Chapter 16: Beating the Board

  "Enduring hardship is the way to become a superior person. If you don't endure hardship now, you'll suffer for the rest of your life! And with our family being so poor, you'll be a bachelor forever! Don't you want to find a wife?!"

  Dabao's face turned red with anger, "You, you... Tuniu, you..." How dare she be so shameless, even saying something as outrageous as that. He was left speechless, unable to believe that the person standing in front of him was his own sister. The tone of her voice was like that of the most fierce woman in the village, daring to say anything that came to mind.

  "Stop nagging and go write for me..."

  “……” Da Bao's resistance was futile, and he could only grit his teeth and write. Although Tuniu spoke bluntly, he wasn't young either, so he naturally knew that finding a wife was a very difficult thing. Therefore, he could only indulge in fantasies of a better future life to endure the unavoidable hardships of the present.

  The three brothers secretly grumbled, how can their little sister understand so much? However, after meeting her gaze, they didn't dare ask and could only silently criticize in their hearts.

  The villagers' bitter life, the ancients also got up early. Even if they studied very late the night before, they had to get up before dawn the next day. This made the three brothers feel very depressed and wronged. In the past, going to bed early and getting up early was nothing, but under the circumstances of lack of sleep, still having to get up early, it's a bit aggrieved, so their eyes looking at Shen Sisi were filled with resentment.

  But under Shen Sisi's oppressive gaze, they all shut their mouths, not daring to complain or tell on each other to their parents. In fact, they had told on each other before, but Clock Gen and He Axiu had always lightly brushed it off, and Shen Sisi hadn't received any punishment. In the end, it was always them who got scolded, because in the couple's eyes, their daughter was extremely well-behaved, so it must be her brother bullying her...

  So, the three brothers basically gave up on reporting from then on. Not reporting was fine, but if they did report, they might get beaten even more, which wasn't worth it at all.

  The couple couldn't bear to let their children do heavy chores early on, but the household chores were all taken care of by the three brothers. Especially feeding the chickens and pigs was all done by the three brothers. Shen Sisi was still young and thin, so she couldn't do much, therefore He Ashu just let her be and didn't make her do anything.

  Dabao got up early in the morning with puffy eyes, first fed the chickens, then cut and boiled the leftover pig grass from yesterday in a broken pot in front of the pigpen, mixed it with some bran, and fed the pigs. Only after that did he go to the kitchen to wash his face and have breakfast.

  The second and third treasures were already helping He Ashu in the kitchen to prepare breakfast. One was burning firewood and operating the bellows, while the other was sweeping the yard and kitchen. He Ashu had kneaded black dough and made a bowl of noodle soup.

  Zhong Gensheng also got up, and the whole family gathered around the table to start eating breakfast.

  Shen Sisi drank the black bean soup, let out a low sigh, no oil, not even any oil residue, couldn't afford white rice, could only eat the most ordinary black beans, but at least passed the stage of eating bran, endure it, soon there will be money... Come on, Shen Sisi silently cheered herself up.

  The three brothers ate wolfishly, yesterday they messed around until very late, they were actually a bit hungry last night, after all, the thin porridge and pancakes really didn't fill their stomachs, usually going to bed early didn't have much of an effect, but today was especially hungry...

  "Look at you three, how can you be so hungry?! Da Bao, why are your eyes swollen again?!"