No pain no gain

The fact that Da Zhuang brought a sick donkey back caused quite a commotion in the village. After everyone watched, most of them laughed in private that Da Zhuang was cheated and bought it with money. It was a useless animal, but there were a few people who were really worried about Da Zhuang and they helped out a lot of ideas on how to feed the donkey.

"You take good care of it for a while, even if this donkey can't do heavy work, it can still do a little pulling..."

"I remember that there is a doctor in Sanwen Village who can treat livestock. Why don't you go and see him, maybe there is nothing wrong with this donkey..."

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Da Zhuang agreed one by one with a smile, and he didn't care whether it was malicious or good intentions. Although Zhao Ziyang said that the little donkey was fine, just to be on the safe side, Da Zhuang bought a dose of herbal medicine for diarrhea from Doctor Niu and boiled it for a long time. The pot of water was poured into the donkey. Afterwards, although the donkey was still skinny, its energy improved. The rest is to take good care of it. It will probably be able to help pull things in the spring.

This day, the idiot was as usual, together with Da Zhuang, weaving baskets and gossiping about each other. Da Zhuang would teach some not-so-complicated things to the idiot from time to time. Tell a fool.

"Fool, fool, why don't you go home and have a look, your grandma is dying..." There was a shout from outside the yard.

The half of the basket in the fool's hand fell to the ground with a "bang", and he looked at Da Zhuang in a little bewilderment.

Da Zhuang was stunned for a moment, and the image of a shrewd little old lady appeared in his mind. Didn't she look very energetic during the Chinese New Year? Why can't she...

"I'll accompany you to go back and take a look." Da Zhuang put down his work and said calmly.

After quickly explaining a few words to Er Zhuang and Da Niuer, Da Zhuang and the idiot hurried to the Landlord Wu's house.

What happened to the old lady of the Wu family just happened this morning. The old lady is a restless person. She wandered around the field where the wheat had been planted early in the morning. She accidentally fell on the top of the field. There were no other people around at that time. It was not until the long-term workers of the Wu family went to work in the field that they found the old lady lying in the cold field. He hurriedly called someone to come over, and after the old lady was carried back, it was too late to go to the town to find a doctor.

When Da Zhuang and Fool arrived, the room was full of people, and Doctor Niu was also there. He took out a few slices of preserved ginseng and gave the old lady a sigh of relief.

"Fool……"

"Ada is back..."

"old lady……"

There was a "buzzing" sound from the crowd, and then they automatically made way out of the way. Da Zhuang sighed, and led the idiot into the room.

Seeing the fool and Da Zhuang, the old lady's eyes lit up slightly, and she spoke vaguely.

"I know what you mean, old woman, don't worry." The old man Wu who was sitting by the bed whispered.

The old lady let out a few more "woo hoo" sounds, and slowly rolled her eyes around.

"Ada, come here, let your grandma see you!" Old Mrs. Wu said softly to the fool.

Da Zhuang pushed the idiot, and the idiot staggered, his legs went limp, and he knelt down in front of the bed.

The old lady rolled her eyes, nodded her chin twice, and snored a few more times.

"Da Zhuang, come here too!" Mrs. Wu nodded knowingly, and asked Da Zhuang to also come forward.

Da Zhuang suppressed the puzzlement in his heart, strode forward, and knelt beside the fool beside the old lady's bed.

The old lady raised her hand with difficulty, took the fool's hand and slowly placed it on the back of Da Zhuang's hand.

"Mother, this is..." The idiot's mother who stood in the front with the idiot's father exclaimed half a sentence.

Old Mrs. Wu raised his head and glanced at his eldest daughter-in-law, that cold gaze forcibly suppressed what the eldest daughter-in-law said behind her.

"Don't worry, I will do my best to teach Ah Da, and Ah Da will never be different from ordinary people in the future!" Da Zhuang said firmly while holding the fool's trembling hand, looking into the old lady's eyes.

The old lady pursed her lips in satisfaction, and turned to look at Mrs. Wu.

"Why are you so anxious? Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. You, an old woman, can just stay at home and think about the blessings!" Old Mrs. Wu said sadly.

The old lady twitched the corners of her mouth with difficulty, as if she wanted to laugh, but the stiff facial muscles made that smile look very weird.

"You all come here!" Old Mrs. Wu said to the sons guarding the side, and then shouted to the fellow villagers who were crowded in the house: "Today, I invite all the big guys present to be witnesses. When the old lady married me When the old man was old, he also had a dowry. There were five acres of good dry land, five acres of paddy fields, and ten acres of medium-sized fields. According to the old woman's wishes, the old woman felt sorry for Ah Da for the twenty acres of land, and she was afraid that Ah Da would not live up to it in the future. Go down, give Ada two acres of medium-sized land, two acres of paddy fields, and two acres of good land for Da Zhuang, and the rest will be divided equally between you three brothers, so you all understand!"

