“Chengcai, a lot of people have come to the village, and there isn’t enough space. So Wu Zhen and the others wanted to ask if they could stay at your house temporarily.”
“Uncle, I understand what you mean, but we are not your biological sons, so we really can’t let them stay in this house temporarily.”
"What if they come and don't want to leave? My brother and I are all grown up, and we'll have to go back eventually."
"Chengcai, don't worry, we'll let them stay here through this fall and winter. After the autumn harvest, the team will build houses for them."
"Uncle, I need to ask my Uncle Jianjun and Aunt Tingting. After all, I've been causing them trouble all along, so I can't make this decision myself."
"Okay, go ask. If it's okay, let them stay for the winter. They won't stay for free. We'll pay you later."
Cheng Cai nodded, deciding to ask his aunt and the others for their advice first.
"Auntie, the newcomers Wu Zhen and her family want to rent my house, saying that there isn't enough space right now."
"And then, Cheng Cai, would you like to rent it?"
“I didn’t really want to rent it, but the team leader came to me today and said that I could just stay there for the winter and he would pay me then.”
"That's fine. You'll be studying here this fall and winter too. Have your uncle bring all the things from the room back tonight."
"But why would they suddenly want to rent your house? Who said that?"
“Auntie, I heard it was someone named Wu Zhen, but I think she just arrived, so it must have been someone from before who told her.”
"That's really infuriating," Cheng Cai said, speechless.
"Jianjun, go and bring back everything you gave Chengcai tonight. Chengcai, go with your uncle and bring back all the firewood," Tingting instructed the two of them.
"Okay, Auntie, I understand."
Tingting's point is that she's fine with renting the house to you, but you have to bring back the firewood and other supplies. She doesn't want them to use the house for free, and she doesn't expect you to appreciate it or think it's your duty.
The villagers saw Cheng Cai and Jian Jun, followed by Zhu Zi, carrying things towards Ting Ting's house.
"What are they doing? They've taken all the firewood!"
"You don't know? They said they'd let the newcomers, Wu Zhen and the others, stay here first, so these things naturally have to be moved out."
"How did she, being new here, know that Cheng Cai and You Cai weren't here in the autumn and winter?"
“I ran into Wu Zhen that day. She said Lin Yuting told her, and then she went to find the captain.”
"Goodness, she's really asking for trouble today. Every time she opens her mouth, if she doesn't want it to be crowded together, she asks someone else to move it away."
"That's right, this girl is quite cunning."
"You have no idea, if you went directly to Cheng Cai, he definitely wouldn't agree."
"But Wu Zhen led the rest of the people to find the captain. Cheng Cai must give the captain face, so let them stay in the house for a while."
"There's more to this story than meets the eye?"
"Yes, that's what I heard from them."
Alright, the whole village knows about this from beginning to end. Lin Yuting only found out about it because Shumei told her.
"Yuting, I heard that the house you told them about Cheng Cai's is empty."
"Shumei, Wu Zhen asked me about it, so I told her about it. What's wrong?"
"The whole village knows about it. Everyone says it was you who gave Wu Zhen the idea, and that you're very cunning."
"This Wu Zhen, her mouth is so loose. I was trying to help her, but her mouth is so big."
Shumei didn't say anything, but she still decided to stay away from Yuting and Wuzhen.
After all, one person gives advice regardless of others' opinions, and the other is too cunning; it's best to be cautious.
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