"He has been hitting me all these years. When you were older, you were able to stop him, but you have forgotten what happened when we were kids. He beat me so hard that I couldn't get off the bed. I wanted to commit suicide, and you brothers hugged my thighs and cried. Hongli and Hongxia were so scared that they hid in the cowshed and didn't dare to come out. That scene... have you forgotten?" Chen Xiaoying was still staring at Li Hongwei.

Li Hongwei felt a little ashamed. He just said that and thought he could forgive his father. Now he is paralyzed and lying on the bed. He looks so pitiful...

Now that I think about it, his mother Chen Xiaoying's life was also very pitiful. Since she was young, her father didn't take her seriously. She had to do endless work, get beaten endlessly, and had to give birth to a group of poor children...

The more he thought about it, the more guilty he felt.

"Grandma, my dad knows he was wrong, and he won't dare say anything to you anymore." Li Yutong said when she saw the opportunity.

Li Hongwei also nodded quickly: "Yes, Mom, I understand, I won't tell you anymore."

Chen Xiaoying then nodded with an indifferent expression, and she really didn't want to care about it anymore.

After Li Hongwei and Liu Lanxiang left, Chen Xiaoying couldn't help but sigh and said to her granddaughter Li Yutong: "Xiaoyu, look at your father. When I die in the future, do I dare to hand over the family business I earned to him?"

She was sure that as soon as she gave it to Li Hongwei, he would dare to share it with his other brothers.

If she could distribute it equally to each son, would she give one to the eldest son?

The second son, Li Hongjian, was soft-hearted and easily persuaded; the third son, Li Hongqiang, regarded her as an enemy and would never go west if Li Hongyan said east; the fourth son, Li Honggang, was given to him. His wife, Yang Xiaohui, only remembered to eat but not to be beaten. Her mother had taught her since she was a child that her mother's family was her eternal relatives. "I am your real mother, and everything I do is for your own good." Could she control the fourth son's purse? Then he had to give it to the Yang family again.

As for Li Hongli's two daughters, don't even think about it. If you give her 100 yuan, she will want to spend 1,000 yuan. If you give her nothing, she will just squander it.

Li Hongxia is honest, quiet, and soft-tempered. She has no interest in doing business and just likes to be a teacher quietly. She has recently passed the teaching certificate exam.

Chen Xiaoying was worried.

Li Yutong had actually thought about this problem as well. It was clear that her grandmother had no successor.

With their small business, there's no need to set up a family foundation.

She thought for a while and said, "Grandma, if it really doesn't work, you should be more open-minded. When that time comes, you can just close your eyes and forget about them. You are responsible for your own life. Didn't you always say that you should be responsible for them since you gave birth to them? That's why you built houses for them in the village, bought houses in the city, and helped them get stable jobs. Haven't you done what you can with a clear conscience?"

"At worst, when that time comes, you can look at Li Yujie and Li Yumeng and see who has the most potential. You can then subsidize them privately so that they can have a better development in the future and their descendants will be promising. Then the purpose of your rebirth will be achieved."

Her grandmother regretted her whole life. She gave birth to seven children, but none of them became successful. The eldest, Li Hongyan, spent her brothers' hard-earned money to live a good life, not caring about their lives. The remaining four sons and two daughters all lived a life of poverty and suffering.

It’s the kind of situation where one generation is poor and the next.

She felt that she was an unqualified mother. If giving birth to a child would make him suffer, why give birth to him? Did he want to come into this world and suffer?

So after she was reborn, she worked hard to make money, bought houses for her son and daughters, and arranged stable jobs for them so that they had a place to live and a job to support themselves.

With such basic social security, she felt that was enough.

Instead of sharing the money you earn in your lifetime with those who obviously cannot keep their property to waste it, what will you do after they waste it?

You will still be poor.

After hearing Li Yutong's consolation, Chen Xiaoying thought about it carefully and came up with an idea: "Xiaoyu, how about giving all this money to you for safekeeping? When they need it, such as when they are sick and hospitalized, when the children go to school, get married, and buy a house, you can give them money. When they are old and can't work anymore, you can give them living expenses every month. Is this okay?"

Li Yutong doesn't have much affection for her uncles, mainly because she is working so hard but getting no thanks for her efforts.

They can use family affection to deny your efforts for them and think that you deserve it.

Her father was really wronged. Just because he was the eldest child, he did not enjoy the special treatment of being the eldest child, such as in ancient times, the eldest child who inherited the family business would get 70% of the family business. Her grandfather was extremely poor, and when the family was divided, the kitchen utensils he gave to her parents were only two bowls and two pairs of chopsticks. There was only one clay pot for cooking, and later it broke, so he borrowed money to hire a blacksmith to make a pot...

Then he has to take on the responsibilities of being the eldest: he has to be filial to his parents, take care of his younger brothers and sisters, and naturally take on the most responsibilities in the big family. Otherwise, people will say to him, you are the eldest, so and so, it is your right...

"Grandma, actually, I don't really want to get my hands on this money. I'm sure I'll be blamed. They might be suspicious of me and scold me behind my back. If my dad knew about it, he would rather give up his share than have his brothers poke him in the back, saying that he only cares about family and not money." Li Yutong saw through her uncles.

They are still on good terms now, that's because her father is always willing to suffer the consequences as a matter of course.

Just like before, her father asked to pay for the surgery and medical expenses, and asked his mother to take care of her grandfather in the hospital so that the uncles could rest assured. He has been doing this kind of thankless work all his life.

In her previous life, several uncles worked outside to earn money, and they would put the money into their own pockets or give it to her aunt Li Hongyan. Then her father was a filial son to his parents in the village, and he would take the lead in paying for everything, and he would never say anything, because if he mentioned the trivial things one by one, it would seem that he was petty.

But adding up the sum over several decades is not a small number at all, and he couldn't settle the account with his brothers.

Several uncles who were far away but not close to her had never served her grandfather. But as long as they came back and gave him 500 yuan during the Chinese New Year, she would happily tell everyone how filial they were.

The uncles didn't do any work, so of course there was no nitpicking about their mistakes.

Seeing that her granddaughter was unwilling to take care of it, Chen Xiaoying sighed and said, "Okay, I understand."

Now she thinks about it again and sees what else she can do.

Li Yutong sat on the sofa, looked around the room, and couldn't help asking, "Where's my second aunt?"

She is not allowed to live here, but her second aunt still brings the children here every day, and the first thing she says is that our Hanhan misses grandma.

"Why are you asking about her? Do you have something to talk to her about?" Chen Xiaoying asked her puzzledly.

Li Yutong hardly ever talks to Li Hongli, because Li Hongli is very sharp-tongued. Whenever she opens her mouth, she would point out what others do wrong, and she always points fingers at others, which makes people dislike her.

Of course Li Yutong was unwilling to endure her anger.