"Bibi Kedua, matamu kelepet tauco ya? Mata mana yang ngeh aku ngejar orang?" Mu Shuangshuang berkata dingin.
"Nak nakal, berani ngejar orang masih punya nyali. Keluarkan Yu Si Niang dan Mu Dashan sekarang, aku mau lihat anak kesayangan mereka ngejar orang tepat di depan mata aku."
Nyonya Lin berteriak.
Sambil berteriak, dia melirik barang-barang di belakang Mu Shuangshuang.
Pandangan Nyonya Lin langsung tertarik pada zongzi yang dibungkus rapi di bak kayu, dan tiba-tiba dia merasa meminta daun bambu terlalu repot.
Lebih baik ambil zongzi buatan cabang ketiga, tinggal rebus saja bisa dimakan.
Memikirkan itu, kemarahan di wajah Nyonya Lin hilang begitu saja.
Dia berkata ke Mu Shuangshuang, "Shuang, soal kau ngejar Gou Dan, Bibi bisa aja ngelupain."
Lu Yuanfeng, mendengar Nyonya Lin memutarbalikkan fakta, mengerutkan kening dan berkata, "Bibi Kedua Shuang, harus punya hati nurani. Shuang nggak ngejar dia; Gou Dan yang mau ngejar Shuang, dia cuma angkat tangan ngeblok."
Nyonya Lin tentu tahu; dia bilang Mu Shuangshuang ngejar orang cuma mau dapet untung darinya.
Dulu dia mau daun bambu; sekarang dia mau zongzi yang sudah dibungkus Mu Shuangshuang.
"Nak nakal, ini wilayah Keluarga Mu Tua. Kapan orang luar kayakmu berhak bicara di sini? Ngontrak di tempat lain aja sudah, berani ngekos di Keluarga Mu Tua kita?"
Lu Yuanfeng ragu sejenak, lalu mengerti maksud Nyonya Lin.
Tapi Mu Shuangshuang bukan orang yang mudah ditakuti. Begitu Nyonya Lin selesai bicara, Mu Shuangshuang membalas, "Ngekos? Bibi Kedua, bicara tentang dirimu sendiri?
Kawin masuk Keluarga Mu Tua sudah bertahun-tahun, nggak kerja apa-apa dan nggak urus anak dengan baik.
Hari-hari cuma mikir gimana caranya untung di keluarga ini dan hisap darah keluarga lain! Bilang Fengzi ngekos — lucu banget.
Restoran separoh punya dia, separoh sawah Kampung Er Gui punya dia, bahkan separoh sekolah punya dia.
Makanan dan minyak di rumah kita, semuanya dibeli pakai uang Fengzi. Kamu tahu nggak laki-laki seperti apa? Itu dia!
Bandingin Paman Kedua yang sia-sia, Fengzi seribu kali lebih baik! Makanya setiap hari raya kamu minta-minta makan minum ke rumah orang."
Mu Shuangshuang nggak main-main, dan tantang dia debat mulut ibarat cari mati sendiri.
Nyonya Lin dimarahin sampai hampir pingsan.
Liat Mu Shuangshuang, rasanya pengen makan dia hidup-hidup, cekik dia, minum darahnya!
Saat itu, Gou Dan mulai berguling di lantai sambil nyanyi-nyanyi minta zongzi dan nangis terisak.
Nyonya Lin baru inget kalau dia punya senjata ampuh: anaknya.
Dia melirik Mu Shuangshuang dengan provocative, "Kemarin nggak bilang aku ngekos? Ya hari ini aku ngekos; aku nggak biarin Gou Dan bangun kalo kau nggak kasih zongzi yang kau bungkus.
Kalo nggak, aku pastiin hari raya kamu kacau balau!"
Sikap congkak Nyonya Lin bikin Mu Shuangshuang kesal; walau sudah biasa sama keberanian Nyonya Lin, kali ini kelewatan.
"Kalo mau biar Gou Dan ngejerit, biar aja. Aku nggak ganggu!" Mu Shuangshuang bilang.
Saat itu, Yuanbao bergegas keluar.
"Hei, Mu Jingui, nggak sekolah? Kenapa kayak anak kecil, nangis minta makan panggil ayah ibu?
