Mu Dashan tentu saja tidak menyukai perlakuan sok terasing Mu Xiangxiang. Terutama setiap kali Mu Xiangxiang berteriak, selalu ada kata-kata tentang Yu Si Niang."Diam! Xiangxiang, ini bukan Keluarga Mu Tua. Ibu yang dimanjakan tidak ada di sini. Ini adalah wilayah cabang ketiga kami. Jika kamu masih meneriakkan kata-kata jahat tentang Si Niang sekali lagi, jangan heran jika aku kekerutan padamu!" serang Mu Dashan dengan marah.Mu Dashan rusuah, berdiri, dan menunjuk ke arah dapur, "Keluar! Kamu tak diperbolehkan masuk ke wilayah cabang ketiga kami!"\"Kamu... kamu...\" Mu Xiangxiang gemetar kesal.Tubuhnya yang sudah cenderung kurus, sejak beberapa hari sakit, tampak semakin rapuh.Mu Xiangxiang menggigil seperti ayunan penyi.Untuk kali ini, Mu Dashan tak memboncuhkan rasa sedihnya!Orang yang membuat kita merasa kasihan memang harus ada sesuatu yang membuat kita menyombong!Jika Xiangxiang terus seperti ini tanpa belajar pelajaran, dia mungkin akan menjadi sumber kekacauan yang tak terkendali."Percepatlah pergi, atau aku akan minta kepala desa untuk mengusirmu!" seru Mu Dashan dengan keras.Hanya kemudian, Mu Xiangxiang enggan meninggalkan dapur keluarga Mu Dashan.Hatinya dipenuhi rasa tidak rela dan dendam.Setelah meninggalkan dapur cabang ketiga, Mu Xiangxiang mulai meneriakkan kutukan dengan keras.Perilakunya persis seperti Old Mrs. Mu.Yu Si Niang yang sedang tidur di rumah terbangun oleh kebisingan. Setelah pakai pakaian, ia keluar dan melihat Mu Xiangxiang sendirian di halaman luar, sedang meneriak-meneriakkan kutukan.Dia semula ingin bertanya apa yang terjadi. Namun pada saat itu, Mu Dashan keluar dari dapur."Janganlah mengganggu dia. Biarkan dia gila, biarkan dia membuat keributan! Kami tidak akan mentolerirnya di cabang ketiga kami!"\"Suaranya tegas dan kuat.Berbeda dengan dirinya dulu yang ragu-ragu dan takut-takut segala sesuain.", Sekarang dia sudah berani dan tegas. Kalau begitu, bagaimana dengan Yu Si Niang, sebagai istri?Dia tak punya pilihan lain selain mengikut suaminya. Jadi Yu Si Niang memutuskan untuk tidak mempertanyakan apa pun tentang Mu Xiangxiang dan langsung masuk ke dapur.Saat ia masuk, aroma bubur sudah menguarai di udara."Kamu yang membuat sarapan?" tanyanya Yu Si Niang, agak terkejut."Ya, karena apa yang terjadi kemarin sebenarnya cukup menyakitkan bagimu... Si Niang, biarkan aku yang mengurus semuanya hari ini. Istirahatkan saja di rumah!" kata Mu Dashan."Kamu hebat! Benar-benar kamu katakan di luar sana!"Yu Si Niang tersipu menoleong sambil memandang Mu Dashan."Tidak ada apa-apa. Hanya kamu dan aku saja. Tak ada yang lain!" Mu Dashan tersenyum kecil.Suasana di rumah cabang ketiga Keluarga Mu Tua tetap kondusif.Mu Dashan menuangkan beberapa mangkuk bubur, agar ketika anak-anak muda bangun, mandi, dan ingin minum bubur, tidak terlalu panas.Bernada menyatu dan keras di luar, Mu Xiangxiang terus meneriak, namun cabang ketiga tak pernah mendengarnya.Terasa lapar kembali, Mu Xiangxiang tak berdosa kembali ke Keluarga Mu Tua. Saat tiba, Nyonya Liu baru saja bangun, dan belum ada yang membuat sarapan atau mencuci pakaian, sehingga tidak jelas apa yang dilakukannya di rumah sepanjang hari.Mu Xiangxiang tentu saja tidak nyaman."Adik menantu keempat, apa kamu sambil-sambil setiap hari? Saudaraku yang sudah dewasa, pagi ini sudah membuat sarapan. Sebagai seorang wanita, apakah kamu tidak setara dengan seorang laki-laki?"