"Mom, where is it?"
Qiu Dashan grabbed the two jars and stood in front of his mother in time.
Li Qingmei put down the fire stick in a bad mood and said, "Just put it anywhere you can. Why are you asking?"
When her mother's bad mood affected each of her children equally, Qiu Yuling felt that everything was smooth.
"Laugh, laugh, you are the troublemaker who only wants the world to be in chaos." Her hands stopped, but her mother had to say one more sentence before she felt relieved.
"I'm so tired, Mom. I'm going to go back and lie down for a while. There's no peace in this room. You can't have me under your nose, otherwise you'll always want to order me around. Oh, and don't let those three little bandits knock on my door."
After saying this, she went back to her room and went to sleep without caring whether her mother allowed it or not, slipping on her slippers.
The rooms of the sisters were on the same side. When she lifted the door curtain, she happened to run into Huang Duoer who was about to come in.
"Little sister."
"Sister-in-law, mother and brother are in the room. I'm going to sleep for a while."
Huang Duoer paused as she was about to take the door curtain. Without saying anything, she stepped aside to make way for her sister-in-law.
She slept so soundly that she even refused dinner. When she opened her eyes, it was already dark outside.
The kerosene lamp was still lit in the main room, and it was very noisy. Qiu Yuling was stunned for a long time before she put on her cotton coat and trousers and planned to go over to see what was going on.
She opened the door curtain, and Qiu Jianshe was the first to notice his daughter coming over. "Lingling, you've woken up. I left some food for you. Just bring it over and heat it up."
"What's for dinner?" She was actually a little hungry.
Li Qingmei took the corn and hazelnuts that had just been brought over from the chopping board and scooped out a small dish of pickles for her. "Eat it with the meat pie. We also eat this. The pie is still warm. If you want to eat it hot, put it on the stove ring for a while..."
"No, I don't like hot food, this is just right."
Qiu Yuling took a bite of meat pie, a bite of pickles, and then a mouthful of porridge, and she felt so relaxed.
The beans that were jumping on the kang just now wanted to eat again when they saw other people's mouths moving.
Li Qingmei said to ask her aunt to give each person a sip.
"No, scoop a bowl for yourself and feed it to yourselves." She also thought it was dirty for her own nephew.
"You kid, leave a little bit of food in your bowl for our little bean. We little bean won't dislike our aunt, right?"
Seeing this, Qiu Yuling stopped eating and handed the remaining half bowl to Li Qingmei, telling her to feed her grandchildren herself. She finished the remaining half of the pancake with pickles.
"How about Dad make you some oil tea?" Qiu Jianshe asked eagerly, fearing that his daughter was not full.
"No need, Dad. I'm full. Mom, tell them to finish their drinks. I won't eat the rest."
Qiu Yuling was tired of getting on the kang, so she asked the little kids to take the opportunity to quarrel with each other, and then she sat by the stove below to warm herself by the fire.
Li Qingmei handed the porridge bowls left by her grandchildren to Qiu Yuling and asked her to put them on the chopping board while she went back to wash them.
Huang Duoer quickly intercepted him and said, "I'll wash it. It's hard to wash the porridge bowl once it's been left there. Sit down and warm yourself by the fire, little sister."
The butt that had just been lifted up sat back down steadily.
Qiu Yuling dug a sweet potato out of the ash heap, intending to dig out another one to eat. "Brother, when are you leaving tomorrow?"
"Don't go out until daybreak, otherwise it will be very cold on the road."
None of them had a watch, so Qiu Dashan just estimated the time.
"Well, we don't have a clock or anything like that in the house. We have to rely on the sun to go out. If the sun goes on strike one day, we'll be in the dark."
After Qiu Dashu finished speaking, Qiu Yuling remembered that when she was in elementary school, there were often students who were sleepy and came to school in the middle of the night. The reason why she was able to control time well was thanks to the help of cheating tools.
When she was not around, Mother Qiu and the others would rush on their way and often arrive much earlier than usual. They would almost be dried up by the wind, and only then would the people they had made appointments with take their places leisurely.
"When I start working, I will definitely buy a wall clock for our home." After Qiu Dashu expressed his feelings, he began to make a resolution.
Qiu Yuling joked, "Buy me another watch."
"No problem, I'll take care of it, Third Brother. But we have to save up some money."
Qiu Yuling smiled and said, "It's okay. I can wait as long as you don't coax me."
The brother and sister were talking to each other, but Li Qingmei interrupted them at the right time. If they continued, the girl would almost get enough dowry.
Because they had to travel the next day, even though the children were excited, they were sent back to bed.
After settling the baby, Qiu Dashan took out twenty yuan and was about to go out when Huang Duoer stopped him.
"Brother Shan, what are you doing?"
"I'm afraid I'll be busy and forget when I leave tomorrow. As the eldest brother, I haven't done anything for my younger siblings. Now that I'm working and earning some money, I'll give them ten yuan each out of this twenty yuan. It's a small token of my appreciation as a brother."
"Brother Shan, listen to me, it is our responsibility to take care of our younger brothers and sisters, but the premise is that this family is in trouble, and as the eldest brother and sister-in-law, we have no choice but to take on the responsibility.
But I was there when we separated that day, and we have money at home. This money you give out may not mean much to them, but it is the food for our family for most of half a month, and now I have it in my belly.
Originally, I was there to earn work points, but now that my belly is getting bigger, I might not even be able to earn any work points. I have to leave some room for survival, right?
She walked up to him, put her hand on his arm, and kept her voice as low as possible, fearing that the sound would be heard by others.
Qiu Dashan pulled his arm out and said, "Let's talk about this later. As the elder brother, I've already started a family and a career, but I haven't helped my younger siblings. I can't save money."
Looking at the man's departing back, Huang Duoer swallowed the rest of her words back into her stomach.
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