When Chen Jun left work, he brought two large pig legs with him. When Jia Zhangshi saw them, she said that these pig legs were the bribes Chen Jun had received and that they should be shared with the people in the courtyard.

"Then Chen Jun slapped Jia Zhangshi."

Liu Guangqi briefly described what he had seen.

"Didn't Jia Zhangshi cause a stir?" Liu Haizhong asked curiously.

Given Jia Zhangshi's temperament, she would have jumped up and argued with the person when she was slapped, instead of holding it in until now to finally lose her temper.

"No." Liu Guangqi shook his head: "Before they even had a chance to blast it, Xu Damao cursed Jia Zhangshi as an idiot, and then the two of them started fighting."

Liu Haizhong: ......

This is indeed Xu Damao's style; no matter who is at odds with the Jia family, he has to lend a hand.

Just as Liu Haizhong was speechless, Liu Guangqi's next words made him furious.

"Dad, when are we going to improve our meals? Every day it's just vegetables and pickles. Guangtian and Guangfu need nutrition, otherwise they won't grow tall."

Liu Guangqi didn't say these things out of genuine concern for Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu; rather, he wanted to improve their meals as well.

Look at Chen Jun, he gets to eat meat almost every day. It's so enviable!

Liu Guangqi knew that his family situation couldn't compare to Chen Jun's, but he couldn't go half a month without meat.

Upon hearing this, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu exchanged a glance and then chimed in, "Big brother is right. My legs have been hurting a lot lately, it must be from a lack of nutrition."

"Bang!"

Seeing that his son was about to rebel, Liu Haizhong slammed his hand on the table.

"You want to improve the food? You want to improve the food even more?"

"You two do nothing all day but stay in the classroom, while I work myself to the bone in the workshop, sweating more than you drink water. You don't care about your father, and you even complain about the food at home?"

"Useless! You're all useless! If even one of you were like Chen Jun, would I have to work so hard?"

"Speak up! Why aren't you all talking? Have you all become mute?"

Liu Haizhong was already annoyed by the delicious aroma wafting from the courtyard and the grumbling coming from the Jia family, but then his son demanded an improved meal.

The result was that the more they talked, the angrier they became, and it escalated to the point where the father, seeing that his sons were still alive, pulled out seven wolves and beat his sons until they howled in pain.

After a good scolding, the three brothers immediately behaved themselves.

“From now on, you’ll all have to go fishing after school. If you want to improve your meals, you have to rely on yourself. Don’t expect me to do everything!” After slapping his son, Liu Haizhong’s anger subsided considerably.

Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian covered their heads and nodded hurriedly, but in their hearts they hated Liu Haizhong.

It was clearly Liu Guangqi, the eldest brother, who made the suggestion, so why was he only hit twice when people were being slapped?

Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian were hit more than a dozen times.

So, the eldest is your son, and the second and third are adopted?

In the entire courtyard, who would beat their child like that?

Putting aside everything else, even the third uncle, Yan Bugui, rarely laid a hand on his own children. As for Yi Zhonghai, he spoiled his adopted daughter rotten, buying her whatever she wanted.

"And you, can't you try to be more capable in the future? I don't expect you to be like Chen Jun, just be about as good as Sha Zhu, okay?" Liu Haizhong looked at Liu Guangqi with disappointment.

Chen Jun, Sha Zhu, Xu Damao, and Yan Jiecheng are all Liu Guangqi's peers.

But look at those four, each of them is doing better than Liu Guangqi.

Especially Chen Jun, who is already a leader in the steel rolling mill at a young age. According to the factory's regulations, Liu Haizhong would have to respectfully call Chen Jun "Director Chen" when he meets him.

This made Liu Haizhong extremely envious.

If I had a son like that, even if I couldn't become a leader myself, I could still enjoy being a leader by taking advantage of my son.

“Dad, Sha Zhu is only able to get this far because He Daqing gave him a spot. If you could get me a job in the cafeteria, I’d definitely be better than Sha Zhu,” Liu Guangqi said resentfully.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Sha Zhu is now more successful than him; the couple's combined income is only about 100 yuan.

But Liu Guangqi looked down on Sha Zhu because Sha Zhu had been too cowardly before, and He Daqing had run away with a widow, so Liu Guangqi always felt superior to Sha Zhu.

"You dare talk back?"

Liu Haizhong was furious and pulled out Seven Wolves again.

"You're complaining that I didn't arrange a job for you, aren't you?"

"You think I'm incompetent, huh?"

"I'll teach you to despise me, I'll teach you to despise me..."

"Ah, Dad, stop hitting him! Stop hitting him!!!"

Liu Guangqi never expected that his words would enrage Liu Haizhong so much. When he slapped him, he didn't hold back at all. Since the clothes he was wearing in the summer were relatively thin, each slap left a red mark on his body.

Seeing their older brother yelling and screaming as he was whipped, Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian burst into laughter.

It wasn't easy.

It's not easy to see my brother getting so badly beaten.

The wails echoed throughout the entire courtyard, and even the residents in the middle courtyard could hear them clearly.

"Hey, why is Liu Guangqi being pulled out of Liu's hair?"

In the Yi family home, an older woman was sitting at the dining table serving food to Huaihua when she heard Liu Guangqi's screams and couldn't help but become curious.

In the past, when Liu Haizhong lost his temper, he would call Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu to teach them a lesson, but rarely disciplined Liu Guangqi.

Everyone in the courtyard knew that Liu Haizhong favored his eldest son.

But today it's the other way around.

"Who knows?" Yi Zhonghai replied casually, not caring who Liu Haizhong would slap.

He smelled the aroma of meat wafting in, and felt a hollowness in his stomach.

It smells so good! And the aroma of this meat is different from that of ordinary pork. It smells like it's going to be chewy. If I could take a bite, I'm sure it would be incredibly delicious.

"Let's buy some pork tomorrow, so our daughter can have a treat," Yi Zhonghai said.

An older woman glanced at him, thought for a moment, and then said, "Chen Jun didn't cook ordinary pork today, he cooked wild boar meat. I saw it when I got off work, and there were two big pig legs."

Um?

Two large wild boar legs?

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai knew he wouldn't be able to enjoy such delicious food.

These days, wild boar meat has a strange smell, but it's a rare commodity that you can't usually find in the market, and it's also much more expensive than regular pork.

"Then let's buy a pork knuckle!"

Yi Zhonghai waved his hand and immediately arranged a special dish for tomorrow.

Before they had children, Yi Zhonghai and his wife lived frugally, partly to help the Jia family and partly to save enough money for their retirement.

But now he doesn't need it anymore, because he has locust flowers.

He simply spent the money he had previously given to the Jia family on his own household, and his quality of life steadily improved.

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