You are unlucky and I am tough

After all the bamboos from the mountain were transported down, the task of building the house was entirely handed over to Cheng Daming, but Wei Nanxing still stayed on site to help with the work. He thought that one more person would make the job go faster.

Building a house is a technical job that he doesn't know how to do, so he helps with some physical work. Someone has to move the bamboo that has been cut to size and keep it ready.

The sun was scorching hot and Wei Nanxing was sweating profusely from carrying bamboo.

He just stopped to wipe the sweat off his face and was about to continue when the bamboo he had just lifted was suddenly snatched away by someone and carried away.

Wei Nanxing looked at the person who suddenly appeared in surprise, and chased after her and asked, "Sister Cuihua, what are you doing?"

Luo Cuihua was very strong and didn't feel tired even carrying seven or eight bamboos. She said with a smile, "Let me help you. Nanxing, you're sweating all over. Take a break and I'll do it for you."

Wei Nanxing became increasingly confused. "Why are you here to help? These are jobs for men. It's not appropriate for a girl like you to be here."

Luo Cuihua said, "It's okay, Nanxing. We are all elders who grew up in the same village as me."

Wei Nanxing was speechless. "We already have enough manpower, and my brother and sister-in-law hired these people for wages. What's the point of you working here?"

Luo Cuihua walked briskly, and after a long time she carried the bamboo to the place and put it down. She looked at Wei Nanxing with a smile that made her eyes narrow and almost invisible. "I don't want any wages. I'm just here to help you. I don't want you to work too hard."

Wei Nanxing's face froze, "What are you talking about?"

"Nothing." Luo Cuihua deliberately didn't explain clearly, "I just came here to help out when I had nothing to do. I have plenty of energy and can do any job."

After saying this, Luo Cuihua turned around and continued carrying bamboo. A villager passed by her and was surprised to see her smiling with her teeth showing and her eyes not visible.

"Nanxing, isn't this Cuihua from the Luo family? Why is she here to work? What are you talking about? She's laughing so hard that her teeth are showing."

Wei Nanxing was confused. "I don't know. She came here on her own. We didn't invite her."

Wei Nanxing was busy working, and Cheng Shuang and Wei Qinglang were not paying much attention to the situation over there. When they heard Cheng Zhengyi say that Hu Chunhua and Li were arguing again, they ran to the headman's house to watch the fun.

As soon as I reached the door, I heard Hu Chunhua howling inside.

However, Cheng Shuang forgot that the village head's dog was kept outside to guard the door during the day and tied inside the yard at night. Before the two of them could go in, Wangcai suddenly rushed over from the side of the house, barking.

Seeing this, Cheng Shuang screamed in fright and hurriedly hid behind Wei Qinglang. However, Wangcai kept chasing her and barking wildly. In panic, she jumped directly onto Wei Qinglang's back.

Wei Qinglang didn't expect the dog to be so ferocious. He stretched out his legs with Cheng Shuang on his back to drive it away, but he didn't dare to really touch it. He murmured a low scolding.

Everyone in Chengli's main courtyard stretched their heads and watched them being chased around by Wangcai at the door. Some of them couldn't help laughing.

After a while, Cheng Lizheng's eldest son Cheng Zhengde hurried out with a rope, drove Wangcai away, and tied it to another place.

"Are you okay?" Cheng Lizheng also came out and asked.

Cheng Shuang was still on Wei Qinglang's back. She patted him and signaled him to let her down. After landing, she coughed awkwardly and said, "It's okay."

The two men entered the yard. The two parties who were arguing inside were interrupted by their recent commotion and were eagerly waiting for the headman to return and continue to uphold justice.

When Cheng Lizheng sat back in the chair, Hu Chunhua, whose head was still wrapped, glared at Cheng Shuang fiercely and continued yelling.

"Li Zheng, my injury will take half a month to heal, and I need to take medicine. Is it reasonable for me to ask Li to compensate me with ten taels of silver?"

"How can that be justified? Why don't you just go and rob it?"

Li also rallied, "It was just a scratch. He fell to the ground and pretended to faint, which scared my son so much that he ran up the mountain. My son's leg was injured, and I haven't asked you to pay for it yet."

