CHAPTER 190: CHAPTER 190: MESSED UP (1ST UPDATE)

Mr. Mu, after all, isn’t a professional. Although Mu Shuangshuang reminded him to look for clues, he couldn’t figure anything out.

Without even knowing what the clues were, he just randomly instructed people to search.

Mu Shuangshuang knew she couldn’t rely on the Old Mu Family.

She had to save herself.

Taking advantage of the moment, Mu Shuangshuang slipped into Mu Danian’s room, searched around, but found nothing—no lard, no green beans.

If not for the two chicken feathers scattered in the corner of the room, she would have thought it wasn’t Mu Danian who was stealing.

Due to Mr. Mu’s incorrect guidance, the Old Mu Family naturally found nothing, and Old Mrs. Mu cursed even more fiercely.

Mu Shuangshuang, having not found any stolen goods, couldn’t accuse Mu Danian, but she kept her wits about her and started on a door latch as soon as she returned.

Knowing Mu Danian’s behavior, he got addicted to stealing this time, he would surely return again.

She lengthened the latch on Mu Dashan’s room door, patched where wood was needed, and made sure the door couldn’t be easily pushed open. Only then did she feel at ease.

After a busy stretch, she broke out in a light sweat.

It just happened to be time for breakfast, so Mu Shuangshuang naturally went to the upper room for breakfast.

Old Mrs. Mu’s face was still dark over the morning’s events, bringing the entire Old Mu Family’s mood down.

"Mom, don’t be upset anymore, maybe we should get a few more chicks?" Mrs. Jin actively comforted Old Mrs. Mu.

"Sister-in-law makes it sound easy; raising one chick into a big chicken takes over half a year." Mrs. Lin replied defiantly.

Mrs. Lin thought to herself, Mrs. Jin was shameless. Who didn’t know the eggs laid by the family chickens were either sold by Old Mrs. Mu or eaten by the main house, even cheap chicks would still end up benefitting the main house.

"Gou Dan’s mother, I’m just suggesting to mom, no other intentions."

Mrs. Jin was already displeased but remembered her husband advised her not to confront the Old Mu Family at such times, so she swallowed down her resentment.

A meal filled with tastelessness went by, and the people of the Old Mu Family began to mind their own business.

After breakfast, Mu Danian went out, claiming he was going to work, but no one saw him in the fields.

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"Danian, if your mother finds out the chicken was stolen by you, won’t she beat you to death."

In a dilapidated clay house in Er Gui Village that had long been unoccupied, Chen Hong dressed in a brightly colored long skirt, which appeared brand new, clearly indicating it was made not long ago.

Chen Hong’s face was covered in thick rouge, her lips were painted bright red, alarmingly so, resembling a gaping mouth full of blood.

Yet she didn’t think this attire was rustic. On the contrary, she felt there wasn’t anyone in Er Gui Village or Tie Dao Village who could compete with her beauty.

"My mother is too dumb to know anything, but you, little vixen, hanging around with me all day, aren’t you afraid of that wicked mother-in-law of yours?"

Mu Danian’s eyes were playful, filled with lasciviousness as he looked at Chen Hong.

"Afraid of that dead old woman? If it weren’t for the land she has, I would have kicked that dead son of hers long ago, wanting me to claim some chastity arch, ridiculous!"

Chen Hong was married into Tie Dao Village as Wang the blacksmith’s daughter-in-law. But Wang Xiaojiang died early, just three months after their wedding, leaving his parents to deliberate. Believing their son loved Chen Hong, they didn’t allow her to remarry, serving her good food and drink every day.

It was arranged that as long as Chen Hong remained unmarried, she’d inherit six acres of land and a smithy after their death.

Six acres of land could easily sell for up to thirty-four taels of silver. Moreover, Wang the blacksmith’s land was fertile. Counting everything, Chen Hong calculated she could get around a hundred taels from those old folks.

Having someone serve her and pay her, wouldn’t remarrying be foolish?

"As expected, the little vixen is missing my treasure. Come on, since I’m not working today, let my treasure handle you a few more times."

Saying this, Mu Danian pounced, wanting to tear off Chen Hong’s clothes. In a single pull, her flowery dress was ripped apart.

"You... you dare tear my dress? Do you know how expensive it was?" Chen Hong’s face instantly twisted in rage.

Touch a woman’s face, touch a woman’s clothes, end up on a dead-end road.

Mu Danian placed his hand on Chen Hong’s rear, grabbing forcefully. "It’s just a dress, right? When my brother becomes a scholar, I’ll buy you a hundred of them.

Come, let me feel it more, I’ve been holding back for so long..."

Mu Danian’s words grew increasingly obscene, and Chen Hong bashfully hammered his chest.

"Annoying, be gentle, it’s going to break..."

"How could it be broken? If it weren’t for my help, it might be flat by now. I’m telling you, you better be good to me, I’ve got good days ahead." Mu Danian laughed.

"You better stop, with your brother’s weak-willed nature, how many times has he taken the exams? I know he’s the first scholar in your village, but that was fifteen years ago. If he keeps testing, he could become a grandfather."

The issue of Mu Dade having no son was well-known among nearby villages, some even joked that he burned through his life’s luck on becoming a scholar, resulting in no sons... hehe...

"Little vixen, don’t underestimate my brother; this time he has a big plan, I heard he might buy the exam questions, and once he gets those, how could he fail?"

Mu Danian’s face was full of pride, while others didn’t believe his brother would pass, he was convinced.

Moreover, his brother wasn’t really a lamb; the other day, when he went to the third branch to cozy up, surely he was plotting something there.

Only his third brother was foolish, thinking his brother is some good-hearted person.

Nonsense, the most scheming in the family is his brother.

"So we’ve agreed, once your brother becomes a scholar, you’ll marry me..."

"Didn’t you say you wanted the land and the shop from those two old folks? If you become mine, won’t you not want those things?"

"Who said I don’t want them, if your brother becomes a high official, aren’t you his brother? By then, let him help me take those things, won’t they still be mine?"

"Haha, I knew it, you’re a crafty little vixen..."

After some playful moments, Mu Danian was satisfied, while Chen Hong still felt like she hadn’t had enough, her hands kept tracing circles on Mu Danian’s body, hoping for something more to happen.

"Tell me, where did that brat in your family get the silver to buy all those things?"

"How would I know? That brat had good luck, there’s a fool protecting her. I heard those two are inseparable. If not for that, I’d have beaten that brat long ago."

Thinking of how Mu Shuangshuang rejected him yesterday, Mu Danian grew angry.

"Then it’s simple, find a reason to separate those two, and catch that brat to teach her a lesson, won’t that do!"