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He went into the bedroom where he slept. His second grandpa wasn't at home, so his second grandma carried Qian Qian and sat on the brick bed, watching him enter. The second grandma wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, touched Qian Qian's face, which couldn't be seen with her head lowered, and said, "Qian Qian, you're here."

Qian Qian raised her head and glanced at Qi Chang, then she lowered her head again. Qi Yuan's eyes were red, and his face was no longer as bright as it was two days ago when he was living at Qi Xiang's house; it had become lifeless again.

Qi Xiang said, "Second granny, my grandma is here. I want to make two delicious dishes, so I want to call Qian Qian to come to our house to have a taste."

Second Grandma said, "I've been eating and drinking at your house for the past few days, and even came to call for food after making good food. How can I be ashamed of that?"

"Qi Hong and Qi Tao went together. He called Qian Qian to join in the liveliness."

Thinking for a moment, she whispered, "Second grandma, the school will start in two days. Go and register Qian Qian first, my aunt said she's going to take Qian Qian to F City for school when she's done."

Second Grandma said, "Your sister-in-law thinks so, but what does your little uncle think? And what about your little uncle's family? "It's going to be tough on Second Young Madam. No matter how hard it is, I have to pull this girl up. Your little aunt can forget about it, it'll be fine when she thinks of coming over."

Qi Xiang said, "Second granny, I think we should go to school later. I think I should buy a big house, so you can rest assured when I'm there with Qianqian."

Second Grandma sighed. "I'll discuss it when your Second Grandpa comes back."

Qi Xiang held Qian Qian's hand and said to Second Grandma, "Then we'll be leaving first. Qian will stay at our house for the next two days. I have nothing to do, just follow me."

Second Young Madam didn't say anything else. It seemed like little Aunt Tang had been causing quite a ruckus at home for the past two days.

As he walked out into the yard, the door of his little cousin's room was suddenly opened. The little cousin walked out with a dark face, and seeing Qi Xiang holding Qian Qian's hand with her head lowered, he was momentarily stunned. He tried to adjust the expression on his face and said, "It's almost here."

Qi Xiang said, "Ah, little uncle, that's right. Qi Hong and Qi Run, Qi Tao, are having dinner at our house today. I'll call Qian Qian over."

The little uncle didn't say anything, he just watched as Qi Jian followed Qian Qian to the courtyard to ride her bicycle. After the two of them left, they entered Second Young Madam's room.

Seeing Qian Qian keep her head down, he said, "Qian Qian, sister is going to make a good meal for you guys today. I can guarantee that you guys will think about it for a long time."

He didn't hear Qian Qian's answer and sighed. He thought for a while before saying, "Qian Qian, sister went to the county and bought you some beautiful clothes. I'll give them to you when we get home. We are so pretty, so we must dress up beautifully."

Qian Qian was still silent. It seemed Aunt Tang's actions had seriously hurt this little girl's feelings. She had no other choice but to slowly help remove the damage.

It was almost six o'clock, Qi saw that there was still half a row of ribs on the street, weighed at least three or four pounds, bought them together, also known as pork chops, went to the spice store, bought some seasoning, thought that there was no chicken on the street, went to a restaurant next to the town government, bought a rooster that had been frozen in the fridge, rushed home with Qian Qian with them, stopped the bike at the back of the house, and waited for Qian Qian to jump out of the car and take Qian Qian's things out of the basket.

His grandma went to the garden to pick ripe kidney beans and was about to pick the beans when Qi Yuan took the things from Qian Qian and said, "Qian Qian, call me grandma."

Qian Qian obediently called out "grandma", and her grandma responded. She quickly stood up and patted Qian Qian's head. "What a beautiful little girl." Qian Qian pursed her lips in embarrassment and smiled, then helped her grandma to continue picking the kidney beans.

After washing the ribs, he let them be chopped and put them in a pressure cooker on the gas stove to be stewed. He went to the garden to pick some fresh pepper particles and used them to make fresh pepper chicken. The village orchard growers usually planted the pepper around the garden and grew the pepper until it was thick and thick. The sharp thorns made it difficult to get close, let alone into the orchard. Mama Qi had asked Third Aunt for some seeds to plant around the garden. A small pepper tree could stop some small animals, saving the garden from getting harmed.

