CHAPTER 281: CHAPTER 280 FEELING SORRY FOR FENGZI (PART 3)

Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng couldn’t argue with the old lady, so they finally left a hundred coins, drank a cup of gold and silver flower tea, and then prepared to return.

Already at Old Ge’s house, Mu Shuangshuang still felt the lingering taste of the gold and silver flower in her mouth, extremely refreshing.

Since splitting from the family, she would use fishy grass every day to boil a pot of water for her family. Over time, everyone became nauseous from the smell of fishy grass.

If it could be replaced with gold and silver flower, not only would the effect not be worse, but everyone’s reaction would surely not be as strong.

Thinking of this, Mu Shuangshuang hurriedly urged, "Lu Yuanfeng, let’s hurry back. Later, we should go into the mountains to dig for wild vegetables, gather pig fodder, and see if there are any gold and silver flowers. We’ll dry some ourselves; I think it tastes pretty good."

Lu Yuanfeng chuckled, just about to pick up the pace, when a woman came out of the house next door and bumped straight into him. He quickly dodged.

As expected, the woman fell to the ground.

She clutched her backside and loudly exclaimed, "Oh, who is it, are you blind, daring to bump into me!"

Mu Shuangshuang’s temple throbbed as she looked at the person in front of her, suddenly feeling an unusual familiarity, especially with that almost popping chest.

"It’s you guys!"

"It’s you..."

They almost spoke at the same time, and Chen Hong immediately scrambled to her feet from the ground.

"Well, it’s you, the brat who bumped into my chest, almost flattening it. You dare to appear in front of me today, see if I won’t teach you a lesson."

Mu Shuangshuang couldn’t help but recall the time when she first went to the market to sell things, and Lu Yuanfeng was wronged for touching someone’s butt, and later she scolded this busty woman.

Now that figure overlapped completely with the person in front of her. Mu Shuangshuang was sure this was a meeting of old foes.

Lu Yuanfeng also remembered who the person in front of him was, but he didn’t know that person was from Tie Dao Village back then.

Although he had been to San Dan’s house several times, he had never seen Chen Hong.

Yet life is just filled with such coincidences.

The first thing Chen Hong did after realizing was to shout loudly, "Thief, thief, Tie Dao Village..."

After shouting twice, Mu Shuangshuang knocked her unconscious with a quick chop and tossed her into the nearby grass.

The entire movement was as fluid as flowing water, not dragging at all.

Villagers heard the noise, and when they came out, neither Mu Shuangshuang nor Lu Yuanfeng was in sight, nor was the yelling Chen Hong.

Everyone didn’t take it seriously, just assuming that Chen Hong was up to her usual mischief, and quietly returned to their homes.

Mu Shuangshuang excitedly left Tie Dao Village, clutching her belly, laughing nonstop.

Lu Yuanfeng laughed along with her without asking for any reason, and when they were near Er Gui Village, Mu Shuangshuang suddenly said, "That woman was the one having an affair with my fifth uncle."

Lu Yuanfeng suddenly realized, no wonder the voice sounded so familiar.

"It’s really interesting. I have a grudge against her, and my fifth uncle doesn’t like me either. It’s as the saying goes, ’birds of a feather flock together.’"

If Mu Danian married this woman in the future, the Old Mu Family would be restless again.

This incident, as Mu Shuangshuang’s amusement, only caused her to restrain her laughter when they arrived at the village entrance, and she conveniently asked Lu Yuanfeng, what he meant by saying San Dan would need that silver in the future.

It’s not that Mu Shuangshuang was sensitive, but rather she felt there was more to that statement.

Lu Yuanfeng nodded: "You’re not wrong in guessing, I did mean something else, but this is a long story and involves San Dan.

In fact, when San Dan returned, it wasn’t by choice. It was because when fighting enemies on the battlefield, part of his foot bone was cut off.

Although he was okay, walking has been inconvenient since then. The family had to sell everything just to get him a wife. The road ahead is long, so keeping money has no disadvantages."

From Lu Yuanfeng’s words, Mu Shuangshuang learned that the men in their camp had many chances to go to the battlefield, even someone like Ge Sandan in the Fire Head Army had to fight when necessary.

How many times did Fengzi go?

Mu Shuangshuang suddenly felt fortunate that she was in law enforcement, so she better understood the risks involved.

"Fengzi, can you tell me how many times you’ve been to the battlefield? Have you ever been injured?"

Lu Yuanfeng felt his throat tighten severely. If asked how many times he’d been to the battlefield, he couldn’t remember clearly. As for injuries, that was commonplace, with minor and major injuries constantly occurring.

But could he tell Shuangshuang all this?

Lu Yuanfeng hesitated for a long time. He didn’t want to lie to Shuangshuang and decided to tell the truth, "I can’t really remember, seems like a lot of times!"

While Mu Shuangshuang felt proud of Lu Yuanfeng, she also felt an overwhelming heartache. A teenager, far from home, engaging in life-threatening tasks, how could it not hurt? How could it not be exhausting?

Fortunately, he came back safe!

Mu Shuangshuang let out a long breath, gathering her courage, she said, "Fengzi, no matter what you do in the future, nothing is more important than your life. We don’t harm others, but don’t sacrifice yourself to save others either."

Mu Shuangshuang knew Lu Yuanfeng was honest. If it were truly to save someone else, losing his life was possible.

She wouldn’t allow that to happen, so she had to tell him in advance.

"Hmm, I know. I won’t do foolish things for others." Lu Yuanfeng nodded, then added, "Let’s hurry back. Didn’t you say you had lots to do? If we’re late, it’ll get dark."

"Oh right, let’s hurry into the village!"

On the way back, they had already discussed keeping the chicks temporarily at Mu Shuangshuang’s house, and when they’re grown, they’ll take them to the back mountain at Lu Yuanfeng’s house and start learning from Zhang Huai Shu what herbs the chicks can consume to be beneficial without harming them.

Cuddling such a large bunch of chicks, naturally, once Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng returned, it attracted a crowd of onlookers.

After the double harvest, mostly the tasks were scattering fertilizer and watching the water in the fields, making sure to release water in time or check if there were any holes in the paddy slopes that might leak water.

As they say, fertile water should not flow to others’ fields, and that’s basically how it’s originated.

These tasks family men could do, so the women at home, either embroidered a few handkerchiefs to sell when the peddler comes by for some money,

or simply continued working on busy tasks like picking cotton or tending to chores in the dryland.

The little chicks just brought back couldn’t be set down for two days. Mu Shuangshuang found a handful of dry grass, stuffed some into the wooden box, worried the chicks would get overheated, and then she grabbed a half-used box from the chicken coop next to the pigsty and separated some of the chicks out.

"Yo, Shuang, is your family going to prosper? So many chicks must cost quite a bit!"

"Yeah, these chicks seem strong and lively; they should all grow well. If you raise them all, just selling eggs, your family would get rich."