Chapter 299: Chapter 299 Fish Pond Chapter 299: Chapter 299 Fish Pond “You rebellious son, if you want to leave, then leave by yourself! I, this old maid, want to stay and eat meat.” Old Lady Mo sat down angrily again. Why should she, an old maid, listen to her son? She simply wouldn’t. After all, the Mo family was still under her rule; she feared no one.
“Mother, don’t say I didn’t warn you. Big Bull said that if anyone in our family does not leave willingly, he will throw them into the fish pond.” He paused and then turned his head to look at Mo Daoyan and his wife. “Second brother, if you don’t leave, then just wait to be thrown out by others.”
“Big brother, what exactly did Big Bull say to you? Why has your attitude changed so quickly?” Mo Daoyan was puzzled.
“It’s all trivial family matters! What can be said? If you won’t leave, we have to go first.” Having said that, he quickly pulled up Auntie Sun, who was standing by, waiting for the meal.
“Aiya! Husband, be gentler, it hurts when you pull on my wound.” Auntie Sun cried out in pain, as Mo Xiaoqiang’s pull had unexpectedly tugged at the wound on her back.
“I’ll support you as we walk.” Mo Xiaoqiang stepped forward and considerately helped Auntie Sun as they slowly walked in the direction of the Mo family home.
“Husband, you are so kind.” Auntie Sun spoke softly, thinking to herself that getting hurt this time was worth it. Although it was painful, at least she had brought her husband’s heart back to her. From now on, with her husband’s protection in the Mo family, life should be at least a little easier.
With their own father having left, should they just wait here for Big Bull, the Plague God, to throw them? Mo Daoyan wasn’t stupid; he was shrewd and quickly stood up, pulling along Madam Ruan. “Wife, big brother has left. We should hurry as well. If we’re late, we might end up being thrown into the fish pond.”
Madam Ruan, with one hand clutching the pork hidden in her skirt, didn’t think much of it and stood up to follow her husband…
To their surprise, after only a few steps, they heard a burst of laughter from behind. They stopped in their tracks, somewhat angry and embarrassed, and looked back at the mason masters. “What are you laughing at? We the Mo family kindly offered you our meal, and you don’t even show gratitude. Instead, you mock us; you really are unappreciative.”
Mo Daoyan and his wife thought people were laughing at them for coming all this way and not even getting a piece of pork, which made them quite angry.
“Mother, mother, your skirt, your skirt.” Suddenly, Xiuzhi let out an exclamation.
Madam Ruan feared that her secret of hiding the pork had been exposed. She clenched the fabric at the hem even tighter, afraid that a careless move might reveal her, which would be utterly embarrassing.
“You dead girl, what’s with all this fuss? Are you out of your mind?”
“No, no, mother, your skirt…!” Mo Xiuzhi was so anxious that she was almost incoherent, with her eyes wide open.
“What’s wrong with my skirt? My skirt is just fine.” Madam Ruan, feeling guilty, didn’t let Xiuzhi finish speaking and interrupted her.
At this point, the surrounding laughter grew even louder, with several women cooking the meals covering their mouths with laughter.
Mo Daoyan and his wife were utterly bewildered.
“Mother! Your skirt is covered in grease; everyone has seen it. There’s no point in hiding it now.” Mo Xiuzhi stamped her foot shyly, feeling humiliated by her mother’s disgrace in front of so many people.
Madam Ruan was taken aback and, completely bewildered, looked down only to realize that the grease from the pork had soaked through her clothes, and everyone had clearly spotted her act of stealing the pork long ago. No wonder everyone was laughing so loudly; they were laughing at her!
“What are you laughing at? What’s wrong with taking some pork?” Madam Ruan, filled with anger and embarrassment at being exposed, hastened her pace and fled in panic.