Qi Nan's younger brother Qi Beian was also stunned by his sister's sudden slap. He even forgot to explain where the mustard fried rice in his hand came from.
I just kept crying in the house.
As the saying goes, a blow to a brother's body hurts a sister's heart. Listening to his brother's loud cries, the weak Qinan felt heartbroken.
Now that both parents have passed away, only the brother and sister are left to depend on each other.
As the eldest sister is a mother, Qinan has to shoulder the responsibility of being a parent.
Although he could not provide his younger brother with the material conditions for food and clothing, Qi Nan still believed that his father's most important etiquette, integrity and literary character must not be lost.
Otherwise, the father who is under the Nine Springs may not be able to rest in peace until his death.
The little boy Qi Beian's crying immediately attracted Wang Erniu's widowed sister-in-law Cuilan outside the house.
Cuilan's sister-in-law spanked the little boy Qi Beian as soon as she saw Qi Nan wake up. She felt distressed and immediately snatched the little boy back from her sister Qi Nan's hands.
Sister-in-law Cuilan carefully protected the little boy behind her and asked in a questioning tone: "Sister, what are you doing? Why did you beat your brother indiscriminately as soon as you woke up! If your brother hadn't found the county If you ask me to send someone to treat you, your life will most likely be at stake."
Qi Nan was also in tears at this moment, and said with hatred: "But no matter what, he can't steal other people's food."
"He stole other people's food. What would the stolen people eat at home?"
After hearing Qi Nan's words, sister-in-law Cuilan took another look at the mustard fried rice she placed on the table, and immediately understood the reason why the little boy Qi Beian was beaten.
Before sister-in-law Cuilan could explain the reason to Qinan, her younger brother Qi Beian said to his sister with tears in her eyes: "Sister, I didn't steal this food, it was given by the county magistrate."
Seeing that his brother was still "lying", Qi Nan shed even more tears at this moment.
"Brother, please stop lying. There is no county magistrate who distributes dry food to the people. If you can distribute some rice soup these days, it will be considered an extra mercy."
At this time, sister-in-law Cuilan quickly stood up and testified for the little boy Qi Beian, saying: "Sister, your brother is indeed right. The bowl of mustard fried rice on the table was distributed to the people by our county magistrate."
As she spoke, Cuilan's sister-in-law pulled the little girl Qinan to the door, pointed at her son and brother-in-law who were holding two big bowls and showing off their rice, and said: "Sister, look, I'm not lying to you. Both Shitou and Erniu also ate dry food."
"These are all given by our Bodhisattva-like county master. Without the county master, we people in Pingliang County would have starved to death long ago."
Qinan looked at his misunderstood brother apologetically, then held his brother in his arms very guiltily and asked: "Brother, my sister wrongly blamed you. Didn't my sister hurt you just now?"
At this moment, the little boy Qi Beian acted like a real man. He wiped away the tears on his face and squeezed out a smile, and said with relief: "Sister, I don't feel any pain. You haven't recovered from your illness yet. The blow just now was not hard at all."
Seeing his younger brother being so well-behaved and sensible, Qi Nan felt a little more guilty.
"Okay, okay, since it's all a misunderstanding, don't take it to heart. Sister, please hurry up and try the mustard fried rice given by the county magistrate. It tastes delicious." Cuilan's sister-in-law said with pride on her face.
Suddenly Cuilan's sister-in-law and her son Shitou, who was about the same age as Qi Beian, stopped cooking and said, "Mother, the county magistrate said during night school that patients who have just recovered cannot eat food that is heavy in oil and salt. It is best to drink it first." Some light porridge.”
After hearing this, sister-in-law Cuilan slapped her head in sudden realization: "Oh my, look at my memory. I also listened to the night school class, why don't I remember it!"
"Sister, please don't eat that bowl of pickled mustard fried rice yet. I'll save it for you to eat tomorrow. Just wait a little while, sis, I'll go cook some porridge for you now."
Qi Nan grabbed Cuilan's sister-in-law and said, "Sister, I'm not that delicate."
"It's just that the bowl of pickled mustard fried rice is too much for me to eat. Why don't I give it to Shitou and Erniu?"
Cuilan's sister-in-law turned around and saw that the bowl of mustard fried rice that her son, brother-in-law, and others, who were originally as high as a hill, had bottomed out.
Sister-in-law Cuilan said with a smile: "Sister, you don't have to worry about them, they have enough to eat."
Sure enough, after Shitou and Erniu's uncle and nephew swirled into their stomachs like fried rice at the bottom of a bowl, they ran out with an empty bowl.
After a while, Shitou and Wang Erniu's uncle and nephew came back with a bowl full of mustard fried rice with a smile.
Seeing this scene, Qi Nan was in a daze and secretly guessed in his heart: "Due to the severe drought, most of the people in Jing'an City, the capital of Yongzhou, now have problems eating, and the people here are eating bowl after bowl of dry food. Could it be that I really Have you arrived at the prosperous land in the south of the Yangtze River?"
Just when Qi Nan was lost in thought, Xiao Shitou, who was cooking slowly, suddenly reminded Qi Bei'an: "Bei'an, you should eat quickly. After eating, we are going to the night school to get a good seat."
Qi Beian, who was behind Qi Nan, heard this and said to Aunt Cuilan, "Aunt, you have to take care of my sister. I'm going to eat first, and I have to go to night school in the evening!"
Sister-in-law Cuilan also nodded happily and said: "Go and eat quickly. If there is not enough food, there are still people on the street who can serve it!"
Qi Beian nodded obediently, and after saying hello to his sister, he ran to Shitou and picked up his bowl, and also showed off his bowl of mustard fried rice crazily.
Like Shitou, even though he is small, Qi Beian also showed off two bowls of mustard fried rice.
After eating, Qi Beian and Shitou squatted in the corner again, holding a branch and writing and drawing on the ground.
Qinan originally thought that his younger brother and Xiao Shitou were just scribbling on the ground, but when he got closer, he found that the two were writing seriously.
There is a three-character sentence clearly written on the ground: In the beginning, human beings are inherently good by nature, similar in nature, but far apart in habits...
Qi Beian and Xiao Shitou were playful at this age. When Qi Nan and their father Qi Qingbang were still alive, even though they used whipping education methods to force their younger brothers to study, Qi Beian still obeyed and refused to study seriously.
Unexpectedly, when he came to this new city, his younger brother Qi Beian seemed to be a completely different person and started to take the initiative to study.
Sister Qinan couldn't help but wonder what the night school Shitou and Sister-in-law Cuilan said was like. It could have such magic power to make a naughty child fall in love with learning.
After Shitou and Qi Beian finished writing the last word taught in the previous class, they looked at the sky and felt that it was almost time.
So the two of them each hugged a wooden stake like a wooden stool and ran out happily.
Qinan, who was confused, quickly asked Sister-in-law Xiang Cuilan: "Aunt, what are Shitou and Bei'an doing?"
Sister-in-law Cuilan just brought out the cooked porridge and said with a smile: "They are going to grab the front row!"
