After Li learned about the matter, she was very grateful to Tang Youyou.

"Your aunt is right. People's hearts are not as they used to be. My money didn't come from the wind! Son, if you want to win people's hearts, you have to give gifts that are timely!"

"Mother, they really need this bed right now. Isn't it a timely help?"

"Let me ask you three questions. First, is the bed important to them right now? Second, is the bed essential for them? Third, will they die without the bed?"

Li Hongyuan widened his eyes and pursed his lips, "Mother, isn't this a question for you?"

Li poked his forehead hard without hesitation, "Fortunately, you're not stupid!"

"Mother, this is a serious matter. Will you help me or not?"

"You little brat, you still don't understand after all I've said? There's so much wood in the mountains, it's only a matter of time before they make beds. They won't die without beds! What's the most important thing you said after winter comes?"

"Cotton-padded clothes, quilts, and food!"

"Hmph... I say you're stupid, but you seem quite understanding. I say you're smart, but you're pathetically dumb. You didn't even inherit a single bit of your father's or my intelligence!"

Li Hongyuan grinned, "Mother, are you planning to buy them some quilts and cotton clothes?"

"You, you... a little bit of kindness, a peck of rice, a grudge! You must remember the golden words left by our ancestors! Let me ask you, are you helping them so that they will remember your kindness, or do you just feel sorry for them?"

"I'm not the kind of person who would repay a favor like the county magistrate!"

Li chuckled. "That's good. If it's the former, you must not take a cent from the gift, and you must let them know that it's hard-earned. Only then will they be extremely grateful. If it's the latter, you must be particular about the method and manner!"

"Mother, why are you still keeping your son in suspense?"

Li sighed, "Alas... you really are too stupid! Didn't you say they were researching winter vegetables? I'll help promote them then, which is also a disguised way of helping them!"

Li Hongyuan scratched his head, unable to figure it out. Wouldn’t this still be known to others?

Sui He covered her mouth and laughed secretly, "Master, what Madam meant is that if you really help others, you can get some compensation, that way they might feel more relaxed!"

Li Hongyuan's eyes lit up, "I understand. This is what my aunt always said. Don't resort to favors when you can solve it with money!"

"You know shit! This is totally irrelevant. Get lost...get lost...get back to Xiangyang Village. Seeing you makes me dizzy!"

He looked at Suihe and ordered, "Just now I saw that Ruoyi likes to eat taro, you can pack some for him to take back!"

Li Hongyuan grumbled and complained quietly, "Who is your son? I haven't had any meat in days!"

When she heard the word "meaty", Li couldn't stop retching.

He hurriedly tried to recite it to her, but Mrs. Li said perfunctorily, "I'll pick you up in a month. Just study hard with your aunt!"

Li Hongyuan pursed his lips and didn't say a word the whole way.

Bai Ruoyi was beaming as he carried the bamboo basket. "Um...why are you unhappy? Did your mother scold you?"

He suddenly stopped and said, "Huzi, tell me honestly, am I particularly stupid?"

Bai Ruo chuckled, "How could that be? You know so many characters and you're very efficient at work, you don't have anything to do with being stupid, okay?"

"But I don't understand the ways of the world!"

Bai Ruoyi scratched his head. "You're a rich young man, you have everything you need, why would you need to know all this?"

Seeing his face getting uglier and uglier, almost crying, Bai Ruoyi quickly tried to make amends: "Well... my mother said that everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. Everyone has their own strengths. We just need to learn to play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses!"

"You know so much!"

"Of course not. My mother didn't like to talk before, but she's become a different person since she had a head injury!"

Li Hongyuan: Is this still possible?

The two teenagers kept muttering to themselves all the way, completely unaware that there were two people following closely behind them.

"Did you see it clearly? Was it him?"

"Master, I saw it for real. He has lost some weight and his skin has become darker!"

"Humph... He caused my father's tragic death and drove my mother crazy, yet he's still alive and well. God is so unfair!"

"Master, how about we take advantage of the fact that there are few people on the road and tie them up?"

"Idiot, I don't want to get into trouble! Come closer."

The servant came closer and his eyes widened after hearing what was said.

"Master, this... is it too risky?" He was extremely scared. If he got infected with the plague, he would lose half his life.

"I have a sworn feud with the Li Bosong family. I want him to experience the feeling of losing a loved one. Let's act separately!"

The servant grabbed his clothes and said, "Master, have you forgotten the master's last words? Don't joke with your life. Why don't we spend some money to ask the refugees for help?"

"You cowardly fool, there's no such thing as an impenetrable wall. You have to do this yourself to be absolutely sure!"

Servant: Are you sure it's safe? You're not just walking into a trap? Do you want to go to jail?

That’s right, this person was Zhang Baozi’s son Zhang Fan. He had been imprisoned, but just a while ago, the county magistrate suddenly released him. His purpose was naturally to make things difficult for Li Baisong.

However, with the lessons learned from the previous incident, the Li Mansion was heavily guarded, like an iron barrel, and he had no way of starting!

While wandering in the city today, he suddenly saw Li Hongyuan. He came up with an idea and followed him all the way to Xiangyang Village. However, there were still people guarding the entrance to Xiangyang Village.

Zhang Fan was like an ant on a hot pan, not daring to expose himself, but unable to swallow this anger.

"Master, how about we disguise ourselves and ask the refugees for help? This village looks very unusual..."

Which village would be so vigilant? They actually built a thatched hut at the entrance and guarded it 24 hours a day.

Zhang Fan gritted his teeth and took out a silver note from his sleeve with great heartache.

"Twenty taels of silver, go buy some buns, no! Give them to the victims. Tell them you're from Xiangyang Village, and there's a kind-hearted man in the village who's giving out porridge at the entrance of the village. First come, first served!"

The servant smiled happily, saying that this was twenty taels of silver, enough to buy a lot of steamed buns.

But before he could even breathe a sigh of joy, Zhang Fan seemed to see through his thoughts and said, "This is the only silver I have! You take two taels, and remember to bring back the rest!"

Servant: If the indenture contract wasn’t still with you, I really want to run away.

All the while, he was thinking, how could he escape? How could he force out his indenture?

Zhang Fan leaned against the stone and imagined Li Hongyuan knelt and begged for mercy, completely unaware that he was about to be killed.

"Dad, don't worry, I will kill the enemy and avenge you!"

He shook his shoes, where he found the servant's indenture and one hundred taels of silver.

Thinking of his own plight, he couldn't help but clench his fingers. "A tiger in trouble is bullied by dogs. When my family was rich, everyone came to curry favor with my father! Now that we're down and out, everyone is pushing us down. The shop has been closed down by the government, and the house has been divided up by my uncles. All this is thanks to you, Li Baisong! I will make you pay for your blood debt with blood!"