Chapter 108 I Don't Want to Be a Mother Anymore

Li Banxia was taken aback. "Send the second son to the army?"

"Um."

Seeing that Li Banxia wasn't averse to it, Li's second brother thought there was a chance and persuaded, "It's true that military training is a bit tough, but it's government-funded. With your older brother and Yuanzhi backing him up, even if Su Lao Er doesn't make a name for himself, he won't suffer any losses. It's better than him being idle like this now. He's a young man in his twenties..."

At this point, he frowned slightly and called out to Li Banxia.

"Didn't we buy him a job at a tractor factory? He was fired before he was officially hired?"

"no."

Li Banxia shook his head. "The tractor factory is failing. The higher-ups will soon issue reform documents. In the second half of the year, they will probably have to cut costs and increase revenue. Employees without much experience will face layoffs. It's better to... withdraw as soon as possible, and also temper the second son's temper."

As she said this, she paused for a moment before turning away, her expression becoming strange and odd.

The pain revealed in that slight pause in his eyes, along with the sense of vicissitude spreading around him, made Li Erge's heart tremble inexplicably. He thought of Su Lao Er, who had a big fight with his own mother over a beautiful woman, to the point that it had alarmed the police. He felt a little annoyed.

I shouldn't have refrained from beating Su Lao Er a few more times because he had a back injury and I was afraid my little sister would feel sorry for him!

"If a child misbehaves, it's mostly because you haven't hit them enough. You have to be willing to put your hand down and hit them..."

Li Banxia glanced sideways and smiled at Li Erge.

The words that Li Erge was about to say caught in his throat. He looked at his little sister, who had a smile on her face but no smile in her eyes. She looked as haggard as an old woman in her fifties, without any energy or spirit. Li Erge felt a tightness in his chest and wanted to curse.

He blinked, avoiding eye contact with Li Banxia.

He muttered and cursed, "It must be because of the Su family's bad genes. Our Li family couldn't have produced such a good-for-nothing bastard! I should never have let you marry that Su guy, so you wouldn't have given birth to these debt-collecting brats..."

"Second brother..."

Seeing him like this, Li Banxia suddenly smiled. "I've figured it out. The kids are grown up and should have their own opinions. As long as they don't rely on me or make me pay for their lives, I won't interfere with what they want to do anymore."

Li Erge paused.

Somewhat surprised, she said, "Didn't you used to be reluctant to let them suffer?"

"Yes, I just realized I made a mistake before, didn't I?"

Li Banxia said, "I had a dream a few days ago. I couldn't bear to let them suffer the hardships of life, the hardship of earning money, so I took care of everything for them. In the end... I suffered my whole life, and apart from my eldest son and his wife, none of the rest of them cared about me as their mother. They all thought that it was my duty as a mother to work myself to the bone..."

She gave a self-deprecating laugh, looked at Li Erge, and said, "Erge, that feeling is too unbearable. It's exhausting, both mentally and physically. I'm so tired that I never want to be a mother again in my next life."

She can still feel that excruciating pain from her memories!

They were all her flesh and blood, yet when faced with the fact that she was dying, one said he didn't have time to care, another said he didn't have money to care. They all wanted money or a prescription, and if they didn't give it to them, they were accused of favoritism. It was as if her life or death was none of their business.

She feels sorry for them because it's a mother's nature, but they don't feel sorry for him as children should? Is it her fault for not raising him well?

Li Banxia closed her eyes briefly, then opened them again, her vision clear.

She calmly looked at Li Erge, "Second Brother, let the eldest brother call the second brother later and let him make his own decision. Let them decide how they want to live their lives. I... won't get involved."

Li Erge nodded.

“There’s nothing wrong with your way of thinking. After all, it’s their own path to walk. Like shoes, they know best whether they fit or not. Let them figure out what they want for themselves.”

Li Banxia nodded.

Li Erge breathed a slight sigh of relief and smiled, "It was just a dream, don't take it seriously. Besides, we're keeping an eye on things. If those kids dare to be unfilial, my eldest brother, third brother, and I will definitely break their legs!"

“Yes, Second Brother is still vigorous despite his age.” Li Banxia smiled as well.

Li Erge was rarely appeased by her words and laughed heartily twice.

They soon arrived at the hotel. Li Erge told Li Banxia to wash up, eat, and rest, while he himself took a couple hundred national vouchers to test the other party's strength.

Who would have thought that they would leave so quickly and return so quickly?

Li Banxia had just finished eating and was preparing to visit Li Sange at the hospital before returning to rest when she was stopped in the hotel lobby by Li Erge, who had rushed back.

He took her upstairs, went into the room, and closed the door.

Afterwards, he let out a long sigh and asked Li Banxia, ​​"The other party wants to take all your coupons, one thousand or two thousand each. How many do you have left? Should you give them all to him?"

Li Banxia was immediately invigorated.

"The opponent is that strong? Here, take it all!"

"good!"

Li Erge rubbed his hands together, his eyes shining brightly, and turned to grab the tattered bag, but was caught by Li Banxia.

"Second brother, ask him to raise the price a little more. We don't mind if it's a dollar or two, or even a few cents or two."

Will it keep rising?

Li Erge swallowed hard, clenched his fist, and said, "Okay, I'll go talk to them!"

Li Banxia handed him the tattered bag, and Li Erge gave her the money he had received, then left with the tattered bag.

Li Banxia packed up the money and went to the hospital. Her third brother's two children surrounded Li's father and mother. The four of them quietly watched the man in the intensive care unit.

Li Banxia paused, not wanting to disturb them, and turned to go back downstairs. She ran into the doctor on duty, Song Yuanzhi's classmate, and learned about Li Sange's recovery over the past two days from him.

"Don't worry, your third brother has a strong will to live, he'll get better."

Li Banxia thanked her with a smile.

After leaving the hospital and returning to the hotel, she was no longer sleepy. She stood by the window watching the rising sun, waiting for her second brother Li to come back.

An hour later, Brother Li, carrying a bulging tattered cloth bag, knocked on her door.

With an air of "keep away, or I'll beat you to death," he strode into the house, slammed the door shut, and then began to pant heavily.

"What's wrong?"

Li Erge glared at her, loosened the tattered bag he was tightly protecting, and poured the money onto the ground by the opening of the bag.

Countless coins were scattered on the floor, covering a large area in front of the door.

Li Erge took a deep breath and cursed, "Damn it!"

Li Banxia, ​​"..."

Li Erge looked up at her, his eyes swirling with a storm of emotions. “So this is how you can make money?! We work so hard to raise seedlings on the mountain, transplant them one by one into the medicinal herb field, and watch over them day and night, paying attention to the season, rainfall, and soil. After they mature, we still have to painstakingly process them. What kind of money is that?”

Li Banxia pursed her lips and couldn't help but smile.

Her second brother's reaction was exactly the same as when she first learned that these coupons could make so much money.

They truly are born of the same mother.

"The money we earn is hard-earned, this..."