No pain no gain

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"Da Zhuang, Da Zhuang, look!" The idiot stumbled and ran in from the outside, shouting out of breath.

"What's the matter? Ah Da, speak slowly!" Da Zhuang asked as he walked out holding the twins one by one.

It is already summer now, Da Zhuang has free time except for working in the field when it is cooler in the morning and evening, he still goes to study with Dr. Niu in the morning, and takes a few little ones to take a nap at home in the afternoon. The four-year-old San Niuer and the two-year-old Er Niuer no longer need someone to coax them all the time. The two little girls often find an inexplicable thing by themselves and can play for a long time, as long as they play A little watching is enough, only the twins need some thought.

"They, they are picking lotus pods..." the fool said while supporting his knees.

"Who are they? Did you break the lotus leaves?" Da Zhuang asked with a frown. A lotus leaf will piss off a section of lotus root...

"Several of them are running around inside, I said, but don't listen!" The fool said faster.

The idiot's two-acre paddy field is not far from the big and strong lotus root field. The idiot is afraid that something bad will happen in the paddy field, so he has to go for a walk around at noon.

"Let's go and have a look!" Da Zhuang said with a headache: "Er Niu Er, Er Niu Er, come and bring the younger brothers in to play!"

"Big Brother, Big Brother, Si Zhuang wants to see it too!" Si Zhuang held Da Zhuang's finger and didn't let go.

Seeing this, San Zhuang also hugged Da Zhuang's sleeve.

Da Zhuang thought about it, the twins have grown so big that they have hardly ever been out of the house...

"Be obedient, big brother will take the two of you there!" Da Zhuang whispered.

"Si Zhuang is obedient!" Si Zhuang replied quickly.

"Listen, talk!" San Zhuang followed Si Zhuang with some difficulty and said while nodding.

"Let's go, let's go and have a look!" Da Zhuang said to the idiot while holding a hand.

The idiot took a breath, and stepped forward to help Da Zhuang bring one.

"Well, well..."

The third strong and the fourth strong cling to Da Zhuang, obviously they prefer to be close to their eldest brother.

"It's okay, I'll come!" Da Zhuang shook his head at the fool, lowered his head to comfort the twins, and walked slowly towards the lotus root field with the twins.

Da Zhuang looked at the scattered lotus leaves that were trampled on, and almost passed out without seeing a black eye.

"Da Zhuang, Da Zhuang, are you okay? I, I know who it is..." Seeing Da Zhuang staggering, the fool hurried forward to support Da Zhuang and said anxiously.

Da Zhuang shook his head, even if he knew who did it, it would be of no use, and a fight would have the opposite effect...

"Ada, forget it, let's go back!" Da Zhuang whispered.

"But..." the fool said loudly.

"Flower, big brother, flower..." Si Zhuang pointed at a few lotus flowers in the lotus field with his little finger and called out, interrupting the fool's words.

"Stand here obediently, and elder brother will pick flowers for you!" Da Zhuang knelt down and said with a forced smile.

"Okay!" San Zhuang and Si Zhuang replied together.

Da Zhuang rolled up his trousers, carefully avoided the lotus leaves and walked down, picked off a few half-bloomed lotus flowers, and gave them to the twins to hug and play.

After going back, Da Zhuang tidied up a little bit, and let the big girl watch some little guys playing with lotus together. He took a small bag of fried steamed buns with salt and went to the willow tree at the head of the village. Almost all the people in the village Children are playing there.

"Da Zhuang, you're here!" A child who climbed up a tree to play saw Da Zhuang approaching with keen eyes, and exclaimed happily.

Before Da Zhuang approached, the child jumped down from the tree with a whoosh.

"Hey, be careful!" Da Zhuang explained habitually.

"Da Zhuang, you are finally here..."

"Yes, we wonder every day whether you will come..."

"Da Zhuang, what do you want to play today..."

Several children gathered around, chattering excitedly.

"Hehe, this is for you to eat..." Da Zhuang took out the bag containing the steamed buns a little nervously.

"Oh……"

Several children cheered, you and I were divided soon.

"I'm here today to... ah, do you want to make money?" Da Zhuang asked tentatively, seeing that the children were still licking their fingers after eating.

"I think so, but how do we kids earn money?" An eight or nine-year-old boy shouted.

"It's, it's..."

"Well..."

"I want to work in the town, but my parents won't..."

Several other children also echoed.

"Ah, that's right. I want to ask a few people to look at the lotus root for me. It costs one penny a day and it takes about two months. Are you willing to do it?" Da Zhuang asked in a slow tone.

The children looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't speak.

"What do you want to see, at night?" Finally a child who looked more clever asked.

"Well, no, I went to see it during the day, mainly to prevent everyone from going down and breaking the lotus leaves or trampling the lotus roots. I will prepare a few long poles. If you want to eat lotus pods, you can use the poles to knock them. Others want to pick lotus pods." Just give them poles too, just don't let them step on them..." Da Zhuang quickly explained.

"But I may have to help my parents for a few days..." said another child.

"It's no problem. You can work together. Choose one person to arrange it. I'll give him half of the salary first. If anyone has something to do, we can change it. In the end, we will divide the salary according to the number of days we work..." Da Zhuang and thin Explain it to a few kids.

Several children discussed together for a while, and chose the two children who had just asked questions.

"I'll count three months for you, one penny a day, one month is thirty cash, and three months is ninety cash. I'll give you 45 cash first. If someone still breaks the lotus leaf while you are helping to read it, Or if you step on it, you will have to deduct two pennies each time, from the half of the wages you didn't pay..." Da Zhuang confessed.

"Then what if the wind blows off?" asked the first child.

Da Zhuang couldn't help but take another look at the skinny little child, searched his memory, and found out that his name was Yang Zhuzi, a child who had never studied, never been in business, and never seen the world, he lived in this small mountain village. Growing up, it's nice to think about these things.

"This doesn't count. If it breaks naturally, there won't be many. You can see it!" Da Zhuang assured.

"Really, then it's decided, there are five of us, and the last one will get..." Yang Zhuzi wrenched his fingers and began to count in distress.

"Eighteen cash per person, when the time comes, the money will be divided!" Da Zhuang said with a smile.

Several children nodded in agreement.

"Okay, come with me to our house to get the money!" Da Zhuang said with a wave.

The children cheered immediately, and followed Da Zhuang quickly, noisily walking over...