You are unlucky and I am tough

Chapter 133 It’s not my sister’s luck

The festival in the village continued until very late, but Cheng Shuang and Wei Qinglang went to bed early. Of course, in the eyes of others, the two of them went back to their room, turned off the lights, and entered the space, staying there for almost two hours before coming out to rest.

The next day, Cheng Guqiu woke up at dawn and called his two daughters.

Dongyun got out of bed yawning. She saw a bronze mirror on the table and went over to comb her hair. Looking at her pink clothes, she still felt it was unreal. This was the first time she had worn such beautiful clothes since she was a child.

When she found out yesterday that she was going to be sold, she felt like the sky was falling and that her life was over. Unexpectedly, she met her cousin who saved them, and she will never have to go back to that home again. It was like a dream.

Qiuyan stretched and said, "I slept very comfortably last night. My cousin's bamboo house feels cooler than the adobe house, and there are no mosquitoes."

"That's because your cousin's house is clean and the rooms smell good." Cheng Guqiu said as he put on his clothes and patted Dongyun.

"Don't be so conceited. I'm going to make breakfast and feed the chickens and ducks. You two should take your clothes to the river to wash. Your cousin and her husband are so kind to you. So work harder at home in the future."

Cheng Pan got up at about the same time every day. He had just finished washing up when he saw Cheng Guqiu and the other two coming out of the room. He immediately called them out.

Cheng Guqiu glanced at the sky and said, "Why are you up so early? I'll just let my aunt make breakfast from now on. You can go back to sleep for a while."

Cheng Pan shook his head. "It's okay. I'm used to getting up early."

Cheng Guqiu said, "Then I'll go make breakfast. What would you like to eat in the morning?"

"Just cook some porridge. Yesterday we had two meals full of meat. According to my eldest sister's habit, she will definitely want to eat something light the next day. Besides, my eldest sister and brother-in-law don't get up so soon. It takes time to cook the porridge. It will be just right when they wake up."

Cheng Guqiu nodded and went into the kitchen to cook porridge.

Cheng Pan wanted to do the laundry, but failed to grab the help from Qiuyan and Dongyun. When she saw them running away with the laundry, she went to feed the chickens and ducks and clean the shed.

After a while, Cheng Guqiu, who had put the rice into the pot, also came. Together they cleaned out the chicken and duck manure and dug a pit to make compost.

The sky gradually brightened, and the crowing of roosters could be heard from next door. Wei Xinyi and Wei Nanxing also got up one after another. The brother and sister brushed their teeth in unison outside the bathroom.

After washing up, Wei Nanxing carried a bucket of water to La Jiao's side and went out to fetch water.

Wei Xinyi took a small ladle to water the peppers. Cheng Guqiu came back after cleaning the chicken and duck sheds, glanced at the fire on the stove, and came out to take the ladle from her.

Looking at the things growing in a circle along the corner of the wall, some green and some red, Cheng Guqiu curiously asked what they were. Wei Xinyi introduced them to her as chili peppers, which were delicious when cooked. She also kept talking about how her brother and sister-in-law had bought many rare seeds in the provincial capital.

Wei Nanxing went out to fetch water. He went back and forth five or six times until the water tank was full, and it was already dawn.

Seeing that he was sweating from exhaustion, Cheng Guqiu suggested that he could ask Yanqiu and Dongyun to help carry water in the future. Qiuyan, who was hanging clothes to dry, immediately nodded and said, "I'm strong enough to carry two full buckets of water."

"No need." Wei Nanxing put down the shoulder pole and came out, "My brother said that hard work should be done by men."

Cheng Pan also said, "Brother-in-law treats us very well. He doesn't let us do any hard work like fetching water or chopping wood."

Cheng Guqiu smiled with relief, "He's a good boy. Your sister is lucky to have married a good man."

Cheng Pan shook his head in disagreement, "It's not that my eldest sister is lucky, it's because she is also very good and deserves her brother-in-law to treat her well."

