As soon as I came back, I heard my parents scolding me in the house.

"We send you to school so that you can learn. This girl even asked you to borrow money. How much money do you have as a student? It's all given by your parents. You can tell at a glance that she is not a good person." Wang Yanmei was furious and what she said was not very nice.

Xu Fuqiang's face was tense, and he tried to smooth things over: "Alright, I'll confiscate your phone. Don't make your mom angry anymore, go upstairs and do your homework."

"What's wrong?" Xu Qingzhi came in and asked.

Xu Zijun lowered his head and looked at the marble floor. He didn't dare to look up and didn't say a word.

"Your brother is learning something good, but he's learning how to fall in love early. Today, the girl asked him to borrow money, and he turned around and transferred the remaining 100 yuan in his card to her. He was quite generous. If she didn't have enough, she would ask him for more." Wang Yanmei scolded, "The money in our family is all earned by your sister with great effort. You take this money and give it to the girl. Do you think you can afford your sister?"

Xu Zijun felt a lump in his throat.

Xu Qingzhi frowned and went over to pat her mother's shoulder, "Mom, calm down first."

Then he asked, “How did you know this?”

Xu Fuqiang said: "Your mother saw your brother holding his phone as soon as he came back today. She took advantage of your brother's going to the toilet while his phone was charging and secretly saw it."

Xu Qingzhi recalled her high school days. Every time she came back, she would leave her phone there to charge. When she came back after a while, she would definitely see her mother looking through her phone like a thief.

Xu Zijun buried his head and whispered, "Sister, Mom and Dad, I'm sorry."

"Okay." Xu Qingzhi said.

Xu Zijun thought his sister was going to scold him, but he heard a sentence -

"Mom, no matter what, you shouldn't look through your brother's phone. He's an adult, and this is a matter of privacy. Your brother won't secretly look through your phone, right?"

"Also, you are the parents, and it is your duty to raise him and educate him, otherwise you should just not have given birth to him. Why do you always say that he spent the family's money and owed it to the family?"

"Secondly, I am not the only one who earns the money for the family. The money you spend on your brother is your own money. It has nothing to do with me. There is no need to bring up how hard I work to earn money."

Then Wang Yanmei started crying, "Okay, you just know how to protect your brother. Look at what kind of jerk he becomes in the future!"

Ms. Wang went back to her room angrily, wiping her tears.

Xu Fuqiang looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, and Xu Qingzhi reached out to him for his cell phone.

Xu Fuqiang handed over the phone and went into the house to coax his wife.

Only she and her brother were left. Xu Qingzhi returned the phone to him and whispered, "Okay, I've pissed off my mom and you're free."

Xu Zijun looked up, his eyes slightly red, showing the stubbornness and grievance that only teenagers have.

"Thank you, sis."

"What are you thanking me for? When I made mistakes as a kid, you protected me too."

In life, there is no right or wrong among family members.

The so-called right or wrong just depends on your perspective.

In the past, when she made a mistake, her brother would stiffen his neck and say to his parents with an unconvinced look on his face: "Yes, I did it, come and beat me if you dare!"

Then, he really got beaten, and his butt was spanked loudly.

Parents, siblings, and family ties, these are not relationships that are about right or wrong.

It's just like when a boyfriend and girlfriend have a fight, the boy tells her what's going on and the girl tells her to shut up. It's the same.

Because there is no point in arguing over and over again.

She knew her parents, and they would probably explode immediately after seeing this and start scolding her brother.

Her parents have acted like bad guys before, so now she has to establish the image of her elder sister.

Xu Qingzhi asked: "So, what happened? Come, tell your sister."

"We didn't fall in love prematurely." Xu Zijun said, his face getting redder and redder. "We like each other and agreed to go to Kyoto University together. We usually just do homework together and discuss questions. Today she didn't have money for dinner, so she had no choice but to borrow some from me."

"Where are her parents?" Xu Qingzhi asked subconsciously.

