Good luck every time

Because of what happened last night, the two returned home very early today, and the people who were trying to block them had not yet arrived.

However, the news that Li Er was injured spread throughout Sanjia Village in no time.

Although his injury was only on his arm, it gave many people more evidence to the rumor that Li Ruyi was about to die.

When Li Er returned home, his parents saw his injuries and realized that he had been beaten last night.

People from each branch of the Li family came over to ask.

Some people who secretly wanted to see Li Er's fun moved closer.

It’s a pity that before they could finish watching Li Er’s fun, they heard an even more depressing news.

Li Ruyi actually hired Li Shiwu as a long-term worker, not only providing him with enough food every month, but also paying him half a dollar a month.

Li Shiliu stood in the crowd, feeling indescribable in his heart.

He had the clearest understanding of the relationship between Li Er and Li Ruyi, and had no idea why Li Ruyi would employ someone like Li Er.

Li Er was originally a small gangster in the village. Although he was not as hateful as Li Shuanzi, he never showed pity to the weak.

Not to mention that he bullied the Li sisters in the beginning.

Li Shiliu always felt that he was not much worse in terms of intelligence, so why did Li Ruyi ask Li Er to do the work instead of him? ?

Especially this time, Li Er was injured, and Li Ruyi was actually willing to give Li Shiwu a job for his sake.

Li Shiliu quietly withdrew from the crowd. He was also very tired of those people at home. Obviously, everyone was envious and jealous, but when they saw that Li Er could find a job for his brother, they suppressed their sadness and had to flatter him, which made Li Shiliu even more uncomfortable!

He came out of the yard and wandered around the village.

After swaying for a while, I finally arrived at the foot of the mountain.

This was not the first time he had come here. He had been here before, whether to collect firewood or to watch the fun when the house was being built.

But this yard was still extremely unfamiliar to him.

Because he never went in, never even knocked on the door.

He stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked for a moment, as if he wanted to see through the gate and the wall to see what the people inside were doing.

He really wanted to ask why Li Ruyi chose Li Er.

Just as he was hesitating, a head suddenly popped up from the courtyard wall, which looked a little eerie in the evening light.

The next moment, a tail was raised, followed by a child's voice.

"Don't pull my hair!"

The third child climbed up the high wall of the courtyard carrying a cat. She originally wanted to get some fresh air, but she was startled when she saw a person standing outside the yard.

"Ah! Who are you? Are you going to attack me?"

Li Shiliu: ...

"I am Li Er's sixteenth brother."

The third brother patted his belly with one hand and put a piece of wood in his other hand behind his butt.

"Are you here to pick up Brother Twenty? They're going back! Aren't they home yet?"

Li Shiliu didn't know what to say to the child. He looked up at the dark face under the light and shadow, with no clear features.

"They're home, I'm just walking around."

The third brother looked at him, thought for a moment, then reached into his bosom and pulled out a small notebook.

"I heard from my second sister that my twentieth brother has also started to learn to read. Can you help me give him this notebook? I was thinking that I should give him a solemn gift on the first day of learning to read, but my sister won't let me go out."

Li Shiliu only heard that Li Shiwu had found a job, and he didn't know that Li Er could still recognize words because of his injury.

His mood got worse.

The third sister didn't know about that. It was dark and she couldn't see Li Shiliu's face clearly. She leaned over the wall and handed the small notebook to Li Shiliu, saying something as well.

"Knowing words is very useful. You should learn more."

Li Shiliu stood there looking at the third brother's chubby hands which had become much whiter. The frustration and jealousy that were bubbling in his heart seemed to have found an outlet.

"I can't read, and my family doesn't have the money to teach me how to read. I will never be able to learn how to read in my life!"

The third brother was very perceptive and instantly caught Li Shiliu's thoughts which were difficult to express to others.

She lowered her head, trying to find an angle where she could see the other person's expression clearly.

"Well...if you want to learn to read, you can come over here and I can teach you! Don't listen to people who say learning to read is useless. Learning to read is useful. I couldn't remember who was who when someone scolded me before. Now that I can learn to read, I write them all down and look them up when I forget."

Li Shiliu: ...

He just wanted to scold the third brother to vent his anger, and at the same time offend Li Ruyi on behalf of Li Er.

But when he heard that the third brother actually took a notebook to write it down, he swallowed those words back in an instant.

I signed up too early. I would have scolded you if I had known!

Once these grievances are suppressed, the anger can no longer be released and instead turns into calculations of interests.

"Are you really willing to teach me how to read?"

The third brother nodded.

"Yes! I will teach any child in our village who comes to me. I want to be a female teacher in the future and open a girls' school to educate girls, so that they can read and write, understand reason and have clear aspirations."

"You've come at a good time. I'll practice with you first, starting with learning to read. I don't want any money from you, but a teacher who can teach you just one word is still a teacher. If anyone in the village says something bad about me and my second sister in the future, you have to help me!"

Li Shiliu thought about it and felt that this condition was not appropriate.

"Nine out of ten families in the village scold your second sister. If I help you, how long will it take?"

The third brother shook his head, looking like a pedant.

"You don't understand. I said those bad things just to get a better deal than my second sister. My second sister said that it was irreconcilable."

"There's no need to refute such bad words. She will do it. I am responsible for those who spread bad words. Even if it has nothing to do with them, they won't benefit from it. They still want to abuse others every day. I have to make them understand that we sisters are not easy to bully!"

After saying that, the third brother began to review Li Shiliu's battle record during this period of time, and he was very eager to recruit her to join the group.

She took out her fighting notebook, opened it and pointed at the charcoal marks on it and showed it to Li Shiliu, not caring whether Li Shiliu could see it clearly in the dark.

"You see, Aunt Li Wu said something bad about my second sister before. She said that my second sister was cheap and had a lowly life, and she didn't have two taels... two taels, what is this... it's not important. Then I took Er Gouzi and Damao and Ermao to beat up her youngest son, and chased him from Sun Shazi's house to Uncle Sun Qi's house..."

"And this... this..."

After the third brother finished speaking, he leaned most of his body out from the wall and asked Li Shiliu.

"That's it! Can you read?"

Li Shiliu sighed deeply. Seeing this, the third brother sat down on the wall steadily and sighed as well.

Listening to the dirty words said by the third brother, Li Shiliu suddenly felt relieved.

It is so simple to calm a person's jealousy, just make him understand that the object of his jealousy is not much better off than him.

Li Shiliu thought about it and felt that the third child had only been making small fights for a long time. It seemed that they were just gangs among the kids. It didn't seem like a big deal for him to be mixed in.

Moreover, Li Shiliu thought of Li Shiwu. That man had no work to do at the beginning, but he just hung around in front of Li Ruyi and finally got work.

Then he might come over and hang out, maybe one day...

Li Shiliu suddenly had an idea in his mind.

"Give me the notebook, and I'll bring it back to Li Ershi later."

He walked forward, stretched out his hand and took the notebook handed to him by the third brother.

The third sister seemed to be leaning forward defenselessly, but in fact, her other hand had already touched the wood behind her. If Li Shiliu fought with her, she would definitely hit Li Shiliu on the head with the wood and cut his head open on the spot.