Chapter 1644 - 1639: Reluctant Farewells

"You damn woman! You’ve got some nerve. How come you didn’t think about giving us some money when you had it?"

Wang Yin Hua, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li Family, asked viciously.

"Sis-in-law, why be polite with her? She’s already been kicked out! If you ask me, just throw her into the pigsty. Let her live with our pigs and grow into a pig herself. In the end, we can sell her meat!" The second daughter-in-law of the Li Family said bluntly.

Both daughters-in-law followed their husbands’ lead; they were no easy targets themselves!

They used to bully Li Juhua, and later, when the Li Family’s tea business took off, the Li family’s brothers and sisters-in-law wanted to cash in on the excitement to make a little money, but they were driven away by Li Juhua.

The brothers and sisters-in-law had kept this in mind for a long time.

The two sisters-in-law joined forces to beat Li Juhua.

Old Li and Mr. Li watched the entire scene without saying a single comforting word.

They watched Li being beaten, watched as Li was dragged to the pigsty like a dead dog.

Li shouted with all her might, "You beasts, you’ll die a horrible death! When my son becomes successful, I won’t let you live peacefully! Beasts, you’re all beasts!"

In the pigsty, Li was beaten motionless. In order to retaliate against Li, the Li family sisters-in-law deliberately chose the place where pigs dung to throw Li Juhua.

Filthy as it was, it was most fitting for Li Juhua.

Yu Liulang heard Li Juhua’s screams from outside, but he felt no sympathy for her in his heart.

This woman had countless opportunities to do the right thing but chose none of them.

Now that she faced such a fate, she had no one to blame but herself.

Yu Liulang returned to the Old Yu Family; it was already completely dark.

The entire Old Yu Family, except for Feng Xiaohua who was still in the dark about the situation, hadn’t eaten dinner. Everyone was waiting for Yu Liulang’s answer.

When they saw him come in from outside the main room, they noticed he wasn’t followed by anyone.

Old Mrs. Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu Si Niang walked up, "So how did it go? Has that Li Juhua finally calmed down? Did she admit to any wrongdoing?"

"Sis, I don’t know! I only know that Shuang asked me to give money to the Li family brothers and sisters-in-law, which was the right thing to do!

As soon as I left, the Li family brothers and sisters-in-law disciplined Li Juhua. I guess even if she doesn’t die, she’ll shed a layer of skin. She probably won’t have the chance to harm our family again!" Yu Liulang said.

Yu Si Niang sighed in relief at her brother’s reply.

Yu Si Niang actually never really liked Li Juhua all that much.

Back when she wasn’t married yet, she only knew that Li always hovered around her second brother.

She didn’t expect that it wouldn’t be long before news came that her second brother, Yu Erlang, was to marry Li Juhua.

It was said that no bride price was needed. But once the banquet was set and guests invited, Li Juhua demanded five taels of silver as a dowry.

You have to know, at that time, it was during the period of chaos.

Everywhere was unstable, and many families managed to get a wife for just one tael of silver.

Yet, Li Juhua, under the guise of not wanting a dowry, asked for more than anyone else.

She almost drove her second brother to the brink of death.

The entire family went without food or drink, tightened their belts, borrowed from one family, moved things from another, and the Old Yu Family practically became the pests of the village, making everyone sick at the sight of them!

In this way, it’s no wonder Yu Si Niang could never bring herself to like Li Juhua!

"The matter with Li Juhua is resolved! What’s left is to take care of Da Bao and Er Bao, and soothe Aunt Xiao Hua’s emotions!" Mu Shuangshuang said.

"I’ll handle talking to Xiao Hua about this!" Yu Liulang said.

"We already agreed, before Xiao Hua is done with confinement, I’ll take care of the kids," Mrs. Zhang said.

"So, with this, the matters of the Old Yu Family are also sorted out! I’ll take my mother back now!" Mu Shuangshuang said.

As soon as she mentioned leaving, Yu Liulang’s face fell completely.

"Shuangshuang, you just got here a few days ago, why are you leaving already?" Yu Liulang asked pitifully.

Yu Si Niang had actually been staying here for seven or eight days.

Since her visit to the Old Yu Family was something that made everyone very happy,

the people of the Old Yu Family didn’t deliberately keep track of the time.

Now, talking about leaving, it felt as if Yu Si Niang had just arrived yesterday.

"Uncle Liu, nothing lasts forever! My mother has been here for some time now, and there’s a heap of things waiting for her to deal with back home!"

The spring planting season was right around the corner.

Planting rice and vegetables needed to be scheduled!

Even though she hired people to do everything, Mu Shuangshuang didn’t feel assured unless she supervised the reliable people involved!

"Oh, I understand!" Yu Liulang nodded.

"Uncle Liu, we’ve moved to a bigger house. Once Aunt Xiao Hua is out of confinement, you should bring her and the rest of the family over to our place!" Mu Shuangshuang said.

"Yes, I will! Don’t worry!" Yu Liulang said.

It was already dark.

After chatting with the people of the Old Yu Family for a while, by the time Mu Shuangshuang and Yu Si Niang headed outside to sit in the carriage, it was almost too dark to see the road.

"It’s so dark, maybe you shouldn’t leave tonight?" Yu Liulang suggested.

"Yes! Fourth girl, you should stay," Old Mrs. Yu added.

Others also wanted Yu Si Niang to stay another night.

But, just as Mu Shuangshuang said, day after day, saying goodbye made it harder each day.

"Mother, Uncle Liu, trust me, I’ll be back!" Yu Si Niang said.

"But it’s so dark, just the two of you might not be safe..." Yu Liulang glanced at the carriage.

By this time, Mu Shuangshuang had already set up the lantern.

With this lantern, the once pitch-black road was now visible.

Yu Liulang swallowed his remaining words.

"Alright then, since Shuang’s prepared well, I have nothing more to say! Fourth sister, Shuang, take care!"

After leaving the Old Yu Family, Yu Si Niang remained silent.

She felt heavy-hearted.

After all, she’d been here for quite a few days, and emotionally, she found it hard to leave.

Mu Shuangshuang understood her thoughts, so she didn’t disturb Yu Si Niang on the way.

Only upon returning to the village, returning to familiar territory,

did Yu Si Niang finally sigh, "We were out for only a few days, but it feels like months have passed!"

"Mother, put everything else aside, let’s go home first. I’m sure my father has no idea we’re coming back today!"

The carriage finally stopped at the gate of the third branch’s new house.

Just as Mu Shuangshuang stopped the carriage and was about to call out,

Mu Dashan came to open the door.

He looked surprised and delighted, staring at Mu Shuangshuang and Yu Si Niang.

Mu Shuangshuang looked puzzled, "Dad, did we have visitors today? How come you’re still up so late?"

Mu Dashan shook his head, "No, I couldn’t sleep today, so I was making shoes in the living room! Halfway through, I heard the sound of the carriage wheels, and I thought it might be you two coming back. When I opened the door, it really was you guys!"

"Starting tomorrow, we’ll resume the three scheduled updates! Sorry, I’ve been dealing with things recently, but now everything’s sorted out, muah~"