"No wonder when my father and mother are alive, let us be filial to our uncle, aunt, uncle and aunt, you really care about our nephews and nieces." Qi Jiuli praised angrily and expressed filial piety.

Feng Diehua's mouth opened wide, opened and closed for a while, and she was speechless.

Qi Jiuli made persistent efforts, "Brother will definitely study hard, strive to come back after the exam, and shine on the lintel of the Qi family." ”

When Qi He heard this, he was very touched in his heart, no matter how he said that Qi Qizhu was the only child in the family, "Qizhu, you have to read the book well, the copper money for living in the private school, the uncle ......"

"Qizhu, let's go back first, today we are here to see how Jiuli is, and now we can rest assured that it is okay." Qi He's words were interrupted by Feng Diehua's pinch, and then he was pulled out and ran out.

"Hey, it hurts, what are you doing to pinch me, and now you're still pulling my ears, ......" The sound outside the house quickly disappeared, which showed the speed of Qi He and Feng Diehua.

In the kitchen, Qi Qizhu and the three of them were a little surprised, Qi Shiyi came back to his senses and looked at Qi Jiuli in a hurry, "Eldest sister, you are so amazing, I didn't expect my aunt to be able to go back so easily by you in a few words." ”

"How could I not know her mind." Qi Jiuli said complacently.

"Sister, why don't you let me say that when we make more charcoal, we will have copper coins and owe them fifty wen when we sell it." Qi Shixiang wondered.

"Stupid or not." Qi Jiuli counted Qi Shixiang's forehead and said with a smile, "Auntie is greedy, she came today under the guise of Aunt Yu's so-called compensation, now she knows that our family has no money, and she is afraid that we will borrow again, but if we can repay it in a few days, she can ask us how to get the money without bothering." ”

"At that time, she won't be able to figure out how to make charcoal, even if she can't get it, she can do it every once in a while and get something back." Qi Jiuli saw that Feng Diehua was so familiar with his kitchen, and knew that he must have done this kind of thing before.

"The eldest sister is right." Qi Shiyi's eyes brightened and said, "Eldest sister, you are much smarter now than before." ”

Qi Jiuli blinked.

"In the past, when the little aunt came, although we would steal some good things, as long as the little aunt asked, the eldest sister would always tell the truth, and say that it was not good to lie to the elders."

Qi Jiuli twitched the corners of his mouth, so Qi Jiuli was an iron man before.

"But although the eldest sister is telling the truth, she will still protect the food and leave a few of us to eat." Qi Shixiang said with red eyes, "Every time, I only give my share to my aunt, and tell my fifth cousin and sixth cousin to eat, and I will reason with my aunt, which makes my aunt irritable and go back by herself." ”

Qi Jiuli listened to Qi Shixiang's words, and reflected for a while, Feng Diehua actually knew each other, and gave her more or less to take, which was a little different from the temperament I saw today.

"My father and mother were still there." Qi Shiyi sneered and said, "After finishing the aftermath of my father and mother this time, all the leftovers in the family, all of which were meaty, she took them all away and didn't leave us a mouthful." ”

Qi Jiuli knew that Feng Diehua had scruples before, but now she doesn't.

"Okay, didn't the uncle help us preach at that time, so I won't mention it." Qi Qizhu said, "Let's make more charcoal now." ”

"Yes, yes, it's good that we put away all the dried charcoal when we went out." Qi Shixiang was happy for a while.

After Qi Qizhu used up all the water he picked up in the afternoon, the four brothers and sisters moved their positions, went from the kitchen to Qi Jiuli's room, dried the wet charcoal that night, and were busy until the time when the dried charcoal was dissipated and put in the house.

Maybe it was because he washed his hair and took a bath, or maybe it was because he was busy all day, Qi Jiuli slept very soundly that night.

When he got up the next day, there was no Qi Shixiang on the kang, and Qi Jiuli secretly reflected on it, after all, Qi Shixiang was his sister, three years younger than him.

"Sister, wake up, come and have breakfast."

As soon as Qi Jiuli entered the kitchen, Qi Shixiang stopped moving, helped scoop a bowl of cabbage soup from the pot, and then took two pickle tortillas.

Qi Jiuli was even more embarrassed when she saw that there was already a lot of charcoal on the ground, but she looked at the sky outside, and it was not completely bright, "Shixiang, when did you get up, call me up when Ming'er starts to get up." ”

"It hasn't been long since I got up." Qi Shixiang smiled and returned to the stove, and then picked up the burning wood, "Sister, your body has just been around for a long time, so you need to rest." ”

"What about brother and eleven?" Qi Jiuli washed up and sat down on the table of the Eight Immortals, took a sip of the cabbage soup without a little oil star, and then took a bite of the hot pickle cornmeal tortilla.

"Brother went to fetch water, Eleven went to wash clothes." Qi Shixiang said.

"You've all had breakfast?" Qi Jiuli asked.

"Hmm." Qi Shixiang replied.

Qi Jiuli ate a cornmeal tortilla, drank two bowls of cabbage soup and listened to the action.

"Sister, these two are reserved for you, and you have eaten them all." Qi Shixiang said when he saw that there was a cake on the table.

"Let's give my brother and eleven points later, they do more work than us." Qi Jiuli said, "What's more, I'm full, one is enough." ”

Qi Jiuli didn't look at the cake, she opened her eyes and said nonsense, this pickled corn flour cake is the size of an adult's palm, where is enough to fill her stomach, but she knows that Qi Shixiang and they must have only eaten so much, and her skin is not thick enough to eat them all.

"Squeak-" The sound of the door opening, Qi Jiuli looked, it was Qi Shiyi who came in with a big wooden basin and struggled, Qi Jiuli hurriedly took over and took it, and inevitably saw Qi Shiyi's hands that were frozen purple, and it seemed that he had frostbite, and his heart was sour.

"Eleven, go to the house to warm up, and the clothes sister will dry." Qi Jiuli looked at the straw rope pulled in the yard and knew that it was used to dry clothes.

Qi Shixiang had already fetched warm water, "Eleven, come and bubble." ”

"Oh."

"Huh, wait." Qi Jiuli hurriedly stopped, pulled Qi Shiyi into the house, and then rubbed his hands repeatedly with his hands, "You can't soak in hot water all at once, it's easier to get frostbite, you have to do it first." ”

Qi Jiuli pulled Qi Shiyi to sit down behind the stove, and after only rubbing it for a while, the color of Qi Shiyi's hands recovered, "Okay, now go and soak in hot water." ”

Qi Jiuli hadn't walked out of the kitchen yet, turned his head and admonished, "It's going to be like this in the future." "After that, I went to dry my clothes.

"Eleven, is there any difference?" Qi Jiuli couldn't see it, so Qi Shixiang asked Qi Shiyi in a low voice who was soaking his hands in warm water.

Qi Shiyi shook his head, "But the eldest sister should be well-intentioned, let's not break it." ”

Qi Shixiang nodded.