You are unlucky and I am tough

When they returned home, Cheng Guqiu saw that his two nephews were injured. He felt so distressed that he boiled eggs and used them to massage the bruises on the children's faces.

Wu Junniang didn't know what had happened. Although she felt sad to see her son injured, she immediately pulled her son aside to apologize and asked if the child had gotten into trouble.

Cheng Shuang said that the child did not get into trouble because he was injured to protect Xiao Si, and then asked Song Qi to go back and have a good rest and apply medicine, and he didn't need to come over in the next few days.

Xiao Si returned home fully revived, his eyes shining again, which made Cheng Shuang more determined to let him drop out of Chongwenguan.

In the yard was something that Guan had someone deliver in the afternoon. It was a bamboo fumigation bed for Lin Zelan. It was half a person's height, cool and breathable.

There are also some small gadgets, bamboo tubes, fire cups, wooden shakers, washing pots, etc.

Being delayed today by the matters of his two younger brothers, the fumigation can only be put off until tomorrow. However, Cheng Shuang still went to the workshop and called Wei Dong and Wei Nan to help, and first sent the tools down the mountain.

The four guys I bought last time had long forgotten their own surnames, and their names were very random like Agou and Abao.

Cheng Shuang felt that these four people would help take care of the business in the future, and a name like Agou was not very appropriate, so she simply asked them to take the surname Wei from the master, and named them east, south, west and north according to their age.

Wei Dong and Wei Nan carried the things and followed Cheng Shuang. After a while, Cheng Xu caught up with them and said he wanted to go together.

Cheng Shuang thought about how Lin Zelan suggested taking a walk in the village last time, and he probably felt bored being alone, so it would be nice to take Xiao Si with him to talk to him.

As it turned out, Cheng Shuang's guess was correct. Lin Zelan was alone on the balcony, playing chess with himself.

The door of the room was not closed, so Cheng Xu ran in curiously. He was first attracted by the scenery outside and looked at it for a while while leaning on the railing.

Then he turned around to look at the person playing chess alone behind him, and after watching for a while he walked over to the small table, "Brother, I see that the masters in the academy always play chess in pairs, why are you playing alone?"

"Of course it's because I can't find anyone to get off."

"Then I'll accompany you." Cheng Xu climbed directly onto the stool opposite.

Lin Zelan raised her eyes and looked at the child. "Are you Madam Cheng's brother? What's your name?"

"My name is Cheng Xu, brother, can you call me Xiao Si?"

"Xiao Si." Lin Zelan picked up two chess pieces from the chessboard. "Do you know how to play chess?"

Cheng Xu shook his head, "No, brother can teach me. If you can't find anyone to play chess with, I'll play with you in the future."

Lin Zelan smiled and said, "I can go down alone, I don't need anyone to accompany me."

"But it's not good for you to play chess alone. It looks lonely." Cheng Xu looked at him with his big eyes blinking.

Lin Zelan had forgotten how long it had been since she had seen such innocent eyes.

He laughed, "You take the black piece."

After Cheng Shuang had someone clear out a corner of the outer room on the second floor and arranged everything, he went to the balcony and saw two people teaching and learning very seriously.

Cheng Shuang left without disturbing him, went downstairs to get the fishing rod that Zhu Shaoyuan had prepared but that Lin Zelan had never used, and went to the fishing platform in the viewing pavilion opposite to cast a line.

Fishing is something that can easily arouse the desire to win. After failing to catch any fish after two attempts, Cheng Shuang secretly bought some bait from the mall and threw it in, vowing to catch a fish before giving up.

It was almost dusk when Wei Qinglang came over and saw Cheng Shuang sitting on the fishing platform like an old monk in meditation.

When I walked over and took a look, the wooden barrel was empty. I seemed to feel a sense of resentment surrounding Cheng Shuang.

He didn't say anything and waited nearby. If he disturbed them now, he would probably get beaten.

Cheng Shuang had naturally seen the person a long time ago, but she just kept looking at the water and ignored him.

Wei Qinglang looked up at the attic opposite and saw Xiao Si and Lin Zelan playing chess on the second floor.

Before coming here, he had already returned home and saw Cheng Chen. He also knew that his two younger brothers were brought back because of a fight, so he came over to ask Cheng Shuang about the specific situation.

After a while, the fishing rod finally moved. Cheng Shuang was delighted and quickly reeled in the rod, but failed again. The fish that took the bait broke free very cleverly.

Cheng Shuang angrily threw the fishing rod to the ground and said, "I'm not fishing anymore. I'm so angry. I'm going to buy a stun gun and throw it in there."

Wei Qinglang laughed, picked up the fishing rod and gestured for her to look at the attic opposite, meaning that there were people there and she should not be impulsive.

After adjusting the fishhook and putting on the bait, Wei Qinglang also cast a fish.

Cheng Shuang gave up his seat and asked in a low voice how the matter he wanted to find out was going.

Wei Qinglang whispered, "I asked Xie Zhiyou, and he said that recently people in the city have been talking about a storybook called 'Dream of Drama.' I even went to Moxiang Bookstore, and the line to buy it was even longer than the one for Liangshan. Unlike Liangshan, where the audience was almost entirely male, this time the line was evenly split between men and women."

"Many people in the prefecture are wealthy and can afford to pay three or four hundred coins. The bookshop can't print enough copies and has to limit purchases. However, the shopkeeper said he has found two external printing shops to cooperate with. After a while, I think the whole city will know about it."

Cheng Shuang was delighted. "Sure enough, the story of a lovestruck woman and a heartless man is very appealing to the public."

"That's right! I heard a few girls and two scholars arguing in the bookstore about whether the scholar in the storybook should be punished."

Cheng Shuang smiled. She had left the ending blank on purpose. Whatever the readers thought the ending should be, that would be the ending.

As the two were talking, the fishing line suddenly moved.

Wei Qinglang quickly put away his fishing rod and caught a crucian carp weighing two kilograms.

Cheng Shuang was dumbfounded. "Why? I sat there for a long time without catching any fish, but you caught one while chatting."

Wei Qinglang threw the fish into the bucket and shrugged. "I can't explain this. Maybe you're an Air Force guy, or maybe this fish is just being clever. Seeing us talking, it decided to eat the bait while we weren't paying attention."

Cheng Shuang angrily pounced on his back and strangled him from behind.

After playing for a while, it was getting dark. The two returned the fishing rod and bucket, tied the fish with a straw rope and carried it, and called Xiao Si to go home.

On the way back, Xiao Si said he would come to play chess again tomorrow, and Lin Zelan also said that he could copy the paintings hanging in the room.

Cheng Shuang let him go. It was good that Lin Zelan could play with the child. He was quiet and it was better than being alone all the time.