Courtyard House: Drunk and barging into the Xu family's house, I woke up numb.

He knew that if the beating continued, it might really turn into the kind of beating the old man described, where he'd smash his buttocks into eight pieces.

As the saying goes, a wise man doesn't suffer a loss in front of him, and a great man can bend and stretch. Naturally, even a child has to admit defeat when necessary.

Bang Geng harbored intense hatred for the old man, but he couldn't show it on his face, fearing he would be beaten again if he continued to be aggressive.

Therefore, Banggeng began to show weakness, and he looked at the old man with a sobbing voice.

"You are my father, you are my real father!"

Upon hearing this, a hint of satisfaction appeared in the old man's eyes.

"That's more like it. Remember, from now on I'm your father, your biological dad."

"From today onwards, you will call me Dad, understand?"

Banggeng responded while sobbing.

"I see."

The old man raised his stick and struck it again with a loud crack.

"What do you know?"

"Kid, do you know who you're talking to?"

Bang Geng let out a miserable scream, his body trembling slightly.

"Dad, I understand. I will listen to you from now on."

Hearing "Dad" from Li Si made him feel much better, and he threw the stick aside.

"Let me tell you, kid, this beating is to teach you a lesson."

"You're still too green to try and outsmart me."

"If you behave yourself and listen to me from now on, we can still have something to talk about. Otherwise, next time I won't just hit you with a stick, I'll whip you directly."

Banggeng responded and then lay on the bed sobbing, while Li Si went out to cook.

As for whether Banggeng would run away, Li Si wasn't worried at all.

After that beating he just gave him, it would be a miracle if this kid could get out of bed within three days; he's in great shape.

Banggeng glanced sideways at the direction Li Si had left in, his heart filled with hatred.

You old bastard, just you wait! Once I recover, I'll definitely get my revenge.

If I don't treat you well, I'm not Grandpa Banggeng!

Bang Geng cursed fiercely in his heart, and tears streamed down his face. This old man was much more ruthless than Sha Zhu.

Bang Geng tried to move, but failed again. He felt a splitting pain whenever he moved even slightly.

Banggeng knew his bones were fine; the old man had a way of hitting people that hurt flesh but not bones, just like that silly Zhu who was clinging to his mother.

About twenty minutes later, the old man brought the food into the house. Bang Geng hadn't eaten for two days.

As soon as he smelled the food, his stomach started growling.

After putting down his rice bowl, Li Si picked up a dark cornbread and walked over.

"Kid, after all this time we've been dealing with each other, I still don't know your name."

Banggeng endured the pain and said.

"My name is Jia Geng, and my nickname is Bang Geng."

Li Si sneered.

"Stick?"

"You look like a complete idiot!"

"This name doesn't sound good. You have to change it and take my surname from now on."

The old man pondered for a moment and then smiled.

“I’ve got it. Xiaoming, isn’t your name Banggeng? Then I’ll keep this stick for you.”

"My surname is Li, so from now on you'll be Li Bang, and Xiao Ming Gou Sheng, understand?"

Gousheng, I really am a donkey dung ball, an uncultured bumpkin.

He cursed inwardly, but forced a smile on his face.

"Okay, Dad, I'll listen to you. From now on, my name will be Li Bang."

Li Si nodded in satisfaction, then broke off half of the cornbread in his hand and tossed it to Bang Geng.

"Good job, you're rewarded."

Li Si laughed as he watched Bang Geng snatch the cornbread and start eating it in big mouthfuls.

"Gousheng, that's a great name! I'm so talented!"

After saying that, Li Si picked up the cotton coat with the stick on it and asked.

"Gousheng, tell Dad, where did you put the money?"

When Banggeng saw Li Si pick up the cotton-padded coat, he immediately became nervous.

"It's...it's in the left pocket."

"Dad, give me the clothes, I'll find some for you."

Li Si shook his head.

"No need, I can find it myself."

Li Si rummaged through his pockets and quickly found ten yuan and fifty cents and more than twenty jin of grain coupons.

"Well done, kid. You're pretty good. You managed to find it even though I hid it so well."

"This is all I have left. Luckily I came back a little early today, otherwise you would have really taken it all."

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"Then I'll have lost both my wife and my army, and I'll also have to go hungry."

Banggeng stared intently at his cotton-padded coat, afraid that the old man would discover the money he had hidden inside.

"Father, I know I was wrong. I will never do it again. Please forgive me this time."

"Um, could I have your cotton-padded coat?"

"I'm cold!"

After finding his belongings, Li Si did not return the clothes to Bang Geng; instead, he continued to rummage through the other pockets.

After searching through them one by one, he found nothing else in the pockets.

Bang Geng's schoolbag, where he kept his change, had long been taken by the pair of human traffickers who sold him; how could they possibly have left it for him?

His biggest worry now is that the old man will discover where he hides his money. If the money is taken, he will really have nowhere to go.

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The more you worry about something happening, the sooner it will happen.

Sure enough, Old Li quickly discovered a hidden layer in the clothes. After touching it, he stared at the stick and asked.

"Gousheng, what's hidden in these clothes?"

Banggeng quickly waved his hand and shook his head.

"Nothing, nothing at all."

Bang Geng is only a thirteen-year-old kid after all, and his actions and expressions betrayed him.

The old man walked to the cabinet, picked up a pair of scissors, and cut a gash in the cotton-padded jacket made of sticks.

Now all the money Banggeng had hidden in his pocket was in front of the old man Li Si.

Li Si stared at those large ten-yuan bills, completely stunned.

"Don't touch it! That's my money, my money!"

Li Si looked at the stick-like figure who was enduring the pain and reaching out to him, and chuckled strangely.

"Hahaha, God has truly opened his eyes! Not only did He send me a son, but He also gave me so much money. My ancestors have shown their power!"

He emptied all the money out of his pocket and looked at the shouting bastard with delight.

"Shut up, what are you yelling for? You want to get beaten up, don't you?"

"Give me back my money? Pah!"

"Now that you're all mine, this money is naturally mine too, do you understand?"

After shouting a couple of lines, Li Si looked at the money in his hand with shining eyes and muttered to himself.

"Get rich, get rich..."

Bang Geng was going crazy looking at the scene of being completely looted.

That was all the money he had stolen from his home, and this old man just took it away.

"You old bastard, you just wait! I'll make you cough up all that money you stole!"