Besok aku kabarin ke temen sekolah, biar mereka ketawa liat kamu, bocah ingusan, wajah jelek..."
Yuanbao berteriak sambil melompat-lompat.
Ajaib, begitu dia selesai berteriak, Gou Dan yang hampir menggarap tempat di halaman Shuangshuang tiba-tiba bangun dan lari cepat.
Dia hilang dalam sekejap.
Nyonya Lin tercengang, Mu Shuangshuang juga.
Keduanya serentak liat Yuanbao, yang setelah berteriak langsung lari ke dalam rumah, nggak kasih kesempatan Nyonya Lin buat ngecelin.
Nyonya Lin mau kejar Gou Dan tanya apa yang terjadi, tapi dia nggak sanggup tinggalkan zongzi di depannya.
Dalam pertarungan tenang, Yu Si Niang mengeluarkan kepala dari kamar.
"Ibu Gou Dan, hari ini Festival Perahu Naga, biasanya hari besar keluarga berkumpul gembira. Sekarang cabang ketiga sudah pecah, kita nggak rayakan bareng kamu.
Tunggu sebentar, aku ambil zongzi buat dibawa buat Ayah dan Ibu sebagai tanda hormat kita."
Mu Shuangshuang lihat itu dan cepat bilang, "Ibu, biar aku bantu!"
"Fengzi, kau jaga zongzi di luar, jangan sampe ada yang sentuh."
"Siapa saja" ini tentu merujuk ke Nyonya Lin.
Tapi Nyonya Lin nggak marah karena Yu Si Niang bakal bawa zongzi matang.
Pasti nggak bakal dikasih ke dua orang tua Keluarga Mu Tua; itu untuk dia.
Tak lama, Mu Shuangshuang keluar bawa mangkuk berisi empat zongzi, pas buat Tuan Mu dan Nyonya Tua Mu.
Nyonya Lin mau senang ambil mangkuk, tapi Mu Shuangshuang tarik zongzi pakai tali rami.
Nyonya Lin hampir kena panas, tapi cepat tarik tangan.
Sebelum dia sempat marah, Mu Shuangshuang dengan wajah minta maaf bilang, "Bibi Kedua, maaf ya, rumah Shuangshuang kekurangan mangkuk. Jadi ambil aja pakai ini.
Dan kalo suka daun bambunya, silakan dibawa! Kita cukup!"
Nyonya Lin senyum lebar sampai mulut hampir nggak nutup. Awalnya dia datang buat daun bambu, lalu pikir zongzi yang sudah dibungkus lebih praktis.
Sekarang dia dapet zongzi, dan daun bambunya juga...
Zongzi buat dia, daun bambu dikasih ke Nyonya Liu buat bikin zongzi lagi, bisa makan lagi malam ini.
Nyonya Lin cepat ambil daun bambu dan peluk zongzi sambil pergi dari cabang ketiga.
Di pintu, dia nggak lupa balik ngomelin Mu Shuangshuang pasti kepalanya ketabrak pintu jadi bisa segeneros ini.
Mu Shuangshuang lihat Nyonya Lin pergi, tersenyum lebar.
Lu Yuanfeng langsung curiga Shuangshuang lakukan apa-apa.
Yu Si Niang berdiri di dapur, masih ingat apa yang dilakukan Mu Shuangshuang.
Dia baru lihat Shuangshuang taburin sesuatu ke zongzi buat ibu Gou Dan. Bisa jadi racun?
Memikirkan itu, Yu Si Niang buru-buru mendekati Mu Shuangshuang.
"Shuangshuang, apa yang kamu masukkin ke zongzi buat kakek nenek?" tanya Yu Si Niang.
"Cuma sedikit barang bagus, tapi Ibu jangan khawatir. Zongzi itu bukan buat kakek nenek; Bibi Kedua nggak seperti itu!"
Mu Shuangshuang menjawab.
Ternyata benar tebakan Mu Shuangshuang. Setelah dapet zongzi, Nyonya Lin nggak buru-buru pulang tapi sembunyi di rumahnya sendiri.
Nggak urus daun bambu dengan baik, Nyonya Lin buru-buka semua empat zongzi.
Karena terburu-buru, dia hampir kena panas, keluar suara sakit.
