From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!

Chapter 507: Chapter 503: Dropping the Ball (Fourth Update)

Old Mrs. Mu rushed forward, trying to tear Mrs. Liu’s face apart.

Mrs. Liu stepped back repeatedly, and Mu Dajiang, who had just returned from work, turned red-eyed at the sight of his mother hitting Mrs. Liu.

The man charged in, pushing Old Mrs. Mu aside.

”Mother, what are you doing?” Mu Dajiang questioned loudly.

”What am I doing? Why don’t you ask what your good wife has done? Not washing clothes, not cooking, even not feeding the pigs. She thinks herself a young lady, so precious!

Let her look at her old bark-like face; what else can she do besides work?”

Old Mrs. Mu jumped and cursed.

Those words sounded extremely nasty.

Mu Dajiang stiffened his neck and responded, ”Mother, why do you make us do all the work? Why don’t you tell my second brother’s family too? My second sister-in-law can cook and wash clothes.”

”But don’t give all the work to our family; we get tired too. Look at Xiaxia’s mother, when does she ever rest?”

”During the Mid-Autumn Festival, she was busy alone, nobody helped, and it was clearly second sister-in-law who broke the mooncakes. Why pin it on us? Just because we’re easy to bully?”

The man almost shouted as he said this.

At this moment, Mrs. Liu felt protected.

She finally understood why Si Niang always had that happy expression.

Having a man stand up to his parents for her was such a joyful thing.

But Mu Dajiang underestimated Old Mrs. Mu’s level.

Old Mrs. Mu jumped up and spat at Mu Dajiang’s face.

”Pah! You ungrateful thing, why make her work? Because I’m the mother-in-law, she’s the daughter-in-law; it’s only natural for a mother-in-law to instruct a daughter-in-law to work.”

”If she won’t do it, then divorce her and get a wife who will work and won’t resist.”

”These days, you can’t find a four-legged toad, but two-legged women are everywhere!”

Old Mrs. Mu’s words left Mu Dajiang somewhat desperate.

”Mother, are you actually telling me to divorce my wife?”

Mrs. Liu was also stunned, she only wanted to fight for their family’s rights, not to be discarded. A discarded woman wasn’t even human.

Her mother’s family wouldn’t accept her, her husband’s family wouldn’t let her return, even if her parents didn’t speak ill, her sisters-in-law would scorn her to death.

”I’m not just telling you to divorce her; I’m telling you to kick that woman out immediately. Our Old Mu Family doesn’t need such a troublemaking slut!”

”Mother, I won’t divorce Xiaxia’s mother. Our family needs her; without her, we can’t do anything.” Mu Dajiang shouted.

”Oh, you’re killing me! You damn thing, yelling like that, do you wish this old woman to die!”

Divorcing your wife isn’t up to you; it’s by parental command and matchmaking words. Quickly deal with this woman so I don’t have to see her!”

Old Mrs. Mu finished speaking and left, leaving the stunned Mrs. Liu and Mu Dajiang to cry together.

Mu Shuangshuang forcefully took seventy-five coins from Mr. Mu, and as she passed by the kitchen, she saw Mrs. Liu and Mu Dajiang crying intensely.

Old Mrs. Mu’s voice was loud; Mu Shuangshuang pretty much heard what she said.

Usually, she would have confronted them, but last time Mu Xiaxia’s matter was still stuck in her throat.

Not receiving what she deserves, Mu Shuangshuang decides not to wade into this mess again, lest she be seen as showing off.

Just as she took two steps, she was stopped by Mu Xiaxia coming out of the house.

Mu Xiaxia’s eyes were swollen, it looked like she’d been crying all night.

She said, ”Sister Shuangshuang, I misunderstood you before, please help my mother. I don’t want my mother to be divorced!”

”Please, it was my fault before, I shouldn’t have harmed you, shouldn’t have been jealous of you!”

Mu Xiaxia cried incredibly sorrowfully, her tears and snot falling together.

At that moment, Mu Shuangshuang believed she was sincere and understood her mistake.

But she couldn’t just help their family.

People need to grow!

”Why should I help you?” Mu Shuangshuang smirked with impatience.

Mu Xiaxia looked shocked and couldn’t believe her eyes, as if she were seeing Mu Shuangshuang for the first time.

”What? Feeling I’m unfamiliar? Unfamiliar is right. Whether to help you is my right; you can’t decide. Apologizing is your business; whether to accept it is up to me!”

”Moreover, shouldn’t your family solve their problem? Why should I go?”

Every word Mu Shuangshuang spoke lacked emotion, yet it pierced Mu Xiaxia’s heart like a dagger.

What she said, every word was true.

But if she didn’t help, what would their family do?

A big question arose in Mu Xiaxia’s mind.

Mu Shuangshuang knew her thoughts and spoke up.

”Instead of thinking about how others help your family, think about what you can do for them. Some things, even if my grandma says them, you don’t have to do them. Don’t let yourself suffocate to death!”

Mu Shuangshuang was also helpless. Old Mrs. Mu says divorce, so they divorce?

Mu Dajiang has the power to choose who is his wife, to decide whether to divorce or not.

No matter how formidable, she’s just an old woman.

Furthermore, their family’s role is too important.

If their family doesn’t work, the Old Mu Family will collapse. After a few days, the old woman surely won’t bring up the divorce.

But Mu Shuangshuang won’t teach their family this.

The logic is still there, but it has to be understood by people themselves!

And she’s given enough hints; saying it more directly would be like spoon-feeding them.

Time is closing in on September, if their family doesn’t have enough courage now, when the main family returns, they’ll surely be sucked dry.

Rather than ending with nothing left, it’s better to teach them to grow now.

Mu Shuangshuang has been exhausted for their family’s sake.

”I’m going back, you don’t owe me, and I don’t owe you!”

After finishing, Mu Shuangshuang walked away briskly.

But suddenly Mu Xiaxia felt she no longer hated Mu Shuangshuang.

Because though she said she wouldn’t help, she had already given the solution.

Mu Xiaxia dried her tears and joyously rushed into the kitchen.

”Dad, Mom, stop crying, there’s a way. Mom won’t be divorced!”

Mu Dajiang and Mrs. Liu were stunned, wiping their tears, looking at Mu Xiaxia incredulously.

”Dad, Mom, listen to me; our family should unite, Dad won’t divorce Mom, we’ll ignore whatever Grandma says and won’t do things we shouldn’t!”

Mu Xiaxia’s words left Mu Dajiang and Mrs. Liu puzzled.

They didn’t understand what their daughter meant?

Mu Xiaxia continued explaining, ”Mom, you’re the one working here, without you, the house is wrecked. And Dad, without you going out, there’s nobody working the fields. Who will carry back all that cotton?”

Mu Dajiang nodded.

He indeed did a lot of work, but before, his third brother did even more.

Since his third brother was gone, he felt it was much harder.

But if he were to also drop everything...