The journey of the only child of a peasant family to take the imperial examination

It was almost noon when Sanya and the others came back. Daya shared the candies she brought with them. Erya, Sanya and Siya ate them immediately. Wuya and Liuya were still young and couldn't bear to part with them, especially Liuya. She took one and took a small bite and didn't eat any more. She put the rest in her pocket.

Daya felt a little distressed when she saw this. This youngest sister had been like a transparent person at home since she was a child. She would not fight for herself and was easily taken advantage of.

She couldn't help but pull Liu Ya over and said, "Don't worry about eating what your elder sister gave you. I'll give each of you a few more when we leave. Mother won't say anything." After that, she took out the candy from Liu Ya's pocket and fed it to her.

Liu Ya's mouth was stuffed with candy. Her eyes were wide open and she didn't say a word. After holding it in her mouth for a while, she squinted her eyes and chewed slowly, with a simple happiness on her face.

In the main hall, Xu was already preparing to set the table for dinner. She glanced outside to see that her son-in-law and his family hadn't returned yet, and couldn't help but mutter, "What a jerk Dazhu is! Why hasn't he brought anyone back when it's almost time for dinner?"

After saying that, he walked out and said to Zhang Pingan, "Son, go to the west woods to look for your brother-in-law and others. Why haven't they come back yet? I'm about to set the table for dinner!"

"Mom, I'll go right away." Zhang Ping'an saw that his grandparents were waiting in the main hall. It was indeed not good, so he quickly ran to the woods at the west end.

As soon as we entered the forest and walked not far, we saw our eldest brother-in-law, our cousin Dazhu, and a lot of fallen trees around. There were roughly twenty or thirty of them, and the forest was completely bald.

Zhang Pingan was shocked, what happened!!!

"Brother-in-law, Brother Dazhu, it's time to eat!" Zhang Pingan shouted.

Dazhu looked at his cousin coming, wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve, took a breath and replied: "We have almost finished chopping, we will go back soon!" He was exhausted this morning!

After hearing this, Liu Sanlang did not respond. He bent down, picked up a tree and carried it up. The branches had been chopped off with an axe, leaving only the trunk. After carrying one tree up, he kicked another tree on the ground with his foot and signaled Dazhu with his eyes to help him put it on the other shoulder.

After this morning, Dazhu finally understood how brave Liu Sanlang was. He was simply born with supernatural strength! He was not worried at the moment. Together with Erzhu and Dahe, the three of them lifted the tree trunk and placed it on Liu Sanlang's shoulders.

Liu Sanlang bent his legs slightly, like in a horse stance, to facilitate their movements. After putting the tree in place, he held on with both hands and strode towards Zhang's house.

Zhang Pingan looked at the remaining tree trunks and hesitated, "What should we do with the rest?"

Dazhu waved his hand and said, "No one in the village will move. Let your brother-in-law carry it after dinner. I can't do it anymore. My hands are almost numb from chopping."

Then the group rushed home together.

Erhe came over and said enviously: "Ping'an, your brother-in-law is really strong. You didn't see it. With just a few swings of the axe, a tree fell down. He is much stronger than Brother Dazhu. How did he grow up? I also want to have such great strength"!

Dazhu turned around and bared his teeth, scolding softly: "You little bastard, you are so mean. Who are you talking about? I heard it all. Believe it or not, I will beat you up! Although I can't compare to Liu Sanlang, it is not a problem for me to beat up a few of you." As he said this, he pretended to roll up his sleeves.

Erhe quickly begged for mercy: "Brother Dazhu, I was wrong, I was wrong!"

Only then did Dazhu put down his hand!

After arriving home, Erya brought a basin of water for everyone to wash their hands. She was obviously impressed by Liu Sanlang's achievement in the morning, and asked curiously, "Brother Dazhu, you really cut down thirty trees in this morning. My brother-in-law just came back carrying two tree trunks. My mother asked him to wash his hands and sit down to eat, but he refused. It took a long time to tell us that there were still thirty trees in the forest that had not been moved."

Dazhu nodded and replied, "There are quite a lot, but most of them were chopped down by your brother-in-law. He's really not that big and strong for nothing!"

Erya was surprised: "Oh, this is great, at least we won't have to worry about food, and my elder sister didn't marry the wrong person!"

The lunch was a great pleasure for both the host and the guests. There was no one in the house who liked to cause trouble. Ma had behaved herself well after what happened last time. Everyone said nice things. Liu Sanlang didn't drink, so Zhang Laoer just poured a small glass for each of them as a token of his appreciation.

Then Xu brought the meal. Liu Sanlang gulped down two large bowls. He wasn't picky about food and ate everything. After he finished, he wiped his mouth and said, "...tree...tree...tree...carry...carry...back...back."

Zhang nodded and said gently, "Go, there's no rush! Dazhu, you come with us."

Dazhu raised his head with the food in his mouth: Thank you so much, grandma, for remembering me at this time...

After swallowing hard, he replied, "Okay, grandma!" Then he stood up and said, "Dahe, come with me to help!"

Da He looked up: Brother, did I provoke you?!

Under Zhang's gaze, the two of them quickly stood up and went out with Liu Sanlang.

Daya was thoughtful and found a shoulder pad that Zhang Laoer often used and gave it to Liu Sanlang to prevent his clothes from being torn. When Liu Sanlang came back to Zhang's house today, he also wore new clothes to look more decent. Cloth was not cheap these days!

It took more than two hours of work to finally carry all the trees and branches back. Of course, the main force was Liu Sanlang, and Dazhu and Dahe were only responsible for helping him put the trees and branches on his shoulders.

Zhang looked at the yard full of wood and nodded with satisfaction. She didn't have to worry about firewood for the whole winter. She thought to herself that Daya had found a good young man. Xu had found the right in-law for her daughter this time. This grandson-in-law had a very good character.

Mrs. Xu had no idea that her son-in-law was so strong and worked so hard. She felt proud but also a little distressed. She thought to herself that this child was not good at hiding his abilities. He must be very tired after working for a whole morning and afternoon. He was just pretending to be good at it.

“…Mother…mother…mother, the moving is done…done….” Liu Sanlang wiped the sweat from his face with his hand and stuttered.

Xu poured water and handed it to him attentively, saying distressedly: "You must be tired, kid, you are here as a guest, why are you doing so much work? How can you be so honest? Take a rest!"

He brought Zhang Lao Er's cloth and said, "Use this to wipe it, it will feel more comfortable."

Liu Sanlang shyly took it and wiped it. Xu had sharp eyes and saw that both sides of her son-in-law's shoulders were rubbed red. She felt really distressed and a little worried. He came to visit the relatives well, but ended up working like this. She was afraid that it would be difficult to explain to his in-laws!

He quickly turned around and said to Zhang Laoer, "Dad, come and take a look. Our Sanlang's shoulders are all red from being rubbed. Bring me that medicinal wine you bought in the capital and rub it on!"

Zhang Laoer was also used to doing the work. He took the medicinal wine and looked at it, and said, "It's no big deal. I can just rub it for you."

After saying that, he poured half a palmful of medicinal wine on his palm and rubbed it for Liu Sanlang. Liu Sanlang just smiled foolishly the whole time and let Zhang Laoer rub his palm obediently. He didn't feel any particular pain. He was born with great strength and often helped with housework since he was a child, so he didn't think it was a big deal!

Moreover, he was very happy that he could do something for his father-in-law and mother-in-law's family. At least he didn't embarrass his wife!

At this moment, Danier ran over and shouted anxiously: "Grandma, Mom, Big Brother, it's bad, my sister-in-law fainted!"