You are unlucky and I am tough

Chang Guanshi took the money and did his job conscientiously. He used his connections to get a batch of flowers, plants and trees from other places, and selected those that were highly ornamental according to the requirements of Cheng Shuang and others.

There are magnolia trees, albizzia trees, tassel trees, peach apricot trees, and so on.

They are all transplanted and have already grown. As long as they are well taken care of after planting, the survival rate is still very high.

Cheng Shuang asked them to plant two Albizia julibrissin trees next to the viewing platform, remove the weeds and bushes around them, transplant azaleas, roses and jasmine, and also transplant a circle of yellow wintersweets around the periphery.

There is also some open space on both sides of the stone road, where I plan to sow some chrysanthemum seeds someday. A pack of multi-colored chrysanthemum seeds can be bought for a few cents in the mall, and it only takes four or five months for them to bloom after being sown.

After making arrangements at the foot of the mountain, Cheng Shuang followed Manager Chang up the mountain again. They chose a place halfway up the mountain and asked them to build a pavilion. They also cleared away some trees and weeds and bushes that were in the way. They said they would go back and buy some flower seeds to sow them.

Cheng Shuang naturally planned to buy flower seeds in the mall, such as camellia, peony, rose, platycodon, as well as the easiest to grow sunflowers and chrysanthemums, etc. If she sowed a lot of seeds, the road would be surrounded by a sea of ​​flowers next year.

Manager Chang wrote down all the requests one by one. As long as the employer paid the full amount, he would be happy to accept it even if the employer asked for more.

After looking at this place, Cheng Shuang went down the mountain and went around to the breeding area. The place was planned on the mountain behind the kitchen, and a road was opened to go up, which also made it convenient for the workers at the foot of the mountain to take care of the chickens and ducks.

Led by Peng Laosan, a dozen workers were working in an orderly manner, some were making fences, some were cutting trees, and some were building huts.

Cheng Shuang didn't stay long. She picked a basket of cypress leaves in the mountains and went down the mountain to go home.

When passing by the ancestral hall, I saw a group of men working hard to lay the foundation, and a group of children were chattering nearby, happy that they could go to school in the village in the future.

Of course, there are also people who find studying difficult and don’t like to study, and want to escape when they think about studying in the future.

After returning home, Wei Nanxing and his two cousins ​​also came back from collecting duck eggs. This time they collected half as much as yesterday, only more than 400.

In the past few days, they have collected more than 3,000 duck eggs and more than 500 chicken eggs.

Dongyun went over to help Cheng Shuang put down the basket, "Cousin, the duck eggs from the surrounding villages have almost been collected. It should be enough."

Cheng Shuang looked at the baskets of duck eggs placed in the yard and nodded, "Well, it's almost enough. Let's pickle them first."

Qiuyan said, "Then let's go out and pick up some hay and bring it back to burn as ash. The workshop uses a lot of ash, so we have to burn it every day. We'll burn the ash ourselves for pickling preserved eggs in the future."

Cheng Shuang reminded them, "The hay and firewood on the mountain have long been picked up by the villagers. You can go directly to the villagers to collect them. You can get a sack for a few coins."

The two sisters agreed and went out with two sacks.

Cheng Shuang went to check the duck eggs in the yard and calculated how many she could get with the quicklime and coarse tea leaves left over from last time.

After this hands-on teaching, I can now pass on the pickled preserved eggs to my two cousins. When the female household comes down, I will give this business directly to them.

"Madam Cheng."

He Zhou's voice suddenly sounded behind her. Cheng Shuang turned around and saw He Zhou walking to the door with a cane.

It turned out that when Wei Nanxing passed by Taohua Village today, he brought back the crutches he had custom-made for He Zhou.

He Zhou had been lying in bed for so long that he was already bored. He couldn't wait to get up and try. He successfully walked to the door with the help of a crutch.

Wei Nanxing followed beside him, holding another crutch in his hand, with a very happy expression on his face.

