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"Grandma and grandpa, take it. This little money is very small, and it may not be enough to cover the child's expenses. If you don't take it, I will have no place to put my face in the future." Old Mrs. Yang was also very determined. It doesn’t sound right that my great-grandson is being raised by his in-laws.

But then again, she also understood that they, the old Yang family, had a close relationship. If it weren't for the two brothers-in-law who took care of them, especially the elder brother-in-law, their old Yang family would never be able to get ahead.

The two sides were pushing and shoving, and there was a stalemate.

Li He interrupted, "Auntie, take it, I'm not an outsider either."

He understands that Yang Xuewen is no longer what he used to be. The most important thing is money, and the most terrible thing is favors.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Li Zhaokun didn't understand what Li He was thinking, so he scolded him, "You can't afford to support your own grandson. How little money do you need?"

"No one said you can't afford it. I have to raise my own son by myself." Li Mei was afraid that her brother would be wronged, so she hurriedly interrupted and stuffed the money on the table into Wang Yulan's arms, "Auntie, please keep fighting with me. Damn it, I will take the child away in the afternoon, and the eldest sister in the province is fighting over this little money, and we are not short of this little money."

Wang Yulan had no choice but to take the money.

Li He sat on a stone bench in the small bamboo forest, resisting the urge to smoke and teasing Li Yi.

Li Mei came over and said, "Are you not angry when Dad spoke?"

"Am I angry with him?" Li He said with a smile, "Then I will be angry forever in my life. It's unnecessary. It's not like I don't know his temper."

"Come on, Auntie, give me a hug." Li Mei clapped her hands towards Li Yi. The little girl's eyes were rolling, and she didn't recognize the child. She threw herself into Li Mei's arms, "This child looks like her mother. She has long legs. She will definitely be a big man in the future."

"I guess you can't be short. You can stay here for a few more days and spend time with the children." Li He then had time to light a cigarette.

"Your brother-in-law is leaving tomorrow and said he would go to Shenzhen to collect wood. I will wait here for him to collect the wood and leave together. The child here will make you worry more."

"You are my biological sister, what are you saying?" Li He put his arm around her shoulders and said, "It's just a matter of public opinion. It's really boring."

"Go, go, you're not on your way." Li Mei slapped Li He's hand away, "It doesn't matter how big it is."

"No matter how old you are, you are my sister and this can't change."

After high school, Li Mei always went to school once a week to deliver food or steamed buns to Li He from home. She walked more than 20 miles in all weathers, usually going in the morning and coming back in the evening. It was already dark by then.

One winter, he was waiting at the school gate as usual, hunching his neck and holding his sleeves, looking towards the endless white road, expecting Li Mei to appear.

He has to wait for his eldest sister. If there is no food, he cannot exchange for canteen food stamps. If there is no steamed buns, he cannot fill his stomach.

He didn't wait from noon to the next night, and he didn't complain at all.

The family may have run out of food. There are so many people waiting with open mouths. Besides, in the middle of winter, there is no extra food to lend, let alone who in a family like his is willing to lend.

He didn't complain, but in the cold wind, the tears of grievance couldn't stop falling. He had been hungry all day, and he had never felt that living was so difficult as it was now.

"Why are you crying? You have no future. Are you hungry?"

At that moment, when he looked up and saw his eldest sister, he felt that her eldest sister was so cute.

"What's wrong with your face?" Li He saw a bloody cut on her face, and the coat outside her coat was torn open.

"Unlucky, the snow was heavy, I couldn't see the road, I fell into the ditch, and there were locust stubble all around." She was still talking and laughing.

This scene will never be forgotten by Li He.