Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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A circle of servants stood together, waiting to see the joke. One servant cunningly brought a small stove and a fox fur coat to Lu Wenxiu, and put them on him flatteringly, saying with a flattering smile: “Second Master, it’s a bit strenuous to carry these 100 buckets of water to the back kitchen. It’s already noon, and I’m afraid he won’t be able to finish carrying them even when the moon is high in the sky.”
Lu Wenxiu became even more proud: “Then move it until tomorrow. When you finish moving, you can take Fourth Sister away!”
Hearing this, the little girl beside him looked back at the thin layer of ice. She was so scared that her legs went limp. She opened her mouth and was about to burst into tears but her mouth was covered by a servant standing beside Lu Wenxiu.
Lu Wenxiu scolded, “Don’t cry! You’re making so much noise. Why are you crying? You’re the child of Ning Wang’s mansion after all. Don’t you even have the courage to do this?”
The little girl was smothered and her face turned pale. She was almost suffocated. So, she could only shout, “Mom, help–“
The voice stopped abruptly, and she was held by Lu Wenxiu’s servants, holding her clothes, with half of her body hanging in the air above the river.
Lu Wenxiu then turned around, raised his eyebrows, crossed his legs, and said to Lu Huan with a smile: “How is it? Anyway, you are very strong. Last time, you showed off in front of the imperial examiner, and you were very good at drawing a bow. I guess a hundred buckets of water is a piece of cake for our third young master.”
Lu Huan stared at him coldly, with a shadow in his dark eyes and an indifferent expression that made people feel cold in their hearts.
Although Lu Huan didn’t answer, Lu Wenxiu knew that he would definitely do it, so Lu Wenxiu leaned back proudly, waiting to watch the show.
Sure enough, Lu Huan glanced at his concubine sister and walked to the hundred buckets without saying a word.
There were a hundred buckets standing in a row, each as thick as a man could hug.
The buckets in Ning Wang’s mansion were not this big. These were large buckets that Lu Wenxiu specially asked the servants to get. One bucket was as big as half a water tank. If it was filled with water, even two servants could barely carry it.
Over the past decade, the Ning Palace hired teachers to teach the four books and five classics and swordsmanship to the brothers Lu Wenxiu and Lu Yu’an. Lu Wenxiu was idle and learned nothing, but he did not expect that little Lu Huan, who secretly climbed over the courtyard wall, learned everything. If the imperial examiner had not come to check last time, Lu Wenxiu would not have known that this kid Lu Huan was quite capable.
He himself did not learn, but when he saw that Lu Huan was good at riding, shooting, and writing, he became very jealous, so he made things more and more difficult for him.
He knew that Lu Huan was quite strong. Although it would be difficult for him to lift a large bucket full of water, he could still carry it to the kitchen if he gritted his teeth.
But he didn’t believe that Lu Huan wouldn’t be exhausted to death after carrying such a large bucket back and forth a hundred times continuously!
He was afraid that by the third time, Lu Huan would have given up!
Everyone looked at Lu Huan standing next to the first bucket, and they also waited to watch the fun, waiting for Lu Huan to show a painful expression.
But–
But Lu Huan was seen picking up a bucket with one hand and lifting it up and down in his palm as if he could not feel the weight at all.
Everyone:?
He frowned, then picked up another one with his other hand, still seeming to feel no weight.
Everyone: ??
He carried the two buckets steadily, turned around and walked away with an expressionless face.
Everyone: ????
Then, with his sleeves fluttering, he walked briskly towards the kitchen.
What the hell, wait?
The well, which had been noisy just now, suddenly became dead silent.
Everyone stared at Lu Huan, stunned. This, this was not the case. Wasn’t this bucket full? It’s clearly full?!
The two servants had tried it just now, and it took two strong men to lift a bucket of water.
Then why was Lu Huan so relaxed?
Lu Wenxiu was so angry that he stood up and scolded, “Have you filled the water tank with water?”
“It’s full, look, young master.” The two servants knelt down in fear.
Lu Wenxiu’s face turned pale, but he was also confused and surprised.
What was going on? Was Lu Huan pretending to be so relaxed just now, or was he really relaxed? How could he lift such heavy water buckets so easily?
Before everyone could finish their suspicion, they saw Lu Huan had already delivered two buckets of water and walked back to the buckets.
This time, he seemed to feel that it was still not heavy enough, so he picked up two buckets in his left hand and two buckets in his right hand and lifted four buckets of water at once and walked towards the kitchen.
Everyone: “………………”
Four buckets of water would probably take eight strong men to carry at the same time, but he carried them without spilling a drop, as lightly as if they weighed no weight at all.
The servants were so surprised that they opened their mouths wide like dozens of pieces of wood.
“Why is the Third Young Master so relaxed?”
“The last time the imperial examiner came, he indeed praised him for his ability to draw the bow like a god.”
Some of the maids who were not from Lu Wenxiu’s yard could not help but blush and whisper to each other.
Lu Huan went back and forth several times, and in the blink of an eye he had moved twenty buckets!
It seemed it would only take a few incense sticks to complete the move. This was completely inconsistent with Lu Wenxiu’s previous plan to make things difficult for him and make him move it until tomorrow morning!
Even the concubine’s daughter from the fourth aunt’s family by the stream stopped sobbing and looked at Lu Huan with wide eyes.
Lu Huan came back in the blink of an eye.
Lu Huan also felt puzzled and couldn’t help but look down at the bucket in his hand. It was clearly full of water, but why couldn’t he feel any weight at all, as if there was something supporting it from underneath?
But of course he couldn’t show it, so he just quickly picked up four more buckets of water.
Lu Wenxiu came back to his senses from his complete stupor. He was immediately furious, his face turning pale and blue by turns. So, he walked over angrily and said, “There must be something wrong with this bucket! Lu Huan, don’t play any tricks on me!”
After saying that, he snatched a bucket from Lu Huan’s hand.
But once the bucket in Lu Huan’s hand was in his hand, it suddenly became as heavy as a thousand pounds! He couldn’t hold it with one hand at all, and the whole bucket fell on his feet!
Everyone: …
All the water spilled out of the bucket, and even after pouring out most of it, he still couldn’t lift it up. Veins bulged from the back of his hands, arms to his temples, and he gritted his teeth and grimaced, but he couldn’t lift it up at all.
The bucket also fell on his foot, almost breaking his instep.
Everyone: “…………Uh.”
The contrast was so tragic that Lu Wenxiu felt his scalp tingling with embarrassment.
“Ahhh, it hurts, it hurts!” Lu Wenxiu couldn’t help it, and his howling sounded like a pig being slaughtered. “What are you standing there for? Hurry up and pick up the bucket for me!”
Several servants came running over and shakily carried the bucket away for him.
He then fell to the ground with a thud, his face pale.
It really hurt. The bucket seemed to not be filled with water but lead and iron.
At this moment, two elegant and graceful people were standing in the corridor above the stream. Lady Ning Wang accompanied the old lady out to appreciate the plum blossoms, but unexpectedly they saw this scene.
Old lady: “…”
Lady Ning: “…………”
The old lady couldn’t bear to look at it and said angrily, “What a disgrace! He can’t even lift a bucket. Do you want others to laugh at us when you tell them about it?!”
Lady Ning Wang glanced at the old lady awkwardly and tried to explain: “Wenxiu was ill a few days ago, and he may not have recovered yet, so he doesn’t have much strength today.”
The old lady was so angry that she almost had a heart attack. And she spat out again, “What a disgrace! I’m so mad!”
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