No pain no gain

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The brother-in-law in the lobby is surnamed Li and his name is Xiufeng. This is the name he changed after he was promoted. His current official position is the school lieutenant of the guard mansion of Jinhu City. His rank is from the eighth grade. There is a small courtyard in Jinhu City. The eldest sister and her two daughters went to live in Jinhu City. The eldest sister stood shyly and joyfully behind Captain Li.

The eldest girl led the eldest daughter and the younger daughter into the living room slowly, the eldest sister greeted her happily, and stretched out her arms to hug the two little girls.

The two little girls have been here for nearly half a year, almost brought up by the older girl, they still can't speak clearly, and they are also staggering when walking.

"Uh-huh……"

The eldest girl and the younger girl yelled a few times and struggled to hide behind the older girl.

"What's the matter, I don't recognize my mother anymore? Come here, my mother has delicious food here..." The hall sister looked at Li Xiaowei with some panic, and coaxed the two little girls.

The eldest girl poked out half of her head from behind the eldest girl, took a look, and quickly shrank in again before the big lady was happy.

Da Zhuang paid close attention to the captain's brother-in-law. Since Da Nan and Xiao Nan came out, the expression on his face has not changed at all, and there is no trace of joy in the reunion of father and daughter...

"Big girl, take the eldest sister and two little nieces to play outside for a while!" Da Zhuang said softly.

The big girl responded in a low voice, and greeted the big lady lightly: "Chairman, let's go!"

The hall sister stood up and took a look at Li Xiaowei first, and then she saw Li Xiaowei nodded before going out.

"I've troubled you for the past six months, so I'll take this as a thank you..." Lieutenant Li said with the corners of his mouth pulled, as if he wanted to smile, but unfortunately he didn't succeed.

Da Zhuang gently pushed the thing back, not looking at Li Xiaowei's ugly face, and said softly: "It's nothing, it's not worth it!"

"What do you want?" Captain Li asked aggressively.

Da Zhuang frowned slightly, disgusted with this brother-in-law's tough attitude.

"Now the [-] mu of land to the east of Liushu Village and the paddy fields by the river are mine. I mainly grow grain and lotus roots. I want to borrow my elder brother-in-law's help to sell the things in Jinhu City. Of course, I don't want my elder brother-in-law to do white work……"

"I see, you should take this!" Lieutenant Li nodded, pushed the small package over again, stood up, adjusted the robe on his body, and walked out.

Da Zhuang shook his head, even if such a brother-in-law came back, life might not be easy for the eldest sister...

The eldest girl packed up the belongings of the eldest daughter and the younger daughter, and then dragged the two little girls to explain in a low voice for a long time, regardless of whether they could understand, she couldn't hold back her mouth and cried in a low voice stand up.

Da Nan and Xiao Nan seemed to be infected by the atmosphere, and burst into tears.

"Okay, big girl, let the big brother-in-law and the big sister go out!" Da Zhuang persuaded the big girl, pulling the big girl.

In the beginning, the two little girls were adopted by Da Niuer. At that time, Da Zhuang was so busy that he never cared about Da Nan and Xiao Nan, but now he doesn't feel much...

The eldest girl hugged the two little girls again before letting the big lady pick them up.

"I will come back during the Chinese New Year this year, and I will give you news then!" Captain Li said after a pause when he went out.

"Excuse me!" Da Zhuang said with a smile.

Captain Li nodded, and strode out holding the crying eldest daughter in his arms.

The hall sister hugged the little girl, trotting hard all the way to follow.

The eldest girl was still standing at the door with red circles watching them, refusing to enter the house.

"When you get married next year, try to have twins by the end of the year..." Da Zhuang joked with his arms around Da Niu'er.

"Brother!" When the eldest girl heard this, her face flushed with shame, she didn't care about being sad, and stomped her feet and ran in.

Da Zhuang looked at Da Niuer's back and smiled, and closed the yard door...

Li Xiaowei left ten taels of silver, which is not a small amount at this time.

The uncle came here on the second day, and wanted to use Da Zhuang's relationship to buy a few acres of land in advance. Da Zhuang guessed that it was the elder brother-in-law who gave the money...

Liu Yi sold some of his rare herbs in the town, bought the materials and came back soon, and asked the villagers to help start building a new house. four families.

"Xiao Liu, you're back, come to our house for dinner tonight!" Da Zhuang greeted Liu Yi with a smile as he watched Liu Yi walking from the foot of the mountain.

"I'll come when I go back and put my things away!" Xiao Liu said with a smile, moving the medicine basket on her shoulder.

"Well, hurry up!" Da Zhuang waved his hand and said.

Xiao Liu responded, and her steps speeded up noticeably.

Da Zhuang went in and talked to the big girl who was collecting clothes.

"Brother, why didn't you say it earlier?" Da Niuer took off all the remaining clothes, stuffed them into Da Zhuang's hands in a mess, and walked quickly towards the kitchen.

"Hey, when are we going to cook dinner now..." Da Zhuang cried helplessly.

The idiot heard the sound, walked out from the living room, took all the clothes for Da Zhuang, carried them to the room and separated them, folded the big ones with his, and carried the rest to their respective rooms go.

The eldest girl put in a lot of effort and cooked seven or eight dishes, and brought the good ones to the living room. She took San Niuer, San Zhuang, and Si Zhuang to eat in the kitchen.

