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Maybe because he had stayed in the prison for a long time, after Lu Daquan and Madam Luo got out, they did not come to find trouble with Chen Mu Mu and the others.

In fact, even if they wanted to cause trouble, there were some difficulties.

People who had been to prison would easily be looked down upon by others. Moreover, Madam Niu had done that when Lu Daquan and Madam Luo were not around, and the attitude of the villagers towards their family was extremely bad. When Lu Daquan and Madam Luo finally returned to the village, they discovered this fact with a stifled feeling in their hearts.

Lu Daquan and the Madam Luo scolded the Madam Niu and started to prepare for a new year's spring plow.

In front of absolute strength, any form of contempt was nothing.

In the beginning, the villagers did not like Lu Daquan's family, but due to Madam Luo's short temper and the fact that he did not catch the conversation, everyone knew that there was a brother in Madam Luo who had become a high official.

This brother's background was so strong that even the Prefect had to give him face, so he had no choice but to release Lu Daquan and his wife from jail.

Thus, he swept away the disdain from before and started to reconcile with Lu Daquan's family.

Chen Mu and the others had all witnessed this scene. However, she was planning to make a trip to the capital after the new year. How could she have the time to pay attention to that carefree family?

One was struck by lightning, the other two were sent to prison, if they still came looking for trouble, she didn't mind adding to their mess.

Today, when she was sitting in front of a desk and painting the clothes for the new season, Madam Li suddenly knocked on the door and came in.

After recuperating for a month, Madam Li's legs, which were not seriously beaten, were much better now. He could walk with a limp without anyone supporting him.

After the new year, spring arrived. The son of Aunt Wang Town gave him some money, but when he thought about his mother, he took her over to live with him.

Being an old man, he naturally wanted his children to live their days around the knee. Regardless of whether it was in the past, they had never had a feud with each other. Now that their son and grandson had invited them, Aunt Wang was naturally happy to pack up his luggage and live in the town.

Madam Li and Lu Jinfeng all knew that the reason why Aunt Wang had treated them so well was to repay the grace Lin Mo had given them. Now that Madam Li had more or less recovered, there was nothing much to worry about for the Lu Family.

After Aunt Wang left, there were very few people left to talk. Whenever she had time, she would make clothes in the house and rarely went out. There was almost no situation where she came to find with a darkened face.

Chen Mu Mu Mu was stunned as he pulled out a chair for her. "Mother, why are you here?"

Today, she just so happened to be in time with Chen Ergou when they were going to the city to buy some spring ploughed seeds. There were only her and Madam Li at home, and Madam Li wasn't going out either.

Madam Li stared at her face, holding back for a while, he sighed: "Nothing, I just wanted to come over to see you."

If he were to say that he was fine, who would believe him?

Chen Mu Mu Mu put down the brush in her hands and smiled, "Mother, we have been getting along for quite some time now. Although they are not our mother and daughter, they are still like mother and daughter. We were already family a long time ago. Xiao Feng isn't at home today, so if there's anything troubling you, I'll make the decision on your behalf. "

Madam Li's eyes flashed, as he struggled to answer. After a long while, he shook his head, "I cannot say."

Chen Mu Mu laughed and poured a cup of hot tea for Madam Li, and took his time to look at him.

She wasn't in a hurry. She waited quietly.

Madam Li wouldn't visit the Three Treasures Palace for nothing, but if she wanted to speak but hesitated in front of him, he must have a thought to tell her.

She thought that since there was no one else at home and the Madam Li was already walking in front of her, those words would definitely come out.

Madam Li took a sip of his tea, still hesitating. From time to time, he would raise his head to look at Chen Mu Mu Mu, but seeing that her expression was calmer than his, the corner of his mouth twitched.

"Girl, you don't look like a young one. Your mentality is even more mature than mine."

Madame Li could only sigh with emotion, but Chen Mu Mu Mu Mu felt the same way.

In ancient times, females would mature early, especially those from rural areas. They could even marry once the first tide arrived. Although the son of the Madam Li was already sixteen years old, the truth was that the Madam Li himself was only thirty-one years old. It was just that the Lu family was poor and the Madam Li was tired of living. She had even dragged her son along with her with much difficulty, suffered from countless cold words and grievances, and didn't have the time or energy to disguise herself.

Chen Mu Mu Mu was someone who had transcended worlds, and in her generation, she was already close to third place. In terms of age, she and Madam Li could be considered the same woman.

Madam Li said that she had matured, so she should have matured.

Chen Mu Mu Mu smiled and did not speak. Madam Li took a sip of tea as though he felt that there was no point in remaining silent. He cleared his throat and hesitated when the words reached his mouth.

"I've said that the less I know, the safer it will be. There is something that I don't even know whether I should tell you or not for fear of harming you."

Chen Mu Mu raised an eyebrow and said, "Mother, don't worry. My life is very big, even the King of Hell is too lazy to hook my soul. Don't hide anything in your heart, we are a family."

