Chapter 142 Little Brat Qin Ming
That evening, with the help of the Qin family, Qin Xiaoxiao finished winding the two jin of thread. When she excitedly returned to the educated youth compound with the thread, the Su sisters had just finished dinner, and Su Yun was teaching Su Yu how to knit a sweater.
Seeing Qin Xiaoxiao arrive, the two sisters invited her into the house, and the three of them sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) and began to knit diligently.
Qin Xiaoxiao has good hands-on skills, and the starting point is simple. Su Yun taught her twice and she remembered it. Then she slowly figured out how to knit on her own.
Su Yu was much worse. Su Yun taught her four or five times, but she still kept making mistakes. Only Su Yun was patient. If it were Qin Xiaoxiao, she probably would have given up teaching her long ago.
Fortunately, Qin Xiaoxiao got off to a very good start. She successfully knitted two fingers wide that night without making any mistakes, which made her grin from ear to ear.
The next morning, as soon as Qin Xiaoxiao arrived at the Qin family home, there was a knock on the door.
Qin Xiaoxiao happily went to open the door, but as soon as she opened it, a figure bumped into her and almost made her fall to the ground.
Luckily, Sun Zhirou reacted quickly and pulled Qin Xiaoxiao back up, otherwise Qin Xiaoxiao would have been in serious trouble today.
Qin Xiaoxiao looked up at Qin Yue, who knew she had caused trouble, with an annoyed expression. "Sis, you need to lose weight. If you keep letting yourself go like this, you'll turn into a bottomless pit."
Like a tank, it almost broke apart. With that kind of drive, it's good material for a soldier.
No girl wants to be told she's fat, and the beautiful Qin Yue is no exception.
Qin Yue waved her fist at Qin Xiaoxiao, "I'm not fat, Mom. My sister says I'm fat. Am I fat?"
Qin Yue immediately sought validation from her mother, but unfortunately, her mother sided with her older sister.
and……
Sun Zhirou looked at her eldest daughter with a helpless expression.
"Yue, you should eat less."
Qin Yue immediately got angry, pouted and rushed towards the main room, "Grandma, my mom said I'm fat."
Sun Zhirou twitched her lips.
Wasn't it me who was mentioned at the beginning? Why are you only complaining to her?
Seeing Qin Yue run away, Qin Xiaoxiao turned her attention to the man behind Sun Zhirou.
"Qin Ming, why didn't you say anything when you saw me?"
Qin Ming pursed his lips and gave a slight smile. "Sister."
Qin Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes. "Little brat, why are you so serious? Don't always act like an adult, you're still a child."
Qin Ming immediately replied, "I'm not a little kid anymore. I'm not a child. I'm going to join the army next year."
Qin Xiaoxiao then remembered that the men in the Qin family all had to join the army when they reached a certain age.
Qin Xiaoxiao blinked. "So fast? You'll be sixteen next year?"
Qin Ming puffed out his chest. "Of course! I'm all grown up now, not a little kid anymore."
Qin Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes, slapped Qin Ming's arm, and subtly pinched the muscles on his arm. "No matter how old you are, you're still my brother. In my eyes, you'll always be a little kid. Even when you're seventy or eighty years old, you'll still have to call me 'sister' respectfully."
Qin Ming's head drooped instantly, and he said in a gruff, low voice, "Sister."
Qin Xiaoxiao smiled, raised her hand to touch Qin Ming's head, but...
Damn it! Why does this little brat have to grow so tall?
Qin Xiaoxiao was unconvinced and tried to reach him on tiptoe, but Qin Ming was 1.87 meters tall, so she couldn't reach him even on tiptoe.
Qin Xiaoxiao glared at Qin Ming, "Aren't you going to lower your head?"
Qin Ming obediently lowered his head, letting Qin Xiaoxiao pet him, as docile as a big dog that had lost its temper.
