He might have been flippant when he spoke, but it was this personality that allowed him to talk about the past that easily, so that everyone felt less heavy about the subject.
"Liu, you said Mo went to school. But why is it that I can't feel any scholarly temperament or gentleness from him? He's always so irritable and unreasonable!" She always thought that any one of the four could have gone to school except him, but why was he chosen?
She couldn't figure it out!
Hearing that, sadness spread on Ye Liu's face as he said, "Well, he's just lucky, I guess."
"Yang couldn't go because the old hag didn't allow it. She said we didn't have the money. As for me, I was too effeminate, she said. Should do more work, become more manly!"
When talking about himself, he was obviously grinding his teeth. What did that old hag mean by effeminate? He was clearly very handsome!
"As for Mo, dad spoke up. He said he wanted at least one of his kids to be literate, so off he went!"