No pain no gain

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"Big Brother, Big Brother..." San Niu'er shouted while jumping around in the yard.

Da Zhuang hurriedly put on his clothes and went out and asked, "What's the matter? It's early in the morning!"

"I got up to pee in the morning, and when I heard someone knocking on the door outside the yard, I went to have a look, brother, look, look!" San Niu'er led Da Zhuang to the yard door quickly, and pointed to the crack in the door. .

San Niu'er had developed the habit of not opening the door easily during the war period of more than two years. When she heard the knock on the door early in the morning, she just leaned on the crack of the door and looked out.

Da Zhuang opened the yard door, and there was a faint cry of a baby.

"What's going on here?" Da Zhuang looked down at the two thin babies, with blue veins almost popping out on his forehead, and asked through gritted teeth.

"I don't know!" San Niuer said shaking her head.

"It's none of your business, go into the room first and put on your clothes." Da Zhuang took a deep breath and said softly.

"No, I'll continue to sleep!" San Niuer said, shaking her head twice quickly.

"What's the matter, big brother?" Big Girl asked as she came out while buttoning up her buttons.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with her, San Niuer ran into the room quickly.

"This!" Da Zhuang said, pointing to the two babies on the ground.

The eldest girl came over and took a closer look, then said with wide eyes, "Isn't this the eldest sister's child!"

"Are you sure?" Da Zhuang asked.

"I only remember this dress." Da Nier said, pointing to one of the babies.

Da Zhuang found that it was becoming more and more difficult for him to maintain the peaceful mentality of the previous few years, so he endured and endured so that he didn't swear in front of the big girl.

"Let's cook breakfast first, and then we'll go to the lobby sister." Da Zhuang said in a low voice.

"What are they going to do?" Big Girl stood still at the door, looking at the two babies and asked.

"Hold them in first!" Da Zhuang replied helplessly, he couldn't throw them far away like throwing garbage...

The big girl hugged one of them pitifully, and walked quickly towards the kitchen while coaxing her softly.

Da Zhuang entered the yard, and when he looked up, he saw the fool walking to the well with a wooden basin.

"Ada, what are you doing? Didn't you tell me not to wash your face and mouth with the water in the well!" Da Zhuang hurriedly shouted.

Although the well was newly dug, and Da Zhuang spent a little more money on purpose to let the helpers dig the well deep enough, but when the reconstruction of Liushu Village was first started, many corpses were dug out. Although there is no epidemic yet, Da Zhuang is still worried about boiling all the water he uses and drinks before using it.

"I do laundry." The fool replied while stirring the well rope to bring out a large bucket of water.

"Don't use that water for washing clothes, go to the kitchen to see if there is any boiled water!" Da Zhuang walked over and said.

There are a lot of things at home now. In order to reduce the burden on the big girl, the fool and his clothes are washed separately. The two take turns to wash, and the rest of the clothes are washed by the big girl. Da Zhuang said at the beginning At that time, I was afraid that the little girl would not agree. In the past, the authority of the big girl in taking care of housework was unquestionable. I didn’t expect that I only looked at the fool for a few times and agreed with some doubts. Later, when Da Zhuang allocated the room , because there are not enough quilts and other things, when it comes to a fool sharing a bed with himself, the eldest girl and the third girl sleep together, and when the twins sleep together, the eldest girl has a sudden realization expression on her face, laughing Nodding his head, Da Zhuang himself was a little confused.

The idiot responded, and walked towards the kitchen with the tub in his hand.

Da Zhuang poked his head to look at it, his face started to have a fever, and he lowered the wooden basin with his hands, inside were two pairs of underwear that had been mixed together and soiled with some suspicious liquid.

"How did you put this together?" Da Zhuang asked in a low voice.

"I saw you took it off and threw it on the stool, so I took it out together." The fool replied without knowing why.

Da Zhuang took a few deep breaths, and said in a calm tone, "This kind of thing can't be seen by others. You have to wash it secretly in the future, you know? Also, you can just wash your own."

A confused expression appeared on the fool's face, he pulled Da Zhuang and asked, "Why? Shouldn't the clothes be changed and washed if they are dirty?"

"Uh, cough, this, this kind of dirty shorts is a very private matter, um, it's our men's secret, and we can't let others know, especially girls!" Da Zhuang explained racking his brains.

