"Sister, it's not for you not to come out." Qi Shixiang, who was busy with work, frowned when he saw Qi Jiuli coming in.

"It's done." Qi Jiuli is a little weak, she seems to be a national treasure.

"I'll touch it." Qi Shixiang stepped forward and touched it, the scalp and the ends of her hair were carefully touched, Qi Jiuli felt the shuttle between her hair, and suddenly her nose was a little sour, which felt so subtle.

"Didn't you do it?" Qi Jiuli asked with a low chuckle.

"Sister, this charcoal is really powerful." Qi Shixiang Niutou said a word to the horse's mouth, and when Qi Jiuli reacted, the brazier in his hand had already been taken over, "It's only about twenty yuan just now, it's so small, and there are still a lot of them burning." ”

"Wait a while, do you want to wash it too, and then dry it, how uncomfortable it is that you haven't washed it for so long." Qi Jiuli proposed.

"I'm not uncomfortable." Qi Shixiang replied, "This charcoal has to be kept and sold for more silver, this year's brother's bundle has not yet been settled." ”

When Qi Shixiang said this, his expression was depressed, the family originally had meager savings, and at the end of last year, he killed the New Year's pig and sold the pork, which was originally enough for Qi Qizhu to tie up, and he could also take care of the family's expenses for a year, who would have thought that his father and mother would go on the thirtieth day.

People can't be resurrected after death, and when the four brothers and sisters in the family are experiencing grief, they finally realize that not only the future life is a problem, but even the aftermath of the current father and mother is also difficult.

Fortunately, there are two families of uncles and uncles to help take the helm, where do they understand this.

Daddy's young age and because of an accident to go, the four members of the family unanimously agreed to bury thickly, in fact, this thickness is also within the scope of the ability, the family accumulated three taels of silver all used up is not enough, the uncle and the uncle's family have lent some to their own family, only to send the father and mother away.

"How much?" Qi Jiuli asked, "Shuk." ”

"On the fifteenth day of the middle month of each quarter, you have to pay 200 wen, if you live in a private school, you can pay an extra 50 wen, and the food and meals are all solved by yourself, as well as pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, which are very expensive." Qi Shixiang said dejectedly, "February 15 is coming soon, and the family doesn't even have a penny of copper coins, and they still owe foreign debts. ”

Qi Jiuli looked dumbfounded, Zhongyue, what is that?

"When will I pay it next time?" Qi Jiuli asked in a low voice.

"May 15." Qi Shixiang said in a low voice, it's still far from the autumn harvest, how can I live this day.

Qi Jiuli has now come to the conclusion that it is the middle of the second month of each quarter, and this method is reasonable.

"Then let's do it." Qi Jiuli patted Qi Shixiang on the shoulder, "Let's burn more charcoal, we can always make it up, no matter how much it is enough, even if we borrow it, we have to provide it for my brother to study." ”

Qi Jiuli, as an educated young man, is very reasonable about reading, and I have heard many classmates say that the children in the family can study, but the conditions are not good, they are all borrowing money or smashing pots and selling iron to provide for the children to study, and now she is also a member of this family, of course, she has to maintain a good inheritance.

Qi Shixiang listened to Qi Jiuli's firm words, and was also boosted by morale, the two began to divide the labor and burn charcoal in an orderly manner, and Qi Jiuli was responsible for selecting the wooden sticks in the stove that were properly burned and put into the water.

There is not much heat in the wood in the water, Qi Shixiang grabbed it directly with his hands, and it happened that the water in the bucket also added temperature due to the burning wood, neither cold nor hot, Qi Shixiang worked hard, and after a while, the broken grass mat was already full of charcoal.

The water in the pot is boiling, and the two of them will take turns scooping it out with a scoop of water, and then add a cold one, and when the water tank bottoms out, the two finally stop moving.

This charcoal burning not only costs firewood, but also water.

"Sister, I'll go fetch water." Qi Shixiang picked up the empty bucket and was about to go out, but was stopped by Qi Jiuli.

"Let's go together later, now put this straw mat outside first, bask in the sun, the weather is still very good today, dry it early, and sell it for money earlier."

"Yes, yes."

Qi Jiuli and Qi Shixiang moved aside and hung directly in the front yard.

"Oops, what is this, black." As soon as Qi Jiuli and Qi Shixiang put down the straw mat, they heard a sound of disgust.

When I got up and looked, I saw a woman wearing a knee-length royal blue jacket, a cloth skirt of the same color, her hair was meticulously combed, she was about thirty or forty years old, her skin was quite fair, her thin lips and nose were flat, and the only thing on her face that stood out was her almond eyes.

No, after Qi Jiuli saw the golden hairpin that the person was holding behind his hair, he knew that he was narrow-minded, and the hairpin was the place where it stood out, it was shining with gold, and it was very valuable to look at.

"What are you going to do, whoever asked you to come to my house, let me go." Qi Shixiang said angrily when he saw the person coming.

"Shouting, is there a bit of education." The woman frowned, looked at Qi Shixiang and said angrily.

"If you enter someone's house without knocking on the door, you will lack upbringing." Qi Jiuli couldn't see this person talking about Qi Shixiang, so he hurriedly helped.

The woman looked at her with some surprise, Qi Jiuli didn't care, she could tell through Qi Shixiang's attitude that this woman was not popular with her family, so what a good face she gave.

"I didn't expect you to contradict the elders, but I was deceived by you in the past, but fortunately, my family Haotian and you quit kissing, otherwise when you enter the door, you won't toss our family apart." The woman glanced at Qi Jiuli and snorted.

Haotian, Yu Haotian, Qi Jiuli suddenly realized the identity of the woman, it was Yu Feng's, no wonder Qi Shixiang was so angry.

"You also said that you quit your family, and our two families have nothing to do with each other, what are you still doing? Apologize? We don't accept it, please go back. Qi Jiuli replied.

"Who is going to say......" Yu Feng's words that were about to blurt out stopped the car in time, and coughed uncomfortably, "How can I say that before our two families also wanted to marry two surnames, although they retreated, but the feelings are still there, Qizhu beat Haotian like that, you should also be angry." ”

"Jiuli, you are still young, and you can find someone to marry in the future, but how to say that this withdrawal is also the initiative of our family, and I still owe you something, and Aunt Yu specially came to compensate you today." Yu Feng took out a purse from his sleeve, "It stands to reason that this man took the initiative to withdraw from his family, and the dowry that has been hired cannot be returned." ”

"Didn't our family have time to hire you yet, and this one was also added together, and it was all compensation." Yu Feng stuffed the purse into Qi Jiuli's hand.

"Who wants your family's stinky ......" Qi Shixiang's words disappeared into Qi Jiuli's palm.

"Compensation?" Qi Jiuli was overjoyed in his heart, his face was not obvious, and he asked rhetorically, "Aunt Yu thinks that if you give some compensation, the harm and deception caused will not exist?" ”

"Our Haotian and Yunxia have already made a marriage, the dowry has also been set, and the date of marriage has also been set, just the eighth day of the second month, a few days, Jiuli, you still have to accept your fate, you are not suitable, you will always find a suitable one in the future." Yu Fengshi wanted to laugh but didn't laugh.