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Taking advantage of Qi Yinfeng's visit to pick up a new book, he strolled around the school. The campus was not big, and was filled with row after row of red brick houses, which were divided into dorms, teaching areas, family areas, and the last row was a canteen. However, there was only a window for eating. Seeing that some of the classes had finished receiving their new books, Qi Zheng returned to Qi Yinfeng's dormitory to wait for her. At noon, Qi Yicheng was to be brought to the lamb soup restaurant near the school for lunch.

It was still the same door curtain from a long time ago. Qi Zheng found a seat at the back and ordered, then waited for the dishes to be served. Qi Yan asked, "Are you happy about the start of school?" Qi Yinfeng said, "I'm very happy. We haven't seen each other in almost two months. We're all very close." Following that, a few more people sat at a few tables. It seemed like they were students from the school.

A few of them even greeted Qi Yinfeng. From the looks of it, they were in the same class. Qi Zhicheng asked, "How's the school food?"

Qi Yinfeng said, "Don't mention it. It looks like it was cooked with clear water."

"Can we eat outside the school?"

Qi Yinfeng said, "It's not too bad right now. We'll have to wait for a few days for someone to check out the entrance. Except for the students from other schools nearby, those who live in schools are not allowed to eat outside."

Qi Xiang thought for a moment, then said, "Zhenqi, why don't we find a classmate who lives nearby and have a meal at his place? At the very least, we'll be able to see some fried flowers in the meal."

Qi Yinfeng smiled and said, "Forget it. It's not convenient to stay at someone's house. It's better to stay in a dormitory. I can do whatever I want, but I can come out once a week and buy some delicious food to satisfy my craving."

A large pot of mutton soup with mutton and goat's intestines was served to the customers. They took a bite of mutton and drank a mouthful of mutton soup. Even in summer, their stomachs still felt like they were being pressed.

As soon as the meal was over, Qi Chuan sent Qi Jian to the school entrance, saying, "It looks like we'll have to wait until the fifteenth of the eighth month before we can go home. At least we can meet each other before the start of school, so you should take care of your body at school and not put too much pressure on your studies." Qi Yidao opened his wallet and took out two hundred yuan, stuffing it into Qi Yinfeng's hands. Qi Yinfeng quickly pushed it back and said, "Quickly put it away and don't let anyone see it. Every week, you will go to the Yang Soup restaurant for a meal, and then buy some food that can be put aside and bring it back.

Qi Yinfeng said, "Sis, you still have to spend a lot of money to go to university." He laughed, "Your sister is rich, this little money is not considered money." After saying that, he said with a stern expression, "I'll go and get a student loan. No matter what, I must not spend my family's money to pay the tuition fees."

Qi Yinfeng looked at Qi Zhengyuan's determined face, bit his lips and nodded, "Elder sister, I must study hard. I will fight for my family's money so that I won't have to spend it when I go to university." Qi Xiang opened his mouth wanting to say something, but in the end, he didn't say it out. He pushed his bicycle and said, "Then I'm leaving. Take care of your body."

After riding for a long distance, Qi Xiang turned his head to look back, Qi Yinfeng's slender body was still standing there, looking at his sister. Qi Yinfeng was looking at his sister, and facing the cool summer wind, he secretly made up his mind, My good sister, in this life, I will definitely protect you well, I will definitely give you peace and joy, such a beautiful sister is worth the best.

At this time, all the families in the village would go up the hill to weed, except for weeding and pesticides every few days. Seeing that Qi Xiang's family was just about to start school, Mother Qi planned to go to a few small factories in the town to ask if they needed a temporary job or if they could earn two dollars. Qi Cheng persuaded her several times, finally convincing her that Qi would be able to apply for a loan, not having to pay a few thousand yuan tuition fees, she would have to spend a lot of spare time and money to clean the house, so Qi Xiang's mother washed the curtains in advance.

A few days after the notice came, all the relatives found out, and at that time, they were not as dignified as the later generations. At that time, they were not as dignified as they were, and they all came to visit the house at night after dinner, or at some convenient time, leaving behind one or two hundred yuan when they left, unlike a dozen years later, when a child went to university and got married.

Second Uncle Qi was a teacher at County Experimental High School, and Second Aunt worked in the county government. Qi Yuan didn't like Second Aunt very much, Second Aunt was born and raised in the city, and she was also a teacher at Experimental High School. Second Aunt's father was a colleague of Grandfather Qi's, and like this, Qi Yuan felt that Second Aunt probably looked down on people living in the village.

The name of the second aunt's family was Qi Meng, who was the same age as the third uncle's family and had always looked down on the family's children since she was young. Qi Wen remembered that when Qi Yuan was four or five years old, a few of the children from the family went with the adults to play at the second uncle's house. Qi Lu followed behind the children and did not allow them to touch or touch the family members, and after that, none of the children from the family ever went to the second uncle's house. Qi Xiang himself had been in high school for three years in the county, but had never been there before. On the other hand, his second uncle would sometimes bring some delicious food to see Qi Jing, which made him think that his second uncle was probably working in the county, so he didn't dare to fight with his second aunt. This time, only second uncle came back to pay his mother two hundred yuan.

