Dahu thought, if a girl can carry two by herself, he might not be as strong, but he should at least be able to carry one, right?
Cuihua was straightforward too. When asked to split one off, she didn’t hesitate. With one arm hugging the tree on her shoulder, she directly let it fall to the ground with a thud.
Dahu’s face turned pale at that moment. However, Cuihua was still answering Gu Nian, "I’m not tired; I can work." Follow current novels on n0velfire.net
As she spoke, as if to prove herself, she quickly ran down with a log.
Dahu swallowed hard and went to lift the log that Cuihua had placed on the ground. However, using all his strength, he only managed to lift it a little, let alone carry it away. It was maddening.
Lin Sanshui passed by, stopped seeing this, and said, "How’s that? Got a taste of reality, huh?"
"Dad!" Gu Nian and Dahu exclaimed.
"Hmm." Lin Sanshui nodded, looked at Gu Nian, and praised, "Niannian, you really found a treasure this time. That Cuihua girl looks naive, but she can really handle things. It’s kind of embarrassing to say, but three or four of us grown men can’t even compete with her!"
Gu Nian’s eyes brightened instantly, "Exactly, and look who picked her."
Originally, she only thought if Cuihua had the strength of an average man, it would be good enough. She didn’t expect to receive such high praise from Lin Sanshui.
"Dad, let’s go back and slaughter a chicken today and save a drumstick for Cuihua!" Gu Nian said.
"Oh, I can’t decide that. Go talk to your mom when we get back." Lin Sanshui deflected.
"Hmph, I knew you’d say that. I’ll go to the mountains to catch wild chickens then and leave the family chickens alone." Gu Nian said, touching her nose and pretending to snort.
"You little rascal, always eating extra at Young Master Nan’s place, yet look at how many chickens we have left, thanks to you." Lin Sanshui came over and tapped her gently on the forehead.
Gu Nian immediately hugged his arm, "Oh, it’s not for myself, it’s because I’m worried about you, Dad. Doing such heavy work, if you don’t eat well, how can your body handle it?"
"You and your sweet talk, fine. Let your brother take you to look around, Dad has other things to do." With that, Lin Sanshui left.
It’s not yet the busy farming season, so everyone wants to earn some pocket money. Almost the whole village got mobilized and is busy on the mountain.
However, the results are quite visible. The dense hillside is already half bald thanks to everyone’s effort.
Dahu, limited in strength and unable to carry the logs, simply wandered around the hillside with Gu Nian.
Suddenly, a noise came from the front. It turned out someone caught a rabbit while cutting grass, and they were discussing it.
Erhu saw them coming, put down the sickle in his hand, wiped the sweat pouring down his forehead, and came over, "Big brother, when you’re wandering with little sister, you need to be careful. We’ve made such a commotion, and all the rabbits and wild chickens in the grass have been driven out. Someone has dug traps up ahead to catch the wild chickens and rabbits; be careful not to fall in."
"Got it, second brother. You should take a break too, don’t overwork yourself." Looking at the sweat dripping from Erhu’s forehead, Gu Nian suddenly felt a bit of heartache.
"No problem, I’ll continue working now." With that, Erhu went back to cutting wild grass.
Seeing his brother working, Dahu felt embarrassed to stay idle.