Cheng Shuang also laughed and ran over to ask, "Brother He, how do you feel? Does it hurt to walk on this leg?"

He Zhou said, "It's okay. It won't hurt as long as you don't use too much force."

"You're not ready to get out of bed yet. It's best not to exert any strength. Wait another half a month and see." Cheng Shuang warned, "If you want to walk, it's best to use crutches. It's safer."

When Wei Nanxing heard this, he quickly handed over the other crutch.

He Zhou felt that as a martial artist, he only needed one, but in order to be able to get out and walk, he still chose to follow the doctor's advice.

He walked into the yard on crutches, sat down at the stone table, and looked at the warm little courtyard in front of him.

I was unconscious when I came here. I had been lying in the room for so long, listening to the family's movements every day, their daily gossip and three meals a day. I had already imagined what this family looked like in my mind, and now I finally saw it with my own eyes.

Cheng Shuang started making preserved eggs, and at the same time a group of people came to the village entrance.

There were about twelve or thirteen of them, all young and strong men. The leader was Zhang Bao, the county butcher, and everyone called him Brother Bao.

On the surface, Brother Bao is a butcher and his family runs a meat shop, but in fact he is the Zi Qian family who cooperates with the casino.

As a gray industry, casinos will not lend money directly to customers because if customers lose and owe money and don't pay it back, they can't sue the government to collect the debt, so there are these middlemen, the Ziqian family.

The Ziqian family lends money and, in addition to collecting the principal (mother money) on a certain date, also charges additional interest (son money), hence the name.

Brother Bao is the famous Zi Qian family in Huanhua County. They are famous not for their wealth, but for their ruthless methods of debt collection.

Brother Bao was born with a tall and muscular body, rough facial features, and wrinkles on his eyebrows. It was obvious that he had a bad temper.

Seeing the stone tablet of Chengjia Village, Brother Bao shouted to a white-haired old man smoking a pipe under a big locust tree, "Old man, let me ask you, which family does Wei Changgui from your village live in?"

The old man, smoking a pipe, blew out a smoke ring and said dissatisfiedly, "Old man, I am old enough to be your grandfather, but I don't know any rules."

Brother Leopard grabbed the old man's collar and lifted him up. "Old man, I'm asking you a question. Are you deaf?"

The old man had never seen such a ferocious person before. He was instantly trembling with fear and pointed forward, "This road, it's the second house on the right."

Brother Leopard threw the man to the ground and spat on the ground, "You old thing, you still want to bully me with your age? I'll send you to see the King of Hell with one punch, believe it or not."

"Brother Bao is awesome." A group of younger brothers praised him in unison from behind.

Brother Leopard led his men into the village in a menacing manner, and as the old man said, walked to the door of the second house on the right.

"Wei Changgui, get out here!"

"The deadline has come, pay me back now, and don't hide from me."

After shouting twice and hearing no movement from inside, Brother Leopard raised his leg and kicked the door directly.

The door was quite sturdy, but it couldn't withstand a few kicks from Brother Leopard and was kicked open with a bang.

A group of people rushed in, kicking the table and the door like bandits, turning the house upside down.

Finally, a few younger brothers found Wei Changgui sleeping soundly in the room, with a jar of wine on the bedside.

Brother Leopard separated his younger brother and walked in. Seeing the man drooling on the bed, he was so angry that he dragged the man and the mat off the kang and threw them to the ground.

Wei Changgui was woken up by the fall. He opened his eyes dazedly and shouted before he could see who was who. "Who the hell disturbed my sleep?"

Just as he finished speaking, Brother Leopard grabbed his collar and slapped him twice in the face.

Wei Changgui had been drinking, and after the two slaps, his face suddenly became swollen and he sobered up a lot. When he saw the person in front of him clearly, he was so scared that his legs went limp.

"Leopard...Brother Leopard." Wei Changgui's voice was trembling. It was all over now. The debt collectors were coming.