Struggle in Ancient Times

When he returned to the hospital, Liao Tingyu greeted the doctor and walked inside.
Liao Ming and Mother Deng held a pancake in their hands and ate it slowly with a warm water.

While Liao Shi and Wen Xiuer were holding a steamed bun.
It could be seen that in the family there was a distinction. Every time there was something good on the table, Liao Shi wouldn’t dare to take it but no one actually forbit him. He thought mother Deng would scold him if he took one.
Liao Tingyu felt both mother and son had a deep misunderstanding. Liao Shi’s mentality was problematic, he was weak and felt inferior. This personality couldn’t be changed fast.

Liao Tingyu placed the jar in his arms onto the small table next to the bed.
Only then, Liao Shi realized his little brother was here. He had a good nose and smelled it for a while, “I fell asleep for a while. I don’t what time it is. Er-di, what’s the thing that you brought? It smells so good like a meat.”
Liao Ming and Mother Deng also came over to look, “Hey, what is this? Why is it so fragrant?”

Mother Deng opened the lid with her hands, soon, a unique smell of fried pork with green peppers flew around the room.
Mother Deng swallowed her saliva, “Oh My God. Look at the meat, it’s so thick and sliced into pieces. There was some oil in it too.”
“I don’t think you would be full from the foods I got this morning. So, I brought back some from school.” Liao Tingyu said calmly.

“How much does it cost? With so much meat, how much meat was it to fill the jar?” mother Deng pinched a little green pepper and put it inside her mouth.
The taste was simply delicious and there was a lot of salt too.
Liao Tingyu stopped his mother from pinching again, “Mother, don’t be like this. Everyone will eat this food; you have to be careful.”

Mother Deng looked at her youngest son, “Don’t be angry, I was used to cook and taste food in the kitchen. Come, let’s sit down and eat. We have never eaten food this good even in the new year. But how much you pay for this? It must be hundred wens, right?”
“It’s not much, just sixty wens.” Liao Tingyu poured some into the jar lid.
“I will give some to the doctor for a taste, I need to borrow a bowl and chopstick. I will see if he had any rice.”

Mother Deng was reluctant when she saw the amount, “Why did you pour so much for him?”
“Mother, we live in someone else’s place after all. We eat delicious food; it would be bad if we didn’t share it. It didn’t cost much anyway.” Liao Tingyu continued, “Look, it’s only a few pieces with a lot of green peppers.”
“Well, you go and bring it to him.” Mother Deng looked at carefully, although it wasn’t much but she was a little uncomfortable.

Behind Liao Tingyu’s back she whispered, “We even gave him money.”
Liao Ming pulled his wife and said, “Okay, don’t be like this. If others see it, they will laugh at you. Do you want someone to laugh at our youngest son?”
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Liao Tingyu walked out with the lid, “Doctor, I brought this from school. This is the special dish made by our cook, you can try it. We didn’t bring utensils here, so don’t dislike it.”

When the doctor saw it and smelled the good fragrant, he happily took it, “How could I dislike it? I’ve heard about this dish for a long time, this was the most delicious food in the Qingshan Academy. I didn’t expect that I would be lucky enough to try it. Thanks to Liao-xiucai. I have some utensils here; you go and take it. There’s rice too, take it for your family.”
The doctor talked so much and finally stopped.
Liao Tingyu didn’t mind, “My family aren’t very knowledgeable. Please don’t take it to your heart, they might say some hurtful things. My family is poor, so they like to live frugally. They spent so much for my education and they are hurt like this.”

The doctor was a little embarrassed, although he was busy in the front but he could hear the talk inside the Liao family’s room.
He thought this family was so frugal but they had a scholar son. He felt it was a little funny, but didn’t dare to think too much. After all, it was amazing for a poor family to produce a scholar, not to mention the scholar wasn’t a prude and understood the hard life in the village.
The doctor bowed slightly to Liao Tingyu, “It was me who was short-sighted.”

“Doctor, you don’t have to be like this. I know the shortcomings of my family and I know they don’t follow etiquette. This would make some people unhappy. But they are my parents and brother. We couldn’t choose them but could only help them to correct their shortcomings. In our life we have to learn and live, no one is perfect.”
The doctor nodded solemnly.