You are unlucky and I am tough

Those little brats chased after her and sang all the way. Cheng Shuang returned home with a depressed look on her face, feeling like she had stepped on dog shit.

Wei Qinglang was measuring the size of the door at the door, thinking of going to the carpenter shop in town to buy a door and install it tomorrow. When he looked up and saw Cheng Shuang's expression, he was stunned for a moment.

"You're back. Why do you look like you stepped in dog shit?"

Cheng Shuang rolled her eyes at him and walked in sideways. Didn't she just step on dog shit?

"Miss."

When Xiao Si heard Cheng Shuang coming back, he ran out of the house holding a bowl and said, "I'll give you some fried soybeans."

"Where did it come from?" Cheng Shuang reached out and took one and ate it. It was crispy and delicious.

"Third Brother traded meat buns with Brother Pingshun."

Wei Qinglang walked over and said, "Pingshun wanted to trade Xiao Si some fried soybeans for some steamed buns, but Chen Er was really smart. He traded half of his remaining steamed buns for half a bowl of fried soybeans without getting any loss. The aunt next door will probably come to our door and scold us again when she gets home and finds out."

Cheng Shuang pinched Xiao Si's face and said, "Are you afraid of her? If you have the guts, make her son spit out the buns he ate."

Wei Qinglang smiled and said, "Let's eat. I've been waiting for you."

Then go into the kitchen, open the lid of the pot, throw the washed vegetables and mushrooms into the pork bone soup, and when they are cooked, pick them up and serve them on the table.

The rice for dinner was steamed by Wei Qinglang himself. The portion was large enough for everyone to have a big bowl. The rice was soaked in bone soup and eaten with vegetables. His younger brothers and sisters ate it with relish.

Cheng Shuang ate while secretly looking at the man opposite her, wondering when to test this person again to confirm whether he was from another world like her.

After dinner, Cheng Shuang started to busy herself with boiling water. She felt that she would stink if she didn’t take a shower.

Not only herself, but everyone in the family had to wash, so she filled the big iron pot with water.

But one problem they faced was that there was no bathtub at home.

Wei Qinglang saw her distress and said, "You boil some water first. I'll be back soon."

After saying that, he turned and walked out, heading straight for the Wei family's old house in the last rays of afterglow.

At the Wei family's house, Wei Changgui, who had just finished dinner, was sitting at the door picking his teeth, touching his round belly. When he saw Wei Qinglang open the door and enter the yard, he jumped up immediately.

"Why are you here, brat? Didn't you say we'd have nothing to do with each other from now on?"

Wei Qinglang didn't even look at Wei Changgui, and said expressionlessly, "There are two bathtubs at home. Nanxing deserves one. I forgot to move it out before, so I came to get it."

Wei Changgui chased after him, holding a toothpick in his mouth, and stopped him from entering the kitchen. "Can you just take my things away as you please? You can take the bathtub, twenty copper coins."

"Seventy taels haven't fed you yet?"

Wei Qinglang looked at him coldly. He felt disgusted to say a word to this person. He took out ten cents and threw it to him, then pushed him away and went in to get his things.

He simply picked up the newer one and left. When he went out, he saw Wei Changgui counting the copper coins in his hand with a smug look on his face, and the disgust in his eyes was undisguised.

Wei Changgui didn't care what his non-blood-related son thought of him. He had been living a comfortable life recently. After getting seventy taels of silver, he ate meat every meal and planned to spend some money to renovate the house.

It’s just that the adobe house is not worthy of his current wealthy status. If only he had more money, he could build a new brick house.

The last rays of sunset faded quietly, and the village slowly merged into the deepening night. Wei Qinglang walked briskly on the village road carrying a bathtub.

When a villager came back from the field carrying a hoe, some gossipers asked him from the direction he came from if he was going home.

Wei Qinglang lowered his head and said nothing. After all, his original self was also taciturn before.

When they got home, Cheng Shuang jumped up with joy when she saw the bathtub, her eyes shining as she asked him, "Where did you get this?"

