Thinking like this, Qiao Linxi stood in front of a row of younger brothers and sisters: "You, come here with me, Qiao Linbao, you are the oldest boy among us, you have to take good care of your younger brothers and sisters. Don't run around if you have nothing to do, and Qiao Linshan, you Keep an eye on them and wait for us to come back.”
The ones Qiao Lin named on the evening were Qiao Linping from the second uncle's family and Qiao Linji from the fourth uncle's family.
Qiao Linbao is from the second uncle's family. He is eleven years old and is almost as tall as Qiao Linxi.
"Sister, what are you going to do?"
Qiao Linqin looked at Qiao Linxi: "I'll go with you."
"No, just keep an eye on them. You hold hands and form a circle. If anyone calls you, don't pay attention to them. Do you understand?"
Qiao Linxi turned into a nagging old woman and warned her several times before leaving.
Qiao Linxi walked towards the village with the two boys. There were several men with fierce looks standing at the entrance of the village. Recently, there were batches of refugees. They had no choice but to send people to guard the entrance of the village to prevent the refugees from going in and grabbing things.
"Stop! Don't enter the village."
Qiao Linxi was scolded by the big man in the middle and immediately stopped. She pulled Qiao Linji and Qiao Linping and said with tears in her eyes: "Uncle, we are not bad people and we will not rob things. I just want to enter the village." Go change something.”
The big man saw that Qiao Linxi was a girl. When he looked at the two and a half-year-old children next to him, he couldn't help but frown.
"Uncle, just do it. Our parents are gone, and I am the only eldest sister left. When we entered the village, we just wanted to exchange our things for backpacks, so that we can carry things better in the future."
The man looked at Qiao Linxi and asked, "What do you want in exchange?"
"I..." Qiao Linxi bit her lip: "I'll give you candy in exchange."
As she spoke, Qiao Linxi opened her palms, and a pink lollipop lay in her palms.
"I only have one candy, but I have eighteen younger brothers and sisters, and it's not enough, so I thought of taking it in exchange for something useful."
"No, who knows what you have in your hand?" The man refused to let him go until he saw the lollipop in Qiao Linxi's hand.
"Uncle, do you have a child at home? Why don't you let him eat it? It's really sweet. If there wasn't only one, I wouldn't be willing to give it out for it."
The man still didn't believe Qiao Linxi, so Qiao Linxi had no choice but to knock the lollipop on the big stone next to her, then pick it up and peel off the candy wrapper. The candy ball had broken into pieces. She took a small piece and handed it to the man: "Really?" It’s very sweet, you can try it if you don’t believe it.”
"Who knows if you are going to poison you, please leave quickly, otherwise don't blame us for being rude."
"Hey..." Qiao Linxi sighed and put the lollipop in her mouth, with a satisfied look on her face. It's not that she doesn't want to take out the lollipops and share them with her younger siblings, it's just that eating these lollipops makes you thirsty, and there is so little water now. Don't die of thirst after eating candy and not drinking water.
"Lao Li, I think she's fine eating. How about... let's try it too."
Someone next to me smelled the fruit and swallowed.
Qiao Linxi quickly gave the broken piece to the man: "Uncle, there is no way I could have poisoned you. Try it and see. This candy was given to my father by people from wealthy families when he was working abroad in the early years. "
When the man heard that it was eaten by a wealthy family, he put it in his mouth without any hesitation: "Hey, it's really sweet."
Qiao Linxi gave another person a broken piece. That person also said it was sweet, but the middle person didn't eat it.
"Little girl, you don't have any candy, we can't let you in."
Qiao Linxi's eyes turned red, she pursed her lips and touched and touched in her arms. Then she was overjoyed and took out another one: "I have another one."
"Hey, then come with me. I have what you want at home."
In this way, Qiao Linxi successfully entered the village. Qiao Linping and Qiao Linji behind them looked at the candy in Qiao Linxi's hand and swallowed. They wanted to eat it too.
Qiao Linxi followed the man into the village, only to find that everyone in the village made a living by blacksmithing. However, due to years of drought, crops could not be grown, so no one bought farm tools.
"Uncle, do you have scythes at home? Can you exchange some for me? We are on the run, so having something on hand can help us defend ourselves, right?"
"Yes, but don't you just want to carry a basket?"
Qiao Linxi's eyes turned red: "I also want something for self-defense. To be honest, apart from these two younger brothers, I have sixteen younger brothers and sisters. They are all very young and are afraid of being bullied. You also know The consecutive years of drought have long driven people crazy. On the way to escape famine, many people will eat people when they are hungry. We are all children, and if we are targeted by others, we will be in danger."
"Ten...sixteen, how can your parents be so fertile? If you add them together, wouldn't it mean that we have nineteen children?"
The big man was shocked by Qiao Linxi's words.
Qiao Linxi nodded with red eyes: "Well, there are nineteen children in total including me. Our parents are all dead, and I am the only eldest sister."
"Oh, what a poor girl." The man's wife heard the conversation between the two and walked in: "Head of the house, give her some. Although we don't have anything to eat for her, we have sickle baskets and other things at home. It’s not worth much, and the sickle is rusty, so just give it to her.”
"Thank you, Auntie, you are a beautiful person with a kind heart. You are truly the reincarnation of a living Bodhisattva."
Qiao Linxi successfully got what she wanted by relying on her acting skills. The man was kind-hearted and gave the things to Qiao Linxi without asking for her candy. But Qiao Linxi still stuffed the candy into his wife's hand.
She did not forget to thank the couple, and asked Qiao Linji and Qiao Linping to thank the couple as well, making her grateful even more.
It seems that this system is very good. As long as you hear words of thanks, you will collect gratitude points.
"Of course, this host is super invincible in the entire system world, super soft and cute, the system tweets little cute."
"Tweet..." Qiao Linxi rolled her eyes in her heart, said nothing, and led the two boys out of the village.
Her younger brothers and sisters stood there waiting for her.
Looking at her eighteen younger brothers and sisters who were as good as Liangshan heroes, Qiao Linxi had a headache. She really couldn't remember so many people, and it was impossible to take care of them all the time.
So, she, the eldest sister, started to lecture like an eldest sister: "From today on, all of you have to follow me. Of course, you can also choose to make a living on your own, and I will not stop you. If you want to continue to follow me , then I will do my best to take care of you. But there are too many of us, and I am too busy to take care of everyone. Therefore, the eldest brothers and sisters of each of your families must be responsible for taking care of their own younger brothers and sisters. What can I do? Come and talk to me."
"I don't have any requirements for you. I just hope that you can have a grateful heart and be grateful so that you can live a better life. The first thing we do when we wake up from now on is to do a gratitude ceremony. Do you understand?"
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The eighteen younger brothers and sisters were very obedient, which made Qiao Linxi feel a little better.
"Sister Lin Xi, where should we go next?"
