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

Chapter 823: Chapter 819: Tipping Off

”Fifth, what do you mean by that? Are you saying I’m lying?” Mu Xianxian said displeased.

”Big sister, I didn’t mean that, I’m just telling the truth! We all know what the third branch is like, how could they suddenly be so lucky and afford to open a restaurant.” Mu Danian insisted that it was impossible.

Even if someone else had said it, Mu Xianxian wouldn’t have believed such a thing existed.

But this matter, she personally went to ask, how could it be wrong?

”Hmph, you still think the third branch is the same as before, you forgot about that stinky girl’s cold noodles recipe? Back then, that stinky girl asked us for over a thousand Silver Tael.

Maybe she sold the cold noodles recipe, made money, and bought the restaurant with it,” Mu Xianxian said.

Mu Xianxian’s words not only made the Old Mu Family realize but also made Mu Dade, who was quietly drinking tea and watching the fun, realize.

He had forgotten! Back when he just returned from the county, he encountered a restaurant in town coming to the third branch to buy the cold noodles recipe. Mu Dade then had the Fourth’s family help, found a restaurant’s shopkeeper, drafted a contract, put a fingerprint on it, and casually sold the third branch’s cold noodles recipe.

Mu Dade didn’t think this method would necessarily put the third branch at a disadvantage, after all, that stinky girl from the third branch was not easy to fool.

It’s just that the relationship between the third branch and the fourth branch has always been good, and the third brother is very protective, maybe because of the relationship with the fourth, he might give up the good stuff from the third branch.

”So, the third branch really has a restaurant? It’s no joke,” Mu Dazhong was also full of surprise.

”How is the third branch so lucky, quietly opening a restaurant without a word? I said, this morning, I asked Yu Si Niang what the whole family was going to town for, and she hesitated and didn’t say anything for a long time,” Mrs. Lin said angrily.

Now, the third branch has become the object of envy and jealousy in everyone’s eyes, as everyone thinks the third branch quietly went off to make a fortune and didn’t take them along.

”I think, back then, I was too merciful, giving the third branch a chance to turn things around, and now they’re buying land, preparing to build an academy, and now even have a restaurant,” Mu Danian thought more and more angrily.

The third branch was clearly the worst among all the branches, living the worst and without money, how come they are living better than any of them.

In the end, it was because Mu Dade passed the scholar examination and didn’t give any benefits to his brothers.

Everyone was still poor, those who couldn’t afford clothes still couldn’t, and even what they wore was not as good as those families in the village who hadn’t passed the scholar examination.

Mu Dade and they didn’t dare complain, because everyone knew that in the future, they’d have to rely on this big brother to live.

But the third branch could complain, without power, even if they have money, so what, the scholar was in their hands.

Except for the fourth branch, which didn’t get involved in the Old Mu Family’s business, the other branches basically thought the third branch should pay up.

”So what to do now? The third branch opened a restaurant, doesn’t that mean they have money now and can live well?” Mu Dazhong asked.

”What can we do, now Xiangxiang is crazy, surely no one will come to propose, and we brothers will inevitably have to support Xiangxiang.

And in the future, when parents get old, everyone will have to take turns to support them, the third branch can’t be allowed to not contribute anything! Even if they agree, the villagers won’t agree,” Mu Danian said.

Speaking of Mu Xiangxiang, Old Mrs. Mu naturally had no objections and wholeheartedly agreed.

She doesn’t care if the daughter is pretending to be crazy or will recover in the future, the main thing is to get some dowry money first.

”It’s decided. When the third brother comes back, we’ll make him pay up for my and the old man’s retirement, and also for taking care of Xiangxiang.”

Old Mrs. Mu made the decision, and everyone else in the Old Mu Family nodded in agreement.

Mu Dajiang looked at the sly smiles on everyone’s faces in the room and, for some reason, suddenly didn’t want to be associated with them.

”Dad, Mom, the water tank at home is out of water, I’m going out to fetch some!” Mu Dajiang said.

”Mom, you asked me to clean the kitchen, I haven’t finished yet, I’m going to do it now,” Mrs. Liu followed.

Old Mrs. Mu rolled her eyes and grumbled, ”Clueless things, still thinking about siding with the third branch! Just waiting to die together with the third branch!”

Old Mrs. Mu’s words were exactly heard by Mu Dajiang and Mrs. Liu.

Though uncomfortable, they insisted on leaving the Old Mu Family’s main room.

Once outside, Mu Dajiang didn’t even take his tools, heading straight for the village entrance.

He wanted to wait for his third brother to come back at the village entrance.

Mrs. Liu sighed, ”We said we’d split the family back then, but now we’re still not split. If it goes on like this, we might never split in our lifetime.”

Mu Dajiang said, ”Xiaxia’s mother, don’t worry, we’ll split the family sooner or later, but not now.”

”Dad just told me a couple of days ago, when spring comes, we’ll arrange a marriage for Xiaxia, find a good family. We’ll think about splitting the family after Xiaxia is married.”

”Sigh, I also don’t know if Dad’s word is trustworthy! Last time he clearly promised us, letting us split the family,” Mrs. Liu said bitterly.

”Whether it’s trustworthy or not, we’ll find out come spring. If by then, Dad hasn’t found a good match for Xiaxia, then we’ll leave; just as well, there are a lot of things to do in spring, we can do some farm work for the villagers to earn Silver to support the two kids.

If it’s really not possible, then we’ll go find the third brother, didn’t he open a restaurant? We can be runners delivering dishes there.

But the most important thing now is to talk to the third brother about what just happened, Mom and Dad will surely ask them for Silver, let them prepare early.”

The couple both had a balance in their heart, knowing exactly what to do and when.

At such a time, if they still allowed the third branch to be bullied and acted as if they didn’t know, they’d feel embarrassed to ask the third branch for help later.

Mu Dajiang and Mrs. Liu waited at the village entrance for an hour before they saw the ox cart borrowed by the third branch slowly approaching the village entrance.

Mu Dashan saw his younger brother from afar and quickly jumped off the ox cart, running to the village entrance.

”Fourth, why are you here?”

”Third brother, your opening of the restaurant in town was found out by big sister, and she came to tell Mom and Dad this afternoon.

Mom and Dad might ask you for money for their retirement and for Xiangxiang’s medical and medicine expenses.”

”What? For Mom and Dad’s retirement? Didn’t they say that once the brothers were capable, when Mom and Dad couldn’t work anymore, they’d pay for their retirement?” Mu Dashan was full of shock.

As for the retirement expenses, there’s no way Mu Dashan and Yu Si Niang could avoid it, even Mu Dade, now a high-ranking official, couldn’t shirk it.

Though, the Old Mu Family had many sons, and supporting them didn’t cost much.

Mu Dajiang said, ”I don’t know either, anyway, you should be careful. Mom and Dad aren’t easy to deal with, as for big sister...”