\"Nyonya Liu teguh diam seperti kayu, tak peduli apa yang dikatakan Mu Xiangxiang."\"Kamu bisakah berbicara? Apa ada yang salah dengan berkata sesuatu?"Mu Xiangxiang mendekat dan menerobosnya.\"Nyonya Liu justru berbalik dan berjalan ke dapur.Tindakan ini yang bersifat pekan namun tidak konfrontatif adalah pukuan lain bagi Mu Xiangxiang.Sebenarnya, Nyonya Liu sudah cukup lama berlaku seperti ini.Suatu hari, secara tiba-tiba, dia berhenti berbicara dengan Mu Xiangxiang, dan seterusnya, makanan di rumah pun berubah.\Rice yang dulu kami dapat dari sawah kami, yang tidak hanya bulat namun juga terasa enak saat dimasak.", Namun belakangan ini semuanya berubah. Beras putih yang kemarin indah kabarnya tiba-tiba berubah menjadi butir-butir kuning yang pecah belahan. Rasanya hambar dan kelihatannya tidak menyenangkan.\"Dia tak mau berbicara, yak? Hari ini, aku akan membuatnya bicara! Aku ingin lihat betapa kejam dirimu, bermain bodoh seperti ini!\" teriak Mu Xiangxiang sambil melihat-lihat.". Pandangannya akhirnya jatuh pada sebuah penyapu dekat. Mengambil penyapu, siap untuk memukul.\"Tepat ketika penyapu di tangannya hampir menyentuh Nyonya Liu, Nyonya Liu mengangkat tangannya untuk menghalangi.Penyapu itu adalah seorang wanita desa yang terbiasa makan dan bekerja setiap hari, tentu saja lebih kuat daripada Mu Xiangxiang yang baru pulih.", Hanya dengan sekali halangan, Nyonya Liu memang berhasil mengalihkan penyapu itu.Tak bisa memukulnya, Mu Xiangxiang tak bisa menarik kembali penyapunya.Seharusnya saja, Mu Xiangxiang meneriak seperti gila,\"Kamu tunggu saja. Begitu kita sampai ke kabupaten, aku akan mendapatkanmu. Engkau wanita jahat, aku akan membuat saudaraku keluarga keempat berpisah denganmu, berpisah!!!\"\"Suaranya hampir pecah telinga, hampir tidak terkendali.\"Nyonya Liu hampir mengucapkan sesuatu, namun dia menahan diri.Telah lama, dia memutuskan untuk tidak memperhatikan Mu Xiangxiang, tidak pernah berkata apa-apa.\"Dia tak akan membalas, tidak peduli betapa cabar-cabangnya kutukan itu, takkan pernah membalas satu katapun.\"Dan untuk hidupnya, dia akan hidup sesuai keinginannya.\"Jika kita bisa mengumpulkan cukup uang, kita akan pergi ke kabupaten untuk menemukan suami, putri, dan anak-anak kita!\"\"Berbicara tentang uang, Nyonya Liu secara insting melirik ke arah rumah besar Keluarga Mu Tua itu."\"Beberapa hari yang lalu, seorang pemilik dari desa lain datang dan tertarik dengan tempat tinggal Keluarga Mu Tua.\"Dia bersedia membeli dengan tiga puluh tahil. Awalnya, Nyonya Liu menolak."\"Pertama, karena tidak memiliki akta rumah dan akta tanah, kedua, karena tidak memiliki keberanian.\"\"Namun, dalam beberapa hari belakangan ini, sementara membersihkan kamar ibunya, dia menemukan akta rumah dan akta tanah di dalam matras.\""Itu berarti, selama kita mau, kita bisa menjual rumah kapan saja.\""Menukar tiga puluh tahil perak dari penjualan rumah dan tanah.\"\"Nyonya Liu memastikan. Jika hanya untuk beli rumah di kabupaten untuk keluarga kita sendiri, dua puluh tahil sudah cukup.\"\"Dengan peraknya, kita bisa pergi ke kabupaten dan menggunakan sisa perak untuk berdagang.\"\"Karena cabang ketiga bisa berdagang, cabang keempat pasti bisa juga!"\"Tanpa disadari, wanita yang paling jujur di Keluarga Mu Tua telah berubah.\"\"Pikirannya menjadi maju, dan ia mulai belajar mengadopsi gaya hidup orang lain.\"\"Nyonya Liu menyentuh lembaran akta rumah dan akta tanah yang terlipat di saku pocketnya. Di saat itu, dia mulai memahami mengapa ibunya selalu mengendalikan keuangan keluarga selama ini.\"\"Dia juga mulai memahami mengapa cabang ketiga bersedia memikul risiko.\"" Karena rasanya memiliki uang sungguh luar biasa!\"\"Nyonya Liu kembali ke dapur, dan dalam tidak banyak waktu, dia sudah membuat sarapan!\"
