CHAPTER 678: CHAPTER 674: ALL THE WOMEN IN THE VILLAGE CAME (SECOND UPDATE)

Xue Zheng held tightly onto Mu Shuangshuang’s hand, his small palm beginning to sweat.

His heart almost jumped into his throat.

His gaze followed Lu Yuanfeng’s movements.

Mu Shuangshuang did the same; rabbits are one of the most cunning animals, try not to startle them, otherwise they’ll surely run away.

Lu Yuanfeng slowly approached the target.

It was a nest of rabbits, a gray mother rabbit feeding her babies, so engrossed that she didn’t notice Lu Yuanfeng getting close.

Lu Yuanfeng swung the cloak in his hand forward, his body quickly lunging ahead, sweeping the entire nest including the mother rabbit into the cloak.

"Shuangshuang, I’ve caught them..." Lu Yuanfeng said softly to the people further away.

Mu Shuangshuang hurriedly pulled Xue Zheng forward.

In the black cloak, something was moving back and forth, Mu Shuangshuang crouched down and handed Xue Zheng’s bamboo basket over.

Lu Yuanfeng grabbed the mother rabbit, placing the baby rabbits one by one into the basket, a total of six rabbits, small and seemingly born not long ago.

Mu Shuangshuang watched the baby rabbits for a while, then covered the basket with a cloth.

"Should we catch more?" Mu Shuangshuang asked Xue Zheng.

Xue Zheng was completely focused on the rabbits, his eyes fixated on Mu Shuangshuang’s basket.

He didn’t even hear what Mu Shuangshuang said.

Mu Shuangshuang couldn’t help but want to laugh; it was rare to see a bit of childish innocence in Xue Zheng’s eyes, it seems he truly enjoys this simple rural life.

"Fengzi, how about we go back and set up a home for the rabbits, what do you think?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.

Lu Yuanfeng naturally nodded.

"I have an unused bamboo cage at home, I can bring it to your place."

"No need, Fengzi, the rabbits won’t be kept at my house. Not only the rabbits, even Xue Zheng might have to stay at your place."

Xue Zheng stayed at Mu Shuangshuang’s house last night, sharing a kang bed with Mu Dashan and Yu Si Niang.

However, Yu Si Niang said Xue Zheng was a guest, it would be best to find him a more comfortable place.

Mu Shuangshuang thought it over and decided to place Xue Zheng at Lu Yuanfeng’s home.

Yuanbao and Lu Yuanfeng share a room, Xue Zheng would sleep in Yuanbao’s room.

Upon hearing Mu Shuangshuang say he would sleep at Lu Yuanfeng’s place, Xue Zheng suddenly reached out, hugged Mu Shuangshuang’s arm, refusing to let go, and moreover, Mu Shuangshuang noticed the light in Xue Zheng’s eyes gradually dimmed.

Mu Shuangshuang felt a pang in her heart; she realized that she had been too abrupt with this decision, so she could only try to explain to Xue Zheng.

"Xiao Zheng, sis isn’t abandoning you, it’s just that there are only two rooms at home, and I am a girl, you don’t want to sleep with me."

Last night, Mu Shuangshuang had asked Xue Zheng, who unexpectedly felt so embarrassed.

"But sleeping on the kang bed with my parents, you wouldn’t be comfortable either. We’re not here for just one or two days, but for a longer period.

It’s impossible for you not to sleep every night, the only option is to stay with Brother Yuanfeng at his place.

You’re not opposed to being with Brother Yuanfeng, right? You also want to play with Brother Yuanbao, right?"

Mu Shuangshuang’s face showed nothing but sincerity.

Initially, she thought her sleeping space was big enough, adding Xue Zheng wouldn’t be a problem, but she never imagined that Xue Zheng would not want to share a room with her.

Actually, it’s not really reluctance; Xue Zheng is older than Yuanbao and Xiao Han, already eight years old, perhaps he understands things more than they do.

Xue Zheng hesitated for a moment and then nodded after a while.

"You come with me to stay at Brother Yuanfeng’s house."

This was the first sentence Xue Zheng spoke to anyone other than Mu Shuangshuang, and by saying it out loud, he presented Mu Shuangshuang with a dilemma.

Mu Shuangshuang’s face reddened, she sneaked a glance at Lu Yuanfeng and found he was just as embarrassed with a red face.

It seems they both had the same thought.

"Xiao Zheng, Brother Yuanfeng and I are older, there are differences between boys and girls, we can’t... can’t share the same room."

Mu Shuangshuang was now regretting to the point of wanting to kick herself, just a moment ago she had said Xue Zheng was more sensible than typical kids.

But now his bewildered look showed he absolutely didn’t understand at all.

"Shuangshuang, how about I build another kang bed in your room, and you swap rooms with Uncle Dashan and them?"

Lu Yuanfeng suggested this because Mu Shuangshuang’s room, though converted from a storage room, is half larger than the room of Mu Dashan and Yu Si Niang.

Mu Shuangshuang has always slept in her own room, while the rest followed Mu Dashan and his wife squeezed into one room.

Now if they swap rooms, everyone would be much more comfortable.

"Okay, let’s do that, but I still want to build a new house myself."

Mu Shuangshuang had this plan in mind because her own place was indeed too small, five people in the third branch, two rooms, all crammed together suffocatingly.

Plus, Little Zhi and Xiao Han are growing up, they both need their own rooms, no longer can everyone live in one room.

"Fengzi, help me figure out how much it would cost to build a house myself?"

Lu Yuanfeng thought for a moment and said, "It’d cost at least five to six taels of silver, and that’s not including anything. If you add furniture and decorations and such, I’m guessing it would be around seven to eight taels."

Typical rural houses are usually renovated, very few people build a new house from scratch.

Because constructing the foundation and such requires considerable time and hiring workers.

Seven to eight taels, Mu Shuangshuang calculated inwardly, she didn’t have enough silver for the restaurant yet, and if she used it on the house, her plans for the restaurant would have to be postponed.

Doing business is a cycle.

No capital, means you can only do small trades and accumulate slowly.

Once you have enough capital, you can do bigger trades and earn more money.

"Forget it, let’s set this aside for now, I reckon it won’t happen anytime soon."

Then, the three of them walked towards the Third Branch of the Mu Family.

As they reached the courtyard gate, Mu Shuangshuang noticed a crowd of onlookers outside the Old Mu Family’s courtyard, each one staring into the Mu Family’s house.

It seemed like there was big news inside.

Mu Shuangshuang saw Zhao Yun was there too, so she walked over and asked.

"Aunt Xiao Yun, what happened? What’s going on?"

"Oh dear, you startled me." Zhao Yun patted her chest.

She had been watching the commotion so intently, she hadn’t expected Mu Shuangshuang to appear suddenly.

"Sorry, Aunt Xiao Yun, Shuangshuang didn’t mean to scare you."

"No worries, no worries, Shuangshuang, let me tell you, your aunt isn’t doing well!" Zhao Yun suddenly lowered her voice and whispered to Mu Shuangshuang.

"What? My aunt..."

"Yes, I’ve heard she vomited blood everywhere, your second aunt is still shouting about your aunt having died, just a moment ago."

Everyone was extremely gossipy, each wishing they had wings to fly in and see what exactly was happening inside the Old Mu Family’s house.

"Shuang, hurry in and see if your aunt really passed, so we can make preparations." Someone said to Mu Shuangshuang.

Ps: This is a supplement for yesterday, today’s update will be added around eleven tonight.