Chapter 1596 - 1591: Shuangshuang Learns the Main House Was Sold! (Third Update)

"Got it, Mom! Little Zhi, Xiao Han, Yuanbao, hurry and sit down for dinner. Remember to wash your hands!" said Mu Shuangshuang.

The three little ones obediently washed their hands and took their seats.

In no time, Yu Si Niang placed two freshly fried eggs in Mu Shuangshuang’s bowl.

The fried eggs were golden in color, and when pressed, the yolk oozed out.

Mu Shuangshuang looked at them, suddenly feeling very hungry. She picked up a piece of egg with her chopsticks and took a bite, her mouth full of yolk.

"So delicious, thanks, Mom!" said Mu Shuangshuang.

"Silly child, no need to thank family!" Yu Si Niang shook her head and placed two more eggs in Mu Shuangshuang’s bowl.

"Mom, that’s enough. Give some to Yuanbao, Little Zhi, I’ve had enough!" Mu Shuangshuang waved her hands repeatedly!

"No rush, everyone gets four eggs, Mom will fry more slowly!"

"Four? Isn’t that too much?"

Mu Shuangshuang initially thought two were a lot. Eating four was really a concern for her digestion!

"Not too much! It’s all eggs from our hens anyway, and Mom won’t sell them in town. If we don’t eat them, they’ll be wasted!" said Yu Si Niang.

"Alright then!" Mu Shuangshuang said no more.

Yu Si Niang slowly fried four eggs for each child.

Honestly, just eating the eggs was filling enough, and with the dumplings, Mu Shuangshuang worried the kids might overeat.

At that moment, Little Zhi tugged at Mu Shuangshuang’s sleeve and beckoned to her.

"Do you know why Mom is making so many eggs?"

"Why?"

"Isn’t it to get back at Auntie! When Auntie came home, she’d eat five or six eggs in a meal, and if not given, she’d scold Mom. She even stole two taels of silver when she left!

Mom said then, it’s better for us to eat than the ungrateful aunt!" Little Zhi said.

Upon hearing this, Mu Shuangshuang suddenly felt a sense of realization!

It was out of anger.

Today was a holiday, she decided not to broach this topic now and plan to speak to Mom about it tomorrow!

"Mom, I almost forgot to ask, how did our house end up being occupied by that Ma person?" asked Mu Shuangshuang.

"Speaking of that, I nearly forgot too! It seems your grandparents sold the house, and then on Little New Year’s Day, Old Ma came to take possession and drove Xiangxiang out!

Coincidentally, we moved to the new house a day early! Originally, the whole village knew that those houses of the third branch were ours. We made a record when we divided the properties!

But... we can’t find where you put the house deeds and land deeds. They have the main house deed and land deed, so..."

Yu Si Niang’s expression was still a bit complex when she talked about it.

"My grandparents sold the house? That’s impossible! They should have been back from the county by today unless something unexpected happened!"

Mu Shuangshuang didn’t dare assert much else, but the claim that Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu sold the main house was hard to believe!

If they really sold it, Old Mrs. Mu would kick up a fuss, refusing to leave the county, wouldn’t she?

Back then, seeing Grandpa’s reaction, he was genuinely intending to come back.

If not for the issue with Mrs. Jin, they probably would have come to the countryside today like she said!

"Back? Why would they come back?" Yu Si Niang was intrigued at once.

"That’s another story, Mom. Let’s tackle one thing at a time! Let’s resolve the current issue, and then I’ll tell you more!" said Mu Shuangshuang.

"Okay!"

"Mom, tell me, are the main house deed and land deed that Old Ma brought out real?" asked Mu Shuangshuang.

"Absolutely real! The village head saw it, your dad also looked, and they both said it’s real!"

This puzzled Mu Shuangshuang.

If both the house deed and land deed are real, then it’s a bona fide sale!

But it’s not something Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu did.

Mu Xiangxiang being driven out made it even less likely!

Who else could have sold Old Mu Family’s house?

Suddenly, Mu Shuangshuang remembered someone!

"Mom, I know who sold the main house!" said Mu Shuangshuang.

"Who?"

"My Fourth Aunt, Mrs. Liu!"

Back then, I carefully calculated. Besides borrowing some silver taels and the 50 taels from selling Xiao Chu, the fourth branch of Old Mu Family had a savings of over thirty taels!

In such a short period, for the fourth branch to save that much money, it’s impossible!

Mu Xiaxia does decent work in the county, but she only earns a few hundred wen a month.

Mu Dajiang, even more so, works as a tally clerk at the dock, a relaxed job that pays only slightly more than a porter!

As for Mrs. Liu, without land, where’s the income?

Unless Mrs. Liu sold the main house and got that money!

"Shuangshuang, could you be mistaken? Your Fourth Aunt... your Fourth Aunt...!"

Yu Si Niang herself couldn’t believe it, that the honest Fourth Aunt-in-law would sell Old Mu Family’s main residence!

She was obviously so scared of her father-in-law and mother-in-law!

And she knew well if they found out she sold it, what the consequences would be!

"It must be my Fourth Aunt! There’s no escaping it!" said Mu Shuangshuang.

Knowing her daughter doesn’t lie, Yu Si Niang finally believed it!

"But your Fourth Aunt, how... how could she do this without fearing discovery? Your mother-in-law never tolerates any mistakes from daughters-in-law. Given such a big mistake, what can be done?" lamented Yu Si Niang!

"Mom, when a dog is cornered, it will jump over the wall! Let alone my Fourth Uncle’s family, who’ve been heavily oppressed since we left!

A well-knit family torn apart because the little aunt needed looking after, thus being separated from her children, daughter, and husband! This resentment and anger have only grown over time!

Plus, that little aunt was never honest. Who knows how she might have humiliated my Fourth Aunt at home?"

Mu Xiangxiang really was much like Old Mrs. Mu.

Greedy and sharp-tongued, she fit the description perfectly!

Getting along well with Mrs. Liu at home was not likely!

Oppressed from the outside, bullied from within!

In such an environment, Mrs. Liu might indeed have exploded, selling Old Mu Family’s deed was quite possible too!

"Shuangshuang, I didn’t see it before you mentioned it, but now I can sense it. Your Fourth Aunt indeed wasn’t in the best state during that time! She almost messed up the meals for the academy kids!

Several times, I caught her mistakes and changed the food in time, avoiding any real issues! As for your little aunt, she really did scold your Fourth Aunt every day, with various insults!" Yu Si Niang said.

"Messing up academy student meals, what was that about?" Mu Shuangshuang’s eyebrows furrowed immediately.

"It was actually your Fourth Aunt using almost moldy rice and lousy vegetables to cut costs, probably trying to save money!" said Yu Si Niang.

She remembered this very clearly.

Mu Xiangxiang made a fuss, turning good rice into yellow rice with a moldy smell.

The oil was low, and everything was a mess.

Back then, she didn’t think much and thought it was just due to moisture, she even sent over more rice on purpose.

Little did she know, a few days later, Mrs. Liu cooked yellow rice for the students!

Luckily, she discovered it early, or it would have been all over by then!