"You... you damned girl, shut your mouth! When did Xiangxiang’s business ever become something you get to talk about!" Old Mrs. Mu was still acting like she’d never done anything wrong as she questioned Mu Shuangshuang.

Mu Shuangshuang was angry too. The whole thing with Wang San hadn’t been resolved yet, and she’d already been annoyed.

Now that Old Mrs. Mu insisted on ramming herself right onto the muzzle of the gun, she couldn’t blame Shuangshuang for not being polite.

"Get out, get the hell out of here!" Mu Shuangshuang snapped directly.

She cursed as she bent down to pick up the stick Mu Xiangxiang had just used to whack Sun Dali’s head and swung it toward Old Mrs. Mu and Mu Xiangxiang.

Old Mrs. Mu pulled Mu Xiangxiang and backed up again and again, and very quickly they retreated past the Old Mu Family’s boundary.

Old Mrs. Mu still wouldn’t give up and wanted to rush back up again, but the stick in Mu Shuangshuang’s hand was swinging so fast and dense there was no gap at all.

With no choice, Old Mrs. Mu had to temporarily leave the third branch’s courtyard!

Only after Old Mrs. Mu left did Mu Shuangshuang toss away the stick in her hand.

She looked at Sun Dali standing just outside their gate, her eyes full of sympathy!

"Dad, you take Auntie... Uncle Dali to Grandpa Zhang’s to get that bandaged, I’ll handle things here!" Mu Shuangshuang said.

Hearing her, Mu Dashan helped Sun Dali and was about to head toward Zhang Huai Shu’s house, but was refused by Sun Dali.

"Brother Dashan, I’m not going to see the doctor, I’m really fine. Thank you! Thank you, Shuangshuang!"

After saying that, Sun Dali covered his still-oozing forehead and ran off in quick steps.

Mu Dashan wanted to go after him, but thinking of Sun Dali’s attitude, he could only shake his head helplessly.

"Ai, what a sin, such a good man, and just tossed away like that. Just like Zhenzhen back then! Don’t know what’s good for them!"

Mu Dashan sighed.

Seeing this, Mu Shuangshuang said, "Dad, this is Grandma and Aunt’s choice. Don’t get angry over it, careful you don’t ruin your health!"

"Dad knows, Dad won’t disregard his own body, don’t you worry!" Mu Dashan smiled at Mu Shuangshuang.

Once in the yard, Mu Dashan rummaged around the ruins for a while, originally wanting to see if there was anything still usable, but there was nothing!

It had all been burned to ash. Even the bowls in the cupboard had cracked from the intense heat.

He sighed and asked Mu Shuangshuang, "Shuangshuang, how are we going to put this kitchen up? Build it on the original spot? When are we getting people to build the house? Is it really today?"

After firing off four questions in one breath, Mu Dashan felt a bit embarrassed.

But Mu Shuangshuang still took the initiative to answer, "For now we’ll just stack a few bricks where the old kitchen was. As for the house, I did say today before, but I’m thinking we should find someone to ask and pick an auspicious day!"

Mu Shuangshuang hadn’t believed in that sort of thing at first, but after being here this long, she’d started going native about some matters!

If today wasn’t suitable for breaking ground, she definitely wouldn’t risk committing that kind of big taboo.

It was all just for peace of mind!

"Then I’ll go ask Aunt Su in the village which day is good. If today works, we’ll call people over today!" Mu Dashan said.

"Alright!"

Just as Mu Shuangshuang was getting ready to clear the debris from the ruins, Lu Yuanfeng arrived, bringing Da Niu and Da Hu with him.

The kitchen back then had been built by the three of them together, and now that the three were reunited, it made Mu Shuangshuang feel a bit nostalgic.

The three of them spent three hours in the morning clearing out everything in the ruins.

Then they started putting up a shed and building the stove.

This time, most of the materials were already at hand, and the structure for the kitchen shed was simple, so very quickly the third branch’s temporary kitchen was done!

