CHAPTER 296: CHAPTER 294 LITTLE BLACK IS IN TROUBLE (FIRST UPDATE)

"Alright, alright, whatever you say goes, but now the more important thing is..."

Mu Danian pounced on Chen Hong, doing as he pleased, spending over an hour teasing her before stopping.

Afterward, Chen Hong lay comfortably on the bed, humming contentedly. She glanced at the equally satisfied Mu Danian and asked, "I heard someone say you were impaired down there. I thought you were finished."

Mu Danian’s hand tightened, and he grinned slyly, "Whether I work or not, aren’t you quite aware? What’s up, want to go again?"

"Stop messing around, you want to kill me, huh? Hurry up and tell me how to deal with your niece, or you can get out."

Chen Hong couldn’t stop talking about dealing with Mu Shuangshuang, because Mu Shuangshuang had almost ruined the chest that Chen Hong was so proud of. If she let it go, she wouldn’t be Chen Hong.

"You just wait and see then, I guarantee you’ll be satisfied, alright!"

Mu Danian hadn’t figured out how to deal with Shuangshuang; he wouldn’t let the trouble fall on himself.

"That’s more like it. Another thing, I’ve been beaten up by your niece like this, you have to compensate me by getting some good food and making up for it."

Chen Hong’s life in Wang the blacksmith’s house was getting harder by the day. The two old folks seemed to have heard something they shouldn’t have, constantly mocking Chen Hong, not even willing to give her good food anymore.

It took over half a month to get a piece of meat; it was chili eggplant every day, and her mouth was nearly flavorless.

"That’s simple, I’ll steal a chicken from home again, they won’t know anyway."

"I don’t want chicken, I’m sick of it. You have to get me something fresh."

Despite her craving, chicken and meat were Chen Hong’s favorites, but if Mu Danian fetched them, it would be too cheap for him.

Chen Hong was plotting her own schemes while Mu Danian was thinking about how to satisfy her.

After a moment, Mu Danian suddenly spoke, "I know something special, that brat is raising a black ferret. You haven’t eaten that, have you?"

Ferrets are quite cunning; seeing one is very difficult, and a black-furred ferret is even rarer.

"Alright, then tomorrow catch the ferret and bring it to that rundown house. We’ll roast it there."

"Tomorrow won’t work; it has to be the day after tomorrow. The day after, that brat goes to town to deliver something and won’t be here all day."

Mu Danian knew Mu Shuangshuang’s schedule thoroughly; it’s not just him but everyone in the Old Mu Family was aware.

"That works too! It’s almost daylight, hurry up and get dressed and leave; don’t let anyone see you. If someone sees you, I’m done for."

No matter how entangled they were, Chen Hong kept a shred of reason. She could find another man like Mu Danian, but if caught, she would lose even the place she lived.

Under the cool moonlight of the night, Mu Danian climbed over the Wang’s courtyard wall, returning silently to the Old Mu Family.

The next day, all day, except for necessary work, his eyes were set on the third branch’s Little Black.

Little Zhi held Little Black all morning but felt as if eyes were secretly watching her. She anxiously ran into the house.

"Sis, I feel like there’s a pair of eyes staring at me," Little Zhi said fearfully.

Mu Shuangshuang couldn’t help but frown. She patted Little Zhi’s head and whispered, "Don’t be afraid, Little Zhi. I’ll check it out. You pretend you don’t know anything and keep playing in the courtyard."

Mu Shuangshuang didn’t think someone outside was watching them; the backyard was a private area. People wouldn’t easily enter.

Moreover, stealing during broad daylight was unwise. The only explanation is that people from the Old Mu Family noticed something in the third branch and came to scout.

Mu Shuangshuang grabbed a stick, climbed out of the storeroom window, and circled to the pigpen behind the third branch, where she could find out who was up to no good.

Mu Danian, with his butt sticking out, was watching the courtyard, drawing lines on the ground for Little Zhi.

But when Little Zhi returned inside, she wasn’t holding Little Black anymore. Mu Danian became anxious, fearing he might have been discovered.

Just as he had this thought, his butt suffered intense pain, causing him to scream.

"Ouch, ouch, my butt, who is it..."

Mu Shuangshuang held a stick as thick as her wrist, looking apologetically at Mu Danian. "Fifth Uncle, why are you here? Little Zhi said someone was staring at her; I thought the chicken thief from last time gave up on chicken and moved on to kids."

Mu Shuangshuang deliberately raised her voice, intending to remind Mu Danian of his dirty deeds.

Mu Danian felt guilty, but the pain in his butt reminded him of what Mu Shuangshuang had done.

"I think you’re doing it on purpose, brat. You... you’ll get what’s coming to you one day."

Mu Danian, clutching his butt, ran off furiously.

Mu Shuangshuang shrugged helplessly.

The bad things she did were far less than the Old Mu Family. If retribution came, it would be on them.

Little Zhi heard the commotion and ran over to Mu Shuangshuang, hugging her leg tightly.

"Sis, was that Fifth Uncle just now? Why was he staring at me? I’m scared..."

Mu Shuangshuang was also pondering this question. Mu Danian had previously stolen green beans and lard from the third branch, which haven’t been found yet. Coming to their house, he could be eyeing the corn and food brought by her uncle.

If not, then it’s troubling.

Mu Shuangshuang couldn’t help but think more seriously about the situation. Alarm bells rang in her mind, and she placed her hand on Little Zhi’s head to remind her.

"Little Zhi, in the future, stay away from Fifth Uncle, and never be alone with him or venture out alone!

If you have anything to do, get Brother Xiao Han to accompany you. If that doesn’t work, go find Yuanbao, or just play alone in Dad’s room. You must have someone watching over you."

When Mu Shuangshuang is away every three days, there’s no one to watch over Little Zhi, making it the most dangerous time.

Though Little Zhi didn’t understand why her sister said this, she nodded seriously.

"Don’t worry, Sis. I won’t run around. I’m going to find Uncle now."

Mu Shuangshuang also had things to attend to, as she needed to go to town the next day to deliver cold noodles. She still had to soak some green beans and then check the mountains for firewood.

Ever since they started cooking, the firewood at home got used up quickly, and it had to be collected every few days. She was pondering whether to gather a lot at once to stack under the eaves of the pigpen.

When the pigpen was built, she had considered this; the eaves were wider than usual, enough to shelter someone from the rain or store bundles of firewood!