Touching Qin Ming's slightly prickly short hair, Qin Xiaoxiao chuckled, "That's more like it. Be good, I'll make you something delicious in a bit."
Seeing how loving the siblings were, Sun Zhirou nodded. "Alright, I've dropped them off. I have to get back to work, so I won't go in."
Sun Zhirou looked up at Qin Aiguo, who was standing under the eaves at some point, and said, "Father, I'm going back now. Is there anything else you and Mother need?"
Qin Aiguo smiled and shook his head. "It's alright, go back. Be careful, the snow is slippery."
"Okay, I got it. Don't worry."
After Sun Zhirou finished speaking, she smiled and turned to leave. Qin Ming escorted her to the front door, and only after she could no longer see him did he turn around, close the door, and go inside.
Qin Xiaoxiao stood in the yard waiting for Qin Ming, and teased him with a smile, "You still say you're not a little kid? Look at how reluctant you are to leave, you still can't leave your mom?"
Qin Ming glared at Qin Xiaoxiao angrily, "I'm worried she'll fall. It's freezing cold, a fall could be terrible, what if she gets hurt?"
Qin Xiaoxiao gave a haughty "humph" and turned to go back into the house.
Qin Ming smiled helplessly as he watched Qin Xiaoxiao's retreating figure, then looked at Qin Aiguo.
"Master."
Facing his grandson, Qin Aiguo immediately transformed into a serious and rigid patriarch, his face almost devoid of smiles. He nodded to Qin Ming, "You did the right thing."
After saying that, he ignored Qin Ming and turned to go back into the house.
Qin Ming didn't understand what his grandfather was talking about for a moment. He stood in the courtyard thinking for a long time. Suddenly, he remembered that when his grandfather came out, it seemed to be the time when his sister wanted to touch his head but couldn't.
Qin Ming seemed to understand something, and smiled helplessly again.
He never expected his grandfather to spoil his sister so much, which was completely different from his usual behavior. If he hadn't experienced it with his own eyes today, he would never have believed it.
Once inside, Qin Xiaoxiao was filled with regret. Looking at the pendant she couldn't get off her body, she wished she could escape the Qin family as soon as possible.
"Sis, can you get up? It's so hot!"
Qin Yue clung to Qin Xiaoxiao's arm, refusing to let go, "No, I just like hugging my sister."
But I don't like it.
After trying twice but failing to remove the person from her body, Qin Xiaoxiao decided to give up.
"Okay, you can hold it."
Go ahead and hug me; you'll get used to it after a hug.
She was puzzled. She hadn't done anything wrong, so why did Qin Yue like to cling to her so much?
Is it because the Qin family only has two girls among their grandchildren?
Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't understand it, so she didn't think about it too much. Seeing that Grandma Qin was happily serving breakfast and giving Qin Ye, Qin Ming, Qin Yue and herself an egg each, she didn't care about anything else and buried her head in eating.
Today's breakfast included boiled eggs, and Ma Dahua also made egg pancakes. She used a lot of oil, so the egg pancakes were glistening with oil and smelled delicious.
Making so many egg pancakes is such a waste of flour and eggs; even Qin Xiaoxiao, who has no shortage of supplies, felt a little distressed.
It's not easy for people in the countryside to save up eggs. They eat well enough at home and have eggs every day, so they can't save much to begin with. Now that she's taken out so many at once, she probably doesn't have many eggs left at home.
Alright, I'll go back to the educated youth compound in a bit and take some eggs from my space to bring over. Anyway, she's been eating here a lot lately, and with Qin Ming and Qin Yue coming over, she needs to eat them regularly too. If I don't bring enough, it won't be enough for them to eat.
After finishing her meal, Qin Xiaoxiao wanted to go back to the educated youth compound. Grandma Qin didn't stop her, but a little tail followed her that she couldn't shake off.
Qin Xiaoxiao had no choice but to accept her fate and keep the child by her side.
(End of this chapter)
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