Li Dalang also knew that he was lucky to have the charcoal fire, so he had to do the job of heating the kang even if he didn't want to.

He also thought about asking Li Zhengzhi and his three brothers to do the work, but the three of them disappeared day by day. They couldn't get up until lunchtime in the morning. Li Zhengxue was even more useless. In the past, he could help to heat the kang in the room where they slept, but he didn't know what had happened to him in the past few days. He didn't do any work at all. He took out the books that had been put away before, and he was muttering all day long and no one knew what he was saying.

Li Dalang is now busy and has a headache every day. He doesn't like everyone, but there is no one in the family he can afford to offend. Jin is no longer as gentle as before. She orders Li Dalang around all day long and treats him like a servant.

Li Dalang now dreams about Hua every night, and when he wakes up he hears the sound of Jin's snoring.

He regretted it so much that his intestines turned green, but what was the point of saying all this now? He knew that Hua Shi would definitely not come back, and there was no hope for the two hundred taels of silver.

If he hadn't lived enough, Li Dalang would really like to hang himself.

The dinner was prepared by Old Mrs. Zheng, which included a stewed egg, a pot of cabbage and potato soup, two bowls of rice, and the rest were steamed corn bread.

As soon as Jin sat down at the table, her eyes were fixed on the rice and stewed eggs.

Where are the two bowls of rice? How come I have my share? Jin touched her stomach, raised her head and smiled at Old Lady Zheng against her will, and reached out to take one of the bowls of rice.

But before her hand touched the bowl, she was slapped hard by Old Mrs. Zheng.

Jin shivered in pain, "What are you doing, mother? It hurts so much! Are you going to beat me to death?"

Jin subconsciously retracted her hand and saw that the back of her hand had become red and swollen, and the anger in her heart instantly surged up.

How could I not be angry? This damn old woman did it on purpose! She was taking revenge on me for scolding her daughter!

She didn't even think about it, was she wrong to scold him? She was just an old maid who couldn't get married! She treated her like a treasure!

Jin touched the back of her hand, took two deep breaths, and cursed inwardly.

"What am I doing? Can't you see that your father and I haven't started eating yet? What are you doing? Just eat your meal first!" Old Mrs. Zheng rolled her eyes and said unhappily.

Jin touched her stomach and wanted to say something like the child was hungry or her stomach ached.

Old Mrs. Zheng seemed to know what she wanted to say and interrupted her first.

"You are pregnant with a baby, not a golden egg. You are eating before your elders even start eating? Go out and ask, who is doing this?" Old Madam Zheng snorted coldly, stretched out a finger in the direction of Jin, "Eat it if you want, or not, if you don't want to eat it, get out! This is my food, my eggs, I give it to whoever I want to eat it! It's not your turn to have the final say! One by one, you are not good at anything, you eat everything without leaving any, and you are always thinking about eating this and that. You really think you are the daughter of someone's family! Earn ten taels of silver for me every month, and I will give you whatever you want to eat, and feed you fat ducks and fat chickens every day! Do you have the ability to do this!?"

As Mrs. Zheng spoke, she picked up one of the bowls of white rice and placed it in front of Mr. Li, and placed the other bowl in front of Li Mei'e.

"What are you looking at? Get out if you don't want to eat! It's good enough to have a pancake, what else do you want?" Old Mrs. Zheng reached out her hand and took a pancake and put it in her bowl.

Old Mrs. Zheng ate the biscuits herself, so no one else dared to say anything.

Li Mei'e scooped a large spoonful of stewed eggs and placed it on the white rice. She made a very exaggerated noise while eating. The smacking sound made Jin look at her from time to time, and she could not swallow the pancake in her mouth even more.

Old Master Li looked at Li Dalang who was looking at him eagerly, and he couldn't eat the delicious rice in front of him.

He looked at Old Mrs. Zheng, then at Li Dalang, and sighed.

Old Madam Zheng glared at him, "I'm telling you, hurry up and eat. How old are you now? Do you still think you're young? If you keep going on like this for a few more years, you'll be dead soon! If you give anyone else a bite of this meal today, I'll pour it into the swill bucket, and no one can eat it! Damn old man, I can't do anything to you anymore!"

In fact, Mrs. Zheng felt sorry for Mr. Li, and was also afraid that if something happened to Mr. Li, her life would not be easy in the future. Moreover, after so many years of relationship, when there was something delicious to eat or drink, the first person Mrs. Zheng considered was definitely Mr. Li. Sometimes, Li Mei'e even had to wait in the back.

Mr. Li is a very smart person, how could he not understand what Mrs. Zheng meant?

I was very touched, but I couldn't help but complain. Why couldn't this person say nice things in a nice way?

Mr. Li lowered his head and took a big mouthful of white rice. The next moment, two spoonfuls of stewed eggs appeared in the bowl.

"Dad..." Li Dalang looked at the stewed eggs and was almost drooling with greed.

These days, all the delicious food and drinks at home were given to Jin, and he got nothing. Moreover, because he had caused such a big trouble for Jin, sometimes Old Lady Zheng was angry and didn't let Li Dalang eat enough.

If it weren't for Mr. Li openly or secretly sharing his food with Li Dalang, Li Dalang would probably be emaciated by now.

This is a stewed egg! It's greasy and exudes an enticing aroma! How delicious it would be if you took a bite!

In the past, if Li Dalang wanted to eat stewed eggs, it was just a matter of saying a word, and everything in the house would be available to him. However, he could not remember how long it had been since he had enjoyed that kind of treatment.

When Mr. Li heard Li Dalang's voice, he paused with his chopsticks.

Li Dalang became excited instantly.

He knew that his father still loved him!

But Mr. Li just paused for a moment, and then started eating with big mouthfuls.

Yes, he can't let his body collapse. There are still many things he needs to do, and only he can do them. No one else can do them.

Li Dalang withdrew his gaze with some disappointment and glanced at Li Zhengxue who was sitting next to him and eating a biscuit.

He felt that something was wrong with Li Zhengxue today, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

The whole family sat at the table, eating two completely different kinds of meals, each with their own thoughts and calculations in mind.

They don't seem like a family, but more like strangers put together at random.

Everyone just wants to try to make their life better.

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