Such perverse logic is useless to others, but it is easy to use family ties to kidnap the two brothers Li Hongjian and Li Hongqiang.

On the way.

Both of them vaguely felt that the money could not be obtained, but they still had a glimmer of hope.

What if my elder sister isn’t that kind of person?

Now, reality has taught them how to behave. Their eldest sister spent their money and was greedy, but she refused to admit it and said that the money was all spent on their parents.

What can they do? Ask for receipts and settle the bill piece by piece?

It's impossible.

The two were very discouraged.

The two men, who were about thirty years old, had disappointed and discouraged looks in their eyes, like seven or eight-year-old orphans who had no parents and were bullied.

Such a look made Li Hongyan furious, but she was still aggressive: "What's the matter? Do you think I am greedy for your money? If I am greedy for your money, I will be struck by lightning and die miserably."

They all swore an oath.

What else can they say?

The two men went back in disgrace. Li Hongyan's expression changed. She sneered, rubbed her face, and looked like she was going to fight again and I will win.

Forget about Li Hongwei, but what about you, Li Hongjian and Li Hongqiang, two cowards. Do you think I should suffer at your hands?

In Li Hongyan's view, now that the money is in her hands, it means that she is destined to be rich.

Then it's hers.

The two men returned empty-handed. Li Pingwang was disappointed and scolded them, but he had no other choice.

"Dad, I bought a train ticket for tonight..." the third child Li Hongqiang just started speaking.

The second brother, Li Hongjian, also said: "We are in the same car..."

Li Pingwang felt disheartened: "You all left one by one. What should I do? If someone comes to collect the debt, and I don't have any help, will they beat me to death?"

The second son, Li Hongjian, didn't think it was that serious: "Dad, what should we do? We can't just sit at home and do nothing. What should we eat and drink?"

The third brother, Li Hongqiang, also said, "If you have anything, just call me. It only takes five or six hours by train, and you can be back overnight."

Anyway, he didn't want to stay in this noisy house.

He was also afraid of being beaten to death.

The third child, Li Hongqiang, was particularly conflicted. He wanted to be a filial son, but was afraid that he would really be beaten for his father.

Li Pingwang couldn't stop them, so the two men packed their bags and ran away.

The second brother, Li Hongjian, felt bad and went to the door of the eldest brother, Li Hongwei's house and said, "Third brother, let's go in and say hello to our eldest brother."

The third brother, Li Hongqiang, was unwilling to go, and said in a low voice, "You go, but I won't. The fourth brother is waiting for me in front."

The three brothers all worked in a sawmill, and when they bought tickets, they bought them together.

The second son, Li Hongjian, had nothing to say. What he thought in his heart was that even if they were born of the same mother, they could not really be a family.

He went in and talked to his elder brother Li Hongwei.

Li Hongwei felt unhappy after listening to him for a while.

At least when all four brothers are together, debt collectors will not be too aggressive, and even if a fight breaks out, they can hold out for a while.

But all three of them have to go out to work.

"If you want to leave, then all of you can go."

They all have families to support, and they are all over 30 years old. They don’t know how to farm. If they lose their jobs in the factory, how will they make a living in the future?

"Okay, big brother, if anything happens, just call us and we can get back overnight." said the second brother Li Hongjian.

The boss Li Hongwei just nodded casually.

After everyone left, Liu Lanxiang said angrily, "There are four sons in the family, but it's like you're the only one. When something happens, you're the only one who really takes action, and the others run away."

"Why are you saying this?" Li Hongwei didn't like it.

Liu Lanxiang just felt aggrieved and didn't know what to say. Those three were all like that.

If something really happens and you call them, they won’t answer the phone or they will say they can’t get back in time.

Or in other words, they want to come back, but the debt collectors have come to their house, and they have been beaten and scolded. What's the point of them coming back?

People have already run away when they are not needed to contribute, let alone when they are needed.

It's not reliable at all.

Li Yutong was packing her schoolbag. Her younger sister Li Yuhan had been admitted to the No. 1 Middle School in the county, and she planned to bring Li Yuhan to live in the county town as well.

"Mom, let's go," she said.

Liu Lanxiang said: "Then ride your bike slower."

Nowadays, people in the village are all carefree. Li Yutong rode her bicycle to take Li Yuhan back to the county town, a journey of more than half an hour, so Liu Lanxiang was relieved.

"Wait a minute, I'll take them there." Li Hongwei, contrary to his usual behavior, wanted to take them there.

Li Yutong knew what her father was worried about: "Dad, it's okay. The debt collectors won't come to us. We are both students. How can we have money?"

As she spoke, she rode her bicycle with Li Yuhan on the back seat, and the two sisters left.

The house they bought in the county town had three bedrooms and a living room. Her grandmother Chen Xiaoying lived in one room, she and Li Yuhan lived in one room, and her third aunt Zhao Xueyan and her daughter Li Yujie lived in one room.

"Sister, did something happen in our family?" Li Yuhan couldn't help but ask after she went out.

She is thirteen years old this year and understands some things now.

Li Yutong nodded casually: "Yes, my aunt borrowed money from a loan shark and tricked my grandfather into giving her fingerprints."

In a family like theirs, girls have to grow up early and learn how to face this society.

Li Yuhan sighed. She had just heard from her parents. How could they pay off the tens of thousands of dollars? Her mother thought her ten dollars a week living expenses were too much.

As the two sisters were about to leave the village, they saw a girl of about sixteen or seventeen carrying a basket of pig grass on her back. She was wearing a shabby, dark-colored, loose-fitting dress. The heavy pig grass made her back bent like a bow. One hand was trying to hold the strap of the basket, and the other hand was holding a sickle.

"Li Yutong, are you going to school?" When the girl saw her, she looked up and asked enviously.

Li Yutong stopped the bicycle, and Li Yuhan jumped off the back seat.

"Sister Xiaojuan, this must be heavy to carry. Let me help you." She wanted to help.

Li Yutong pulled her and said, "You are weak."

Together with Xiaojuan, she put the frame of pig feed on the bicycle. The heavy pig feed almost made Li Yuhan unable to hold the handlebars, but Li Yutong quickly took over.

"Sorry to trouble you, I can actually carry it back by myself." Xiaojuan felt embarrassed.

Li Yutong didn't say anything, but before they got to her house, she asked, "Are your parents planning to arrange a marriage for you? You're only seventeen years old this year."

Li Xiaojuan nodded: "Well, my parents said that I am seventeen years old this year, and when I turn eighteen, I can get married. Then I can get the betrothal gift and arrange a marriage for my eldest brother."

Li Yutong didn't say anything and just looked at Li Xiaojuan silently.

Li Xiaojuan is actually a person with a very miserable life. She is very honest, hardworking, filial to her parents and listens to them. But because she is too honest, her life is so miserable.

She is an adopted daughter. Her current mother gave birth to three sons and no daughter. She said that she loved a little girl, so she adopted her from another village and raised her into a grown-up girl.

Li Xiaojuan knew from a young age that she was abandoned by her biological parents, and she was particularly grateful to her adoptive parents who raised her.

However, according to Li Yutong, the truth of the matter is not like this at all.