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

There wasn’t the slightest hint of jealousy in Lu Yuanfeng’s words.

Xing Beichen also didn’t suspect that his going to the drill ground had anything to do with Lu Yuanfeng.

He only said, ”Fengzi, you’re so strong, sooner or later General Wen will call you away. Besides, he’s your commander-in-chief, he’s always thought highly of you!”

”Mm! He will!”

After a few pleasantries, Lu Yuanfeng went back to the kitchen to wash dishes and prepare dinner.

Xing Beichen was going to rest for a bit, then head to the drill ground.

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Er Gui Village!

The people of the Old Mu Family had been gone for almost half a month now. Over this half month, everyone’s curiosity about what kind of life the Mu Family were living had pretty much worn off.

The whole village began to throw themselves back into their own lives.

But then, something big suddenly happened, catching people a bit off guard.

Wang San suddenly started yelling about wanting to become a monk, and no matter what, he refused to marry Xia Guagua.

The village chief and the villagers had been keeping an eye on them, wanting to see Xia Guagua and Wang San get married.

But with this suddenly blowing up, the wedding could only be put on hold for the time being.

And Xia Guagua’s behavior was getting stranger and stranger; most of those who were itching to watch a joke ended up getting snubbed.

With Xia Guagua not marrying Wang San, there was no more ”melon” to eat in the village.

Very soon, everyone’s attention shifted again.

After the Old Mu Family left, the only ones remaining were Mu Zhenzhen and Mrs. Liu, plus the bedridden invalid, Mu Xiangxiang.

And someone noticed that these days, Mu Zhenzhen was running to Sun Dali’s house all day long.

Sun Dali’s mother praised Mu Zhenzhen to anyone she met, saying she was a good woman; although she’d made mistakes in the past, now the change in her was getting better and better.

In fact, Mu Zhenzhen had long since latched herself onto Sun Dali’s household; it was just that back then, everyone’s attention was on other people, so no one noticed!

The result of being this high-profile was that people started spreading that Mu Zhenzhen was getting ready to take over her former brother-in-law and marry into the Sun Family.

This matter had everyone talking.

By rights, an unmarried man and an unmarried woman being together was no big deal, it’s just that Sun Dali’s identity was awkward.

Back then he’d kicked Mu Xiangxiang away with one kick, yet Mu Zhenzhen, as the older sister, not only didn’t hate him, she actually got together with him. Wasn’t this a classic case of slapping her younger sister in the face?

Mu Shuangshuang also heard these rumors. They sounded like gossip to her, but she still couldn’t ignore how Mu Zhenzhen followed right behind Mrs. Qin’s backside every day.

On this day, Mu Shuangshuang shouldered a hoe and went to the field to weed.

Once this round of weeding was done, she’d go to the county, and from the county transfer to the Northwest.

These past few days, she had been looking for someone to forge an identity and household registration information.

In the Da Ning Dynasty, anyone traveling far had to have household registration information, and when necessary, a pass from the government as well.

Since Mu Shuangshuang was heading to a remote place this time, a pass was indispensable.

This was also why she was still in the village.

Mu Shuangshuang had barely hoed for a bit in the field when Mrs. Qin brought Mu Zhenzhen down to the fields.

Mu Zhenzhen was wearing a simple, completely patternless outfit, with a hoe on her back and a cloth headscarf tied on top of her head.

One look at her getup and you could tell she was there to help Mrs. Qin work.

Mrs. Qin didn’t notice Mu Shuangshuang; she just happened to squat down and start pulling weeds.

When some women saw Mu Zhenzhen and Mrs. Qin, they curiously asked, ”Da Li’s mom, you take Mu Zhenzhen along whenever you go out. The way I see it, it looks like Mu Zhenzhen has become one of your family!”

”That’s right, Mu Zhenzhen is Mu Xiangxiang’s older sister. What exactly do you all mean by this!”

A few women clustered together to gossip, completely ignoring the weeds in their fields.

