[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-from-folly-to-fortune-i-rewrite-my-life-after-re":3,"chapter-from-folly-to-fortune-i-rewrite-my-life-after-re-from-folly-to-fortune-i-rewrite-my-life-after-re-chapter-1138":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1874910,2482,"Chapter 1138 - 1134: Honest People Should Not Be Bullied (First Update)","from-folly-to-fortune-i-rewrite-my-life-after-re-chapter-1138",1138,"\u003Cp>\"Sir, could you repeat what you just said? I didn’t quite catch it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Dalang doubted his ears, he could hardly believe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that his uncle had returned and become a county magistrate, the family shouldn’t be short of money. So why was there a need to withhold his meat earnings?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Dalang’s business had just started; every day he worked himself to the bone, yet earned barely enough for his and Bita’s three meals a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, he thought of what Shuangshuang suggested, to first establish his brand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why his pork sold cheaper than other butchers’, and its quality was the finest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, despite such hard work, it only amounted to barely surviving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could go hungry, but he couldn’t let Bita starve!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Mu’s face darkened, he thought Dalang was unwilling to lend him credit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he said, \"It’s not that I’m not giving you money, but your uncle just got back and hasn’t rested enough yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I ask for money right away, what if it irritates him? How would we handle that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir, do you realize that these ten pounds of meat are the capital I need for tomorrow’s business?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Dalang felt heartbroken. The Old Mu Family had oppressed them for too long before the division. Now that the family was separated, must they still endure oppression?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not that I’m withholding money, didn’t I say it’ll be a few days?\" The kindness on Mr. Mu’s face was gone, even faint anger appeared!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones from the second branch are unbelievably inconsiderate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eldest endured the long journey and is soon to take the office of county magistrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such hard work and achievement, it’s perfectly normal, not to mention reasonable, to offer meat on credit or even as a gift, isn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, it’s not like I’m refusing to pay!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, Sir, come back in a few days to buy the meat!\" Mu Dalang said with determination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Outrageous! Do you really intend to overturn the world? Who was it that sent you to town as an apprentice? Who allowed you to marry Huang Bita?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don’t want to show gratitude, that’s one thing, but to argue over ten pounds of meat, is there any justice left?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Mr. Mu was not Old Mrs. Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t bring himself to use crude phrases like ’raising someone with one’s own poop and pee.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he genuinely believed he had bestowed great kindness upon Dalang, and under such circumstances, Dalang shouldn’t oppose him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Dalang felt exhausted all of a sudden!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began to understand how his third uncle’s family felt when the family kept pestering them time and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Must have been really speechless!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the family had split, clearly they weren’t eating from the same pot anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, they were still being exploited and controlled...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Dalang fell into silence, and Mr. Mu, feeling he had said all there was to say, took a step forward and, while Mu Dalang was unsuspecting, took the meat from his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Mu Dalang came to his senses, he realized the meat was in Mr. Mu’s hands, while he was left empty-handed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression changed, \"Sir, what are you doing? I haven’t agreed to sell you this meat, how can you snatch it from me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough, no need for more words, it won’t make any difference! Sir will take these ten pounds of meat for now, and within three days, I’ll send the money over!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Mr. Mu stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Dalang tried to reach out and stop him, but Mr. Mu shot a glare at him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if to say if he dared utter another word, there would be consequences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Huang Bita also finished boiling the hot water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She brought in the hot tea she had brewed, walking into the main room: \"Sir, have some tea!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the mention of tea, Mr. Mu was suddenly reminded of what Mu Shuangshuang had done earlier that morning in the main room of the Old Mu Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mood instantly soured, and his speech became unfiltered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dalang, you’re always part of the Old Mu Family, you need to follow the rules of the Old Mu Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, Bita, you must strive harder, harder! Even the wife of that fool who married later than you is already three months pregnant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this drags on, others will be parents, and you two will still be loners with nothing to show for it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Mu’s words were truly hurtful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Bita nearly dropped the tea cup she was holding upon hearing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn’t dare, as Mr. Mu was an elder, and as a granddaughter-in-law, if she offended him, how could she possibly live her future life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying the meat, Mr. Mu left Mu Dalang’s main room and leisurely headed for the front yard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the front yard, chicks pecked merrily at food, oblivious to the blow their master in the back yard had suffered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Mr. Mu walked away, the tea cup in Huang Bita’s hand fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water spilled everywhere, but Huang Bita didn’t even bother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because her husband, Mu Dalang, was sitting collapsed in a chair, his face pale, looking utterly wretched!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dalang, what’s wrong?\" Huang Bita asked, going over to support Mu Dalang, with concern in her voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing... nothing!\" Mu Dalang waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he looked apologetically at Huang Bita: \"Bita, I’m sorry, the ten pounds of meat... Sir said the money will only come in three days!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s okay! At worst, we’ll sell the pig offal for some money these days! We’ll be frugal, and after three days, we’ll have a good meal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Bita forced a smile at Mu Dalang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at his wife, who was clearly equally aggrieved yet still comforted him, Mu Dalang felt even more guilty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Dalang resolved that in three days, he would definitely go to the Old Mu Family to get the money for those ten pounds of pork back!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Mu returned home with the ten pounds of pork, solving a major problem for the Old Mu Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Mrs. Mu lay on the kang, now having something nutritious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The villagers staying for dinner also had a treat with some good meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mrs. Liu pickled three pounds of the meat with salt, and the rest was all cooked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meat soup, meat pies, meatballs—a whole meat feast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The villagers who stayed to eat praised the Old Mu Family for their wealth and not forgetting their roots!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, the Old Mu Family, Mr. Mu, and Mu Dade’s prestige all rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previous unpleasant incidents gradually faded from the villagers’ minds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their talk was only of the goodness of the Old Mu Family, Mr. Mu, and Mu Dade!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating and drinking to their satisfaction, Mu Dade went to rest while Mr. Mu smoked a dry pipe alone in the yard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puff, puff, how joyful it was!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mrs. Liu called several times, telling Mr. Mu that the hot water was ready, but Mr. Mu kept saying he’d go later!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, the third branch members hadn’t eaten yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Shuangshuang planned to cook something delicious tonight—roast beef and vegetable salad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without salad dressing, Mu Shuangshuang used fresh sheep’s milk brought by Lu Yuanfeng and Xing Beichen as a substitute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, they were there for something new and refreshing; taste was secondary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone gathered around the table, eagerly waiting for Mu Shuangshuang to finish the roast beef so they could start eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The items needed for making roast beef weren’t much either, just an iron grate for grilling the beef, and of course, the beef bought from town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of all the ingredients, the beef was perhaps the most expensive and hardest to get!\u003C\u002Fp>",1299,"2026-06-10T06:02:01.557Z",1,"novelbin.me","f32757e1c7754db049ecdca8ad326c7ec7d2177f78af4b1a993ffd5d88ad44d9","from-folly-to-fortune-i-rewrite-my-life-after-re-chapter-1139","from-folly-to-fortune-i-rewrite-my-life-after-re-chapter-1137",1282,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffrom-folly-to-fortune-i-rewrite-my-life-after-re-cover.jpg"]