Chapter 31 Trials
After today's episode, Niu Er and Zhang Ping notified all the tenants again in the evening. They also reported their names and asked those who signed up to gather tomorrow morning.
Early the next morning.
As soon as the rooster crows, the village entrance is crowded with people again. There are more people than yesterday.
Ding Rui evaluated Li Si's method in six words: simple, crude, and effective.
Two rounds in total:
The first round is about physical strength.
In one stick of incense, Zhang Qing would mark a black dot for those who ran from the east end to the west end of Zhangjia'ao, and then run back from the west end to the east end. Those who arrived before the incense was burned passed, and the rest were eliminated.
Second round, specific sensitivity.
Li Si shoots three arrows with arrows without arrowheads. As long as one arrow misses, it will pass.
Everyone thought it was very simple and everyone was eager to try it.
Ding Rui and Li Si are at the east end, Zhang Ping is in charge of supervision in the center of the village, and Zhang Qing and Niu Er are at the west end of the village.
Before it even started, people asked if everyone from Zhangjia'ao could participate.
Ever since Ding Rui and his son arrived in Zhangjia'ao, everyone in the village knew that a wealthy family had arrived. But what Ding Rui and his son did was only for their tenants.
In this era, not only were the hierarchies clearly divided, various families also competed with each other. This was especially true for large families.
If one person puts it forward, many people will put it forward.
This village is not big, with only sixty households in total. So if there is any trouble, the whole family will know about it, and everyone in the village will know about it.
Zhang Ping couldn't make the decision, so he had to ask his boss.
Ding wanted to train Ding Rui, so he asked Zhang to ask Ding Rui again. Before the game started, Zhang Ping ran half of the race.
After hearing this, Ding Rui naturally agreed. He did not want to divide a village into two factions. This was the most unwise approach.
But this is not the case in the eyes of other people. Everyone thinks that Ding Rui and her son are very generous. The rumors of "living Bodhisattvas who save the suffering" are not false at all.
With the addition of other villagers, the number of people suddenly increased by more than half.
Li Si said "start", and everyone ran towards the west on their mission.
Ding Rui suddenly shouted "Come on" and ran with everyone.
And many people who didn't understand saw him running and started running with him, and the whole scene suddenly became chaotic. Those who had signed up and those who hadn't signed up all ran together.
"Aunt Ding, Aunt Ding, and my brother ran away together." One by one, they came to follow Ding Rui to watch the fun, but Ding Rui suddenly ran away, leaving her and the tall and strong Li Si.
Seeing Ding Rui running with everyone, she thought Ding Rui was also competing, so she hurried back to report to Ding.
When Mrs. Ding heard that Ding Rui was also participating in the competition, she murmured in her heart, "This kid is still cheating on me?" He put down his needlework and went to watch the fun with Yiyi.
When the two of them went out, there was no one there. They had already gone to who knows where.
Ding held Yiyi's hand and walked towards the east end of the village.
"Aunt, Aunt, it's wrong, it's wrong, it's the wrong way. My brother and the others are going west." He saw what was wrong one by one and desperately pulled Ding to go west.
"Listen to Auntie, yes, brother and the others will be here soon." He and Ding walked towards the east end of the village with some hesitation, looking back from time to time.
Li Si saw a woman from a distance, holding a little girl, walking towards him like a fairy on lotus steps.
"Dong Dong~~~~~Dong Dong~~~~~Dong Dong~~~Dong Dong~~Dong Dong~~Dong Dong~Dong Dong, Dong Dong, Dong Dong..."
What should I do? My heart is about to jump out of my chest.
He covered his chest with his hands and did not dare to look at the fairy.
"Are you okay?" Although Ms. Ding didn't recognize this person, she knew as soon as she looked at his outfit that this person must be the Orion Li Si invited by her son. But he kept covering his chest with his hands. What's wrong? He's not sick.
Bar?
A warm voice rang in his ears, and Li Si's neck turned red.
"Are you okay?" Ding took two steps closer.
Seeing the fairy walking towards him, Li Si quickly took a few steps back. "Dong dong~~dong dong~dong dong, dong dong, dong dong..." His heartbeat accelerated and his whole body felt hot. He felt that he could not
Breathe. What's wrong with me? I'm not sick, right?
