But today, his back view looked very disheveled, and the clothes he was wearing were obviously old.
"Boss, I...I used to learn how to make steamed buns, please give me a chance?"
Li Gensheng stood in front of a steamed bun shop, pleading humbly with the owner.
“I don’t need that many people here. Besides, even if we were to hire, we would only hire young apprentices. You’re already this age, it’s not suitable for you to come here. You should look for somewhere else!”
The boss waved his hand impatiently, ignoring Li Gensheng's pleas.
In the end, Li Gensheng had no choice but to give up. He sighed helplessly and continued walking forward.
Liu Yingying witnessed all of this, indicating that something had indeed happened in Li Gensheng's family...
Considering that he was Grandma Zhang's only nephew and that he was always very kind to her when he came to the village, Liu Yingying decided to follow him and see what was going on.
Li Gensheng was having trouble finding a job and kept sighing as he walked. After passing several streets, he arrived at a poor area in Furong County.
As the name suggests, this place is inhabited by laborers and peddlers who make a living through hard labor, and their living conditions are extremely dirty and chaotic.
Li Gensheng pushed open a dilapidated wooden door, and a violent coughing sound came from inside.
"Father, Amu, I'm back..."
An old man's voice asked, "How did it go? Have you found work yet?"
"Not yet, but it's okay. I'll go check out the restaurants in the nearby town in a couple of days. Maybe they'll be hiring..." Li Gensheng's tone sounded utterly dejected.
Then a young man's voice rang out, "Father, I'm sorry, it's all my fault that you've been dragged into this. If it weren't for me, you would still be the respected head steward of the Tao family..."
"Silly child, family shouldn't say such things!"
"If that's really the case, then it's because your father was useless and failed to protect you, which led to you being plotted against and losing your legs..."
As Li Gensheng spoke of the monkey head, he choked up a little, and then glanced at his son's legs on the bed.
If these legs of a young man in his twenties don't receive treatment, he'll truly become a cripple...
But when the family of three was kicked out of the Tao family home, all their belongings were confiscated, leaving them penniless. He had no money to treat his son's leg injury...
Standing outside the door, Liu Yingying overheard the conversation between the three generations of the family. Feeling uneasy, she still reached out and knocked on the door a few times.
"Who?" Li Gensheng immediately became alert. Could it be that the servants of the Tao family had come to cause trouble again?
"It's me!" The next moment, Liu Yingying appeared at the door.
Li Gensheng and his two grandchildren are now crammed into this small, cramped room. The roof leaks, the room is dark and dark, like a rat's nest, and there's a musty smell...
"Lord Ning'an County... how... how could it be you?"
Clearly, Liu Yingying's appearance was completely unexpected by Li Gensheng, who was so surprised that he quickly knelt down to pay his respects.
"Brother Li, you're too kind! Get up!" Liu Yingying went into the house and helped him up.
Li Gensheng was now even more at a loss. "My house is so dirty and messy, how could I let you into a place like this..."
Old Li and Little Li were also at a loss. Although they had never met Liu Yingying, their son often mentioned her whenever he came back from visiting his aunt in Taoyuan Village.
They then learned about Liu Yingying's story...
After the Li family's misfortune, Li Gensheng had no time to care about anything else, so he didn't even know that Liu Yingying had been appointed as the prefect of Ning'an County.
For now, we will still refer to her as the County Lady.
Liu Yingying didn't care about any of that. She just looked at the two people lying on the bed, their faces sallow, and asked Li Gensheng.
"Brother Li, you can't just leave me standing here like this forever, can you?"
"How could that be..." Li Gensheng came to his senses and quickly brought her a stool.
After sitting down, Liu Yingying didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point.
“Brother Li, I noticed you haven’t visited Grandma Zhang in the village for quite some time… What happened to your family? And why did your family move here?”
Li Gensheng smiled bitterly, "Actually, the reason I haven't visited my aunt lately is because I'm really too weak to help. As you can see, my family is in a bad situation. My father is bedridden, and my son's legs were broken, so I have to take care of him. I really can't leave."
"Secondly, I don't want to be like this, which would only make my aunt worry."
Liu Yingying nodded; "Yes, I understand your difficulties, but weren't you a steward in a wealthy family before? How did you end up in this situation?"
Li Gensheng smiled bitterly and decided not to hide anything from her anymore, telling her everything that had happened in the past few days...
It turns out that Li Gensheng's father was sold to the Tao family, and later he himself became the Tao family's steward.
His son was also a servant of the Tao family, and three generations of the family had worked for the Tao family.
How could such a situation not attract envy?
However, Li Gensheng was always highly valued by the Tao family patriarch and grew up with Tao Wenbo, the eldest son of the Tao family.
According to the original plan, when the eldest son Tao Wenbo inherits the family business, Li Gensheng will undoubtedly be his most capable confidant.
But fate is cruel.
Tao Wenbo had been suffering from a serious illness for a year and had been bedridden until he passed away two months ago at the young age of thirty-five.
With Tao Wenbo's death, the right to inherit the family business naturally fell to Tao Wenhai, the second son born to Tao's second wife.
Tao Wenhai was a typical playboy, skilled in all sorts of vices, including eating, drinking, gambling, and whoring. Relying on the fact that his sister had married Lin Shichang, the former prefect of Ningzhou, as a concubine, he became even more unscrupulous and wicked, even frequently committing acts against ordinary women.
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