Sun Xiu waved his hand and said, "Old Three is like this. There's no point in fighting him anymore. Let's see what he has planned."

Hearing this, Li Xu and others nodded in agreement, and then looked at Li Chen at the same time.

Feeling everyone's gaze, Li Chen thought for a moment, then asked cautiously, "Should I go to work?"

Li Ping frowned. "You're only thirteen years old this year. Working in a hemp spinning factory isn't something you can do at your age. You'll probably be better off waiting another two years."

Li Chen scratched his head. "If that's the case, then I can only choose between repeating the year and staying at home?"

Everyone in the Li family had long known that Li Chen was not a good student, so they were extremely calm about his failure to get into junior high school. Li Jiakang and his wife never hit him once, but just said a few words to him that he was not motivated enough.

The question now is what he should do next.

He is too young to go to work.

As for repeating a grade, with his condition, no one knows how many years he will have to repeat before he can get into junior high school.

The most important thing is that he himself has no interest in studying.

In this case, there is only one way left for him, which is to stay at home and go to work when he reaches the age requirement.

But the problem arises again. If he stays at home, he has to help Hu Guilan take care of the children. After so long, everyone in the Li family has noticed that Li Chen doesn't like children very much.

Since he would not be satisfied no matter what choice was made, everyone thought about it and decided to let him make his own decision so that he would not blame everyone later.

Li Xu nodded and said, "Yes, you can only choose from these two options."

Li Chen pondered over it for a long time, but in the end he still didn't know which one to choose. He could only say with a sad face, "I really don't know which one to choose. How about you help me choose?"

Sun Xiu glanced at him and said calmly, "Choose for yourself."

Li Chen gave up hope now. He made up his mind and stretched out his left hand with only two fingers spread out, one for repeating the grade and the other for staying at home. Then he silently recited the motto "select soldiers and generals, ride horses and fight", and at the same time used his right hand to tap on the two outstretched fingers one by one.

After he finished reciting the formula, his answer came out.

"Stay home."

Everyone looked at each other, and then Li Jiakang said, "Since you have chosen to stay at home, then you should help your sister-in-law take care of the children. Do you understand?"

"clear."

Li Chen agreed very straightforwardly, but Li Jiakang was still a little worried and warned, "I'm telling you, be careful when taking care of the children. If anything goes wrong, I'll skin you alive."

"Don't worry, Wenbo and the others are my nephews, I will definitely take them seriously."

Seeing Li Chen's serious look, everyone in the room showed satisfaction. Li Ping even said with emotion, "The third child has finally grown up."

As soon as these words were spoken, Sun Xiu and the others burst into laughter.

At this time, Li Xu's eyes rolled and he said with a wicked smile, "Mom, the third child doesn't go to school. Isn't it time for you to find him a wife?"

Sun Xiu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head. "Now is not the right time. Let's talk about it in two years."

Of course Li Xu knew that now was not the time to talk to Li Chen about finding a wife.

Because in order to learn martial arts, Li Chen had promised one thing: if he was admitted to a technical secondary school or high school, the cost of learning martial arts would be borne by Li Jiakang and his wife; if he failed, he would not get a penny when the family split up.

Now he has graduated from elementary school, and it is obvious that the Li family's property has nothing to do with him anymore.

So Sun Xiu must find him a working girl as his wife. Only in this way can he have a better life after the family is divided.

But the problem is that Li Chen is only thirteen years old now. There are basically no girls of this age working, even if they are two or three years older.

In this case, we will definitely have to wait two years before looking for someone for him, by which time there will be a much wider range of options.

Li Xu originally wanted to tease Li Chen, but Sun Xiu didn't understand.

Just as she was about to speak, Li Chen suddenly seemed to have thought of something, with an excited expression on his face. He spoke first, "That's a good idea, Mom. Find someone to introduce me to a date tomorrow. I'll try to get married before the New Year."

Li Xu swallowed what he wanted to say and asked, "Are you serious?"

"Of course." Li Chen answered without hesitation.

Everyone looked at each other, and then Sun Xiu showed a hesitant expression, "Third Brother, what do you think?"

"If I find a wife to help me take care of the kids, I won't have to work so hard. Besides, getting married sooner or later is no different, so getting married now will make it easier for me."

Hearing this, everyone's faces turned dark. It was really in vain that they praised you just now.

Sun Xiu was even more annoyed and said, "What are you thinking about? I'm not asking you to take care of the child alone. How tired can you be?"

Hu Cuifen married Xiao Jianping last month. As someone's daughter-in-law, she naturally has to take care of household chores and can't come over to help take care of the children, so now only Aunt Hu comes over every day.

Fortunately, as they grow older, the Li Hongtao brothers cry less and less. Now, two people can actually take care of them, but it will be more tiring.

Once Li Chen joins in, how tiring can it be if three people do the work of two people?

Besides, how much work can he be asked to do when he has never taken care of a child?

Li Chen smacked his lips, a little unwilling to give up, and asked again, "Mom, is it really not possible?"

Sun Xiu was too lazy to waste time talking to him and said directly, "If you want to find an unemployed girl to be your wife, I will have someone introduce you to someone tomorrow. But when the day comes for the separation of the family, you must not regret it."

After being reminded, Li Chen finally remembered that there was still the matter of splitting up the family. He couldn't help but shudder and quickly waved his hand, "Forget it, forget it, let's wait another two years."

Seeing him like this, Li Xu laughed secretly.

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