The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

Fortunately, Sun Shan still had the Su family, and as expected, the Su family loved him the most.

Su saw her son returning home from afar, but unfortunately, her back was still hurting and she couldn't run fast.

While supporting his lower back, he called out urgently, "Shanzi, come back. God help me, come back safe and sound."

Sun Shan strode forward to meet him.

Mrs. Su continued, "Oh dear, you've only been gone a few days, how come you've lost so much weight and gotten so tanned? You must have suffered so much. Now that you're back, you need to make up for it properly."

Thinking of the tonics sent by the ladies of the government office, now they can finally be used.

He said anxiously, "Shanzi, I'll make you ginseng chicken soup tomorrow. You need to take good care of yourself."

Then he asked, "Are you hungry?"

He muttered to himself, "I must be hungry."

Turning around, she shouted loudly, "Granny Wang, Big Head Dog, hurry up and set the table, the master is back!"

Sun Shan looked at Su Shi with emotion and nodded, "Mother, I'm hungry."

Su cried out with heartache, "He must be hungry. He's walked such a long way, my Shanzi must be starving."

When Sister Yun heard that Sun Shan was hungry, she finally decided to put Hu Ming down.

He jogged a few steps to Sun Shan's side: "Brother Shan, let's set the table now. I didn't know you were coming back today, so I didn't prepare much food. You eat first, we're not hungry, we'll eat later."

Mrs. Su nodded in satisfaction, finally finding her plump daughter-in-law somewhat more pleasing to the eye.

He agreed, saying, "Let's serve Shanzi his meal first, and the others can eat after the meal is ready."

So Sun Bomin, Sun Shan, Hu Ming and their group ate first.

The chubby girl watched Sun Shan eat with longing eyes, swallowed hard, and her stomach rumbled.

Sun Shan said with heartache, "Why don't you let Xiaoxiao eat? Children get hungry easily."

The chubby girl looked at Sun Shan with bright eyes and said ingratiatingly, "Daddy, Xiaoxiao is hungry. Xiaoxiao wants to eat chicken legs."

So it turns out they were after the big chicken leg in Sun Shan's bowl; no wonder they didn't even want Sun Bomin anymore.

Sister Yun glared at him and stopped him, saying, "Brother Shan, Xiaoxiao is trying to lose weight, she can't eat. It's better if she's hungry for a while longer."

Little Fatty: .....

Is this really her biological mother? She seems more like a wicked stepmother.

The chubby girl suddenly felt that her life was so bitter.

Sun Bomin pursed his lips as if to say something, but in the end, he quietly turned around and started eating, not daring to look at his granddaughter.

Looking at him, I felt deeply ashamed. My granddaughter thought so much about him, but he ate his meal without a care in the world, truly betraying her pure heart.

Unfortunately, his daughter-in-law wouldn't allow him to eat, so Sun Bomin couldn't say anything.

Hu Ming also felt sorry for Little Fatty, but his adoptive mother's fierce eyes were truly frightening, so he could only pretend not to see them.

Sun Shan said helplessly, "Sister Yun is right, Xiaoxiao does need to lose weight. Remember not to eat too much or too greasy food for dinner."

I glanced apologetically at my daughter, knowing I couldn't help her.

Little Fatty: They're all bad people, they're all bad people!

Uncle Sun hid to the side, cracking sunflower seeds. As he cracked them, he still felt something was missing, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

Seeing that Sun Shan was eating so eagerly, Su said with concern, "Shanzi, eat slowly. There's still more rice. You can get more when you finish. If you're not full, there's more to come. It's cooking."

Sun Shan isn't in a hurry; he's always been a slow eater. It's just that Mom thinks you're hungry.

Su's eyes darted around, looking at Sun Shan, then at Sun Bomin, then at Gui Ge'er, and as she looked, she felt that someone was missing.

He suddenly asked, "Where's Dege? Why isn't Dege here?"

No wonder it's so quiet, it turns out Dege'er is gone.

