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They looked outside in unison, and saw four or five children carrying long bamboo poles. Surprisingly, there were three children from their own family inside.

Qi Xiang also got off the carriage at the third fork in the road. When the kids saw him get off the carriage, they ran over. It seemed like they were wondering what was going on.

Qi Yuan carried a long bamboo pole in each hand. Qi Yanzhi had a plastic bag left behind, along with a few other kids from the neighbors, sticking to the trees by the side of the road. Qi Zheng remembered that one year, Qi Tao from his third uncle's house had his eyes turn red when he found out about it. Third uncle and third aunt were busy with their work in the fields, so the grandparents locked Qi Tao up at home for several days before the redness in their eyes finally disappeared. Qi Zheng could only see the hot faces of the children in front of him and could not bear it anymore.

Without waiting for Qi Zhengyuan to speak, Qi Yinfeng picked up the bag and said, "Sis, we've stuck dozens of them in the morning and they're all enough to cook a plate."

Qi Chang said, "It's so hot, so don't stick together. Quickly go home."

Qi said, "Sis, what did you buy to eat?"

Qi Yuan took out a handful of milk candy from the satchel he carried with him and gave some to the children. "It's too hot, so don't stick to it. Go home," he said.

A few kids grabbed some candy and threw it into their mouths, then dragged the long bamboo sticks and followed the Qi siblings who were carrying the snakeskin bags back.

Mama Qi went to the fields, and the siblings carried the snakeskin bags upstairs to the room, where Qi Shuo and Qi Yuan went to play checkers in Qi Yuan's room.

There were a lot of things in his pocket. He took out books and research materials one by one and placed them all on the ground. The used exam papers had already been bound in stapler and piled up on top of each other.

They had all been sold by Mr Qi in the county, and now they had also found things to record his high school years. The graduation photo was taken by all the students in the class together with the school leaders and the teachers in charge, and at that time, the graduation photos were all taken in a proper manner by everyone. The teachers were sitting on the bench in the first row, the girls were standing in the second row, and the boys in the second row were standing on the benches, tables, and three rows of them stood behind them.

On each page, there would be a place to fill in personal information such as name, age, home address, contact number and so on. Then, there would be a blank space to fill in the best wishes for the students. Qi Zhengyuan looked at the young faces in the photos, then looked at the seemingly childish but deep love words that his classmates had written down, and the dusty memories of his youth slowly came back to life. This was his own youth; these were his companions who had accompanied him through his youth together.

It took Qi Yuan over an hour to organize the contents of the bag and place them on the simple bookshelf beside the desk. He placed the papers in a box under the bed, stood up and stretched, then went to see what Qi Yinfeng and the others were doing.

Qi Yue saw Qi Xiang coming over and quickly stood up, holding his hand, and went back to his room.

"Sis, how is my business going?"

Laughing at the same time, looking at the entrance, he closed the door softly and sat on Qi Xiang's bed, looking at Qi Xiang taking out three books from his bag, anxiously grabbing them and flipping through them, one in English, one in Physical Chemistry, the other in Mathematics, Qi Tan said in a low voice: "There's no need to buy Chinese and political history, it's fine if you read more, English is for you to broaden your horizons, Mathematics and Physical Chemistry are for you to find solutions to your problems, I've specially consulted people to buy them." Little sister, you have to make good use of me. "

Qi Jian chuckled, "Of course, I have to make sure that Qi Yuan will not be able to catch up with me."

After a pause, he asked again, "You didn't buy it for Qi Yuan, right?"

Qi Yuan quickly said, "No, no, I bought it for you in secret. You can't sell me out."

Qi Ku shook his head, laughed and whispered, "Hahaha, this time, I have to make everyone have a whole new level of respect for me ~ ~ ~"

Qi Cheng shook his head with a smile, thinking to himself, "Oh little sister, Qi Yuan is letting you win. Every time you take the exam, you are always afraid that he will surpass you and purposely fail the exam. He is cherishing you."

Looking at the clock on the wall, he saw that it was almost six. He went downstairs to the kitchen to prepare some porridge for dinner. After washing the rice and mung beans, Yuan Zhou placed them into the kitchen on a small pot frame and simmered them slowly with a thin branch. When they were almost done, he put in a grilled steamed bun and took advantage of the time when the fire was still burning to look around the kitchen.

There were also two pickled vegetables in the cupboard. He washed them and cut them into pieces. He then went to the garden and picked up two cilantro. He cut them into pieces and placed them in the pickled vegetables.

