As a result, after Li Er and his wife left, in the first two days, according to Li Guangzong, I could barely eat enough and slept in the same room with my younger cousin. After a few days, it became: my aunt said that I didn’t work in the fields, so I didn’t need to eat so much and waste food, and I only needed to eat one bowl of rice a day. My younger cousin wanted to study and said that I was disturbing him when I slept, so my aunt cleaned up the woodshed and I slept in the woodshed.

　　Liu Huaxiang was so angry that her hands were shaking when she heard this.

　　She had eaten from the bowl of rice at Li Zhengren’s house. The bowl was smaller than her palm, but she couldn’t be full with just this one bowl of rice, let alone Guangzong who used a large porcelain bowl to eat two bowls at home.

　　She had also seen the woodshed, the roof tiles were leaking wind and rain, and now it was getting colder day by day, so Guangzong had to sleep in the woodshed for the whole winter? What did she think of her Guangzong? Was he an animal?

　　”…I chop firewood every day. I have to get up early to do it, otherwise it will disturb my little cousin’s studies. I also have to fetch water and pour the night incense at the door. After dinner, I have to wash the dishes and do the laundry…”

　　When Li Guangzong was at home, he did not do much of these jobs except chopping wood. Xing Ge’er used to do the work, raising pigs, feeding chickens, cutting grass for pigs, washing clothes and cooking. Later, when Xing Ge’er got married, Liu Huaxiang took over.

　　Li Guangzong usually just fetched water, but during the busy farming season he would go to the fields to work. During the busy farming season, a teenager would do the work of half an adult.

　　Reiji asked, “Didn’t your uncle teach you how to use the abacus?”

　　”Teach.” Li Guangzong said honestly.

　　When Liu Huaxiang heard this, the anger that had been pent up in her heart relaxed a little, and she thought, “Just teach me.”

　　Who knows that Li Guangzong said: “My uncle went to work in the restaurant during the day and came back late at night. He taught me some things every four or five days. He said I couldn’t read, so he taught me to recognize words first. Later, my uncle said I was stupid. Until now, I have not touched an abacus.”

　　”Bullshit!” Liu Huaxiang immediately regained her anger and became furious. “My son has been smart since he was young. Li Zhengren knows nothing. I can see that he is not sincere in teaching Guangzong. He only taught a few words in four or five days. What can he learn? He also orders Guangzong to do work on weekdays. How can Guangzong have time to learn?”

　　Take Gu Zhao for example. She heard from the villagers that he stayed in the house all day reading. Although it was hard to tell whether he was good or bad, the early bird catches the worm. Her Guangzong was smart and could not be stupid. He just didn’t have time to study.

　　Even though Liu Huaxiang was angry, she did not say anything about Gu Zhao’s stupid behavior. After all, at the Li family, her son still drank ginger tea made by Li Zhouzhou. Liu Huaxiang knew that she could not offend a perfect person.

　　I can only curse Li Zhengren harshly.

　　It has been almost four months since November, and Li Guangzong has only learned to count from one to ten. Not only has he never touched an abacus, but he has also been used as a farmhand in Li Zhengren’s house in Fuxian County, and Li Guangzong has to do everything. This is not the New Year, and the Li San family prepared a New Year’s Eve dinner, but Li Guangzong was not allowed to eat at the table.

　　After a bowl of dishes, there were only two pieces of meat with bones attached, so Li Guangzong took the bowl back to the woodshed to eat. In the following days, during the New Year, the Li family had a lot of meat and fish, such as maltose, dried fruits, meat and eggs. The mouths of Li Zhengren and his three children were greasy, and Li Guangzong smelled the smell. If he ate one more bite, his grandmother would say: You are so old, give in to your younger brothers and sisters.

　　Then Li Guangzong couldn’t stand it anymore. “I saw my aunt taking money from where she bought vegetables, so I took it too. After eating meat buns outside and returning home, she asked me if I stole the money…”

　　”Bah! What money are you stealing? Your father saved a hundred coins for Li San in the beginning. How can that be considered stealing?” Liu Huaxiang refused at first. Why should her Guangzong have to watch enviously while Li San’s three little brats eat meat and candy?

　　After that, the truth was clear. Li Zhengren’s wife took advantage of Li Guangzong’s stealing to teach Li Guangzong a lesson. That’s how Li Guangzong got the bloody marks on his face. At night, the couple talked about this matter. Li Zhengren said he would use a stick to correct Li Guangzong’s habit of stealing money. Li Guangzong heard it and ran away in fear of being beaten to death.

　　After drinking the brown sugar ginger tea, Li Guangzong said he didn’t want to go to the prefecture or county anymore. He didn’t want to learn abacus anymore and just farmed. He thought farming was good because he was strong, didn’t feel tired, and could still fill his stomach.

　　Liu Huaxiang was furious and put aside learning the abacus, saying that the matter was not over yet.

　　It was late at night, and everything was clear.

　　Li Er took Li Guangzong, who had just finished roasting the fire and drinking a bellyful of ginger tea and was sweating, back home. When they left, Li Er was quite nice and said, “Thank you, big brother, for helping to take Guangzong in.”

　　”Take good care of Guangzong, he’s been wronged this time.” Li Da waved his hand and said. It was just a matter of convenience. Li Guangzong was also his nephew. He knocked on his door and was frozen like that. It was just a matter of a piece of candy and a few slices of ginger.