You are unlucky and I am tough

Today is the day when the son of Cheng Lilaifu's family in the village is getting married. At daybreak, Cheng Shuang, who was still sleeping, was awakened by the sound of firecrackers. The wedding procession passed by the door with music and drums.

The other half of the bed was empty. Wei Qinglang had to go with Xie Zhiyou to order a plaque for the restaurant today, so he got up early.

Taibailou had already put up a sign announcing it was temporarily closed, and had announced that it was undergoing renovations and upgrades. This would free up Master Xie's time. Being a particular person, he insisted on hiring a calligraphy master to write the inscription for the plaque. He even asked Wei Qinglang to accompany him, saying that the master had a strange temper and that having more people would mean more trouble.

Cheng Shuang had just changed her clothes and was combing her hair when the door opened and Wei Qinglang walked in.

"Wake up, I'm ready to go out."

Cheng Shuang combed her hair in front of the bronze mirror. "Then remember to ask around and see how my new story is doing and whether it's popular."

"Okay, I see."

Wei Qinglang came over, supported her shoulders and looked at her in the mirror, then took out a white jade hairpin and inserted it into her hair. "Uncle Laifu's family is having a wedding today, and they sent someone to invite you to the wedding banquet early in the morning. You and your sister-in-law should go over later."

Cheng Shuang nodded in agreement. When the villagers hold weddings, they will only invite some villagers who have a good relationship with them, in addition to relatives. They and Cheng Laifu's family are not close, but because she has cured the headaches of the villagers, the villagers remember her kindness and think of her whenever there is something wrong, which leads to more exchanges of favors between them.

The wedding banquet didn't start until noon, and the wedding party hadn't returned yet. The man was marrying a girl from Huaihua Village, which was a bit far away, and it would take nearly two hours to go back and forth.

I heard that this was someone Cheng Lai Fu's wife met at the braised pork bun shop in the county. Seeing that his family had two money-making guys and that their financial situation seemed good, she wanted to get married to him, and after a few discussions, the matter was settled.

The weather is good today. The fermented black beans made earlier have been fermented for six or seven days. Cheng Shuang brought out several bamboo trays from the warehouse, turned over the straw and opened the gauze one by one to check. The soybeans were fermented well and a lot of mycelium had grown.

The next step was cleaning. Cheng Shuang took Aunt Peng and Wu Junniang to wash the mold off the soybeans, then spread them out to dry. She also told Aunt Peng and the others to put them away when they were about 70% dry.

The village was very lively. In the past, because of headaches, people in Chengjia Village would marry each other from several nearby villages with the same headaches. Cheng Laifu's family was the first to marry a local girl from Huanhua County. In addition, the family had made some money, so the wedding was held in style.

Cheng Shuang and Cheng Guqiu took red cloth eggs and a piece of bacon and went out to Lai Fu's house to congratulate them. On the way, all they heard was the villagers talking about the bride.

Passing by the school, the children who had finished their morning classes rushed out and ran to Cheng Lai Fu's house to get some wedding candy.

Cheng Shuang took a look and saw that there were quite a few children in the village who came to study. The morning class was led by another student. Master Yuan placed a table at the gate of the courtyard where he lived and seemed to be painting.

She remembered that Wei Qinglang had mentioned twice before, saying that Master Yuan's calligraphy and painting were very good, and there were many copied paintings hanging in his home, and his painting skills were very solid.

Cheng Lai Fu lived next door to the Feng family. When the two of them went there, they met Cheng Xiaomei, who was pregnant and talking to several young wives of similar age in the village at the door. She was supported by a little maid.

Cheng Xiaomei was wearing a red dress and had two pearl hairpins on her head. It was obvious that she had dressed up specially. However, she had gained a lot of weight recently, and the nice clothes were very tight on her body, which really didn't look good.

Seeing Cheng Shuang coming over, she deliberately raised her voice, "So, a woman who is pregnant is truly blessed. Nothing is better than being able to give birth to a son. If you marry someone who is only pretty but can't lay eggs, what's the point? Can you stay young and beautiful forever? No matter how capable you are, when you get older, you still have to rely on your son. If you can't give birth to a child, you will be despised sooner or later."

The target of this statement is very clear, it is a mockery of Cheng Shuang for not having any pregnancy for more than a year.

"My brother is a scholar. Once he passes the provincial examination in September, he'll be a juren." Cheng Xiaomei continued to boast, "If I give birth to another son, no one in the Feng family will dare to look down on me."

Cheng Guqiu looked unhappy when she heard this, and Cheng Shuang patted her and shook her head to indicate that she should ignore him.

It was impossible to be angry. She just felt it was pathetic. Putting the birth of a son above everything else was a shackle placed on women in this era.

The wedding procession finally returned at noon. Lai Fu's son was wearing wedding clothes and riding on a donkey. Four people were carrying a big red sedan chair behind him. It was very lively with music and dance all the way.

