CHAPTER 460: CHAPTER 457: MU DANIAN WANTS TO GET MARRIED (8TH UPDATE)

"Woof woof~"

From the grass came the sound of barking. Mu Shuangshuang paused her motion of taking off her shoes as Lai Mi and Little Black jumped out.

Guessing it had just rained, the two little creatures were all wet, their fur completely damp and sticking together.

Lai Mi kept sneezing, while Little Black was shaking with cold.

As soon as the two saw Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng were still alive, they rarely rushed forward together.

"Wow, you guys actually didn’t leave!" Mu Shuangshuang teased while picking up Lai Mi and Little Black, deciding not to take off her shoes, and hurried home.

Deep down, Mu Shuangshuang was moved. After all, in times of danger, the two little creatures ran so fast but still had some conscience, knowing to wait for them!

Back home, Mu Shuangshuang burned firewood to make a fire, spending the time it takes to burn an incense stick to dry the fur of the two little creatures. Lu Yuanfeng went to Zhang Huai Shu’s house to ask for medicine, and when he came back, he would have to brew medicine for them.

"You guys are really living the life!" Mu Shuangshuang poked Lai Mi’s dog head, and the little creature obediently licked Mu Shuangshuang’s hand.

No one else could be this ingratiating.

At this moment, something was happening in the main room of the Old Mu Family, with everyone seated together.

The protagonist today wasn’t anyone else; it was Mu Danian himself.

Mu Danian had been feeling particularly empty recently. His brothers all married and had children, while he remained alone, with no one to warm his bed at night or heat his feet.

The reason Mu Danian felt this way was that Chen Hong had recently found someone else, kicking him to the curb.

Thus, he swore on the spot to find a maiden, to show that woman.

"Dad, Mom, I’m not getting any younger. All my brothers have gotten married, even my eldest brother has gone off to take exams. It’s high time for me to get a wife and carry on the family name, isn’t it?"

Mr. Mu was taken aback, forgetting to smoke his pipe.

Right now, the Old Mu Family was dirt poor, with no extra money to find Mu Danian a wife.

"Fifth, you know our current situation. How about waiting until your brother passes as the Champion Scholar, then we’ll find you a good one?" Mr. Mu said with a kind voice.

"Dad, give it a rest. Once my brother passes, all your thoughts will be on him alone. Would you still care about me?"

Mu Danian spoke plainly.

"You little rascal, what nonsense are you talking? You’re my son; how could I not care?" Mr. Mu was half out of his mind, unable to resist grabbing Mu Danian to scold him.

"Dad, if you really cared, I wouldn’t be so old and unmarried. People my age in the village already have three kids. If I keep waiting, others will have grandkids before me!"

Mu Danian wasn’t ready to give up.

The others in the main room didn’t speak up, but everyone hoped Mu Danian would get married, because a wedding meant inviting the whole village for drinks, and inevitably a good feast.

"Dad, my fifth brother is indeed not young anymore. How about finding him a wife to settle down?" Mu Dazhong suggested nearby.

As soon as he spoke, Old Mrs. Mu glared at him.

"Easy for you to say! Getting married, the betrothal gift? The money for the banquet? Do you think a wife is something you can have just because you want one? Do you think everyone is like your wife Mrs. Lin, sticking to you like a leech and not letting go?"

Old Mrs. Mu berated the second branch fiercely.

Just then, Gou Dan ran inside.

While playing, the snot on his nose was almost about to flow into his mouth, yet he didn’t notice.

Old Mrs. Mu naturally got mad.

She rushed over and slapped Gou Dan, making him scream.

Mrs. Lin was furious seeing her son being hit right in front of her; she couldn’t swallow this grievance.

"Mom, what are you doing? Gou Dan is still just a child!" Mrs. Lin demanded.

"You shameless woman, when I speak, you don’t have the right to butt in! Look at your son, how dirty he is, snot is almost in his mouth!

What kid from any family is as dirty as him? Isn’t that disgusting?"

This incident struck Mrs. Lin’s sore spot.

A few days ago, Mu Shuangshuang had returned from town in a red dress that looked fantastic; she wanted one for herself.

But she had no money. With no money, forget a nice dress; she couldn’t even afford meat.

It was sweet potato porridge every day; at this rate, if her brother didn’t return, the whole family would starve!

"Mom, I want our Gou Dan to dress as nicely as the kids from the third branch, but our Gou Dan doesn’t have new clothes. Look at his body; it’s still from the clothes others discarded from the village the year before, and now it’s shredded to bits."

Mrs. Lin said while pushing Gou Dan towards Old Mrs. Mu.

"You shameless woman, daring to oppose me! If you envy the third branch, go ahead and separate out, see if this old lady will give you land."

Old Mrs. Mu didn’t lay hands on Mrs. Lin, and she hadn’t hit Mrs. Liu in several days.

But she had been tormenting them in indirect ways.

Sometimes, barely at dawn, she’d get up and make Mrs. Liu wash dishes, wash clothes, and feed pigs and chicks.

Then at night, she’d have her carry water for the whole family. It wasn’t much different from when she used to lay hands on them.

Mrs. Liu’s feet were covered with blisters, bursting over and over again, so much so that she couldn’t wear shoes.

Yet even so, Old Mrs. Mu was still not satisfied.

"Mom, we’re not talking about my sisters-in-law, it’s about me. Get Matchmaker Sun quickly to find me a wife. I need to marry."

Mu Danian reinforced again.

"Didn’t you hear your dad say, our family has no money. With no money, how can we get you a wife?" Old Mrs. Mu replied irritably.

"Doesn’t our family still have land? Selling another acre, and we’ll have it. Dad, Mom, don’t blame me for saying you’re biased. My brother has everything; he’ll even be an official in the future. I have nothing, not even able to get a wife?"

Mu Danian wasn’t afraid of Old Mrs. Mu and Mr. Mu’s threats of not letting him follow his brother.

He knew his brother’s secret, the fact his brother bought the exam questions; he had people as witnesses.

He deliberately revealed it to Chen Hong back then, so that one day when his brother wouldn’t give him the good life, he’d show his brother his power!

"Fifth, you’ve been bewitched, still wanting your dad to sell land. Don’t you know the land is our lifeline!"

Mr. Mu was visibly heartbroken.

He absolutely refused to sell more land.

"Dad, come on, our family is about to fly up soon, and then all that land, you’re bound to sell it, surely you won’t carry it into the city?

Anyway, I’ve decided. Next month, I’m getting married. If I have no wife, I’ll tell everyone you refuse to marry your youngest son because of my brother.

Let others know about our Old Mu Family affairs and become the laughingstock!"