You are unlucky and I am tough

Chapter 127 Gu Qiu

After more than an hour, all three carts of watermelons were sold out, but there were still many people gathered in front of the stall.

Cheng Shuang could only say sorry and said that they would plant a lot of watermelons next year so that ordinary people could afford them. Only then did the crowd who failed to buy watermelons disperse one after another.

It was almost noon, and the sun was blazing brightly, making everyone sweat profusely. Everyone worked together to quickly pack up the stalls. After selling more than 3,000 kilograms of watermelons, the copper coins alone filled two boxes, and only a small amount was small change.

Just as the Wei Qinglang brothers moved the two boxes of copper coins onto the donkey cart, the waiters from Taibai Tower arrived at the agreed time and drove the carriages back.

After Cheng Shuang finished her work and wiped her sweat, she turned around to look at the people sitting in the tea stall and asked Wei Nanxing in a low voice, "Nanxing, what's going on? You delivered the melons, so why did you bring Yinyin here?"

In fact, she had already noticed Lu Yinyin as soon as Wei Nanxing came back, but she didn't ask because she was too busy.

When Wei Qinglang heard this, he looked at him in confusion. Facing his brother and sister-in-law's inquiring gaze, Wei Nanxing recounted what had happened in detail.

Over there, Lu Yinyin had already started chatting with Cheng Pan and Wei Xinyi who had discovered her, asking them where they were going and whether they wanted to go to the Lantern Street to guess lantern riddles.

Cheng Shuang walked over and said, "Yinyin, we have to take the copper coins to the bank to exchange first, then go to eat. After dinner, we have to go to Mingde Academy to visit our two brothers. As for the Lantern Street, we can decide whether to go after we finish our business and see what time it is."

Lu Yinyin nodded repeatedly, "Okay, then I'll go with you to exchange the money first, and then go to eat."

She didn't have to go to the Lantern Street, as she went there every year anyway. She just liked being with Cheng Shuang's family, liked her two younger sisters, and liked the atmosphere of this family.

After packing up her things, Cheng Shuang paid the tea stall owner for the stall rental and wages, a total of 700 coins, and then the family said goodbye and left.

There was a money shop not far ahead. Wei Qinglang and Wei Nanxing went there to exchange money, while Cheng Shuang took her two sisters and Lu Yinyin to stroll along the street.

After strolling around for about half an hour and visiting almost all the shops on the street, Wei Qinglang and his friends finally came out of the money house.

Cheng Shuang and the others were so hungry that they bought some snacks on the roadside to fill their stomachs. They also bought a lantern each to carry.

They all forgot one thing, that money needs to be counted when exchanging it, and they should go eat first.

There were two large boxes full of copper coins. Wei Qinglang said they were in a hurry, so the bank called seven or eight people and barely counted them within half an hour. In the end, they exchanged for sixty-seven taels.

As soon as she saw someone coming out, Wei Xinyi ran over with a lotus lantern in her hand and pulled Wei Qinglang, saying that she was very hungry and wanted to go eat.

They originally wanted to go to Taibai Tower, but it was getting late, so they discussed and decided to find a restaurant up ahead for dinner.

There were so many people on the street. You could hear hawking sounds everywhere, and playful children running around with lanterns. It was not until we reached the next street that there were fewer people on the street.

Cheng Shuang really didn't want to leave, so she pointed to a restaurant in front and said, "Let's go eat there."

Then, before they reached the door of the restaurant, they were attracted by a burst of crying in the street. It was a woman crying, and she was crying very miserably.

Out of curiosity, several people looked in the direction of the sound, and only saw a group of people surrounding a man not far away.

The man was quite tall, and his head appeared in the crowd with a beard.

He is not ugly, but he has a fierce look on his face and deep wrinkles between his eyebrows. You can tell at a glance that he rarely lives a happy life and has a bad temper.

At this moment, the man was shouting in a hoarse voice, "I am your husband and the head of the family. I raised these two money-losing girls so young. If I can sell them for some money, it will be considered as their filial piety."

Wei Qinglang took a look and then looked away. He probably knew what was going on. He was not the kind of person who liked to meddle in other people's affairs. There were so many injustices in this world. It would be better to just ignore them if you have no relatives or friends.

After walking a few steps forward, he suddenly realized that Cheng Shuang had not followed him. Wei Qinglang turned back in confusion and asked, "What's wrong? Do you know him?"

After coming here, both of them have a common ability, that is, as long as they see someone the original owner has memories of, the relevant memories in their minds will instantly emerge. Otherwise, if the person does not appear, they will not be able to remember it at all.

The expression on Cheng Shuang's face at this moment clearly showed that she knew the man.

Cheng Shuang nodded and whispered, "It's the original owner's uncle."

Wei Qinglang was surprised and looked over there. "Who is that crying woman?"

Who else could it be? The original owner’s aunt, Cheng Guqiu who married into Baijia Village.

The few memories the original owner had of this uncle were all bad. Cheng Shuang pursed her lips, was silent for a few seconds, and said to Wei Qinglang, "Take them in to eat first, I'll go and take a look."

After saying that, he turned around and ran towards the crowd.

