You are unlucky and I am tough

On the other side, Cheng Lizheng, who had just returned home, was distributing snacks to his grandchildren.

"One bag per person, don't grab any."

After receiving the snacks, the children happily ran to the side to sit and eat. Cheng Zhengyi looked at the things on the table and roughly calculated that there were about two hundred coins, not including the snacks.

But he knew that his father only took a few cents with him when he went out, so these things must be the money to buy medicinal herbs. His father was willing to buy so many things back, so he probably sold them for one or two taels of silver.

Cheng Zhengyi was surprised, "Dad, how much did that medicinal herb sell for?"

Cheng Lizheng took a sip of water and stood up slowly, "Let's talk inside."

After taking two steps, he turned around and said, "The eldest brother is here too, and the eldest and second brothers' wives come in."

Several people followed him into the main room in confusion. After the doors were closed, Cheng Lizheng asked his son and daughter-in-law to sit down, and then took out two hundred taels of silver notes and more than fifty-nine taels of silver from his arms and put them on the table.

"The herbs I sold to the pharmacy were two hundred and sixty taels. I bought some things and the rest is here."

The four of them were dumbfounded. After a long time, Yang tugged at Cheng Zhengyi in a daze.

"Dad, pinch me, I'm not dreaming."

Cheng Zhengyi really pinched her. Yang screamed in pain, but she smiled happily.

It was not a dream, their family really had more than two hundred taels of silver.

Cheng Zhengyi also felt like he was dreaming. He took a silver ingot and felt it in his hand. He exclaimed, "Dad, that small herb is worth so much money."

Cheng Lizheng smiled and nodded, "Second brother, although our family has not split up, but it was you who dug up the herbs, so you can keep the money."

When his father spoke, Cheng Zhengde and his wife Qi were envious but didn't say anything.

Cheng Zhengyi thought for a moment after hearing this, then handed a hundred taels of silver to Yang, and pushed another hundred taels in front of his eldest brother, "This hundred taels is for you, brother, and the remaining fifty or so taels is for Dad to keep as household expenses."

"No, no, it's too much."

Cheng Zhengde was so frightened that he quickly pushed it back. "Mingli's studies for so many years have already cost the family a lot of money. This money was earned by you, my second brother. How can I take it?"

Cheng Zhengde is ten years older than Cheng Zhengyi. His eldest son, Cheng Mingli, is nineteen years old this year. He studies at Qingfeng College in the county town and receives a monthly tuition of three taels of silver. The whole family saves money to support him.

Fortunately, Cheng Mingli was able to perform well and passed the examination for Tongsheng last year. He is now waiting for the college entrance examination next year.

Because their son's studies over the years have cost the family so much money, the honest Cheng Zhengde couple have always been the ones to do all the heavy work at home.

"I'm giving it to you because Mingli spent money on his studies." Cheng Zhengyi pushed the banknote over again. "When Mingli becomes successful, I, your uncle, will be waiting to benefit from his success."

"And then there's me, Second Aunt." Yang also smiled and said, "My son isn't very good at studying, so I can only rely on my eldest nephew for help."

Cheng Zhengde and his wife were embarrassed and looked at their old father together.

Cheng Lizheng nodded and said, "Just keep it if I give it to you."

After Cheng Shuang and Wei Qinglang returned home, they put things in order and distributed snacks and candied haws to their younger siblings. After receiving the snacks, they put them away first and gathered together to share two strings of candied haws.

Cheng Shuang looked around and found that one person was missing. "Where's Nanxing?"

Cheng Pan walked over with a candied haws in his hand. "Brother Nanxing has gone to town and hasn't come back yet. He went to the mountains to chop firewood this morning and left after lunch. He and several other people from the village took Uncle Cai's ox cart."

Laicai is Lai Fu's younger brother. Both brothers have a ox cart that takes turns running between the town and the county. It costs one penny to go to the town, and those who want to go can just go to their home and be called at any time.

Cheng Shuang nodded without asking any further questions.

Wei Qinglang washed his face and said he wanted to go to Zhushan to take a look at the progress, while Cheng Shuang was preparing to start braising the meat.

She first mixed the spices together and soaked them in cold water, then began to wash the meat she brought back and the wild boar meat at home.

