CHAPTER 203: CHAPTER 202: USING LAND IN EXCHANGE (PART 1)

Mr. Mu stood there, thinking over and over, waiting and waiting, and finally spoke with a faltering voice.

"Shuang, can you resolve the matter with your second aunt?"

Mu Shuangshuang was originally pondering why the Old Mu Family members were blocking her path one after another. Turns out, it was still about these trivial matters.

She thought they had already gone out to find someone, but surprisingly, after a day had passed, nothing had been accomplished.

"Grandpa, didn’t I mention a solution yesterday? Help find the child lost from Second Uncle’s family, and it will be resolved."

"Bah, you make it sound easy, girl. The person is already lost; if it were that easy to find them, why would we need the government’s people?"

Old Mrs. Mu spat a mouthful of phlegm, which landed perfectly at Mu Shuangshuang’s feet. She quickly jumped aside, avoiding the attack on her shoes.

Damn, the old hag, this is her only pair of embroidered shoes, and she wants to ruin them, how malicious.

Mu Shuangshuang said with a rather unpleasant expression, "I’ve already shared the method. Whether you can do it or not, that’s your problem, not mine. I need to go back and make new clothes."

After saying that, Mu Shuangshuang was about to run back to her room.

"Dad, I told you, this nasty girl knows the method but won’t tell us. She has a black heart!" Mu Danian, as usual, strived to slander Mu Shuangshuang by pouring mud all over her.

Mr. Mu gave Mu Danian a fierce glare.

"Stop talking for a while, let me speak with Shuang." Mr. Mu took a few steps forward, and the unresolved hesitation on his face faded away.

"Shuang, just consider it a good deed to help your second aunt. If that child can’t be found, your second aunt really won’t survive."

Mu Shuangshuang was unfazed. Do they expect her to help just because they ask?

They underestimate her too much?

However, she was curious whether the Old Mu Family would side with Mu Zhenzhen or Gou Dan.

"Grandpa, if that child can’t be found, what is your plan?"

Mu Shuangshuang asked what the few present were most concerned about, as Gou Dan was with Zhuangzi’s mother, while Mu Zhenzhen was with the Old Mu Family.

Hearing this, Mu Zhenzhen began to cry bitterly again, "Dad, Mom, Zhenzhen doesn’t want to die, please please..."

As soon as Mu Zhenzhen began crying, Old Mrs. Mu started to feel sorry for her again. Her empathy was moving to anyone who saw her.

Unfortunately, her love was incredibly narrow-minded.

Mrs. Lin, seeing this, began pleading with Mr. Mu. Both of them were grabbing hold of someone to further their own purposes.

"Grandpa, actually, this is really no big deal. Send someone from the family to find the child, apologize once found, and it’s all over."

Mu Shuangshuang genuinely didn’t understand. With all this time spent crying, why not go to Dahuo Village to check?

Is it possible that when something happens, they just wait for others to save them?

"You make it sound simple. Your second aunt and second aunt-in-law are crying like this, why won’t you help? Stupid girl, do you even have a conscience?"

Mu Dazhong retorted, confronting Mu Shuangshuang.

"Second Uncle, don’t throw the responsibility on me, I didn’t make Xiao Mizi lost. Plus, I already told you the method, or do you think a young girl like me can replace all the manpower in the family?"

One sentence left the Old Mu Family members feeling embarrassed. Yet the hope was right here, and if they didn’t grasp it, no one knew what to do.

Mr. Mu sighed, looking at Mu Shuangshuang’s expression, which was already full of resignation. "Shuang, tell me what you want, and I’ll help your second aunt and Gou Dan."

At this point, Mr. Mu had no other options; otherwise, he wouldn’t be begging a little girl.

Relying on family was not possible; every additional day Gou Dan stayed, the greater the danger.

"Shuang, tomorrow, once Gou Dan is rescued, I’ll have him bow deeply to thank you."

"Don’t bother, I don’t need Gou Dan to bow to me. Otherwise, Second Uncle and Second Aunt will say I’ve lost my conscience and bullied Gou Dan again.

Here’s the thing, Grandpa, since you insist on my help to find the child, you know my dad is sick now, and my mom has to work for the family. The third branch’s income depends on me. If I go to find the child, the family will have no income."

Mr. Mu listened and understood Mu Shuangshuang’s implied demand for money, and he actually felt relieved. "Alright, if you find Gou Dan, I’ll have your grandma give you six copper coins."

Six copper coins were Yu Si Niang’s daily wages. Mr. Mu thought giving them to Shuang should keep her satisfied.

"Grandpa, it’s not money that I want." Mu Shuangshuang shook her head with a smile.

Does she, Mu Shuangshuang, appear to be the type to be solved with six copper coins?

"Then what do you want?" Mr. Mu was momentarily stunned, hesitating before speaking.

"I want that one-acre good land in the north of the village! Give me the land, and I’ll save the person and find Xiao Mizi in the process."

The smile on Mr. Mu’s face instantly disappeared as he angrily looked at Mu Shuangshuang.

"Shuang, you’re opening your mouth like a lion, how can you be so merciless!"

The good acreage in the north of the village is considered one of the better lands. Not only is it vast, but it’s black soil, very fertile, with no need for fertilizer after planting rice seedlings.

Every year, Mr. Mu uses that land to flaunt before others. Many have coveted it, but he’s always been reluctant to sell. Now that Shuang mentions wanting that land, it’s natural for him to be furious.

But Mu Shuangshuang didn’t care, instead laughing boldly.

"Grandpa, since you say I’m heartless, then I won’t go. After all, in your eyes, your second aunt and Gou Dan’s lives aren’t worth that acre of good land."

Mu Shuangshuang was about to leave again, and Mu Zhenzhen considered this her last chance, falling to the ground, crying her heart out.

"Mom, Dad, Zhenzhen can’t go on living, can’t live anymore. Instead of being drowned, I’d rather die here. At least I’ll die as a member of the Old Mu Family."

"Ah... can’t go on living anymore..."

"..."

"Third brother, come out and see the good daughter you’ve raised, like a blood-sucking leech. Aren’t you going to do something? Hiding like a cowardly turtle inside the house!" Old Mrs. Mu stomped her foot and shouted towards Mu Dashan’s house.

Inside, Mu Dashan couldn’t sit any longer. He had wanted to get up but was held back by Yu Si Niang.

"Shuang’s father, don’t go. Shuang already hinted to me that none of us should go out. She’ll handle it."

Yu Si Niang remembered the look her daughter gave her, one that signaled she shouldn’t come out for anything.

"I’m worried our daughter will be taken advantage of. You know what kind of person Mom is."

Old Mrs. Mu is definitely the type to get physical, and there’s a chance she’d hit Shuang if she lost her temper.

Upon hearing the possibility of her daughter being mistreated, Yu Si Niang couldn’t stay seated. She thought, if anything happened, the family should bear it together, and Shuang was just a child.

"Let’s go, we’re going out to support Shuang. My Mu Dashan’s daughter, no one should bully her."

At this moment, Mu Dashan stood up straight and tall, feeling that he should have stood up long ago.

"Dad, Mom, I want to go too." Mu Xiaohan’s face was firm; he wouldn’t let anyone bully his sister.

"Yes, Brother Xiao Han is right, let’s go protect Sister. Whoever dares to touch her, Little Zhi will hit them."

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