The happiest person in the house was Dou Dou, the child's heart wished most that no one would hit him, but Dou Dou remembered that she would be beaten up almost every day, and even had to watch her sister suffer. At such a young age, he felt very uncomfortable, and wished that he could grow up right away, so that he could protect his sister and not let anyone bully his sister.
"Uncle Village Head, can you help me and my sister settle the formalities now? I'm afraid that grandmother will regret it later." Dou Dou's words angered the old lady even more. She raised her hand to hit Dou Dou's body, but before she could do so, her hand was caught by a slender hand. It was so strong that she couldn't pull it back.
"What is grandmother Mu Family doing? From now on, no one has the qualifications to hit my little brother, if not my older sister will definitely not sit by and do nothing. Grandmother Mu Family, please take care of yourself, you don't need to rely on your seniority to show off! " Wanqing's words made the old lady extremely angry. Seeing this, the Madame Zhou directly looked at the elder and Village Head and said.
"My three uncles, Village Head, look at this girl, she has only just been separated from our family, and is not putting us Mu Family in her eyes, not even our granny recognizes her, so how can such a person stay within our Anyi Village? It would be better to chase them out, and not ruin the atmosphere in our village! " Madame Zhou's face was filled with thoughts about Anyi Village, but anyone who knew better would know that Madame Zhou's thoughts were to chase away Wanqing and her sister, and it would be best if they did not appear in front of them even if they were to die.
How could Wanqing allow her to do as she pleased? Just as the Madame Zhou's words fell, Wanqing opened her mouth and said, "I am a person who is a big sister. Since there are no parents on this board, I naturally have to become stronger, so that I can't let my little brother be bullied. Then what's the difference between this and having no branch family? What I want is a normal life, now that we are separated, we are just two families. Grandma Mu wants to hit my brother, but I just don't want to stop her. Or could it be that the people from our Anyi Village need to endure and swallow their anger when facing such a situation? Wouldn't he be bullied by a lot of other villages? "
"That's right, Madame Zhou, what you said angered us. We, the neighbors, have all witnessed the life of the lass in the Qing Dynasty, and now that the two of them have nothing to do with your Mu Family, the Old Mrs Mu still wants to beat them up. Do you think that they will allow you to beat and scold them like before?"
"Isn't that so? Madame Zhou, since you have already expelled her, do it well. Otherwise, who would dare to split up their family in the future? "
"That's right, Madame Zhou, if you want your Mu Family people to take the place of our Anyi Village, then wouldn't we have to suffer grievances? You think that other villages can come here and show off their prowess? "
The surrounding citizens started to talk, to the point where Madame Zhou felt her face was burning, as if someone had slapped him twice. The old lady did not care about that and looked towards the person who had opened her mouth angrily, "Is everyone of you free? What has our family's business got to do with you? "You always know how to be careless. Let me tell you, if you dare to say another word of 'no' in our family, let me hear it. Don't even say that I've ripped your mouths to shreds, every single one of you is a shameless master. You can't even see the good of others …"
The fact that and his sister had stepped out of the courtyard today has nothing to do with you two. From today onwards, if you dare to lay your feet on them again, don't worry about me, Village Head, trying to fix you up. " Zhang Hongyang's face turned cold, the words he said were filled with authority. After he finished speaking, he pulled Dou Dou's hand and turned to leave. After Wanqing bowed to the three clan elders, she followed behind them.
Seeing that the three of them had left, Sixth Granduncle was still angry at himself, so he simply snorted and turned to leave. Seeing that the people from Mu Family had left, Second Uncle Duke and Third Uncle also shook their heads, and then also left one after the other.
"Wanqing, from today onwards, you have no surname. Let's see how you propose this marriage, from today onwards, your reputation will be ruined. A woman with rich Mu Family and a noble body can only be my daughter's!"
Mu Zhuang looked at Wanqing's departing back as if he had thought of something. After thinking about it for a while, he still shook his head lightly and was pulled down the stairs by Mu Dalong.
Mu Yue listened to the voice coming from inside the room, and she looked extremely pleased, "Hmph, Mu Wanqing, from today onwards, you will not be our Mu Family's daughter. I want to see what else you can do. "Hmph. When I become a rich person, I will make you kneel at my feet. You will have already avenged the humiliation I have suffered today."
