CHAPTER 195: CHAPTER 193 IGNORED (1)

Li Xing’an came back from the fields, and as per usual, went into the kitchen to look for food, only to find that it was the Princely Heir cooking.

He was quite surprised, "Brother, why are you the one cooking? You can cook?"

The Princely Heir just glanced at him, "Everything’s cooked through."

Li Xing’an, "..." Is it enough for it to just be cooked? Was the salt added evenly? Was oil used? "Where is eldest sister and elder sister-in-law? Why don’t I see them?"

At the mention of the Xue Family, the Princely Heir’s expression turned unpleasant, "Don’t mention them, you go call father and mother to come eat."

Li Xing’an looked at the Princely Heir’s face, scratched his head, and left the kitchen to call Prince Luling and his wife.

At the main house of the North Courtyard, Li Xing’an saw the Xue Family kneeling in front of the steps, and he understood what had happened, gave a slight hum, and walked past as if he hadn’t seen her.

This indifferent expression made the Xue Family even more resentful.

One after another, pretending she doesn’t exist?

Prince Luling and his wife walked out of the house holding two children, passing right by the Xue Family without speaking to her.

Guoguo glanced at the Xue Family and turned his head away.

Li Jing, however, waved and called to the Xue Family, "Mom, come eat."

But the Xue Family had no interest in her son calling her.

She stubbornly ignored Li Jing.

Li Jing called her twice, and finding that the Xue Family did not respond, he stopped calling.

The Great Princess was the last to leave the house, deliberately calling, "Elder sister-in-law, aren’t you coming to eat?"

The Xue Family looked at her coldly, wishing she could poke holes in the Great Princess’s face.

Hypocrite!

"Alright, maybe you’re not hungry, we’ll go eat then." The Great Princess dusted off her sleeves and left.

Of course, the Princely Heir did not come to call the Xue Family for lunch either.

The Xue Family gritted her teeth in anger.

Alright, alright, you’re all bullying me now? Just wait and see!

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Prince Luling’s family was eating lunch in the kitchen.

There were noticeably fewer people today.

The Second Princess and Second Young Master went to the market, taking care of shop matters and hadn’t returned yet.

The Xue Family was being punished by kneeling.

"Eldest and third, where’s Yuzhu? Why don’t I see her?" The Princess Consort Luling asked her two sons.

The Princely Heir was serving food for everyone, Li Xing’an was holding a spoon, feeding goat milk to Guoguo.

The two of them looked up and exchanged glances, both looking puzzled.

"Only eating without caring about your sister?" Prince Luling said sternly.

The Great Princess, holding a bowl, had already started eating, "She went to Taohua River Village for some matter, said she went to the Liu Family to see Liu Da Niu."

"So she went to the Liu Family, no need to wait then, let’s eat first." Prince Luling said.

"Save some food for her." The Princess Consort reminded the Princely Heir.

The Princely Heir responded, "Got it, Mother."

He found a larger soup bowl, filled it with more than half a bowl of rice, and then found another bowl to put some of the dishes that Li Yuzhu liked to eat, taking a bit of each.

Thinking of another person who hadn’t eaten, the Princely Heir sighed in his heart, and still filled another similar portion.

He did it quietly, but the Princess Consort Luling saw it, though she didn’t say anything.

Guoguo’s gaze swept over the two bowls of rice, then lowered his head focused on the goat milk that Li Xing’an fed.

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Li Yuzhu and Liu Si Ni left the Li Family’s bamboo house, walking briskly towards Taohua River Village.

Along the way, Li Yuzhu subtly asked about the injury on Liu Da Niu’s face.

At first, the little girl hemmed and hawed, unwilling to say.

But after being asked a few more times, the little girl finally told the truth.

It turned out that Liu Laoda was angry with Liu Si Ni for being useless and only being a freeloader.

A good-for-nothing.

Liu Si Ni couldn’t talk well, couldn’t read people’s expressions, and was stubborn, completely infuriating Liu Laoda.

He raised his hand and slapped towards Liu Si Ni’s face.

