You are unlucky and I am tough

When Li came back from working in the fields, her son pulled her over to complain as soon as she entered the house. When she saw the red marks on her son's hands, she immediately exploded and went out to settle the score, cursing.

Along the way, whenever he met villagers who asked him about it, he would say that Cheng Shuang had beaten his son and he was going to seek justice, which attracted many onlookers to follow him.

"Cheng Shuang, you little bitch, how dare you hit my son? Get out of here now!"

Before Li even reached the door, she started shouting at the top of her lungs, looking as if she was going to kill someone. Cheng Tieniu followed behind her, also looking smug as if he was about to get his revenge.

Cheng Shuang asked the children to stay inside and not come out, and she stood alone in the yard waiting for them. As for Cheng Pingshun who still stood there and refused to leave, she didn't bother to care.

With a loud crash, the half door fell into pieces due to Li's rough action.

Cheng Shuang looked at the other half of the door that had been gloriously laid off and shook his head. He had to build a sturdy door, otherwise he would not be able to stop these mad dogs.

Li was stunned for a moment because the door was falling apart, then she regained her stance and pointed at Cheng Shuang, "You little bitch who kills your husband, I told you for a long time and you didn't hear me."

Cheng Shuang looked at the group of people entering the house with an innocent face. "Auntie, what are you doing? Why are you tearing down my door when we are guests?"

"This shabby door of your house is broken anyway, what does it have to do with me?"

Li looked fierce, "Don't try to change the subject. I'm asking you why you hit my son."

Cheng Shuang blinked, her face still innocent. "Auntie, are you here to seek justice because I hit Tie Niu?"

"Nonsense." Li glared at him. "Why did you hit my son? His hands were so red. You must give me an explanation."

"Didn't Tie Niu tell you why I beat him?"

Cheng Shuang said as she looked at Cheng Tieniu. Cheng Tieniu hid behind Li with a guilty conscience. He grabbed her and said, "Mom, I just wanted to take some mulberries from her, but she hit me with one. It hurt."

"Did you hear that?"

Mrs. Li immediately gathered the villagers who were watching the incident and said, "A child asked her for some fruit, and she didn't give it to him. She even beat him like this. Look at his hand, it's swollen. He needs to see a doctor."

Cheng Shuang was almost laughing with anger. It turned out that he not only wanted to come to her house and scold her to vent his anger, but also wanted to blackmail her and incite the masses to occupy the high ground of public opinion.

It seems like everyone knows how to act pitiful.

She turned her head and thought for a moment, then turned back again with red eyes and tears in them, looking pitifully at the villagers who were watching the fun.

"Dear uncles, aunts, grandpas and aunties, you all know Shuang'er's personality. Would she have taken action if she hadn't been pushed into a corner?

"I'm so pitiful. I just married into the Wei family and we're broke. We don't even have a plot of land, so we rely on the food in the mountains to survive. Today, I finally went up the mountain to pick some fruit to bring home to feed my younger siblings, but someone tried to snatch it away. In desperation, I hit him. Is that wrong?"

The villagers who came to watch the fun looked at each other in bewilderment. What Cheng Shuang said was true. Wei Qinglang only got three acres of vegetable land when the family was divided. Without land to grow crops, they could only buy food. They didn't look like they had enough money to buy food, so their life must be difficult.

Moreover, they are from the same village, and everyone knows what kind of person she is. Cheng Shuang is timid and docile, and only knows how to work hard. She is beaten and scolded by Hu Chunhua all day long, but she never fights back or says anything. If it weren't for her reputation as a jinx, there would be countless families in the village who would be vying for her with her pretty appearance.

In contrast, Cheng Tieniu is overbearing and rude. He relies on his father being a hunter with some skills and strength, and his mother being a sharp-tongued woman that no one dares to mess with, and he always bullies the children in the village.

"I was just saying, why would Cheng Shuang, who is so well behaved, hit someone? It turns out that she is the villain who complained after failing to steal someone's things."

"Tie Niu often bullies children in the village. A few days ago, he even stole half a snack from my granddaughter."

"He would just take a bunch of kids with him to act like bullies. He would steal other people's things and get beaten up, and he had the nerve to complain."

"This family is already pitiful enough, do you still have any humanity?"

Some of the villagers' children had been bullied by Cheng Tieniu, and now they all came forward to help.

Cheng Shuang looked at them gratefully, "Thank you uncles and aunts for speaking up for Shuang'er."

Mrs. Li was about to explode with rage. "What do you know? Is what that little bitch said true? My Tieniu is still young, and she was just joking with the children in the village. She is married and an adult now. Even if a child took a few fruits from her, he shouldn't hit him. My son has a hand injury now and needs to see a doctor, and her family must pay for it."

"So, Auntie is here to ask for money?"

Li extended his hand and said, "Yes, give me a hundred coins and we'll let it go."

Cheng Shuang was shocked by her shamelessness and almost couldn't help but spit in her face. "One hundred coins? You are joking, right? Everyone in the village knows that the Cheng family accepted ten taels of betrothal gifts but didn't give me any dowry. Where did I get the money?"

"No money?"

Li glanced at the dilapidated yard and rolled her eyes, then sniffed the air and said, "You have no money and you still want to eat meat. Since you can't pay, use this pot of meat to pay off your debt."

As she was about to go to the kitchen, Cheng Shuang stopped her sideways and said, "Auntie, since the younger one didn't get anything in the mountains, did the older one come directly to the house to get it?"

She wiped away her tears with a sad face and said, "Look, uncles and aunts, is there any justice in this world?"

Some villagers gathered outside the courtyard wall, while others were blocking the door. Seeing how pitiful Cheng Shuang looked, they all started talking in unison for her.

Someone shouted at her, "Where's your husband? Why doesn't he come out when people are bullying him?"

"My man is still in the mountains."

Cheng Shuang continued to play the victim, "The rice jar at home is empty. He worked hard all day in the mountains and only brought back a pheasant, but there are seven or eight mouths waiting to eat at home, and even one is not enough. He is still in the mountains to see if he can bring back some more prey."

"Oh, forget it, Tieniu's mother. If you take the meat away, what will this family eat?"

"That's right, we're all from the same village, so don't be so extreme."

Today, Li saw Cheng Shuang's skill in playing the victim and her eloquence. Seeing that the villagers were helping her, he didn't want to waste time talking to her. In any case, his son couldn't be beaten in vain. Even if he couldn't get the money, he could still take a pot of meat home to eat.

Cheng Shuang stopped her from passing, and she was so anxious that she simply picked up a stick from the ground and was about to hit someone. Several people immediately shouted to remind Cheng Shuang to be careful.

Just when the noise was going on, someone shouted that the head of the village was coming.