During the two years Fu Ying and Fu Zhe lived at his house, he had five children of his own—his youngest son, his youngest daughter, and the young son left behind by Big Uncle Zhao—along with Fu Ying and Fu Zhe, yet he never paid any attention to them.
He didn't care whether the children had eaten, nor did he care if they came back to spend the night. When he won at gambling, he would give the Second Cousin a bit of money to buy them food; when he lost, there was nothing at all, and nobody better dare bother him. Sometimes he wasn't even around during the farming season or when the crops were ready to be harvested—he would just send word and leave them to manage on their own.
After Mom Fu came and took Fu Ying and Fu Zhe away, the remaining three children also chose to drop out of school. Unwilling to stay at home, regardless of their age, they all left to work odd jobs.
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