Xiao Huazi sat in Qin's arms, her pink and tender hands picking at the paper bag near her hand, and she was about to tear the oily paper skin on the outside of the roasted chicken. She glanced at her brothers and sisters with stern eyes.

, quietly retracted his little hand.

The children were sitting upright, but their eyes were looking at the table full of food. They couldn't close their mouths because there was saliva flowing out, and they didn't bother to wipe it. Grandma hadn't spoken yet, so they could only wait obediently.

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Xiao Qing sat on a small stool and looked at the more than 270 coins that Mr. Zhou put on the table.

She first counted out a hundred coins and gave it to Mrs. Zhou: "Xiao Cheng Niang, this money is for selling winter dates. Mom doesn't want it from you, so take it!"

Mrs. Zhou pushed her: "Mother, I don't want it. I don't have any pockets on my clothes, so I can't put it on. Why don't you help me put it away first?"

Xiao Qing stuffed it into her hand and forced her: "Take it carefully, these are the dates you and Xiao Cheng picked. The dates you sold should be given to you. Don't save the cloth next time, and put them on the clothes of your family."

Sew a pocket!"

Mrs. Zhou took the money and said hello.

Xiao Qing counted another twenty coins and gave it to Mrs. Qin: "These belong to you and Er Jing. Don't be too little. I will wait for my mother to go to the mountains to pick chestnuts tomorrow morning. I will let you two go sell chestnuts the day after tomorrow. I will give you more then."

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Mrs. Qin thought that she had not helped her with anything today and her mother would not give her a penny. When she saw her sister-in-law earning a hundred pence, she felt envious in her heart. But when her mother said that the couple should go sell chestnuts the day after tomorrow.

, I was looking forward to it in my heart, and saw my mother give her twenty coins.

"Thank you, mother, thank you, mother!" she quickly continued happily.

Xiao Qing looked at Qiao Yu again and said with a smile: "I have your money for this trip, but keep it with Mom. Whenever you want it, just come to Mom and get it. Don't worry, Mom won't ask you to use it."

Where?"

Qiao Yu shyly puffed out her cheeks and said shyly: "Okay, mother!"

After dividing the money, Xiao Qing began to share the food.

Several children were so greedy that they couldn't help but sneak a small bite, but Qiao Cheng fiercely put them back.

Xiao Qing looked at several anxious children, waiting for her to speak and allow them to eat, but she just wanted to tease them.

"I remember who wanted to eat roast chicken?"

Shui Yuan suddenly raised his hand: "It's me, grandma, it's me!"

Xiao Qing put down the roast chicken and picked up the white bread: "Who wants to eat white bread?"

At this time, Hanako and Yuanyuan quickly raised their hands: "It's me, it's me, grandma, grandma!"

"Whose snowflake cake?"

"I, grandma!" Yoko raised her hand gently.

"Whose candied fruit?" Qiao Cheng raised both hands: "My grandma, grandma's candied haws on a stick are mine too!"

Xiao Qing looked at their saliva with a smile.

"Okay, okay, grandma won't make trouble with you anymore!" Xiao Qing called to Mrs. Qin: "Ms. Yuanyuan, you can cook some porridge for noon. I bought half a cage of white flour meat buns and two and a half roast chickens.

, several kinds of pastries, cook more porridge, boil millet and white rice together, let’s eat white bread at noon!”

Mrs. Qin sighed: "Okay, mother, I'll cook it right away."

Xiao Qing gave five bunches of honey-flavored candied haws and candied fruits to several children and asked them to wash their hands after eating. The children didn't know whether they heard it or not, but they took the imaginary candied haws from their grandmother's hands and looked at them with their eyes.

Nowhere else.

Qiao Cheng was the first to smell the candied haws, and the sweet smell rushed into his nose: "It smells so good!"

He couldn't wait to take a bite and chewed in his mouth: "Hmm...it's so sweet! Oh, it's so sour!"

