This was the first time Uncle Li felt so angry, being accused by someone of favoritism and covering up for others.
This was an insult to his character, unbearable!
Uncle Li stood up and walked out, "Let's go, I'll take you there to ask!"
Cheng Tianhua naturally tried to stop him, but he couldn't.
Uncle Li was even more furious than Cheng Xianjing, determined to go out and find witnesses.
Despite his age, his memory was truly excellent.
He could talk about which family's member had what illness.
And it was confirmed that Cheng You was genuinely helping Uncle Li, not just working for labor points.
"Cheng You even bandaged my hand, she was so quick! The captain's daughter is indeed different!"
"I got better after taking two doses of medicine, it was the medicine Cheng You sister prescribed for me, she was so gentle!"
"There were many people suffering from heatstroke that day, and Cheng You was busy. I felt so embarrassed seeing her, I gave her two candies to sweeten her mouth."
"..."
With such a person present at Uncle Li's house, people could see whether she was working or not.
At first, everyone thought Uncle Li had taken a disciple, but later they found out she was just helping out.
However, everyone found it quite fitting, the girl looked very sharp.
Seeing Cheng Tianhua now, they praised him incessantly.
The more they praised, the more uncomfortable Cheng Tianhua felt.
After all, in his heart, Cheng You did not deserve the word "excellent."
Uncle Li squinted at him, "How is it? Do you all believe it now?"
These words were directed at Cheng Tao.
Cheng Tao couldn't even lift her head, wishing she could bury herself in the ground.
She was unwilling to believe that Cheng You could have such abilities!
In her mind, Cheng You should remain as she was, her reputation as low as dust.
Once she married Zhao Yunlin, she would find Cheng You a husband, marrying her far away so she could never return.
A forced smile appeared on Cheng Tianhua's face, "I believed it from the start. Cheng You is so excellent, I am very comforted. She has finally become sensible."
Uncle Li scoffed, "The one who was never sensible was never Cheng You."
His eyes swept over Cheng Tao, her mind twisted, it would be difficult to straighten it out.
"Yes, yes. When we get back, I will definitely reward this girl handsomely."
With that, Cheng Tianhua eagerly pulled Cheng Tao home.
If they didn't go home now, were they going to stay here and be embarrassed?
Song Yulian still didn't know what had happened, but seeing that their expressions were not good, she became suspicious.
"Tianhua, what's wrong?"
Didn't they go out to check labor points? They should be happy.
Cheng Tianhua yelled, "Ask your daughter yourself! You've raised a good daughter, she's learned to fool me!"
Song Yulian instinctively looked at Cheng Tao and asked urgently, "What did you do?"
Cheng Tao bit her lip and didn't speak, tears streaming down her face.
Song Yulian became anxious.
"Speak up, what did you do?"
Just as Cheng Tao was about to speak, Zhang Yunmei's voice came from outside, "Song Yulian, you've truly given birth to a shameless daughter! She's clinging to Zhao Yunlin on one hand, and seducing my son on the other, wanting my son to be a fool and earn labor points for Cheng Tao! How dare she let my son earn labor points for her!"
Cheng Tao's face turned ashen, and she tugged at Song Yulian's hand, begging, "Mom! Hurry and make her leave, hurry and make her leave!"
If Zhao Yunlin heard these words, it would be disastrous!
Song Yulian wished she could slap her twice, this useless thing!
She told her to earn labor points, but instead, she had someone else do it for her.
She couldn't even endure a few days of hardship, what could she expect from her?
However, the matter had priorities, and dealing with Zhang Yunmei was more important now.
Thus, Song Yulian and Zhang Yunmei began the second battle of Wujing Village.
Cheng Tianhua felt too embarrassed and hid in the house.
Cheng You, resting in the house, found it even more amusing. It was truly a good show.
After Song Yulian dealt with Zhang Yunmei, she angrily confronted Cheng Tao to settle accounts.
"You said you were going to earn labor points to share the burden with your father, but you let Ye Jiansheng help instead. Is this how you share the burden? You are an unmarried girl, do you know that people will gossip? I'll beat you to death, you useless thing!"
Song Yulian slapped her several times, mostly on the fleshier parts of her buttocks.
Although it looked like she was being hit solidly, it didn't actually hurt much.
Cheng Tao bit her lip tightly, sobbing uncontrollably, and opened her palms to her.
"I'm just afraid of hardship. It's not that I'm afraid of being tired, I'm afraid of pain. I only went for one day, and my hands became like this."
These palms were deliberately pricked by her just now.
If Cheng Tianhua didn't soften his heart, this matter wouldn't pass.
Song Yulian looked at her with heartache, hugged her, and cried heartily.
"Tianhua, it's my fault. I raised our child to be afraid of hardship. But she's my only daughter, she's my entire hope in life. No matter how hard it is for me, I can't bear for her to suffer!"
A trace of guilt welled up in Cheng Tianhua's heart. To be honest, he had been absent from Cheng Tao's role as a "father" for so many years, what right did he have to criticize her?
"I'm not blaming you. If you had told me about these things in advance, I could have arranged things better for her, and we wouldn't have had such a shameful incident today!"
Cheng Tao lowered her head, grievance in her voice, "It's my fault. I didn't know Cheng You was so capable, that she could even assist Uncle Li. If Cheng You hadn't been so secretive and told me these things, I wouldn't always worry about her going down the wrong path and overcorrecting. Ultimately, I, as her elder sister, haven't done well enough, even guarding against my own sister."
Cheng Tao was speaking indirectly.
Let alone the fact that she was only a stepsister in name, even Cheng Tianhua, her own father, didn't know that Cheng You could recite the Hundred Herbs Collection.
Then who was Cheng You guarding against? It wasn't Cheng Tao, but clearly him, her own father!
Cheng Tianhua naturally shifted the blame for this matter to Cheng You.
If she had explained things clearly from the beginning, they wouldn't have misunderstood.
"Where is Cheng You?" he asked with a dark expression.
Song Yulian pointed to the closed door, "After breakfast, she's been resting inside."
With a few bangs, Cheng Tianhua pounded on the door.
"Cheng You, open the door for me!"
Cheng You hid her little treasury, got up, and opened the door.
"What is it?"
Cheng Tianhua saw her lazy demeanor and was filled with anger, raising his hand.
As Song Yulian and Cheng Tao watched with anticipation, he hesitated and did not strike.
In the eyes of Cheng Xianjing and Uncle Li, Cheng You had been wronged today.
If he were to hit her now, what kind of person would he be?
"I ask you, since you were clearly helping Uncle Li, why did you keep it from everyone? I see you've gotten too big for your britches and don't respect me as your father!"
Cheng You looked innocent, "Dad, when you came to Uncle Li's house last time, didn't Uncle Li tell you I was helping? You didn't believe him yourself, so why blame me? It's really strange. You're not scolding Cheng Tao for being lazy, but you're scolding me instead."