Six-Year-Old Child, Baojiao, is Busy with Kingdom-Building

  Chapter 6 Family Poor

   back home,

  Wang Zhuangzhi was handling pheasants in the yard, while Erya and Xiao Li squatted aside and stared eagerly. They were not afraid at all, but eager to try.

  Liu Zhihua looked around but didn't see Jiaojiao, so she asked, "Hey, where is Jiaojiao?"

  Wang Zhuangzhi pointed to the back, and said in a low voice: "This girl has been talking about picking herbs for Qiu Sheng since she came back, so why don't she go to the back of the house to pick weeds."

   "Hey, no one is watching, what if I scratch my hand by pulling grass."

   As he spoke, Liu Zhihua handed the pheasant to Qiu Sheng behind him, turned around and ran to the backyard in a hurry.

   Qiusheng looked at the pheasant in his hand, walked over and skillfully tied it with a soft tree stick and hung it in the shade, then rolled up his sleeves and went to collect firewood.

  Erya saw the pheasant hung up by her elder brother, so she knew that it was going to be kept and sold for money. She looked at the pheasant in Dad's hand.

  After the chicken feathers were scalded off, the white chicken was exposed. A chicken only had two legs, one for Jiaojiao and one for Xiaodi, and then it disappeared.

  She felt a little disappointed, she hadn't eaten delicious chicken legs for a long time, but when she thought of having chicken to eat, she licked her mouth, forget it, she would be happy if she had meat.

  Xiao Li stared at the chicken in the basin, sucked his nose and licked his mouth, looked at his father eagerly and asked, "Dad, can I have two chicken legs?"

  Wang Zhuangzhi hadn't spoken yet, Erya poked him on the forehead angrily, and scolded: "A chicken only has two legs, what should I do Jiaojiao if you eat them all!"

  Xiao Li shrank his neck in fright, "Then, I'll eat one."

  Wang Erya snorted, stood up with her hands on her hips and said, "Xiao Li, you are Jiaojiao's second elder brother, you have to share everything with Jiaojiao in the future, otherwise I won't beat you up!"

   "Sister~ I understand." Wang Xiaoli shrank behind his father.

  Wang Zhuangzhi sighed when he saw this, and comforted him: "Hey, Dad will kill a few more pheasants next time."

  Wang Zhuangzhi's face was also a little worried even though he said so comfortingly.

There are too many hunters on the nearby hills, and there is nothing left. He has been unable to hunt prey for the past few days, and the distant hills are more dangerous. Several hunters in the nearby villages have gone and never returned. He has a wife and children to support. Don't dare to take the risk.

   Seeing that it was time for Qiusheng’s tuition to be paid, and the only money left in the family was not enough to cover the tuition fee. Jiaojiao was just recovering from a serious illness, and her body was already fragile. Dr. Li ordered her to eat some fine grains and meat...

  Qiu Sheng brought Chai over, saw his father frowning, pursed his lips and said, "Father, our school is going to be renovated, I won't go to the school for the time being, and I don't have to pay this year's tuition."

  Wang Zhuangzhi was overjoyed at first when he heard the words, but then he asked worriedly: "Qiu Sheng, if you don't go to the school, wouldn't you be unable to study? Did the master say that he would teach in other places?"

  Qiu Sheng shook his head, lowered his eyes and explained: "It's nothing, dad, just study at home."

  Wang Zhuangzhi never became suspicious, his brows unknowingly relaxed, and he felt more relaxed when he was not in a hurry for tuition.

  He smiled and got up and picked off the pheasant on the wall, and threw it directly into the hot water to deal with it together. It happened to have four legs, one for each of the four children.

  Erya's eyes lit up, thinking of the chicken leg meat to eat today, she quickly rolled up her sleeves to help, "Father, I'll help you pluck the hair!"

"I also want!"

  Xiao Li also started rubbing his sleeves to pull chicken feathers, Wang Zhuangzhi hurriedly stopped the two of them, "Oh, slow down, be careful of hot hands."

  Qiu Sheng hesitated to speak, if his father behaves like this, I am afraid that his mother is angry again.

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  Backyard,

  The yellow mud house of the Wang family has an open space in front and back, surrounded by a strong wooden fence, a small wooden cabin in the front yard for cooking, and some sundries in the yard.

