CHAPTER 312: CHAPTER 310: A MOUTHFUL OF OLD BLOOD (FIRST UPDATE)

"Mom, now with this, you can be at ease, right?" Mu Shuangshuang waved her customized stick in front of Yu Si Niang.

This stick was specially crafted by Mu Shuangshuang.

At the very top of the stick, she nailed a nail, specifically to deal with those who like to sneak into others’ homes to steal chickens and dogs late at night.

Seeing the nail on the stick, Yu Si Niang felt a bit weak but was ultimately relieved.

With this, when her daughter goes out, the bad guys wouldn’t dare to touch her.

"Shuangshuang, well done, but still don’t be careless!"

"Hmm, Shuangshuang understands. Breakfast should be ready, I’ll go and wake up Xiao Han and Little Zhi."

The meals at the third branch for breakfast, lunch, and dinner are slightly different from those at the Old Mu Family. Other than Mu Shuangshuang going to town for business, at other times, people won’t eat if they aren’t all present.

In the past, the most frustrating thing at the Old Mu Family was that the person who did the most work was always the one eating dishwater.

When Yu Si Niang was cooking, Old Mrs. Mu would assign her a pile of tasks, leaving her to do everything herself. By the time she finished, the meal would already be over.

Mu Shuangshuang always disliked this way of eating, clearly they’re one family, can’t they wait for a while?

Thankfully, the third branch is now separated, and everything is governed by them!

Mu Shuangshuang went back inside, just in time as Little Zhi and Xiao Han had already gotten up. Although the two kids were young, they were quite adept at dressing themselves and rinsing their mouths, never needing Mu Shuangshuang’s help.

The breakfast was set, and the group had just gotten ready to eat when a piercing scream came from the Old Mu Family, extremely harsh.

The few people eating "jumped" up all at once.

"What’s going on?" Yu Si Niang looked surprised.

Mu Shuangshuang calmly continued eating her breakfast, replying leisurely, "Guess something’s missing again!"

Mu Shuangshuang remembered the last time Old Mrs. Mu’s chicken was stolen, she screamed the same way. This time, she wondered what exactly was taken.

Though it was amusing, despite all their precautions day and night, they couldn’t defend against the thieves within the family. Old Mrs. Mu probably still didn’t know that her things were stolen by her own family.

"Shuangshuang, do you think we should go take a look?" Yu Si Niang asked.

After all, Old Mrs. Mu was Yu Si Niang’s mother-in-law. With her screaming so miserably, Yu Si Niang felt compelled to go check.

Mu Dashan also struggled, trying to go out.

"Let’s wait, this is the time when Grandma is in a fit of rage, whoever goes up will have bad luck. Let’s go out after she vents!"

"Alright."

Mu Shuangshuang’s words were unanimously agreed by everyone in the third branch. Everyone was a bit wary of Old Mrs. Mu’s unreasonable nature.

Meanwhile, in the second branch of the Old Mu Family, Mu Dazhong and Mrs. Lin were so scared that sweat started appearing on their faces.

Mrs. Lin tugged at Mu Dazhong’s sleeve, looking frightened. "Daddy Gou Dan, do you think Mom will find out that thing was taken by us..."

"Shh, if you don’t tell and I don’t tell, how would Mom know?"

Last night, under the cover of darkness, Mu Dazhong opened Old Mrs. Mu’s latch and took away a basket full of eggs.

They spent the night eating till full; out of a basket of 30 eggs, they gobbled down 16 of them. It wasn’t until midnight when they were completely stuffed did they stop.

"True, but did you hide those eggs and the shells properly?" Mrs. Lin was tense, recalling the last time Old Mrs. Mu found five hundred coins, her heart still aches.

This time, she and Daddy Gou Dan were in deep trouble if it gets found out.

"Don’t worry, I hid the eggs at Xiangxiang’s place. Even if Mom suspects someone, she wouldn’t suspect Xiangxiang, nor would she go looking at Xiangxiang’s place."

Outside, a small figure heard Mu Dazhong and Mrs. Lin’s conversation and quickly ran off.

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Old Mrs. Mu was still crying out loud in her room; early in the morning, she discovered that the basket full of eggs she placed in the corner was gone, not only the eggs but even the bamboo basket went missing.

"Old man, our home has been robbed!" Old Mrs. Mu startled Mr. Mu awake, shouting loudly.

"What happened? What got stolen?" Mr. Mu abruptly woke up, looking around, finally resting his gaze on Old Mrs. Mu’s face.

"Our... eggs are gone..." Old Mrs. Mu said with a sob.

That basket of eggs, she had planned to let the third branch’s brat take to town, sell them for thirty coins, but now the eggs were gone, and money couldn’t be there either.

"What? Didn’t you put it in your own room?"

Mr. Mu scanned the surroundings, finally his gaze fell on the opened latch.

"Oh no, we really got robbed."

Strangely enough, despite Old Mrs. Mu crying for so long, none of the other branches came over, the second branch was guilty of theft, the third branch didn’t want to be the first to face the wrath, and the fourth branch Mrs. Liu was too afraid to come out after being scolded, hiding in her room, not daring to step out.

As for Mu Danian, he got beaten too badly by Lu Yuanfeng last night, and couldn’t get up.

"What’s with these kids, why is no one coming?" Mr. Mu walked outside and shouted to the outside.

"Big things happened at home, you all better get up!"

After some dithering, everyone reluctantly showed up, Old Mrs. Mu was still ranting, Mu Shuangshuang stood there for a while, listening to her curse all eighteen generations of ancestors of others.

It was unclear though, if this time, Old Mrs. Mu’s angry words were directed at someone from the Old Mu Family.

"Dad, what’s happening to our house? Did we get robbed again? We haven’t caught anyone from the last time the chicken was stolen." Mu Dazhong was the first to speak, rattling on like peas spilling out.

Mu Shuangshuang felt curious; usually, in such incidents, Mu Danian was the first to speak, as he relished the spectacle.

Mu Dazhong was often the one delivering the final blow, so why was he taking the first charge this time?

She glanced at Mrs. Lin, whose head was sweating profusely, her palms shaking uncontrollably, and she understood a bit of the situation.

How amusing, the last time was Mu Danian, this time it’s Mu Dazhong, the Old Mu Family really has internal thieves.

Speaking of the last time with that chicken, Old Mrs. Mu cursed even more fiercely.

"Who the hell ate my old lady’s chicken and eggs, if they give birth to a son may they not have a damn skin, and when they go out may they get crushed by Mu Tou, and choked to death while drinking water..."

The more Old Mrs. Mu cursed, the more vicious she became, both Mu Dazhong and wounded Mu Danian frowned simultaneously.

In their hearts they couldn’t help but complain, was it necessary to curse so harshly just for stealing a chicken (egg)?

Once Old Mrs. Mu had almost finished her performance, Mu Shuangshuang spoke up.

"Grandpa, Grandma, Shuangshuang has to go to Grandma’s house today, it’s getting late, I’ll head off first."

Mu Shuangshuang didn’t actually come to watch the fun. With Old Mrs. Mu’s personality, if she had sneaked off, Old Mrs. Mu’s stolen chicken egg blame would likely be pinned on her.

Might even outright insist the eggs went to her grandmother’s place.