Ding thought this man was strange and ignored him.
Ding Rui was excited for a moment and ran with the team. As he ran, he realized that something was wrong. Originally, he wanted to cheer them on, but why did he become one of them? Forget it, it was already wrong, just make the mistake!
When he ran to the west end of the village, Zhang Qing and Niu Er's eyes were wide open. They thought they had seen it wrong. After taking a closer look, they found that it was really the young master's house.
"Hurry up, dot it." Ding Rui urged again and again, and Zhang Qingcai put black dots on Ding Rui's face. As soon as he finished dotting it, Ding Rui ran away with a whoosh.
Zhang Qing's pen is still in the air.
"The young master said there is going to be a competition?" Zhang Qing asked Niu Er next to him. Niu Er shook his head and said he didn't know.
Ding Rui had no intention of doing anything, but he finished first.
He knew that if it was a competition of strength, he would not be everyone's opponent, but if it was a competition of running, not many people could be his opponent. Every morning and evening he would run from the east of the village to the west of the village.
"Brother, come on!" One saw Ding Rui all the way away. Ding Rui waved to her, and the little girl ran towards Ding Rui excitedly.
As he ran, he shouted, "Brother, come on!" The others didn't know what "come on" meant, but they all shouted after them:
"Young master, come on!"
"Young master, come on!"
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The shouts impacted Ding Rui's soul, making him feel more at ease every step he took.
Many years later, he always recalled the sound of cheering from the village name; the excited little face with red light and two pigtails swinging up and down as they shouted cheers one by one; and Ding's nervous and silent gaze.
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And many years later, Yiyi often thinks about this man, her brother and her relative, who rushed toward her in the morning sun.
"Oh~~~Brother is first, oh~~~brother is first. Oh~~~" Seeing Ding Rui get first place one by one, she was even happier than herself. Ding Rui was surrounded by people.
Yelling and jumping.
No one expected that Shaodong’s family would take first place, and he was far behind in second place.
In everyone's mind, this is something unexpected and expected. Because this person is a 'god'-like existence in each of their hearts.
In the first game, only 30 people passed. After a break, we competed in the second round in the afternoon.
In the second round, despite Ding Rui's repeated requests to let go, 20 people passed. Originally, Ding Rui saw that there were many people signing up and wanted to have forty people in the hunting team, divided into two groups of twenty people each. But in the physical competition,
Too many people were eliminated at once. He had to let Li Si go.
But it’s not bad to have twenty people. At least everyone cherishes this opportunity.
In the following days, Li Si taught everyone archery.
Niu Er came here with good news. The vegetables are growing better. The green vegetables have grown two inches long. Niu Er looks like he is watching over the children. He squats in the ground almost every day.
The corn has also sprouted. Ding Rui, Zhang Qing and others made an inspection tour. Ding Rui asked the areas where there were no sprouts to be replanted. Before that, no one knew that the corn could still be replanted.
After the remaining one and a half buckets of seeds were replanted, there were not many left. This made everyone admire Ding Rui even more.
With nothing to do, Ding Rui took Li Si's bow and studied it, and went to the market with Li Si to have a look. The bows in the market were simpler than Li Si's.
They also went to several blacksmith shops, but there was nothing he wanted in the blacksmith shops.
Strange, there were no crossbows in this era?
Not finding his answer, he had to ask Li Si to make a few more bows, preferably one for each person. Li Si was very efficient, and within ten days, everyone in the hunting team had one.
On this day, the hunting team ushered in their first hunt in the mountains. Everyone was so excited that they didn't sleep well all night.
"Today is your first time hunting in the mountains. I have nothing to say. Safety first! Let's go!"
Watching the hunting team members leave, Ding Rui turned around and was about to go back when he saw Zhang Qing walking towards him in a hurry. He was holding something in his hand.
"Shaodong's family!" Zhang Qing didn't know what to say. The last time he saw that Shaodong's family left a piece of paper for him, it was full of drawings. He thought it was used by Shaodong's family to test him, but ten days later, he
Chapter completed!