Liu Da Niu was busy making lunch in the kitchen and heard the scolding from the main room, so she came to see Liu Si Ni. When she went to pull Liu Si Ni, Liu Laoda’s slap landed.

It missed Liu Si Ni, but landed on Liu Da Niu’s face.

Liu Laoda had been drinking, not controlling the strength of his hands, and this time he hit hard, immediately reddening half of Liu Da Niu’s face.

Lady Liu was both angry and heartbroken, so she sent Liu Si Ni to find Li Yuzhu for medicine.

A useless girl! In ancient times, women had low status, and if a family had many daughters without sons, the girls’ status was disasteringly low.

Liu Laoda had four daughters. The eldest daughter could bake cakes and was already married, bringing a son-in-law back, which gave Liu Laoda some face.

The second and third daughters were diligent, able to do housework and farm work, making them good helpers for Liu Laoda.

These two were rarely beaten or scolded.

Only the youngest, Liu Si Ni, was too young and not very sensible. She couldn’t handle farm work, couldn’t sew and mend, couldn’t reach the stove to cook, and even often failed to clean the floor properly.

Liu Laoda always thought this daughter was useless and never held back when scolding.

He frequently resorted to physical punishment.

The little girl confessed the truth to Li Yuzhu and became even more dejected, keeping her head down and sighing softly.

Li Yuzhu looked at her and asked, "Si Niu, what can you do?"

"What do you mean?" Liu Si Ni looked at Li Yuzhu and blinked, indicating she didn’t understand.

"I mean, what skills do you have, for example, your dad is a bricklayer and can build houses. Your elder sister can bake cakes. Your second and third sisters can farm and recognize many herbs, often collecting herbs to sell, so Si Niu, what can you do?" Li Yuzhu asked her.

Liu Si Ni tilted her head and thought, then shook it, "I can’t do anything."

Being young and not yet sensible, she wasn’t sure what she was good at, but would slowly find out.

Li Yuzhu smiled again, "Would you like to learn? If you learn a skill, you won’t just be a freeloader."

Liu Si Ni was constantly scolded by her father, and it made her feel very irritable.

She wanted to work too, but no one taught her, and she didn’t know how to work.

Li Yuzhu wanted to teach her, and Liu Si Ni was happy, immediately agreeing, "I want to learn, Sister Yuzhu."

At the Liu Family’s main house, Liu Laoda and his wife saw Li Yuzhu coming, they were very happy and immediately called for their eldest daughter to come out.

They saw their youngest daughter dumbly following Li Yuzhu, not saying a polite word, not inviting her to sit, Liu Laoda was very angry and scolded his youngest daughter again, "Hurry and pour water for Miss Li to drink!"

Li Yuzhu waved her hand, smiling, "No need to be polite, Uncle Liu. I’ve come to check the pulse of Daniu, to check on the baby’s condition, I’m not thirsty."

"Walking so far, how can you not be thirsty?" Lady Liu laughed and urged the youngest daughter to pour water quickly.

Liu Laoda, feeling guilty for accidentally hitting the eldest daughter, immediately said, "Yes, yes, Miss Li please see my grandchild’s condition."

Liu Si Ni came over with a bowl of water, "Sister Yuzhu, have some water, there’s honey in it."

Li Yuzhu smiled and received it, "Thank you, Si Ni."

Just then, Liu Laoda suddenly scolded his youngest daughter again, "Is that how you address Miss Li? Call her Miss Li, not by name."

The little girl was dumbfounded after being scolded. Why can’t she call her "Sister Yuzhu"? Her father didn’t say, and she didn’t dare to ask.

Li Yuzhu quickly said, "Uncle Liu, I’m on very familiar terms with Daniu and her sisters, there’s no need to call me ’Miss Li’, just call me by name. Calling ’Miss Li’ sounds so formal."

Whether to use a title or a common name, scolding even when unsatisfied, no one could match Liu Laoda.

A young girl of seven or eight, being constantly scolded like this, how unconfident will she become when she grows up?