Third Uncle's family also worked in agriculture, and the two children, Qi Run, the second son Qi Tao, was the same age as Qi Meng. Qi Tao had just entered the second year of elementary school, Third Uncle and Third Aunt were simple and honest, the family had planted a few acres of orchards, the hardworking Third Uncle and Third Aunt served Third Aunt well and were very capable people, Third Uncle and Third Aunt gave Qi Chuan 300 yuan, which was a large sum of money at the time. In the rural areas in 2000, the families that were close to his wife's village were usually worth several tens of yuan. Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt were all workers, and their money came up quickly, at least 300 yuan. Not long after their first aunt married, they also received 100 yuan from the letter, and when their first aunt called Qi Chuan to inform him that he wouldn't be back until school. When school started, their first aunt and first uncle told them to send money over to report together, and when their first aunt and first uncle sent some money over, they discussed with their first aunt and first uncle whether to treat their relatives to a meal.

More than twenty days passed by in the form of welcoming and sending away relatives and friends. As for the colleagues at Mr Qi's office, they also gave them some money. Mr Qi's mother lamented that the price of the debts had risen again, saying to herself, "Oh my god, you gave 2,000 yuan for my uncle's family's school education." Of course, this would happen 10 years later.

Mama Qi took Qi Xiang and his family of peanuts. Fortunately, Uncle had tools, so she drove the tractor to plow them. After cleaning them for two days, she finally pulled all the peanuts home, picked them and threw them on the cement ground at the back of the house.

For some reason, Second Uncle Qi had also come back with Qi Yuan. Qi Yuan greeted him and asked why Second Aunt didn't come, and Second Uncle gave an embarrassed smile and said that your Second Aunt worked overtime tonight, while Qi Yuan twitched his mouth in his stomach to trick the ghost.

The eight children, Grandpa Qi, Grandma Qi, and Grandma Meng were all seated at a full table. Fourth Uncle and Aunt Qi were also making a table in their room, and Third Uncle was drinking with the food and wine in that room. Tomorrow, Qi Yuan was going to start school, and Grandfather Qi said that this meal could be considered as a form of alcohol for Qi Tong. The other children were all in school, except for Qi Pun, who was still in kindergarten; he hoped that everyone would study hard, so they could all go to university to study in the future.

Grandma Qi took out a red packet, which Grandpa Qi handed to her. "This is a little gift from me and grandma. It's only 600 yuan if you don't have a lot of money. It's the standard for all the children in the family from now on." Qi Xiang solemnly took it over with both hands and said, "Thank you, grandpa and grandma. I will definitely study hard and give my younger brothers and sisters a good example."

The other children were all looking at Qi Yi with a smile, but when they turned their heads, they found Qi Meng was looking at them with an angry look. Qi Lu turned around and looked at Qi Lu angrily, but then he turned his head away and no longer looked at her.

There was a pond in the courtyard, and after washing the water from the tap, the sewage would flow directly from the sewer under the sink to the drain outside the courtyard, and from the drain to the river south of the village. At that time, the sewage was only washing the dishes and clothes with water, and there weren't many dishes that could be washed with detergent. Before he came, he found a few packets of pistachios, then went to the village store to buy some dried melon seeds and apricots. The children were eating happily.

Qi Run grabbed a handful of pistachios and said, "This happiness is really delicious, much better than peanuts." Qi Yi pouted and said in a weird tone, "Of course it's delicious. How much is one catty? The peanuts are only worth one catty." Qi Xiang did not say anything. After a while, he saw Qi He and Qi Long had gone to talk, so he grabbed a handful of pistachios and stuffed them into Qi Lun's hand. He whispered, "Eat, it's fine with me if people say it's not nice. Why are you missing your own mouth? Elder sister bought it just for you to eat."

Qi Run blinked and raised his head to look at Qi Xiang. His two big eyes were like purple grapes immersed in ice water, sparkling and translucent. Qi Run said, "Sister, I know." After saying that, he looked at Qi Jing, who seemed to want to say something, but hesitated. Qi Cheng saw that there was no water in the teapot on the table, so he took the kettle and went to the outer room to boil some water. Qi Ran saw that Qi Gang also came out with him.

Qi Chang smiled and asked, "Run, what's the matter?"

"Sister, Qi Meng said that you got into such a crappy school to set a model for everyone, it is a joke."

Qi Xiang knew that the harsh Qi Meng would definitely say something worse than Qi Lu, so he smiled and said, "You Run, let's just do our own things, others can say whatever they want, it's not like their mouths are on our faces, as long as they persist in their own thoughts and do things seriously, it'll be fine."

Seeing that Qi Gang had filled the pot with boiling water, Qi Run helped him to carry it up and said, "Big sister, I understand. You must be right."