  The backyard is used to dry clothes on weekdays, and there is a small chicken coop in the corner, with only three chickens in it.

  At this moment,

  Liu Zhihua was digging eggs in the chicken coop, and told Jiaojiao who was in the distance: "Baby, don't come here, just stand there and wait for mother."

   "Well, I see."

  Jiaojiao was wearing a small pink cloth shirt, holding a few unknown tree roots and grass leaves in her hands, her small face was like white dough, and her pouty face was full of curiosity.

  The old hen clucked and clucked, and the mother actually took out two eggs from under it.

  It turns out that the hen lays eggs like this, and these are the candied eggs that mother made for her every day.

Liu Zhihua groped under the other two chickens for a long time, but she didn't find any eggs. She picked up the two chickens, looked at the bare meadow, and scolded angrily: "You guys don't live up to your expectations, you live all day long!" I didn’t eat less, but I didn’t even lay a single egg, I’ll just kill you all!”

   "Cluck..." The old hens scurried around in the coop, clucking in fright.

  Liu Zhihua looked at the two eggs in her arms and sighed, this was enough for Jiaojiao to eat.

There is not much oil and water in the house, and three meals a day are sweet potato soup and pickled vegetables. Fortunately, the head of the family killed two pheasants today, and the rest can only be exchanged for eggs and fine grains in the market, so as to supplement Jiaojiao and Qiusheng. body.

  Jiaojiao saw that Mother was distracted, walked over with small steps, and softly called: "Mother~"

  Liu Zhihua hurriedly patted the chicken feathers on her body, walked over with the egg in her mouth, and picked up her daughter who was on the ground with one hand, "Hey, baby, go out with mother, be careful that these chickens peck you."

  Baojiao obediently put her arms around Mother's neck, and said as she walked outside: "Mother, I'm picking medicine. Let's cook medicine for elder brother later."

  As a ginseng essence, she knows all these medicinal materials. She heard Grandpa Li talk about their efficacy that day, and she remembered them all. Coupled with her hundred-year-old beard, her elder brother's illness will definitely be cured.

  Liu Zhihua glanced at the tree roots and grass leaves held by her daughter's little hands, shook her head and smiled, and coaxed casually: "Okay, after lunch, I will cook it for you."

  Jiaojiao smiled and nodded, "Yeah."

  Liu Zhihua came out with Jiaojiao in her arms, and saw Erya and Xiaoli holding a naked chicken, she was almost **** off!

  Jiaojiao saw that her mother's complexion was not right, so she subconsciously covered her ears.

  Seeing her daughter covered her ears in fright, Liu Zhihua suppressed her anger again, took a deep breath and coaxed, "Don't be afraid, Jiaojiao, mother, don't speak loudly, let the eldest brother take you back to the house to play with clay figurines, okay?"

  Hearing the bright eyes of the clay figurine Jiaojiao, she nodded obediently and said, "Okay."

   "Qiusheng, take Jiaojiao back to the house." Liu Zhihua shouted.

  Wang Qiusheng patted the sticks of firewood sticking to his body, stepped forward to take the little sister from his mother's arms, and said softly, "Hold me, brother."

  Qiu Sheng saw that his mother looked unhappy, so he explained for his father: "Mother, there is no rush to pay this year's tuition, that's why father wants us all to eat chicken legs, don't blame father."

Liu Zhihua became even angrier when she heard that, and said angrily: "Your father is a deadhead, isn't chicken leg and chicken both meat! Children are ignorant and he is ignorant, our chickens don't lay eggs, and there is no oil and water in the house, Jiaojiao is seriously ill Chuyu is all supported by eggs, and he was thinking of exchanging that chicken for some eggs and fine grains, but now he has messed up everything by his mindlessness."

   "Ahem, mother, don't be angry. If I don't go to school, I will copy books for bookstores when I have time. A copy will cost 300 characters. I can make money to subsidize my family." Qiu Sheng coughed while covering his lips and tilting his head.

  Jiaojiao slid down from her elder brother's arms, tugged at Mother's lapel, looked at Mother with dark eyes and said seriously: "Mother, don't blame Father, Jiaojiao will also learn to make money to subsidize the family."

  (end of this chapter)