"Oh, I got it!" The fool showed a big smile on his face, and suddenly realized: "It's the private matter between me and Da Zhuang. You can't let Da Niuer and the others know, can you?"

"Well, almost!" Although Da Zhuang felt that what the fool said was a little off, he didn't know how to explain this problem to the fool, so he nodded in response.

"Then I'll wash it later when the big girl goes out to dig wild vegetables!" The fool took the wooden basin again, turned around and entered the room, hid the wooden basin under the bed, and pushed it to the innermost part without reassurance. Ignored what Da Zhuang said to wash his own.

Da Zhuang entered the kitchen, Da Niuer had already washed the two dirty babies with hot water, and wrapped the two children together with one of her old clothes. set aside.

"Brother, just look at them, I'll cook the porridge!" Seeing Da Zhuang coming in, the eldest girl put the two children in Da Zhuang's arms, and then went to get busy in front of the platform.

Da Zhuang took a closer look at the two babies. Two small lower incisors had grown in their mouths, and the upper incisors were also turning white. Judging from this, the two children should be about eight months old. But looking at their small arms and legs, they really don't look like children who are almost one year old. They are not much better than the malnourished half-year-old twins I saw when Da Zhuang first arrived...

"Whose child is it?" The idiot walked in from the outside, helping Da Zhuang to protect the child in his hand and asked.

"It's probably from the big lady." Da Zhuang replied with a frown.

"Do you want to keep it?" The fool asked with a smile.

"We can't have enough food for ourselves, so why don't we raise children for others? I don't know who left them at the gate of our yard. Let's go to Uncle's house to have a look later!" Da Zhuang said angrily.

"Well, it's okay not to raise children now, we'll talk about it later!" Seeing that Da Zhuang was unhappy, the fool hurriedly followed Da Zhuang's words.

"When I can afford it, I don't mind..." Da Zhuang muttered a few words in a low voice, holding the two babies in his hands and turning around in the kitchen.

The fool looked at Da Zhuang for a while, and then went to fight Da Niuer.

After a while, when the porridge was almost done, San Niuer led the twins into the kitchen, and they both poured water to wash themselves.

The eldest girl didn't even care about eating, so she fed half a bowl of porridge to each of the two babies.

"Hurry up and eat, we still have to find the big lady!" Da Zhuang urged after taking the spoon and the rough porcelain bowl.

The eldest girl responded, filled a bowl of porridge, and drank it up in two or three mouthfuls.

San Niuer already knew that Da Zhuang and Da Niuer had something to do, so she consciously packed up the dishes, and the twins were sorting out the things they needed to find wild vegetables...

When Da Zhuang and Da Niuer came to the uncle's house with their two children in their arms, the eldest sister was sitting at the door washing clothes, and when she saw Da Zhuang and the others approaching, she stood up in panic.

"Cousin, are they your children?" Da Zhuang walked over and asked straight to the point.

"No, I, I don't know..." The big lady looked around a few times, took a step back, and said in a panic.

"Then I'll send the child to the chief and see how he will deal with it..." Da Zhuang said quickly, pretending to turn around and leave.

"No way!" the hall sister yelled, and started to cry again.

"Stop crying, tell me what's going on!" Da Zhuang asked impatiently.

Neither the uncle nor the aunt have come out so far, so it is estimated that they are no longer home.

The eldest girl, who had been silent for a while, walked over to support the big lady, took a handkerchief and came out to wipe her tears.

"...Father doesn't allow the eldest and the younger daughter to come in...Mother threw them by the river, I, I couldn't bear it, so I secretly picked them up this morning..." The hall sister spoke intermittently.

"But our family can't afford to support them now!" Da Zhuang said firmly, closing his eyes.

"I can't do it... Da Zhuang, please, Miss Da Zhuang, you are a scholar, you must be able to do it, Da Zhuang..." The hall sister knelt down, pulled Da Zhuang's pants and cried loudly.

"Lord sister, get up!" Da Niuer hurriedly pulled the hall sister to persuade her, her eyes turned red.

Da Zhuang took a step back with some headaches. If he watched the two babies starve to death in front of him, Da Zhuang thought to himself that he didn't have that kind of heart, but...

"Sister, I'm telling the truth, our family may not be able to support them..." Da Zhuang explained in a low voice.

