Zhang Cai clapped his hands and, like Li Jinfeng, laughed. "Xiaohua, you really are mischievous. It's so heavy—who among us could possibly lift it?"
Seeing Zhang Cai's expression, if Mr. Liu and Old Shopkeeper Li had not known him so well, they might even have thought he was trying to deceive them too.
Guo Sufi asked skeptically, "Xiaohua, just how heavy is this tiny little thing, that none of us can budge it even an inch?"
Zhang Xiaohua stepped forward, picked it up one-handed, and gave it a light swing. "Mother, to tell the truth, I don't know how heavy it is either. After all, I've never seen a scale capable of weighing something this heavy."
"Oh—" Everyone suddenly understood. That was true enough. Who would have nothing better to do than make a scale for weighing something so heavy?
At this, Zhang Xiaolong's eyes lit up. "Xiaohua, it's wonderful that you're back. You're so strong that our family won't need oxen to plow the fields anymore!"
With a thud, Zhang Xiaohua fell straight to the ground.
Only after a long while did he climb back up. "Big Brother, don't do this to me. You could have me do anything, but plowing fields in place of an ox? That's a waste of resources."
"Then go help people dig wells. With your strength, you're worth ten people!"
Zhang Xiaolong really had quite the head for business.
After everyone chatted for a while longer, Guo Sufi and Li Yinfeng went to the neighboring courtyard and told Liu Qian all three names. Liu Qian was delighted as well. There was no need to mention the formal name and Courtesy Name; both had been painstakingly chosen by the elders. As for Zhang Xiaohua's miraculous nature, she had experienced some of it herself. Everyone knew