Tapi dia cepat tutup mulut.
Ini rahasia yang nggak boleh diketahui orang!
Zongzi yang dibuka bukan zongzi putih biasa; ada daging di dalamnya.
Nyonya Lin tercengang, menatap zongzi sambil hampir tidur air liur.
"Nak nakal ini makannya enak banget; kenapa aku nggak mikir zongzi bisa diisi daging, kacang tanah, kurma, dan sebagainya?"
"Ya sudahlah, makan dulu!"
Nyonya Lin langsung menghabiskannya, nggak meninggalkan sebutir beras pun saat memasukkan keempat zongzi ke perutnya.
Setelah selesai, Nyonya Lin geer dan urus daun bambu sebelum Mu Dazhong pulang rumah!
"Second Aunt, did you get your eyes stuck with fermented black beans? Which eye of yours saw me hit someone?" Mu Shuangshuang said coldly.
"You little brat, you still have the nerve after hitting someone. Get Yu Si Niang and Mu Dashan out here right now, I want them to see their dear daughter hitting someone right in front of my face."
Mrs. Lin shouted.
As she yelled, she glanced over the things behind Mu Shuangshuang.
Mrs. Lin’s gaze was instantly attracted to the neatly wrapped rice dumplings in the wooden basin, and suddenly, she felt that asking for bamboo leaves was too troublesome.
It would be better to take the rice dumplings made by the third branch so that all she’d need to do is boil them to eat.
Thinking of this, the anger on Mrs. Lin’s face vanished instantly.
She said to Mu Shuangshuang, "Shuang, regarding the matter of you hitting Gou Dan, I could actually just let it go."
Lu Yuanfeng, upon hearing Mrs. Lin’s malicious distortion of the truth, frowned and said, "Shuang’s second aunt, you need to have a conscience. Shuang never hit him; it was Gou Dan who wanted to hit Shuang, and she just raised her hand to block him."
Mrs. Lin certainly knew this; she only said Mu Shuangshuang hit someone because she wanted to get some benefits from her.
Before, she wanted bamboo leaves; now she wanted the rice dumplings that Mu Shuangshuang had already wrapped.
"You brat, this is the Old Mu Family’s turf. When does an outsider like you get to speak here? It’s one thing to be a free loader elsewhere, but do you dare freeload from our Old Mu Family?"
Lu Yuanfeng hesitated for a moment, then understood Mrs. Lin’s implication.
But Mu Shuangshuang was no pushover. As soon as Mrs. Lin finished speaking, Mu Shuangshuang retorted, "Freeloader? Second Aunt, are you talking about yourself?
You’ve been married into the Old Mu Family for so many years, yet you don’t do any work and don’t properly take care of the kids.
All you do is think about how to take advantage of one family and drink the blood of another! Saying Fengzi is a freeloader—what a joke.
The restaurant has half his share, half of Er Gui Village’s fields are his, and even half of the school belongs to him.
As for the food and oil in our house, they’ve all been bought with Fengzi’s money. Do you even know what a man is? That’s what he is!
Compared to my useless second uncle, Fengzi is a thousand times better! No wonder you have to beg for food and drink at others’ houses during festivals."
Mu Shuangshuang wasn’t one to be trifled with, and challenging her in verbal sparring was akin to seeking one’s own demise.
Mrs. Lin was so enraged by Mu Shuangshuang’s words that she almost passed out.
Looking at Mu Shuangshuang, she felt as though she wished she could eat her alive, tear her apart, and drink her blood!
At this moment, Gou Dan started rolling on the ground, chanting for rice dumplings and wailing.
Mrs. Lin then remembered that she had such a good weapon as her son.
She provocatively glanced at Mu Shuangshuang, "Didn’t you say I freeload? Well, I’m going to freeload today; I’m not letting Gou Dan get up until you give me the rice dumplings you wrapped.
If you don’t, I’ll make sure to disrupt your festival celebration!"
Mrs. Lin’s arrogant attitude irked Mu Shuangshuang; even though she was used to Mrs. Lin’s brazenness, this was too much.
"If you’re willing to let Gou Dan scream, let him scream away. It doesn’t bother me at all!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
At that moment, Yuanbao charged out.