It didn’t affect use in the slightest!

The day Lu Yuanfeng and Xing Beichen would leave for the Northwest was getting closer and closer, so for the past few days Mu Shuangshuang had been racking her brains to make good food for Lu Yuanfeng.

Anything she could think of, she’d make with all her might.

Afraid that Lu Yuanfeng wouldn’t be able to eat such good things once he was away!

For lunch, Mu Shuangshuang made candied sweet potatoes as a dessert.

Everyone ate dessert while chatting.

Right on cue, Zhao Yun came over to visit, and Mu Shuangshuang hurried to ladle Zhao Yun a bowl of candied sweet potatoes.

Zhao Yun ate as she started delivering gossip to everyone.

"I heard that Sun Dali divorced Mu Xiangxiang?"

As soon as Zhao Yun opened her mouth, the few grown men all went outside!

It wasn’t that they weren’t interested in gossip, but their gender was what it was—no matter how much they wanted to listen, they had to tactfully step away!

"Mm! They just had a fight in our third branch’s yard this morning!" Yu Si Niang said.

"So it’s true. I only heard from others that they must’ve fought. That Dali kid’s forehead was split open, and Mrs. Qin was in the house cursing, saying all kinds of nasty things!"

"In this situation, anyone would curse!" Mu Shuangshuang said.

"Yeah, a perfectly good son turned into someone else’s beast of burden! And beaten up like that too! If you ask me, Dali was right to divorce her!"

People always say, better to tear down a temple than break up a marriage.

Now that Mu Xiangxiang had been divorced, the whole village was laughing at her, which showed just how awful she’d been as a person usually.

More accurately, the Old Mu Family had stirred up a lot of public anger!

"But this isn’t even the biggest scoop. There’s an even juicier one!" Zhao Yun suddenly said mysteriously.

"What scoop?" Yu Si Niang was interested now and couldn’t help asking.

"I saw this with my own eyes, and I’m probably the only one who knows. You mustn’t tell anyone else!" Zhao Yun said.

"Mm, mm, go on!"

"That Mu the Fifth from the Old Mu Family is having an affair with Xia Guagua’s mother!" Zhao Yun said.

"What? No way?" Yu Si Niang was stunned again.

Even Mu Shuangshuang gave Zhao Yun a few more looks.

"Exactly! A while back I went to the fields to harvest hemp and saw a bare white butt. I was wondering which man’s wife was so bold, doing that in broad daylight, and then I saw..."

The rest Zhao Yun didn’t say, since Mu Shuangshuang was still an unmarried girl.

Talking like that, she was afraid Shuangshuang’s thin skin wouldn’t be able to handle it.

But Mu Shuangshuang filled in the rest in her mind: Mu Danian holding Gu Jiulian doing that in the hemp field!

Mu Danian seemed especially fond of fooling around outdoors.

Last time it had been in the cotton field with Chen Hong, and this time it was Gu Jiulian.

Mu Danian really did like playing with widows. Maybe he’d end up marrying a widow too?

Thinking that, Mu Shuangshuang herself found it funny.

Meanwhile, Mr. Mu, who had gone out for a stroll, heard from other people that Mu Xiangxiang had been divorced, and he was so furious he stopped even chatting and rushed home in a rage.

Old Mrs. Mu was still secretly pleased that her daughter hadn’t let Sun Dali take advantage, when she turned around and saw Mr. Mu come home.

Without a word, Mr. Mu charged forward and laid into Old Mrs. Mu with his fists.

Old Mrs. Mu wasn’t easy to bully either, and soon the two of them were tangled up, brawling.

For a while, the Old Mu Family was in complete chaos, chickens flying and dogs jumping!

Everyone else was busy watching the spectacle, and no one went over to break it up. Only when both Old Mrs. Mu and Mr. Mu were covered in bruises and stopped fighting did Mu Dazhong stroll over, pretending to be concerned!