"Big girl, you're not an outsider, so there's no need to do this!" Da Zhuang said to the big girl who was hiding behind the platform.

"Brother, go and eat quickly! This is the rule..." said the big girl, twisting the end of her braid.

Da Zhuang had no choice but to go to the living room first.

In the end, there was only a large square table, where only Da Zhuang, Sha Zi, and Xiao Liu were seated.

"This tastes delicious when dipped in vinegar..." Da Zhuang said, seeing Xiao Liu fidgeting, deliberately sandwiching a piece of white meat.

"I'll get it!" Xiao Liu bounced up abruptly, and ran out before Da Zhuang could speak to the idiot.

The idiot looked at Da Zhuang's sniggering, pampering his eyes and face, and picked a few lean meat slices and put them in Da Zhuang's bowl.

"Don't want this one!" Da Zhuang lowered his head and took out a piece of slightly fatter one, and threw it into the fool's bowl.

"No, eat more meat!" The fool picked up the meat and stuffed it into Da Zhuang's mouth.

Da Zhuang frowned, chewed twice, and swallowed it quickly.

The so-called "doctors don't heal themselves". Da Zhuang knew that his physical condition was not very optimistic. Before the war, he managed to make up a little bit. Not very clear, but the fool who follows him almost all day long has already noticed that his eyes are dark after doing heavy work, he can hardly get up after staying up all night, and he often sweats all over in cold weather...

After a long while, Xiao Liu came back with a smirk on his face, carrying a small dish of vinegar and spilling it on his trouser legs without noticing...

From spring to winter, after Da Zhuang transported the last carriage of lotus roots to Jinhu City, the taste of the New Year gradually became stronger again.

Apart from doing housework, the eldest girl hides in her room most of the time to make wedding dresses. Da Zhuang invited a kind middle-aged woman surnamed Wang in the village to tell the eldest girl some precautions and rules. Etiquette or something.

Now Da Zhuang’s yard is no longer empty. Xiao Liu found a few small fruit trees from the mountain and sent them over, and planted them near the edge of the yard. Vegetable fields were also planted in depressions. The windows and furniture were A new carpenter from the neighboring village was invited to do it. Although it was not a high-end product, it was very delicate. Da Zhuang was very satisfied after seeing it, so he paid the money and set the dowry for Da Nier.

After having more money in hand, Da Zhuang got through the government's joints and bought a piece of land in a neighboring village. Da Zhuang approached the chief of that village and notified him from door to door, saying that he had already planted land there. People can plant until the date set by the government...

Er Zhuang finally wrote a letter back some time ago. Naturally, he failed the scientific examination in the beginning of spring. He is now living in the capital by arranging books in a bookstore and earning some wages. He is studying hard and plans to wait for the next examination. Test.The official post station has gradually returned to normal. After thinking about it, Da Zhuang sewed a few pieces of gold into an old cotton coat, and spent a lot of money to ask the post station to help him take it to the capital. Have you arrived yet...

Zhao Ziyang has never heard of it. Da Zhuang mentioned it when he wrote to Er Zhuang, so that Er Zhuang could pay attention to it, but even if something happened, Da Zhuang thought that it would be difficult for him to help him with his current situation. ...

"Ada, when the eldest girl gets married next year, how about going out to play after we have arranged the spring sowing?" Da Zhuang asked lazily, leaning on the fool.

"Not good!" The idiot moved a bit to make Da Zhuang lean more comfortably, and at the same time, he was careful not to block his sunlight, and replied decisively.

"Huh?" Da Zhuang called out strangely.

"You need to recuperate first!" the idiot whispered with his arms around Da Zhuang.

"I'm not sick, maybe I'll get stronger after going out for a while!" Da Zhuang retorted as he grabbed the fool's finger and played with it.

"Really?" The fool asked in disbelief.

"Go out for more walks, eat delicious food from all over the world, and feel better. Naturally, there are only benefits and no harm to the body..." Da Zhuang started talking nonsense.

"Okay, we'll come back if we're tired!" the fool agreed sullenly.

"It's okay, I don't know my body yet." Da Zhuang let go of the fool's hand and closed his eyes.

"En." The fool looked at Da Zhuang and answered in a low voice, but he still couldn't let it go.

When Da Niuer got married, Da Zhuang bought her a set of furniture, and married her with five acres of paddy fields, ten acres of dry land, and a shop in the town. The shop lease had already been given to Da Niuer. Well, whether the big girl and the two of them want to run it on their own or rent it out is not a big business. In addition, there are more than a dozen bolts of various cloth, an iron pot, a kitchen knife, and a few belts. Common farm implements of iron...

"Brother, are these too many..." Big Girl looked at the list and asked uneasily.

In private, Da Zhuang gave back 20 taels of silver to Da Niuer, but Da Niuer kept it by herself and did not write it into the dowry list.

"Brother has his own sense of propriety, after all, you are also the younger sister of a scholar and a Juren!" Da Zhuang said jokingly.

"There are three younger sisters and two younger brothers..." Da Niuer whispered.

"It's okay, they all have them, isn't there still a few years left!" Da Zhuang stroked Da Niu'er's hair, and said with a smile: "From now on, you just have to live your own life!"

The eldest girl hesitated for a moment, and carefully put in the dowry list without saying anything.

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