe become a general."
Mu Shuangshuang paused in her eating.
For a moment, she did not know how to respond to Lu Yuanfeng’s question.
Finally, she spoke quietly: "If you can’t let go of life on the battlefield, I agree you should go back and find your commander.
If it’s just for becoming a general, to make me comfortable, then I disagree!"