In the west wing, he found a shelf made of iron. There was a two-eared iron pot in the house, rarely used, so they were all cleaned and placed on the shelf, and there were some dry branches piled next to the door of the yard. He took a big hug and took the knife that was used to chop up the chicken and washed it with water from the kitchen, found the sweet sauce bag, lit the fire, heated the oil, put in the ginger, put in the ingredients, put in the chicken pieces, mixed it with a spoon and put it in the sauce, poured some hot water into the pot and covered it with the lid.

In the kitchen, there was a big aluminum pot on top of the frame that was filled with porridge with millet and green bean curd. Looking at the steamed buns, the steamed buns were almost completely distilled. After washing and scraping the Luffa melon that Qian Qianqian had picked from her grandma's house, she helped Qian Qianqian peel it off and put it into a steamer. She went to the small vegetable garden to pick a few bright cucumbers, which were more or less steamed. Qi Yuan, who had already run to the kitchen, shouted, "Sis, today's life has truly improved thoroughly. There's so much stewed pork ribs!"

Qi Yuan put the basin of soap under the tap and helped Mama Qi to place the peanuts she had brought back from Geography on the concrete platform to the south of the wall. He called the children to wash their hands and clear the table for dinner.

After washing up, Mama Qi took a look around the kitchen, and saw that Qi Tan was about to run out of fried chicken broth in front of the iron pot. She asked quietly if it cost a lot of money, and said, "I didn't spend much, these are all made by me, it's much cheaper than what I bought in the restaurant."

At this time, the grandparents arrived with Qi Su. Qi Run and Qi Tao were riding a bicycle over. Qi Xiang cleaned up the stainless steel pots at home, served the fried chicken, and placed it on the big coffee table in the living room.

Grandparents and grandma were sitting on the sofa talking, the old people would ask about their health whenever they saw them, and the children at home would also listen to them. Qi Yinfeng and the others had already helped to carry the plates and chopsticks to the table, while Qi Hong sat at Maza and waited for the chopsticks to be eaten.

All the big bowls and bowls were picked up and placed on the tea table. After no one drank, Mama Qi scooped up a piece of porridge and ordered everyone to start eating.

The rooster weighed more than seven pounds and was filled with a pot full of meat. Children loved to eat meat, not to mention that the fried chicken used a big handful of fresh hemp peppers. The green onions and ginger used a lot of the words Qi Hong used: "Delicious!" Everyone ate until their mouths were full of oil. The two big plates of mixed cucumber and gourd were used to relieve the greasy taste in their mouths. After eating a few chopsticks, they started to stir-fry the chicken in the stew and soon they were full. Qi Xiang bought a lot of these tidbits this time. While eating, his grandparents told Qi Xiang and his mother about the things they needed to take with them to school and to see what they were missing, they had enough time to clean up in this one month and a half.

Although it was only a few days' business, the profits for the past two years were still pretty good. He had worked in this factory for many years, and had studied all kinds of processes before, and since he remembered that in his previous life, he had done it himself, although it was not as profitable as those colleagues who had come out earlier, it was still pretty good.

Qi Yuan heated up the leftover fried chicken and pork ribs, and his little uncle and aunt ate them at the small table in the kitchen. His little uncle, whose mouth was dripping with oil from the fragrant fried chicken, asked Qi Yuan who he had learned from, and told her that there was a student in the dorm who ran a restaurant, and that she had asked him for advice on how to cook it at home.

Everyone chatted for a while, either about their families or their studies. Qian Qian sat by the side with Mazar, looking out of place. Qi Xiang took the snacks and stuffed them into Qian Qian's hands, saying, "Go ahead and eat more."

Qian Qian took the stuff, glanced at Qi Tan, then lowered her head to pick up a hawthorn roll wrapped in plastic. Qi Chang said, "Qian Qian, please stay at your grandma's house and don't listen to what your auntie says. I'll pick you up with your aunt in a few days, so you have to trust your sister, okay?"

Qian Qian's movements paused for a moment, then she slowly tore open the sweet paper wrapping on the hawthorn ball and placed it in front of Qi Xiang with her palm, causing Qi Cheng's heart to ache. This slightly fawning action was done by this six year old child, it was because this poor child had gone through so much tribulation, he grabbed Qian Qian's shoulder, exerted a little strength in his hand, and said firmly: "Sister will definitely do it, I will definitely bring you to Fu Cheng."

Qian Qian raised her head and looked at Qi Jing with her bright eyes. She slowly cracked her lips into a smile. She lowered her head and picked up another hawthorn ball and put it in her mouth. She smiled at Qi Jing as she ate.