Wei Qinglang naturally wouldn't let her go alone. He turned around and shouted to Cheng Pan and the others, "You go into the restaurant first." Then he followed them.

Cheng Pan frowned and looked at the crowd in confusion. Soon she saw the man and called out "Uncle-in-law" in surprise. Lu Yinyin was right next to her. After hearing her words, she immediately pulled her over and ran over.

Wei Xinyi also wanted to go when she saw it, but Wei Nanxing grabbed her and dragged her back to the donkey cart, warning her not to run around.

Cheng Shuang was the first to squeeze in, and saw Bai Jinhu raise his hand in the crowd and slap Cheng Guqiu in the face as he was holding his legs.

A bright red palm print suddenly appeared on Cheng Guqiu's face, and blood was flowing from the corner of his mouth, but he still held Shi Jinhu's legs tightly.

She begged with tears in her eyes, "I beg you, I will never see my two children again after they are sold. It's not like our family has to worry about food. How can you be so cruel?"

Beside her, there were two little girls kneeling. They were wearing patched coarse clothes, their faces were thin and tear-stained, and they were shouting to their father to stop beating them.

Bai Jinhu pointed at Cheng Guqiu fiercely, "You bitch, are you going to let go? These two money-losing girls will end up in someone else's family if they're married off. What's the difference between them and being sold? If they marry you off, you'll only get one or two taels of silver as a betrothal gift. If you sell them to a pawnbroker, they can fetch ten taels. Then Hongye can get a wife."

"I don't care." Cheng Guqiu's eyes were determined. "If you want to sell my daughter today, just kill me first."

The moment Cheng Shuang saw Cheng Guqiu's face, all kinds of related memories flooded into her mind.

Cheng Guqiu is the fifth child in the family. She is the younger sister that the original owner's father Cheng Pingen has loved very much since childhood. At the age of sixteen, she married Bai Jinhu from Baijia Village. Bai Jinhu knows some fighting skills and used to be a runner in the yamen.

But a few years after Cheng Guqiu got married, Bai Jinhu lost his job because he got drunk and caused trouble in the government office. Since then, he has been farming at home. His temper has become worse and worse, and he even beats his wife from time to time.

When the original owner's father was still alive, he stood up for his sister because of this matter. He was worried that his sister would have a hard time, so he often gave her money. The relationship between the brother and sister has always been very good.

Later, the original owner's father passed away. In the first few months, Cheng Guqiu ran back every few days to take care of her sister-in-law who was about to give birth. However, when Bai Jinhu saw that she could not get any money from her parents' home, he would not let her go back. He would beat her every time she went. Later, she went less often after being beaten severely.

After that, the original owner's mother fell ill after giving birth to a child. Hu Chunhua and Cao were unwilling to take care of her and her newborn child. It was Cheng Guqiu who came and carefully taught the original owner how to take care of the child, and only then was she able to raise her infant brother.

Cheng Guqiu also secretly brought money back to the original owner, asking her to go to the city to hire a doctor. Unexpectedly, she was followed by Bai Jinhu one day. When he saw her giving money to other families, he beat her up in front of the Cheng family.

He was beaten so badly that his face was bruised and bleeding. If Cheng Lizheng hadn't brought the villagers to the scene, someone would have almost died.

The original owner was frightened and cried and asked her aunt not to come again. Later, the original owner's mother passed away. Cheng Guqiu also came a few times. Seeing that the original owner's siblings were not living well, he went to quarrel with Cheng Lao Da and Hu Chunhua. After quarreling several times, they fell out and Cheng Lao Da would not let her come back.

Cheng Guqiu's own life was not easy either. Every time he brought back something with great difficulty, it never reached the hands of Cheng Shuang and her siblings. Later, he gradually gave up.

Perhaps sensing the original owner's emotions, Cheng Shuang's heart sank when she saw Cheng Guqiu's miserable condition. Seeing Bai Jinhu raising his hand to slap her, he pushed aside the people in front and was about to rush forward, but his arm was suddenly grabbed by someone and pulled back.

Cheng Shuang turned around and saw that it was Wei Qinglang. She asked in confusion, "Why are you pulling me? Let me go up and kick him."

"Don't be impulsive yet."

Wei Qinglang pulled her out of the crowd, and after they got outside, he whispered, "You're rushing forward like this now, are you hoping to have another weird relative in the future?"

"Then don't you care?"

The woman's crying was still ringing in her ears, and Cheng Shuang felt uncomfortable listening to it. She said seriously, "I can't ignore this matter. In the original owner's memory, her aunt was a very kind person, unlike the other people in the Cheng family."

"Don't worry, listen to me." Wei Qinglang comforted her and analyzed, "Think about it, this man was so poor that he had to sell his daughter to marry his son, but he didn't come to you. This means he doesn't know that you are doing well now, otherwise he would have come to you to ask for money.

So if you rush out now, you won’t be able to get rid of that man later.”

"What should I do then?" Cheng Shuang was a little confused due to worry and had no idea what to do.

But Wei Qinglang was right, she didn't want to have another weird relative.

"I have an idea." Wei Qinglang leaned close to her ear and whispered his idea.

After hearing this, Cheng Shuang gave him a thumbs up and said, "Good idea, I'll do as you say!"