"Feng'er, since no one is here at this moment, hurry up and have a few bites to fill your stomach."
"It's been hard on you today."
"Hey, come here and have some too."
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Wan Qiuqing carried a gray deep-bottomed casserole into the back of the mourning shed. She cooked a pot of porridge, hoping to give Qi Changfeng and Qi Yoyo something to eat after being tired all day.
The location of the City Lord's Mansion is there, and it is difficult to have too many contacts. There are also many people who have been favored by the City Lord's Mansion, and they also come to express their condolences with a grateful heart, so that starting from eight o'clock in the morning, the guests who came to express their condolences It never stopped, and the Qi family did not have a main family in Yancheng, so Qi Changfeng had to rely on Qi Changfeng to answer the guests' greetings.
Qi Changfeng's legs had hardly stopped today, but the main reason was the mental pain, which made his whole body look heavy and tired.
No, Wan Qiuqing took advantage of the absence of guests and hurriedly brought over the porridge that had been cooked and kept warm on the stove.
"Mom, I have no appetite, you and my little sister can eat." Qi Changkong sat on the ground and said in a tired voice.
Qi Yoyo smelled the aroma of porridge and couldn't help but swallow secretly.
In fact, she was quite tired after the day, but unlike Qi Changfeng's mental and physical torture, she was pretending to be sad and tired. She knew that her second brother Qi Changkong was safe and sound, and she felt extremely happy, but she still pretended to be in pain and cried loudly from time to time, which made her feel like her days were like years.
Qi Yoyo sympathized with Qi Changfeng who was kept in the dark. Looking at his increasingly haggard and tired expression, he almost couldn't help but tell him the truth several times. In fact, she really didn't understand why her father and mother had to hide it from her eldest brother. He was obviously so mature and steady. Even if he knew, he would still act well and no one would find out.
However, due to her mother's instructions and warnings, Qi Yoyo swallowed her words every time. Looking at Qi Changfeng's tired expression, he felt that this scene had really been done well, and the enemy would never see any flaws.
"Brother, you should eat as much as you can, otherwise my mother will still have to think about you." Qi Yoyo hurriedly persuaded her, her voice full of tears, and she was about to cry. After not eating all day and having a fight in the morning, she was really hungry. The terrible thing is, I don't know what kind of porridge my mother cooked, and the smell wafting out brought out all the greedy things in her stomach.
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Although Qi Yoyo tried his best to control it, his stomach was not up to par at all and it still started to growl at an inappropriate time.
Qi Changfeng couldn't help but be startled when he heard the cry from Qi Yoyo's stomach. Looking at Wan Qiuqing's concerned look and Qi Yoyo's tired look, he couldn't help but feel guilty, knowing that if he didn't eat, then his mother and child would The younger sister definitely didn't know how to eat, so she stood up and walked towards Wan Qiuqing and said, "Then eat some."
Wan Qiuqing smiled, put the casserole on the ground, took down the two pairs of bowls and chopsticks stacked on the lid of the pot, opened the lid of the casserole, and the strong aroma of porridge suddenly spread out. She served the porridge while comforting: "The dead are gone, the living are like this
. At present, foreign enemies are surrounding us, and the five major families are watching with eager eyes. Our Qi family has only a small base in Yancheng. If we are not careful, we will be overwhelmed by the wind and waves. The burden is on your father alone, and he will be crushed sooner or later, so you must put it down temporarily. Grief, help your father carry the burden together. As a family of five, we will be able to survive this catastrophe if we unite as one. The body is the capital of battle, so you must take good care of your body. You cannot fall before the enemy takes action. "
"Yeah." Qi Yoyo nodded vigorously, grabbed the full porridge bowl from Wan Qiuqing's hand, and said firmly: "I want to eat three bowls!"
"Mother, I'll come." Qi Changfeng took the porridge spoon and bowl from Wan Qiuqing's hand, filled the porridge and said, "Mother, you eat first, and I will eat after you finish." Because there were only two pairs of bowls and chopsticks.
Wan Qiuqing shook his head and said: "Since there are no guests coming now, you eat quickly. Besides, red glutinous rice is added to the porridge, and my mother doesn't like it. Later, my mother will go to the kitchen and eat some white porridge. I wonder if it tastes good to you?"
"Yeah, it's fragrant and delicious." Qi Yoyo nodded repeatedly and said, "Mom, isn't red glutinous rice only found in the far north? We don't sell it in the grain stores here. Where did you get it? "
"My mother asked someone to bring it from the north, but she only brought a little. If you like it, ask someone to bring more next time." Wan Qiuqing said.
"Well, it's indeed delicious." Qi Changfeng took a bite and tasted it, and couldn't help nodding in praise.
Wan Qiuqing looked at Qi Changfeng, her eye circles suddenly turned red, she turned her head away and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and choked with sobs: "Mom, give some to your second son."
