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

Chapter 1026: Chapter 1022: Second and Fifth Branches Gather Together (Second Update)

Mu Danian had been here for a while and knew that Lin Dajun was Mrs. Lin’s brother.

He was relatively good to his sister, so when Mrs. Lin said she was hungry, Mu Danian quickly told Chen Hong to prepare some food.

He took the opportunity to understand the purpose of Mrs. Lin’s visit.

Mrs. Lin was focused solely on eating; she didn’t even wash her hands, just grabbed a big white steamed bun made by Chen Hong and kept gnawing on it.

The way she ate was similar to someone released from a hunger prison.

”Second sister-in-law, what’s the matter? You need to tell me! If it wasn’t our parents who sent you to find me, then who did?”

Mrs. Lin didn’t say a word, and only when she had eaten her fill did she speak.

”Fifth brother, you’re done for! Our parents already know you pushed Huang Bitao out, and they said if you return, they’ll break your leg!”

After Mrs. Lin finished, she belched contentedly.

Mu Danian’s face turned pale with fright.

But he heard Mrs. Lin continue: ”Because of what you did, Da Lang has already split from the family and is now living in Tie Dao Village.”

”What? Da Lang split from the family? Did Huang Bitao go with him?” Mu Danian was most concerned about Huang Bitao.

He still thought that Huang Bitao should be his wife.

As for Mu Dalang, he was just temporarily taking care of Huang Bitao.

Speaking of Huang Bitao, Mrs. Lin got angry.

”Yes, that little slut hurt her back, and now my son is doing all the laundry and chores!

My son married a wife to serve the family, but instead, he ends up serving her. That little slut, I said from the beginning she shouldn’t have entered the family.”

Without realizing it, talking about it made Mrs. Lin even angrier, with nowhere to vent her frustration.

Mrs. Lin said so much, yet she still hadn’t gotten to the point, and it made Mu Danian anxious.

”Second sister-in-law, can you stop beating around the bush? Why did you come here, and when are you going back? Can you tell us... all of it?” Mu Danian asked.

Finally, Mrs. Lin spoke of her real reason for coming.

”Xiangxiang is getting married, and mother plans to prepare ten taels of silver as her dowry. They even talk about selling land, and whatever’s not enough, each branch of the family is asked to contribute!”

This was what Mrs. Lin heard from Old Mrs. Mu.

When she heard it, she almost blew up in anger, but unfortunately, the men weren’t there, and as a woman, she didn’t dare argue with her mother-in-law or father-in-law.

”What? Ten taels of silver, selling fields and land, and asking us to chip in? Have our parents gone mad? For Xiangxiang, they’re really willing to go this far?”

Mu Danian was very excited.

At that moment, he wanted to go back and question if his parents had lost their minds.

A girl gets married off and is not part of the Old Mu Family anymore, so why give her so much money?

Mu Danian also remembered the last time he wanted to get married, his mother insisted the family had no money.

Now Xiangxiang is getting married, and there’s money? What kind of logic is this?

”That’s why I rushed here overnight from the village, hoping you could come up with a solution for Xiangxiang.

Ten taels of silver is no small amount; it could get you three wives, or it could host a decent wedding for Qing and Gou Dan!”

The purpose for everyone is simple—not to give money and ensure Mu Xiangxiang doesn’t benefit.

”True, but what should we do?” Chen Hong, who had been silent, finally spoke.

Mu Danian pondered for a while, ”Let’s wait for Second Brother to come over, then we’ll discuss it seriously!”

——

At the Old Mu Family, it was time for breakfast. Old Mrs. Mu rushed to the kitchen and found it with cold pots and stoves, which infuriated her as she stormed into Mrs. Lin’s room.

”You lazy, sneaky old hag, you don’t even make breakfast anymore. Are you trying to upend the world?

Get your old body up and make breakfast for me!”

Old Mrs. Mu scolded the bed where Mrs. Lin should be lying.

After scolding for a long time without any response from the bed, she got mad, lifted the quilt, and found it empty.

”Lin Xiao Zao...”

”Lin Xiao Zao...”

She shouted all morning, yet Mrs. Lin never appeared.

Mu Qingqing wisely hid away, but Gou Dan, who returned from school for lunch, became the target of Old Mrs. Mu’s anger and got his bottom beaten until it swelled.

The cries of Gou Dan could even be heard in the third branch.

It was heartbreaking and also helplessly exasperating.

Mrs. Lin had just disappeared like that and didn’t appear even for lunch.

Among those in the Old Mu Family who could work, only Mrs. Liu was left. Laundry, cooking, tending to the fields, Mrs. Liu was utterly exhausted.

But there was no other choice.

Huang Bitao split and left, Mrs. Lin ran off, and there were a few unmarried daughters in the family, whom Mrs. Liu couldn’t bear to let cook.

Thus, after working hard all day, Mrs. Liu’s shoulders were so tired they couldn’t lift anymore.

By dusk, with still no sign of Mrs. Lin, Mr. Mu felt something was wrong and thought about going to the village to call some people to look for Mrs. Lin.

Worried something might have happened.

Old Mrs. Mu was dismissive.

”Come on, that useless old woman, without a figure or looks,

even the second son only wanted her. If it were any other man, she’d have been kicked out long ago.

Filthy and foul-smelling, you haven’t been in her room, or you’d see the quilt could wring water out.”

Old Mrs. Mu complained bitterly, and her words were blunt and harsh.

”Enough, she’s missing, and what’s the point of saying these things? Let’s look for her quickly. If something really happened, what would the second branch’s family do?”

Among the entire Old Mu Family, only Mu Qingqing knew where Mrs. Lin went.

However, Mu Qingqing wasn’t going to risk trouble by telling her grandparents.

She just needed to hide and finish her embroidery.

Once finished, she could go to town to find Mrs. Liu.

The thought of being treated special by Mrs. Liu after finishing her embroidery made Mu Qingqing work even more eagerly.

At night—

In a farmhouse in Mountain Village, after a day of work, the men gathered, eating roast meat and chatting joyfully.

The newly joined Mrs. Lin happily ate roast meat, not putting any of the Old Mu Family’s affairs in mind.

After eating their fill, Lin Dajun led everyone to rest, and the second and fifth branches finally gathered together.

Mu Dazhong already knew about Mu Xiangxiang’s upcoming marriage, but he still hadn’t figured out how to solve it.

With recent events at the Old Mu Family, after hearing from Mu Danian and Mrs. Lin, he had a general understanding.

But everyone’s purpose was the same.

No money should be given, nor should Father and Mother expend theirs.

”Second Brother, you tell us, how should we handle this?” Mu Danian, sitting around the fire, asked Mu Dazhong first.

Mu Dazhong shook his head: ”This isn’t easy to say; everyone knows what kind of person Mother is.

And since it’s money for Xiangxiang, Mother definitely won’t listen to us.”

After hearing Mu Dazhong, Mu Danian said: ”Actually, I have an idea, but I’m not sure if it’s appropriate!”