So, if he really gave them a house, that house should belong to the two of them.
The two brothers started arguing again. Li Shan claimed that he had been the one to carry the man out of the mud pit, scratching his own leg on a frozen rock in the process. He also insisted he had paid more for the gentleman's medical treatment and had personally handled washing him. Therefore, if it was just the two of them splitting the reward, the house should be his.
Li Shi retorted that while Li Shan might have carried him out, his job was over once the man was on the oxcart. It was Li Shi who had driven the cart the entire way. The night wind had been bone-chilling, leaving his fingers and face chapped raw. He added that the clothes the gentleman was currently wearing were all his, and he'd even been the one to empty the chamber pot. He had done all the hard, grueling work; his efforts couldn't be ignored.