As she said that, she took some with a porridge spoon and went to Qi Changkong's coffin to click on it.
"" Qi Yoyo saw her mother pretending to be sad and gave her a thumbs up in her heart, praising her acting skills.
Because Wan Qiuqing said she didn't like eating red glutinous rice, and the brother and sister were really hungry, they ate one bowl and then added another, and soon they finished the whole pot of porridge.
Qi Yoyo touched her bulging belly and stuck out her tongue playfully.
"Feng'er, is the red glutinous rice delicious?" Wan Qiuqing asked Qi Changfeng as he put away the bowls and chopsticks.
Qi Changfeng nodded and said: "It's delicious, more fragrant than white glutinous rice, and has a better texture."
"Yeah. I'll ask someone to bring more with me next time," Wan Qiuqing said.
Qi Yoyo immediately pouted and said, "Mom, you favor boys over girls and are partial. You only ask about your elder brother but not me."
"Your father is almost doting on you. If I didn't hold on tight, you might not even know your last name." Wan Qiuqing glared at her angrily.
"Hehe" Qi Yoyo chuckled.
Wan Qiuqing packed up the dishes, picked up the casserole and turned to leave. As soon as she walked out of the mourning shed, her tears suddenly surged out like a bursting flood, unable to stop.
Hongnuo is a specialty of northern Xinjiang, and she likes to eat it very much.
When Qi Changfeng was six years old, a bag of red glutinous rice was brought into the Zhou Ji rice store in Nanliucheng. When she heard about it, she immediately sent someone to buy several dozen kilograms.
That night she cooked it herself
After eating the porridge, I thought Qi Changfeng must like it, but it turned out that Qi Changfeng really liked it. He ate two large bowls in one go, but he fainted just after eating, and there were large red spots on his body.
Fortunately, the treatment was timely, otherwise Qi Changfeng would have lost half his life even if he did not die.
The doctor's diagnosis was that Qi Changfeng's constitution was incompatible with red glutinous rice and he could not eat it.
Wan Qiuqing didn't believe it at first, but the doctor asked her to cook another pot of red glutinous porridge, and gave Qi Changfeng only a small bite. As a result, Qi Changfeng immediately developed a red rash on his body, so she had to believe it.
But just now Qi Changfeng ate four bowls in a row without any adverse reactions. She looked carefully and saw that there was not even a single red spot on the exposed skin.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, the hundreds of big and small family leaders who gathered in the East Court Chamber finally began to disperse. Some of these people frowned, looked solemn, and looked preoccupied; others were filled with indignation, muttered, and looked very dissatisfied; there were also a very few people who looked calm and indifferent, as if the matter had nothing to do with them.
It is not difficult to infer from their expressions that the result of this negotiation, which took almost a day, seemed unsatisfactory.
The people dispersed quickly, and the crowded conference room quickly became empty. In the end, only thirteen people were left. They sat firmly on their chairs and had no intention of getting up and leaving.
Qi Wuwei is sitting on the main seat. There are five people sitting on the left hand side of the hall. From front to back, they are the leaders of the five major families of Tang, Yu, Xue, Ma and He. There are seven people sitting on the right hand side, namely Zhao and Sun. Qi Wuwei single-handedly supported the seven powerful families of Zhou, Li, Zhang, Wei and Qian.
"Do you want to stay for dinner?" Qi Wuwei looked at the people from the five major families and asked calmly.
"Qi Wuwei, do you really think that you can cover the sky with one hand in Yancheng? Can you completely ignore our five major families and even take advantage of them at will?" He Tongtian, the head of the He family sitting fifth on the left , looked gloomy, stared at Qi Wuwei, and asked in a deep voice.
"Master of the He family," Qi Wuwei shouted in a long voice, "It's best to kidnap Mr. Ling to be punished early tomorrow morning. Otherwise, when the lord of this city submits a memorial to the imperial capital, be careful that the emperor will punish you and the nine members of the He family in his anger!"
He Tongtian raised his eyebrows and shouted sternly: "Qi Wuwei, you are having an affair with a traitor. Believe it or not, I will file a complaint with you in the imperial capital and let Emperor Su kill your entire family!"
"Okay! Okay!" Tang Yongning, the head of the Tang family, shouted impatiently, "We've been arguing for a day, is it interesting? Qi Wuwei, give up 50% of the interests, and our five major families will fully support it. You fight this battle, otherwise it will be difficult for you to fight.”
Tang Yongning's eyes flashed with a fierce light.
"The head of the Tang family is driving us to a dead end." Before Qi Wuwei could say anything, the head of the Zhao family on his right spoke to Tang Yongning in an unhappy tone.
Tang Yongning glanced at him disdainfully and said, "It's already great if you can have a sip of soup, but you want meat and bones? Who do you think you are?!"
