Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 85 Beating Up the First Wife_1

Chapter 85: Chapter 85 Beating Up the First Wife_1

Ever since hearing that his younger brother’s wife had been rewarded with one hundred taels of silver by a nobleman in Zhou’s Family, Mu Zhongli treated that silver as part of his own wealth. The Second Room belongs to the Mu Family, so by all rights, their money should also go to us in the main room. This is only natural and just. When he heard that the Second Room had taken the money and left without saying a word, he was nearly driven mad. Blisters from burns even started to form on his lips. After all, that was a hundred hard-earned taels of silver!

Later, through much painstaking inquiry, he finally learned from a villager who went into town for some New Year’s shopping last night that Zhou’s father had been running a kebab stall at the Bafu Restaurant in town. The Zhou Family and the folks in the Second Room had always been in good relations and they both left at the same time, so they surely knew the whereabouts of the Second Room. Thus, as soon as day broke, he took his son and rushed off in a fit of anxiety. He was determined that, no matter what happened today, he had to get that one hundred taels of silver back by hook or by crook!

Outside the door of the Bafu Restaurant

The father and son of the Mu and Zhou Families were standing facing each other, their eyes filled with anger. Mu Zhongli, with his neck stiff, roared at Zhou Laowu, "By what right does a Zhou like you stop me from seeing my nephews and nieces? I’m their real uncle, that surely means more than your outsider status!"

Zhou Laowu was also looking grim, with an equally unyielding sarcasm, "Eldest Brother Mu, we’ve lived in the same village for so many years. I know you well enough to know when you’re laying an egg. If it wasn’t for the handful of taels of silver in the Second Room, you wouldn’t even remember having a nephew or niece in the Second Room!"

"You...you’re talking nonsense!"

Being seen through his real intentions, Mu Zhongli flew into a rage over his sense of shame, pointing at Zhou Laowu and cursing, "Well done, Zhou Laowu, you seem dutiful and honest, but you’re actually the most deceitful one! Here you are meddling and not letting me see the Second Room. You definitely have your eyes on the hundred taels of silver from my family’s second room. You think they are some weak women and children that are easy to deceive! Let me tell you, so long as I, Mu Zhongli, am around, you won’t even get a single penny from my family’s money!"

"Your family’s silver? You’ve got nerve, guessing everyone else with the same low standards as yours! How ridiculous!" Zhou Laowu couldn’t help laughing out of anger.

These two quarrelled and clashed on one side, and Mu Chongcai, who was watching from the sidelines, had already grown impatient. This impatient butcher was a hothead, who had a preference for fighting and brawling. He just wanted to gang up on Zhou Family’s father and son, knock them down, and force them to disclose where the Second Room was!

"Son of a bitch, who are you calling a sneak?"

Mu Zhongli rubbed his fists, cursing rudely, "Are you two not sneaky, deceiving weak women and children, taking advantage of them for their money? I wouldn’t be surprised if those two sluts from the Second Room were already screwed by you two!"

As soon as his words dropped, Jiujin, with a gloomy face, struck him like a whirlwind. Before the latter could react, his punch, hard as an iron mace, was already slamming into his face.

"Ouch!"

Mu Chongcai, who didn’t expect the usually honest and kind Jiujin to hit people, received a punch unpreparedly and tumbled to the ground headfirst. Before he could climb up, Jiujin had already straddled him, raining punches on his head and body.

As the saying goes, a good person is not always patient, but when they are upset, they can turn really terrifying. Although Jiujin is a simple and honest fellow who doesn’t like trouble, if anyone dares to insult his sister Wei’er, he wouldn’t even hesitate to kill them, let alone beat them up!

"Damn it! Daring to fight?"

Seeing his son being beaten, Mu Zhongli went berserk and pounced upon them. He tangled with Zhou Laowu. The fat Mu Chongfu also didn’t back off, and joined the melee, fighting against Jiujin alongside Mu Chongcai.

When Cai Wei came out, she saw that the entrance of the restaurant had been surrounded by crowds of onlookers, shrieks intermittently coming from within the crowd. She squeezed her way in, and when she focused her sight, she saw an exciting scene play out.

Uncle Zhou was riding on Mu Zhongli, his eyes red. His fists rained down making a continuous "slam, slam" sound, while Zhang Bo was pretending to intervene off to the side. Meanwhile, Aunt Zhou was leading the other women, grabbing the plump Mu Chongfu by the ears, pulling his hair, and scratching his face, causing Mu Chongfu to cry out for his parents. Jiujin and Mu Chongcai were fighting on another side. Jiujin had the advantage in both strength and height, not to mention the rage seething in his heart, leaving Mu Chongcai no chance to fight back, only to defend himself.

Internally, she lit a row of candles for the father and his two sons. She leisurely watched for a while until it seemed that they had almost had enough. She didn’t want anyone to get killed, so she pushed through the crowd, walked up and pretended to be angry. "In the middle of the street, in front of everyone, you all are brawling. Is there no respect for the King’s Law left in your eyes? Zhang Bo, go call the local official!"

Mu Zhongli, who was being beaten, was screaming. Hearing that they were calling the local official in, he panicked as he feared the incident of his own horse carriage hitting someone might be exposed. He quickly stopped the screaming and shouted repeatedly, "No need to call the local official, we will handle our own affairs!"

Zhou Laowu had already seen red and was not willing to stop, he pinned down Mu Zhongli and landed another few fierce punches, before he finally stopped.

On the other side, both Aunt Zhou and Jiujin were loosening their grip after hearing what Cai Wei said. Mu Chongfu looked extremely ragged with messy hair. His fat face was scratched and showed a mix of tears and blood. Mu Chongcai had been frightened by Jiujin’s desperate appearance. Instead of gaining any advantage, he had been beaten by that simpleton, Jiujin, and ended up with a black eye.

The father and sons scrambled to their feet, each looking more embarrassed than the other. As soon as they saw Cai Wei, they stood there dumbstruck.

Ahead of them, Sister Wei was wearing a brocade beizi with a pink base patterned with red peonies and a cloud-patterned skirt adorned with scattered flowers underneath. On the outside, she wore a turquoise cloak with fur edges portraying scenes of magpies perch​ing on branches, which made her look extremely noble and elegant. This outfit highlighted how her cheeks were as white and lustrous as mutton-fat jade, she looked splendid.

"Sister...Wei...You..."

Mu Zhongli could hardly recognize her!

He had watched Sister Wei grow up, and she was a girl with a yellowish face who always wore shabby clothes. She barely dared to lift her eyes when she saw someone from the main branch of the family. But now, the maiden in front of him was not just wearing a luxurious dress, looking like a fairy but also the superior attitude she had was hard for him to believe his own eyes.

Cai Wei had a proud look on her face, and when she looked toward Mu Zhongli and his family, a faint smirk floated to her lips. It made their hearts thump wildly, and the confidence they had brought along was dissipating unconsciously.

"What are you people doing here? Didn’t we agree never to contact each other again?" Cai Wei wrapped her cloak around herself and looked at Mu Zhongli with indifference.

"Wei...My grandniece," Mu Zhongli pulled himself together, suppressing the anxiety and fear in his heart, he stepped forward, and said solemnly, "There is a serious situation at our home, grand-niece, it involves your mother’s reputation, your uncle will not lie to you, let’s talk somewhere quiet, by the way, where is your mother, get her also, let’s close the door and discuss this family matter, and what to do about it?"