Taking away my family's luck? I won't stand it!

Fighting for the country, he ended up like this, even having food and drink is a problem.

Zhao Danian picked up the axe and chopped at the upright firewood, then chopped a hollow firewood onto the ground.

He was just about to pick up the firewood that had fallen on the ground when he caught a glimpse of a skinny old man holding a fat baby in his arms and looking at him with pity.

"Auntie, is there something wrong?" Zhao Danian scratched his head. He had seen this kind of look too many times.

Old Lady Liu knew that her gaze was too direct and had hurt Zhao Danian's feelings, so she quickly retracted her gaze and said, "No, I'm from the Yuan family who had just settled in Lihua Village. I had nothing to do, so I took my granddaughter for a stroll around the village. Then I wandered here."

Zhao Danian had heard that a family had settled in Lihua Village, and he had also seen the men from the Yuan family replacing the rafters for the elderly in the village several times. He still had a good impression of the Yuan family.

"Auntie, please sit inside. I'll pour you a cup of hot water." Zhao Danian said with a smile, then turned and went into the house.

Old Mrs. Liu followed Zhao Danian into the house.

Zhao Danian's hands were not very convenient, so the house was a bit dirty and messy. The bedding was piled on the bed in a mess, and there were several holes in the ceiling through which light came.

"Auntie, please be polite. I'm a grown man and I don't know how to clean the house." Zhao Danian only then realized how dirty the house was and scratched his head embarrassedly.

Old Lady Liu took the water, waved her hand and said, "I gave birth to four sons, and they are all extremely lazy and can't clean the house."

"I'll ask my third son to come and fix the rafters in your house. The weather will be cold in a few days, and we can't have a leak in the roof."

Zhao Danian was stunned for a moment, then showed his big white teeth. He felt a little uncomfortable when someone suddenly cared about him after living alone for so many years.

"Thank you very much, Auntie."

Old Lady Liu waved her hand, "Why are you being so polite? You went to the battlefield to defend your country. What's this little thing?"

After coming out of Zhao Danian's house, Old Lady Liu went to the houses of other remaining soldiers and found that these remaining soldiers were living a very miserable life, which made her heart ache.

When he got home, he told his sons that he chopped firewood for the remaining soldiers when he helped them. He also told his eldest daughter-in-law, Ye Wan, to take the boys to the homes of the remaining soldiers to help clean up the house and dry the bedding in the room.

There happened to be nothing to do today, so Yuan Laoda nodded and said, "Mom, if you have nothing to do this afternoon, I'll take the second and third sons to clean up the house."

"Yes, Mom, I'll take a few boys with you this afternoon." Ye Wan also nodded.

The third son's wife took a piece of braised pork and put it in her mouth. After hearing this, she curled her lips and said, "Mom, what does it have to do with us? Why should our family clean up the things for those remnants of the army? It's fine if we just repair the roof for them, but now we have to help them chop the firewood and split it, and even help them clean up the house.

Mom, I won’t do it!”

Yuan Laosan quickly pinched his wife's hand and told her to stop causing trouble.

"Just keep quiet, Mom didn't ask you to do it."

The third daughter-in-law rolled her eyes and said, "I'm not going. Unless I'm paid, I won't go."

"Third brother, when can we receive the wages for these few days?" Old Mrs. Liu asked suddenly.

The third son's wife shut up immediately and ate obediently.

Yuan Laosan said, "Mom, it's almost done. I'll give it to you the first time." When Laosan's wife heard this, she glared at Yuan Laosan fiercely and cursed in a low voice.

Old Lady Liu nodded and then thought of her youngest son, Yuan Laosi. "I don't know when Laosi will be back. The weather has been getting colder recently. Tomorrow when we send Chulan to town, we can also drop off the newly made quilt and mattress at home."

After hearing this, Guoxing put down his job.

"Grandma, can we go tomorrow too?"

Old Lady Liu said, "No, you three boys have to go to the Lu Mansion to attend school."

