After Li Ping brought Li Chen back, Li Chen jumped out of the car and ran into the house crying.
It scared everyone in the room.
Sun Xiu quickly asked Li Ping who followed him in, "Did this child get beaten up at school?"
Li Ping also smiled bitterly. "Who has the energy to beat him up now? It's good enough that he doesn't beat others up. There are only a few students attending classes at his school right now. I heard many students have dropped out, and many have taken long vacations. That's why he's like this."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment; this situation was within their expectations.
Everyone can’t even afford to eat, so how many children have the energy to continue going to school?
Their family members must have asked them to stay at home honestly so as to save some food and give it to the labor force at home.
After understanding the reason, Li Xu stepped forward and pulled Li Chen, "If they don't want to go, then they don't have to go. Just go to school and focus on your studies. Why are you crying here? You didn't cry like this even when your dad beat you."
But Li Chen ignored him.
Li Xu originally wanted to use force to persuade him, but when he thought that this time it was understandable, he decided to forgive him this time.
"Don't cry, it's time to eat." After saying that, Li Xu called everyone again, "Let's eat."
Upon hearing this, Li Chen stopped crying immediately and quickly sat down at the table.
Everyone looked at him with amusement. Li Xu teased, "Oh, you still remember to eat. I thought you didn't want to eat anymore."
"Why shouldn't I eat it?" Li Chen retorted.
"Huh?" Li Xu thought that he might have been too lenient recently. Just as he was about to stand up and teach him a lesson, he heard Li Chen say, "I don't want to go to school anymore."
Hearing this, Li Xu sat back down steadily. He knew it was not his turn now.
Sure enough, Li Jiakang slammed the table with his eyes wide open, "You little bastard, say it again, I want to hear it."
"Wow...Wow..." Little Wenbo next to him was probably frightened and started crying instantly.
Hu Guilan quickly stood up, picked up Wen Bo, and started to coax him.
Sun Xiu slapped Li Jiakang and said unhappily, "Look how scared you are of your eldest grandson. Can't you be more careful?"
"Yes, yes, be careful next time." Li Jiakang said with a wry smile and then glared at Li Chen, "Say it again."
Li Chen stammered, "There are only six people in the class now, including me, and they don't play during recess, so I don't want to go either."
"Good boy, you really dare to say that again?" Li Jiakang stood up with a dark face.
He had just taken two steps when Sun Xiu pulled him back and said, "Sit down and talk properly."
Li Jiakang looked at her in astonishment, not quite understanding what she meant.
In fact, not only he didn't understand, no one in the room understood either. Even Hu Guilan was watching this side while coaxing the child.
According to the normal process, Li Chen should have been beaten next, so why was he stopped?
"Sit down." Sun Xiu said again and pulled Li Jiakang back to the stool.
Then Sun Xiu's face didn't show any anger, she just looked at Li Chen and said, "We can agree that you don't go to school, but there is one thing you must do."
Everyone present could hardly believe their ears.
Li Ping hesitated and asked, "Mom, what are you doing?"
"It's okay, just look at what he says." Sun Xiu waved her hand.
Having said that, there was no reason for Li Chen to disagree. He nodded repeatedly and said with a grin, "Mom, just tell me. I'll agree to anything you ask."
"Okay, my request is simple. You want to skip school like your classmates, right? Then you can just eat a small meal every day like them."
Now everyone understood, and Li Xu and others smiled.
Li Chen was stunned when he heard this, with a sad face, "Mom, our family doesn't need me to make a living, right?"
Sun Xiu nodded, "There is no shortage, but if you learn from them and don't go to school, then you have to learn from their food too."
"Yes, yes, yes, learn everything you need to learn, otherwise just go to school honestly." Everyone agreed quickly.
I originally thought that Li Chen would give in easily, but I didn't expect him to agree without any hesitation.
Everyone looked at him in surprise.
After hearing his agreement, Sun Xiu frowned and said, "Alright, you've already eaten more than the recommended amount today, so don't eat this meal. Tomorrow morning, I'll ask your eldest brother to ask for leave for you."
Li Ping nodded and said, "I'll go tomorrow morning."
"By the way, you are not allowed to eat even eggs." Li Xu said quickly.
He dodged the beating, but it was still necessary to give him some eye drops.
The others nodded in agreement.
Li Ping was also very considerate and took the bowl in front of Li Chen aside.
After everyone returned to their rooms at night, Li Ping said to Hu Guilan again, "I'm telling you, you must not be soft-hearted and give the third brother food this time."
Hu Guilan nodded. "I know. You're talking about Xiaochen too. So many children want to go to school but don't have the chance. He doesn't have to worry about food and clothing now. Forcing him to go to school is like asking him to die."
"He just feels that no one wants to play with him at school. He's just a child with a bad temper. Just wait and see, he'll start making a fuss about going to school in a few days."
Hu Guilan laughed. "I'm not surprised by this. What surprised me is that he actually agreed to it today."
"Don't talk about you, I guess even our mother didn't expect it."
It’s true. Sun Xiu really didn’t think about this problem.
Sun Xiu in the house was also saying, "Xiaochen is really something. He usually refuses to eat less, but today he actually agreed."
Li Jiakang groaned, "That's because you insisted on pulling me along. Otherwise, I would have given him a good beating. Let's see if he dares to mess around again."
"It's okay. Remember this one for now. If he dares to act up again after school in a few days, I'll give him both meals. It's getting late. Go back to your room and go to sleep. Xiaoju is already sleepy."
Li Jiakang leaned over and kissed the yawning Li Ju, "Daughter, go to sleep quickly, Daddy is going home first."
Li Ju also responded in a daze.
Although Li Jiakang has returned, Sun Xiu still sleeps with Li Ju every night, waiting for her to adapt.
So after Li Jiakang finished speaking, he went back to his room to rest.
...
The next morning, Li Chen stared at his breakfast in amazement.
After hesitating for a long time, he asked, "Mom, is this what I want for breakfast?"
Sun Xiu took a bite of the steamed bun and said vaguely, "What? Are you still not satisfied with this? Let me tell you, even though your porridge may look thin, it is still made from rice. Your classmates' meals are even worse than yours."
Li Xu took a sip of the thick rice porridge and put an egg into his mouth with chopsticks. "Yes, if my family wasn't too bothersome, I would make you some coarse grain porridge in the morning."
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