Chen Shan tried to sit up with his arms, and Zhang Guixiang hurried forward to help him up.

"Ouch, my precious life! What are you doing?"

Chen Shan shook off Zhang Guixiang's hand and pointed at Chen Hai, cursing, "Bah!"

"If it wasn't for marrying you off, your sister-in-law wouldn't have to take the bracelet back to her parents' home to exchange for money!"

Chen Hai also got angry, pointing in the direction of the third room and yelling, "For me?"

"So that I can be a father to someone else's child? Is that what you're doing for me?"

"I've become a laughing stock in the entire Chenjia Village!"

Chen Yuan and Chen Zhide sat on the side and watched the fun.

If the Chen family can't produce the bracelet, they will have to pay compensation, and he is just watching the show.

Zhang Guixiang pointed at Chen Hai's nose and cursed, "You are truly our Chen family's enemy! Your eldest brother helped you find a wife, but he made the wrong choice!"

"Oh my God! Where can we seek justice?"

Zhang Guixiang still hasn't realized the truth - Chen Shan is no longer reliable, and Chen Hai will have the final say in the Chen family from now on.

Chen Hai sneered, "I don't care about anything else. Either your eldest wife hands over the bracelet, or your eldest wife takes the seventy yuan!"

Chen Shan's hands were shaking with anger. Even if he sold him now, he couldn't even get ten dollars, let alone seventy dollars!

Chen Shan could only grit his teeth and replied, "Take me to Li Qinfen's parents' home tomorrow and we'll get the bracelet back!"

Chen Hai was silent for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Right now, this is the best solution.

Chen Zhide slowly stood up and said coldly, "You two brothers haven't gone to the pigpen to work these past two days. I'll punish you for one more month!"

The work in the pigpen is dirty and tiring. The pigs are getting bigger and bigger, and they are eating and pooping a lot. Chen Hai doesn't want to do it at all.

As spring is approaching, it would be better to give all the work in the pigpen to Chen Shan and let him farm the land himself.

So, Chen Hai looked at Chen Zhide with a flattering smile.

"Village chief, look, I'm the only laborer left in our family. If I go to the pigpen again and don't get any work points, then our family will be starving!"

"How about this? I won't do the shift swap with my brother anymore. Can I skip the pigsty next year when we're farming?"

Chen Zhide thought about it for a long time before finally nodding in agreement.

"Then you can go farming next spring!"

After a pause, Chen Zhide continued, "Before Chen Shan's foot recovers, you have to finish all the work in the pigpen by yourself!"

"Otherwise, I don't care if you starve to death or not, you all have to go work in the pigsty!"

Chen Hai quickly thanked him, "Thank you, Village Chief! Thank you, Village Chief!"

No matter how unwilling Chen Shan was, he had no choice; his foot was ruined!

……

After leaving the Chen family's courtyard, Chen Zhide looked at Chen Yuan beside him and sighed.

"Erwa, you won't blame me for agreeing with Chen Hai not to go to the pigpen, right?"

Chen Yuan quickly shook his head, "How could that be! I'm not such a petty person!"

"The Chen family really only has Chen Hai as their labor force. It's not easy for him to support the family alone."

Chen Zhide snorted, "Your dad is so lazy! He doesn't even earn as many work points as the other half-grown kids in the village!"

After hearing this, Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Uncle, let's arrange some work worth ten work points for Chen Hai next year."

"So he can provide for his family."

Chen Zhide immediately understood what Chen Yuan meant, pointed at him and scolded him, "You stinky boy!"

"But this is a good idea. This is also his own request. We can't do it without finishing it!"

Chen Yuan smiled and didn't respond. The purpose of his coming today had been achieved. It was a sure profit!

When they returned home, Hu Zi and Li Shanghai had already dug the drainage ditch at the door.

Hu Zi pointed at the wooden planks at the door and said, "Brother Yuan, I got some planks from the woodshed and laid them out here so it's convenient for us to go in and out."

Chen Yuan looked at the wooden board and had other plans in mind.

"Huzi, sell me two of those jars from your house."

Hu Zi waved his hand and said, "There are plenty of jars. I'll go back and move them for you now."

Li Shanghai had nothing to do anyway, so he went back with Hu Zi to move the jar.

After a while, Hu Zi and Li Shanghai each carried a jar and carefully placed it into Chen Yuan's yard.

"Brother Yuan, do you think these two tanks are big enough?"

Chen Yuan reached out and patted the jar, smiling, "It's definitely enough!"

"Come on, let's just split the vat in half."

Hu Zi stood there in a daze. Why did Brother Gang Yuan have to be split in half?

Li Shanghai also had big doubts in his small eyes.

Seeing the two people's confusion, Chen Yuan hurriedly explained, "This vat, when split in half, forms an arch. It provides stability and does not affect the flow of water below."

"Your plank will break easily if you walk on it too often."

After listening to Chen Yuan's explanation, Hu Zi suddenly realized, "Brother Yuan, you are so smart!"

"He's simply the smartest among the three of us!"

Li Shanghai also gave Chen Yuan a thumbs up!

The three of them did what they said.

Chen Yuan picked up a stone, drew a line along the surface of the jar, gently knocked out a seam with a tool, and then pried it hard, and the jar was split into two halves.

Hu Zi lifted it gently and placed the half tank horizontally into the drainage ditch they dug. It was the perfect size, neither too big nor too small!

"Brother Yuan, I'll install one at my doorstep later!"

Chen Yuan pointed to the remaining half of the jar and said with a smile: "It just so happens that there is still half left. You can take it back later."

Hu Zi glanced at Li Shanghai and asked, "Brother Hai, do you need a doorbell?"

Li Shanghai waved his hand. "My house is high up, so all the water flows down. We don't need a drain!"

Hu Zi thought about it carefully and realized that it was true.

"Okay, I'll take this half back then."

They had just finished their work when Sun Weiwei's braised pork buns were also steamed.

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Thank you both for your hard work today. Eat as much as you can later. You'll be full!"

Li Shanghai chuckled, "Can you pack it up?"

His words were a bit too much, but he had a wife at home, and he wanted his wife to have a taste and do it for him in the future.

Hu Zi also wanted to get two for grandma, but he was too embarrassed to say it.

Chen Yuan waved his hand and said with a smile, "I knew you guys wanted to take away the food. Your sister-in-law is steaming the food for takeaway right now!"

Hu Zi and Li Shanghai cheered out loud, "Woohoo!"

"Thank you, Brother Yuan, thank you, sister-in-law!"

After washing their hands, they prepared to eat!

A bowl of braised pork buns and a bowl of cabbage and meat soup, but in the blink of an eye, they were all in everyone's stomach.

Hu Zi and Li Shanghai were so full that they couldn't speak. They smacked the food in their mouths, as if they were still reluctant to leave.

Chen Yuan held his forehead helplessly, "It's not like we won't be able to eat in the future. If someone didn't know, they would think you two were starving and reincarnated!"

Li Shanghai scratched his head embarrassedly, "This smelled so good, I couldn't help myself and ate two more."

After eating and drinking, everyone started to talk about business.

Li Shanghai thought about Chen Yuan going to the county tomorrow, so he asked, "Brother Yuan, how much braised pork offal should we order tomorrow?"

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