"I know." She reassured the eldest brother Li Hongwei: "I don't want to bother with the third brother. It has nothing to do with you. It's the third brother who is not doing well. As a mother, it was my first time to take a train. I was carsick. I ran such a long way, from the train to the coach, and from the coach to the bus, to go to find him."

"I wanted to get him on the right track, bought him a house, and wanted him to go back to his hometown, find a steady job, and live a good life with Xueyan, but he didn't want to. He's already in his thirties, how can I take care of him for the rest of his life?"

She shook her head in disappointment: "In the eyes of the third child, his eldest sister is the most important. As a mother, I guess I am nothing. Forget it."

Brothers Li Hongwei and Li Hongjian were both shocked.

I never thought that their mother would really give up on the third child and completely ignore him.

The two looked at each other. If no one was to supervise the third brother, who knows what would happen to him in the future.

"I don't care about them anymore, and you don't have to care about them either. Don't mess up your own lives just for him," said Chen Xiaoying.

“Mom, if we don’t care about it now, what will happen to the third son when he gets older…” The eldest son Li Hongwei was a little hesitant. After all, they are all family. Can we just ignore him?

The eldest brother, Li Hongwei, is particularly responsible to his younger brothers and sisters. As the eldest brother, he helps his father Li Pingwang with work and takes care of his younger brothers and sisters like a sheepdog. As for the third brother, who is not gregarious, he still wants to drive him back to the flock after he has gone astray.

Chen Xiaoying was most worried about her eldest son who was too sentimental: "I told you not to worry about it. Even if he gets into trouble in the future, it's his own fault."

"He's an adult, already in his thirties, and he can't even support his wife and children. He's out there playing cards, drinking, and gambling. Tell me, can he still be saved?"

The eldest brother Li Hongwei stopped talking. There were also such people in the village. When the third brother Li Hongqiang was spending the New Year in the village, several second-rate guys invited him to drink and play mahjong, just to cheat the money out of his pocket. He went to the chess and card room to call them, but they wouldn't leave.

"Second brother, you too. Don't worry about it." Chen Xiaoying looked at the second brother Li Hongjian again.

The second child, Li Hongjian, nodded: "Mom, I know."

The job at the lumber mill was initially found by the second brother Li Hongjian himself. Later, after he had settled down there, he called over his third brother Li Hongqiang and fourth brother Li Honggang, who were both very poor and had no future in the village. Although the work was harder and more tiring, they were uneducated and the only jobs they could find outside were hard labor jobs.

At least the boss of the lumber mill pays wages promptly, the food is good, and the people in charge are easy to talk to.

He lives with his two younger brothers there day and night, together every day, unlike the eldest brother who only sees him once a year.

He had not seen the selfish and ruthless side of the third brother Li Hongqiang often, and still regarded him as just an ignorant younger brother.

The second brother, Li Hongjian, was also disappointed with the third brother.

After giving instructions to her two sons, Chen Xiaoying went out to help in the kitchen.

Li Hongwei sighed: "What should I do?"

The second brother, Li Hongjian, who was standing by, heard what he said and seemed to want to control it, so he kindly advised him, "Brother, there is no way to control the third brother. You can't control him."

"He doesn't listen to you at all."

People just listen to their eldest sister Li Hongyan, I really don’t know why.

"But the third child wants to reconcile with mom now. If mom doesn't give him a chance, wouldn't it be a bit disrespectful of family affection?" Li Hongwei said hesitantly.

The second brother, Li Hongjian, was not good at speaking. He didn't know what to say. He just thought about it and asked, "Didn't you want to reconcile a few years ago? Why do you suddenly want to reconcile now? Is there something we don't know?"

He said that the eldest brother was too real and too family-oriented. He was not on guard against his brothers and believed whatever they said. If you tried to play tricks on him, he would succeed.

Because he really believed it.

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

The second son, Li Hongjian, thought about it for a while. After all, he had been working outside for many years and had come into contact with many people, so he had gained some experience. So he said, "How about this? Let's wait a little longer. If the third son really wants to reconcile with our mother, he has to show his attitude and see what he really wants."

"People have said that actions are everything. Let's see what else he wants to do, not just talk."

What the second brother said made sense. The eldest brother, Li Hongwei, nodded immediately and said, "You are right. Let's take a look first."

The two brothers had discussed it, and Li Yutong, who had been sitting in the corner and playing with the cat, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She didn't know what her third uncle wanted to do, but she knew that her third uncle was a brainless man, and whenever he wanted to do something, he would tell her aunt Li Hongyan first, so, generally speaking.

This is not about what Uncle San wants to do, but what Aunt Li Hongyan wants to do!

That night, Li Hongwei and Liu Lanxiang went back home. Li Yutong and Li Yuhan didn't want to go back, but they didn't force them. It was winter anyway, and there was not much work to do in the fields.

Li Hongwei went back that night, and the next day, New Year's Day, he was waiting anxiously.

The third brother, Li Hongqiang, never came to see him at all.

Li Hongwei went to the old house and looked for Li Pingwang. He said that he had not returned all night. "He must have gone to play cards. What a loser. He can only earn a few dollars a month, but he spends all day throwing money on the card table. He has no future."

Li Pingwang kept scolding the third brother, Li Hongqiang.

The youngest daughter Li Hongxia was helping to clean up the dishes. The third daughter-in-law Zhao Xueyan didn't dare to say a word. Li Yujie went into the house and didn't come out at all.

Anyway, her grandfather doesn't care about her and usually doesn't even look at her.

"Xueyan, you didn't say anything about him?" Li Hongwei glanced at Zhao Xueyan.

When Zhao Xueyan was asked this, her eyes immediately turned red: "Brother, he doesn't listen to me again."

Thinking about how her husband had finally come back to celebrate the New Year, and how the couple only saw each other once a year, he was very impatient with her, and was not willing to answer any questions. He even asked her to sell the house in the city and return to the village to serve his father.

She said that her father was alone in the village, unable to even get a hot meal, while she, as his daughter-in-law, was enjoying a good life in the city all day long.

The conscience of heaven and earth.

Zhao Xueyan felt so wronged that she started crying: "Why do I work in the city? It's to support Jiejie's schooling. Dad is not too old to move. Besides, he has four daughters-in-law. Why should I come back to serve him?"

Li Hongqiang said, "Why? Because they are not filial. They are not filial, but we are. We can't be like those ungrateful people who just go to whoever has money."

Zhao Xueyan now understood that Li Hongqiang seemed determined to draw a line between himself and his mother-in-law Chen Xiaoying. What was he trying to achieve?

There is nothing that a biological mother and son cannot overcome. If there is a conflict, even if the son kneels down in front of his mother and talks it out, the matter will be over. If he admits his mistake and is able to correct it, his mother-in-law will definitely accept him.

But is he being so stubborn and speaking human language?

Being close to his own mother means he is an ungrateful person? His mother didn't support him? He is like this, isn't he an ungrateful person himself?