Chapter 360: Chapter 358 The Third Branch Is Better Than You (Part 2)
"Then eat more. Whatever bones are left, give them to the Little Black Dog."
The Little Black Dog eats bones or cooked food, while Little Black prefers raw meat. Two creatures with completely different tastes, apart from both having black fur, have almost nothing in common.
Yet these two little fellows have an unusually close relationship.
The Little Black Dog is a puppy, doesn’t have much of its own mind, mostly trailing behind Little Black’s tail.
"Woof woof~" Hearing that Mu Shuangshuang wants to give it food, the Little Black Dog barked happily.
"Shuangshuang, you said this puppy hasn’t been named yet, why don’t you give it a name?"
Lu Yuanfeng placed a piece of rib into Mu Shuangshuang’s bowl and scooped several ladles of soup for her.
"Name... How about calling it Er Gouzi, easy to remember!"
As soon as the words fell, Mu Shuangshuang clearly saw everyone at the table pursed their lips.
The name Dogzi is quite alright for a person, but for a dog, it’s a bit too...
Not to mention other people’s disagreement, even the Little Black Dog disagreed. Mu Shuangshuang called Er Gouzi several times, there was no reaction, and it even stopped eating the food she offered.
Mu Shuangshuang had to change her tone. "Let’s call it Lai Mi then, with it, wealth from all directions will come into our hands."
The Little Black Dog was also saved along with Lu Yuanfeng, so he had a share.
"That’s a good name, Lai Mi, easy to remember, and still a good omen."
Yu Si Niang smiled with satisfaction, and everyone was quite pleased, while the Little Black Dog also started to be affectionate with Mu Shuangshuang.
At this moment, Mu Shuangshuang realized how lousy her previous name Er Gouzi was.
"Woof woof~" It barked happily again.
The meal finally ended.
Mu Shuangshuang was stuffed, and when she stood up, she could only slowly get up holding her stomach.
Others were in better condition than Mu Shuangshuang, especially Yuanbao, who always seemed hungry, looked at Mu Shuangshuang.
"Sister Shuangshuang, when are we going to roast rabbit meat? I can’t wait."
Actually, eating roasted meat was just one aspect; his second brother was going to give Sister Shuangshuang a gift.
Yuanbao felt he had been very concerned about Sister Shuangshuang and his second brother, but both of them were either too timid or didn’t understand each other’s intentions.
Yuanbao was sharp, having listened to village gossip with his grandmother since he was little. He knew what should and shouldn’t be known.
Even though he found it hard watching his second brother and Sister Shuangshuang’s struggles, he couldn’t help it; they were both so shy.
The rest had to be handled by him.
"Yuanbao, wait a bit. Shuangshuang just finished eating, she needs to rest." Lu Yuanfeng frowned, reminding Yuanbao.
As the saying goes, the Emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is. Yuanbao was also worried. What if Sister Shuangshuang wants to worship the moon later?
With this thought, Yu Si Niang walked into the kitchen from outside.
"Shuangshuang, I’ve prepared everything for you. Later find a high place and go worship the moon." Yu Si Niang was thoroughly preoccupied with her daughter’s Qixi Festival matters.
"Mom, there isn’t any moonlight today, maybe skip it?"
Thinking of herself as a modern person, praying for a future man, she felt people would ridicule her.
"Child, how did you promise me before? If I knew, I wouldn’t have let you go out today, lest you break your word."
Yu Si Niang stomped her foot in anger, feeling anxious, although her best choice was Fengzi, she still hoped Shuangshuang would pray for an extra layer of assurance.
Fengzi was the village’s hot topic, many girls wanted to marry him, but his relationship with Old Lu Family was subtle, and nobody knew who would decide his marriage.
"Alright, alright, Mom, don’t be angry. It’s just the Qixi Festival prayer. I’ll go, I’ll go!"
Mu Shuangshuang conceded, knowing well that although Yu Si Niang usually agreed with her, when it came to her marriage, Yu Si Niang would do whatever it took, regardless of Mu Shuangshuang’s objections.
"That’s more like it, Fengzi. Later, help Shuangshuang, remember to stand at her upper right position, and when kneeling, face north."
Yu Si Niang purposefully instructed Lu Yuanfeng, because the east is a very auspicious direction, and if the deities see it, they will bless this pairing.
Both of them had no experience, so whatever Yu Si Niang said was just followed.
However, Mu Shuangshuang didn’t want to go far and set down nuts and sugar cakes in the courtyard as a symbolic gesture, knelt for a moment before taking a few kids to barbecue.
The barbecue was chosen on the north side of Niuwei Mountain, by the creek they often visited.
Yesterday, the two had piled up a bunch of firewood there, just waiting for today to start a fire.
Carrying a big bag of stuff, followed by two little kids and two little animals, they left the noisy village entrance heading north.
At this moment, the village’s weaver competition was in a heated stage, those left as Mu Shuangshuang expected were Shen Rong, Mu Qingqing, and Xia Guagua.
As for Fu Xiaonan, who got bruised and swollen after fighting with Old Mrs. Mu, she had already returned home.
On the stage, Mu Qingqing was smiling brightly, feeling confident because along the way she had received envious glances.
Those people stared at her face, looking almost crazy with jealousy, which made Mu Qingqing extremely happy.
Mu Xiangxiang was sitting below the stage, uttering venomous curses.
"Mom, that little witch did it on purpose. She said she’d help me, but I’m out, and she’s still here."
Mu Xiangxiang technically wasn’t out, because after being scared into wetting her pants, she screamed for a long time before crawling up.
She went back to find Old Mrs. Mu for revenge, but because of her urine smell, she was unsurprisingly dragged to the Old Mu Family to change clothes.
By the time she finished changing, the weaver competition had started, and Mu Xiangxiang hurried on and was ill-prepared, making a fool of herself and getting chased down.
"Our Xiangxiang shouldn’t get angry. Today’s humiliation, this old woman will avenge for you."
Old Mrs. Mu glared daggers at Mu Qingqing on stage, causing Mu Qingqing to retreat several steps in fright.
But thinking how close she was to success, she gathered courage again.
Being the weaver would bring honor to the Old Mu Family, surely her grandmother wouldn’t make it difficult for her.
Mu Qingqing thought as much, but Old Mrs. Mu didn’t agree. She valued her daughter above everything else, anyone who dared to touch her, regardless of who they were, would be skinned alive.
"I don’t care, I want to be the weaver girl, I don’t care!" Mu Xiangxiang sat on the ground in a tantrum.
Luckily the villagers were focused on the people on stage, thus didn’t notice Mu Xiangxiang’s behavior.
Otherwise, the Old Mu Family’s reputation would be utterly ruined.