Bab 1501 - 1496: Apa yang Berubah pada Nyonya Liu?
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Mu Dashan naturally didn’t like Mu Xiangxiang’s unreasonable antics.
Especially since every time Mu Xiangxiang spoke, she would bring up Yu Si Niang.
This made Mu Dashan even more displeased.
"Shut up! Xiangxiang, this is not the Old Mu Family. Your spoiled mother is not here. This is the territory of my third branch. If you say a single bad word about Si Niang again, don’t blame me for being rude to you!" Mu Dashan said angrily.
"Third Brother, are you still my third brother? With father and mother not around, you’re bullying me, your own sister? Can you justify that to father and mother? To your own conscience?" Mu Xiangxiang shouted.
Mu Dashan frowned, stood up, and pointed to the door of the kitchen, "Get out! You’re not allowed into the territory of our third branch!"
"You... you..." Mu Xiangxiang trembled with anger.
Her already thin body, weakened by illness, seemed even more fragile.
Mu Xiangxiang’s body shook like a sieve.
Yet this time, Mu Dashan showed her no sympathy!
Those who are pitiable must have something detestable about them!
If Xiangxiang continues like this and doesn’t learn some lessons, she might become entirely uncontrollable.
"Leave quickly, or I’ll have the village chief call people to drive you out!" Mu Dashan raised his voice.
Only then did Mu Xiangxiang reluctantly leave the kitchen of the Mu Dashan family.
Her heart was filled with unwillingness and resentment.
After leaving the third branch’s kitchen, Mu Xiangxiang began cursing loudly.
Her behaviour was just like that of Old Mrs. Mu.
Yu Si Niang, who was sleeping in the house, was woken by the noise. After getting dressed, she came out to see Mu Xiangxiang alone in the courtyard, loudly cursing.
She originally wanted to ask what happened, but at that moment, Mu Dashan came out of the kitchen.
"Don’t bother with her. Let her go mad, let her cause trouble! We won’t indulge her here in our third branch!"
Mu Dashan’s voice was resolute and powerful.
Unlike in the past, when he was hesitant and timid about everything.
Since the man became assertive, what can Yu Si Niang, as a wife, do?
She certainly could only follow her husband, so Yu Si Niang gave up on asking Mu Xiangxiang about the situation.
She went straight into the kitchen, and as soon as she entered the house, she smelled the fragrance of porridge wafting through the air.
"Did you make breakfast?" Yu Si Niang asked, somewhat surprised.
"Yes, because what happened yesterday was tough on you... Si Niang, let me do all the tasks today. You can rest at home for a day!" Mu Dashan said.
"You’re something! You really said that outside!" Yu Si Niang exclaimed, her face turning red as she looked at Mu Dashan.
"It’s nothing, just the two of us. No one else can hear!" Mu Dashan chuckled softly.
The atmosphere of the third branch of the Old Mu Family remained consistently good.
