You are unlucky and I am tough

In the evening, Cheng Guifang calculated the time and found that the man at home would be back soon, so the mother and daughter boiled water and killed one of the three chickens at home, excitedly looking forward to how much silver they could get in exchange for the hairpin.

Luo Cuihua was very sure that no one saw her entering or leaving the Wei family's bamboo house, so as long as she pawned her things in exchange for silver, she could do it without anyone noticing.

Cheng Guifang became more and more certain that she must marry her daughter to Wei Nanxing. Her daughter must have several pieces of such beautiful jewelry when she gets married.

The mother and daughter were cooking while waiting for Luo Erniu to come back. When there was a knock on the door, Cheng Guifang wiped her hands, grinned and went to open the door.

As soon as the courtyard gate opened, the smile on her face froze. Cheng Lizheng and two elders of the clan were standing outside the gate.

Following behind were Cheng Shuang, Wei Qinglang and Wei Nanxing.

"Uncle Lizheng." Cheng Guifang's face was stiff. "Why are you here?"

Cheng Lizheng's face was serious, "Let's go inside and talk."

After saying this, he and two elders walked sideways into the yard.

Only then did Cheng Guifang notice that there was a sack at Wei Qinglang's feet, and she didn't know what was inside.

Wei Qinglang and Wei Nanxing each carried a sack into the yard and threw it directly to the ground.

Cheng Guifang had a bad feeling in her heart, and pretending to be calm, she called out to the room, "Cuihua, bring out some stools for your village head grandfather and the elders to sit on."

Luo Cuihua moved out three stools and saw Cheng Shuang and the Wei brothers were there. She was so scared that she didn't dare to say a word.

Cheng Guifang smiled awkwardly, "Uncle Lizheng, my husband has gone to town and hasn't come back yet. I don't know what brings so many of you to my house."

Cheng Lizheng didn't say anything. The short-bearded elder next to him was related to Cheng Guifang's family and asked, "Guifang, what did Erniu do in town?"

Cheng Guifang rubbed her hands and said, "Seventh Uncle, it's nothing. He just went to town to buy some things."

Anger appeared on Cheng Lizheng's face, "Erniu's wife, I'll give you another chance to tell the truth."

Luo Cuihua shrank her neck in fear out of guilt, while Cheng Guifang forced herself to glance at Cheng Shuang and the others, guessing that Cheng Shuang might have returned and discovered that something was missing.

She didn't think about why Cheng Shuang would suspect them and just came to her house. She just felt that the things had already been pawned, and no one could do anything to them without evidence.

Cheng Guifang raised her head and puffed out her chest. "What are you talking about? I don't understand what you are saying, Uncle Lizheng. You brought so many people to my house as if you were here to accuse me. What happened to us?"

Seeing her attitude, Cheng Lizheng closed his eyes and sighed helplessly, "Nanxing, come over and tell me."

Wei Nanxing walked forward and looked at Cheng Guifang, "Today everyone in the family went to work in the fields. I stayed at home to rest because I wasn't feeling well. At noon I felt much better, so I went out to the yard and unexpectedly found the hairpin that my sister-in-law had dropped.

My brother and sister-in-law's room was locked, and I couldn't carry the thing with me, so I just put it on the table in the yard. Then I went to the back of the house to check on the donkey, and when I came back, I saw Sister Cuihua hurriedly leaving my house. When I went back, I found that the hairpin on the table was gone.

Luo Cuihua swayed and shook her head, "No, no, it's impossible. There was no one there at that time."

She saw it clearly, and no one saw her when she went in or came out.

Cheng Shuang snorted and laughed, "So you admit that you went to my house, and no one was home?"

"I..." Luo Cuihua was choked.

"So what if I go?"

Cheng Guifang spoke up for her daughter, "Just because I went to your house does that mean my daughter took your things? My daughter helped you with your work for half a day, and you falsely accused her of stealing. You're repaying kindness with hatred."

"Yes, I didn't take it." Luo Cuihua also calmed down, "I just heard you say Nanxing was not feeling well, so I went to see if he was okay. I didn't see any hairpin at all."

Cheng Shuang snorted coldly, "You really won't cry until you see the coffin."

Then he turned around and gave Wei Qinglang a look, and Wei Qinglang went over and stood next to the sack on the ground.

"Nanxing came to me in the fields and told me that she had lost something, so I wanted to go to the Luo family to ask for clarification. When I arrived, I saw Luo Erniu sneaking out with something in his arms."

I followed him and saw him walking towards the town alone, and on the way he took out something from his arms and looked at it."

After saying that, Wei Qinglang kicked the sack on the ground hard.

A muffled groan came from the sack, and then the person inside slowly woke up and struggled frantically in the sack.

"Who, who caught me, is it a robber? Help me, don't kill me, don't kill me!"

When Cheng Guifang and Luo Cuihua heard the familiar voice, their faces changed and they knew who was in the sack.