The bride enters the house, worships in the hall, the ceremony is over, and the wedding banquet begins.

Not long after the meal started, Wei Xinyi rushed in, her face flushed red and beads of sweat on her forehead.

"Sister-in-law!" Wei Xinyi ran to Cheng Shuang breathlessly, her voice low, "Someone from Chongwenguan came and said something happened to my two younger brothers at the academy!"

Cheng Shuang frowned, said something to Cheng Guqiu, and then quickly left the wedding banquet with Wei Xinyi.

I ran back home and saw a private school boy at the door who came to deliver the news.

The servant bowed and said, "Madam Cheng, your two younger brothers had a fight with the young master of the Sun family during calligraphy and painting class today. I'm here on the orders of the headmaster to ask someone from your family to come and see you."

The corner of Cheng Shuang's mouth twitched. He had fought at school and his parents were called to the scene.

"Are you hurt?" Cheng Shuang asked worriedly.

"The children who fought...all suffered minor injuries." The servant hesitated, "I'd better ask Madam Cheng to ask for details."

"Excuse me for asking one more question." Cheng Shuang laughed awkwardly, "Were my two younger brothers beaten or were they the ones beating others?"

The servant said, "As far as I know, it was your two younger brothers who started it first."

Cheng Shuang nodded, and she felt relieved. She knew her two younger brothers well enough, and they would definitely not bully others on their own initiative. If they took action, it was definitely because the other party was bullying them.

It’s good to know how to resist when facing oppression.

Without further ado, Cheng Shuang called Wei Nanxing to help drive the cart and went into the city with the servants.

When they arrived at Chongwenguan, they saw Mr. Lu getting off the car at the door. When they met and asked each other, they found out that Yuanbao was also involved in the fight between the two sides.

Mr. Lu was a little worried that his son would be expelled from Chongwenguan if he made a mistake. He heard that private schools usually expel children who like to fight, make trouble and refuse to obey discipline.

Cheng Shuang comforted him and told him not to worry and to figure out what happened first.

Several people were taken to a yard, and before they entered, they heard a sharp female voice coming from inside.

"My son is precious and has never had a scratch on his skin since he was a child. I never thought that when he came to school, he would be beaten by two wild and unmarried children. Today, no matter what, I want those two wild boys to apologize to my son, and the academy will punish them severely."

When Cheng Shuang heard these words, she stopped walking, a hint of coldness flashed in her eyes, and she stepped inside.

There were more than a dozen small tables in the yard, with pens, inkstones, and papers on them. Some of the papers had drawings on them, and the drawings were childish and looked like the work of children.

But the yard was in a mess. Two tables were overturned, ink was spilled all over the floor, and there were broken brushes and torn drawing paper on the ground.

There were two teachers and two women in the yard. The one who had just shouted was the noble lady sitting there. Her face was thickly powdered, her eyebrows were drawn very thinly, her lips were painted bright red, and her eyes were full of meanness.

Seeing someone coming in, he snorted.

Cheng Shuang understood that these must be the family members of the young master of the Sun family.

Looking at this arrogant look, you can imagine how annoying the naughty children raised by such people are.

"Please sit down first." A teacher in his fifties spoke and pointed to a few empty stools.

After several people bowed to the two masters and sat down, Cheng Shuang calmly asked, "I came here in a hurry and don't know the true reason. Please tell me, Master."

Master Yi nodded and briefly explained the reason for the incident.

Today at noon there was a calligraphy and painting class. The teacher had something to do at home, so he asked someone to move the tables and chairs to the yard and arranged for the children to paint freely.

When Cheng Xu saw a few cats climbing on the wall, he started to draw them. He worked very hard on the drawings for a long time. After finishing the drawings, he showed them to Cheng Chen and said he would take them home to show his sister and brother-in-law.

Because the painting was so good and the cats looked so lifelike, the other children were attracted and gathered around to look at it. They all showed admiration on their faces and praised him for being so good.

Sun Hong, the youngest son of the Sun family who was sitting in front of him, couldn't stand it and mocked Cheng Xu, saying that he had ranked third from the bottom in the class test last month, and that even if he could draw, he was a waste with no talent for studying.

The fight broke out because Sun Hong spilled ink on Cheng Xu's painting, ruining it, and the two men started fighting during the argument.

First, Sun Hong's two servants went up to help, and then Song Qi also rushed up. The two were no match for him because Sun Hong's two servants were both ten years old and much stronger.

Then, unable to bear seeing his brother being bullied, Cheng Chen also went up.

In the end, Yuanbao was very righteous and went up to help with his servant.

When the teacher arrived, the group of children were already fighting, and Cheng Xu's painting was completely destroyed.

"It sounds like my son Yuanbao saw his friend being bullied and went to help." After hearing this, Mr. Lu immediately felt that his son was not wrong in this matter, and his back straightened up.