CHAPTER 679: CHAPTER 675 THE LAST TIME (THREE UPDATES)

Seeing Mu Shuangshuang not moving, the group of women began to urge her again.

"Shuang, don’t just stand there, hurry up and tell us what happened. We’re all waiting to see your aunt’s joke."

The woman in front spoke rather harshly.

Mu Shuangshuang was somewhat displeased.

No matter how bad Mu Xiangxiang was, she was still her aunt. For an outsider to hope her aunt dies soon, and for Mu Shuangshuang to joke along with them, now that would really be heartless.

She turned and entered the courtyard of the third branch, ignoring the crowd of onlookers.

Those people immediately felt it was boring, continually calling it dull.

But deep down, they still hoped something would happen in the Old Mu Family.

As the saying goes, Old Mu Family has already taken too much advantage; if they take more, others can’t survive.

So everyone was eagerly hoping that this time, Mu Xiangxiang wouldn’t die but would at least suffer a lot.

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Just upon entering the yard, Mu Dashan came up to her.

The man’s face didn’t look good; he also knew about Mu Xiangxiang’s situation.

But these weren’t his main concerns.

His biggest worry was about Old Fourth Mu Dajiang’s heavily injured forehead.

And Old Fourth’s wife, clutching her belly, still wailing endlessly.

Mu Shuangshuang asked, "Dad, are you worried about my aunt? If you really want to take a look, just go. Grandma shouldn’t have time to attend to other people’s affairs now."

"No, Shuang, I heard from your fourth uncle about Xiangxiang’s issue. She ate five bowls of noodles, three buns, two bowls of porridge this morning and vomited blood after sticking her finger down her throat, just as you suggested, because she ate too much and her body couldn’t handle it."

Mu Shuangshuang asked again, "Fourth Uncle? How come Fourth Uncle told you all this?"

"Ah, that’s what I wanted to tell you. Your fourth uncle was hit by your grandma, has a huge gash on his head that’s still bleeding; I couldn’t stop the bleeding even with stove ashes.

And your fourth aunt, when she was bringing stove ashes for your aunt, moved a bit slowly and got her belly hit hard by your grandma. It’s still aching now. What on earth is going on here?"

Mu Dashan was almost turning gray-headed with worry.

Old Fourth Mu Dajiang was his brother, always the one who listened to him the most, unlike other branches that might have thoughts of harming the third branch, but the fourth branch absolutely wouldn’t.

And the fourth branch was truly pitiful.

Whenever Mu Dashan looked at the fourth branch, he could see the shadow of the third branch.

He recalled back when the family hadn’t split, the third branch was also bullied terribly...

"Dad, have you called Grandpa Zhang? Fourth Uncle’s condition needs to be bandaged soon, and my fourth aunt, if the pain continues like this, won’t she hurt her internal organs?"

"I sent your mother to call him, just afraid that your grandpa might have sent someone to call Uncle Zhang too, in case they collide, it would be troublesome again." Mu Dashan said worriedly.

"Dad, don’t worry. My fourth uncle and fourth aunt are here, and my cousin Da Lang isn’t around. Who at home is willing to call a doctor for my aunt?"

After some thought, Mu Dashan agreed, and didn’t dwell on it anymore.

Mu Shuangshuang handed the basket she was holding to Xue Zheng and whispered to him and Lu Yuanfeng, "Fengzi, Xiao Zheng, something happened at home. I guess I don’t have time to entertain you now. Once everything’s settled here, I’ll come find you, okay?"

Lu Yuanfeng nodded.

Xue Zheng did as well.

Mu Shuangshuang felt extremely relieved inside. Xue Zheng was making progress day by day. Perhaps after some more time, he might be willing to talk to others.

Lu Yuanfeng took Xue Zheng away, and Mu Shuangshuang entered Mu Dashan’s room.

Inside, Mrs. Liu was still weeping, and beside her, Mu Xiaxia and Xiao Chu were also wailing loudly.

Mu Dajiang, holding a fabric wrap with stove ashes, looked shaky, his face frighteningly pale.

His eyes were glaring, and the whites were almost rolling over.

Mu Shuangshuang felt uncomfortable watching and decided to personally check if Zhang Huai Shu had come.

Just as she reached the courtyard entrance, she saw Zhang Huai Shu carrying a medicine box.

"Grandpa Zhang, over here..." Mu Shuangshuang called softly.

Zhang Huai Shu entered the house and applied hemostatic powder to Mu Dajiang, then bandaged him up.

Mu Dajiang’s issue was essentially resolved, as the main problem was the unstoppable bleeding.

Mrs. Liu was a bit more complicated. Zhang Huai Shu took her pulse and asked about her situation.

After a while, he suddenly said, "It might have injured her spleen and kidneys. She should avoid working for a few days, rest well at home, and I’ll prescribe some medicine to be decocted and taken."

Mu Dajiang’s persistently pale face suddenly flushed red as he asked, "How much will all this medicine cost?"

The fourth branch had no income, and their only savings were from selling fish they caught last time, which only left them with eight coins now.

Perhaps not even enough for one dose of medicine.

"Old Fourth, we’ll cover the medical costs for you; you just need to recover, don’t worry about anything. Third Brother will take care of you."

Mu Shuangshuang also nodded along, "Fourth Uncle, right now the most important thing is to get better, take the medicine Grandpa Zhang prescribes on time and in proper amounts."

"Third Brother... Shuang, thank you both!"

A big burly man had his eyes reddened just from a couple of sentences from Mu Shuangshuang and Mu Dashan.

He indeed looked very pitiful.

Mu Shuangshuang paid the consultation fee, and just as Zhang Huai Shu was about to leave, Mu Dashan stopped him.

"Uncle Zhang, could you help us take a look at Shuang’s aunt? Her situation is also very critical."

Mu Dashan was aware of Zhang Huai Shu’s grudge with the Old Mu Family, one that even the entire Er Gui Village knew about.

Moreover, Old Mrs. Mu also offended Matchmaker Sun and Fu Wu.

If it weren’t for Mu Dade becoming a scholar, the Old Mu Family’s enemies would probably line up from the village’s entrance to its end.

"Uncle Zhang, please just take a look, even though Xiangxiang is troublesome, she is still the sister of me and Third Brother. We, as sons, are willing to kneel down and apologize for what outrageous things our mother did in the past."

As he spoke, Mu Dajiang actually knelt down toward Zhang Huai Shu, and if Mu Shuangshuang hadn’t quickly grabbed him, he probably would have knelt.

Zhang Huai Shu had watched Mu Dashan and Mu Dajiang grow up.

He knew these two were honest and loyal children.

Not a bit like that old terrier in the Old Mu Family, who was mean and sour in dealing with people.

Zhang Huai Shu sighed and said to the two men, "Fine, today I’ll go for your sake, giving you two brothers some face this time.

But let me be clear. If your mom dares to lay a hand on this old man again, I definitely won’t be courteous.

When someone in your Old Mu Family gets sick, I really won’t treat them."

Zhang Huai Shu was principled and proud. If he said he wouldn’t treat them, then he wouldn’t, showing no favor at all.

"Thank you, Uncle Zhang. I’ll go with you just in case anything happens." Mu Dashan said.

"I’ll go take a look too. Mom hit me so hard just now; there’s no guarantee she won’t do the same to someone else. This time, I’ll definitely catch my mom." Mu Dajiang also joined in.