[{"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-997":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},1874769,2482,"Chapter 997 - 993: Holiday Pork (Part 2)","from-folly-to-fortune-i-rewrite-my-life-after-re-chapter-997",997,"\u003Cp>\"Mom, what’s wrong with raising pigs? Isn’t it work?\" Mu Dalang argued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, are you saying I shouldn’t speak?\" Mrs. Lin retorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Mu was somewhat unhappy with Mrs. Lin’s tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second daughter-in-law, let Dalang explain himself, keep quiet!\" Mr. Mu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dad, didn’t you hear him say it’s that brat from the third branch who wants a pig farm? He’s obviously bewitched by that brat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that brat is the shopkeeper of the restaurant, she’s definitely saying things she shouldn’t in front of Dalang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mrs. Lin looked determined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Shuangshuang made her lose four taels of silver and almost got kicked out by her brothers, Mrs. Lin still remembered that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Mrs. Lin’s heart, she had already considered Mu Shuangshuang a mortal enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Mu Shuangshuang was around, Mrs. Lin would make a fuss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough, you keep saying ’that brat,’ can’t you let us eat?\" Mr. Mu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mrs. Lin turned her head away angrily, no longer speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Dalang continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ever since Wang Erma went to prison, no one has been raising or slaughtering pigs in our village.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think it’s a good job, but our village doesn’t have a place for me to slaughter and raise pigs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Plus, I don’t have any money on hand, so I had to ask Shuangshuang for her opinion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Mu listened attentively, he felt Dalang was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now people in the village have to go more than ten miles away to town to buy some meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s really inconvenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But why did it end up being Shuang who opened the pig farm?\" Mr. Mu asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Dalang smiled bitterly, \"Grandpa, I have no funding, can’t buy land, can’t afford pigs, only have my strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just so happens that Shuang wants to build a pig farm to supply pork for her restaurant, so I thought of working at her pig farm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firstly, to learn, secondly, to save some silver, and when it’s enough, I’ll start my own pig farm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Mu nodded repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a good idea, more thoughtful than your dad and uncles. You work there first, when your big uncle returns, I’ll have him fund a pig farm in our village, how about that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Mu’s words left Mu Dalang astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t even asked his grandpa, how did he agree?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No way, if Dalang leaves, who will work the fields at home?\" Old Mrs. Mu countered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grandma, Shuang is paying me, three taels of silver a year, I don’t have to spend anything, the food and accommodations are covered. Whatever I earn from slaughtering and breeding pigs, I don’t want a penny, it all goes to the family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talking about money, Old Mrs. Mu’s eyes brightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Er Gui Village, few people raise pigs, and finding someone to castrate and breed pigs is impossible in nearby villages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two jobs are costly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Dalang does them, he’ll surely earn a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least five taels of silver a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Mrs. Mu relented: \"Then during the New Year and festivals, the meat has to be provided by Dalang. If you agree, I’ll let you go, if not, refuse that brat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the New Year and festivals, calculating, at least fifty jin of meat a year, at fifteen wen per jin, that’s over seven hundred wen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Dalang gritted his teeth, calculating back and forth, unclear if he would profit or lose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some thought, he said: \"Bita is my wife, if I’m raising pigs, she has to follow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No way, Huang Bita cooks, does laundry, if she leaves, who will cook and do the laundry for our family?\" Old Mrs. Mu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of Huang Bita, Mu Danian joined in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I say, nephew Dalang, you’re quite shrewd, wanting to take two people for just six taels of silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your third aunt only did lunch once a year for two taels of silver. Your wife earning three taels a year wouldn’t be an issue, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Danian’s point was clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either Mu Dalang provides three taels more, totaling nine taels a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or they remain at home doing chores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Planting in spring, harvesting in summer, without a day’s rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Dalang was silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nine taels, he’d like to pay, but the problem is he doesn’t have it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The investment for the pigsty is fifteen taels, which is the income of a regular family for three to five years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What... what to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Bita understood her husband’s dilemma, beneath the table, she pressed Mu Dalang’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she said: \"Grandpa, Grandma, Mom, I like working at home, in the fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How about Dalang goes out to work, and I stay home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I don’t agree...\" Mu Dalang replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dalang, listen to Grandma, let’s do it this way.\" Huang Bita signaled to Mu Dalang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Bita knew if her husband stayed home, he’d have no chance to progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they collaborate with Shuang this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the first batch of pigs is sold, they can pay the Old Mu Family and earn nearly ten taels of silver themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying on this money, they’ll have a chance for a better life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Dalang looked at his wife’s determined gaze, defeated, he nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Mu Danian’s smile was almost crooked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt if Dalang went to raise pigs, he’d be home less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, there’d be no one to protect that Bita from contempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d fix Huang Bita first, then let them compare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether adultery was worse or theft was worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Danian felt energized thinking about these.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, he’d have Huang Bita begging under him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At night, Mu Danian and Chen Hong went to Wang San’s house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was already their third visit to Wang San’s house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the old man surprisingly refused to find a wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This worried Mu Dalang and Chen Hong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in the village most wanting to find a wife suddenly said he won’t, something felt wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under cover of night, they reached Wang San’s door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knocked on Wang San’s door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifty-year-old man couldn’t compare physically to young Mu Danian, but disgustingly, Wang San wore just a pair of shorts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shorts were a yellowish-brown color, similar to dung, and at the front, there was a hole, exposing some things not meant to be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing in front of Mu Danian, Wang San looked extremely sleazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for money, Chen Hong would never want to visit such a place, it was really repulsive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years ago, Wang Tiejiang and his wife sold her to someone like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang San gave Chen Hong a sidelong glance and said irritably: \"Don’t think just because your mother-in-law and eunuch husband sold you to me back then, I’ll accept you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A filthy woman like you, I, Wang San, don’t want.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang San’s every word was an insult to Chen Hong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hong was so mad her mouth twisted, wishing she could tear Wang San’s mouth apart!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Danian remained calm, thinking about Wang San’s money, no matter what Wang San said, he was not angry at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle Wang, we’re not introducing Chen Hong to you, why worry?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From Uncle Wang’s tone, seems you fancy someone, who is it?\" Mu Danian asked.\u003C\u002Fp>",1199,"2026-06-10T06:01:59.668Z",1,"novelbin.me","fc2f94942f81fd4f2abf1c2ba13cbeae3a610fb48a258378bd6032bd6db6a1dd","from-folly-to-fortune-i-rewrite-my-life-after-re-chapter-998","from-folly-to-fortune-i-rewrite-my-life-after-re-chapter-996",1282,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffrom-folly-to-fortune-i-rewrite-my-life-after-re-cover.jpg"]