After seeing the excitement, the villagers dispersed one after another.

Xia Qiu looked at the backs of everyone leaving, listened to their praise for her, and smiled happily. Her destiny, after all, is in a good direction under her strong face. So, the fate of the mother and sister......

"Xia Qiu, you handled this matter very well. ”

As she fell into deep thought, the voice of the village chief Xia Shiqian broke her thoughts. She came back to her senses and turned to look at the kind-faced village chief.

"Grandpa the village chief, you have always handled things fairly and with high prestige, otherwise I would have no choice. ”

The look between Xia Shiqian's eyebrows was indeed much softer.

"I heard that you were admitted to Nanwan No. 1 Middle School?"

"Well, yes, Grandpa the Village Chief. ”

Xia Qiu smiled and nodded, her well-behaved and sensible appearance made Xia Shiqian like it very much.

"You are a good child, don't be affected by those bad things, wait for school to start with peace of mind, study hard, with your grades, you will definitely have a great future in the future, and fight for your parents." ”

In Xia Qiu's eyes, because of Xia Shiqian's words, there was a faint mist, as if tears were going to fall at any time. Over the years, in this patriarchal village, everyone has always looked down on her and their family because the three born to their mother are all daughters, and they feel that their family will not have any interest.

The village chief's words obviously have never really looked down on their family, and he also hopes from the bottom of his heart that their family will get better and better.

"Well, village chief grandfather, I will definitely live up to your expectations of me. ”

When she left the village chief's house and returned home, it was already noon. Li Cuifen and the others had already returned, Xia Yu was standing at the door, holding the bowl that was taken by Liu Zhaodi just now, with an inexplicable expression.

"Sister, what's going on?" Xia Yu asked when she saw Xia Qiu coming back, holding up a few bowls in her hand.

Xia Qiu pulled Xia Yu into the house and told Li Cuifen and Xia Xue, who were also in the house, what had just happened.

After Li Cuifen heard this, firmness rose in her sadness.

"You did the right thing, although our family is poor now, but this money, mom will pay. ”

Her old eyes gleamed with excitement and relief, as if she had an anticipation for the future. While they were talking, Liu Zhaodi rushed in with a pull on her face and threw the five yuan she had prepared in her hand on the square table.

"Give me the money. Before she put down the money, she shouted at Xia Qiu.

Li Cuifen took out the eight yuan five that she had prepared just now from her pocket, and was about to give it to Liu Zhaodi, but Xia Qiu stopped her.

Liu Zhaodi's hand to take the money was empty, and she was already annoyed, and she was even more angry.

"Xia Qiu, do you want to give it?" she almost roared, her face hideous as if she was going to tear Xia Qiu apart, tear it to pieces.

Xia Qiu was not angry, and handed the receipt she had just written to Liu Zhaodi with a smile.

"Auntie, for any other accident, I hope you will press a handprint here. ”

Liu Zhaodi's personality, she knows best, if she doesn't write a receipt, maybe she won't admit it if she takes the money. Write the receipt, then she can't make any more trouble.

"What kind of handprints do you press, what is there to press?" Liu Zhaodi pushed the receipt in disgust, and did not mean to do it.

"In that case, I can't give this money. ”

Xia Qiu put the money in his pocket, and his smile became brighter, like the rising sun, warm and gorgeous.

"You ......"

Liu Zhaodi trembled angrily, and her already hideous eyes seemed to shoot out a knife.

Xia Qiu shook another receipt in front of her eyes, "This is the receipt I received your money with my fingerprint on it, and if you have this receipt, it proves that you gave me the money, but you didn't take this receipt, I took your money, and I can also say that you didn't give money." ”

She said slowly, completely different from Liu Zhaodi's almost exploding on the spot, she was calm, neither humble nor arrogant.

Liu Zhaodi heard her say this, and felt that it made sense, but she was very angry when she thought that she couldn't lie and say that she didn't receive the money because she had put her fingerprint on the receipt. However, looking at the battle in Xia Qiu, if she didn't press her handprint, she wouldn't give money.

After weighing left and right, she snatched the receipt roughly, wiped her left index finger on the carbon sent by Xia Qiu, and pressed her handprint on the receipt.

got a receipt with Liu Zhaodi's handprint, and Xia Qiu gave the money to Liu Zhaodi.

"Second aunt, you have to put away the receipt. ”

She smiled brightly, but the smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes, and there was a hint of coldness.

Liu Zhaodi glared at Xia Qiu fiercely, dragged the receipt and money in her hand, snorted coldly, and left in a sullen voice.

Seeing her go, Li Cuifen breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, she didn't make any more trouble. ”

If it was usual, Liu Zhaodi would definitely not have left so easily. If she doesn't go along with something, she is unwilling.

Xia Qiu took Li Cuifen's hand and said, "Mom, I said that I won't let them bully our family easily." ”

Li Cuifen nodded happily, with tears in her eyes.

"Xia Qiu, you have grown up and can support a family. ”

"So, Mom, life is going to get better and better for our family. Xia Qiu also had tears in her eyes, but she laughed more.

"Mom, when I was herding ducks in the morning, I picked up a lot of snails, and in the evening we ate delicious snails. ”

"You kid......"

Li Cuifen's haggard and old face was finally full of laughter.

"I want to eat snails? Xia Yu and Xia Xue shouted almost in unison. Xia Qiu raised his thin eyebrows lightly and smiled like a flower. She went to fill the snail with water, put some salt, and let the snail spit out the sand.

Xiaoba, who was already hungry, saw that Xia Qiu didn't mean to fry the snails immediately, so he jumped out.

"Gold master, why don't you fry the snails? Are you deliberately trying to covet me to death, so that you can inherit my universal ingredient box?" Xiao Hachi clasped his hands in front of his chest and complained angrily.

Xia Qiu couldn't cry or laugh, seeing that it was really hungry, she had to explain: "Xiaoba, this snail is picked up, and it must be raised, so that it can spit out the sand in its stomach before it can be fried, otherwise you can only eat a mouth full of sand." ”

"But...... But ......" Hachi's eyes are full of tears, and the little appearance that will cry at any time is cute and cute.

Xia Qiu just wanted to pinch its face, but he reached out but didn't touch anything.

"Well, good things, it's worth the wait. ”

Xia Qiu comforted it and said, "At noon today, I'll make you something else delicious, and satisfy your cravings first." ”

She looked around and saw the freshly picked eggplant in the basket.

"Today at noon, I'll make you eggplant to eat, make sure you like it. ”

"Okay. Hachi hung his head and looked reluctant.

"Actually, I want to eat the snails even more, the fried spicy and spicy snails. ”

Xia Qiu was amused by this little thing, and she didn't know what to say.

"Sister, what are you smirking at there?" she was laughing, but suddenly heard Xia Xue looking at her from the door, like a monster.