Guowang was very disappointed when he heard this. He said in a baby voice, "Grandma, the teacher praised us for our great progress recently. We even memorized the Three Character Classic. So can we go to town and play?"

"Really? Recite it for me..." Old Mrs. Liu was so happy when she heard it.

Guowang realized that this might be his only chance to go to town to play, so he looked at his two brothers and began to recite with full confidence.

"When a person is born, his nature is good. Natures are close, but habits make them different. If left untaught, nature will change. The way of teaching is to be focused. In the past, Mencius' mother chose a good neighborhood. When her son refused to learn, she broke her loom..."

"Dou Yanshan, a man of integrity..."

Guoping and Guoxing also joined the reciting team. The voices of several children reciting were heard in the Yuan family's yard, each one louder than the last, as if they were competing.

After reciting everything, the boys looked at Old Lady Liu with sparkling eyes.

Old Lady Liu ate the rice in her bowl calmly and said, "If you can ask your husband for leave tomorrow, you can go to town."

"Oh yeah!"

"yeah!"

"Finally, we can go to town and play."

Cheers came from the Yuan family.

Shen Chulan and Ye Wan looked at each other and laughed out loud. Grandma had originally planned to take them to town to play tomorrow, and now she disagreed only to see how the boys would react.

After school in the afternoon, the boys went to their teacher to ask for leave for tomorrow.

Mr. Xiucai taught these boys as a side job. How much he taught depended on how much these boys could understand. However, they surprised him. They could still remember what he taught them the next day. They memorized the entire Three Character Classic and even recognized many Chinese characters.

Considering that these boys usually performed well, Mr. Xiucai agreed readily.

Xiao Ci, who was writing at the desk, moved his ears. After writing the last word, he ran in the direction Guo Ping, Guo Xing and Guo Wang had gone.

Chased all the way to the foot of the mountain.

"Wait, you guys are going to town tomorrow?"

The boys who were about to go to the mountain to chop firewood turned around and looked at the little girl in front of them with a red face from running all the way. A pair of bright eyes on the delicate little face were blinking at them.

Guoping nodded, "Yeah, we're going to town tomorrow, what's wrong?"

"Sister Yaoyao, are you going?" Xiao Ci looked at Guoping expectantly.

Are you here to snatch my sister from them?

"Sister Yaoyao must go with us. I tell you, Sister Yaoyao is our sister, not yours. If you hug our sister without our consent again, be careful or we will beat you."

Guowang threatened Xiao Ci with a fierce look on his face and a baby voice.

They had never held their sister in their arms, but Xiao Ci could hold their sister every time he came, which made them feel very happy.

Sister Yaoyao can only be theirs.

A smile flashed in Xiao Ci's eyes, "I was able to hold Sister Yaoyao in my arms with my own ability. You guys are so rough, what if you try to hold Sister Yaoyao and she falls? "

Not only did Guowang fail to hold his sister, but eight-year-old Guoxing and ten-year-old Guoping also never had a sister.

Xiao Ci's words undoubtedly rubbed salt into their wounds.

The boys looked at each other. They couldn't stand Xiao Ci's arrogant face, so they wanted to teach him a lesson.

During this time, they practiced martial arts with the adults, so this was a good opportunity to teach this arrogant boy a lesson!

Guo Wang rushed forward with a punch, but Xiao Ci dodged and caught the punch, then looked at him with a puzzled look, "You want to hit me?"

Seeing Xiao Ci grabbing his fist, Guo Wang's face flushed red and he shouted loudly: "I'm going to hit you!"

When the two older brothers saw that their younger brother was at a disadvantage, they hurried forward to help.

......

Three boys with bruised faces and noses were standing in the Yuan family yard, especially the two younger ones who looked very unconvinced.

However, Xiao Ci who was beaten only had his clothes disheveled and no injuries on his body.

"Why do you want to say goodbye?" Old Mrs. Liu held a freshly baked bamboo stick in her hand and stared at the three boys in front of her fiercely.