No pain no gain

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Er Zhuang took San Zhuang and Si Zhuang happily to the bookstore to pick up things.

"Ada, let's tidy up this place a little bit!" Da Zhuang shouted at the fool.

"Well, Da Zhuang, this is for you." The fool responded, and took out an oiled paper bag from his arms.

"What?" Da Zhuang walked over and asked.

"Delicious." The idiot licked the corner of his mouth and replied.

"The bunch of candied haws I bought for you just now?" Da Zhuang said in surprise.

The idiot let out an "En" and wanted to open the oil paper package, only to find that the oil paper had been glued to the candied haws.

"You hid this in your bosom!" Da Zhuang shouted, frowning.

"It's delicious, try it!" The fool said without answering, trying to tear off the oiled paper to reveal a hawthorn and handing it to Da Zhuang's mouth.

Da Zhuang looked at the fool for a while, opened his mouth and bit off the sugar-coated hawthorn. After spitting out the seeds and swallowing them, he said softly: "I know this is delicious, so I bought it for you to taste. I have already eaten it." It's over, it's not rare, you can eat it quickly, and save money!"

"En." The idiot smiled, bit off one piece together with the oil paper, chewed it carefully, and finally spit out the oil paper and seeds together.

Da Zhuang looked at it, reached out to take the candied haws, patiently tore off the oil paper on it, and stuffed it into the fool's hand again.

"You eat!" the fool said while licking the oil paper.

"No need, hurry up and eat, we still have work to do!" Da Zhuang said as he removed a bit of greased paper from the fool's arm.

The fool responded, and the two stuffed the rest of the hawthorn into their mouths, looked at a small well on the side of the yard, and said vaguely: "I'll get some water to feed the horses first!"

Da Zhuang nodded. The best thing about this yard is that it has a well, so you don't have to go all the way to fetch water from the old well at the entrance of the alley.

The fool found a wooden barrel from the kitchen and went to the well to fiddle with it.

Three rooms of different sizes are only as big as a room in Da Zhuang's newly built yard in Liushu Village. The smallest room is a kitchen with a small table in it. Da Zhuang turned around , found a very important fact, there is no toilet in this small yard!

"Ada, what's the matter?" Seeing that the fool had been working beside the well, Da Zhuang walked over and asked.

"The water can't come up." The fool said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Da Zhuang walked over to take a look, and the water in the well was still clear, but the scorpion on it was broken, and the rope was a little rotten, and the scorpion was not quite the same as the common scorpion on the well in Liushu Village...

"Go to the alley and bring back a load of water. We also need it to clean up the house. When Er Zhuang comes back, we will find a rope to change this!" Da Zhuang patted the idiot's arm and said, originally he wanted to be the same as when he was a child I patted my shoulders, but now that the idiot has grown taller, I have to raise my arms to pat my shoulders, which is a bit difficult...

After Er Zhuang took his things back, he quickly settled down. There were two rooms, Er Zhuang, San Zhuang, and Si Zhuang slept in one room, and Da Zhuang and Fool slept in one room. They used the quilts carried in the carriage.

That night, a fire started in the kitchen. Er Zhuang led San Zhuang and Si Zhuang to buy vegetables. Da Zhuang was in charge of the kitchen and cooked six dishes. .

"Er Zhuang, do you still want to go to the bookstore?" Da Zhuang asked while packing up the dishes.

"Go." Er Zhuang replied quickly.

Da Zhuang glanced at Er Zhuang in surprise: "Didn't you receive the money I sent you last time?"

"En..." Er Zhuang hesitated for a moment and said, "The shopkeeper Zhang taught me a lot, and he also allowed me to read books in the bookstore when I was free."

"That's it!" Da Zhuang nodded. No wonder Er Zhuang, who was fearless when he was young, would be so cautious in front of a shopkeeper. I'm afraid that person is not simple...

"Brother, after two days of rest, I want to take you to meet Mr. Wen." Er Zhuang said, rubbing his stomach.

"The one who picked up the characters for you?" Da Zhuang asked with raised eyebrows.

"En." Er Zhuang nodded in response.

"Let's talk!" Da Zhuang put the bowls and chopsticks in the hot water pot and began to wash them with "ding ding bang bang": "By the way, have you ever met Zhao Ziyang, or heard anything about him?"

Er Zhuang fell silent, even stopping the movement of rubbing his stomach.

"What's wrong?" Da Zhuang asked strangely.

"Brother, years ago, the Holy Majesty had announced to the world that the Zhao family had treasoned with the country and colluded with the enemy, and the whole family was executed. I went to see the notice. Zhao Ziyang and brother Zhao Ziyang fled to the north..." Er Zhuang said tremblingly.

Da Zhuang paused for a moment while washing the dishes, but did not speak.

There was a dead silence in the kitchen, and it took a long time before the "ding ding" of washing dishes sounded again...

Da Zhuang put down a lot of things at home and worked tirelessly from Liushu Village to the capital. Except for Er Zhuang, a large part of the reason was to find Zhao Ziyang...

Er Zhuang went to work in the bookstore during the day, and when he came back at night, he would take San Zhuang and Si Zhuang out to play. Da Zhuang and the idiot wandered around the capital for a few days and didn’t go out very much, because neither of them likes to be lively and playful. people.

