But the older brother was right. We couldn't let anyone come to our house to take things! "No, I'll stay home." Thinking that someone might take his things away, Liu Tiao immediately gave up the idea of going out to play.
"That's right." Er Tiao rubbed his brother's head and went back to his room to do his homework. When he got to a question, he scratched his head and asked San Tiao, "San Tiao, what is three times seven?"
Three times seven is three sevens added together. San Tiao thought for a moment and told him that it was twenty-one. After telling him, Xiao Lian said seriously, "Second brother, mother said you have to write it yourself."
"Okay, I know. I just want to know if I'm right."
It seems wrong. Er Tiao erased the "3" from the original "23" with an eraser and wrote a "1" in its place.
He believed in San Tiao more than himself. San Tiao was so talented, I wonder if he could get first place in school this year... Ni Tiao thought silently.
At ten o'clock, after playing around in the yard, Liu Tiao and Ba Tiao, with red faces, ran into the house and told their brother Yi Tiao that they were hungry.
"It's still early. Let's eat later." Ichijo shook his head. It was still a long time before dinner, and he hadn't finished his homework yet...
"But I'm hungry~" Liu Tiao rubbed against Yi Tiao, tried hard to pull his arm, and acted coquettishly towards his big brother.
"Bai Tiao is hungry too~" Ba Tiao pinched his stomach. All the delicious noodles he had eaten today had been pooped out, and now his stomach was empty.
"Look at you two foodies." Er Tiao put away his homework, raised his head and said righteously, "Wait, I'll go light the fire."
"Second brother is hungry too?" Liu Tiao turned sideways and popped out his little head.
"Ahem." Er Tiao coughed twice and said righteously, "I was worried that my two younger brothers would be hungry."
"Oh." Sanjo looked up. Why didn't he believe his second brother's words?
"Give me ten more minutes, I'll do it." Yitiao, having been told by his younger brothers that he was hungry, sped up his copying. Before the ten minutes were up, he stopped writing, collected his homework, and went to the kitchen to heat up some food. Ertiao and the others all followed him, like a string of candied haws.
When he opened the lid of the pot, he found a bowl of scrambled eggs with ham, a bowl of shredded cabbage, and two large bowls of rice. He was very satisfied with the meal.
Ba Tiao stepped on the small stool, clapped his hands, and said happily, "Ham, good job~"
"Eat, eat!" Knowing that Cheng Zhenzhu had left some delicious sausages for them, the children were very happy. One of them was lighting the fire, while the other was helping the younger brothers wash their hands, get bowls, and chopsticks. The division of labor was very clear.
"No need to bring it over." Yitiao stopped his brothers, "Mom said this will be very hot. If the food is not served soon, I will serve it to you."
"Okay~" Hearing this, the five children quickly divided the bowls and chopsticks and stood by waiting obediently. Each person had a bowl and a spoon or a pair of chopsticks.
The rice and dishes were heated up quickly, and with the good weather, even before the two sticks of firewood had burned out, white steam was coming out of the cracks in the pot lid, carrying the aroma of eggs and ham. The children were already eagerly waiting, and the tall Er Tiao had already rushed to lift the lid...
"Let me do it." Ichijo took over, afraid that the older brother would get burned.
After the distribution, before eleven o'clock, the six little kids finished their lunch in the kitchen with their bowls, and leaned together to burp.
Four or five of them came over after smelling the food, and were given some leftover rice and some dried fish Cheng Zhenzhu had specially baked for them. One for each dog, the little ones broke it up and fed it to them, a little at a time, which was enough to make the two big yellow dogs anxious...
At five o'clock, Cheng Zhenzhu returned home and saw a bunch of red-faced babies running towards her, happily talking about how much food and snacks they had eaten at home today, and also mentioned washing dishes and feeding the four or five cats.
"You're so good." Cheng Zhenzhu looked at the kids and gave them a thumbs-up. "I'm going to give you a reward."
"What reward?" Er Tiao's big eyes lit up.
"I'll give you some money." Cheng Zhenzhu took out the money she earned today and gave a portion to each of the six children as a reward based on their merits.
She wouldn't have to go to Chang Huaiying's tomorrow. Normally, there were three days of work, but Chang Huaiying's family only needed to build a stone house, so she worked hard from morning till night and finished all three days' work.
Chang Huaiying thanked her profusely, gave her thirty cents, and invited her to bring the children to dinner on the day the work was completed. She calculated the time and realized it was a Wednesday, with Ichitiao and Ertiao going to school, so it would be nice to bring the four little ones along to join in the fun, so she agreed.
"Money!" Tiaotiao was so happy when he got ten cents. He was the only one who got ten cents, the eldest brother got five cents, the second brother also got five cents, and then Tiaotiao six, seven, and eight each got one cent.
"Here, Mom." The five cents passed through San Tiao's hands and he pushed it back to his mother, asking her to keep it. Qi Tiao and Ba Tiao said "thank you" happily and gave the money to Cheng Zhenzhu.
"Liu Tiao, take it yourself~" Liu Tiao held the crumpled penny in his hand, ran to the room to find the red envelope he had hidden, and stuffed the money in. Even a penny is love, he doesn't despise it...
The six children who received the reward played happily in the house for a while, and soon surrounded Cheng Zhenzhu to ask when they would have dinner.
"Didn't you eat enough at noon?" Cheng Zhenzhu asked curiously.
"We're full..." Seeing Cheng Zhenzhu's gaze on them, the six children all chuckled in unison, looking somewhat guilty. They were full, but because they had eaten too early and had run around for a long time in the afternoon, they were starving.
Knowing that the kids had finished their lunch early and were given a good beating by Yi Tiao in the afternoon, Cheng Zhenzhu felt both amused and sympathetic.
She was hungry, so she washed her face and used the leftovers from lunch today, along with two large bowls of leftover white rice from her space, to make a large pot of fried rice for the children. The fried rice was simmered with lard and chopped green onions, and the combination of the rice and the dishes had a unique flavor.
"Delicious, delicious~" After this meal, Liu Jiu Tiao fell in love with fried rice again. After taking a shower, he had a good sleep.
The next day, Yitiao and Ertiao went to school, while Cheng Zhenzhu took the four children to work, starting a busy life of earning work points.
However, this year's four little kids couldn't match the labor force of last year's four kids. They were all so busy running around, and none of them earned a single work point.
San Tiao led his brothers home to review their work and decided to work hard the next day. However, the next day, the four busy little bees each worked on their own, but still didn't earn a single work point...
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