Qi Jiuli rubbed his hands to dry his clothes from time to time, it was really cold this day, although it had already passed the water splashed outside the house and it froze for a while, but the temperature was low at night, and there was still ice on the ground where the water was stagnant.

But fortunately, today's weather will look very good, cloudless, but not yet completely sunrise, this wet clothes, after a noon drying, can always not drip water.

Qi Jiuli finished drying his clothes, put the big wooden basin back in the utility room, rubbed his hands as he came out, and put it to his mouth to breathe, as soon as he came out of the utility room, he saw Qi Qizhu coming in with two buckets full of water with some unsteady steps.

Qi Jiuli followed Qi Qizhu into the kitchen and helped pour the water from the bucket into the tank.

"Brother, I'll go together, I'll pick less." Qi Jiuli said seriously, no matter what Qi Qizhu said, he was two years older than herself, and seeing that he was already struggling to walk just now, she was a little unbearable, "Brother, I'm really fine." ”

Qi Jiuli insisted, Qi Qizhu nodded and agreed, Qi Jiuli smiled and went to the utility room to get another bucket and a flat pole, and followed Qi Qizhu out.

Along the way, Qi Jiuli was quiet, so he looked around, "Jiuli, look at the road, the sun hasn't risen yet, and there is still unmelted ice on the ground, be careful of slipping." ”

"Oh, brother, I know." Qi Jiuli responded, "I just feel a little familiar and a little unfamiliar, and it's always good to think that it's good to see more." ”

"Qizhu, why haven't you gone to private school yet?"

As soon as Qi Jiuli turned around, he saw a middle-aged man who was about the same age as his uncle Qi Shan was also carrying a bucket behind him.

"Uncle Maosheng, I'll go to the private school tomorrow." Qi Qizhu said hello with a smile.

"Ah, yes, yes." Qi Maosheng moved his gaze to look at Qi Jiuli, and the smile in his eyes became thicker, "Jiuli, this is good?" ”

As soon as Qi Jiuli heard Qi Qizhu's title, she knew who this was, the next-door neighbor, the husband of Aunt Tian Hua who gave her an egg, she remembered that Qi Shixiang said that Aunt Tian Hua was Uncle Maosheng's daughter-in-law, "Uncle Maosheng, I'm already well, thank you and Aunt Tianhua for your care." ”

Qi Maosheng smiled and said, "If you have anything to do in the future, just come to me and your Aunt Tianhua, just live next door and shout." ”

"Okay." Qi Jiuli responded with a sweet smile.

The place to carry water is a small river in the village, at the end of the village, because the end of the village is close to the mountain, it is the upstream of the small river, the water is clean and clear, as soon as Qi Jiuli arrived at the place, he saw that there were already three people here to draw water with buckets.

Qi Qizhu didn't let Qi Jiuli go down, he carried Qi Jiuli's bucket down and scooped up a small half bucket of water each, and then scooped the two buckets he picked up.

Qi Jiuli is still the first time to carry water, in modern times, it is free to collect and release tap water, that is, the countryside a few decades ago, there was no running water, and almost every household had a well, where do you need to carry water from such a distance.

Qi Jiuli used the two ends of the flat pole to tie the straw rope above the bucket, then squatted down, steadied the horse's steps, and got up in the center of the flat pole, good guy, he got up all of a sudden, and the bucket shook slightly, Qi Jiuli was suddenly full of confidence.

However, after walking for a short distance, Qi Jiuli felt that his shoulders began to ache, and he felt that the bucket had become heavier.

After walking more than ten meters, Qi Jiuli felt that she couldn't hold on, her shoulders were like a thousand pounds, her steps began to slow down, and her panting sound became louder.

Qi Jiuli was about to put down the bucket to rest, when he suddenly felt a loosening of his right shoulder, and looked puzzled, it was Qi Qizhu who took the burden on his shoulder and picked it on his left shoulder.

"Brother?" Qi Jiuli was very surprised, because she saw that Qi Qizhu's burden on his shoulders was gone, and when Qi Maosheng passed by with a bucket on his shoulders, Qi Jiuli understood.

Qi Maosheng and Qi Qizhu walked in front of Qi Jiuli with their burdens, Qi Jiuli shrugged his right shoulder while walking behind, and kneaded it a few times with his left hand, it really hurts, this is the job that a weak woman should do, and her body is only thirteen.

Qi Jiuli looked at it, she didn't care about it before, but now she realized that Qi Qizhu and Qi Maosheng seemed to be about the same height when they walked together, and they were only a little more than one meter six.

When he stood with Qi Qizhu, it seemed that he only reached his earlobe, maybe about one meter four, Qi Jiuli suddenly couldn't imagine his future height.

If you can't eat enough, you still have to work, and according to today's work like carrying water, it will hinder her growth, and she won't be a short person in the future.

Qi Jiuli thought back to the people he had seen, and was fortunate to find that his uncle and brother in the lobby seemed to be taller than Uncle Maosheng, almost 1.7 meters, they were also members of the Qi family, and their genes should not be bad.

Qi Jiuli made up her mind in her heart, she wanted to make up for her brother, Qi Qizhu is already fifteen, if she doesn't make it up now, she can't make it up if she wants to, even if the woman is shorter, the short man is very hindering, she can't let this happen.

Qi Jiuli forgot about Qi Maosheng and the others, and they all married daughters-in-law with such height.

Qi Maosheng directly carried the water into Qi Qizhu's house, at this time Qi Shan was already in the yard with his two sons, and when he saw Qi Maosheng carrying water in, Qi Yifei hurriedly stepped forward to take it, "Uncle Maosheng." ”

Qi Qizhu and Qi Jiuli also entered the house one after another.

"Uncle Maosheng, thank you very much." Qi Qizhu put down the bucket and thanked Qi Maosheng.

"Hey, I'll go back first." Qi Maosheng picked up his bucket and returned to the house next door.

"Qizhu, you go with me and your lobby brother to chop wood, and leave the matter of carrying water to your third cousin." Qi Shan picked up the machete and beckoned Qi Qizhu to follow.

"Jiuli, you are busy at home, don't go to fetch water." Qi Shan specially admonished before going out.

Qi Jiuli saw the four of them go out, and breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, she felt that it should be better to chop wood than to carry water, at least not to press her shoulders.

Qi Jiuli entered the kitchen, Qi Shixiang was busy working between the two stoves, and the charcoal on the kitchen floor was gone, "Eleven is burning the kang and drying?" ”

"Hmm." Qi Shixiang replied, "Sister, you come to see the fire, these two pots of water are about to boil, I'll scoop them out and add some cold water into them." ”

"Okay."

Qi Shixiang scooped water with his hands and feet, and also scooped a full jar in a clay pot, "Sister, drink the jar when you are thirsty, now it's cold, don't drink cold water." ”

"yes, okay."

When Qi Shixiang was busy with his work, he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, when a serious problem suddenly came to mind, "Look at my memory, I forgot about the chickens, sister, I'll feed the chickens first." ”

Before Qi Jiuli could respond, Qi Shixiang had already run out in a hurry.

Qi Jiuli reflected on herself again, she had eaten a lot since she got up, but she only picked up water halfway through her work, oh, and dried her clothes.

In fact, there are a lot, but people can't be compared, compared with Qi Qizhu, Qi Shixiang and Qi Shiyi, Qi Jiuli feels so light and ashamed.