"As long as you have something to eat, it's fine. The eldest and the younger are easy to support. They are very obedient and strong. You can take care of two servants who do the work. Don't masters like Xiucai have servants... "The elder sister said holding her big and strong legs.

"That's not what it means..." Da Zhuang said weakly while hugging two hot potatoes forced by others.

"Da Zhuang, your great kindness and virtue will never be forgotten by the big sister, I, I can also help you with the work..." The big lady shouted excitedly.

"Brother, I will eat less in the future, let's take care of the two daughters!" The eldest girl also cried and said sobbing.

"My God..." Da Zhuang shouted a little frantically, and the villagers around him had begun to notice this, and they were standing not far away and pointing.

"Brother, you will definitely adopt children in the future..." Da Niuer looked at Da Zhuang and said.

At this time, the two children also joined in the fun, and let out a weak cry like a kitten meowing. Da Zhuang felt his head was about to explode, and he couldn't hear what Da Niuer said at all.

"Okay, okay, hall sister, get up quickly, these two children will be raised in our house for the time being, but don't try to let them go, they are still your children, you have to find a way to get uncle to agree, Or go to farm by yourself to support them..." Da Zhuang said compromised.

"Yes, yes, I can farm by myself..." The hall sister let go of Da Zhuang's legs with a look of joy on her face, kowtowed several times in a row and said, "Thank you Da Zhuang, thank you Da Zhuang, the hall sister will definitely not Forget about your kindness..."

"Sister in the lobby, do you remember the original Aunt Wang in Liushu Village? If you really don't want to part with these two children, you have to live on your own..." Da Zhuang persuaded with his head bowed.

"I know, I know..." The big lady murmured, but a hesitant expression appeared on her face again.

"No matter what, you have to figure out your own way for these two children!" Seeing this, Da Zhuang finally emphasized: "Let's go, big girl, let's go back first!"

The eldest girl responded, and whispered something to the hall sister before catching up.

After bringing home the twin daughters of the big sister, Da Zhuang hardly cared about them. They were all taken care of by the big girl, and everyone was still called Da Nan and Xiao Nan, and no one mentioned to give them a name. In fact, Da Zhuang has no free time to share with two babies who are not close to him. There are eleven stores in the town whose store leases are in their own hands. Although Da Zhuang wants to rent them all out. , but Er Zhuang's persistence made Da Zhuang have to be vigilant. No matter what Er Zhuang wants to do, money will definitely be the most needed. Da Zhuang racked his brains to run three shops by himself.

Everyone in Liushu Village already knew that the land on the east side of the village belonged to Mr. Xiucai, so everyone avoided that area for land reclamation. Da Zhuang had to spend money to hire people to land land reclamation. At first, the government clearly stated that the land would be bought after three years. But as long as the villagers have money in their hands, they will try their best to get the title deed as soon as possible, and the same is true for Da Zhuang. Bought another piece of land by the river.

"Xiao Liu, how is the situation on the mountain?" Da Zhuang asked loudly with a smile when he met the young man who came down from the mountain with a medicine basket on his back.

Xiao Liu is Doctor Niu's little apprentice. He also hid in the mountains early in the morning, but he hid better than Da Zhuang and his family. He escaped the war smoothly and returned to the village recently. He caught up with the government to distribute food and other things, but he lived better than ordinary people by selling the accumulated herbs in the town.

"It's still the same." Xiao Liu replied calmly.

"Well, have you eaten? No, come to my house for dinner!" Da Nier walked out of the yard and greeted warmly.

"No, I have to go back to deal with the herbal medicine." Xiao Liu glanced at Da Niuer, then quickly looked away, and ran away as if to escape.

Seeing this, the big girl stomped her feet angrily.

Da Zhuang looked at the big girl with a smile that was not a smile, which made the little girl feel even more embarrassed, and walked into the yard angrily...

Not long after Da Zhuang bought a piece of land by the river, when he was inspecting the land that day, San Niuer ran over panting.

"Brother, brother, go back quickly, there are many people at home, all of them are officials sitting in sedan chairs..." San Niu'er shouted loudly as she stood at the head of the field panting heavily.

Da Zhuang frowned, called a fool, and walked quickly across the field that had just been planed, and went up to the ridge. Now the only possibility to alert the town officials to come is Er Zhuang's rural examination...