Several children watched him eat, licking and eating anxiously one after another, talking about sour and sweet, and eating together around the table with expressions of enjoyment on their faces.

Xiao Qing saw the children eating candied haws and candied fruits with their heads down. He smiled and asked Qiao Cheng to watch and not let them run away to eat. If they had to eat before running away, the wooden skewers of the candied haws would be pierced.

She stood up and held the cloth, and asked Qiao Er to take the rice, flour and oil to the thatched hut. Zhou took the pork and salt to the thatched hut. Although Qiao Yu was only eleven years old, she did not eat around the table like several children.

Instead of eating sweets, he brought brown sugar to the thatched cottage.

When Qiao Erjing turned back again, he took the white-flour meat buns and roasted chicken to the thatched shed so that Qin could warm them up later.

After Qiao Er came out, he thought about the Jiang family's affairs and felt that it was better to tell his mother before going to help.

After delivering the food, he went to the thatched hut, and then came to the thatched hut and saw his mother talking to his sister-in-law about the cloth.

"Little grown lady, this piece of silk is made of silk. You can go back and make a set of clothes for each of Qiao Yu, Shui Yuan, Yuanyuan and Huazi, and let them wear them when they go back to the county town for dinner." Xiao Qing said with a smile.

Zhou touched such a good fabric and said, "Mom, why don't you make one for yourself first?"

"I feel like I'm getting thinner and thinner recently. I don't plan to use these good cloths to make clothes. You do it first!" Xiao Qing said.

She has really lost weight in the past few days since wearing it. The clothes under her arms and armpits used to be tightly wrapped in the sleeves, but she feels much looser in the past two days.

Mrs. Zhou responded with a smile.

Xiao Qing still wanted to talk to Zhou about the soles and uppers, but she felt someone standing behind her. When she turned around, she saw Qiao Erjing standing at the door.

"Hey, Er Jing, why didn't you say anything and stood at the door? You scared me!" Xiao Qing said strangely.

Qiao Erjing lowered her head and said something in her mouth, "Mother...mother, I..."

Seeing him hesitating, Xiao Qing glanced into the yard and saw that the beds in the yard were all ready and being dried.

She asked: "Is the bed ready?"

Er Jing nodded: "Yes, it's done!"

As he spoke, he glanced at his mother and then hurriedly lowered her head.

"Er Jing, if you have anything to say, don't hesitate like a girl!" Xiao Qing was afraid that something might have happened at home if she had been gone all morning.

Qiao Erjing lowered his head and said hesitantly: "Mom, Jiang Feng was beaten severely!"

After hearing this, Xiao Qing felt a little relieved, as long as Mrs. Qin and the children were fine. Thinking of him mentioning the Jiang family matter, Xiao Qing choked on his words: "He was beaten seriously. You want your sister-in-law Du to go find him."

Brother Jiao, what are you talking about? I thought it was something, didn't you help him find a doctor and pay the consultation fee? You don't have to worry about the rest!"

"Mom, Brother Jiang Feng is a nice person..."

Xiao Qingyi frowned and asked, "What else do you want to do for his family?"

Qiao Erjiang lowered his head. He didn't want to do anything for their family. He just wanted to help as much as he thought they could.

"Mom, Brother Jiang Feng is seriously injured. If you don't want to send him to the county town to see an experienced doctor, the village doctor said he will be gone in the next two days, but it's too expensive to go to the county town doctor. It costs three taels of silver to go there.

, Niangjiang’s family is now so poor that the roof has been ripped off by the Jiao family…”

Xiao Qing understood what he meant and dared him to get these three taels of silver for the Jiang family.

If you think about it carefully, you can understand that although Qiao Erjing seems to be wise and thoughtful, she can't stand a few soft words of pity from others. This must be because Mrs. Du was so anxious when she saw that her family was eating white flour and meat.
Chapter completed!