I rely on the system to support my eighteen brothers and sisters

"That's it..." Qin Guozong blabbered about Qiao Zijin's appearance, speaking style, and behavior. Qiao Linxi frowned when he heard it.

"Miss Qiao, do you have a portrait of your father?"

Qiao Linxi shook her head and said, "No, we rural people don't like to draw portraits. However, I can draw my father's appearance according to my memory."

It wasn't that Qiao Linxi was nosy, but the system told her that she had searched for a person from Qin Guozong's short memory. And that person looked exactly like the father in Qiao Linxi's memory. This made Qiao Linxi a little suspicious that her... oh no, it was Qiao Linqin and their father who was the Qiao Zijin mentioned by Qin Guozong. The son of Master Qiao who ran away from marriage, a real rich young master.

"Really?" Qin Guozong's eyes suddenly lit up: "That's great, Xiaoqing, go and get your pen and ink for Miss Qiao."

"Don't worry," Qiao Linxi stopped Qin Xiaoqing who was about to leave, "I have something to do today, I'll paint another day."

"Ah? What's the matter, Miss Qiao?" Qin Guozong was a little disappointed. He and Qiao Zijin were very close when they were young, and Master Qiao was his mentor. Now that he saw that he was almost sick from missing his son, he was also worried. If he could find Qiao Zijin, he would be able to relieve his mentor's worry.

"I have to go check on the progress of the school. Don't worry, Master Qin. I will send my father's portrait over later."

Seeing that Qiao Linxi was about to go out, Qin Guozong asked Qin Xiaoqing to follow him.

Qiao Linxi refused: "That's not necessary, I'm just going to take a look."

But Qin Guozong insisted that Qin Xiaoqing go with him, saying that he was a man and he had to do these things. Qiao Linxi couldn't persuade him, and Qin Xiaoqing also wanted to go, so he agreed.

Zhang Huawei, wearing a rain hat and a straw raincoat, drove the car with the two of them towards the school.

In the car, Qiao Linxi and Qin Xiaoqing sat opposite each other, and the atmosphere was a little stiff. Although Qiao Linxi was also a soul in her thirties, she was still a fourteen-year-old in the end. She also regarded herself as a child in her heart, and she didn't feel anything when getting along with Qin Xiaoqing.

But now, she is a real adult woman and is not too familiar with Qin Xiaoqing. She always feels uncomfortable being alone in such a narrow space.

"Master Qin, do you have something to ask me?"

Qiao Linxi still spoke to break the awkward atmosphere. She guessed that Qin Xiaoqing insisted on following her because he might want to ask her something.

Who would have thought that Qin Xiaoqing actually shook his head: "No."

"No? Aren't you curious about why I suddenly grew taller and bigger?"

Qin Xiaoqing shook his head again: "I'm not curious. There's nothing to be curious about. Everyone has his own little secrets. I won't delve into them. But..."

Qin Xiaoqing paused, looked at Qiao Linxi and said, "When I was with Miss Qiao before, I always felt that there was a soul imprisoned in Miss Qiao's body that didn't match her appearance. Now it seems that this is indeed the case. The current Miss Qiao is the real Miss Qiao, right?"

Qiao Linxi was a little surprised. How could Qin Xiaoqing's thoughts be so avant-garde? A person suddenly grew up, and he was not curious, and even thought that he was the real Qiao Linxi now.

"Aren't you afraid?"

Qin Xiaoqing shook his head: "Miss Qiao is kind and friendly. Although we haven't met much, we feel like close friends. You are not the sister of the Qiao family's children, but you are willing to take them with you. This shows that you must be a kind-hearted person. You will not harm anyone, so why should I be afraid?"

Qiao Linxi was somewhat speechless. She looked at Qin Xiaoqing and said, "You think very highly of me."

"If you weren't a kind-hearted person, how could you get involved in the Qin family's affairs? Although you have a grudge against my sister, you still chose to stand up. Not everyone has such a broad mind."

Hearing what Qin Xiaoqing said, Qiao Linxi smiled, and she relaxed a lot. She leaned against the carriage, folded her arms and said with a smile: "Mr. Qin, do you really think I have the ability to protect your Qin family?"

Qin Xiaoqing was stunned: "What does Miss Qiao mean?"

"Think about it carefully. My store is not on the main street. How could the people escorting your father and his men pass by my store? Also, your father was personally sentenced by the emperor, so how could I save him with just a few words?"

Qin Xiaoqing was not a stupid person. When Qiao Linxi said this, he immediately realized: "Did someone instruct you?"

After saying that, he began to think: "Who could it be? He can make the decision directly. My father was indeed punished by the emperor. There is only one person who can make the decision directly regardless of the emperor's order."

Qiao Linxi took over the conversation: "Gu Changfeng."

When she mentioned this person again, Qiao Linxi was still a little annoyed. She didn't want to have anything to do with such a person in her life.

"I should have thought of it earlier. He is the only one who dares to blatantly disobey the emperor's order." After saying this, Qin Xiaoqing became puzzled again: "But why did he do this? Isn't he always the one who likes to frame loyal people? How could this be?"

"This is your business," Qiao Linxi didn't want to continue this topic. She had just arrived at the place where the school was being built. She frowned as she looked at the place where people had just cleared a space.

"Is this where we build a school?" Qin Xiaoqing looked at the empty space and couldn't help but wonder, "It's been more than ten days, why is there still no progress?"

"Go to the Yamen."

Qiao Linxi had to go find Officer Li to find out.

When we arrived at the government office and asked, we found out that the craftsmen felt it was difficult to work in the rain, so they stopped.

Qiao Linxi meant that the rain would not stop for a while. If there was no danger in working in the rain, then we should work in the rain. Otherwise, how long would it take to wait until the weather cleared? No one knew when it would stop.

"This……"

Li Guanchai was a little embarrassed: "Those craftsmen really don't want to work in the rain."

"Go find them and I'll talk to them myself."

The children in the family should all go to school. If the school is not built in time, they will have to go to other places to study. Lan Qingcheng's business has been on track. If she doesn't abandon it, the children will have to run back and forth, which is also troublesome. If she abandons it, she will have to go somewhere else and start all over again.

Seeing that Qiao Linxi insisted on doing so, Officer Li had no choice but to go and find the person.

"Miss Qiao, it's raining heavily and we can't do any construction. The wood is slippery and dangerous."

None of the craftsmen were willing to work in the rain. They only earned a small amount of money a day, and if they got caught in the rain, they would have to spend money on medicine if they got sick. It was not worth it.

"If you are willing to work in the rain, your wages will be doubled. And if you get injured or sick, I can give you compensation and prescribe medicine for you. Also, if you finish building the building, your children can go to school here and will be exempted from three years of tuition."