No pain no gain

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"Have you had lunch yet?" Da Zhuang asked while patting the dust off his body.

"I've eaten it, I've eaten it, big sister made it!" San Niu'er threw herself on Da Zhuang's lap like a cannonball, shouting happily.

"Really? What did your big sister cook for you!" Da Zhuang asked with a smile while supporting San Niu'er.

"The batter is burnt, and there are minced meat and vegetables in it!" San Niu'er dishonestly said while bouncing around with her big and strong arms.

"Well, is it delicious? Is San Niuer full?" Da Zhuang Ren San Niu was playing around with him, asking with a smile.

"San Niu'er is full, not as good as big brother's cooking!" San Niuer pouted unceremoniously.

"Hehe..." Da Zhuang laughed out loud.

"Brother..." The eldest girl came out and yelled a little at a loss.

"I didn't expect the eldest girl to be able to cook! Not bad, not bad!" The eldest brother pulled San Niuer over, stroked the eldest girl's hair and said.

"Some of the batter was burnt, and the meat wasn't cut properly. The fire was lit by the second elder brother..." Da Niuer twisted her fingers and said.

"It doesn't matter, from tonight, my elder brother will teach you how to cook, and you can cook it next time!" Da Zhuang said with a smile, he was really happy in his heart, and finally someone can help him share the burden of cooking. ...

"Enen..." The big girl nodded again and again, although she was very happy, there was a gentle smile on her face.

……

In the evening, the fool had dinner here as usual, but this time he didn't go home honestly, and looked at Da Zhuang eagerly.

"Those who celebrate the New Year, go back! After the New Year is over, I will go and talk to your mother about the land, and I will be up to you from now on." Da Zhuang said without raising his head while cleaning up the dishes.

"En." The fool replied, and walked out reluctantly.

"Ah, by the way, Ah Da, wait a minute." Da Zhuang shouted standing at the kitchen door.

The idiot's eyes lit up, and he happily ran over.

"There are sweet potatoes burning in the pot, you go and eat one yourself, and then go back after eating." Da Zhuang confessed.

The sweet potatoes in the field this year are considered to be a bumper harvest. Da Zhuang sorted out the small ones and the not-so-good ones and cooked them for the two pigs. He only kept some good ones as seed potatoes for his family to eat. That's enough, and we don't need sweet potatoes as a staple food. Da Zhuang generously burns a few sweet potatoes every few days for the little ones as snacks.

The idiot responded, bowed his head and came into the kitchen, sat on the small stool in front of the stove, and fiddled with the firewood ashes that were still hot. Er Niuer just went to the kitchen to pour hot water for a drink, and saw two black The slender sweet potatoes rolled out, cheered happily, rushed over to pick one up and wanted to eat it.

"Slow down, don't get it on your clothes!" Da Zhuang hurried forward to help Er Niuer pull up the outer smock, completely covering the inner cotton coat.

Er Niu'er replied "En En", and couldn't wait to break open the roasted sweet potato and start to eat it while blowing the heat.

Da Zhuang shook his head helplessly, probably because the six months of starvation before he came here left such a deep impression on this little girl that Er Niuer is still anxious every time she eats. Greedy, although the eldest girl has also experienced starvation, but she is already sensible, so she can restrain herself. The third girl is probably still young, and she has no memory of the time of starvation, and she doesn’t have any memories like the second girl. Same.

"Er Niuer, eat slowly, haven't you just finished eating?" Da Zhuang rolled his eyes when Er Niu Er choked, and was still swallowing desperately. He brought a glass of warm water and gave Er Niuer a sip. reprimanded in a low voice.

"Hmm..." Er Niu'er's mouth was full of sweet potatoes, and she couldn't speak.

Da Zhuang put the water glass next to him, let Er Niuer drink it by himself, turned around and continued to wash the dishes, thinking that maybe Er Niuer will be better when she gets older and realizes that she is ugly and beautiful...

On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, Da Zhuang found an opportunity to meet the fool's mother alone.

"Hey, Da Zhuang is really a rare visitor!" The fool's mother smiled exaggeratedly, and brought out some cheap snacks.

"Where, where, it's Mrs. Wu's door is not easy to climb!" Da Zhuang unceremoniously grabbed a handful of dried fruit who didn't know what it was and began to chew.

"Haha, there is no wife or wife in our small mountain village." The fool's mother smiled coyly, but there was a smug look on her face.

Da Zhuang didn't answer, looking at the fool's mother trying to hide her excitement about Mrs. Wu's title.

"Okay, don't waste your precious time, Mrs. Wu, I'm here today for the few acres of land Mrs. Wu left for Ah Da!" Da Zhuang patiently said a few unnutritious words to the fool's mother Finally, we finally got to the point.

"What? Even though a fool likes to play with you, don't you think that a fool will hit our house because he is not clear-headed..." The face of the fool's mother who was full of small faces just now changed immediately, and she said with a full of guard Said harsh words.

"I don't know who wants to take advantage of Ah Da's land! Also, Ah Da's head is not insane." Da Zhuang no longer pretended, and his words became sharp.

