You are unlucky and I am tough

The donkey dealer was firm in his attitude and refused to bargain at all. He lost a business deal and sighed helplessly.

Before he could finish his sigh, he looked up and saw two more people coming. His brows instantly lit up with joy.

"Hey, you two, would you like to buy a donkey?" The donkey dealer's face was full of smiles.

"Boss, how much is the donkey?" Wei Qinglang asked.

The donkey dealer quickly held up two fingers, made the sign of ten, and said loudly, "Ten taels of silver for a donkey. No bargaining."

Wei Qinglang immediately turned his head to look at Cheng Shuang. They were both new here and had no idea about the market prices, nor did they know whether the price was expensive or cheap.

Cheng Shuang pursed her lips, thinking, no matter what, she'd just chop him off first. Then she stretched out her hand and made a number nine, saying, "Nine taels."

"No, no, no."

The donkey dealer suddenly had a bitter face and waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "Look at how well-fed my donkey is and how beautiful its fur is. If I sell it for nine taels, I'll lose money."

This is the same rhetoric used in all business transactions. Cheng Shuang and Wei Qinglang looked at each other and were too lazy to bargain anymore.

She pointed at a brown donkey and said simply, "All right, ten taels is ten taels. I want that one."

The donkey dealer's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly said, "This lady has excellent taste. This is the most docile donkey I have. You won't get any loss if you buy it."

After buying the donkey, the two went to the shop next door and spent eight hundred coins to buy a cart board to load it up. Then they drove the donkey cart and continued looking for a place to sell ducks.

"Do you want to go up?" Wei Qinglang suggested when he saw Cheng Shuang looking disgusted and afraid of stepping on the animal feces on the ground.

"Good idea." Cheng Shuang immediately used her hands and feet to climb onto the car.

The two wandered around the bustling market for a while, and finally found a stall selling ducks in a slightly remote corner.

The stall owner was sitting on a stool, bored because of no business, smoking his pipe leisurely. When he saw a customer coming, he immediately stood up and put on an attentive smile.

"Hey guys, would you like to buy some ducks? Come and take a look at my ducks. They're all carefully raised and very energetic. Ten cents a duck. If you can't keep them alive, I'll refund you!"

Cheng Shuang went over and squatted in front of the bamboo cage. After looking at it for a while, she was speechless.

How can this duck be energetic? It looks listless and its quacking is weak, yet you still dare to sell it for ten cents each.

The stall owner was still recommending the food, but Cheng Shuang stood up and turned away without saying anything.

"We came too late. I guess all the good ones have been picked up."

Wei Qinglang said, "Why don't you come back tomorrow? You go to the clinic and I'll buy the duck."

"But my brothers and sisters at home are eagerly waiting."

Cheng Shuang still wanted to buy it today. She scratched her head and suddenly remembered something and lowered her voice, "How could I forget? I can buy it in the mall. It might be cheaper there."

Wei Qinglang said, "Yes, how could I have forgotten the mall after searching for so long? Let's find a deserted place first."

Cheng Shuang nodded and said, "Buy a cage and bring it with you to hold the duck."

The two took immediate action and bought a bamboo cage and some eggs from a stall selling chickens and ducks.

Then Wei Qinglang got on the donkey cart and drove away from the livestock market.

After returning to the street, she found a secluded alley. After making sure that no one was around, Cheng Shuang opened the mall and searched for the ducklings in the livestock pen.

"A duck costs five cents. How many should we buy?" Cheng Shuang asked.

Wei Qinglang said, "Ten, maybe? We bought the ducks for Xiao Si and the others to raise. It would be hard to keep too many."

Cheng Shuang selected ten as the quantity and pressed the button to confirm the purchase. Immediately, ten little ducks quacking loudly and energetically appeared in the cage on the ground.

"A chick is four cents. Do you want to buy a few more? We can raise them up and let them lay eggs." Cheng Shuang asked again.

Wei Qinglang nodded and said, "Buy it."

There were five more chicks in the cage. After loading the donkey cart, Cheng Shuang bought a large wooden bathtub, and then the two left the alley.

With a donkey cart, there was no need to rush to the city gate to gather and take the village ox cart. Wei Qinglang drove the donkey cart slowly on the street.

Seeing the dim sum shop, Cheng Shuang went in and bought a bag of dim sum for each person in the family.

After buying the books, pens, ink, paper and inkstone, they couldn't think of anything else to buy, so they went home.

After leaving the city and walking back to the village, Wei Qinglang took out the change he had exchanged and gave it to Cheng Shuang, telling her how much he had spent on buying books and pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

Cheng Shuang sat in the back of the car and counted the silver coins over and over again. When she had counted enough, she handed them back.

"Take this money. I'm not as careful as you are. Use it if you need it at home. Don't save it."

As if she was afraid that he would not accept it, Cheng Shuang added, "I will be going back and forth to the county town frequently from now on, so I'll have to trouble you to be my driver."

After hearing what she said, Wei Qinglang didn't act pretentiously. He took the purse and threw it into the space.

I don’t know if writing the storybook will work out yet, so I’ll just have to keep eating this gigolo for now.

