Li Qingzhi truly loves the living people in this world.
When he was young, he didn't like to be in crowds, but after living alone for a long time with no one to communicate with him, he now likes to see people.
Some time ago, his physical condition did not allow him to run to crowded places before he figured out the situation in the village, but now... he has a general understanding of the situation in the village.
How could he not participate in the evening collective activities of the villagers? He must go!
There were so many people! He would be in a good mood even if he just watched from the side.
Another thing is... In the evening, the villagers would go to the riverside to enjoy the cool air and chat, and the children would go there too. Going there would allow Da Mao, Er Mao and other children in the village to play together.
He likes Da Mao and Er Mao very much and wishes that they would always be by his side, but children of Da Mao and Er Mao's age like to play with other children and run and jump... He can't restrict them either.
Li Qingzhi took Da Mao and Er Mao to the riverside, and Da Mao and Er Mao immediately went to play with their friends.
Since they both had no father, it was inevitable that people would gossip about them, but because Jin Xiaoye was a native of Miaoqian Village, and half of the people in Miaoqian Village had the surname Jin, they still had playmates.
However, the children in the village are also divided into factions, so there are also children who don't get along with them. The child of the man who talked nonsense in front of Li Damao and Li Ermao on the day Li Qingzhi came back and quarreled with Jin Xiaoye has a grudge against Li Damao and Li Ermao.
The man’s surname was Yao, and his name was Yao Zuming. He was a relative of Yao Zhenfu, but the relationship between the two families was very distant.
Yao Zuming was the one who encouraged Li Laogen to gamble and also lent money to Li Laogen.
Li Laogen had indeed been gambling, but he was timid and only gambled in the village. Besides, he was very poor... In the past, he had only gambled on soybeans, fertilizers, firewood and other things.
For a long time before Li Qingzhi recognized Li Laogen as his father, because Li Laogen's younger brother and nephew treated him badly, he couldn't even take out a handful of soybeans and could only stand by and watch others play dice.
No one in the village would lend money to Li Laogen because they all knew he couldn't pay it back!
Li Laogen himself would never borrow money from others. From childhood to adulthood, the money in his pocket has never exceeded ten cents, and the concept of borrowing money has never occurred to him.
At that time, it was obvious that Yao Zuming saw that Li Qingzhi was gone and thought of the two acres of land in their family, so he had bad intentions and took the initiative to lend money to Li Laogen.
After Li Laogen borrowed the money, he quickly lost it all to Yao Zuming and his gang...
Yao Zuming won back the money he lent out and was able to collect the debt. He really made a lot of money!
Jin Xiaoye knew this at the beginning, so she took Li Laogen to the Yao family to argue, and also said that if anyone lent money to Li Laogen in the future, she would not pay it back...
After she made such a fuss, no one lent money to Li Laogen in the past few years, and Li Laogen no longer dared to borrow money from others. However, she also created a feud with Yao Zuming, and the two families have been at odds with each other.
Yao Zuming's son Yao Yuanbao was slightly older than Li Damao and Li Ermao. Li Damao and Li Ermao were two other people, and there were constant conflicts between the two sides.
The incident of snatching firewood happened in the winter before. Li Damao and Li Ermao knew that their family was short of firewood, so they picked up some dry grass and brought it home to put at the doorstep.