"What does your son's leg injury have to do with me?"

"If you hadn't scared him, he would have run up the mountain. I'm telling you, luckily my son is okay, otherwise I would have taken a rope and gone to your house to hang myself."

"Go ahead, go now, and don't come down until you're hanged to death."

The two of them argued back and forth, and then the family members and relatives on both sides joined in, dividing into two camps and starting to argue with each other. The topic of the argument deviated to some trivial matters and they almost got into a fight.

Cheng Lizheng's crutch was about to knock a hole in the floor, and with the help of his two sons, he managed to stop both sides.

Finally, Cheng Lizheng asked someone to invite Doctor Wang from the village. He asked him about Hu Chunhua's injuries and medical expenses, and ordered Li to compensate Hu Chunhua for medical expenses and nutrition expenses, totaling 300 coins.

Li was not convinced and sat on the ground and started crying, saying that her family had no money and that the village head was biased.

Cheng Shuang and the others didn't know how much compensation they received in the end because the two of them left early.

Those two shrews were so infuriating to watch. Cheng Shuang really felt sorry for the old village head and was afraid that if she stayed any longer, she would burst into swearing.

When the two men came out, the sun was already setting, so they thought of going to take a look at Zhushan. Halfway there, they met Lai Fu driving a bullock cart, pulling two people past them.

On the ox cart were Wei Qinglang's two non-blood brothers, Wei Da Kui and Wei Xiao Kui.

There were several large bags on the cart, which looked like they contained several hundred kilograms of grain, as well as some cloth and two jars of wine.

The two brothers were sitting on the big bags, one of them was eating a bag of snacks in his hand. When they saw Wei Qinglang and Cheng Shuang, they showed a look of disdain on their faces.

Cheng Shuang looked at the oxcart going away and nudged Wei Qinglang with her elbow. "Guess how long the seventy taels you gave will last for these three, father and son, to squander."

"Half a year at most."

Wei Qinglang snorted and laughed. This three-person family was lazier than the other. Once he and Wei Nanxing left, there would be no one to take care of the crops in the fields. When it came time to harvest, the harvest would probably be less than half of what it was in previous years. They would have to continue buying food, but the food they bought was still not enough. Wei Changgui wanted to eat meat for every meal, and he and his eldest son Wei Dakai were both alcoholics.

Cheng Shuang asked, "Have you ever thought about what to do if they come back to you after they've spent all their money?"

"It's not a one-time thing, it will definitely come." Wei Qinglang said with a relaxed expression, "But I won't give him any more money. We signed a contract back then. After I give him the seventy taels, Wei Changgui's life or death has nothing to do with me."

"What about Nanxing?"

Cheng Shuang hit the point in one sentence, and Wei Qinglang sighed helplessly.

"When the enemy comes, we will fight him; when the water comes, we will block it with earth. Nanxing is simple-minded and soft-hearted. She always has a little hope for Wei Changgui. It will be fine when he sees through it in the future."

After all, he is his biological father, so he can't take it for granted that Wei Nanxing will sever ties with Wei Changgui like he did.

This is a straight road. After walking for a while, we saw Wei Changgui's house. An ox cart was parked at the door. Wei Dakai and Wei Xiaokui were moving things into the house, and Wei Changgui was watching from the side.

Before the two men got closer, Luo Cuihua's parents, Luo Erniu and Cheng Guifang, were already running towards the father and son with a basket.

I don’t know what they said, but they went into the house happily.

The two men didn't think much about this scene until they arrived at the foot of the bamboo mountain. They saw Luo Cuihua working hard and holding a kettle to ask Wei Nanxing if he wanted to drink water. Wei Nanxing was so scared that he waved his hands and ran away.

"What does this Miss Cuihua mean?" Cheng Shuang crossed her arms, her expression indescribable. "If the older one doesn't work, she'll try the younger one. Is she determined to marry into your family?"

Wei Qinglang looked at Luo Cuihua who was running towards Wei Nanxing, and combined with the fact that Luo Cuihua's parents had just gone to find Wei Changgui, he roughly guessed what was going on.

His face suddenly darkened and he shouted, "Nanxing, stop working and come back with me."