Just as he finished cooking, he heard the sound of the door opening, and when he opened the door, he saw that it was his mother. He called out "mom" and quickly used the basin to wash his mother's body. Qi Xiang said, "I came back in the middle of the afternoon. I've already prepared dinner. Wash it and we'll eat." "Fine, your sister went to visit your grandmother's house after dinner. She hasn't been there for a few days. I met your grandmother on the street in the afternoon, and she even asked why you guys didn't come over for a few days." "Sure, we'll go after dinner."

After the mother had finished washing the dishes, she set the dishes on the table and shouted towards the stairs. Then, the three of them came down and helped to scoop up the porridge. The five of them then started to eat dinner.

As they ate, Qi Ku told his mother and siblings about what happened in the county city. When he heard that Father Qi wanted to buy a cream cake, Qi Ku told Qi Yuan about it and said, "He told them that his grandma bought one for her birthday from the county city. He said it was delicious, and when the time came, let's try it out and see if it's as delicious as he says."

Qi Yuan also chimed in, talking about the cake as it was delicious. Qi Yanzhi did not say anything, but only pursed his lips and smiled. Qi Yuan also agreed, talking about the cake as it was delicious, but Qi Yinfeng did not say anything.

Qi Yuan stuck out his tongue, shrank his neck when he saw Mama Qi's expression, then laughed, "Mom, you're so awesome, these little monkeys are just talking on your face."

Qi Yun said, "Mom, you're not talking about my sister, you're talking about me."

Mama Qi said, "Do your homework properly and help me with my work. Take your neighbor's child and go out to play. I can still talk to you about it."

Qi Yu pouted but didn't say anything. He just drank the porridge in his bowl and went to the living room to watch TV while he waited for his grandma's house.

When everyone was done eating, Qi Xiang put the bowl and chopsticks back into the bowl. Mama Qi took the bowl and said, "Take them to your grandma's house, come back early."

The four siblings rode two bicycles and headed east along the asphalt road that ran through Qi Family Town. They went past the town's government and turned south at the next crossroad. After walking for a few dozen meters, they arrived at Grandfather Qi's house.

Grandpa Qi was a primary school teacher before the founding of the country, and after the Cultural Revolution ended, he retired after only a few years in school. At that time, he could replace the children in his family because his father worked at the power supply center in the commune, and his third uncle and fourth uncle were young.

Grandfather and Fourth Uncle lived in the same yard, four large tile rooms, one for each family, one for each guest, one for each family, the other for each family. On both sides of the yard, there were two rooms, one for the kitchen, two for the toilet, and a few clumps of rose flowers in the corner of the yard. Under the summer's afterglow, he felt that the flowers and trees were sparse and lush, while outside the yard wall, Grandfather had planted a few silk melons.

After a day of rebirth, he had been busy thinking about various things, busily going to the county city to buy the lottery ticket, and finally arrived at his grandparents' house tonight to visit them who had loved him since he was young. After walking past the familiar small courtyard in his memory, he went up four steps, on which there was a two-meter-wide platform. Then he pushed open the door of the main house, the two doors of which were opened, and the security door outside the door was covered with gauze. His grandparents were watching TV, and more than seventy of them watched TV after dinner.

When Grandma saw the four of them enter, she smiled and said, "I told your mom this afternoon to let you guys have some time to play, so you came."

Qi Zhengyuan was very excited, but he did not know what to say. He said, "My sister came back the day before yesterday. She slept at home for the whole day, and today she went to the county. We've been waiting for her for quite some time now."

Qi Hong, who was watching TV in the west room, heard the commotion and ran over to see his brothers and sisters. He quickly pulled Qi Su's hand and said, "Sister Xiang, when are we going to find out?"

Qi said, "I have to help out in the fields these next two days. I'll be there in a few days."

Qi Hong ran back to his room, then ran back with a bag of snacks in his arms, "Sister Shang, hurry and try it, this is all brought back from Binhai by my uncle, it's delicious."

Qi Yuan said, "If there's something good, I'll give it to you. Hmmph, see if I still bring you to catch some monkeys."

The five-year-old Qi Hong was a little elf, hurriedly took out a small bag of potato chips and gave it to Qi Yuan, "Big brother Yuan, this is for you to eat, this is the most delicious dish in the restaurant."

Qi Yuan tore open the potato chips, took out a piece and placed it in his mouth. He chewed a few mouthfuls and said, "That's more like it."

His grandpa wore glasses, holding a newspaper in his hand, and smiled at the children. His grandma sat on the edge of the brick bed, holding Qi Chang's hand. She didn't ask anything, just smiled at the grandsons and granddaughters.