Wei Qinglang patted his clothes and said, "I got it from the Wei family. We already have one. Let's use it for now. I'll go to the county town and buy another one later."

Cheng Shuang gave him a thumbs up in appreciation. She was just worrying about how to take a bath after boiling the water, but she didn't expect Wei Qinglang to solve it.

This man is actually quite reliable.

A large pot of hot water had been boiled. Seeing that the moonlight was very bright tonight, Cheng Shuang scooped some out and poured it into the bathtub. She called her two younger brothers and asked them to wash directly in the yard.

When Wei Nanxing heard Cheng Shuang say that everyone had to take a bath, he lowered his head and smelled himself, then silently took his clothes and went out to the upper stream. Many men in the village went there to take a bath after dark for convenience.

Cheng Shuang untied the two little ones' hair and wanted to wash their hair, but their hair was so dirty that she didn't know where to start.

In the end, she could only lie and say that she bought bath beans in the county town and went back to get them. Then she recharged five taels of silver into the mall account and bought a round soap similar to bath beans.

Things in the system mall are very cheap to buy. Five taels of silver can be turned into five thousand coins, and the soap only costs ten coins.

It is much easier to wash after kneading out rich foam with water. After washing her two younger brothers, Cheng Shuang's waist was sore from exhaustion, but it was not over yet. Wei Xinyi had not washed yet, and she could not favor one over the other and only care about her own brother.

The girl definitely couldn't stay in the yard, so she asked Wei Qinglang to help bring the bathtub into the main room and lit an oil lamp in the room.

Wei Qinglang helped to get hot water. After carrying two buckets in, he found that the hot water was not enough, so he took the buckets and went out.

There are three wells in the village, and the nearest one is quite a long way away. Wei Qinglang fetched two buckets of water and hurried home under the moonlight. As he was walking, two people came towards him.

They are Cheng Jinxiu from Cheng Xiucai’s family and his brother Cheng Wanpeng.

Cheng Jinxiu went to her uncle's house in town again today. She came back with her brother after dark. The carriage only took them to the village entrance, and they walked the rest of the way back.

Cheng Jinxiu looked at the man walking towards her. He was tall and handsome, with his sleeves rolled up to his forearms revealing his strong muscles. He was carrying two buckets of water and walking steadily.

Although he was wearing patched coarse cloth, it did not affect his temperament which was completely different from that of a village boy.

She suddenly felt her heart beating faster. This man seemed to have become more handsome than before.

The two sides passed each other, and Wei Qinglang seemed not to see them.

"Brother Qinglang." Cheng Jinxiu shouted unconvinced.

Wei Qinglang stopped and turned around, looking at the brother and sister in confusion.

Cheng Wanpeng also frowned, wondering why his sister suddenly called out to others. He was a scholar and always ignored these illiterate farmers in the village.

Cheng Jinxiu put on what she thought was her best smile, "Brother Qinglang, why don't you seem to recognize me? I'm Jinxiu."

Wei Qinglang looked at her with strange eyes. "Then, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted to say hello since I haven't seen you in a while. I heard you got married."

"Yeah." Wei Qinglang said calmly, "It's okay, I'll leave first. My wife is waiting for water."

After saying that, he turned around and strode away. Cheng Jinxiu's smile froze on her face. What did this mean? He was so cold to her.

All the men in the village should flatter her because she is the only eldest daughter in the village. The daughters of those villagers are like clowns in front of her.

"Are you going to leave or not?" Cheng Wanpeng said impatiently, "Why are you calling him for nothing?"

Cheng Jinxiu turned around and grabbed her handkerchief angrily, "We're from the same village, so what if I just said hello?"

"These people are illiterate and vulgar, so don't deal with them." Cheng Wanpeng looked disdainful.

I don’t know what my grandfather is thinking. Unlike my uncle’s family, he doesn’t buy a yard in town and insists on living in the village. He studies at the academy in town and usually lives at my uncle’s house. If it weren’t for my grandfather’s 60th birthday in two days, he wouldn’t want to go back to the village at all.