"Feng'er, since no one is here at this moment, hurry up and take 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 memorial shed. She cooked a pot of porridge to give Qi and Qiyoyo something to eat after they had been tired all day and had not bothered to take a bite.
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 received the favor of 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 has never stopped, and the Qi family does not have a main family in Yancheng, so all visitors have to rely on Qi to answer gifts.
Qi'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's mental and physical torture, she was tired of pretending to be sad. She knew clearly that her second brother Qi Changkong was safe and sound, and she felt extremely happy, but she still had to pretend
She was in so much pain that she had to cry loudly from time to time, which made her feel like her days were like years.
Qi Yoyo sympathized with Qi who was kept in the dark. Looking at his increasingly haggard and tired expression, she almost couldn't help but tell him the truth several times. In fact, she didn't understand why her father and mother insisted on hiding it from her eldest brother.
The eldest brother is 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 back every time she spoke. Looking at Qi Weary's expression, she felt that this scene was really done well, and the enemy would never see any flaws.
Already.
"Brother, you should eat as much as you can, otherwise my mother will still have to worry about you." Qi Yoyo hurriedly persuaded her, her voice filled with tears, and she was about to cry. She hadn't eaten anything for a day, and she even had a fight in the morning. She really
She was starving. What was terrible was that she didn't know what kind of porridge her mother had cooked, and the smell wafting out brought out all the gluttons 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 still started to growl at an inappropriate time.
When Qi heard the cry from Qi Yoyo's stomach, his expression couldn't help but be startled. 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 comforted her while serving the porridge:
"The dead are gone, but the living are like this. At present, foreign enemies are surrounding us, and the five major families are eyeing us. Our Qi family has a small base in Yancheng. If we are not careful, we will be submerged by the wind and waves. The burden will be on your father alone. Sooner or later, we will be
It crushed him, so you must temporarily put aside your grief and help your father carry the burden together. Our family of five or five will be able to survive this catastrophe if we unite as one. And your body is the capital of battle, so you must take care of yourself.
Take good care of yourself, you can't fall down 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 do it." Qi 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 should eat quickly. Besides, red glutinous rice is added to the porridge, and my mother doesn't like it. I will go to the kitchen later 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?
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"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 really delicious." Qi took a bite and tasted it, and couldn't help nodding in praise.
Wan Qiuqing looked at Qi, her eye circles suddenly turned red, she turned her head away to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and choked out: "Mom, give some to the second child."
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 she 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 had 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 as she put away the bowls and chopsticks.
Qi nodded and said, "It's delicious. It's more fragrant than white glutinous rice and has a better texture."
"Yeah. I'll ask someone to bring more next time," Wan Qiuqing said.
Qi Yoyo immediately curled her lips and said, "Mom, you favor boys over girls and are partial. You only ask about your eldest 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.
"Hey hey" 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 and she couldn't stop it.
Red glutinous rice is a specialty of northern Xinjiang, and she likes to eat it very much.
When Qi was six years old, Zhou Ji's rice and grain store in Nanliucheng bought a bag of red glutinous rice. When she heard about it, she immediately sent someone to buy dozens of kilograms.
That night she cooked it herself
After eating the porridge, I thought that Qi must like it, but it turned out that Qi 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, he was treated in time, otherwise Qi would have lost half his life even if he did not die.
The doctor's diagnosis was that Qi'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 only a small bite. As a result, a red rash immediately appeared on Qi's body, so she had to believe it.
But Qi Lian had eaten four bowls just now, and her body had no adverse reactions. She had carefully observed that there was not even a single red spot on her exposed skin.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, the hundreds of big and small family leaders who gathered in the east courtyard meeting hall finally began to disperse. These people either frowned, looked solemn, and were worried; or they looked indignant, muttering, and very dissatisfied;
There are also a very small number of people who appear to be indifferent and have nothing to do with themselves.
It is easy to infer from their expressions that the result of this negotiation, which lasted 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, sitting firmly on their chairs with 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 side, namely Zhao, Sun.
, the leaders of the seven big families of Zhou, Li, Zhang, Wei, and Qian. These seven families were all supported by Qi Wuwei.
"Do you want to stay for dinner?" Qi Wuwei looked at the people from the five major families and asked with a calm expression.
"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 and 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 the Emperor Su kill your entire family!"
"Okay! Okay!" Tang Yongning, the head of the Tang family, shouted impatiently, "We have 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 this battle."
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?!" (https:)
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