"Alright, alright, then I'll leave it to you, Comrade Li. It's really a lot of trouble for you. Take these milk candies home and give them to the children to sweeten their mouths."
Zhang Sumei, having run a small business before, knew when to stop, so she smiled and handed over the milk candy she had packed before leaving.
"Hey, Comrade Zhang, I can't accept this. You should take it back. Your family has had some trouble, and you're having a hard time."
Li Zhicheng was startled by her action, and he was unwilling to accept it.
But Zhang Sumei was determined to give the things away, so how could anyone refuse?
So she picked up her handkerchief to wipe her tears again, and in the end Li Zhicheng had no choice but to accept it.
He thought he would return the candy to her when her son came over in the afternoon.
Li Zhicheng has a keen sense of smell; as soon as Zhang Sumei left, he could smell the milky aroma wafting from the paper package.
However, he had strong self-control and didn't even open it to take a look. He just put it aside and never looked at it again, determined to return it.
He is an upright man, and he never accepts gifts.
Another reason is that his family is quite well-off, so he wouldn't make a mistake for such a small thing.
After leaving the office, Zhang Sumei sighed deeply. Another large sum of money had been spent. How would her family manage?
No, we have to go back and let the kids know about this, especially the twins. Don't think they're so great just because they earned fifty dollars!
Look at that little bit of money, it's not even enough to dig a well!
However, as soon as she got home, her lucky son pestered her for milk candy. Helpless, she had to go back to her room to get him the candy.
Although Liu Shiping was young, he was quite shrewd and had sharp eyes. In addition, Zhang Sumei hadn't taken any candy behind his back, so he noticed that there was a lot less candy.
He immediately started crying unhappily, and his crying disturbed the little one who was sleeping soundly next to him.
"Mom, did you give him the candy? Waaah~" Liu Shiping was annoyed by the little guy who started crying, so she pointed at him and asked.
The two children's crying made Liu Weisong's head ache. He glared at his son and said, "Shiping, stop crying. You still have all your candy. How can a little baby like him eat all that candy?"
“That’s right, Mom put these candies away very carefully, how could they be missing?” At this moment, Zhang Sumei didn’t dare to go against her husband’s wishes and hurriedly comforted her lucky son.
But Liu Shiping wasn't easily fooled, so she shook her head, "No, there were definitely this many yesterday, but there are only these today!"
As he spoke, he gestured with his hands, leaving Zhang Sumei and Liu Weisong both amused and exasperated.
When Liu Shixi heard her younger brother crying inside, her mother ignored her and put aside what she was doing about learning how to raise dairy cows with her brother before going inside.
Upon entering the house, she saw a large bag of milk candy in front of her mother, who was comforting Shiping and ignoring her younger brother who was crying like a cat.
Her father, meanwhile, was rubbing his temples, clearly suffering from a headache.
"Shiping, be more sensible and stop disturbing Dad's rest!" Although saying this might make her mother dislike her, Liu Shixi still spoke up.
After saying that, she picked up her little brother and gently coaxed him.
"Your brother is still young, why are you being so fierce? Quickly take him out, it's annoying to hear you like this!"
Zhang Sumei was unhappy to hear anyone say anything bad about her lucky son, so she waved Liu Shixi away.
She complained again, "They're all such a worry every day. I just ran into the Liu family's kid, and his words hit me right in the heart!"
Liu Shile, who was reading a book, was slightly moved upon hearing this.
After thinking for a moment, he raised his voice and asked, "Mom, who from the Liu family did you run into when you went out just now?"
As soon as her mother returned, Liu Shile noticed that her mother's expression was not quite right.
She thought things weren't going well, but now it seems that's not the case.
When Liu Shihua saw her sister suddenly ask about this, she took it to heart and listened attentively.
"Who else? The eldest son of the Liu family, named Duofu, is a good-for-nothing who was born of a mother but raised without one!" Zhang Sumei was in a bad mood and spoke very rudely.
Her words were a bit harsh, and Liu Weisong frowned upon hearing them.
But he didn't say anything. Knowing that his wife was in a bad mood, he wouldn't want to provoke her at this time.
Upon hearing this, Liu Shixi, Liu Shihua, and Liu Shile, the three siblings, exchanged glances.
"Oh, it's the eldest son of the Liu family. It's the busy farming season, what are they doing in town?" Liu Shile didn't care whether her mother was angry or not, and continued to ask.
This really angered Zhang Sumei. If it weren't for her lucky son being there, she would have definitely started cursing.
Even so, she didn't say anything nice, angrily retorting, "Who knows what they do all day idly? Why are you, a young woman, concerned about them?"
Liu Shile didn't seem to care when she heard this, but the rest of the Liu family members didn't look too happy.
"Sumei, what are you saying? Lele was just asking out of curiosity, why are you taking it out on her?"
Liu Weisong felt guilty towards that child, after all, if it weren't for... Lele's body wouldn't have become so weak.
"Hmph, you're the one protecting her and feeling sorry for her!" Zhang Sumei glared at Liu Weisong with dissatisfaction. "Alright, alright, I won't say anything more!"
She grabbed a few milk candies and stuffed them into her lucky son's hand with a huff, then turned around and locked the candies away.
She turned around and called her son to go out and play, while she took out her sewing basket to do needlework.
"Second brother, go outside and see if you can run into Liu Duofu and find out who he's with."
Seeing that her second brother and eldest sister looked unwell, Liu Shile quickly spoke up, but in a low voice.
Liu Shihua nodded, then instructed her, "Lele, could you help your older sister light a fire and get something to eat for your younger brother? He must be hungry."
"That's right, he must be hungry by now. Lele, let's go get something for our little brother to eat."
Liu Shixi knew why her sister did this. She wasn't stupid, so she didn't bring up the previous incident and instead led the people to the kitchen.
Liu Shile nodded and obediently followed her older sister to the kitchen. Come to think of it, she had never personally taken care of a real baby before.
There was one in her house right in front of her. Although she was a little curious, that was all. If this person were to take care of her, she didn't know what kind of treatment she would receive.
Didn't you see that Meow Meow is following her around, but most of the time she's on her own?
Well, although it's easy to catch fish on the farm, it still has to do it itself, right?
Her unscrupulous owner's job was simply to take people away from their original owners, and then... nothing more.
But Liu Shixi is different. Although she is only four years older than Liu Shile, she is still older, isn't she?
So she held the child in one arm and worked quickly with the other, so fast that Liu Shile was speechless.
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