At the entrance of Anyi Village, Old Man Mu and the others returned to the village in a rented oxcart. In addition to Old Man Mu, there was also a man and a woman, who were carrying a child in each of their arms, the man looked very similar to Old Mu, but much younger, two adults, the clothes the two children were wearing were very worn and patched, their hair was messy, as if they were beggars on the streets, but his eyes still had a shrewd look in them as they looked around at their surroundings, who knew what he was thinking?
Wanqing and Village Head were sitting inside the carriage, the one driving the carriage was Village Head's eldest son, because Old Man Mu was not at home all year round, naturally, he was not familiar with it. When the carriage stopped, Old Man Mu was curious, where was Village Head's son driving the carriage to? He thought that it had nothing to do with him, so he didn't ask.
Old Mu's eyes looked at the two of them hugging the child from time to time. His face was filled with melancholy and a smile, and from time to time, he was at a loss. Who knew what he was thinking about?
"Hai Yang, after so many years, your father and mother have treated you badly and caused your family to suffer outside!" Old Mu was the first to speak, breaking the silence of the ox-cart.
"Father, why are you talking about this?" From today onwards, our family will be living a good life together. I have forgotten about the matters of my childhood. I will not blame Father and Mother. Mu Dahai's face carried a comforting expression, he looked at Old Mu and said softly, the words he asked also carried concern, but the scheming deep within his eyes flashed past, causing no one to notice.
Your brother's family is also a pair of children. Your eldest sister-in-law, Madame Zhou, is currently helping your mother with the family affairs, your brother is working with the big guy, and Father has been working outside for so many years, just in hopes that he would find you one day and let me grow old. I had to find you, and bring back such a granddaughter of mine.
When Mu Dahai heard this, he quickly analyzed the current situation of the Mu Family family in his mind. Because he had lost them early when he was young, he naturally had a vague memory of the situation at home.
Now that the second brother and his wife were dead, and the mother was working outside, and the eldest sister-in-law was taking care of the family's affairs, then the current form of Mu Family could be said to be the responsibility of the eldest family. Father was not at home all year round, and mother was a woman of the first order, so naturally the family's matters of large and small size were all decided by the eldest brother.
Because Mu Dahai went missing when he was young, a large family in the town picked him up and brought him back to be the young master's errand boy. Thus, he could read a few words.
"Dad, how is mom?" Mu Dahai asked again.
Old Mu nodded his head, "Your mother's health would have been better if you hadn't lost her. If your second brother and sister-in-law hadn't been killed, your mother would have been even better. Don't worry about her, we'll soon be at your doorstep!"
Old Man Mu looked at the door of his house and looked at it again and again. He felt that it was a little strange, because normally, Dou Dou that little kid would be at the door. Why wasn't she here today?
Suddenly, Old Man Mu thought of a possibility. Could it be that these two siblings were beaten up again while he was not at home? Originally, he thought that they would be obedient, but he didn't expect that once he left home again, the treatment given to the two children would be even worse. In the end, he decided to just ignore it and take care of the two siblings while he was at home, and specifically reminded Mu Zhuang to take care of the two siblings when they were eating.
But now that Dou Dou wasn't at the door, there was something wrong. Furthermore, on the way back, the villagers were all looking at him with contempt. Their neighbor, who they could have talked to, actually ignored them, which was even more strange.
When they arrived at the gate of his house, the old man told everyone to get off the carriage, paid for the ox-cart and went back. He took Mu Dahai and his family in, but did not see Dou Dou and his family, nor did he see Wanqing who was supposed to be working in the courtyard. The old tutor was puzzled. Had he not come back from work? However, it was almost nighttime and he still hadn't returned at this time. This was abnormal.
"Old woman? The sea is back! " The old patriarch's voice resounded in the ears of the Madame Zhou and the old lady, causing them to be stunned for a moment before they regained their senses.
The old lady came out and saw that her youngest son had actually returned. Tears flowed out of her eyes, and she hurriedly ran to the front of the sea and asked with a trembling voice, "Hai Shui, are you the ocean?" "Is it my son …"
Compared to the old lady's excited look, Mu Dahai's eyes were much calmer. However, on the surface, he still looked excitedly at the old lady as she returned, "Mother is me, my sea, my son is unfilial. He has just returned to show his filial piety to you, old man!"
As Mu Dahai spoke, he directly knelt on the ground and a single tear actually flowed out from his eyes, dripping down onto the child's face which he was carrying in his arms. Under the slight itch, the child who was about to wake up hazily opened his eyes and looked at Mu Dahai, saying, "Father, is it raining?"