Chapter 400: Chapter 400

With a look of normalcy and a tone to match, the fire in Lu Yuanfeng’s heart finally subsided, and he nodded vigorously.

Mu Shuangshuang weighed the basket in her hand, thought about the ingredients already at home, and the two discussed before heading down the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, Mu Shuangshuang dug up some roots of fish mint to add a bit into the beef bone soup later.

The two chatted and laughed all the way home.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, Mu Shuangshuang noticed that there were more people than usual, and the place where Liu Zian used to teach was now crowded with people.

It was so noisy, you couldn’t even hear what Liu Zian was saying. Those people, each holding a bowl from her house, kept sneaking glances into the kitchen to see what’s cooking, which really irked Mu Shuangshuang.

"What are you doing here?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.

"Listening to the lecture, can’t you see this kid’s teaching the village kids?"

That Mrs. Chen, who had called everyone over, rudely chimed in.

She made Mu Shuangshuang feel like she was the outsider, and that Mrs. Chen was the owner.

And she directly called Liu Zian "this kid," not even addressing him as teacher.

"Liu Zian, Xiao Han, Yuanbao, Little Zhi, you can have dinner now, wash up and get ready to eat."

Liu Zian stood up, nodded to Mu Shuangshuang through the crowd.

"Hey, Shuang girl, you haven’t even cooked yet. I see Si Niang hasn’t prepared anything either. Are you trying to kick us out?" Mrs. Chen shouted loudly. Read full story at novel⟡fire.net

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone turned their inspecting gazes on Mu Shuangshuang, as if she’d done something wrong.

In fact, Liu Zian was invited by her, and she had the right not to let him teach those people.

Moreover, if she wasn’t mistaken, those people didn’t cherish Liu Zian’s teaching opportunity at all, fiddling with their fingers, chatting, completely disregarding him.

Lucky that Liu Zian has a good temper, if it were her, she would’ve stopped teaching long ago.

"Aunt Chen, what are you talking about? How can anyone other than our family know if our meals are ready or not!

Besides, Liu Zian just traveled a long way and didn’t even have lunch. My mother prepared an early dinner to treat him, as she should.

And after lecturing for so long without even having half a cup of tea, he’s probably thirsty too. Even if not eating, he should rest, don’t you think?"

What Mu Shuangshuang said made sense, and even if people felt uncomfortable inside, they couldn’t argue against it.

Mrs. Chen’s eyes rolled, and suddenly she asked, "Shuang girl, how many days is this teacher going to teach, so the village can listen again tomorrow?"

"Exactly, Shuang girl, my son doesn’t recognize any big characters. If you let this teacher teach my son how to write, you’ll be a benefactor to the Feng family!"

"My son too. I don’t need him to teach anything else, just as long as he can write the three-character classics."

Mu Shuangshuang listened to the rude requests, and her mouth almost went askew. Do they really think free stuff can be taken as they please!

Mu Shuangshuang picked up a bright smile again, "Sure, but I invited Liu Zian here for one-on-two tutoring, which costs fifty wen a day. You can invite him separately later, and if there are more people I’ll ask Liu Zian if it can be cheaper."

Upon hearing it costs money, everyone’s face instantly fell.

Mrs. Chen shouted loudly, "Oh my! What a thing, fifty wen a day! Why not just rob us!"

"But Aunt Chen, should he pass the imperial exams in the future, it can’t compare to just fifty wen. As the saying goes, all trades are inferior, only reading is superior. You must know, if a scholar emerges from a family, passing the exams means the whole family awaits ascendancy!"

Using ancient logic to deal with ancient people, no problem at all!

Mrs. Chen’s face turned beet red. Only then did she realize that the person she had looked down upon for so long might indeed pass the exams in the future.

Mrs. Chen left in disgrace, and those who heard about the amount of Silver also left.

The courtyard instantly quieted down, and Xiao Han, feeling proud of his sister, was about to speak when Mu Xiangxiang, who had been watching the scene, approached.

"Fengzi, you’re back, tired? Shuangshuang, that nasty girl, she’s not a good person to make you work. Come, come to my house, I’ll have my mother make you something delicious!"

Mu Xiangxiang said as she tried to take Lu Yuanfeng’s hand, but he dodged her.

He was puzzled, he hadn’t even spoken to Mu Family’s Little Aunt, so why was she acting so cordial towards him?

Mu Shuangshuang was also baffled, her Little Aunt hadn’t been here for a while, why did she come out of nowhere to throw herself into Fengzi’s arms, could it be she likes Fengzi?

"Fengzi, why avoid me? I’m not a wild beast, won’t bite you, will I?" Mu Xiangxiang looked confused, trying again to approach Lu Yuanfeng.

Her breasts were much larger than Mu Shuangshuang’s, and she deliberately pushed them against Lu Yuanfeng’s arm as she spoke.

Lu Yuanfeng stepped back several paces in fright, his first reaction was to see if Shuangshuang was angry.

Seeing Shuangshuang still had the same expression, Lu Yuanfeng’s heart finally calmed down, but when facing Mu Xiangxiang, he immediately became solemn.

"Mu Family’s Little Aunt, please behave appropriately. A young lady like you shouldn’t just throw yourself at men , it looks bad."

Hearing this, Mu Xiangxiang got angry and questioned, "That nasty girl forced you, right? Did she tell you not to talk to me, not to get close to me?"

She was desperately throwing this accusation in front of Mu Shuangshuang.

Mu Shuangshuang almost cursed internally, was this Mu Xiangxiang brainless, daring to disregard her face !

"Little Aunt, if you’re talking bad about someone, don’t do it in front of them, okay? Could you take those words to the latrine and talk to the dung beetles there?"

Mu Shuangshuang rushed up to separate Lu Yuanfeng and Mu Xiangxiang, shouting loudly at Mu Xiangxiang.

"What did you say? You want me to talk to dung beetles? Are you crazy, you nasty girl."

"Little Aunt, if I were you, I’d first check if I smell good before calling others nasty. It’s not nice to smear others."

Mu Shuangshuang stared at Mu Xiangxiang, speaking with an implied meaning.

The reason she said this was because she noticed a stinkbug resting on Mu Xiangxiang’s hair.

Farm folks had a lot of stinkbugs, but they don’t smell unless squashed.

Mu Shuangshuang’s hand reached into the basket, grabbing a tender green leaf, waiting for the moment when Mu Xiangxiang strutted proudly in front of her.

In a swift motion, when she slapped the stinkbug on Mu Xiangxiang’s head, a pungent smell wafted off Mu Xiangxiang’s head.

"Oh my, Little Aunt, why do you smell so bad!" Mu Shuangshuang exclaimed!