Wei Qinglang went over and untied the sack. Luo Erniu came out and was stunned for a moment when he saw the group of people in front of him. Then he looked at Wei Qinglang, "Wei Laosan, was it you who knocked me out from behind?"

Wei Qinglang was too lazy to pay attention to him. He reached into his arms and took out something wrapped in cloth and handed it to Cheng Lizheng.

The village head opened the cloth bag and found a silver hairpin with a peony flower inside, shining with silver light. It was obviously worth a lot of money.

Cheng Lizheng looked at the thing in his hand with a gloomy face. He stretched out his hand and asked Luo Erniu, "What is this?"

"This, this is my stuff." Cheng Guifang answered first, "Erniu bought me this jewelry with the money he saved a few years ago. I've never been willing to wear it..."

"Enough..." Cheng Lizheng scolded, "This hairpin is obviously Cheng Shuang's, how dare you say it's yours?"

Luo Cuihua's hands were already shaking, but Cheng Guifang was still arguing, "This is mine. Uncle Lizheng, what right do you have to say it belongs to Cheng Shuang?"

Luo Erniu also nodded, "Yes, this is our family's stuff. What proof do Wei Laosan have when he said it's his?"

"I am the proof." Cheng Lizheng looked at the Luo couple with suppressed anger. "Yesterday at the Xu family's wedding banquet, Cheng Shuang wore this hairpin to the wedding banquet. Not only me and a few elders saw it, but everyone at the Xu family's wedding banquet also saw it."

The two elders nearby came over to take a look, and it was indeed the one Cheng Shuang wore when she went to Xu's house yesterday.

The three members of the Luo family panicked instantly. They didn't expect that Cheng Shuang had so many witnesses.

Their family has a bad relationship with the Xu family. They didn't pay much attention to the Xu family's wedding yesterday, let alone knowing what hairpin Cheng Shuang wore to the wedding.

Cheng Lizheng said, "Why? You still don't admit it, don't you think it's embarrassing enough? Do you want me to call everyone I met at the Xu family wedding banquet?"

"No, no." Cheng Guifang finally realized she was afraid. "Uncle Village Head, there must be a misunderstanding. Let's just talk it out behind closed doors."

"Misunderstanding?" Cheng Shuang said indifferently, "Your daughter entered my yard and took my things. Isn't that stealing? What's the misunderstanding?"

Are you trying to say that your daughter is keeping it for me? Then what did your man want to do by taking the things to town?"

"Erniu, when your grandfather first came to Chengjia Village, he was an honest and upright man."

The elder with a goatee shook his head in frustration, "How did you become like this now? Look at how you raise your children. If a girl steals, do you still want to get married?"

Luo Cuihua was completely frightened and huddled against the wall, crying. Cheng Guifang did not have the courage to argue.

Luo Erniu, his hands still tied, sat on the ground, his neck hunched, and muffled voice, "We know we're wrong, Uncle Village Head, please forgive us."

Cheng Li slammed the ground with his cane in anger, "Don't be such a coward, speak louder."

"Village head, we know we were wrong and we won't dare to do it again. Our family still wants to live in Chengjia Village. Please don't tell anyone, otherwise our family will be pointed at by the villagers for the rest of our lives." Luo Erniu knelt directly in front of Li Zheng Cheng.

The two elders looked at him and shook their heads and sighed. Cheng Lizheng looked at Wei Qinglang, "Qinglang, what do you mean?"

Wei Qinglang said in a deep voice, "Luo Erniu, I know you have been planning to marry your daughter to Nanxing, but I will never agree to this.

If you don't want the villagers to find out that your daughter stole my wife's things and become a laughing stock for your whole family, and if you don't want your daughter to be disgraced and unable to get married in the future, then don't have any ideas about Nanxing anymore.

If I find out that you are still instigating Wei Changgui to plot against Nanxing, I will tell everyone about it. Not only that, I will also report it to the authorities."

Luo Erniu nodded immediately and said, "Don't worry, as long as you don't tell anyone, we will never think about this matter again."

Cheng Guifang lowered her head and dared not say a word. Luo Cuihua was crying so hard that her whole body was shaking. She covered her mouth tightly for fear that people outside would hear her. Those who didn't know would think she was very aggrieved.

Cheng Shuang looked at her, "Who are you showing off to by crying so aggrievedly? Putting aside whether Nanxing likes you or not, with your character, do you think you are worthy of him?

What did your parents teach you to become like this? You should use your brain and think about it carefully."

Naturally, it would not be so simple for the Luo family to just agree to this matter verbally. Cheng Shuang took out the letter of guarantee that she had written in advance at home.

The contents of the guarantee letter stated Luo Cuihua's theft and the confidentiality of the transaction conditions. The family of three put their fingerprints on it, and then Cheng Lizheng and two clan elders also signed their names as witnesses.