Cheng Guqiu was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly realized that not only Cheng Shuang was completely different from before, but the child had also changed a lot.

"Dong dong dong..."

At this time, someone knocked on the courtyard door, and someone poked his head in from outside the opened courtyard door. It was Chen, holding a bucket in her hand.

"Auntie, why are you here?" Cheng Pan walked over and asked.

Cheng Guqiu found the person familiar and followed him, "Are you Daming's wife?"

"It's Cheng Shuang's aunt." Chen nodded, and at the same time recognized Cheng Guqiu, and said with a smile, "I heard the villagers say you were back yesterday, and I thought you had already gone back."

Cheng Guqiu smiled and didn't explain much. She couldn't tell the reason why she stayed in the Wei family.

Chen was not one to ask questions, so she stuffed the small bucket she was carrying into Cheng Pan's hands and said, "Yesterday afternoon, Zhaodi and the others went to the river and caught fish all afternoon. I'm bringing half of it to you."

"No, auntie, you don't have to always send things to our house."

Cheng Pan wanted to return it, but Chen turned around and left, saying, "We still have some at home, so you can keep it. I'll come back to get the bucket another day."

By the way, the pomegranates on the mountain are ripe, and many people in the village went to pick them early this morning. You'd better go early too, because if you're late, all the good ones will be picked."

"Okay, thank you, auntie. I'll talk to my sister later." Cheng Pan nodded in response.

What Chen sent was wheatear fish, which can only grow to the length of a palm at most. The fish in the bucket were about the size of a finger and weighed more than two kilograms.

The villagers eat wheat fish by boiling or frying it directly. Cheng Guqiu took the bucket and said, "Fry it in oil and eat it with porridge." Then the two of them went to the kitchen to get busy.

Cheng Shuang was awakened by the aroma of fried fish. When she sat up, she felt very hungry.

Looking at the light coming through the window, she knew that it was already dawn. She pulled open the curtain and looked across. Wei Qinglang was still sleeping soundly, lying on his side with a pillow between his legs.

Cheng Shuang put on her clothes, stood up and went over to wake him up, "Wake up, breakfast is ready."

Without even opening his eyes, Wei Qinglang sniffed the scent and said, "What a nice smell! It's the scent of fish."

"Hurry up, my aunt must have woken up a long time ago." Cheng Shuang hit him twice with a pillow to urge him.

She didn't want to urge them. Normally, she didn't care if Wei Qinglang occasionally slept in. But since their elders were coming to the house, the two of them stayed up so late. She was afraid that Cheng Guqiu, who had experienced this, would think too much and wonder what they had done last night.

As soon as she opened the door and went out, Wei Xinyi and her two cousins ​​in the yard called for help. Cheng Shuang nodded and hurried to wash up.

After a while, Wei Qinglang also came out. By the time they finished washing up, the fish in the kitchen had already been fried.

Cheng Shuang followed the aroma to the kitchen, "Where did all these little fish come from?"

"Aunt Chen sent it." Cheng Pan replied.

Cheng Shuang understood. Chen had been sending all the good things to their house recently, and there was really nothing they could do about her.

After the porridge was served out of the pot, the family had breakfast in the yard.

Cheng Shuang drank white porridge and ate crispy and tasty fish, and once again sighed that Cheng Guqiu's cooking skills were really good.

Cheng Pan mentioned the idea of ​​picking pomegranates, and Cheng Shuang immediately made the decision, "Let's go up the mountain to pick pomegranates after breakfast. Anyone who wants to go can go."

Chengjia Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides. There are thirty or forty pomegranate trees planted on one hill. They are shared by all the villagers. Every year when the pomegranates are ripe, every family can pick them at any time.

According to the output, each family would get about 20 to 30 kilograms, and according to the weight of the pomegranates, there would be about 20 of them.

Cheng Shuang really likes eating pomegranates and thought she could pick some to make pomegranate juice.

After breakfast, everyone went up the mountain except Cheng Guqiu who wanted to stay at home to mend his old clothes.