With the matter concerning the women resolved, Pan Jinhua felt relieved again.
The Li family members were all busy with their own things, so she was happy to be leisurely and free.
Sometimes I go to visit the workshops under construction to see how ancient people built houses and have a novel experience.
Sometimes I would stroll over to the rice paddies to check on how the seedlings were growing.
Li Xuhai took great care of the rice seedlings and, following Pan Jinhua's advice, released fish fry into the four mu of land.
They do all sorts of composting and fermentation, not afraid of getting dirty or tired at all.
Pan Jinhua often said that if the rice fields yielded a good harvest, Li Xuhai would be the greatest contributor to the Li family.
Li Xuhai already valued his family's land highly, and Pan Jinhua's words gave him even more motivation.
Recently, I heard Pan Jinhua say that insect corpses can be mashed into a paste and sprayed onto rice paddies to prevent pests. Now, she and her eldest son spend their days searching for insects outside.
The two of them had tanned skin, and his wife felt extremely sorry for them.
"You're so dull and stupid. Look at our family, who's as eager to farm as you? They all go to the workshops to find work, which is more respectable."
“Look at you, it’s one thing to be unambitious yourself, but you’re dragging your son down with you, making him just as useless.”
While cursing, Cheng applied ointment to the two people, whose skin was sunburned.
Li Xuhai's wife, Cheng, was actually a kind and honest person.
Li Xuhai had no parents and three younger brothers to support. Since Cheng entered the family, she has never had a moment's rest.
With the couple working together and the support of their clan, their lives were not bad. Their younger brothers and sisters-in-law respected them, and their children were growing up. Their lives were getting better and better.
As a result, he was exiled.
She was not a discouraged person, and her resilience played a significant role in managing the Fifth Branch of the Household.
Upon arriving in Shaoguan County, they settled down again.
Seeing that his brothers from other branches of the family were doing respectable jobs, and with the work of the fifth branch falling on his own third brother, Li Xuhai, as the eldest of the fifth branch, spent his days working in the fields and even led his son astray.
Cheng harbored some resentment; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she was disappointed in him.
"Farming suits me; I'm the only one in my family who's good at it."
Li Xuhai replied in a muffled voice.
Madam Cheng was still annoyed. "Then you plant it yourself, but don't take Yun'er with you."
"Mom, I want to farm with Dad."
Li Qingyun huddled in the corner, forcing herself to speak.
"I'm not very smart, but farming doesn't require me to think. Once I learn how, I can support myself."
Mrs. Cheng was speechless. Her son was really simple-minded, just like his father!
Like father, like son; Cheng only hoped that her children would follow suit.
Be shrewd, so you won't suffer losses.
The Li family also has another problem.
Li Qing had been sighing and lamenting beside Pan Jinhua for quite some time now.
When Pan Jinhua asked him, he said it was nothing.
After asking several times without any response, Pan Jinhua eventually gave up and figured she would tell him when she wanted to.
"Grandma, am I really useless?"
That afternoon, Li Qing was planting vegetables in the yard with Pan Jinhua when he suddenly uttered these words, his voice trembling.
Pan Jinhua didn't stop wielding her small hoe, nor did she turn her head.
"How so?"
"My eldest brother is busy with the workshop with the elders, my eldest sister and younger sisters also have their own things to do. Although the third and fourth little ones are not good at studying, they are now at least somewhat skilled in martial arts. As for Qing Tong, he is only eight years old, but he is already very strong and frightening. Qing Jun is still young and we can't tell what he is like. I am the only one at home, with nothing to do."
Li Qing's tone carried a hint of resentment.
“My father only values my eldest brother, and my mother pays more attention to my younger sisters. Not only am I neither good at academics nor martial arts, but no one values me or has any expectations of me, not even my grandmother. Among my brothers, I prefer Qingjun.”
Seeing that Pan Jinhua didn't even turn her head, Li Qing felt even more distressed and became more and more agitated as he spoke.
Pan Jinhua was initially worried that he was too shy to speak up, but now that she heard the strong emotions in his voice, she realized that this was no small matter.
"Qing Jing".
Pan Jinhua's expression turned serious. She quickly dropped the small hoe in her hand and went to take Li Qingjing's hand.
Li Qing's eyes were already wet with tears; her stubbornness was kicking in, and she refused to leave.
“Come on, Grandma can’t pull you.”
Pan Jinhua's tone softened, and Li Qing finally twisted his neck and followed Pan Jinhua's force into the house.
“If your grandmother makes you feel neglected, she should apologize to you.”
After entering the room, Pan Jinhua asked Li Qingjing to sit down, and when they met eye to eye, she immediately apologized.
Li Qing was shocked to find that his grandmother had actually apologized to him.
He had never experienced the feeling of an elder apologizing to him before.
In their education system, everything that elders say and do is right.
"Grandma, that's not what I meant..."
“Listen to me,” Pan Jinhua stopped Li Qingjing.
“I usually pay more attention to Qingjun because his biological mother is not around, and your third uncle is not reliable.”
Pan Jinhua had a bad impression of Li Xuchang because she remembered seeing him abandon his two children and commit suicide, and she didn't dare to trust him much now.
“Grandma is very happy that you can say these things to her. First of all, Grandma doesn’t think you are useless. Everyone has their own strengths. If you can’t succeed in either the academic or the martial arts path, it just means you’re not good at those two paths, not that you are a bad person.”
"Isn't this the same thing?"
Li Qing was depressed.
"They say there are 360 professions. Does your father, your two uncles, and your eldest brother also have skills in both the literary and martial arts fields?"
Li Qing didn't dare to respond to this, but his grandmother was right. His father and elder brother couldn't make it through either of these two paths either.
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