Xing Beichen was very excited upon hearing Mu Shuangshuang’s answer!

He was just about to ask some questions about why Mu Shuangshuang agreed.

The kitchen door of the Old Mu Family was kicked open.

Mu Dajiang, drenched in sweat, appeared at the kitchen doorway.

"Shuangshuang... Something’s wrong, your grandma, your grandma’s having convulsions!"

Convulsions is local slang in the village, meaning full-body spasms!

"Fourth Uncle, my grandma’s having convulsions, let my grandpa call the doctor, why are you here..." Mu Shuangshuang asked.

"Your grandpa told me to call you guys over; he said this time it’s not about asking for money, your grandma’s probably not going to make it!"

Hearing this, Mu Shuangshuang realized the gravity of the situation.

She stood up.

Heading towards the Old Mu Family’s house.

At this moment, someone with ill intentions spread the rumor outside, claiming Old Mrs. Mu wasn’t going to make it!

The people of the Old Mu Family were preparing for the funeral or something.

The whole village came to see the commotion.

Everyone was peering over the Old Mu Family’s courtyard walls, stretching their necks to look.

The news spread so fast, even the neighboring village’s coffin sellers came to check out the situation.

The saying goes, "Good news stays indoors, bad news travels a thousand miles!"

In just half a day’s time, Mu Shuangshuang stepped into the Old Mu Family house for the second time, entering Mr. Mu’s room.

There weren’t many people gathered in the room!

Mrs. Lin wasn’t there; ever since the incident happened, Mrs. Lin had fled to her parents’ home, saying she’d never return!

Mu Danian was beaten by Mu Dashan and was still lying on the kang bed.

Mu Dashan was still at the school, probably coming soon! Yu Si Niang was working in the fields!

A few children were crouching, peeking in.

The entire Old Mu Family was shrouded in gloom.

Mu Shuangshuang glanced at Old Mrs. Mu on the kang bed and noticed that her face had become much sharper.

Her eyes were closed tightly, and Mu Shuangshuang also noticed some granular-like things on Old Mrs. Mu’s forehead.

Upon closer inspection, Mu Shuangshuang realized it was salt.

She was curious.

Who knew to sprinkle salt on Old Mrs. Mu’s head?

In the Da Ning Dynasty, when someone got hurt, wasn’t it the norm to grab a handful of straw ash to stop bleeding?

Though sprinkling salt is painful, Mu Shuangshuang knew salt can disinfect wounds, so it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

"Grandpa, why is there salt on grandma’s head? Did you sprinkle it?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.

Mr. Mu shook his head in pain: "It wasn’t me... It was your aunt who said your grandma’s wound needed to stop bleeding, then told me salt could stop bleeding!

I was scared to see the bloody mess, so I went outside; when I came back in, your mother’s bleeding had stopped, but she kept convulsing, and I didn’t know what to do!"

Mu Shuangshuang knew this was Mrs. Jin taking revenge on Old Mrs. Mu!

The blood marks on Old Mrs. Mu’s head resembled a handprint; estimating Mrs. Jin grabbed a handful of salt and pressed it on Old Mrs. Mu’s head.

The head has numerous nerves, so doing this affects the whole body.

It’s likely the convulsions and spasms were caused by excessive pain!

This Mrs. Jin is quite ruthless!

——

At this moment, Zhang Huai Shu hadn’t arrived!

Everyone could only wait anxiously!

After a while, Zhang Huai Shu hurried over, carrying a medicine box.

Upon seeing Mr. Mu, he immediately scolded him.

"Didn’t I say the wound was quite deep and needed rest? What have you done now to make her ill again?"

Zhang Huai Shu was now fully assuming his role as a doctor.

Without any personal feelings!

Mr. Mu was thoroughly scolded and his face turned red!

"Old Zhang, please check my wife, the money... I’ll pay you after the summer harvest!"

Previously, Mr. Mu hadn’t paid the doctor.

Zhang Huai Shu rolled his eyes at Mr. Mu.

He moved over to the side of Old Mrs. Mu’s kang bed.

Old Mrs. Mu’s forehead now could be described as completely unrecognizable.

The hideous wound was exposed to the air, accompanied by a strong stench of blood!

Zhang Huai Shu frowned deeply and began instructing the people of the Old Mu Family to boil hot water.

Old Mrs. Mu’s forehead wound needed to be treated and stitches applied.

Just dealing with the wound made the people of the Old Mu Family back away quite far.

When the stitches were being applied, they even hid outside one by one.

Mu Shuangshuang, seeing Zhang Huai Shu had arrived, stopped standing in the room.

Mr. Mu stood beside her, gazing inside at the stitched Old Mrs. Mu, filled with a sense of desolation.

"Shuangshuang... Grandpa is sorry to you, to your third branch! Today, I watched helplessly as they bullied your third branch, without stopping them, it’s my fault!"

Mr. Mu began apologizing to Mu Shuangshuang!

"No need to apologize, Grandpa! Shuangshuang knows what you want! Actually, even if my father agreed to give money, I wouldn’t have taken it!"

Mu Shuangshuang didn’t intend to lie in front of Mr. Mu.

Three hundred taels of silver to solve Mu Danian’s trouble?

It’s impossible.

Besides, what the Gao Family was interested in wasn’t the three hundred taels of silver, but Mu Danian himself!

"Ah, you’re a good child, I know! Fifth is a scoundrel, but I can’t bear to let him marry a wife like that! She stayed in our house for a bit and nearly turned it upside down! If she joined the family, the Old Mu Family would be finished!"

Mr. Mu spoke pitifully.

Mu Shuangshuang didn’t agree.

Anyway, the people of the Old Mu Family had shown enough pity!

"Grandpa, whether it’s three hundred taels or any amount, it was the silver used by Uncle, so it should be Uncle to repay!" Mu Shuangshuang tried to correct Mr. Mu’s thinking.

"I know! But your uncle... he is in such a state now that he probably doesn’t have the ability to repay!"

Until now, Mr. Mu’s mind was on Mu Dade.

But he didn’t realize, Mu Dade had already spent all the money he brought to the Capital.

However, Ruan Xiao Jiao added some silver for him.

For these past ten years, all the money given by the County Magistrate and the shop rewards, Ruan Xiao Jiao handed it all to Mu Dade.

In the county, Mu Dade lived lavishly.

His life was delectably good!

Upon hearing Mr. Mu’s words, Mu Shuangshuang knew the old man was aware Mu Dade had passed the imperial exam!

Yet the old man’s calm demeanor was unexpected to Mu Shuangshuang.

"So Grandpa plans to repay the three hundred taels of silver himself?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.

Mr. Mu hesitated for a moment before nodding: "I plan to repay slowly, bit by bit! Eventually, it has to be repaid in full!"

Mu Shuangshuang rolled her eyes!

Right now, she really wanted someone to find out where her uncle was living in the county, whether his life was worse than these people of the Old Mu Family.

"You can’t repay it! Three hundred taels is equivalent to a hundred acres of third-grade good farmland, working alone, you’ll never repay it in your lifetime! Furthermore... You can’t let the other members of the Old Mu Family repay it with you!"

Mu Shuangshuang didn’t know how to explain to the old man whose mind was clouded.

But she felt she couldn’t let him harm others anymore.

These people had spent their lifetime earnings supporting Mu Dade in the civil service exams.

What they raised turned out to be an ungrateful person!

Totally unnecessary. If the family had been divided earlier, perhaps each family would be doing well now!