If Dege'er were there, the entire dining room would be filled with chattering.

Uncle Sun, who had been munching on sunflower seeds, suddenly slapped his thigh. No wonder his heart was pounding; his son was missing.

Uncle Sun stood up abruptly and asked anxiously, "Shanzi, where's Dege? Where did he go?"

Poor Dege, if it weren't for Su Shi's discovery, Uncle Sun would never have known his son was gone.

What a fake father-son relationship!

Dege, who was listening to the howling of wolves in the workshop, suddenly sneezed.

Trembling and hesitant, he asked, "Wolves, there really are wolves. Are our houses sturdy enough?"

Wang Ganhua said that wolves accompanied her to sleep every night, but Dege scoffed at the idea.

It wasn't until I was actually there that I realized I was afraid.

Dege wanted to cry, and he wanted to run away and go back to Sunjia Village.

Sun Dingnan calmly said, "Don't be afraid. Just close the door tightly before you go to sleep. If you need to get up at night, do it inside the room. Never open the door and go out of the room on your own."

Hearing this, Dege'er became even more frightened.

Wang Ganhua, a fellow sufferer, glanced at Dege with sympathy. Dege was fair-skinned and handsome, but he had been tricked by Lord Sun into doing manual labor in the workshop. How pitiful.

A sense of kinship and shared suffering gently washed over me.

Dege was deceived by his cousin, while he was deceived by his kinsman; no wonder the two hit it off immediately.

Wang Ganhua patted Dege'er on the shoulder and encouraged him, "Dege, hang in there, it will pass soon."

De Geer: .....

Crying without tears!

Uncle Sun was extremely anxious when he discovered his son was missing.

How could someone who was perfectly healthy be lost after being handed over to Sun Shan?

After finishing his chicken leg, Sun Shan finally had a moment to reply, "Brother De is at the workshop, Uncle, don't worry."

Hearing this, Uncle Sun was no longer worried. As long as he wasn't sold, it didn't matter where he went.

Outsiders might have thought the tension just now was due to a deep father-son bond, but in less than a second, Uncle Sun reverted to his carefree and irresponsible self.

While cracking sunflower seeds, he said, "Shanzi, you did the right thing. Dege'er has never suffered before, he really needs to experience some hardship. Hehe, I'm entrusting Dege'er to you now, Uncle San can rest assured."

Sun Bomin agreed, saying, "It's good to keep Dege in the workshop. Let him learn from Anan and Manager Wang how to be a manager, especially in accounting. He must be able to do that. If he can't understand the accounts when he goes into business in the future, he won't even know if someone tries to cheat him."

Uncle Sun nodded repeatedly: "Big brother is right. I can rest assured now that Dege is with Shanzi."

Seeing his son being "entrusted with an important task" by Sun Shan, Uncle Sun was overjoyed.

Of course, Uncle Sun would be even happier if Sun Shan gave him a chance.

Unfortunately, she was too old and illiterate, so she was disliked.

After dinner, Sun Shan carried Hu Ming back to his study and reviewed what he had seen and heard over the past few days.

Hu Ming spoke, and Sun Shan listened.

With a precocious frown, Hu Ming asked the question that had been on his mind: "Father, the bird droppings pit is big, but it will run out of space sooner or later. What should we do?"

Sun Shan's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Good question. You've really thought of this; this trip wasn't in vain."

Hu Ming blushed with joy at the compliment.

The little boy tried his best to remain calm: "Godfather, have you thought of a way?"

Sun Shan had no way to solve this; bird droppings pits are a limited resource, and once they're used up, they're gone.

The only solution is to use the initial reserves from the bird droppings pit to develop other projects.

Sun Shan did not answer Hu Ming's question, but instead assigned homework: "Good son, write an essay on this question, as long as it is reasonable. Submit it to me for review in five days."

Hu Ming was a diligent and studious young man. He nodded earnestly and said, "Father, I understand. I will write it carefully and then give it to you for your review."