You are unlucky and I am tough

Cheng Shuang acted pitifully, and after the dispersed villagers returned, many of them sent their families to deliver food. The food that was delivered one after another filled the table in the main hall.

There were twenty pounds of brown rice, more than ten pounds of corn, and three or four pounds of coarse flour. Someone also sent some vegetables from the fields, and even two eggs.

The country of Daliang was peaceful and the people were prosperous, and the price of grain was stable. The price of new rice was ten cents per catty, corn was five cents, brown rice was four cents, and coarse flour was three cents per catty. Each family gave not much, but it was a gesture of goodwill.

Cheng Shuang looked at the things on the table and felt a little moved. No matter what era it is, the majority of working people are very simple and honest.

When Li came to make trouble, the children had been watching the situation outside from inside the house. They all knew that Cheng Shuang was being bullied and crying, so now they were all quiet and didn't say a word.

Cheng Xu rushed over, hugged Cheng Shuang's legs, looked up at her, and said carefully, "Don't cry, big sister, Xiao Si will protect you when he grows up."

Cheng Shuang touched his head and said, "Sister, don't cry."

Wei Nanxing was standing by, feeling a little at a loss. He wondered if he should have walked away to call the head of the village. If he had been there, he would at least be a man who could have blocked the situation, and his sister-in-law would not have been bullied and cried.

He scratched his head and said, "Sister-in-law, when my brother comes back I will discuss with him about hunting and making money as soon as possible. Although spring planting has passed, we can plant some other crops after buying the land. I am very good at farming."

"Third sister-in-law." Wei Xinyi also looked at her pitifully. "Look, there's so much food now. Let's save some and eat it later. I can go to the creek behind to catch some fish and shrimp."

Cheng Shuang: “….”

She seemed to have overacted, and the children all thought that she was worried that they would starve to death in the future, so they all came to comfort her.

Too lazy to explain, it was pointless to explain, so she just left it as it was. She went to the kitchen, got a large bowl, scooped out a bowl of brown rice, about two pounds, and handed it to Cheng Pan, saying, "There's a small pot with a chip in the kitchen. Find some stones and pile them up in the yard to make a temporary stove for cooking.

Cheng Pan held a bowl of brown rice and asked in surprise, "Sister, do you want to eat rice tonight?"

They haven't eaten rice for a long time. Although the Cheng family has a lot of land, the harvested grain will be exchanged for money to support their third cousin's studies. The grain left at home is barely enough for the family. Their uncle and others only eat rice once every few days, and they can forget about it. They only have two bowls of porridge every day, and sometimes a lot of wild vegetables are put in the porridge to make up the number.

Cheng Shuang had the memories of her original body and knew that her brothers and sisters had not had enough to eat all year round. Her gentle eyes were filled with heartache. "Yes, we'll have rice today, with pheasant meat."

The three little ones immediately started to swallow their saliva with their eyes shining. Wei Nanxing didn't say anything. After the third brother got married, his brother and sister-in-law would be the ones in charge of the family. He only had to help with the housework.

Cheng Pan felt a little sad to eat so much food at once, but she hadn't eaten rice for a long time, not to mention pheasant. Finally, she gritted her teeth and held the bowl to cook. A few children happily followed her and said they wanted to help find stones.

The sun was setting, and the orange sunset was cast on the rice seedlings on both sides of the road in Chengjia Village. The water in the fields reflected the shimmering sunset. Many villagers were busy in the rice fields while it was still dark, pulling out any grass they saw growing.

A tall figure came down from the mountain in the sunset, carrying a wild boar on his back, attracting many villagers to stretch their necks to watch.

After recognizing Wei Qinglang, some of the ladies immediately stopped what they were doing and ran over. What happened in his family today was enough to be talked about in the village for several days.

Wei Qinglang had a good harvest today. He killed a wild boar that weighed more than 120 pounds and carried it directly on his shoulders. He was tall and strong, and he did not look embarrassed at all while carrying a wild boar weighing more than 100 pounds. He was thinking about dragging the whole wild boar to the county town to sell it when he was suddenly surrounded by people.

"Qing Lang just came back from hunting. He got quite a catch today."

"Oh, this wild boar is good. It's still alive. We can sell it for a lot of money in town."

"That's right, can't we save the money from selling it to buy land? We shouldn't let such a beautiful wife go hungry after marrying her. We should buy land quickly."

Wei Qinglang was inexplicably surrounded by a group of aunties and grandmas who kept chattering. He felt a little embarrassed and stopped to ask, "Why are you so enthusiastic today?"

The woman at the front of the group spoke first, "You'll know when you go home. Someone went to your house and made trouble today, and scared your wife to tears."

Wei Qinglang was startled. "Ah? What's going on?"

"That's right, it was Tie Niu from Cheng Jinshan's family who bullied your Cheng Pan first..."

Several old ladies talked at once and recounted the entire incident with exaggerated details, causing Wei Qinglang to frown.

The woman in front gestured, "That Li family member kicked down your door and broke it. She even took a huge stick and tried to beat your wife and steal all your food. Luckily, the village head arrived in time. Your wife was frightened and started crying."

Wei Qinglang didn't expect that something like this would happen just when he went up the mountain. Thinking of the weak and vulnerable children at home, he quickly said, "Thank you all for telling me. Now, I'll go home and take a look."

After saying that, he turned around and quickened his pace to go home.

Several village women gathered together and chatted for a while before dispersing to continue their work. Two girls, about fourteen or fifteen years old, were sitting under the big locust tree. One was Cheng Jinxiu, the granddaughter of Cheng Xiucai, the only wealthy man in the village who lived in a blue brick and tile house. The other was Qian Xifeng, the daughter of Qian Dayong, a family of outsiders who had fled famine and came to the village decades ago.

Cheng Jinxiu looked at the tall figure walking away and pouted angrily. She had just stayed at her uncle's house in town for a few days and came back to hear that Wei Qinglang was married. Although Wei Qinglang was a taciturn person and the only young man in the village who did not fawn on her, he had given her wild fruits when she asked him for them before, so he must like her.

Although the Wei family was poor and he was a boring and taciturn man, she didn't want to marry him, but Wei Qinglang was handsome, the most handsome man she had ever seen in the surrounding area. Even if Cheng Jinxiu didn't like such a man, she should continue to pursue her. But he started ignoring her just a few days after they got married.

Qian Xifeng was used to flattering her and immediately said, "Xiu Xiu, don't be angry. Wei Qinglang is blind. What's so good about Cheng Shuang? He even offered ten taels of silver to marry her. And today she even cried poor in front of the whole village, saying that the family couldn't afford food and lost such a big person. Wei Qinglang must be so angry that he must die."

Cheng Jinxiu became even more angry when Cheng Shuang was mentioned. She was obviously the most beautiful girl in the area, but the people in the village complimented her on the surface, but said behind her back that Cheng Shuang was prettier than her. Even her eldest brother said that Cheng Shuang was pretty and charming.

What's so good about her? She's so thin that a gust of wind can blow her away. Even if she was born with fair skin, she has a different skin color from the villagers since she was a child. But since her parents died, she has been working every day and exposed to the sun, and her skin has become darker and rougher. She is a little better than the villagers, but far worse than her. No matter how pretty her face is, she is still a village girl who can only dig for food in the fields all her life.

Thinking of this, she felt a little better. She stood up and said to Qian Xifeng, "Let's go to my house. I brought back some new handkerchiefs from town. We don't want the old ones anymore. If you like, pick one and take it home."

Qian Xifeng was happy and followed him happily.