[{"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-982":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},1874754,2482,"Chapter 982 - 978: Regret Down to the Guts (Part 2)","from-folly-to-fortune-i-rewrite-my-life-after-re-chapter-982",982,"\u003Cp>Mu Xiangxiang is Old Mrs. Mu’s treasure, no matter who in the family chooses not to go, they won’t let Mu Xiangxiang skip it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Mu already knows that Mu Xiangxiang is pretending to be crazy, not truly insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So there’s no reason to stop her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let Xiangxiang go, but let me say this first, she’s not allowed to talk to people in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she’s not allowed to cause trouble for the third branch, and certainly not allowed to eat meals meant for three or four men.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Xiangxiang’s appetite, which is greater than a pig’s, has been growing recently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time Mr. Mu advises Old Mrs. Mu, she brushes him off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he doesn’t interfere anymore, figuring that when the time comes, his wife will realize just how foolish her actions are.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I’ll go to third son’s place to see what they’re using to take us to the town.\" Old Mrs. Mu stood up and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short while, Old Mrs. Mu returned, fuming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pah, I said that bastard had no good intentions, claiming he’d send someone to pick us up, nonsense!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He left early in the morning by carriage himself, I’m so mad!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Mrs. Mu started scolding Mu Dashan as soon as she stepped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Mu took two puffs of his dry tobacco and asked, \"Old lady, can you tell me slowly what’s the matter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re all startled and I still don’t know what happened.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What else could it be? Your good son, just yesterday he said we’d go to town together, and when I went there just now, the door was locked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I asked the villagers, they said they left early by carriage to town, so wasn’t he just playing with me, the old lady?\" Old Mrs. Mu asked angrily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yesterday, you were the one who confidently insisted on not going, the restaurant’s opening today, the third family has a lot to do, so going early isn’t unusual, is it?\" Mr. Mu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You always have a justified reason, since you’re so good at explaining, tell me how we’re getting to town then? I’m not walking there.\" Old Mrs. Mu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go find Old Wang, the third son invited him, doesn’t his family have a carriage, or go to Fu Wu’s, Fu Wu is the younger generation, it’s fine for us elders to hitch a ride.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Old Mrs. Mu heard she wouldn’t have to walk, she stopped speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She first went to Mu Xiangxiang’s room and called Mu Shuangshuang to tidy up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Xiangxiang woke up late, and when Old Mrs. Mu entered, she was still asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Mrs. Mu shouted herself hoarse, but Mu Xiangxiang didn’t respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Mu Xiangxiang shouted, \"Xiangxiang, get up quickly, we’re going to your third brother’s restaurant for some delicious food!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roast chicken, roast goose, you can eat whatever you want...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing talk of food vaguely, Mu Xiangxiang finally got up, and Old Mrs. Mu bustled, helping Mu Xiangxiang wash her face, dress, and apply red lipstick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After doing all this, half an hour had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Mu waited impatiently and had Mrs. Liu urge them twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time, Mrs. Liu was scolded harshly, so she didn’t dare to urge them anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When everyone was ready, the Wang family’s carriage had waited for quite a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, due to a celebration in the third branch, the Wang family made an exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, people in the village wouldn’t even be able to invite the Wang family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the courtyard gate, the coachman waited long enough and finally saw the Old Mu Family coming out. Seeing such a large family scared him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Owner, all the people from the Old Mu Family are here, what do we do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coachman is a temporary worker for the Wang family, hired specifically to drive the carriage this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Wang peeked out and saw Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu followed by a crowd and instantly regretted it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, Mr. Mu said first, \"Old Wang, it’s just me and my wife on the carriage, it shouldn’t be crowded, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Master Wang nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could say more, Old Mrs. Mu shouted, \"Who said it’s just us? Isn’t Xiangxiang riding? Xiangxiang is frail, she should be on the carriage too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Old Mrs. Mu spoke, she pulled Mu Xiangxiang onto the carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Master Wang frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The carriage was meant for four people, if it’s just Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu, it’s fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now adding Mu Xiangxiang...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Mrs. Mu was the last to get on, and once she did, Mrs. Wang was pushed against the carriage wall, unable to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Mrs. Mu and Mu Xiangxiang obliviously squeezed against Mrs. Wang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Master Wang, feeling sorry, said to his wife, \"Fu Gui Niang, come over here, there’s room next to me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Master Wang gestured beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Mrs. Mu quickly said, \"Come over for what? Old sister is a woman, Father Xiangxiang is a man, if they’re so close and get misunderstood, what then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly, Uncle Wang, Aunt Wang is beside me, it’s perfectly safe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Xiangxiang echoed Old Mrs. Mu, continuously pressing against Mrs. Wang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poor Mrs. Wang’s face was squeezed into a different shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Mu deeply regretted it; had he known how domineering the Old Mu Family was, he wouldn’t have let them on the carriage for anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he felt sorry for his wife; the more he thought, the more upset Old Master Wang became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His unhappiness, seen in Old Mrs. Mu’s eyes, seemed petty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Mrs. Mu became even more impolite, instructing Mu Xiangxiang to press against Mrs. Wang along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time they reached town, Mrs. Wang was barely alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Mu Dalang and Huang Bita, along with a few kids from the fourth branch, having been abandoned by Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu, had to walk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young Xiao Chu from the fourth branch refused to walk after a few steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Mu Dalang and Mu Dajiang took turns carrying him to town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This trip exhausted everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The restaurant’s setup was arranged yesterday; today the focus is welcoming guests and introducing the dishes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Shuangshuang has a heavy task, having promised everyone to tell stories from Journey to the West.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several groups of people came asking about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Shuangshuang had to tell them that she’d be narrating the story for an entire afternoon after lunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their enthusiasm was kindled, and they all stood outside, waiting for Chengfeng Restaurant’s opening ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third branch family arrived just in time to see Mu Shuangshuang preparing ingredients in the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her time is precious; later she’ll be cooking a table of signature dishes for everyone to taste for free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also needs to oversee the whole restaurant, making it hard to manage everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the kids got off the carriage and saw the newly renovated restaurant, they shouted in excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This delight spread to the onlookers around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the opening, candies and sunflower seeds are given out at the restaurant; anyone who came for the celebration received some.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Third Uncle, I’ll directly take you to the private room upstairs, it’s prepared for our own people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second and third floors each have the largest private rooms; the third floor is for VIPs, while the second is for the Er Gui Village people and the third family to dine today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, good...\" Mu Dashan couldn’t stop smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The restaurant business was entirely managed by Shuangshuang and Fengzi, with no involvement from him and Shuangshuang’s mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never expected it to turn out so well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was beyond his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>",1276,"2026-06-10T06:01:59.668Z",1,"novelbin.me","96869830d831ad7db039dd598e649539bce34177c89a79998eecdd243ec9d9f4","from-folly-to-fortune-i-rewrite-my-life-after-re-chapter-983","from-folly-to-fortune-i-rewrite-my-life-after-re-chapter-981",1282,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffrom-folly-to-fortune-i-rewrite-my-life-after-re-cover.jpg"]