When the two went to the county town, they still took an ox cart. When they came back, they drove a brand new donkey cart into the village. As soon as they entered the village, they unsurprisingly attracted the attention of the villagers.

"Oh, the kid from the Wei family has made a fortune. He even bought a donkey cart for every trip!" An old lady with sharp eyes saw that the person driving the cart was Wei Qinglang, and she immediately shouted at the top of her voice.

In an instant, more than a dozen people quickly surrounded it, running behind the donkey cart, looking around and looking everywhere.

An old man asked curiously, "Are you going to make money by pulling people on a donkey cart like Lai Fu did?"

"Oh, this donkey is really good, with beautiful fur." ​​Someone couldn't help but praise it.

"It must be more than ten taels of silver. How did Wei Lao San suddenly have enough money to buy a donkey cart?" Another villager was very confused.

"Cheng Shuang, you are holding a duck, right? Your husband has become rich and bought both a donkey and a duck."

"This is really rare. Someone in the village has a donkey cart again!"

Everyone was chattering at the same time, making Cheng Shuang's head buzz.

She curled her lips and responded with the words she had prepared on the way: "I'm not rich. I just dug up a ginseng in the old forest a few days ago. I took it to the county town today and sold it for some money. I bought a donkey cart and ducks, and I have enough left to buy some land."

"Is there ginseng in the old forest?"

A group of villagers suddenly exclaimed, their eyes full of longing for ginseng, and then they talked in unison about how there were a lot of good things in the old forest.

Some people even had the idea of ​​trying their luck in the old forest someday. After all, Wei Qinglang had gone in several times and came out safely, so it didn't seem as scary as the legend said.

Wei Qinglang took advantage of the fact that the villagers' attention was diverted by the ginseng and quickly drove the donkey cart away at a faster speed.

The villagers watched the donkey cart gradually moving away and started talking again.

"Who said Cheng Shuang is unlucky in marriage? Why do I feel like things are getting better and better after Wei Lao San married her? With wild boars and ginseng, his life has suddenly gotten better."

"Yeah, Wei Lao San used to be gloomy and didn't like to talk to people, but now he's so energetic, he's a completely different person."

"Cheng Shuang is different now. She used to be very timid and stuttered when she spoke. She was afraid of getting her head hurt when it rained, and she never said a word when Hu Chunhua scolded her. Now she's very eloquent."

The donkey cart stopped at the door of the house. The younger brother and sister-in-law heard the noise and ran out happily. When they saw the cage that Cheng Shuang had placed on the ground, their eyes lit up and they immediately surrounded it.

Cheng Xu peeked into the cage and said, "Wow, we're going to have ducks at home. The little ducks are so cute."

Cheng Chen also said, "I will take care of the ducks from now on and help them grow up quickly!"

Wei Xinyi jumped up and down, "When they grow up, they can lay eggs for us."

"It seems there are a few chicks." Cheng Pan noticed the chicks mixed in with the ducks. Raising chickens and ducks does not require much food. They can eat wild vegetables or dig earthworms from the river to feed them.

Wei Nanxing was also very happy to stretch his neck to look, but he was a little curious about where his brother and sister-in-law got the money to buy these.

Seeing that his younger brothers and sisters were surrounding Cheng Shuang to watch the ducks, Wei Qinglang took down the backpack containing pens, ink, paper, inkstone, books, and eggs.

He called out to Wei Nanxing, "Nanxing, take the bathtub from the cart first. This donkey cart is also new. We'll need to unload it later so we can cut some fresh grass to feed the donkey."

Wei Nanxing was shocked when he heard this. "Brother, how can your family afford to buy a donkey cart?"

Several other people also looked over, and they thought it was the donkey cart of the village chief.

"Your sister-in-law went into the mountains to dig some ginseng last time and sold it for some money." Wei Qinglang explained using the reason he and Cheng Shuang had agreed upon.

Cheng Shuang immediately cleared her throat. "Yes, in addition to buying land with the money from the sale, your brother and I have discussed going to the county town more often to see if there are any businesses we can do. It would be convenient to go into the city with a donkey cart."

Wei Nanxing looked puzzled. He didn't ask how much he had sold. Instead, he pulled Wei Qinglang aside and whispered, "Brother, you found Ganoderma last time, and sister-in-law found ginseng this time. There are so many good things in the old forest. Take me with you next time."

Wei Qinglang coughed lightly and patted him, "Let's talk later. Let's get everything into the house first."

The chicks and ducklings were put into the duck pen that had been set up in advance. They immediately chirped non-stop, ran around happily, and pecked at the ground in search of food.

The three little ones squatted outside the duck pen, staring at the lively chicks and ducklings without blinking, until Cheng Shuang took out the snacks she had bought at the store and called out, "Time to share some snacks, anyone want some?"

The three of them then stood up and immediately gathered around, staring at the exquisitely packaged snacks on the snack table with their eyes full of anticipation.

Cheng Shuang asked them to line up and distributed the food to them one by one, and then gave one to Cheng Pan and Wei Nanxing.

As for Cheng Shuang and Wei Qinglang, they had already finished their meals on the way back.