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

Old Mrs. Qiao was worried that Qiao Linxi would snatch away her voice in the Qiao family, while Qiao Wan'er was worried that Qiao Linxi would snatch away her favor. Invisibly, Qiao Linxi found herself two people who didn't like her.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, the guards saw that the packaged meat was missing and asked casually about it. Qiao Linxi said that she had put it somewhere else and just passed the question over.

Old Mrs. Qiao really did as Zuo Wan said, abandoning the carriage and maids, leaving only Hongyu with her.

There are four guards, five of them are made up of Qiao Linxi and her brother, and with the old lady, there are eleven people in total, which is quite a big situation.

Qiao Wan'er insisted on going with him. She even brought up Qiao Linhua, saying that Qiao Linhua was only five years old and going with him would only add to the burden.

"She is my sister, I am willing to take her with me."

Qiao Wan'er disagreed: "We can leave her here and let our maid take care of her."

"Miss Qiao, you also said that they are your maids. How can I trust them to take care of them? If something happens, can you afford to take responsibility? Besides, maybe we will go back to Qiao's Manor and never come back."

"Really?" Qiao Wan'er's eyes lit up. If Qiao Linxi didn't come back, did that mean they wouldn't go to the capital? In other words, the eldest daughter of the Qiao family would still be her, Qiao Wan'er.

Qiao Linxi didn't reply, but pulled Qiao Linhua and walked out. Old Mrs. Qiao disguised herself and followed the five siblings.

After leaving the city, Qiao Linxi walked towards Luoyue Village according to the road he remembered. The sun above his head rose higher and higher, and the temperature was getting higher and higher.

The road that was washed by the rainstorm was dried under the scorching sun, but there were more deep tire marks than when we came. Maybe someone drove by in the rainstorm.

Mrs. Qiao was born in a wealthy family and rode in a horse-drawn carriage since she was born. People of their status rarely had the opportunity to walk.

The result of lack of exercise is that you will be out of breath after walking for a while, and the same is true for Qiao Wan'er.

After walking for less than half an hour, Mrs. Qiao felt her throat was dry and itchy and she had difficulty breathing.

"Madam, take a rest." Hongyu saw that her master could not hold on any longer, so she helped her sit on a rock and took out a water bag from her bag.

They were some distance behind Qiao Linxi and her four siblings, so Qiao Linxi did not notice that they had rested and continued walking.

"Qiao Linxi!"

When Qiao Wan'er saw that Qiao Linxi and the other five did not stop to wait for them, the hardship of traveling exploded at this moment: "Can't you wait a little longer? Can't you see that your grandmother is tired?"

The five people in front turned around and saw the old lady sitting on the stone gasping for breath with a red face, so they had to stop.

This distance is unbearable, and it is still a long way to go back to Luoyue Village. At this speed, I am afraid I won’t get there before dark.

When I came here, I was fleeing famine, and there were many refugees on the road. But now when I return, there are still many people on the road, and many people return home because it is raining.

Most of those refugees are farmers. If they were not forced to do so, who would be willing to leave their homes and go out to make a living?

They have no skills other than farming, and if they go to other places without land, they will just become street beggars, so it would be better for them to go back to the village and farm.

Although Qiao Linhua is young, she runs around the fields all day when she is at home. With the exercise during the days of fleeing famine, her physical fitness has improved a lot. She is just a little out of breath now, not as exaggerated as Mrs. Qiao.

"Sister, I'm so thirsty, do you have any water?"

When walking under the scorching sun, the water in the body is consumed the fastest, so when they arrived at the last city, Qiao Linxi asked the children to prepare a lot of water, but they kept gulping down the water as they walked, and they had wasted all the water before they had even walked halfway.

"No, who told you to use it to wash your face?"

There is water in Qiao Linxi's system, but she doesn't want to take it out. She wants to make the children understand that water should not be wasted at any time.

"You must have some. I've never seen you take out your water bag. Hurry up and give me a drink. I'm dying of thirst."

As Qiao Linshu said this, he started to roll over Qiao Linxi, and was slapped by Qiao Linxi.

"Men and women are not allowed to be intimate."

"Oh, you're my sister. What's the saying that men and women shouldn't touch each other? You even hugged me when I was naked as a kid."

The siblings were quarreling and no one cared about Mrs. Qiao's situation, which made the old lady feel a little resentful.

It turns out that if you are not raised by your parents since childhood, you don’t know how to care about your elders.

"Madam, would you like some water?" The maid Hongyu noticed that Old Madam Qiao didn't look well, so she quickly handed her a water bag to divert her attention.

Hongyu didn't know what to say to her master. She just felt that Qiao Linxi and his friends grew up in the countryside and were naturally more casual. But Mrs. Qiao was a person who paid attention to etiquette. When these two people got together, they just couldn't stand each other.

Seeing that Mrs. Qiao's maid had water, Qiao Linxi pushed Qiao Linshu and motioned him to ask the maid for some water.

Qiao Linshu thought about it and walked towards Hongyu.

"Sister Hong, do you have any water here? Can you give me some? I'm dying of thirst."

When Old Lady Qiao heard what Qiao Linshu said, she took the water bag from Hongyu. She had been reluctant to drink the water before because she disliked it, but now Qiao Linshu came to ask for it. The water bag was so small that she was a little worried that the child would drink it all in one go.

Her action stunned Qiao Linshu, as if she was afraid that he would finish drinking the water.

Qiao Wan'er next to her spoke again: "Qiao Linshu, don't you have water? Why are you asking grandma for it?"

"Mine, I've finished mine." Qiao Linshu scratched his head uncomfortably.

"Water is so precious nowadays, we have to save it. I saw you guys washing your faces with water on the road, you deserve to be thirsty now."

After Mrs. Qiao finished drinking the water, Qiao Wan'er took the water bag from her again, tilted her head back, gulped down a few big gulps, and then handed it to Hongyu.

"Hongyu, there's not much water left. You have to save it."

Old Mrs. Qiao didn't say a word the whole time. She was now suppressing her anger.

They said there were bandits, so we shouldn't take the carriage or make a big fuss. But they had been walking for half an hour, and where were the bandits? Where were they?

Old Mrs. Qiao now seriously suspected that Qiao Linxi did it on purpose, deliberately saying that there were bandits and not allowing her to ride in the carriage and making her walk to torture her.

"Grandma, I'm so thirsty now, can you give me some water?"

Qiao Linshu looked at Old Mrs. Qiao, but her face was terribly gloomy.

"Lin Shu, we don't have much water left. Just be patient. We should be able to reach water soon."

Qiao Linshu was stunned, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes, and then he smiled: "Oh, I see."

Here, Qiao Linqin followed Qiao Linxi's gaze and looked at Old Lady Qiao, and asked in a low voice: "Sister, why don't you give Lin Shu some water?"