"Revolt! Revolt! You little brat dare to argue with me and the old woman over a wench."
Old Mrs. Mu rolled up her sleeves, ready to teach Mu Dalang a lesson.
Just then, Mu Danian came in from outside.
"Dad, Mom, is Miss Huang still here?" Mu Danian asked urgently.
As soon as Mu Danian spoke, everyone covered their noses.
It was unbearably smelly, and Mu Danian was covered in sticky yellow dung.
Oh my goodness—
Did Fifth climb out of the cesspit?
"Ugh~ Mom, I’m going to throw up. Let Fifth Brother leave." Mu Xiangxiang shouted while covering her nose.
Old Mrs. Mu stood up and began to chase Mu Danian away.
"Get out! Get out! You heartless thing, are you trying to stink Xiangxiang to death?"
Mu Danian knew he stank, but he just wanted to see what Miss Huang looked like. If she was pretty, he’d marry her; if she was ugly, he’d pass.
"Mom, about Miss Huang?" Mu Danian asked again, not giving up. This time, Old Mrs. Mu hit him directly with a stick.
Mu Danian wailed in pain.
"Mom, why did you hit me? What did I do wrong?" Mu Danian shouted unwillingly.
"You stinky thing, you have the face to ask? Get back and take a bath before you come out again, or I’ll hit you dead with a hoe, you dog thing!"
Old Mrs. Mu’s face was fierce and menacing.
Mu Danian, in pain, rolled out of the hall room.
Back to his room, he took a bucket, went to the kitchen, forced Mrs. Liu to fetch him water, hastily showered, changed clothes, and returned to the hall room for information.
Mu Danian no longer stank, so Old Mrs. Mu allowed him to approach.
However, just as he approached, Mr. Mu’s big slap flew over, stunning Mu Danian.
"Dad, what are you doing? Mom chased me, now you hit me too. Am I really your biological child?" Mu Danian covered his face, looking aggrieved.
"What am I doing? What did you do, you beast? The whole family was waiting for you, and you didn’t show up, leaving Miss Huang in vain. You really are..."
Mr. Mu’s mouth was crooked with anger; so much money wasted preparing that meal, all for the sake of completing the affair, and now—
Hateful—
"Ah, she’s gone already? I haven’t even seen her. Well, is that woman pretty? Is her butt big? Are her breasts round? Does she look like she can give birth to sons?"
Mu Danian, accustomed to vulgarity, spoke without thinking.
Mu Dalang couldn’t stand it anymore.
"Uncle, can’t you clean your mouth? Why are you insulting her when she hasn’t provoked you?"
For some reason, Mu Dalang can’t hold his temper when people speak poorly of Miss Huang.
Even though he used to endure his family.
"You little brat, your parents haven’t said anything, and here you think you can speak up? You must be fancying your aunt, huh? I’m warning you, if you harbor any wicked thoughts, I’ll skin you alive."
Mu Danian spat a thick phlegm at Mu Dalang’s feet, fuming towards him.
"Fifth, what are you doing, bullying us because Daddy Gou Dan is not here, right? My son doesn’t need you to teach him a lesson, coward." Mrs. Lin saw her son being bullied, and bravely stood in front of Mu Dalang.
"Second Sister-in-law, you’re pregnant, and as your younger brother, I won’t bicker with you. But if you meddle more, don’t blame me for being rude!"
The Old Mu Family was filled with smoke at once, and Mr. Mu heavily knocked the table leg.
"What’s all this noise? You think the house isn’t chaotic enough? Get out!"
Only then did everyone reluctantly move outside.
"Old Third and Old Third’s wife, stay behind!" Mr. Mu left the two of them, even Old Mrs. Mu wasn’t allowed to be present.
Mu Dashan was still angry about Old Mrs. Mu helping outsiders ruin his daughter’s matters that day, and didn’t want to stay, but Mr. Mu insisted, leaving him no choice.
"Dad, what’s the matter? I still have to check if Shuangshuang has eaten lunch!"
It was the first time Mu Dashan rushed himself, making Mr. Mu somewhat uncomfortable.
Unhappy, but didn’t show it.
"It’s nothing, just that I quite like Miss Huang."
"Fifth is also your brother, I thought when he marries, you could help out."
"Aren’t your bamboo baskets made well, Old Third? I heard you can make cool mats too? Why not make a set of bamboo baskets for Fifth, make bed mats, and see about furniture, if you can make them?"
"Si Niang cooks well, with flavorful dishes. I’m afraid Fourth’s wife won’t manage everything, so I want Si Niang to be the chef, letting outsiders know our Old Mu Family’s daughters-in-law aren’t to be trifled with."
Honestly, Mr. Mu has thought quite far ahead.
And his distribution saves quite a bit of money; it’s hard for family to ask for wages.
Unfortunately, Mu Dashan isn’t the same Mu Dashan anymore.
If it were in the past, no matter how exhausting, he would help.
But his heart died when his mother publicly said the third branch wasn’t part of the Old Mu Family!
Since a lifetime won’t win parents’ recognition, he won’t bother!
"Dad, I have no time, and I’m the only useless person at home. If I don’t make more bamboo baskets to sell, the children will be exhausted.
Si Niang too, she manages the family’s meals, several acres of land, bustling back and forth on her own, has no time to prepare Fifth’s wedding.
You can hire someone, from making bamboo baskets to bed mats, to cooking, all are possible, it’s all about wages!"
Mu Dashan spoke every word clearly.
All with one meaning, he disagrees.
Disagrees to do unpaid labor.
Disagrees with his wife being the chef.
Disagrees with being exploited for no reason.
"Old Third, do you know what you’re saying? He’s your brother, and even if bones break, muscles are connected. People say brothers united, strength is invincible, separated can’t stand a piece of bark."
"Dad, stop saying, I can’t do it, find someone else! Si Niang, let’s go!"
The man stepped forward, holding Yu Si Niang’s hand, now soaked with sweat.
First time rebelling against Dad.
Nervous, excited, and thrilled, these three emotions intertwined.
Almost made Mu Dashan faint.
Yu Si Niang was also incredibly nervous, first time witnessing her man defy his father-in-law.
She still remembers the twisted face of her father-in-law, driven by anger.
Outside the Old Mu Family’s perimeter, Mu Dashan stopped, tenderly speaking to Yu Si Niang.
"Si Niang, from now on I’ll be like a man, protecting you and our four children, preventing others from bullying our third branch."
"Hmm!" Yu Si Niang was heartened.
"Quickly, let’s tell Shuangshuang, she’ll definitely be delighted!"
(The rest will be updated continuously during the day)