Cheng Pan also came to help. After cleaning all the meat, they put it in the pot and blanched it. Because the two kinds of meat were different, they had to be blanched in two pots. They put it in cold water, added ginger slices to the water to remove the fishy smell, and then boiled it over high heat.

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Wei Nanxing went to the carpentry shop in town to pick up a custom-made door, carried it all the way to the gathering point, put the door on the ox cart, and then waited there for everyone else to come back and return to the village together.

He came with four or five fellow villagers. After waiting for a while, some villagers saw Laicai's ox cart parked at the intersection and went over to get on it.

By the time everyone gathered, there were already ten people in the car.

It wasn't too crowded with ten people sitting there, but Wei Nanxing never expected that Luo Cuihua would also come to the town.

After his brother and sister-in-law told him about Luo Cuihua's feelings yesterday, he was so scared that he didn't dare to even glance at Luo Cuihua when he saw her.

He sat in the seat farthest away from her, fearing that Luo Cuihua would suddenly come over.

Luo Cuihua went to the town to buy needles and thread today. Her parents went to Wei's house yesterday and came back saying that they would definitely arrange this marriage for her.

She also said that Wei Nanxing was quiet and taciturn, so she should learn to be more quiet.

Everyone in the village said that the girl who could embroider looked quiet and well-behaved, so she wanted to learn embroidery too, and ran to find Qian Xifeng, who could embroider, to teach her.

The two had been playing together since childhood and had a good relationship. Qian Xifeng agreed immediately and they went to the town together to buy embroidery thread and cloth. They also stayed in an embroidery workshop for a long time, secretly learning new patterns.

Luo Cuihua felt a little embarrassed when she saw Wei Nanxing. She thought they were really destined to be together. After the ox cart started moving, she started to make small talk.

"Nanxing, is this door yours?"

As soon as she opened her mouth, Wei Nanxing was so scared that he almost jumped out of the car and nodded stiffly.

Luo Cuihua didn't care about the strange looks the others in the car gave her and continued, "I'm making a gate for your new home. I went to help the other day and saw that the yard was quite large. With the house included, there's more than three-tenths of land. A house this big can be built in a few days."

"The yard is so big that you can grow vegetables right in the yard."

Luo Cuihua lowered her head embarrassedly and said, "You know what? I can grow vegetables. My mother said that the vegetables in my family grow better than those in other families."

Wei Nanxing ignored her completely and turned his head away with a look of resistance on his face. He silently remembered his brother and sister-in-law's advice to stay away from her.

The atmosphere on the ox cart suddenly became awkward. The men looked at each other and communicated with their eyes.

"Wei Nanxing, Sister Cuihua is talking to you, why are you ignoring her?" Qian Xifeng couldn't help but speak up to defend her.

After hearing Qian Xifeng's voice, Wei Nanxing even thought about jumping out of the car.

"Don't you think you're going too far?"

Qian Xifeng was indignant. "We're from the same village. Sister Cuihua asked about your family situation, but you ignored her. Do you think you're arrogant just because your family made a little money?"

Wei Nanxing couldn't stand it anymore and turned around: "Yes, I am arrogant. The house belongs to my brother and sister-in-law. I don't know anything. Don't ask me."

"You..."

Qian Xifeng wanted to continue arguing, but Luo Cuihua quickly pulled her away and shook her head to signal her to stop.

The three of them didn't speak again along the way.

When the ox cart arrived at the village entrance, Wei Nanxing jumped off the cart and ran away carrying the door panel.

Qian Xifeng and Luo Cuihua walked home together, "Why don't you let me scold Wei Nanxing?"

"I did talk a little too much just now." Luo Cuihua lowered her head. "My mother told me to be more quiet in front of him, but I forgot."

"Be more quiet in front of Wei Nanxing?" Qian Xifeng was puzzled. "Why?"

Luo Cuihua looked around, making sure no one was around, then lowered her voice and said shyly, "My parents...want to arrange a marriage for me and Wei Nanxing."

Qian Xifeng opened her eyes wide in surprise, looking at the burly man in front of her, then thought of Wei Nanxing's thin and delicate face, and was speechless.

But after a moment, she took Luo Cuihua's hand with an understanding look on her face and said, "Sister Cuihua, I think you two are a perfect match."