Chapter 1545 - 1540: Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu Return to the Village Together (Eleventh Update)

Mrs. Lin was the first to return, bringing a doctor, and hurriedly rushed to the main room of the Old Mu Family.

The doctor saw Mrs. Jin lying on the ground and gasped in shock.

"Oh my God, what... what happened here?"

Even the doctor, who had practiced for many years, was so stunned that his speech stuttered.

Mr. Mu quickly stepped forward, "Old doctor, this is my daughter-in-law, she was slapped by my wife. You must cure her, I am willing to pay any amount!"

"You say this was done by your wife?" the doctor asked.

Mr. Mu nodded.

"Tsk tsk tsk, that’s quite a heavy hand! Alright, let’s carry her inside, I’ll take her pulse and assess the situation!" the doctor said.

"Fifth, second daughter-in-law, come over and help, carry your sister-in-law to the room!" Mr. Mu said.

Mu Danian took the initiative to carry Mrs. Jin to the room, and everyone craned their necks to watch as the doctor examined her pulse.

The doctor sighed and shook his head while examining her.

"Oh dear, such a heavy hand!"

"Ah, in all my years of practice, this is the first time I’ve seen something like this! Other people’s daughters aren’t daughters anymore!

This is excessively harsh. If the girl’s parents knew, they’d be heartbroken!"

Old doctor’s words were heard verbatim by Mr. Mu, whose face flushed first green then white.

Yet he couldn’t find any words to refute.

Just at this moment, Mu Dade came rushing in from outside.

Mu Dade’s face was filled with panic because Mu Dazhong, who went to deliver the message, didn’t say who hit Mrs. Jin.

Seeing Mrs. Jin lying unconscious on the bed, Mu Dade got angry in front of everyone in the Old Mu Family for the first time.

"Who was it? Who did this?" Mu Dade yelled.

"Big brother, it was..." Mu Dazhong started to say but before he finished, Mu Dade spoke.

"No matter who it was, for making Dan Dan’s mother like this, I will make them pay the price! This time, regardless of anything, I won’t let that wicked person go, I’ll have her taken to the government!"

As soon as Mu Dade finished speaking, Mrs. Lin said a word.

"Brother, the one who did it was our mother!"

Mu Dade was stunned, his lips trembling, "This... how is this possible? Why would mother be so harsh on Dan Dan’s mother?"

"Big brother, let me explain!" Mr. Mu interjected.

"It was your mother, that crazy woman, she hit your wife. She said it was because Dan Dan’s mother called her an old hag, and she acted out of anger!" Mr. Mu explained.

"Just because she was called an old hag, did she have to beat her to death?" Mu Dade asked.

"Big brother, don’t get excited. I know your mother is at fault. She’s at your disposal, whether to send her to the government or deal with it privately!" Mr. Mu had already prepared for the worst.

"Send to the government? How? What to say? Say my mother beat my wife into unconsciousness? How would the County Magistrate look at me? How would my colleagues see me?

Dad, I told you when you came not to cause me trouble, and if trouble came, as a small official, I couldn’t handle it.

But after you arrived, what did you do? Arguing every day, so many neighbors have come to question why I didn’t manage it.

Even worse, my mother, to save a few coins on night soil, disposed of it on the main street, even at people’s doorsteps, and was caught and humiliated with it!

Dad, on this street, you have cost me my face in this community, what am I supposed to do? What can I do?"

Mu Dade released all his pent-up dissatisfaction.

He had endured enough!

No family has relatives like his, each one behaving like they’re crazy.

"Big brother, then what do you suggest?" Mr. Mu asked.

"Whoever caused the trouble should resolve it, mother can’t stay in this house anymore! Send her to the countryside!"

Mu Dade expressed his decision.

The entire house exploded with reactions.

"Send mother away? No way! Would mother agree to that?" Mu Dazhong said.

"We sold all the land in the countryside, mother wouldn’t be able to survive there!"

"Exactly, and if we send her alone, she might not agree and make a fuss again!"

Mu Dazhong, Mrs. Lin, and Mu Danian each said their piece.

In their hearts, they hoped Old Mrs. Mu would leave, so they could be free.

"Then what do you propose? If we don’t send mother to the countryside, should we send her to the county jail? Or really beat her up? Or say nothing and do nothing, letting it happen again next time?"

Mu Dade had enough.

This time, he must send away the troublemakers of the Old Mu Family.

If this continues, he might collapse.

After Mu Dade spoke, Mu Dazhong and others fell silent.

They certainly wouldn’t take responsibility for this matter.

"Dad, how about you handle it!" Mu Danian suggested, ready to wash his hands of it.

Mu Dazhong and Mrs. Lin also stepped aside.

At this time, Mr. Mu spoke, "Big brother, this is our fault, your mother’s and mine, for letting you and Dan Dan’s mother down.

We, your mother and I, will bear this responsibility together, we’ll go to the countryside together!"

"Dad, you’re leaving too?" Mu Danian looked surprised.

"You’re right, the countryside is barren now, your mother won’t survive there, but if she’s not punished, it doesn’t make sense.

However, your mother and I have some silver saved, we can buy some land in the countryside to cultivate and feed ourselves!"

Mr. Mu hunched over as he spoke, aged significantly by Mrs. Jin’s incident.

But there was nothing else to say; if a mistake was made, it had to be borne.

However, Mr. Mu’s words about taking the family’s silver to the countryside alarmed the rest of the Old Mu Family.

"Dad, you’d better not leave! The countryside doesn’t compare to the county, everything is more convenient here!" Mu Danian said, signaling to Mu Dazhong.

Mu Dazhong quickly caught on and said, "Dad, Fifth is right, the county is much better, we can take care of you, no need to work!"

"Yes, dad, if you go to the countryside, I wouldn’t be able to cook for you!" Mrs. Lin added hypocritically.

"Say no more, I’ve decided! And if possible, we’ll take Xiangxiang with us!"

Mr. Mu’s insistence to leave was certainly not good news for the rest of the Old Mu Family.

"Dad, if you leave, what will we do?" Mu Dazhong was anxious.

"Yes, if you really plan to leave, at least leave us something promising!" Mrs. Lin decided to take a risk.

"That’s right, if so, let’s divide the family now, you and mother one family, big brother and us another. The money from selling fields and land, leave some for the two of us brothers.

I haven’t married yet, and my second brother’s son, Gou Dan, needs schooling, all of which costs money!"