It turns out they discovered that it was Li Qian who stole it. They said someone saw Li Qian running towards the county, preparing to go somewhere else.

The old lady stood up abruptly, stopped crying and making a fuss, grabbed a large stick from the side and prepared to go out, not forgetting to look at her sons, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and come with me, and bring that wretched girl back to me!"

She wants to run? Run my ass!

"She took my money, I'll beat her to a pulp!"

Good heavens, it turns out that Li Qian stole their family's money.

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

The family rushed out in a flurry, leaving Tan Zian frozen in place like a dazed man. Perhaps he hadn't yet accepted that his good friend had become a thief?

Li Qian, on the other hand, didn't want to wait any longer, so she decided to secretly run away so that no one would be able to find her.

As for whether there's money left for food at home, what does that have to do with her?

Some people can never find their own problems, and always feel that they have no problems at all.

Li Qian started running, but she didn't expect to be seen. Even more unexpectedly, she was caught by her family members before she had run two miles.

Li Qian was pinned to the ground, and the money in her bag was taken out. The old lady counted it five times with heartache, and only after finding that nothing was missing did she glare at her fiercely.

"You brat, you've really grown up! You even dare to steal money from home. Take it back with you!"

The old lady was still hesitant, wondering whether to continue with her previous idea or whether to send her there.

I was thinking of making the most flexible contract possible, so that Li Qian could become an apprentice. Even if the wages were lower, it wouldn't matter, as it would still be a viable career path in the future.

But now the old lady is unwilling.

The idea is to make this little girl work as a maid and serve people.

Li Qian was locked in the woodshed, bound hand and foot.

The old lady told Li Qian's parents, "If you want to see your daughter, you can take this brat with you and get out of here. Don't tell me you're my son or my family."

Upon hearing this, Li Qian's father cowered. He and his wife were lazy and shirked their responsibilities. If they had separated from the family long ago, it would have been questionable whether they could even support themselves. They were fully aware of their own worthlessness and knew they couldn't earn money on their own.

They quickly told the old lady, "Mom, don't worry, we definitely won't let her go. We already know she did something wrong, how could we possibly let her go? That's impossible, Mom, please believe us!"

They genuinely hoped the old lady would believe them, no matter what... they wouldn't leave the house!

If they leave, they won't be able to support themselves, and how will they continue to sponge off their parents? No, no, absolutely not.

They just want to stay at home.

"Then you'd better listen to me!"

The old lady was quite satisfied with their attitude, and the couple nodded quickly, very emphatically, "Okay, okay, Mom, we'll definitely listen, we'll definitely listen."

They can't be disobedient, otherwise they'll lose everything. They have to obey!

Li Qian was thrown to the ground and tied up. Hearing her parents' voices outside, tears streamed down her face. Her eyes were filled with hatred and pain.

She resented her parents for being so useless and not protecting their daughter.

She hated her grandmother for wanting to sell her, she hated Tan Zian for breaking his promise, and she hated Mo Yan for coming to her house to ask for money. In short, she hated the whole world!

Tan Zian was unaware of this news. After returning, he went to sleep because he was too tired and sleepy.

Mo Yan went to sleep, and then at five o'clock in the afternoon, she got up, made a tofu dish and a tomato and egg stir-fry, and then went to catch that thing.

"Hurry up and eat. After you eat, pick out the beans and soak them."

Or you can go and pick some cowpeas and make them into dried cowpeas.

Tan Zian felt extremely distressed. It wasn't that he was unwilling, but he felt sorry for his mother. He had only worked for one day and was already so tired, while his mother had worked for so long...

Tan Zian struggled to get up quickly. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but... his whole body ached, and he had no choice.

After eating, Tan Zian obediently started working.

He was being incredibly well-behaved, doing whatever he was told. He had only one thought in his mind: he hoped his mother had forgotten about the exam. But how could Mo Yan possibly forget?

Tan Zian turned around and saw his mother smiling at him with a feather duster in her hand. That smile was really a little scary no matter how you looked at it...

"Mom? Maybe I should go to sleep first. I'm afraid I won't be able to get up in the middle of the night. In order for us to make more tofu tomorrow, could you let me go and rest first?"

He really...

"Are you going to take it out for me yourself, or should I go find it, or should I go directly to your teacher tomorrow?"

Tan Zian hung his head, quickly knelt down to admit his mistake, and touched his ears with both hands. "I was wrong, I was really wrong, Mother, I'm telling you the truth."

I gave my test paper to Li Qian, she gave mine, and hers… Tan Zian didn’t know what to say. It was so bad that he ended up getting a failing grade.

"I got a bad grade... Next semester I have to clean the toilets every day and copy the texts every day."

He was also very aggrieved. He never expected Li Qian to be so outrageous. How could she be so bad? He was so aggrieved, and he still had to clean the toilets!

Mo Yan laughed uncontrollably after hearing this, feeling only one thing: Serves him right! Who told him to be so blind and heartless, such an ingrate?

Mo Yan took out a feather duster. "Since that's the case, come and lie down yourself. I'll spank you 50 times. You shouldn't have any objections, right? You helped someone cheat, and now you're the one who failed. You still think that Li Qian is good? Is your brain filled with tofu?"

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