"Okay! Go get the dried meat! There's meat to eat!" He replied with a slightly rough voice from his six-year-old brother Qiao Erlu.
"Rourou! Rourou! Eat Rourou!" The one who couldn't speak clearly was the little sister Qiao Sanshou who was over three years old.
"Xiaofu, where are you taking your brothers and sisters?" A passionate voice sounded, and Qiao Chu recognized that it was Sun Qiaoniang, the widow next door.
In the memory of the original person, Sun Qiaoniang was widowed at the age of twenty and had been a widow for five or six years. She usually lived with her paralyzed mother-in-law. When she heard the noise, she hurriedly walked to the yard and raised her voice to ask.
"Aunt Qiaoniang, I'll take my brothers and sisters to my uncle's house in the next village to get dried meat." Qiao Xiaofu also replied crisply.
Uncle's house...
Qiao Chu felt a little ashamed when she heard this: Look how smooth her eldest niece speaks? Why does she sound so awkward?
She turned to look at Chen Qingshan, but she didn't expect that Chen Qingshan was also looking at her in a condescending manner. The two of them were instantly embarrassed and both turned their heads away.
Qiao Chu turned his head to listen to the conversation outside, but Chen Qingshan looked down at Qiao Chu with a black face, thoughtfully: Yesterday, I looked at the lifeless girl. Today, although her face and body are still dark, but now
I feel a lot more energetic when I look at it?
Outside in the yard, Sun Qiaoniang was saying enthusiastically to Qiao Xiaofu: "If you have something to do, just leave Xiaolu and Xiaoshou at our house! How can you do things easily with two children?"
Qiao Xiaofu thought about it, yes, the ox cart would be pulling something soon, and his younger brothers and sisters were sitting on the cart. The ox cart was not easy to pull things, and it would easily crowd the younger siblings if it pulled too many things, so he gratefully agreed.
"Aunt Qiaoniang, you are such a good person!" Qiao Xiaofu entrusted his younger brothers and sisters to Aunt Qiaoniang and hurriedly went to find the clan leader.
After a bowl of porridge, Qiao Chu, who could do nothing but practice, could only continue to practice.
So after the outside calmed down, Chen Qingshan looked at Qiao Chu again, and Qiao Chu fell asleep again.
The strange breeze appeared again, looming, and Chen Qingshan once again felt that faint sense of comfort: it was as if every breath he took was like a small hand touching his injury, making his pain less painful.
Chen Qingshan has been injured countless times during hunting all year round, and he has already gained a lot of experience: after the doctor had seen it before, Chen Qingshan estimated that it might take a month or so before he could go hunting again, but according to the situation today,
Chen Qingshan thinks that maybe half a month will be enough...
One bed, two people, one black and one with broken ribs, nothing can be done, just sleep!
Chen Qingshan closed his eyes and simply fell asleep.
When the outside became lively again, the ox cart of the patriarch Qiao Dahe came back, bringing back a lot of bacon, dried meat and other things.
Qiao Xiaofu was young, but he was very good at being a good person. After troubling the clan leader, he naturally couldn't let him go back empty-handed, so he just left a hanging bacon on the oxcart: "Uncle, it's too troublesome for you. You can take this bacon back and eat it."
Bar!"
Qiao Dahe wanted to refuse, but Qiao Xiaofu decisively put the bacon on the cart, then ran back to the yard, and thanked him crisply through the gate: "Thank you, uncle! If you hadn't helped me,
, I don’t even know what to do!”
"You kid, you can't even open the pot at home, why are you bringing me anything?" Qiao Dahe couldn't refuse, thinking about asking his mother-in-law to bring some rice, feeling in his heart that Qiao Xiaofu could be a good person at such a young age, and he was so happy at the same time.
He drove back in the car.
Qiao Xiaofu happily moved the bacon and dried meat in and put them all properly. Then he went to the room where the two of them had already woken up and reported the situation: "Uncle, aunt, I brought back the bacon and dried meat. There are a total of them."
Six pieces of bacon, a dozen pieces of dried meat, a dozen kilograms of rice, a dozen kilograms of cornmeal, and this..."
As Qiao Xiaofu spoke, he took out a small cloth bag from his clothes. When he opened the bag, there were actually a few pieces of silver and a few banknotes inside!
Qiao Chu's eyes widened and he looked at the pieces of silver and the banknotes. The banknotes were actually twelve taels each!
Qiao Xiaofu was a little excited and handed the pieces of silver, the banknotes and the key to Chen Qingshan: "Uncle, I found this where you told me. Take a look, is it these?"
Chen Qingshan looked cold and indifferent, as if he didn't care about these things. He just nodded and picked up the key, but did not take the rest: "You keep these, your aunt and I can't get out of bed now, you
I need it for everything I need to buy for my family.”
"But now we have rice, flour and meat at home, so we don't need to buy anything..." Qiao Xiaofu said there was no need.
He is not greedy.
Chen Qingshan secretly praised in his heart, but his expression remained calm: "Your aunt and I also need money to see the doctor for our injuries. If there is anything else that needs to be purchased at home, why don't you take care of it together? You are the one who has the final say in the family now.
, and it’s only you.”
These words successfully gave Qiao Xiaofu a sense of responsibility and accomplishment, and his round face turned into a smile: Yes, neither aunt nor uncle can get out of bed. She is the eldest sister now, and she has to take care of the family's life!
So Qiao Xiaofu put the money and banknotes away properly, and then said cheerfully: "Then I'll go pick up Xiaolu and Xiaoshou first, and cook. I'll bring them to you when they're ready."
Qiao Chu warned: "Cook more and put more meat, I'm very hungry!"
"Okay!" Qiao Xiaofu agreed and went out.
The two children were brought back. Knowing that their aunt and uncle could not move, Qiao Xiaofu told them to play in the main room and not to disturb their aunt and uncle, so he went to cook for himself.
Children of poor people have long been in charge. Although Qiao Xiaofu is only eight years old, he is a good cook. Before long, the chopped bacon was cooked in rice mixed with cornmeal, and the whole yard was fragrant!
"It smells so good!" Qiao Chu exclaimed, feeling like his stomach was about to reach out!
"Uncle, this is yours." After settling his younger brothers and sisters, Qiao Xiaofu brought the food and handed one bowl to Chen Qingshan. Chen Qingshan took it and ate it quietly.
Qiao Chu also wanted to take it, but Qiao Xiaofu refused, saying that Qiao Chu's injury was too serious and he couldn't eat it by himself, so he had to feed it.
In order to show that he could do it, Qiao Chu raised his hands and scratched them in vain. It really didn't hurt, but the tight feeling of being restrained was very obvious, as if... he was wearing a pair of gloves.
.
The black claws stretched out, and Qiao Xiaofu became more determined to feed Qiao Chu.
Qiao Chu had no choice but to use Qiao Xiaofu's wooden spoon and began to eat bite by bite, and reminded anxiously: "A little bigger spoon... ugh... a little bigger spoon..."