Chapter 1391: Chapter 1386: The Old Mu Family’s Land Was Bought by Me
"I’ve been wronged, I have! Aunt Mu, you know better than anyone what kind of person I am, you have to stand up for me!"
Qin Xianglan turned to Old Mrs. Mu for help.
These days Qin Xianglan only did two things: one was currying favor with Old Mrs. Mu.
The other was clinging to Mu Dade, trying to become Mu Dade’s concubine as soon as possible; of course, just being a concubine was fine too, since getting her status legitimized was only a matter of time.
As soon as Qin Xianglan asked for help, Old Mrs. Mu immediately glared at Mrs. Lin.
"If you don’t know how to talk, then stop spewing crap out of your mouth! I know what kind of person Xianglan is better than you do!"
"You say she’s sneaking around fooling around, I don’t believe it; but you, woman, you’ve got no small history of sneaking around yourself!"
"Ma, I’ve got cloth patched over cloth, skin stuck to skin, I don’t have a single coin on me from head to toe—where would I get money to go fool around? You’re really wronging me to death!"
Mrs. Lin put on an aggrieved face.
Unfortunately, Old Mrs. Mu didn’t buy it.
"Humph, I don’t believe a single word that comes out of your mouth; you’re the same kind as that whore Mrs. Jin!"
The more Old Mrs. Mu cursed, the happier she got.
Mu Shuangshuang quietly watched Qin Xianglan’s expression and noticed a smile at the corner of her mouth; clearly, she was delighted to see Mrs. Lin getting scolded.
"All of you shut up, whoever dares to bicker again, get out!"
Mr. Mu banged heavily on the tea table in front of him and spoke in a huff.
Once he said that, everyone fell silent.
When everyone had quieted down, Mr. Mu finally shifted his gaze back onto Mu Shuangshuang.
"Shuang, you came from the village—tell Grandpa, how are things in the village? How’s the harvest this year?"
"The harvest is even better than last year; every rice ear is full, and the price of rice is good this year! Folks in the village have pretty much fattened up, just waiting for the New Year now!"
Mu Shuangshuang told the truth about what she knew.
As soon as she finished, Mr. Mu burst out laughing.
"A good harvest is good, of course; farming families can only count on that bit of rice every year to get by! If we were still in the countryside, we’d definitely get to see this bumper harvest with our own eyes!"
"Good, my ass good. Don’t forget, what you sold off was all rice fields that hadn’t even been harvested yet! Who knows which bastard got the bargain!"
Old Mrs. Mu cursed at the top of her lungs.
She still didn’t know yet that her land had been sold to the third branch.
"Grandma, buying and selling are both a matter of free will! You wanted to sell land, they wanted to buy land, both sides agreed. Since it was something you both agreed to, why get all twisted up with jealousy now and curse out the buyer?"
Mu Shuangshuang was not the type to swallow her grievances in silence.
Back then, Old Mrs. Mu had been hell-bent on selling the land to Fu Wu, ready to die over it.
And at that time, how come no one saw her being unwilling or complaining?
Now she’s here complaining—what was she doing earlier?
"I’ll curse if I want, and not just curse—I’ll curse every single day. Whoever bought my family’s land..."
"Whoever bought your family’s land will get more blessings and a longer life, strike it rich and stay healthy, and everything they do will go smoothly!
Grandma, whatever you say will bounce right back to you! Besides, the one who bought your land isn’t anyone else, it’s me, Mu Shuangshuang! Those forty-odd taels of Silver you got were paid by me!"
As soon as Mu Shuangshuang finished speaking, everyone in the main room was stunned!
Originally, Mu Shuangshuang hadn’t wanted to bring this up so early.
But she wasn’t about to let that old hag curse her.
And she certainly didn’t want her family being cursed by that old hag either!
"You... you..." Old Mrs. Mu was so angry she couldn’t even get words out.
She just kept jabbing a finger at Mu Shuangshuang, while her throat let out sounds like some wild beast howling.
"Shuangshuang, our land was really bought by you?" Mr. Mu asked.
"I’m the one who bought it!" Mu Shuangshuang nodded.
"So I don’t want Grandma cursing anymore. Like I said, it was one willing to fight and one willing to take the blows."
Old Mrs. Mu was the most immoral person she had ever seen; living like her was practically a disgrace!
Mr. Mu didn’t speak for a long while; after quite some time, he finally squeezed out from his throat,
"Shuangshuang, if... I mean if, someday we had enough money, or when your Grandma and I are old and want to go back to the village, would you be willing to sell the land back to us?"
Last time, Mr. Mu had wanted to go back, but the others wouldn’t agree.
Mu Dade had even come to plead with him, promising to treat everyone equally from then on.
He swore he would never let Mrs. Jin mess up again.
Mr. Mu hadn’t wanted to go back to the countryside alone, so he’d agreed to give Da De one more chance.
But deep down, he still missed the countryside.
"No. The land is mine now. Come next spring, I’ll dump loads of fertilizer into it and plant new crops there!"
Mu Shuangshuang shook her head as she spoke.
Mr. Mu’s heart clenched; some things, once lost, never come back.
"What if I pay a higher price than you did when you bought it?" Mr. Mu asked.
"No. Of course, if Grandpa insists on buying, I’ll sell it for three times the price."
"What? Three times? You think you’re robbing people?" Mrs. Lin shouted from the side!
Back then, Mr. Mu had sold that land for over forty taels.
If it was three times, that’d be over a hundred taels.
With over a hundred taels, you could buy a big courtyard house with five rooms in and no exit in the county!
"That’s exactly why I said I won’t sell. Besides, isn’t Grandpa living quite nicely in the county? Grandma and my Fourth Aunt both said you’re eating the best and drinking the best; a little country girl like me will never enjoy that in her whole life!"
Everything Mu Shuangshuang said was totally obnoxious, yet every sentence was the truth.
Mr. Mu wilted like a shriveled cucumber; he felt completely undone.
He couldn’t go back, not for the rest of his life!
The village, the crops, the fields—none of that had anything to do with him anymore!
Mr. Mu was eaten up with regret; why on earth had he sold off the land back then?
Clutching those forty-odd taels of Silver, he couldn’t do a thing—couldn’t go into business, couldn’t buy a house!
He hated it!
"It’s getting late; I should be heading out now!" Mu Shuangshuang stood up.
Mr. Mu, however, didn’t want her to go. "Shuangshuang, stay and have lunch! Let your Aunt Xianglan make you something good to eat!"
"No need, I’ve still got things to do!" Mu Shuangshuang declined.
Mrs. Lin’s eyes rolled; she felt she ought to try to keep Mu Shuangshuang.
After all, her mother-in-law loved saving face; who knows, maybe this meal would actually be something decent!
"Shuangshuang, about the land, what’s done is done! It’s still better in your hands than in some outsider’s! Besides, when Dad talks about going back, he’s just joking around. With all that money, of course we’re going to buy a house and open a shop in the county!
Business in the county is so easy to do, there’s really no need to go back to the village, right?"
Everyone agreed with what Mrs. Lin said.
Old Mrs. Mu and Mr. Mu also felt a bit better.
Mrs. Lin went on, "Shuangshuang, since you’re here, you should at least go see your Eldest Uncle and Aunt. Your Eldest Uncle is really impressive now, a big official in the county! Once you meet him, you’ll realize how good it is to know someone in office!"
Mrs. Lin’s words made Mu Shuangshuang pause.
She didn’t know whether or not Mu Dade was actually an official.
But Mu Dade was someone she had to see.
Such a vicious woman, someone who harmed Taohua so badly—she wanted to see just how impressive he really was!
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