Li Yutong knew clearly in her heart that children all struggle by standing on the shoulders of their parents.

When she and her younger sister Li Yuhan could not afford the tuition for school, several cousins ​​from her aunt's family were already taking interest classes such as dance, piano, music, etc. Those who were not good at studying would attend targeted extracurricular tutoring classes.

In addition, there are a wealth of extracurricular reading books to broaden their horizons.

After the family had finished their meal, several sisters helped to clear the table and wash the dishes. When they left, it was customary for them to give each other New Year's money. One insisted on giving it, while the other refused to accept it.

After struggling for a while, they finally dispersed.

When the family of four walked towards home, they found a person sitting at the door of their house from a distance. It was Li Yujie, with a big yellow dog lying at her feet. When the big yellow dog saw them coming back, it got up and walked towards them, wagging its tail.

Li Yutong touched the head of the big yellow dog, which was her own dog.

"Jiejie, why are you sitting here?" Liu Lanxiang asked curiously.

"My grandma asked me to see if you guys are back?" Li Yujie stood up stiffly.

She was very timid and hardly spoke to anyone. Her uncle had a dark face and got angry easily, so she didn't dare to get close to him.

"Is there something wrong?" Li Yutong asked her.

Li Yujie wanted to cry immediately: "My dad beats my mom."

Li Hongwei's face immediately fell: "Why?"

"It seems to be about money." Li Yujie recalled that it started because her mother snatched the money from her father, so her father pushed her mother down, kicked her twice, and punched her.

Li Hongwei immediately turned around and went to the old house.

"What are you doing? It's New Year's Day, don't make a noise." Liu Lanxiang hurried to stop him.

Liu Lanxiang knew that Li Hongwei had a bad temper, and she would definitely scold Li Hongqiang if she went there.

He regarded Li Hongqiang as his third brother, and as the eldest brother he wanted to help him in every way. However, Li Hongqiang had no eldest brother in his eyes, only his eldest sister Li Hongyan who was married to Zhaojia Village.

No matter how much he does or how well he is treated, people can't see it and only remember the bad things that happened to him.

"It has nothing to do with you. What are you going to do?"

"I'm not doing anything, I'm just going to take a look." Li Hongwei was furious.

Liu Lanxiang had no choice but to follow him hurriedly.

Li Yutong asked Li Yujie from behind: "Where is our aunt?"

The second day of the Chinese New Year is the day when married women return to their parents' home, and nine out of ten times it is because of the matter of their aunt Li Hongyan.

"Let's go." Li Yujie said.

"Aunt wants to borrow money from your father?" Li Yutong asked again.

Li Yujie nodded: "Yes."

Li Yutong knew what was going on, but she just didn't know why her grandma asked her dad to go.

Li Hongwei went there angrily, but when he saw the old house, he found that everything was quiet, no one was crying, no one was making a fuss, and nothing happened. He felt relieved immediately.

"Have all your sisters and brothers-in-law gone home?" Chen Xiaoying went out to greet them.

"Let's go back." said Li Hongwei.

Chen Xiaoying knew that in his previous life, his relative Liu Lanxiang had really helped him a lot, so he said, "I just happen to have something to tell you."

Li Hongwei then found a chair and sat down: "Mom, what's the matter?"

Chen Xiaoying said, "Wait, the second brother and the others should be back soon."

Generally speaking, when we go back to my parents’ home on the second day of the Chinese New Year, we basically have lunch and then leave.

Li Hongwei could only wait a little longer. Li Yutong took the opportunity to ask Li Yujie how much homework she had done and if there was anything she didn't understand so she could teach her.

Li Yujie didn't want to: "Sister, I'll write it tomorrow."

"It's okay now. Just sit here and write. If you don't understand something, I can teach you." Li Yutong was determined to change Li Yujie's fate. A timid, not very smart, and pretty girl like her would be easily deceived in society.

The more you read, the more knowledge you will gain.

Li Yujie was reluctant, but was still forced by Li Yutong to do her homework.

They waited for a while, and finally people came back one after another. Chen Xiaoying asked Li Hongjian to call back Li Hongqiang who was playing cards at the village entrance.

Now, the whole family is sitting down, and those who don’t have seats are standing aside.

Including the twin sisters Li Hongli and Li Hongxia, who took advantage of someone else's tricycle to go shopping in the county town, both came back.

"What are you trying to do by doing this?" Li Pingwang frowned, thinking that the old woman Chen Xiaoying was up to something again.

Chen Xiaoying ignored him and looked at each of her children before saying, "I called you here to talk about my thoughts on making money over the past year. Why have I been doing this?"

"Why? You are just an old man, but you don't know how to enjoy life. You still have to work hard from dawn to dusk to earn a few hard-earned dollars."

Her children all looked at her, their eyes filled with confusion.

Chen Xiaoying then continued, "It's to make up for what I, as a mother, owed you in the past few years."

"For example, when other people get married, their houses are built, but my third son doesn't have a house now, so I want to build a house for him."

"For example, we were confused a few years ago and let your eldest sister take away a lot of money. Now we have no evidence and cannot get the money back. As a result, we did not make your life easier when we should have had money to help you and make your life easier for the whole family."

Having said that.

Li Hongwei couldn't help but say, "Mom, you are already so old, and you are still talking about whether you owe them or not. It's not easy to raise them."

The second child, Li Hongjian, is also a filial son: "That's right, Mom, don't think too much. I don't think you owe me anything."

The third brother, Li Hongqiang, also frowned: "You think too much all day long."

The fourth child, Li Honggang, was listless. She looked here and there without saying a word. Only her wife, Yang Xiaohui, looked around.

Chen Xiaoying waved her hands and said, "In fact, the principles your father taught you before were wrong. He said that after raising you to adulthood and marrying you, it is no longer your responsibility."

"Indeed, it is not your responsibility. However, there is one thing that is wrong. When your children are in trouble, parents should help them when they have the ability to do so. Because helping you will allow you to earn money without worries, which is equivalent to helping ourselves. Because when you have money, you will be able to provide us, the old couple, with a comfortable life in our old age."

"At the same time, it also helps the next generation of our Li family, allowing them to study without any psychological burden and get into a good university in the future. If the children are well, they will be able to provide you with a good retirement life, right?"

People in rural areas do not have pensions, and the idea of ​​raising children to provide for their old age is deeply rooted.

When the child is young, his parents raise him. When his parents grow old and the son grows up, the son turns around to support his parents.

"We always envy which family has a better life and which family has more money. Think about it, is it true that since their grandfathers, they have been smart and capable people?"

"On the other hand, think about it. If we don't help you and let you continue to be poor, your children won't receive a good education and will be poor like you. Our Li family will not just be poor for three generations, but four or five generations. It's possible that we will be poor for generations to come because no one has ever thought of changing. We've all gotten used to being poor."

Chen Xiaoying's words stunned all her sons. They were stunned and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Even Li Pingwang, an old man with old-fashioned ideas, suddenly felt that what Chen Xiaoying said made some sense.