Chapter 76 No Merit, No Reward

"Actually, if you follow my standards, you can work as a tailor later."

"The tailor shop is state-owned, as are the garment factories and textile factories. They are all stable jobs, but we can't get in."

The implication is: if they could get in, they wouldn't have to go to the countryside to join the production team.

Yi Chichi,...there is no way to continue this topic.

You can't tell them that in a few years not only will the college entrance examination be resumed, but there will also be reform and opening up.

It's too hard to explain, so she'd better not cause trouble for herself.

So, this topic ends here.

The work was over at around nine o'clock in the evening and everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Yi Chichi poured some water to wash up, and then carefully took care of his hands and face before lying down in the warm bed and falling into a deep sleep.

After having breakfast the next day, she took the lead in running to the captain's house out of responsibility and called the captain to check on the health of the old man and the others.

When the two arrived, the old man and his family were sweeping the snow at the door.

He seems to be in much better spirits.

Little Qin Jiu, wearing a cotton-padded jacket that was patched by who knows who's kid, was squatting at the door and playing with snowballs.

When he saw Yi Chichi, he ran behind the old man like a rabbit, grabbed the hem of the old man's clothes and said, "Grandpa, yesterday's uncle and sister are here."

Yi Chichi shouted in his heart, it’s not his sister, it’s his cousin.

There's a generation gap between us, Xiao Jiujiu.

I have always seen elders give different levels of seniority, but I have never seen her lower the level of seniority like this.

Still, he was defeated by his cousin.

Then again, which cousin's child is Qin Jiu? Just as she was thinking about it, the captain patted her and said, "Yi girl, go get checked."

"ah?"

Yi Chichi was still immersed in his own thoughts and hadn't reacted yet, with a dull expression on his face.

"I said, you can check them out now."

"Oh yeah, check."

She came here under the pretext of an inspection, and she had to go through the process.

It is impossible to take the patient's pulse, so all you can do is look at the face and ask about how the patient slept, any joint pain, night sweats, and so on.

The old man answered every question they had.

After a thorough examination, Yi Chichi, who had been prepared, took out the medicine bag and said, "You need to take two more doses of medicine."

"Still drinking?"

They said the same thing and had the same bitter face.

Qin Jiu, who had relaxed a lot, shrank back into his shell like a shy little snail and hid behind the old man.

He just looked at her vigilantly with a pair of big dark eyes.

The smile on Yi Chichi's face froze. Was the medicine she brewed really that unpalatable? "Yes, I have to drink it."

Seeing his expressionless face, the captain, who was about to offer some advice, swallowed his words and changed them to -

"Listen to her."

The doctor cannot be offended. Even if Yi Chichi firmly refuses to admit that she is not even a half-baked doctor, she cannot deny the fact that she can treat diseases with acupuncture and prescribing medicine.

It is better to offend a villain than to offend a doctor.

In this year, he said righteously, "It's all for the body."

This is impeccable.

The old man and the others had no choice but to compromise.

So, Yi Chichi took the medicine bag and went to boil the medicine.

The captain didn't follow and stayed outside chatting with the old man and the others.

Yi Chichi pricked up his ears to listen, but found that he could only hear vague sounds and could not hear what they were saying at all.

So he gave up the idea of ​​eavesdropping, and skillfully lit the fire, picked the herbs, and soaked them separately according to their efficacy and texture.

Then boil it.

Suddenly, Xiao Jiujiu's voice came from behind him.

"Sister, you didn't put these away."

He pointed at the herbs in the basin and reminded in a loud voice.

Yi Chichi was startled by him. When he turned around, he saw the child blinking his big black eyes at him.

His face suddenly turned red, "When did you come here?"

"When my sister put the medicine in."

The child answered every question. Yi Chichi looked outside, then looked at him, thinking this was a good opportunity to get some information.

"Your name is Qin Jiu, right?!"

"Um."

The child nodded, "Sister, what's your name? And thank you for the sugar water you gave me yesterday. It was very sweet."

He swallowed, savoring the taste.

Seeing this, Yi Chichi took out a White Rabbit and handed it to him, "Here!"

"don't want."

The child put his hands behind his back and refused to accept her candy. "I can't afford it, so you can eat it yourself."

"You still know that you can't receive rewards without merit?"

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Yi Chichi pretended to be surprised, and the child nodded proudly, "I can do it. I have studied the Analects, the 1,300 Analects, and the 1,300 Analects..."

He talked a lot.

Yi Chichi was amazed when he heard this. Wow, the Qin family has a really good foundation. They have started to cultivate Chinese studies and modern science in such a young child.

Is this a plan to train Qin Jiu into an all-rounder?

Yi Chichi deliberately tested him, asking him about the Analects, his self-understanding of the Thousand Three Hundred, and math problems.

There were also a few brain teasers.

Then, she discovered that Qin Jiu was an extraordinary kid, a precocious and mature little genius.

Bending over, she looked into Qin Jiu's eyes and asked, "Jiujiu, how old are you this year?"

"Five and a half."

The child held up four fingers, "I was born on July 28, 1965."

"Have you read?"

Qin Jiu hummed, "I read it, but there is nothing to read now."

There was a look of loss on the little face, and Yi Chichi felt distressed when he saw the dejected look.

But it was hard to say anything, so I just comforted him, "You will have books to read in the future."

It will be a few years before education is restored, and she firmly believes that with the foresight of the old man and his friends, even if Qin Jiu cannot go to school, they will teach him themselves.

Once education resumes, children can return to school.

Then, the adult and the child sat together, watching the fire and chatting.

As they were chatting, Qin Jiu suddenly cried out, and Yi Chichi thought something was wrong, and was about to ask anxiously, when he heard him say, "Sister, what's your name?"

The title of "sister" really makes her feel overwhelmed.

"...Yi Chichi."

Let’s try and see if the old man still remembers her name.

If there is, let it be, if not, stay away from it.

Qin Jiu said "Oh", feeling that the name sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

He frowned and thought hard, and suddenly a light bulb lit up in his mind.

She remembered that she had heard her grandmother mention this name.

Is it the same person? Suspicious eyes fell on Yi Chichi's face. He struggled for a while with a tangled look and said, "Sister, what is your grandma's name?"

Yi Chichi turned his head to look at him, and saw anticipation in the child's eyes, and he smiled with his lips curved.

"Li Changqiu!"

It seems that the old man and others have mentioned her, otherwise the child would not have reacted like this.

Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, the child's eyes lit up.

The corners of his lips couldn't help but curl up, but he tried to suppress it and said in a serious tone, "What a coincidence, my grandmother's name is Li Changxia."

"It's quite a coincidence."

Yi Chichi couldn't help laughing when he saw his little adult-like appearance.

The child looked up at her, saw her soft eyebrows were tinged with smile, and opened his mouth.

Then he ran out again.

Yi Chichi had a black question mark face and said, "No, how did it run away?"

(End of this chapter)