You are unlucky and I am tough

Chapter 140 Are You Stupid?

The rain poured down heavily and did not stop until noon the next day. After the dark clouds in the sky dispersed, the whole village became bright.

The sun came out in the afternoon. Wei Qinglang went out to find Cheng Lizheng and told him about going into the mountains, while Cheng Shuang took out the medicinal herbs to dry them in the sun.

In the kitchen, Cheng Guqiu and a few children were making pumpkin pancakes and flatbreads, which were food prepared for the two people going into the mountains.

Although Cheng Shuang said that the county magistrate would solve the problem of dry food, Cheng Guqiu was still worried and insisted on making some food for them, fearing that they would starve after entering the mountains.

Cheng Chen and Cheng Xu were also helping to knead the dough. The kitchen was bustling with joy. Wei Nanxing had been pacing back and forth in the yard for several times, with a confused look on his face.

Cheng Shuang, who was drying the herbs, looked back at him several times. Seeing that he seemed to be hesitant to speak, she couldn't help but call out to him, "Nanxing, do you have anything to say?"

Wei Nanxing saw that he had been discovered, scratched his head and walked over, "Sister-in-law, I want to go into the mountains this time too. Can you talk to my brother and let me come with you?"

Cheng Shuang wiped her hands and turned around. "What are you going there for? We're not going in to hunt or collect herbs this time. The county magistrate has something to attend to, and it's not something fun."

"I know. I want to go along because I know there might be danger." Wei Nanxing said seriously, "I've been learning archery for so long, I won't be a hindrance. I have my aunt at home to help watch over them, so maybe I can help if I go along."

Cheng Shuang was a little confused, "Do you really want to go?"

Wei Nanxing nodded vigorously, "Please, sister-in-law."

The sister-in-law in this family has the most influence. This is what Wei Nanxing discovered after observing for the past few months. So he didn't go to Wei Qinglang for fear of being directly rejected. But if Cheng Shuang agreed, this matter would be easy.

Cheng Shuang pondered for a moment, thinking that this team was composed of officials who knew Kung Fu, and finally nodded, "Okay, you pack your things, and I'll talk to your brother when he comes back."

"Thank you sister-in-law!"

Wei Nanxing was so happy that he immediately ran back to his room to pack his things.

As soon as Wei Qinglang came back, Cheng Shuang told him, "Nanxing said he wanted to go in with us, and I agreed."

"That guy didn't ask me but came to you directly because he thought you were soft-hearted and easy to talk to." Wei Qinglang felt helpless. After thinking for a while, he said, "Forget it, just go. It won't worry him all the time. With so many officials with us, there shouldn't be any danger."

This time, County Magistrate Zheng went into the mountains in person, and he was accompanied by more than thirty or nearly forty officials, all of whom were strong and skilled in martial arts. Even the wolves did not dare to approach them.

In the afternoon, the two younger brothers who had gone out to play with their friends came back and said that many officials were setting up tents in the threshing ground. Only then did Cheng Shuang and Wei Qinglang realize that County Magistrate Zheng's men had entered the village early.

When the two men rushed over to take a look, they saw that there were more than a dozen tents set up on the threshing ground, and six or seven mules next to them.

When Master Lin saw them pulling a mule over, he said, "It would be too late to rush here from the county town tomorrow morning, so the adults decided to come here early and stay in the village for one night."

He patted the mule that was pulled over and said, "This is what the master ordered to prepare for you two. The mule has good endurance and strong hooves. It can walk on the rugged mountain roads. It can be used to carry things and make it easier for people to walk."

Cheng Shuang's eyes lit up immediately. This thing was great. Why hadn't she thought of using a mule to carry things? She immediately took the rope and said, "Your Excellency is very thoughtful. I won't be polite then."

The tents were all very simple marching tents, and County Magistrate Zheng also wanted to stay in a tent at night. Cheng Lizheng suggested staying at his house, but County Magistrate Zheng refused no matter how much he tried to persuade him.

Then Cheng Lizheng pulled Wei Qinglang over and said that he wanted to prepare some good food for the county magistrate in the evening and asked him to come and join them.

Cheng Shuang didn't care how they discussed entertaining the county magistrate, and happily pulled the stupid-looking mule back home. After returning home, she went to the house of Xu Sanpo next door to buy some soybeans to feed the mule full, then climbed directly onto the mule's back and tried to ride it at the doorstep.