Xu Zijun said honestly, "Her parents are divorced and don't care much about her. She's alone at home, and her parents won't give her money when she asks for it. I need to buy teaching materials next week, and my dad has already bought them for me today. The remaining one hundred yuan is the remaining living expenses that I didn't use up."

"Ah?" Xu Zijun looked stunned.

"She's home alone, aren't you worried?" Xu Qingzhi asked.

"Well, I am a little worried." The innocent boy said honestly.

Seeing her brother like this, Xu Qingzhi was a little envious. The feelings at this time were so pure and beautiful.

"Okay, ask her if it's convenient for you. I'll take you out to play for a day tomorrow. Otherwise, we'll both have to face mom's sullen face tomorrow, and no one will be in a good mood."

"Okay, I'll ask her."

Xu Qingzhi gestured "OK" and confidently ordered: "Chatting won't waste any time. If you don't have anything else to do, go to the kitchen and wash the dishes. After all, you are the one who made Mom unhappy today."

Xu Zijun obediently went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

Xu Qingzhi knocked on his parents' door, then went in and gave them a good coaxing.

Another WeChat red envelope bombardment, forcing her mother to accept it. Another time, she said her brother was washing dishes in the kitchen, and he was very sensible.

Finally, she whispered the facts to her mother and said that her brother did not have a premature love affair. The specific situation was blah blah, made up, and she said that the two of them were just close because of their studies.

Only then did Ms. Wang feel better.

Xu Qingzhi mentioned in passing that they were going out to play tomorrow.

Since she came back, she has hardly gone out and stayed at home every day. Her parents have asked her to go out for a walk several times. So when they heard her say that she wanted to go out for fun, they naturally did not object.

Wang Yanmei: "That's perfect. We'll have the leftovers tomorrow. It'll be enough for me, your dad, and your grandpa to eat."

While Xu Qingzhi was busy, the two little ones in the spiritual space had already started to make a fuss and complained that there was no midnight snack.

She asked her parents to go to bed early and went upstairs.

The girl sent a message to her brother via QQ and agreed, asking what time to meet tomorrow.

Qingzhi: "Let's go at half past eight. We'll leave at eight and have breakfast in the county town."

Then, without further delay, he entered the spiritual space and prepared food for the two little ones.

There were not many white geese, so she only got one and caught two chickens.

The chicken is simply made into a roast chicken, which is the favorite of the two little ones.

The crows and the big cat followed Xu Qingzhi all the way. Wherever Xu Qingzhi went, they went. They were so anxious that they could hardly stop drooling.

After cleaning the big white goose, Xu Qingzhi chopped it into large pieces, removed the tips of the goose feet, and the goose liver and heart could also be eaten. He cut them into flowery pieces so that they could be more flavorful, and then washed them clean.

Then make a sauce with seasoning.

The cooking utensils in the spiritual space are already complete. This iron pot is not big, it is a small iron pot.

Heat oil in a pan. There will be oil on the goose, so you can fry this part first.

After some oil is fried out, add the drained goose pieces and the remaining white wine from marinating the salted duck eggs, and stir-fry for eight or nine minutes.

Wait until the water is dried up and the goose pieces are oily and golden brown, then add ginger slices, scallion segments, star anise, cinnamon, etc.

The two little ones like spicy food, so she added more chili.

Finally, pour in boiling water and a few drops of spiritual spring water. After boiling over high heat, there is a gurgling sound and the fragrance spreads. She then turns to low heat and simmers.

She also had to make a few corn tortillas, let the dough rise and set it aside, and wait until the goose was stewed before sticking the corn tortillas on them.

Then, put the lid on.

The crow got what it wanted and was very happy. It cackled twice and recited a poem.

Goose, goose, goose, cut the curved neck with a knife, pluck the feathers, add a ladle of water, light the fire and cover the pot.

Xu Qingzhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, wondering where it got this information from. (End of this chapter)