I knew from a very young age that I was an unwanted child.

I was born in a chaotic era, a time of burning, killing, and looting. The Ming family owned dozens of acres of land, which they leased to several households. They were landlords, and their family was considered to be quite well-off.

However, my grandparents treated me like a farmhand in the house.

After I became sensible, I always helped with chores at home. Going out to farm and washing clothes at home were common occurrences. They often said with disdain that I was born with this lowly fate.

My mother's focus has always been on my older brother. She always says that he is not in good health and needs to be taken care of, and she always asks me to give in to him. She takes meticulous care of my older brother.

I've always doubted whether she's my biological mother, but everyone says she is.

As for me, I only care about being full; I don't care about anything else. If I get hurt, I can just let it heal. Even though I was the one who suffered injustice at my brother's hands, my mother not only didn't comfort me, but also made me apologize to my brother, even though I was the one who was wronged.

But I am five years younger than my brother, and he is not that weak.

Grandpa and Grandma doted on my older brother, always calling him their precious grandson and giving him all the good things they had.

And her mother always granted her brother's every request, treating him like a precious treasure, never letting him suffer any grievances.

Even if someone says something negative, she will argue with them for a long time.

I once thought my mother was a concubine or a maid who was bought into the family. Unfortunately, my mother was married into the family through proper channels. Although she was a second wife, my brother was the son of the first wife.

The aunt died in childbirth, and the brother also died in childbirth and was born weak.

From childhood to adulthood, my brother always ate fine grains and wore New Year's clothes, and was pampered by the whole family.

I could only eat coarse grains, and my grandparents complained that I ate too much. My clothes were all hand-me-downs that my older brother didn't want anymore, and I was the only one who was allowed to wear them.

My grandparents would scold me when my mother wasn't around. They would say really nasty things, calling me a worthless bastard, destined to be useless, and a lackey.

I know they don't like Mother, but they still have to rely on her. The Ming family has few members, and not all the tenants are good. If the master is slightly weak, they will rebel. Mother is strong and can keep them in check.

My mother doesn't tolerate their troublemaking. They can't control my mother, so they take their anger out on me.

I was just a child, and I had no power to fight back. Even if I told my mother, she would just say that they were my own grandparents and that no matter what the elderly do, they should be respected.

I don't understand, what's so respectable about that kind of old person?

As for my biological father, I rarely saw him after I was born. I heard that he went to fight the Japanese, but he did come back twice.

The first time I met my dad, he brought gifts for both my brother and me. It was the first time I had ever received a gift, and I was very happy. I thought that finally there was someone in the family who wouldn't favor my brother, and that I would receive the same treatment.

I was still disappointed. Like everyone else in the family, my father's attention was all on my brother, and he didn't even give me a perfunctory look.

I don't understand. If they don't like me, why did they even have me?

Later, families in the village with some land started going to school, but even though our family could afford to send two people to school, my grandparents refused to let me go because they thought I would never amount to anything and that it was a waste of time and money.

Our family owns dozens of acres of land. We rent out more than ten acres, leaving only a few acres. My mother does all the work on those few acres. When she comes home, she still has to do the laundry and cooking. She's the one who supports the family. If she argues, I might be able to go to school.

But my mother fell silent. Later she said it wasn't that she thought I was useless, but that she was too tired and wanted me to help her.

Yes, she's the only person who's been good to me all these years. She works so hard every day that her back aches and she feels sorry for me, so I do all the housework and even help her out in the fields from time to time.

She felt guilty and kept apologizing, asking me to understand.

I feel powerless. I've been understanding towards her for so many years, but has she ever understood me? In the entire Ming family, who has ever understood me?

At that moment, I was exhausted too. She knew perfectly well how much I longed to go to school, and she knew that I had never fought for myself so as not to make things difficult for her. This was the only thing I wanted, yet she still made me compromise myself.

So I devised a plan to have my older brother's classmates constantly cause trouble for him, and even threatened him not to tell his parents.

That coward Ming Yunshan actually didn't tell his mother and grandparents, and kept asking them for money with all sorts of excuses, which I found ridiculous.

But my mother and the others gave it to me, and they gave it to me very readily. I split the money with my classmate.

In six months, I earned enough money to pay for three years of tuition. But when I received this money, I found it even more ridiculous.

My older brother saw that I had a fight with that classmate, and he ended up running away in defeat. The reward was the money I had received over the past six months.

Since you don't want to give it to me, I'll find a way to get it myself. If I'm not having an easy time, no one else should either.

All I want is fair treatment, and if I can't get it, I'll get it in my own way.

Every time I see Ming Yunshan, who is so proud and arrogant in front of me, but timid and submissive in front of his classmates, and even bullied even more under my instigation, looking like he's about to kneel down and beg for mercy, I find it funny and also very satisfying.

As expected, my good older brother offered to let me study.

My family agreed and asked me to take good care of my older brother, to carry his schoolbag, and to pour water and grind ink for him.

My elder brother also looked at me with a condescending expression, telling me to be grateful for his great kindness and to repay him in the future.

I smiled and agreed; my battle with them had only just begun.

I am both Mingyunshan's younger brother and his servant. He is only responsible for studying, while I do all the chores. He even acts like a savior, saying that without him, I would not have had the opportunity to study.

We're both sons of the Ming family, and both mothers were married through proper channels. I should be treated the same way, but I'm expected to kneel and thank them.

On what grounds?

I started flattering Mingyunshan, making him feel smug and gradually neglecting his studies. He started fighting crickets with others, indulging in food and drink, and even gambling. Even his teacher criticized him several times, saying that if he didn't study properly, he should just go home and farm.

I had someone guide me through all of this; with enough money, anything can be done.

And all this money was swindled from Mingyunshan. That idiot still acts superior to me.

My original plan was that once he became addicted to gambling, he would lose all his family fortune and be branded a spendthrift for the rest of his life.

I've also prepared poison. Once we've lost all our assets, I'll find a way to make him serve everyone food laced with poison. I don't want to live anymore anyway, so let's all go to the underworld together and continue fighting there.

Grandpa and Grandma had wanted to get rid of them for a long time, but they just needed the right opportunity.

As for my mother, I don't know when it started, but I don't seem to care about her as much anymore.

Since they care so much about Mingyun Mountain, then I will make Mingyun Mountain personally deliver the poison to them, so that Mingyun Mountain will be disgraced and infamous for eternity.