Good luck every time

When the two of them arrived at the county, let alone six cents, Li Ruyi went to the houses he often visited, knocked on the doors of every household and asked, and even used nice words and acted nicely, before he got four cents in exchange.

Before the city gates closed, I went to the grain store and bought two pounds of stale corn.

The family was starving and was waiting for her to bring back food.

Wash the wild vegetables and cook them with chopped corn in a pot. Add more water so that if the dry vegetables are not enough to eat, you can fill them up with water.

Li Zhuzi was exhausted. Not to mention working, just the distance he walked today was enough to kill him.

The next morning, Li Ruyi called him to get up, and he lay on the kang and began to pretend to be sick.

Li Ruyi did not make things difficult for him. He took his things and pretended that he was going up the mountain to chop wood.

Seeing that he was sick, the eldest sister and the third sister couldn't go out to shovel the fields, so the third sister was left at home to take care of him.

Although it seems easy to stay here, there is actually a lot of work to do at home.

The back garden needs to be tended to, firewood needs to be chopped, and all the cleaning and sweeping are work.

A nine-year-old child at this time is no longer called a child, he should be used like a laborer.

Fortunately, the third child is used to doing these things and can do them easily.

Li Zhuzi lay on the kang for quite a while. Seeing no one came back, he sneaked to the kitchen, ate up all the rice porridge left for him and the third brother, and then ran out quietly, not caring at all about what would happen to the third brother if he had nothing to eat.

The sun is very bright at this moment, and you can see the water vapor rising from the ground when it shines on the ground.

Li Zhuzi ran to an abandoned house in front of the village and saw his friends spreading a torn mat on the floor and sitting together to learn how to play Pai Gow.

I don't know who made the wood for that deck of Pai Gow, but the pieces are so uneven that people who are familiar with the game can almost tell what each card looks like.

But they are young and their families don't give them money, so they just want to have fun and don't take it seriously.

Seeing Li Zhuzi coming, Shuanzi and Quanzi, who were more popular among the children, greeted him with a smile.

Li Quanzi is eleven years old this year. He is the youngest son of the patriarch's youngest son. Although he has a relatively high status, there are many people in his family and he is not really valued. His situation is completely different from that of Li Zhuzi in the Li family.

Because of Sun's favoritism, Li Zhuzi always had a few cents of spare money to buy food and drink.

Li Quanzi was greedy, so he would always say nice things to coax Li Zhuzi. He was also the first one to notice Li Zhuzi when he entered the room.

"Zhu Zi is here? Didn't you go to the city with your second sister yesterday? Is it fun in the city?"

Li Zhuzi was not very happy. He didn't have any fun when he went to the city yesterday. He was just dragged by Li Ruyi to other people's houses to knock on the door, be scolded and smile at.

Of course, he thought that scolding him was tantamount to not giving him a good face and not speaking in a flattering manner.

But in fact, they just refused because they were not familiar with the place and did not want to collect their firewood.

Seeing this, Li Quanzi and Li Shuanzi exchanged glances.

Li Shuanzi is older than all of them. He is already fourteen years old this year, one year older than the eldest sister of the Li family.

His family had few fields and many children. He was neither the eldest nor the youngest, and his parents usually didn't care about him at all.

He himself was unwilling to do farm work, so he found an elder brother in the county town and spent most of his time hanging out with him.

But the eldest brother doesn't keep a useless person. Now he can only follow others and do nothing but work as a clerk. There is no guarantee that he can make money.

If he wanted to show off in front of his elder brother, he had to give gifts to others, but he was poor and had nothing good to offer.

This brought the target to the three sisters of the Li family.

In Li Ruyi’s previous life, the three sisters were targeted by the clan leader’s family, so Li Shuanzi naturally did not dare to take action.

But in this life, Sun died three days earlier and was not entrusted to them. Li Shuanzi had an idea.

When he saw the expression on Li Zhuzi's face, he instantly realized that his chance had come, and he tried to deceive Li Zhuzi without leaving any trace.

"What delicious food did your second sister buy for you? Wangji's meat buns at the city gate are three cents each, and they are delicious! Have you tried them?"

Li Zhuzi looked unhappy. How could Li Ruyi buy him delicious food?

He went from being the first person in the family to being the last, which was because his family didn't have a dog, otherwise the dog would have a higher status than him.

When he thought of this, a sinister look appeared on his bruised face.

However, he would not tell these words to anyone, as his reputation was more important than anything else.

Unfortunately, he was too young, and was mentally retarded by Sun, and there was no mirror at home, so he had not yet realized that his purple face had betrayed everything.

He changed the subject abruptly.

"What are you guys playing?"

Li Shuanzi asked him to look.

"I'm not playing anything, just Pai Gow! Do you want to play for a while?"

Li Zhuzi was very angry, so he went over and joined in the fun.

Li Quanzi looked at Li Shuanzi and asked him what he was going to do next. Li Shuanzi raised his eyebrows and asked him to cover for him.

Several children gathered together.

After a while, Li Zhuzi lost several rounds.

Although they don't play for money, losing is always unpleasant, and Li Shuanzi is still trying to take advantage of the situation.

"Ouch! Zhuzi, you haven't been very lucky lately! I remember that you always lost less and won more in the past!"

After hearing this, before Li Zhuzi could react, Li Quanzi had already said it in a mean way.

"Brother Shuanzi, please stop talking. Everyone in the village knows that Zhuzi's family is now headed by his second sister! His second sister is fierce and cruel, not like a woman at all. She must have suppressed Zhuzi's good fortune! Right, Zhuzi?"

Before Li Zhuzi opened his mouth, people around him had already agreed.

"Of course! Our neighbor Si Lengzi knows this! His sister-in-law is like this. After his mother died, his sister-in-law took over the family. Guess how he is now?"

"I know, I know! Isn't he the one who fell into the river and drowned two months ago? He used to play with you, but later he had to work every day. If he didn't work, he would be beaten. He fell into the river while fetching water. I don't know what got him entangled, but he couldn't get out."

"That's right. This woman is too fierce and it just ruins her luck. It's been the old rule for men to be on top and women to be on the bottom for many years. Haven't you heard that when a woman is in charge, the house will fall apart! I think Zhuzi's second sister is like this."

"Isn't it! Zhuzi, you have to have some ideas..."

A bunch of useless people with no real abilities, but they talk a lot of bullshit.

Li Zhuzi was of the same kind as them. He clenched his fists tightly after hearing this, but his anger was not directed at those who were trying to sow discord. It was all directed at Li Ruyi.

A large group of people played together until dark.

Li Zhuzi didn't want to go back and face Li Ruyi, but there was no light in the room, no food, and no bedding. There was no fun to play with if they didn't break up, so everyone had to go back.

People went home one after another, and finally Li Shuanzi was the only one left. He saw Li Zhuzi dawdling and asked him.

"Aren't you hungry?"

Li Zhuzi was actually hungry, but that home was no longer the home he remembered.

Li Zhuzi's eyes turned and he revealed an understanding expression like a caring older brother.

"I know. You're afraid of your second sister, right? I'll take you back."

When Li Zhuzi heard this, he immediately refuted it.

"Who's afraid of her? A pussy!"

Li Shuanzi chuckled and did not expose the truth. He walked side by side with Li Zhuzi towards the Li family.