When crossing over, Xiao Hei looked at Fang Zhiyi's expressionless face and was a little worried: "Su Yu, do you need to rest for a while?"
Fang Zhiyi shook his head: "No, maybe it's the influence of the necromancy. I'll be fine after taking it easy."
Both the person and the system fell silent.
When he woke up again, Fang Zhiyi was sitting in a dilapidated house with straw under him. He frowned. This was even worse than the treatment of being a necromancer!
"Plot."
This is the 1990s. Fang Zhiyi is the eldest son of the Fang family. He has two younger brothers, Fang Haoyi and Fang Mingrui. As the eldest brother, he has been taught to take care of his younger brothers since he was a child. The Fang family is from the countryside, so it is normal for the eldest brother to take care of his younger brothers.
However, his parents are not normal. The old couple is very partial to their youngest son, and the one who is least favored in the family is Fang Zhiyi.
In other families, the younger ones usually pick up the older clothes to wear, but it's the other way around in Fang Zhiyi's family. When his parents buy cloth at the market, they make clothes for the third child first. If there's any left, they make clothes for the second child. Only then do they give their old clothes to him. However, because he works long hours, Fang Zhiyi is relatively thin, so the clothes fit him perfectly.
As far as Fang Zhiyi could remember, he had never had a proper meal. Every meal, his mother would place the few meat dishes available into the bowls of his second and third sons, muttering, "You're the eldest, you have to give in to your younger brothers." He was left with only hard steamed bread and porridge so thin you could see your reflection in it. When Fang Zhiyi was old enough to go to school, his parents sent the second and third sons to school, but told him, "Our family is poor, and as the eldest, you have to help with the housework to support your younger brothers' education." Thus, Fang Zhiyi never attended school, instead working in the fields alongside his father every day, the burden of farm work prematurely placed on his small shoulders.
His younger brothers, taking advantage of their parents' favoritism, showed no respect to Fang Zhiyi. Once, the youngest brother stole a few dollars Fang Zhiyi had painstakingly saved to buy snacks. When Fang Zhiyi complained to his parents, his father scolded him, saying, "You're the eldest brother, how can you be so picky with your younger brothers?" His mother bluntly retorted, "It's just a few dollars. You'll have plenty of opportunities to earn money later. Don't make things difficult for your younger brother." From then on, Fang Zhiyi was frustrated. In this family, his own feelings always came first.
He also acquiesced to everything, but on the way to pull fodder one day, Fang Zhiyi happened to see a girl fall into the water. Although it was not winter, he jumped into the river without hesitation to save the girl. Later he found out that it was Lin Xiaowei, the daughter of the director of the county agricultural machinery factory.
Lin Jianguo was very grateful to Fang Zhiyi and went to his house in person that night to thank him. He also offered to let him work in the factory. When the Fang family heard the news, their eyes lit up with excitement, because working in a factory is a stable job!
After Lin Jianguo left, Fang Zhiyi's father called him into the house and told him for the first time in a kind tone that he should give this opportunity to the second son, because the second son had studied and was educated, and would definitely have a better future.
Fang Zhiyi lowered his head and said nothing. Fang's father's patience soon ran out. He and Fang's mother cursed Fang Zhiyi as a blind man.
Fang Zhiyi had no choice but to follow their advice and talk to Lin Jianguo. However, Lin Jianguo guessed the problem and simply asked someone to tell the Fang family that the spot was for Fang Zhiyi and no one else could come.
The Fang family quieted down, but soon started to stir up trouble again. Fang's mother and the third child who was studying in the county would come to the factory gate to ask Fang Zhiyi for money every now and then. Fang Zhiyi was also honest and gave him whatever he had, often leaving himself with nothing.
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