"That's right, do you want to eat it or not? If not, then don't eat it." Li Jiakang also said.
Now Li Chen understood that if he didn't even eat this, then he probably wouldn't have anything else to eat.
After taking another greedy look at the eggs and steamed buns that everyone was eating, Li Chen picked up the bowl of porridge and started drinking.
When he wanted to fill the second bowl, Li Xu reminded him, "You can only fill it with water, don't fill it with anything else."
"I know." Li Chen replied stiffly.
Hey, this kid.
Li Xu glanced at him and said nothing else.
When she was about to go to work, she said to Li Ju, "Little sister, please don't give the candy I gave you to your third brother."
"Why?"
"If he doesn't listen, just listen to your second brother."
Li Ju thought about it, then smiled sweetly, "I'll listen to my second brother and promise not to give it to my third brother."
"Okay, be good." Li Xu touched her little head before going to work.
After everyone left, Li Chen played with Li Ju in the yard with a spinning top, Hu Guilan was sewing a cotton coat nearby, and little Wenbo was lying in the rocking cradle beside them.
Li Chen's stomach started rumbling before he had played for a while. Unable to bear it any longer, he ran into the house and drank a glass of water before he felt better.
However, a glass of water didn't last long, and soon my stomach started rumbling again.
So I went to drink another glass of water.
After doing this a few times, he couldn't stand it anymore and looked at Li Ju with a shameless face, "Little sister, do you still have those milk candies? Give some to Third Brother."
Upon hearing this, Li Ju immediately covered her little Doudou and looked at him warily, "No, my second brother said you're disobedient and I can't give you food."
"It's okay. My second brother doesn't know anyway. Little sister, you're the best. Just give me some to eat."
Li Ju kept shaking her head. "No, I'll listen to my second brother."
Li Chen was angry and anxious, but he didn't dare to provoke her. After thinking about it, he had to ask Hu Guilan for help, "Sister-in-law, can you get me something to eat?"
Hu Guilan stopped sewing and looked at him helplessly, "Xiaochen, it's not that I don't want to do it for you, it's really not possible. You said you are fine, why can't you go to school? If you agree to go to school tomorrow, I will do it for you right now."
"Sister-in-law, why do you say that? My friends at school aren't going to school anymore, and the few who are still there don't play around. What's the point of me going there?"
"You just don't know how to appreciate what you have. Do you think others don't want to go to school? They just don't have the conditions to go to school now. If your second brother wasn't capable, could our family live such a good life? Can you still go to school with a full meal every day? Besides, you don't go to school to play, you go to study. If you want to play, go home after school and play with Xiaoju." Hu Guilan said unhappily.
She really felt that Li Chen was too ignorant this time, and it would be good to teach him a lesson.
But how could Li Chen listen to this now?
It went in one ear and out the other, but he still begged, "Sister-in-law, if that doesn't work, let's just have lunch now."
Hu Guilan knew he hadn't listened at all, so she shook her head and told him a cruel truth, "Xiaochen, let's not talk about the fact that it's not lunchtime yet, but even if we did, there wouldn't be any for you."
"Ah? Sister-in-law, why is there no share for me?" Li Chen exclaimed.
"Mom said other people's children don't eat lunch anymore, so I don't have to make your lunch."
Li Chen was struck by lightning and muttered, "No way, how will others survive?"
In fact, Li Chen has never suffered any hardship since he was a child. As far as he can remember, the Li family's conditions have been very good. It was only in the past two years when the disaster made things a little difficult.
But even so, their family could still guarantee three meals a day. Although they didn't have enough to eat, it was not as bad as it is today.
Not to mention later on. Li Xu brought back food every now and then, and now there are basically no coarse grains in his house, so it is hard to imagine what life is like without lunch.
Hu Guilan was at a loss for words. "How can they survive? They only have two meals a day, morning and night, and the rest of the time they lie in bed and try not to move. How can they play all the time on an empty stomach like you?"
This gave Li Chen an idea, "If you don't want to eat, then don't eat. I'll go back to my room and lie down."
After saying that, he drank a large glass of water and then went back to his room to lie down.
I didn't expect that I fell asleep while lying down.
Although I woke up a few times in the middle, I fell asleep again soon.
He slept until the afternoon when Li Xu and others got off work.
As soon as Li Xu entered the room, Li Ju rushed over to him, "Second brother, today Third brother asked me for candy, but I didn't give it to him. Am I being obedient?"
"Haha, my little sister is the most obedient. Remember, don't give him candy these days." Li Xu hugged her and kissed her.
Li Ju also chuckled and nodded in agreement, "I'll remember that."
At this point, Li Xu suddenly remembered, "By the way, where is your third brother?"
Li Ju pointed to the house and said, "He's sleeping in the house. He asked my sister-in-law to make him something to eat this morning, but she refused and went back to sleep."
Sleep? Li Xu thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up, "Let's go and tell my second brother to wake him up."
After saying that, he carried Li Ju into his room. Li Chen was still sleeping soundly on the bed.
Li Xu stretched out his hand and shook it, "Hey, hey, wake up, get up and pee."
After a few moments, Li Chen opened his confused eyes.
Seeing Li Xu and Li Ju covering her mouth and laughing, she immediately became unhappy, "Second brother, what do you want me to do?"
He felt that sleeping could indeed relieve hunger, so he was naturally unhappy when he was woken up.
"I told you to get up and pee, get up now."
"I don't have any pee, please let me sleep a little longer."
"Don't sleep, it's time for dinner."
Upon hearing this, Li Chen sat up suddenly, "Dinner? Is dinner ready?"
Although sleeping did work, he was indeed hungry.
"I'm already off work, what do you say?"
Li Chen got up immediately and said, "Let's go, let's eat, let's eat."
When he went out, he found that the meal was not ready yet, and then he looked at Li Xu in confusion.
Li Xu was not embarrassed. "Don't worry, it will be fine in a few minutes. Why don't you play with Xiaoju again?"
"No." Li Chen was in no mood to play anymore, but he didn't dare to say anything to Li Xu. He was worried that if he continued to be stubborn, he would not have the energy to run away after being beaten...
After a while, Sun Xiu and others arrived home.
Li Ping also asked the gloomy-faced Li Chen, "Have you figured it out? Do you still want to go to school?"
"In no mood."
Li Ping nodded. "Okay, I've already asked for leave from school. You can go when you figure it out."
"It should be soon. This kid only managed to get through today after sleeping all day. How many days can he survive just by sleeping?" Li Xu also laughed.
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