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

Qiao Linqin knew that Qiao Linxi had a Qiankun Ding, and she also knew that she put water in it. But she couldn't understand why she didn't give Qiao Linshu water to drink.

"That's my water. I don't have to give it to him."

Qiao Linxi raised his chin and smiled, then watched Qiao Linshu walk back with a dejected look on his face. He must have been hit hard. He clearly saw that Mrs. Qiao had water, but she refused to give it to him.

When Qiao Linshu came closer, Qiao Linxi spoke again: "Now you understand the truth that people's hearts are separated by their stomachs, right?"

"Sister, you are right. In grandma's heart, we are indeed not as close as Sister Wan."

Qiao Linshu was very disappointed. He always thought that if he was a boy, then old lady Qiao would like him very much. What was the result?

"Although you should be sincere to others, you only need to be 70% sincere to them and keep the remaining 30% to yourself. Don't trust anyone completely, including me. Because except yourself, anyone can betray you."

"Sis, will you betray us too?"

Qiao Linxi said: "I can't guarantee that I will stand with you 100%. If we have a conflict of interest in the future, we will have a dispute. So, you must understand one thing. No one in this world is as reliable as you. Even parents and brothers, when there is no conflict of interest, they are brothers and sisters. But what if there is a conflict of interest? We don't know other people's hearts. Interests can stimulate the darkest side of human nature. If you don't want to be hurt by interests, you can only rely on yourself."

"Guess why Guanyin Bodhisattva didn't let her maid take the bottle? That's your own business. It's better to hold your own destiny rather than leave it in the hands of others. If you really go back to the Qiao family in the future, don't trust the people in the Qiao family 100%. No matter if they are maids or servants, you only need to trust them 70% or 80%. I have seen too many servants betray their masters."

Qiao Linxi talked a lot about her principles, and she didn't care whether the children understood them or not.

"Sister, do you really have no water?"

Qiao Linxi said a lot, but Qiao Linshu was only thinking about water.

She was a little speechless, and said, "Qiao Linshu, I'm afraid you didn't hear a word I said?"

Qiao Linshu: "What did you say?"

Qiao Linxi: ...

She took a deep breath and said, "What happened today tells you a truth: you must learn to be independent and not rely on others. Others don't have what you have. It's only been a short time since we fled the famine, and you have already developed the bad habit of relying on me. This is not okay. Lin Hua is young and I can still take care of her, but you are already eight years old and can do many things by yourself.

Before I set out, everyone was given a bag of water, but you wasted it, so now you have to bear with the lack of water. People won’t die if they don’t drink water for a day.”

Qiao Linshu wanted to say something, but Qiao Linqi tugged at his clothes and told him to stop.

Qiao Linqin did have water on her body, but seeing Qiao Linxi's attitude, she did not give the water to Qiao Linshu.

This is the official road, and it is quite busy with people coming and going. It seems that after the rain, everything has become better.

Qiao Linxi's attention was attracted by a woman who was wearing a headscarf, clothes made of good fabric, and was behaving in a sneaky manner.

As the woman got closer, Qiao Linxi was secretly surprised. This woman looked so familiar.

When the woman passed by Qiao Linxi and her four siblings, she took a quick look and hurried away.

“Hey, this isn’t…”

Before she finished speaking, the woman came back and looked at the four siblings, Qiao Linxi, and said in surprise: "Xixi?"

"Second Aunt?" Qiao Linqin also saw the woman and asked in surprise.

"Hey, it's really you five siblings, it's me."

Qiao Linxi realized in an instant that this woman was Qiao Linshan's mother. Why did she look so familiar?

Although she has no blood relationship with Qiao Linqin and the others, she inherited the original owner's memory and naturally remembers Aunt Qiao.

"Second Aunt, didn't Sister Lin Shan say that you were captured by bandits?"

If Qiao Linqin remembered correctly, this is what she said when she first met Qiao Linshan.

"Have you met Lin Shan and the others? Where are they? Are they okay?"

Aunt Qiao excitedly grabbed Qiao Linqin's arm and asked her a series of questions that made Qiao Linqin dizzy.

"Second Aunt, don't get excited. Sister Lin Shan and the others are all fine. They are now in Lanqing City. My sister opened a snack bar and she is looking after it. They are living a good life."

Aunt Qiao asked again: "What about Lele? He..."

Aunt Qiao stopped talking halfway through the question. The situation was too chaotic at the time, and the youngest son was already in a bad condition. His father had died, and he himself had been arrested. If he was only raised by his eldest daughter, there was a high probability that he would not survive.

"Le Le is doing fine too. He has grown taller."

As she spoke, Qiao Linqin glanced at Qiao Linxi. She recalled the scene when they were fleeing from the famine. If it weren't for Qiao Linxi, Qiao Linle might have died. And they wouldn't be alive and well.

"That's good, that's good." Aunt Qiao said several good words, and the tears in the corners of her eyes couldn't stop flowing down. She was crying with joy.

As they were talking, Old Mrs. Qiao walked towards them, supported by Hongyu.

"Qiao Linxi, can we set off now?" Qiao Wan'er shouted at Qiao Linxi arrogantly.

Aunt Qiao looked at the bad-sounding girl in confusion, then glanced at the wealthy old lady next to her, and asked doubtfully, "Xixi, who are they?"

"Second Aunt, did you know? It turns out that my father is grandma's son. He is a rich young man in the capital."

Qiao Linshu spoke quickly.

"Ah! So the eldest brother is the old lady's son."

Aunt Qiao exclaimed.

Her words revealed a message, that is, Qiao Linqin's father and Qiao Linshan's father were not real brothers.

When Mrs. Qiao heard what the woman said, she knew there was a story and asked what was going on.

Second Aunt Qiao began to tell the story.

"My eldest brother and my husband are not real brothers. More than a decade ago, my eldest brother and his wife came to Qiaojiazhuang with a one-year-old child. Because they had similar personalities and their surnames were Qiao, my husband and his family became sworn brothers. Since then, we have been calling each other brothers."

"Do you still remember what he looked like when he was young?" Old Mrs. Qiao asked hurriedly.

"Well," said Second Aunt Qiao, looking at Qiao Linxi who had suddenly grown up after not seeing her for a few months, "Xixi is the most like the eldest brother among the five children. If Xixi dressed up as a man, she would be almost the same as the eldest brother."

Old Mrs. Qiao looked at Qiao Linxi's face. Now that they had witnesses, they only needed physical evidence. If they could find her father's body, perhaps they could make a decision.

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance, and someone shouted, "The bandits are coming, run!" The people who were still walking suddenly fled in all directions.

Qiao Wan'er's face turned pale: "Are there really bandits?"