Mrs. Qin was quite forthright. ”Since everyone cares so much, I won’t keep it from you! Zhenzhen is really great, she helps Da Li wash clothes, clean the house. Compared to that dead pig from before, who even needed to be fed at the table, she’s a lot better!”

Mrs. Qin still hated Mu Xiangxiang to this day; every other word out of her mouth was ”dead pig.”

She’d never forget Mu Xiangxiang’s appetite, bigger than a pig’s.

In just a few months, she’d eaten through several years’ worth of their grain.

And she only ate grain without laying eggs!

Mu Zhenzhen, hearing her younger sister being called a dead pig, didn’t talk back. Instead, she just followed beside Mrs. Qin and started weeding too!

But Mrs. Qin’s words also clearly showed that Mu Zhenzhen had taken the initiative to stick herself to the Sun family.

Mu Shuangshuang couldn’t figure it out.

Why would Mu Zhenzhen be willing to do so much for Sun Dali?

That Sun Dali is so fat...

Wait, fat—

Mu Shuangshuang suddenly remembered that Zhuangzi had been fat too!

Could it be that Mu Zhenzhen was transferring all the failure she’d suffered with Zhuangzi onto Sun Dali and was trying to find a sense of presence with him?

The more Mu Shuangshuang thought about it, the more unbelievable it seemed!

She knew exactly what kind of person Mu Zhenzhen was.

Back in the day, she never worked, just ate and lazed around.

But now she was actually washing clothes and tidying the room for Sun Dali.

And even helping Granny Sun with all these thankless chores.

Was it really just because she liked him?

”Then when is your Sun family going to marry Zhenzhen?” one woman asked.

”As long as Zhenzhen is willing, we can marry her in any time!” Mrs. Qin gave Mu Zhenzhen plenty of face.

”But the people of the Old Mu Family have all gone to the county, and will probably rarely come back in the future. If Zhenzhen gets married, they likely won’t be able to come.

Without parents’ orders and a matchmaker’s words, isn’t that improper?”

”What parents’ orders or no parents’ orders!” Mrs. Qin was quite displeased.

”Zhenzhen has nothing to do with those people from the Old Mu Family! She’s different, we don’t go in for that kind of thing with our daughters-in-law! As for the matchmaker’s words, have you forgotten what our Da Li’s aunt does?”

Sun Dali’s aunt was Matchmaker Sun.

If Matchmaker Sun lent a hand, getting married wouldn’t be an issue at all!

”Then what about Mu Xiangxiang? She’s still at home recuperating! If she happens to find out the truth one day and gets so angry she dies, what then?”

”What the hell’s that got to do with me? It’s not like I’m the one who killed her! Besides, that girl’s fate is tough, she jinxes people. How would she die!”

Mrs. Qin was quite annoyed. She grumbled those few sentences and then started working again.

Mu Zhenzhen followed beside her, and her pace actually wasn’t slow either.

Mu Shuangshuang was completely stunned; she just couldn’t believe that the Mu Zhenzhen in front of her was the same Mu Zhenzhen!

The change in her was huge. Back in the Old Mu Family, she’d been the type who waited for clothes to be handed to her and food to be brought to her mouth!

After munching on gossip for half the day, Mu Shuangshuang also began throwing herself wholeheartedly into the great task of weeding.

But because her plot and the Sun family’s field were close, while hiding behind the ridge she accidentally overheard a conversation between Mu Zhenzhen and Mrs. Qin.

”Auntie, Da Li still refuses to agree to marry me. What should I do?”

Mu Zhenzhen asked.

”Ai, that kid’s slow in the head. He’s still thinking about that Mu Xiangxiang! What’s so good about that dead pig? She just eats and eats; even a mountain of gold and silver would be eaten clean!” Mrs. Qin sighed.

”Auntie, how about we let Da Li see Xiangxiang?” Mu Zhenzhen asked.

”Are you crazy? If he sees that dead pig, you think he’d still be willing to marry you? I’m not letting them see each other now precisely because I’m afraid something will happen!”

As Mrs. Qin spoke, she even felt a lingering sense of fear!

If she hadn’t forcibly suppressed it, something would’ve happened long ago!