He paused before continuing, "There are some things that are not too serious, but if you hide them, when the time comes, there will be nothing to take care of."

"That's what I meant too." The Madam Li sighed, "But this matter is rather serious, I only found out recently."

"Mother, don't keep us in suspense." Chen Mu Mu Mu felt a little helpless.

Since she knew that the matter was serious and was still going to solve it, how could she clean up the mess?

She was not a God of All Things, and anything could be solved with a breath of air and a wink of an eye.

Madam Li could sense Chen Mu Mu Mu's helplessness so he bit his lips. After a long time, he finally squeezed out a few words, "This matter is related to the old house that we used to live in."

That old house was naturally the shabby house that she had just "married" and squeezed in with Madam Li and Lu Jinfeng.

There were women in the house. Even though the house was dilapidated, the places where the roof leaked rain were covered with straw and the places where the wind leaked through the cracks in the walls were covered with rags and weeds. Compared to Chen Ergou and Sunken Pond's house, the house was much more livable.

However, that house no longer existed. Because of the interference of the Madam Niu and the others, they had pushed down that house's small courtyard.

Chen Mu Mu still remembered the shock and anger she felt when she returned home that day and saw the pile of mud and straw on the floor.

On that day, Madam Li was captured by Madam Niu and knelt in the Ancestral Hall.

Because of these things, Lu Jinfeng angrily broke off all relations with the Lu Family, and did not have much contact with them ever since.

Now that the Madam Li suddenly mentioned that old house, it was definitely not as simple as thinking about it.

Chen Mu Mu suddenly remembered that one night, Lin Mo had gone to their old house to walk around. Could it be that this old house still had some other secrets?

With that thought, Madam Li finished his own thoughts and said to her, "I don't know if Madam Niu and Lu Daquan knew of this secret, that's why I can't wait to take back our old house and chase us away."

Chen Mu Mu Mu blinked her eyes and looked at Madam Li, waiting for her next words.

Madam Li felt embarrassed looking at her, she did not continue looking at him, and said decisively: "Beneath that house, buried ten thousand taels of gold!"

"Pu —" Chen Mu Mu almost choked on his own saliva. He was stunned for a moment before recovering from his daze. "Ten thousand taels of gold?!"

What did ten thousand taels of gold mean? Several hundred thousand taels of silver!

An ordinary farmer could live for one year with just one tael of silver. Several hundred thousand taels of silver was enough to feed half of a country for a year.

Such a huge amount of wealth was actually buried under a farmer's house. And that house, even though he and his son were starving to death, didn't even touch the money?

Chen Mu Mu didn't think that Madam Li had such a high awareness, to think that he would choose gold from the lives of his son and himself, and give up his life.

"Yes, 10,000 gold." The Madam Li said, "It is under the house that we used to live in."

Chen Mu lowered his eyes, his heart racing a hundred times, and asked: "That mother, since you know that there is gold under that house, could it be that money is more important than life, and in order to protect that money, you are willing to give up your foster father's and Xiao Feng's lives?"

It would not have been excessive to say that he was giving up Lu Jinfeng's life, because if Lu Jinfeng had not met her at that time, she definitely would not have lived until now.

Madam Li's face darkened. After pondering for a long time, he sighed, "It's not that I don't want to use that gold, but there is gold under our house. I only found out a few days ago."

Madam Li took out a piece of kraft paper that was folded neatly from his pocket and said: "Your father left in a hurry and didn't have the time to tell me many things. A few days ago, when I was packing up your father's things, I found this thing inside his old clothes."

Chen Mu Mu took the kraft paper and discovered that it read, "There are 10,000 taels of gold under the house. You can't sell it, otherwise it will bring about a disaster."

These were Lu Dayi's last words.

Since it was the last words, those who were still alive could only guess the meaning of his words from what he had left behind.

For example, the origin of a million taels of gold, what was that disaster?

But... Even if she had the Nine Revolutions Exquisite mind, if she had no proof, as well as the ten thousand taels of gold that suddenly appeared, how could she know what was going on!

Seeing Madam Li's worry, Chen Mu put down the brown paper and thought for a while before saying: "Mother, don't worry, we didn't sell that house, it was taken away by a special method from the Madam Niu's family. The culprit is not us, even if a great disaster happens, it shouldn't come at us."

Pausing for a moment, he continued, "If Mother is worried about the gold under that house, while Madam Niu and the rest are still not aware of this, we can just buy the old house."

Madam Li looked at her expression carefully and spoke hesitantly: "Little girl Mu, mother told you about the gold. It's not that mother wants to obtain the one hundred thousand gold, but that the treasure left behind by your father is causing Mother to feel uneasy. Now that the house is not in our hands, if anything happens to the gold, we will all be in trouble. "

Chen Mu Mu Mu never believed in alarms, but it was always right to be a little more careful at any time.

"No worries, just buy back the land. Go and check the tone of the Madam Niu. If she's willing to sell, then we'll see how much silver she needs."