Da Zhuang frowned, this is troublesome!

When two women heard this, they immediately showed obvious expressions of dissatisfaction. Their upper bodies leaned forward slightly, and they opened their mouths to shout something, but they were stopped in time by the two men beside them.

There was a satisfied smile in the old lady's eyes, and there was a slight "grunt" sound in her throat, and her eyes slowly closed.

"mother!"

"grandmother!"

Da Zhuang pulled the idiot out of the way, and a group of people rushed over immediately, howling loudly.

The old lady Wu is also an elderly person, and the three brothers of the Wu family have already arranged for the old lady's funeral, so even though the old lady left suddenly, the burial began quickly and orderly.

Da Zhuang only performed the ritual of a fellow villager, and together with everyone, he burned some paper money and kowtowed three times before the old lady was buried.

"Da Zhuang, keep it." After the old lady's funeral, the fool ran over panting with a few pieces of paper, stuffed them into Da Zhuang's hand, and ran back like flying.

"Hey, Ah Da..." Da Zhuang yelled, but the idiot had already disappeared.

Da Zhuang looked down at the few pieces of paper in his hand, it was the land deed, including all the fields that Old Master Wu said he would give to himself and the idiot.

"Da Zhuang, Landlord Wu wants you to go there!" After a while, there was a cry from outside the yard.

"Alas..." Da Zhuang frowned and sighed, turned and went into the house, took the title deed of the two acres of good land, and walked quickly with the long-term worker of Wu Landlord's house.

Sure enough, it was because of the two acres of land that Mrs. Wu gave to Da Zhuang. The three daughters-in-law of the Wu family probably made trouble while Mrs. Wu was away.

"Mother wants to share the land equally with our three brothers. I have nothing to say about that, but Da Zhuang is an outsider, why should he?" Ah Da's mother said angrily.

"I'm talking about sister-in-law, don't just think about other people, but they are all mother's grandsons, and it's not justified that your idiot has got several acres of land!" The youngest woman said with a sneer.

"Didn't dad say that at that time, mother loved our family Ah Da, and thought about Ah Da's future..." Ah Da's mother said eagerly.

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Da Zhuang shook his head, took out the title deed of the two acres of good land, raised his voice and said, "I know what you mean, I didn't deserve the two acres of land, here is the title deed."

The three women looked at Da Zhuang in surprise at the same time, with undisguised greed in their eyes.

"However, this is Mrs. Wu's intention, so I can't let it go in vain. I can return the two acres of land to you, but you have to use the four acres of depression by the river in exchange!" Zhuang grabbed the land deed and said.

The three of them glanced at each other, and they all saw doubt and incomprehension in each other's eyes.

The depression by the river originally belonged to Landlord Wu's family. It was acquired when he was preparing to set up a paddy field. At that time, he bought a large piece of wasteland by the river at a low price and transformed it into a paddy field. The four mu of land was In the lowest-lying place, water will accumulate when the rain is a little heavy, and because of the relatively low terrain, the rice seedlings are often submerged after a rain, or the rice is about to be harvested, and the field is still full of water. The rows couldn't be discharged, and after two years of planting, they gave up. The four acres of land could not be planted with other crops, and it was always left unused. As far as farming is concerned, the four acres of land are worthless!

"You said it yourself!" Ah Da's mother said worriedly.

"Well, don't worry, just use the land deed in exchange!" Da Zhuang said impatiently.

The three women muttered a few words in a low voice, and called Ah Da's father to come over with the land deed. Now that Mrs. Wu is still alive, the three brothers of the Wu family are not separated. They all live together, and the fields and other properties are all put together.

Ah Da's father glanced at him hesitantly, but finally said nothing.

"My share can be given to you in this way, but Ah Da's share..." Da Zhuang said as he glanced coldly at the people in the room, and said loudly, "Don't any of you try to make any foolish plans!"

While the whole room was stunned, Da Zhuang quickly left Landlord Wu's house.

"Okay, it's all right, these few days you should keep a filial piety for Grandma Wu first, the old man is really looking out for you, don't worry about anything, after the first 49 days, you can come and play with me..." In the courtyard , Da Zhuang helped the fool tidy up his clothes, and said softly to the fool.

"En!" The fool nodded heavily, only feeling that the worries of these days have disappeared, and his heart is relaxed.