"Yes." Qi Yifei said as a matter of course, then looked at his daughter-in-law, and said like a fool, "You don't think that after Qizhu and their second uncle and second aunt are gone, the family will have no chance, right?" ”

Ren Xue'er was stunned, she really thought so.

"Jiuli, Shixiang and Eleven are all diligent, the pigs in the second uncle's family were mainly fed by their sisters and brothers, although the work of the land is not good, let's take a hand, and wait for a few years."

"There is also Qizhu, he is already a child, he has been copying books for the town's study since last year to earn money, and he can also subsidize the family, not to mention that he will really win Xiucai in the future, and the gentleman in the town's private school is just Xiucai, even if Qizhu goes to teach, he can support his younger siblings." Qi Yifei replied.

"Now we are a hand-holder, what happens in the future, it all depends on Qizhu, Qizhu is now a child, and his status in Qiliangou is very high, and the affairs in the village have been in the village since last year, and sometimes they will ask Qizhu."

Qi Yifei said seriously, "As for entanglement, don't talk about our family, there are still many people in the village who are willing to help, don't make any mistakes, you must know that as long as you win the show, the field can be exempted from forty acres of taxes, and the Qizhu family now has eight acres of paddy fields and dry land, and you say that the rest of the land is not staring." ”

Ren Xue'er listened to Qi Yifei's words, and suddenly opened her mouth, with a smile on her face, "Wen Shu and his father, as long as we Wen Shu are like you in the future, we will be absolutely smart." ”

Qi Yifei glanced at Ren Xue'er, "But these are only interests, only people in the village will take care of it, we are cousins, worship the same ancestor, to put it mildly, even if Qizhu can't show talents, we will also pay this money." ”

"When the second uncle and the second aunt were there, how good they were to us, you can be a white-eyed wolf, when we were born in Wenshu, you had no milk, how pitiful you were lying on your stomach, it was the second uncle who asked for goat's milk every day, so he raised such a strong one." Qi Yifei educates.

Ren Xue'er smiled awkwardly and hurriedly said, "Where can I forget this, Wen Shu and his father, anyway, I will listen to you in the future." ”

Qi Sansheng and Li Cuijuan and his wife only became close last year, and Li Cuijuan doesn't have much affection for the four Qi Qizhu brothers and sisters, but she still has a soft heart, and she feels sorry that they have no father, and the money in the hands of her in-laws is not earned by her, and it is not easy to express her opinions, anyway, she is with Qi Sansheng.

What's more, Li Cuijuan is not pregnant with a child yet, and the sister-in-law who gave birth to a son has no opinion, let alone her.

Qi Shan and Chi Lingmiao's family's thoughts, Qi Qizhu and the four of them didn't know, they were burning charcoal in the kitchen.

Qi Qizhu went to fetch water, and Qi Jiuli, Qi Shixiang and Qi Shiyi stayed in the kitchen to work.

In fact, Qi Jiuli also wanted to fetch water, and by the way, he looked at the situation in the village, but he was not allowed, so he could only stay.

Qi Shiyi is only eight years old, he is very sloppy in his work, and after watching Qi Jiuli and Qi Shixiang's matching work a few times, he mastered it, and took over Qi Jiuli's work, Qi Jiuli went to the utility room to find a broken grass mat and took it to the kitchen for backup.

Qi Qizhu didn't pause, and was stunned to pick up five loads of water back and forth.

"In this weather, it seems that the charcoal outside has no effect, and if it doesn't freeze, it will be even more difficult to dry." Qi Jiuli surveyed the wet charcoal on the grass mat outside, and frowned.

"Do you want to burn the kang to dry?" Qi Qizhu happened to carry the bucket into the courtyard, and just happened to hear it and proposed.

"Well, let's dry it." Qi Jiuli agreed, she was already able to start a fire, it was not difficult to burn the kang, and she had never done it before, so she was a little curious.

There is a square opening at the bottom right of this kang, which is from here to burn the kang, Qi Jiuli brought firewood in, lit the fire and burned the kang, added enough firewood, put the bedding on the kang on a few sons and wooden boxes, and then lifted the washed white brown sheets on the mat, revealing the straw laid below, Qi Jiuli was clear, she said the sound of "Xisuo Xisuo" before.

"Jiuli, how's it going?" Qi Qizhu asked outside the door.

"Brother, I'm burning, let's go get the charcoal."

Qi Jiuli did not remove the straw, but directly put the charcoal on the straw, which was actually easier to dry, and the straw could also absorb some moisture, and after a while, the entire kang was scattered with a layer of black charcoal.

Qi Shixiang and Qi Shiyi also came over, and the boiling hot water in the kitchen had no place to put it, so the two stopped their movements and came over to see how to dry.

"By the way, what's the price of charcoal in town?" Qi Jiuli asked.

The other three people in the room were stunned, then shook their heads.

"I only know firewood, and such a big bundle can only be sold for two pennies." Qi Shiyi opened his hands and gestured.

"I'll go to town tomorrow and ask." Qi Qizhu replied.

In the town, Qi Jiuli wanted to go, but she didn't speak, now is not a good time, the family has no money and still owes debts, and if she goes, she will be addicted, Qi Jiuli wants to wait for the charcoal to dry and sell it, and then get to know each other.

"Brother, I'll just go." Qi Shixiang replied.

"On the first day of February in two days, my brother is going to go to a private school, and I can't help the family too much, so now my brother will do more." Qi Qizhu touched the top of Qi Shixiang's hair and said gently.

"By the way, my brother plans to stay in a private school and come back every day." Qi Qizhu said with a smile, although his tone and demeanor were very gentle, Qi Jiuli still heard firmness.

"Brother, it takes an hour to walk to the town, and it takes two hours to go back and forth, where can I eat back and forth every day." Qi Shixiang disagreed, "Brother, don't feel sorry for the money, it's only fifty wen for three months, it's not expensive, and when we sell the charcoal, we can hand it over." ”

One hour, that is two hours, four hours back and forth, Qi Jiuli's face wrinkled when he heard it, "Brother, Shixiang is right, it's too hard to go back and forth, and the soles of your feet are going to blister, so it's better to stay in the private school for these two hours to read more books and write a few more words." ”

"No, if I don't come back, there will be only three of you at home, I don't worry." Qi Qizhu said seriously, "I have made up my mind, you don't have to persuade me, in fact, it's okay to walk back and forth, otherwise it's not good for my body to sit all day long, and I can still memorize textbooks on the road, in fact, it's not wasted at all." ”

"By the way, Jiuli, brother wants to tell you something." Qi Qizhu said.

"What?"

"Can you teach the job of making charcoal to uncles and aunts?" Qi Qizhu asked.

Although I haven't seen the uncle, the uncle Chi Lingmiao, who is very suitable for his spleen and stomach, Qi Jiuli likes it very much in his heart, and nodded without hesitation, "It's okay, hurry up, just make money at this time, and you won't need charcoal in a few days." ”

"Then let's take some charcoal and show it to Uncle and Auntie." Qi Qizhu said.