After being murdered by my whole family, I was reborn

The village chief quickly advised, "Dog Egg's family said they'd give each person a hundred plus a pack of good cigarettes, how about that?"

Teacher Jiang looked troubled: "Alright then, I only agreed to help because of you, Village Chief."

The village chief's joy turned to disappointment. "We still need a few more. I have to go door-to-door in the village and ask who else is willing."

The two of them went out together.

The village chief first went to the second son's house, which was the closest to his own, and persuaded him to carry the coffin so he could earn money to support his wife's unborn son.

For his son's sake, the second son agreed without hesitation.

The village chief then went to the carpenter's house.

Carpenters usually go up the mountain to cut down trees and carry them down the mountain. They are strong, so carrying a coffin is no problem for them.

The carpenter wasn't short of money and had plenty of work, so he didn't want to earn that hard-earned money by carrying coffins.

After much pleading and cajoling by the village chief, the carpenter, not wanting to offend the chief, had no choice but to agree.

No sooner had the village chief left than Zhang Ran and Fu Qin arrived at the door.

When he had free time, the carpenter would make some furniture to put in empty rooms. So when Fu Qin came to make a bed, he said he didn't have one and asked her to come back in a couple of days.

"Is the bed finished?" Zhang Ran asked the carpenter with a smile.

The carpenter led them to a room specifically for storing furniture and opened the door.

The bed was very simple; it was just a simple bed assembled from a few wooden frames and planks.

The carpenter disassembled the makeshift bed in front of the two men, stood up, and asked them, "Did you see that clearly? Go back and reassemble it yourselves. Take it with you."

Watching the carpenter turn and leave, Fu Qin's smile vanished. She leaned closer to Zhang Ran and whispered, "He charged us a thousand yuan for just one bed. Were we ripped off?"

Zhang Ran looked at her speechlessly, "Isn't it obvious?"

Fu Qin bit her lip, "I thought they were a very honest family. How could they be like this?" Her son was a hooligan who touched her butt, and the carpenter couple were protective of their own and greedy. The whole family was no good.

“Then I’ll go and confront him now, get the money back, and we don’t want this bed anymore.” Zhang Ran was about to go find the carpenter to settle the score when Fu Qin grabbed her arm.

Fu Qin hesitated and whispered, "Let's just forget it. At worst, we'll never do business with him again." Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. We've already given the money, and if we say we don't want it now, it'll cause a big fuss, and the villagers will definitely side with the carpenter. Let's just forget it.

Zhang Ran: "...Are you sure?" She was so scared that she wanted to slap Fu Qin.

Fu Qin nodded, bent down to pick up the wooden planks, stacked them together, and carried them. Zhang Ran was strong, so she carried the rest.

On the way back, Fu Qin tried to talk to Zhang Ran several times, but Zhang Ran ignored her.

Back at school, Zhang Ran dismantled the bed she used to sleep in and threw it into the woodpile.

Fu Qin cautiously leaned forward, "Xiaoyue, are you angry?"

Zhang Ran ignored her and turned her back to assemble the bed.

"Then I'll go cook first." Seeing that she couldn't coax her for the time being, Fu Qin had no choice but to go cook first, otherwise there would be no food to eat later.

Originally, Fu Qin planned to ask Cui Liu to cook three meals a day, but after learning that Cui Liu's home was far from the school and that it would take more than two hours to walk back and forth along the mountain road, Fu Qin changed her mind and only asked Cui Liu to cook lunch. She and Zhang Ran would cook breakfast and dinner themselves.

Apricot Blossom helped start the fire.

Fu Qin cooks and prepares meals.

After cleaning the toilet, Xing'er came to pick up her daughter Xinghua to go home together.

Zhang Ran, who was assembling a bed in the dormitory, quickly walked out, took out five hundred yuan from her pocket, and said, "Here's your wages for this month."

Xing'er shook her head immediately when she saw the money being handed to her, "I just started working, how can I take the money first?"

Zhang Ran stuffed the money into her hand, saying, "Whether it's paid sooner or later, it'll be paid."

Xing'er clutched the money, her eyes reddening. "Thank you."

"What's there to thank me for?" Zhang Ran retorted coldly. "You earned this money yourself through hard work; it's not like it was given to you for nothing."

Xing'er laughed; the man before her had a sharp tongue but a kind heart. The unmarried girls in the village were all gossiping about him, each wanting to marry him.