lovenovelstory Chapter 1334 - 1329: The Eldest Family Returns to the County (First Update)
Chapter 1334 - 1329: The Eldest Family Returns to the County (First Update)
"But..." Huang Bita still wanted to say something, but Mu Dalang covered her mouth."Everything Shuangshuang said is right, we’ll listen to her! Our own life, what the hell does it have to do with anyone else!?
If our family ends up having a baby, then we’ll welcome her! If we don’t, then this whole life, we’ll still live it happily!"
That sentence from Mu Dalang finally untied the dead knot buried deep in Huang Bita’s heart!
Huang Bita felt herself suddenly relax; that pressure on her shoulders, heavier than a mountain, disappeared all at once!
She let out a long, turbid breath and smiled at Mu Dalang. "I’m fine now! I’ve figured it out!"
"As long as you’ve figured it out!" Mu Shuangshuang also smiled at the side.
Only now did Huang Bita realize that she and Mu Dalang were hugging each other right in front of Shuangshuang.
Her face flushed red in an instant!
Huang Bita pushed at Mu Dalang. "Shuangshuang is here, hurry up and let go of me, people will laugh at us!"
Mu Dalang hurriedly let go as well, turning his head away in embarrassment.
"What’s there to be shy about? I just said it: as long as you’re happy, don’t worry about what others think. Cousin-sister-in-law, you forgot so soon?" Mu Shuangshuang deliberately teased Mu Dalang and Huang Bita.
The two of them were mortified.
Mu Dalang turned around; his skin didn’t seem quite so thin anymore, and his courage was a bit bigger than before.
Seeing that the two of them were fine, Mu Shuangshuang spoke up: "Big cousin, cousin-sister-in-law, I still have things to do back in my room, I won’t stay here for lunch today!"
It was indeed still early at this time; breakfast had just passed not long ago, and the sun hadn’t fully risen yet!
If she really waited to eat lunch here at Mu Dalang’s, she’d probably have to wait at least two and a half hours.
Mu Shuangshuang didn’t have the patience to wait that long!
She still had plenty of things waiting to be done!
"Ah... how can that be! Shuangshuang, you hardly ever come here. If we don’t even prepare a meal, that wouldn’t make sense either emotionally or logically!" Huang Bita wouldn’t let Mu Shuangshuang go.
"That’s easy, I’ll just make more time to come by next time! It’s not early anymore, and I really do have things to do. Cousin-sister-in-law, if you have time and want to go play in town, just tell me. I’ll take you there in the carriage, and you can also go to our restaurant to try something fresh!"
Since Mu Shuangshuang had said as much, Huang Bita couldn’t very well keep her.
She and Mu Dalang walked her to the village entrance, and right before heading back, Mu Shuangshuang secretly said something to Mu Dalang.
She told him to make sure Huang Bita never had contact with Aunt Ge.
It wasn’t that Aunt Ge was a bad person, but her thinking as a traditional woman was too deeply ingrained, and the way she talked was basically brainwashing; anyone without enough willpower would easily be led into a ditch by her!
Mu Dalang took Mu Shuangshuang’s words to heart. As soon as he got home, he nagged Huang Bita over and over, telling her to steer clear whenever she saw Aunt Ge in the future.
Huang Bita didn’t know the reason, but she still agreed to what her man said!
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Mu Shuangshuang pushed her family’s wheelbarrow back to the village.
The village was unexpectedly lively. Quite a few people had come out and were running toward the village entrance.
Mu Shuangshuang casually asked an older aunt what was going on.
She heard the aunt say, "Shuang, you actually don’t know about this?"
"Know about what?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.
"Your aunt is going back to the county! I heard your eldest uncle sent a letter saying he’s already taken office in the county, and they’re leaving today! There are two carriages stopped at the village entrance, I reckon your grandpa and your grandma, they’re all going together!"
"..."
Mu Shuangshuang knew that Mrs. Jin would be leaving these few days, she just didn’t know exactly which day.
Judging from the way Mr. Mu had spoken yesterday, he probably didn’t know the exact day Mrs. Jin was leaving either!
Given that, how could her aunt be taking the Old Mu Family along when she left?
There had to be some misunderstanding here?!
Mu Shuangshuang’s guess was right. The two carriages Mrs. Jin had hired weren’t to pick up Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu from the Old Mu Family at all.
It was because there were simply too many quilts and luggage and such in the house; if she didn’t hire another carriage, there’d be no way to get it all to the county.
This time, Mrs. Jin had made up her mind not to ever come back.
So anything that could still be used, they took without leaving a thing!
Originally, Mu Shuangshuang hadn’t wanted to join the spectacle, but she happened to run into Zhao Yun, who insisted on dragging her along, saying she’d just seen Old Mrs. Mu heading toward the village entrance too, so there was bound to be a good show!
Only then did Mu Shuangshuang follow Zhao Yun toward the village entrance.
At the village entrance, two brand-new carriages were parked. Mrs. Jin had personally gone to town to hire them; the two carriages had cost her two hundred wen, and the drivers were helping carry all the luggage onto the carriages.
Right now, Mrs. Jin was chatting with the village head, saying polite things like how she’d always remember Er Gui Village and would come back often to visit.
The village head’s face was all smiles; he was probably very pleased.
After all, his own village had produced its first county magistrate!
In the future, there would be more and more county magistrates coming from this village!
Only, no one had expected Old Mrs. Mu to charge in at this moment.
The woman who’d been resting at home for a few days had already reverted to her true nature. As soon as she caught sight of Mrs. Jin, she started cursing like a cannon going off: "You little whore, in broad daylight you’re making a fool of yourself at the village entrance! Do you dare tell everyone that you, this whore, aren’t even willing to take us with you to the county?"
With Old Mrs. Mu’s scolding, the people around them were like they’d been injected with chicken blood; one by one their gazes were sharp as knives, fixed on Old Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Jin.
Everyone had the look of "no matter what, we’re watching this drama!"
"Mother, what are you doing out here?" Mrs. Jin wasn’t flustered.
She had long known Old Mrs. Mu would come make a scene!
She was actually hoping Old Mrs. Mu would come make trouble; if the whole Old Mu Family came to kick up a fuss, that would be even better!
"What am I doing here? You little slut, you probably didn’t want me to come! Oh, everything’s already packed up, and you didn’t even come notify me and your father—seems you don’t take us as elders anymore, huh?"
"Back when the eldest married you, I was against it. So young, and already taking the initiative to climb onto a man’s bed—how could that be anything good!"
"Sure enough, after all these years your little bitch nature is showing. I’ll tell you right now, you’re not leaving this village today!"
Old Mrs. Mu’s words were filthy to the extreme.
Mrs. Jin didn’t get angry. She said to Old Mrs. Mu, "Mother, didn’t we just talk about this the day before yesterday? I’ll go to the county first and find a place for you and my father to live. Once it’s all settled, I’ll come back to get you!
And Xiangxiang, Zhenzhen, Second and Fifth, and Fourth’s family—how could you change your mind again? I know you’re afraid that once we’re in the county, we’ll forget about Xiangxiang.
Ni Ni can rest assured, I’m Xiangxiang’s eldest sister-in-law. She can’t move now; as her sister-in-law, even if I have to go without food or drink, I’ll make sure she marries a good man!
From now on, whatever our family has, Xiangxiang will always come first, you can rest easy!"
Mrs. Jin calmly shifted the blame onto Old Mrs. Mu.
And in passing, she mentioned how Old Mrs. Mu spoiled her daughter.
She spoiled her to the point of wanting the eldest branch to hand over everything to subsidize a cripple who’d been cast off by her husband!