There is a little cute baby in the family, fleeing famine is not enough to get rich and busy

Chapter 161 Dad, Are You Still Digging?
"Well, if this is true, those bastards may be bluffing. I have to follow, or I won't feel at ease."

While talking, Qi Zheng put on the half-length boots made of rabbit fur, put on the rabbit fur vest, and then put on the jacket again.

"You take Man Bao'er and wait in the house! I will come back and tell you when I have news later."

After Qi Zheng finished speaking, he put on his hat and left the house.

Seeing the figure of the old man disappearing at the door, Qi Cheng sighed silently.

Looking down at her little granddaughter who was sleeping soundly beside her, she couldn't help sighing softly again: "Little boy, if it's true this time, it would be a big lucky star."

As he spoke, he lightly tapped the tip of the little girl's nose with his fingertips.

"Well……"

Qi Man swallowed his saliva, he seemed to be dreaming about eating something delicious.

……

Qi Zheng walked around the yard to make sure that the lanterns were hung up and the candles in each room were not extinguished, so he asked his six sons to follow him to the warehouse where the tools were kept.

"Father, what are you doing with tools so late?"

Qi Qili once again took the initiative to ask without fear of death.

Qi Zheng glanced at the youngest son and said, "Don't talk too much, just do whatever you are asked to do."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Qi Sangui again: "Third brother, you, fifth and sixth, go get some firewood and go to the backyard."

Qi Sangui never talked much and was willing to work, so he answered and walked towards the next door.

Next door is the firewood room.

The original owner's house was taken away suddenly, and there was still a lot of firewood left in the house, which was well preserved. Except for some ash, it was dry and clean, and could be used directly, so they didn't move the firewood from the small courtyard. .

Quan Qili wanted to ask something else, but was reminded by Quan Yin in a low voice: "Lao Liu, don't talk nonsense, there must be a reason for Dad to do so."

"Fifth Brother, aren't you curious?"

Quan Quanli rubbed his nose: "I don't believe you don't want to know what our father is going to do."

"I want to know! But if you ask now, Dad won't say anything. It's better to be obedient and do whatever you're asked to do. Anyway, you'll know later."

After all, Qiqiyin was four years older than Qilili. Although he was curious, it was still within his own control.

Quan Li curled his lips to express his dissatisfaction, but fortunately he didn't say much.

Qi Zheng took Qi Dafu, Qi Ercai and Qiquanjin to the backyard.

Three sons with brooms and hoes and stuff.

"Clear all the snow out of this patch."

Qi Zheng gave an order, and the three sons didn't ask any more questions, no matter how much they were puzzled, and they just went to work.

The snow plowing at night is really strange.

After clearing the snow on it, exposing some withered and yellow weeds sticking to the ground, under Qi Zheng's order, a small fire was set up in the open space behind the jujube tree.

As the fire was ignited, the surrounding temperature increased a lot.

Qi Zheng told Qi Li: "Lao Liu, go to the courtyard wall and listen to the sound of the people next door."

"what?"

Quan Quanli was dumbfounded.

What did his father just say?

Listen to the sound from next door?
Is this to be a thief?

"Go quickly!"

Qi Zheng's voice is not loud, but it is full of deterrence.

Quan Qili shrank his neck and hurried to eavesdrop.

He also arranged for Quanyin to listen to the sound from the back door, and Qi Zheng and Qi Sangui squatted in front of the fire to warm up.

The other three sons were still sweeping snow.

The size of the backyard is not small, and today is the first day of moving in. Everyone originally thought about cleaning the backyard when they were free, but unexpectedly, the old man arranged to sweep the snow in the middle of the night, which is also... strange.

Qi Sangui stuffed one or two sticks of thinner firewood into the fire from time to time, seeing that the old man did not speak, he also remained silent.

After squatting for a while, Qi Sangui finally couldn't help it: "Father, I'm going to sweep the snow."

"Squat honestly!"

Qi Zheng scolded.

Qi Sangui's butt, which was about to be lifted, sank obediently.

Just watching the brothers work like this, the feeling of only being here to warm up with the old man is really uncomfortable!
Qi Sangui scratched his ears and cheeks quickly, his face flushed with anxiety.

Let him do the work, but let him just sit there and watch other people work, it's really hard for him.

And Qi Zheng continued to burn as if he didn't notice the third son's discomfort.

There is no way, only the third child has the least words.

As long as someone else comes to accompany me, I guess they can ask all kinds of questions.

Even if he gets angry and refuses to ask, the other party can wink his eyes and wrinkle his eyebrows, which is much more annoying than the third child's monkey scratching his ears and cheeks.

Qi Zheng was a little worried that lighting the fire would attract the attention of the backyard and the yard next door, but it turned out that he was overthinking.

It was such a cold day and it was night, but the yard of Qi's house was still brightly lit, and no one noticed the light brought by the sudden fire.

Quanquanyin and Quanlili all came back, saying that they didn't hear anything, Qi Zheng nodded and poked the ground with a stick.

Softer, but not as deep.

"The third child is lighting a fire here."

Qi Zheng pointed to a location less than one meter away from the fire.

As soon as Qi Sangui heard that there was work to do, no matter what the work was for, he immediately got up, took two handfuls of firewood and tossed aside.

As the second fire was lit, Qi Zheng asked the fifth son to extinguish the fire in front of him, and ordered the younger son to start digging.

"Dig the ground?"

Quan Lili's eyeballs almost popped out: "Father, the ground here is freezing hard, you, you want to dig the ground?"

"If you are told to dig, dig quickly, where is there so much nonsense!"

Qi Zheng frowned, his face was very ugly.

Although Quan Lili said that he was a bit out of the way on weekdays, he was not really stupid. Seeing his father's appearance, he knew that there must be something serious, so he hurriedly picked up the hoe and started digging the ground.

Sure enough, the ground didn't burn much, and the depth of digging was less than three fists, and Quan Li couldn't dig anymore.

Quanquanyin took over and continued digging, which only slightly expanded the area, and there was no way to continue digging down.

"Third, light a fire in the pit."

Qi Zheng ordered.

Qi Sangui hurried over to work.

In this way, the fire was ignited again and again, and it was extinguished again and again. Finally, a large pit more than one meter deep was dug out in the ground.

In order to facilitate digging, the brothers also enlarged the pit to a size that can accommodate two people wielding hoes together.

Although such tossing is not tiring, it is exhausting.

"Father, are you still digging?"

As Quan Li spoke, he couldn't help yawning.

Everyone is already yawning.

It’s not scary to work, what’s scary is that you won’t be allowed to sleep in the middle of the night!
"Ugh..."

Qi Zheng hadn't even uttered the word "dig" when he heard a "dang" sound.

The hoe in Qi Sangui's hand chopped something, the hardness was far stronger than the frozen solid ground, and his jaw was numb from the shock.

(End of this chapter)