She wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "Second brother, think about it yourself. Even if you don't believe me, you should believe your two nephews. Pengbo and Pengle are more promising than their eldest brother Pengfei. After they graduate from college and find a good job, it will be easy for them to pay you back, right?"

The second son, Li Hongjian, was originally a simple-minded person but not very good at speaking. After hearing her talk, he also understood what she meant.

He almost wanted to withdraw the money. Sending children to school is a big deal, especially when they are admitted to university. Can he let them drop out halfway just because he can't afford the tuition?

There are two college students in the family. The eldest sister is proud of the fact that people in the surrounding villages around Zhaojia Village walk with their backs held high.

However, Li Hongjian finally softened his heart. He looked towards the other end of the restaurant and whispered to his elder sister Li Hongyan, "Sister, although Mom has some opinions about you, she is very good to Pengbo and Pengle. You don't have to worry too much about the tuition."

Li Hongjian didn't dare to say it directly, thinking he was calling his elder sister in a roundabout way.

But who is Li Hongyan? Her eyes lit up immediately, as if she had discovered a treasure pot: "You mean, Mom told you that she would pay for the tuition of the two children?"

This hit the nail on the head, making Li Hongjian a little embarrassed: "Just know it yourself, don't say it was me who said it."

Li Hongyan's eyes widened, and she made a series of shocked clicks: "When they were admitted to university, I asked our mother to borrow money, and our mother kicked me out directly. Why are you so proactive now?"

Li Hongjian shook his head: "I don't know either."

Li Hongyan nodded. No matter whether Li Hongjian knew it or not, at least her mother Chen Xiaoying was willing to pay the money.

However, Li Hongyan has always been cunning: "Second brother, my eldest sister's hope is pinned on your words. If our mother doesn't pay for the tuition, your two nephews can't go to school, you have to give me an explanation."

The second oldest, Li Hongjian, immediately felt uncomfortable: "Sister, you..."

He is tongue-tied and doesn't know what to say.

Li Hongyan let out a sigh and went back with a smile on her face.

Li Hongjian frowned and looked at her back, not knowing what to say. It would be better for elder sister to be down-to-earth and not do anything else. If she did something unnecessary and their mother didn't want to pay the tuition, she would be embarrassed.

Moreover, what did she mean by what she said just now? Did she intend to let him pay for it when their mother didn't?

Li Hongjian sighed and scratched his head, thinking that his elder sister was really calculating.

Chen Xiaoying was in the store and saw the brother and sister talking from a distance. From the expressions on their faces, she knew what Li Hongyan had said again that made Li Hongjian embarrassed.

But she ignored her. Wasn't Li Hongjian sufficiently at a disadvantage?

When Li Hongjian entered the store, he saw his mother Chen Xiaoying glance at him. It was as if the look in her eyes saw through him.

"Dad." This is Li Hongjian's son Li Chaochao.

Li Chaochao is twelve years old now, and he has been arranged to attend cram school. This child has no problem when he is playing, but when it comes to studying, his brain just won't work.

I was having dinner with a few cousins, and after dinner, they had to go to cram school again.

"Have you studied hard?" Li Hongjian asked.

"Going to school." Li Chaochao answered honestly.

Li Hongjian nodded.

His mother Chen Xiaoying asked, "Are you not busy over there? What are you doing here?"

"It's okay. I was just taking a look." Li Hongjian felt guilty now. He regretted telling his elder sister the secret just now. If his mother knew about it, he didn't know how angry she would be with him.

He didn't say anything and Chen Xiaoying didn't ask. It was most likely that Li Hongyan's visits to her brothers were not good things.

When they were not working, they were all young and strong. Every now and then, she would call her four brothers to Zhaojia Village to work for her, which made the people in Zhaojia Village very envious. Li Hongyan was really capable. With just a wave of her hand, she would get four laborers to work for her family. Her husband Zhao Faliang was really enjoying himself.

Unfortunately, Zhao Faliang had no gratitude in his heart, because his mother said, "Four laborers work, don't our family let us eat?" As for the second child, Li Hongjian, two bowls of noodles were not enough for him to eat, and he didn't do much.

In Zhao Faliang's opinion, the food they ate was enough for him to treat other guests.

Li Hongjian really had nothing to do today, he just came to eat. He went to the kitchen, got his meal and started eating, occasionally asking about the cram school.

The children are of different ages and attend different tutoring classes.

Li Yuhan is studying high school knowledge, Li Yujie is in junior high school, and Li Yumeng should also be studying junior high school knowledge, but they have not learned any elementary school knowledge and are starting from the third grade of elementary school. Li Chaochao is even worse, he can't read or count, and it's the same as not attending the village elementary school.

It's not that primary school doesn't teach this. Any teacher anywhere can easily teach students primary school knowledge. It's that Li Chaochao himself doesn't learn. He can play with a pencil for most of the day in class. No one knows where his mind is and he doesn't learn at all.

Every time Chen Xiaoying sees these children, she can't help but think of what was said on TV.

“A dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse gives birth to a child who can dig holes.”

What this sentence means is that most children born to capable people are also capable, and most children born to incompetent people are also incompetent.

Because they grew up in different living environments, if Li Hongjian and Wang Xiaoqin were teachers, they would definitely pay attention to Li Chaochao's educational problems since childhood. There would be many books at home, and his parents would also be reading and writing. Children from such families, even if they are not good at studying, will not be too bad, unless they are extremely rare examples.

But the reality is that Wang Xiaoqin can hardly read, and Li Hongjian himself did not study well in elementary school. Li Hongjian went out to work and neglected the children and did not care about anything. Wang Xiaoqin only cared about making sure the children had clothes to wear and food to eat, and she did not understand anything else.

In school, when Li Chaochao wants to study, he follows the teacher and when he doesn’t want to study, the teacher won’t pay special attention to him because there are so many other students. So this type of child will fall behind in the most basic education.

Because they don't understand why they learn.

Chen Xiaoying thought that if she didn't pay close attention to Li Chaochao's education now, he would be a failure in the future, and his children would follow his old path, and the family would be poor for generations.

In his previous life, Li Chaochao never got married. He was stupid and poor. For the sake of his self-esteem, he told people a lot of lies. He told people what kind of job he found, how much he was paid, what time he got off work every day, and what he did after get off work. All of them were lies.

In fact, he just lay in the rental house and played with his mobile phone every day. When he was hungry, he got up to eat, and when he was full, he lay down and continued to play. It was what was popular at that time: a otaku, lying flat. He played until he was in his forties and fell ill, but he had no money to treat it.

Chen Xiaoying looked at Li Chaochao's still young face, which was still honest and simple. When others saw such a child for the first time, they would know that he was not smart and a little stupid.

It doesn't matter if you are stupid. At least you have learned to read and do accounting. Then you can learn a skill to support yourself, such as driving an excavator or being a cook.

Get a proper job and do something. Don’t be like a useless person in your previous life, lying there all your life until you die.