Mu Dashan ladled several bowls of porridge so that when the younger ones in the family got up, washed, and prepared to drink the porridge, it was not too hot.
Meanwhile, Mu Xiangxiang shouted herself hoarse outside, but the third branch paid her no mind.
Feeling hungry again, Mu Xiangxiang had no choice but to return to the Old Mu Family.
When she returned, Mrs. Liu had just barely gotten up, and neither breakfast was made nor clothes washed, making it unclear what Mrs. Liu did at home all day.
Mu Xiangxiang was naturally dissatisfied, "Fourth Sister-in-law, what are you dawdling with every day? My third brother, a grown man, already made breakfast early this morning. As a woman, are you not even as capable as a man?"
Mrs. Liu remained silent, like a piece of wood, regardless of what Mu Xiangxiang said.
"Are you mute? What’s the harm in saying something?" Mu Xiangxiang approached Mrs. Liu and questioned her.
Mrs. Liu directly bypassed Mu Xiangxiang and walked towards the kitchen.
This passive-aggressive behaviour was yet another blow to Mu Xiangxiang.
In fact, Mrs. Liu had been acting mute for a long time.
One day, she suddenly stopped talking to Mu Xiangxiang, and subsequently, the meals at home changed too.
The rice they ate in the past, harvested from their own land, was not only plump but also tasted particularly good when cooked.
But recently, everything changed.
The luxuriously refined white rice at home somehow turned into yellowish broken grains.
The rice tasted mouldy, and its appearance was unappealing.
Mu Xiangxiang asked, but Mrs. Liu remained silent, as though she had truly become mute.
"You won’t speak, huh? Today I’m going to make you talk! I want to see how heartless you can be, playing dumb like this!"
Mu Xiangxiang spoke while looking around.
Her gaze finally landed on a broom nearby. Picking up the broom, Mu Xiangxiang prepared to hit.
Just as the broom in her hand was about to hit Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Liu raised her hand to block it.
The village woman, used to eating and working daily, naturally had more strength than Mu Xiangxiang, who was just recovering.
With a light block, Mrs. Liu indeed deflected Mu Xiangxiang.
Unable to strike her, Mu Xiangxiang couldn’t retract her broom.
She fiercely shouted at Mrs. Liu, "You just wait. Once we’re in the county, I’ll make you pay, you wretched woman. I’ll have my fourth brother divorce you, divorce you!!!!!"
Mu Xiangxiang’s voice was almost ear-piercing, almost twisted.
Mrs. Liu almost opened her mouth to speak, but she restrained herself.
She had long decided never to pay attention to Mu Xiangxiang, never to say a word to her.
She wouldn’t physically retaliate, no matter how offensive the curses were, she wouldn’t respond with a single word.
As for her own life, she would live it the way she wanted to.
Once she saved enough money, she would go to the county to find her husband, her daughter, her son!
Speaking of money, Mrs. Liu instinctively glanced at this large house of the Old Mu Family.
A few days ago, a wealthy man from another village came and liked the Old Mu Family’s residence.
He was willing to pay thirty taels to buy it. Initially, Mrs. Liu refused.
Firstly, she didn’t have the land deed and title deed for the house, and secondly, she didn’t have the courage.
However, in the past few days, while cleaning her mother’s room, she found the house deed and land deed in the mattress.
It meant that as long as she wanted to, she could sell the house anytime.
Exchange it for the thirty taels of silver from selling the house and land.
Mrs. Liu had investigated. If buying a house in the county just for their own family, twenty taels would be enough.
She could take the silver to the county and use the rest of the silver for business.
Since the third branch could do business, so could the fourth branch!
Unknowingly, the Old Mu Family’s most honest woman had already changed.
Her thoughts were more progressive, and she began to try learning from others, adopting others’ lifestyles.
Mrs. Liu touched the house deeds and land deeds tucked in her pocket, and at that moment, she somewhat understood why her mother had always controlled the family’s finances all these years.
She also understood why the third branch was willing to take risks.
Because the feeling of having money was truly wonderful!
Mrs. Liu returned to the kitchen, and in no time, made breakfast!
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