In her previous life, Cheng Shuang could ride a horse. She learned it when she traveled to Xinjiang. After she fell in love with the feeling of riding, she went back and got a membership card at a horse farm. However, later on, because the coach at the horse farm often sent her ambiguous messages, he not only failed to flirt with the girl but also got angry and made up dirty rumors about her. She directly reported the man to Uncle Hat and gave him a lecture. She never went there again.

But I still remembered what I learned, and I could easily master it by riding a mule.

"Wow, big sister is so amazing that she can even ride a horse." Cheng Xu ran over after seeing her, raised his head and looked at her with admiration.

Cheng Shuang pulled the rope to make the mule walk slowly and said, "This is not a horse, it's called a mule, a cross between a horse and a donkey."

Cheng Chen also ran over and asked, "What is a string?"

"Well...you will know this when you grow up." Cheng Shuang looked at Cheng Chen's innocent and inquisitive face and refused to answer the question.

This child has an excellent memory, and she dared not explain. If he heard it and told his classmates about it, her image in Master Shen’s mind would be completely destroyed.

After sending the two younger brothers back home, Cheng Shuang continued to ride the mule and stroll around the door. After a while, Wei Qinglang came back in a hurry, with a long trail of people following behind him.

The county magistrate's men entered the village, and the fact that they were going into the mountains could naturally no longer be concealed. After the villagers learned the news, they chased Wei Qinglang with things, wanting him to bring his sons or men into the mountains with him.

After all, those who followed us into the mountains last time all got dozens of taels of silver when they came out.

Wei Qinglang didn't want to bring this man into the yard, but he had nowhere to run, so he was finally blocked at the door of his house.

More than twenty people, all elderly women, surrounded him with all sorts of things in their hands and forced him to accept them.

Wei Qinglang was pulled here and there by several hands. No matter how he told the women that there were enough people and they didn't need anyone anymore, it seemed as if he couldn't hear him. He was almost going crazy. A goose was pushed in front of him and almost pecked his head.

Cheng Shuang sat on the mule and watched, laughing in a very unkind way.

After watching for a while, and noticing that Wei Qinglang looked like he was getting really angry, she called out, "The county magistrate is here."

The women suddenly became quiet and let go in fear. They looked back but couldn't find the county magistrate. Then they saw that Wei Qinglang had squeezed out of the encirclement and ran to Cheng Shuang.

"Where is the county magistrate? Cheng Shuang, how could you lie to me?"

"Yeah, it scared us."

Cheng Shuang sat on the mule's back, looking down at the women. "Ladies and aunties, we're going into the mountains to do something for the county magistrate. We're not looking for medicine or hunting. We don't know what we're doing specifically, and we don't dare ask. Everyone in the team was personally selected by the county magistrate, so if you want to ask for anything, you should go to him. We don't dare lead anyone on our own. If he gets angry, we'll be punished."

The women looked at each other in bewilderment. They didn't dare to go find the county magistrate.

Although the county magistrate looked quite kind, they had witnessed him sentencing Zhao Daya to exile, and they were very afraid of this official.

Cheng Shuang smiled harmlessly, "The county magistrate is at the village head's house right now. Why don't we take these chickens, ducks, and geese to the county magistrate and ask him to see if he's willing to take your family with him? Anyway, we don't dare to make decisions for him."

Aunt Xinghua, holding an old hen, smiled bitterly, "Forget it, the county magistrate wouldn't care about our things. I'm going back first."

The others also didn't have the courage to go find the county magistrate, and left one after another with regrets on their faces.

Wei Qinglang finally breathed a sigh of relief, looked up and smiled at Cheng Shuang.

Cheng Shuang raised her chin with a bit of pride, "Luckily I saved you, are you stupid? You don't know how to use the County Magistrate as a shield."

Wei Qinglang straightened his messed-up clothes and said, "They were so scary, I didn't remember them right away."

Cheng Shuang easily helped him brush off a chicken feather from his shoulder, and then wanted to get off the mule. However, just as he turned sideways and held the mule's back to move his legs, his waist felt tight, and in the blink of an eye, his feet were on the ground.

She turned back in surprise, but Wei Qinglang pulled the rope as if nothing had happened and said, "This mule is good. It can carry things. It can even carry you when you can't walk anymore in the mountains."

As he said this, he pulled the mule towards the shed where the donkey was tied.

Cheng Shuang looked at his back thoughtfully, shook her head for a while, and ran home as if nothing had happened.