CHAPTER 439: CHAPTER 436: THE MAN’S HARDSHIP (SECOND UPDATE)

"Mom, I can go without eating, but your grandson is still little, he can’t handle not eating..." Mrs. Lin used her trump card, glancing at Mu Dazhong for help.

Mu Dazhong quickly joined in to plead.

"Mom, you know this woman, Mrs. Lin, she’s always been a bit slow, not good with words, but she’s got a good heart, she really respects you deep down.

Besides, isn’t the child in her belly your eldest grandson? She’s just afraid the kid will go hungry."

"Enough, don’t use the child as an excuse. Who hasn’t been pregnant? I’ve had seven kids, none of which were as delicate as yours!

If you don’t have the life of a lady, don’t give me the attitude, or you’ll end up like a dead rat."

Old Mrs. Mu wasn’t buying any of it. Once she made up her mind, no one could change it or gain the upper hand.

Mrs. Lin and Mu Dazhong suffered a big loss, opened their mouths but ended up saying nothing.

Mrs. Liu finished the porridge belonging to Mrs. Lin, trembling, and finally filled her belly.

But with her belly full of water, she felt worse than being hungry.

Just then, Mu Danian finished eating and left.

At the table, as soon as someone leaves, Mrs. Liu could get up, or else Old Mrs. Mu would surely scold her. But before she could seize the opportunity to get up, Mu Danian came back.

"Dad, Mom, I saw my third brother hosting a feast, Fu Wu, Zhao Gouzi, and the Zhang family are all there."

"It seems they’ve made a big table of dishes, my third brother’s already drunk."

As soon as Mu Danian finished speaking, Mrs. Lin and Mu Dazhong, who were deflated earlier, seemed reinvigorated.

"What, the third branch is hosting a feast? Doesn’t that mean lots of food?" Mu Dazhong exclaimed.

"Dad, Mom, let’s go to third brother’s place to eat. Today’s porridge doesn’t taste good anyway. With the feast at third brother’s place, there must be lots of dishes, maybe even some meat!"

Speaking of meat, everyone’s eyes in the room lit up.

Gou Dan licked his lips, his face covered with saliva and snot.

The two kids from the fourth branch lowered their heads, they wanted to eat but wouldn’t show it like the others.

Fortunately, Mu Xiangxiang was eating in her room, or she would have caused a scene too.

"Look at you, wagging your tails over a bit of food, losing even the basic dignity of being human.

No matter how fine the dishes or exotic meats at their house, it’s theirs, not yours.

If he really meant it, he would have invited us long ago, why humiliate yourselves by going and inviting insults?"

Old Mrs. Mu regarded her sons with contempt, her words full of sarcasm.

The Old Mu Family members blushed red with embarrassment, looking extremely uncomfortable.

Mrs. Lin thought: isn’t it just because you, old hag, are usually so stingy, giving all the little good stuff to the eldest brother and that little beast of a daughter.

Luckily, Second Aunt left, or I’d not even have a bowl of sweet potato porridge.

"Mom is right, my third brother is so wrong, he’d rather invite outsiders than call us family, Mom really wasted her concern on him!"

Mu Danian flattered Old Mrs. Mu, calming her down and massaging her legs.

Everyone was puzzled by Mu Danian’s actions.

Old Mrs. Mu usually isn’t good to the third branch, why is he saying she cared for them?

But what Mu Danian said, Old Mrs. Mu liked hearing.

In her heart, the third branch had wronged her and were considered ungrateful.

"Enough, enough, when your elder brother has enough money, we’ll have a good meal, in a few days it’ll be the Mid-Autumn Festival, let’s prepare adequately so as not to lose face then."

"That ungrateful thing will get their comeuppance, just wait and see!"

Quietly cursing, the Old Mu Family drama finally settled down.

The feast at the third branch was nearing the end.

Yu Si Niang helped send Fu Wu, Zhang Yutou’s family, and Zhao Gouzi home.

Luckily, even though it was dark for a while, it hadn’t rained, or they’d have been drenched.

Mu Dashan was sitting in the kitchen, his face unnaturally flushed, he laughed freely, seeming drunk but not really, just a bit dizzy and weak.

"Shuangshuang, you and Fengzi did great!"

"Dad’s pleased, people finally look up to us!"

The man laughed genuinely, showing how happy he was at that moment.

"Dad, you’re drunk, let Fengzi and I take you home." Mu Shuangshuang signaled to Lu Yuanfeng, who stepped forward.

However, he didn’t let Shuangshuang support Mu Dashan, instead he carried him alone and led him inside.

On Lu Yuanfeng’s back, Mu Dashan began to lose awareness, muttering aloud.

"Shuangshuang, why don’t your grandparents think well of me? All these years I’ve done so much for the Old Mu Family, but in the end, I’m the villain, everything I say is wrong, everything I do is incorrect."

"Your grandma never liked me since I was young, and later despised the scar on my face, said I was ugly, wouldn’t let me greet guests."

"Shuangshuang, am I really useless? Disliked by your grandma, ignored by your grandpa, must one really study to be successful?"

These were the most daring words the man had said in his life.

When sober, he feared everything, dared not speak; only when drunk could he speak his mind.

Mu Shuangshuang felt anguished listening.

Yet she found it understandable.

It’s not that she’s cold-hearted, but often, the more you bear the pain, the more others think you’re easy to bully.

All fist strikes land on you.

The weak are always targeted! The ancients did not deceive us!

Setting Mu Dashan on the bed, Lu Yuanfeng helped remove his shoes, just as Yu Si Niang entered the room, taking over to care for Mu Dashan.

Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng left Mu Dashan’s room, heading towards the kitchen.

The sky was pitch black, but with someone behind her, Mu Shuangshuang wasn’t the least bit scared.

The kitchen was in a mess, Mu Shuangshuang had to clean it up before resting.

Lu Yuanfeng entered and started cleaning the dishes on the table.

This meal, Mu Shuangshuang really showed her skill, everyone was full of praise.

"Hey, where’s Yuanbao?" Mu Shuangshuang looked around but didn’t see Yuanbao, asked curiously.

"I sent him off to bring food to Xing Beichen."

At night Mu Shuangshuang had asked Xing Beichen to come for dinner, but he didn’t want to cause trouble for Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng, insisted on Lu Yuanfeng bringing him some later.

Lu Yuanfeng certainly wasn’t in a hurry to go back after eating, so he sent Yuanbao with the food.

"That’s good, I need to grow bean sprouts later, you can watch, maybe learn a useful skill."

Mu Shuangshuang laughed, the two began cleaning the kitchen.

Yu Si Niang came in once to fetch water, probably to wash Mu Dashan, and when she returned again, her face showed some embarrassment and shame.

"Mom, is there something you need?"