"Hmph, what to do with those lands is our Wu family's own business, but it's not up to you, an outsider, to intervene..." the idiot's mother shouted aggressively.

"Keep your voice down! I didn't come to quarrel with you!" Da Zhuang said, frowning.

"You, you brat..."

"What does Mrs. Wu think of my farming?" Da Zhuang asked calmly.

"Ah, what?" The idiot's mother seemed a little dizzy by Da Zhuang's sudden change of topic, and she didn't react for a while.

"You know how the harvest was in our field last year, don't you? I can teach the idiot all the tricks of my farming. You give the idiot's few pieces of land to the idiot to plant for himself. After harvesting every year, except for the From the government, the rest of the idiots will take [-]% and give it to you alone. After the Wu family is separated, you will let the idiots live alone, and you will get [-]% of the harvest, which will be used as your pension expenses, converted into cash or collected directly from you All crops are fine..." Da Zhuang spoke out his thoughts carefully.

"The idiot's is not all ours, we grow it ourselves, and we can't get more!" The idiot's mother rolled her eyes and said.

"Of course, if you can occupy all the harvest by yourself, you haven't separated yet. If you don't let Adana plant it alone, it's not certain who will get the land by then!" Da Zhuang Analyze the benefits a little bit.

"Even if you say that..." The idiot's mother's eyes rolled even faster.

"If you don't plant it for Ah Da alone, you don't have to think about anything. Don't forget that the land deed is in Ah Da's own hands! At that time, no matter what you plant, we will have a way to prevent you from receiving anything. !” Da Zhuang threatened impatiently.

Da Zhuang knew in his heart that the idiot's mother had been tempted, but he just wanted to get more benefits. If the idiot was not young now, and there were not many places to spend money, Da Zhuang would never have given the idiot's mother [-]% of the harvest so much ...

"Give me [-]% now, and [-]% after separation!" Sure enough, the idiot's mother began to worry about the share, which meant that she had agreed to let the idiot farm the land by himself.

"Impossible!" Da Zhuang said firmly.

"You also know that we haven't separated yet, so it's not easy to let the idiot farm alone!" the idiot's mother pouted.

"The land was left to Ah Da by Mrs. Wu, and Mrs. Wu also agreed, and many people in the village know it. You just need to say something, and Mrs. Wu will naturally support it. I don't think there is any need for effort." Zhuang said calmly.

"It's easy for you to say..." The idiot's mother's momentum obviously weakened.

"By the way, is Uncle Wu at home?" Da Zhuang asked complacently, ignoring the dissatisfaction from the idiot mother.

"Hey, I'm packing firewood in the backyard!" The idiot mother replied subconsciously.

"Call Uncle Wu over, let's make a contract!" Da Zhuang stood up and said.

After finishing speaking, he walked towards the backyard regardless of the idiot mother's yelling.

"Well, Ada grows his own land, and it will be enough for us to divide it into the family in the future, and now we don't need it!" Uncle Wu put down the ax in his hand and said naively.

"Dead man! What are you talking about, Da Zhuang and I have already talked about it just now!" The fool's mother chased over and just heard what her man said, and hurriedly shouted.

"Do you have a pen and paper at home? Do you want to invite another witness?" Da Zhuang asked.

"No need, I can read and write!" The fool's father waved his hand and said.

Da Zhuang patiently waited for the idiot's father to write down what he said just now under the reminder of the idiot's mother, and then took it over and read it carefully twice. After confirming that there was no problem, he called the idiot to sign and draw a deposit. Finger prints and names were written under the name. The fool's father signed his name, and then he and the fool's mother pressed the finger prints together. At Da Zhuang's request, a total of three such contracts were made, one for the fool and one for himself. One copy, one copy for the fool's parents, kept separately.

"That's good, every year in the twelfth lunar month, Ah Da will give you money or food!" Da Zhuang said briskly.

"Yes!" The fool followed Da Zhuang and nodded repeatedly.

"I'll go back first, Uncle Wu, go and do your work too!" Da Zhuang said, returning to his polite manner.

"Ada, farm the land well, and don't waste the money you get, do you understand?" Uncle Wu told the idiot to stop him.

"Ah, um, I see..." The fool was obviously taken aback, and replied somewhat at a loss, his eyes kept looking at Da Zhuang.

Da Zhuang nodded to the idiot with a smile, went out first, and stood in the yard waiting for the idiot.

After a while, the fool came out with red eye circles.

"What's wrong?" Da Zhuang asked while walking.

"Daddy said to live a good life in the future, mother said, mother said..." The fool confessed with some embarrassment.

"Forget it, just be clear in your heart!" Da Zhuang turned his head and walked back quickly.

"Mother said she wanted me to learn how to farm from Da Zhuang, and then go back and tell them!" After hearing Da Zhuang's words, the fool quickly said the words, and then looked at Da Zhuang nervously.

"Ha, it's nothing, if they ask, you can tell the truth!" Da Zhuang patted the fool on the shoulder, and didn't take this to heart.

The fool smiled gratefully at Da Zhuang.