The stepsister of a peasant family in a book is spoiled by the big brothers

Tang Yixiao and Tang Luwu took out the bowls of rice from the basket.

There were two large bowls in the basket, each filled with half a bowl of white rice, and the remaining half contained twice-cooked pork, sweet and sour pork ribs, and garlic cabbage.

Tang Yixiao and Tang Luwu sat opposite Tang Baoyu with their bowls in hand and ate with relish.

The aroma of the food wafted through Tang Baoyu's nostrils. Already exhausted, the scent made his stomach grow even hungrier. He gazed longingly at the bowls they held and swallowed. When he looked up, blood began to flow from the wound on his forehead, trickling down his nose and staining his entire face.

Li Erniu lay there for several hours before finally waking up. She lay on the ground, sniffed the aroma in the air, and muttered, "Meat! I want to eat meat."

Tang Baoyu heard Li Erniu's voice and burst into tears. However, after being thirsty and hungry for so long, and having kowtowed for hours, even if he cried out loudly, it would be like fine lines. His voice was hoarse, and the sound it made was like a broken gong, harsh and unpleasant.

When Li Erniu heard the crying, she thought of Tang Baoyu and struggled to get up. She saw Tang Baoyu's face covered in blood, her eyes narrowed, and she was extremely angry.

"You... I'm going to beat you to death..."

"Aunt Li, you kowtowed 120 times before you passed out. We went to seek an explanation from Uncle Tang. It was he who asked us to bring Tang Baoyu here to kowtow," Tang Luwu said. "While you were unconscious, Tang Baoyu had already kowtowed over 1,000 times, and he still had 250 to go. If you continue, you'll have to kowtow 500 times."

Tang Yixiao looked at Tang Luwu in surprise.

His sister has always been timid. She doesn't even dare to talk back when a four or five-year-old child yells at her. Now, facing a vicious shrew like Li Erniu, she can actually say such a long string of words, and the logic is very clear. She has really changed a lot.

Tang Lvwu mustered up the courage to speak these words, and after she finished, she realized that bravely facing the bad guys wasn't that difficult. She had just thought of Qin Huiyin and spoke in her tone. She had always felt that Yinyin was younger than her, but spoke with maturity and authority. She wanted to be as powerful as Yinyin. Today, she seemed to have achieved it.

Li Erniu's face turned pale.

She remembered Tang Jizu's methods and the great loss she had suffered this time. If something happened again today, Tang Jizu would definitely not let her go.

"I'll kowtow... I'll continue to kowtow for Baoyu." Li Erniu said weakly.

"It has to be my mother." Tang Yi said with a smile, "Just now I asked Uncle Tang to kowtow on Tang Baoyu's behalf. Each kowtow is worth three cents, but he refused! He is a man, strong and healthy, and he can kowtow 500 less. If he had kowtowed, it would have been over long ago."

Tang Luwu looked at Tang Yi with a puzzled smile, not understanding why he suddenly brought up this matter. Since she couldn't figure it out, she didn't think about it anymore. Li Erniu was already kowtowing anyway.

Li Taohua and Qin Huiyin were cleaning their room at home.

Tang Dafu's house is quite old and in bad condition. Since I have some free time today and the weather is nice, I decided to fix it up.

The kitchen was especially small, and filled with many unnecessary items. All they had to do was choose and discard what was useless, and make a list of what they needed to buy, then go to the city to buy more when they had time.

"Mom, we're back." Tang Luwu was carrying a basket, followed by Tang Yixiao. The brother and sister pushed open the gate and walked in.

Qin Huiyin stood at the kitchen door, poked her head outside, and said, "How is it? Have you finished kowtowed fifteen hundred times?"

"The last 250 heads were kowtowed by Tang Baoyu's mother after she woke up. No matter what, not a single head was missing," said Tang Luwu.

"In fact, it's better to just ask for silver!" Tang Yi said with a smile, "Their heads can't be eaten, so they're worthless."

"We're fighting them for justice. If we ask them for money directly, we'll easily be criticized and even if we're right, we'll be wrong. Our main goal this time is to intimidate them and send a warning to the whole village. The next time someone comes to bully us, they'll have to think twice before considering what happened today."

"How are you?" Tang Dafu asked, "I see your face isn't as swollen anymore, but it doesn't look very good. I've prepared some medicine, go drink a bowl."

Tang Yixiao was stunned for a moment and looked at Tang Dafu in surprise.

Tang Dafu felt uncomfortable being stared at, and said awkwardly, "I'm your father. Is it weird for me to boil some medicine for you? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Tang Yi smiled lightly and said, "Thank you, Dad."

For the first time in so many years, he felt the feeling of having a father's care and a mother's protection.

The villagers said that if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather, but they didn’t say that when the stepmother is like the biological mother, the biological father who never cared about her will still have a change of heart.

Tang Yichen moved the broken wood out of the room.

"what is this?"

"The cabinets in my two sisters' rooms. I saw they were badly damaged, so I took them out and burned them. I'll go find Carpenter Zhang later and have them make new beds and cabinets."

"How about we replace all the beds and cabinets? They're too old." Qin Huiyin said, "I also want to make a set of kitchen cabinets."

Tang Yichen agreed, and the others, seeing that their two most opinionated children had united behind the scenes, would not stop them. After all, their family was rich now, and they didn't need the money.

Tang Yichen went out to find Zhang the carpenter. The others continued to clean up the room, clearing out all the tattered sheets, clothes, and unknown rags.

The originally small room became spacious after being renovated.

When Tang Yichen brought the Zhang brothers over to take measurements, Qin Huiyin suggested making a few desks. Once things here were almost done, the Tang family would begin their literacy campaign. Since they were going to study, they had to prepare desks, right? Otherwise, how could they practice?

"Brother Zhang, why do you look so sad?" Tang Yichen asked gently, "Is there something troubling you?"

"No, Brother Yichen, please don't misunderstand me. The requests you made are all very reasonable. I have noted them down. It will only take five days to complete. I am worried about my brother. The dam construction took some people away this time, and it was my brother who went to my house. I think building the dam is a hard job, and I don't know how he is doing there."

"Why don't you use the silver to buy this spot?" Tang Yichen asked, "Your family's business should be good, so you should be able to come up with two taels of silver, right?"

"Brother, you don't know. My family did make some money, but we didn't split up the family. Grandma was in charge. She was reluctant to give out the money, so she pushed my brother out to be used as a sacrifice." Zhang Dazhu smiled bitterly.

"That old woman in your family is really clever. It's not that she's reluctant to part with the money, but because your uncle has taken a fancy to the girl your brother is considering marrying, she's deliberately sending your brother away!" Li Taohua explained. "Your father and you brothers are all fools, completely controlled by the word 'filial piety'."