"Hey, Mu Jingui, aren’t you going to school now? Why are you acting like a little kid, crying for food calling for daddy and mommy?
I’m going to tell the classmates at school tomorrow and let them laugh at you, snotty boy, ugly face..."
Yuanbao shouted while hopping around.
Magically, as soon as he finished shouting, Gou Dan, who had almost worn out a spot in Shuangshuang’s courtyard, suddenly got up and dashed away.
He disappeared in an instant.
Mrs. Lin was stunned, as was Mu Shuangshuang.
The two of them simultaneously looked at Yuanbao, who, after shouting, dashed into the house, not giving Mrs. Lin the chance to curse him.
Mrs. Lin wanted to chase after Gou Dan to ask what was going on, but she couldn’t bear to leave the rice dumplings in front of her.
During the standoff, Yu Si Niang poked her head out of the room.
"Gou Dan’s mother, today is the Dragon Boat Festival, normally a big day for families to gather happily. Now that the third branch is separated, we’re not celebrating with you.
Wait a moment, and I’ll get some rice dumplings for you to take to Father and Mother as a token of our respect."
Mu Shuangshuang saw this and quickly said, "Mom, let me help you with that!"
"Fengzi, you guard the rice dumplings outside; don’t let anyone touch them."
This "anyone" naturally referred to Mrs. Lin.
But Mrs. Lin wasn’t angry because Yu Si Niang would be bringing out some cooked rice dumplings.
There was no way they’d be given to the two old folks of the Old Mu Family; they were meant for her.
After a while, Mu Shuangshuang indeed came out with a bowl containing four rice dumplings, just the right amount for Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu.
Mrs. Lin was about to happily take the bowl when Mu Shuangshuang pulled out the dumplings with a hemp string.
Mrs. Lin almost got burned, but she quickly pulled her hand back.
Just as she was about to start raging, Mu Shuangshuang, with an apologetic face, said, "Second Aunt, I’m really sorry, Shuangshuang’s house is short on bowls. So please take them like this.
And if you like those bamboo leaves, feel free to take them too! We have enough!"
Mrs. Lin was smiling so widely her mouth almost couldn’t close. She had initially come for the bamboo leaves, then thought wrapped dumplings would be more convenient.
Now she had the dumplings, and the leaves too...
The dumplings were hers, and she’d give the bamboo leaves to Mrs. Liu to make some more dumplings, getting to eat them again tonight.
Mrs. Lin quickly grabbed the bamboo leaves and hugged the rice dumplings as she left the third branch.
At the door, she didn’t forget to turn back and curse that Mu Shuangshuang must have gotten hit in the head by a door to be so generous.
Mu Shuangshuang watched Mrs. Lin leave, smiling radiantly.
Lu Yuanfeng immediately suspected that Shuangshuang had done something.
Yu Si Niang stood in the kitchen, still recalling what Mu Shuangshuang had done.
She had just seen Shuangshuang sprinkle something in the rice dumplings for Gou Dan’s mother. Could it be poison?
Thinking this, Yu Si Niang hurriedly approached Mu Shuangshuang.
"Shuangshuang, what did you put in the dumplings meant for your grandparents?" Yu Si Niang asked.
"Just a little something good, but Mom, don’t worry. The dumplings aren’t for my grandparents; my second aunt isn’t that kind!"
Mu Shuangshuang replied.
As it turned out, Mu Shuangshuang was right. After getting her hands on the dumplings, Mrs. Lin didn’t rush home but stayed hidden at her own place.
Without bothering to properly handle the bamboo leaves, Mrs. Lin was eager to unwrap all four rice dumplings.
In her rush, she almost burned her hand, letting out a pained cry.
But she quickly covered her mouth.
This was something others shouldn’t know about!
The unwrapped dumplings were not the usual white ones; they even contained meat inside.
Mrs. Lin was astounded, staring at the dumplings with drool almost dripping down.
"This little brat sure knows how to eat; why didn’t I think that dumplings could have meat, peanuts, and dates and such?"
"Never mind, let’s eat first!"
With this, Mrs. Lin began to devour them, not leaving a single grain behind as she stuffed all four dumplings into her stomach.
After finishing, Mrs. Lin let out a burp and took care of the leaves before Mu Dazhong returned home!
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