Da Zhuang didn't want to visit some adults with Er Zhuang at first, but Er Zhuang talked vaguely for a long time, and that Lord Wen hinted that he would give Er Zhuang a hand, because Mrs. Wen valued Er Zhuang's honesty and willingness to work, and wanted to marry his daughter To him, Er Zhuang found out these from the people of Wen’s family, and also got some hints from Mr. Wen’s population, so every new year’s festival or something good for Mr. Wen, etc., Er Zhuang carefully prepared gifts and sent them to him... …When I went to Jinhu City to participate in the township examination, Da Zhuang actually gave Er Zhuang a lot of money, and later brought over ten taels of gold, which was about 100 taels of silver, which was enough for Er Zhuang to rent to the small courtyard with peace of mind. I'm studying until next year's scientific examination, but Er Zhuang is still sitting in the bookstore as a buddy, except that the chapter anecdote can teach him something, the most important thing is that there is not enough money...

"Then you send a greeting card to the Wen family, let's go there sometime!" Da Zhuang said with a frown.

Er Zhuang responded with a happy smile, and immediately went back to his room to write greeting cards.

The trip to Wen’s mansion was not pleasant. Da Zhuang sent up the local specialties brought from Liushu Village and gifts carefully prepared by Er Zhuang. Mr. Wen asked his servants to accept them without even looking at them. He kept taking them during the whole process. To test the words, there was a curtain behind the small living room where we met. Da Zhuang saw the curtain move several times. Obviously someone was hiding behind it. Later, when Mrs. Wen came over, she even directly asked about the family property and so on. Braking, talking vaguely, or simply avoiding answering, just picking up a topic, anyway, in their eyes, I am just a bumpkin from the countryside...

"I'm afraid this person is not simple!" Mr. Wen sighed after sending Da Zhuang away, and went to his wife's room.

"Master, then..." Mrs. Wen asked worriedly, bringing a cup of tea over.

"That's good. I'm afraid that Nansong really has a group of bumpkins holding it back. After the Nansong scientific examination is over next year, as long as it is on the list, it will be settled!" Master Wen said firmly.

"Yes!" Mrs. Wen replied softly, and she made up her mind to find a way to accompany her daughter with more things, so as to save her daughter from being wronged in the future...

"You choose it yourself, you go on your own, you don't have to worry at home, I will do my best to satisfy you in terms of money, and I won't talk about anything else!" Da Zhuang said to Er Zhuang who was sent to the suburbs of Beijing before leaving He said something lightly.

Er Zhuang answered with his head down, not daring to look into Da Zhuang's eyes.

"Okay, no matter what, you remember that you still have a name and it's Wang Erzhuang!" Da Zhuang couldn't bear it after all, and patted Er Zhuang on the shoulder and added.

"Yes, I understand, big brother, you all have a good journey, and I will go home to see you when I am named on the gold list!" Er Zhuang said firmly.

San Zhuang and Si Zhuang Duba watched from the window, and only shouted when the carriage started to move again.

Er Zhuang responded loudly, standing at the city gate and waving his hands vigorously...

No matter what happened, life still had to go on as usual. After returning to Liushu Village, Da Zhuang quickly kept the affairs of the capital in his heart, and began to concentrate on managing his own fields and shops.

The older San Zhuang and Si Zhuang grow up, the more obvious the intellectual defects of San Zhuang. Fortunately, Da Zhuang can train San Zhuang and Si Zhuang to complement each other. Now the two are almost inseparable from each other. San Zhuang Strong in physique and smart in mind, the two soon became kings of children in the village...

Da Niuer was diagnosed by Xiao Liu in August and was two months pregnant. Da Zhuang didn't want Da Niuer to have a baby so early, but if Da Niuer was married for a year and hadn't conceived yet, the village would be in trouble. It's time to gossip again, so Da Zhuang didn't take any measures in this regard at the beginning.

"How do you feel?" Da Zhuang sat in front of Da Niuer and asked softly.

With a happy face, the big girl touched the little clothes she was making in her hand, touched her belly, and replied with a smile: "I don't feel anything yet. Brother Liu said that it will take three or four months to respond!"

"Well, you have to be careful yourself." Da Zhuang said softly, for fear that a louder voice would frighten Da Nier.

"Brother, just a few days after you went out, a family named Wu came to the village. A man lived with two children. I went to ask. That person seems to be Brother Ah's younger brother..." Big girl The son picked up the needlework again, and said while doing it carefully.

"En." Da Zhuang replied indifferently.

Da Niuer casually talked to Da Zhuang about things in the village, and a small baby dress was more than half completed.

"Stop doing needlework and take care of your body!" Da Zhuang explained worriedly before leaving.

"Hehe, how can it be so expensive, I know how to measure it!" Da Niuer said with a smile.

Da Zhuang explained a few more words before going home.

When I got home, the fool was also walking in from the outside.

"Where have you been?" Da Zhuang asked casually.

"Just went out for a walk." The fool replied somewhat evasively.

Da Zhuang didn't care, and talked to the fool about the things in the field.

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