From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!

Chapter 614 - 610 Settling Debts with Clothes (Four Updates)

"Dad, I didn’t mean that, I..." Mrs. Jin’s voice began to quiver with tears after being shouted at.She felt that the entire Old Mu Family was targeting her, even the fair old man seemed to have been bewitched by someone.

"Shuangshuang, what do you think, how should your aunt’s situation be handled?"

Mr. Mu had lost patience with Mrs. Jin, when such a big incident happened at home today, the eldest daughter-in-law was only thinking about herself.

He pitied his unborn grandson...

Mu Shuangshuang saw the faint sadness in Mr. Mu’s eyes. He truly seemed to care about the fake piece of flesh in Mrs. Lin’s belly, but what was the use of caring?

Xiao Chu from the fourth family is only three years old and also a grandson, yet Mu Laoye never once picked him up or gave him something good to eat.

Xiao Han and Gou Dan, weren’t they also grandsons? Yet they didn’t receive any good treatment either.

"Grandpa, it doesn’t matter how Shuangshuang says we handle this, it still depends on my second aunt, as she’s the one who has suffered.

As a mother, she feels the pain more than anyone, and like my aunt said, Shuangshuang is just a child, and has no right to intervene in this matter."

Mu Shuangshuang didn’t want to get involved in this mess at all. If Mrs. Lin ever brought it up in the future, it would have nothing to do with her.

"From the first house, you should go in and apologize now, let’s see what the second house says!"

Mr. Mu urged Mrs. Jin to enter the second family’s room.

Mrs. Lin lay on the bed, and upon hearing her daughter say that Mrs. Jin had arrived, she put her hand under the quilt, pinching her own thigh hard, forcing out a few crocodile tears.

By the time Mrs. Jin entered the room, Mrs. Lin’s eyes were already red from crying.

"Sister-in-law, how cruel you are, you owe me my son..."

Indeed, Mrs. Lin’s acting was quite convincing. When she cried, her facial veins bulged, and her expression of sorrow was just right.

The only thing that was off was her gaze, which occasionally lingered on the two-tael silver clothes Mrs. Jin was wearing.

"Sister-in-law, today I accidentally bumped into you, and I didn’t know it would cause you to lose your child. It’s my fault, I’m sorry, tell me what you want to eat and I’ll get it for you from town."

Mrs. Jin humbled herself in front of Mrs. Lin, eager to resolve the matter quickly.

Knowing Mrs. Lin’s penchant for small gains, giving her a bit of money should resolve the issue.

When Mrs. Jin mentioned food, a trace of unidentified liquid gathered at the corner of Mrs. Lin’s mouth, and the cravings in her stomach were being teased incessantly.

She knew, with the eldest brother having passed the imperial exam, there must have been a haul of silver.

Otherwise, her sister-in-law wouldn’t be so generous.

Since her sister-in-law had mentioned it, how could she not partake in this good will?

"Sister-in-law, I’ve been weakened now, and my health isn’t good, so I need significant nourishment. How about you buy me a hen to stew each day, and we’ll decide how to proceed once I recover?" Mrs. Lin made an exorbitant demand.

Mrs. Jin’s expression changed immediately.

One old hen a day, that was the standard set for when her husband, Mu Dade, returned. Why should Mrs. Lin, who was nothing, eat so well?

Seeing Mrs. Jin hesitate, Mrs. Lin felt uncomfortable inside.

Stingy is stingy, can’t even spare a chicken!

"Sister-in-law, leave, I don’t want to see you. Every time I see you, I think of my son who became a pool of blood. My son, I have wronged you..."

Mrs. Lin became agitated again, while Mu Qingqing gave Mrs. Jin a fierce glare.

"Aunt, today you’re wronging my mother. My mother asked you for a chicken, and you’re unwilling. So, did my brother die for nothing?"

"Is your mother asking for just a chicken? Qingqing, speak for yourself, what did your mother say! She said to replenish energy, one hen a day.

A hen costs at least eighteen coins a pound, and each is at least two pounds. That’s 30 to 40 coins a day.

Go ask around the village, which woman after childbirth would eat so well, even if your grandma came, she wouldn’t agree."

Mrs. Jin had the money, but couldn’t withstand such extravagant demands from Mrs. Lin.

If Mrs. Lin had asked directly for five hundred coins, she would have gritted her teeth and given it.

Seeing Mrs. Jin talk like this, Mrs. Lin knew this would be a tough bone to chew and became worried inside.

Just as she was contemplating how to handle the situation, her bedroom door was suddenly flung open.

Mu Dazhong stormed in, pointing at Mrs. Jin’s nose, cursing, "Get out! My wife was harmed like this, and you still want to save that bit of money."

Whether frightened by Mu Dazhong or genuinely worried about being divorced, Mrs. Jin gritted her teeth and handed a tael of silver to Mrs. Lin from her pocket.

"Second sister-in-law, this is a small gesture from me. You should know what to say to Dad, right?"

Clutching the silver, the heartache Mrs. Lin felt vanished in an instant, yet it wasn’t enough.

That wretched girl had swindled three taels from her.

"Sister-in-law, a tael of silver won’t settle this. You need to give me five taels, or I’ll make a fuss to Dad."

Mrs. Lin gathered her courage, directly reaching out for money from Mrs. Jin.

It was mainly because her husband had returned.

She now had someone to rely on.

Mrs. Jin was furious, she had seen shameless people but none like this.

How dare she ask for five taels, why not just rob?

"Second sister-in-law, it’s not that I don’t want to give it, but I simply don’t have five taels of silver on me.

When your eldest brother took the imperial exam, most of the silver was spent on his medical treatments when he fell ill.

This tael of silver was pinched out little by little from food expenses, there’s truly nothing left now." Mrs. Jin’s face stiffened as she forced a smile.

"Aren’t the clothes you’re wearing worth two taels of silver? You can give them to me, and add a few more nice outfits!" Mrs. Lin shouted, pointing at Mrs. Jin’s clothes.

She had longed for Mrs. Jin’s clothes for a while, they were attractive and from the city.

Seeing his wife ask for clothes, Mu Dazhong also spoke up. "The leftover silver can be offset with my brother’s clothes. Sister-in-law’s clothes aren’t cheap, my brother’s surely aren’t either."

Mu Dazhong thought, since he’ll be heading to the county soon, how could he not have a good set of clothes, especially since the outfit his brother wore upon returning looked like what an official would wear.

"You..." Mrs. Jin choked on a mouthful of blood, nearly dying from anger.

To even ask for the clothes, how low can they go?

"Sister-in-law, it’s your call in this matter. Either compensate me for my son, or hand over the clothes, otherwise..." Mu Dazhong menacingly glanced at Mrs. Jin.

Rather than just a glance, it was more like a presumptuous stare.

Especially at her face and chest, Mrs. Jin was fair-skinned and pretty, her chest still voluptuous compared to Mrs. Lin, who had borne many children and whose breasts had long sagged.

Mrs. Jin still looked full and exceptionally beautiful to this day.

In front of Mu Dazhong, Mrs. Jin felt as if she weren’t wearing clothes, and the kind of gaze that suggested something might happen between them made her feel extremely uncomfortable and disgusted.

"Sister-in-law..." Mu Dazhong called Mrs. Jin’s name again, this time with a spring-like inflection.

Mrs. Jin couldn’t endure it any longer, rushing out to vomit violently outside the Old Mu Family’s courtyard.