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

"Stay at the inn?"

Officer Li looked at Qiao Linxi and the other kids and said, "If you plan to stay in Lanqing City, I suggest you find a farm. It only costs a few hundred coins to rent a farm a month, which is much cheaper than staying in an inn. But a farm is a little far from the main street. Look, if you need it, I know a few people. They have big yards. They are humble and easy to get along with."

"That's fine. I was worried that it would cost a lot of money for so many of us to stay in the inn. I'll have to trouble you, Brother Li."

Qiao Linxi thanked Officer Li from the bottom of her heart for always thinking about them. Her money was well spent.

Qiao Linshan: "Sister, are we really going to live here?"

"What? Don't you like it?"

Qiao Linshan shook her head: "It's not that I don't like it, but we are all children. Living here, we have to spend money on food and drink. Our money won't last long."

"Since the money won't last long, let's find a way to get more money and settle down first."

Qiao Linxi never worried about her own survival. There were so many people in the city, and she could support her siblings by doing any job.

"Okay, don't think too much. After we find the yard, you can go shopping and buy some rouge and powder."

Although Qiao Linxi does not recommend that girls aged thirteen or fourteen start wearing makeup, that was the way things were in that era. Girls could get married at the age of fifteen. Thirteen or fourteen was equivalent to eighteen or nineteen in her world, so they had to dress up.

"You old fool, you still have the nerve to ask for food."

A sharp voice broke the silence of the street. Qiao Linxi looked and saw a well-dressed woman beating a ragged old man with a broom.

"It is only natural that a son should take care of his parents in their old age."

"Bah, you are worthy of being my father?" The woman spat at the old man. "If you want your son to be filial, you must be kind first. Look at what you are doing. You still want us to take care of you in your old age? Dream on."

"Brother Li, this..."

Qiao Linxi was a little curious. Was this a scene where the wicked daughter-in-law refused to support her father-in-law?

"Ah..." Officer Li sighed, "Every family has its own problems. You must think that this woman is barbaric, right?"

Qiao Linxi nodded.

Officer Li shook his head and said, "No, that woman is quite considerate. It's the old man who went too far."

Then, Li Guanchai told Qiao Linxi about their family's affairs. She was shocked. It was the first time she knew that there were such parents in the world. Even a tiger would not eat its own cubs. This old man was going too far.

Although it was excessive, the girl was a junior and she shouldn't have hit her father-in-law with a broom, right?

"You know we are your sons now? What were you doing in those early years? Tongtong was seriously ill, and I asked you to take out some money to treat Tongtong. He is your grandson. You would rather watch him die than take out the money in your pocket."

The old man had traveled extensively in the past few years and saved a lot of money, but he didn't give any of his money to his children. At first, the woman thought the old man was partial and didn't like her husband.

That's fine, he could give the money to the second and third sons, but the old man not only didn't give any money to his sons, he even didn't give any to his youngest daughter.

It would be fine if he had no money, but they had all seen the gold and silver that the old man hid by himself.

If he hid the money for himself, that would be fine, as it would lighten the burden on his children. But the old man didn't use the money himself, and no one knew where it went. When someone at home had problems, he didn't say a word.

A few years ago, the eldest son broke his leg and became disabled because he had no money to treat it. The second son fought with others for the third son and was blinded.

The daughter was taken away by a local landlord, who was older than the old man. The landlord also said that if he wanted to let the daughter go, he had to pay money.

But the old man held the money tightly and refused to take it out, which made the woman hate him.

"This family is torn apart because of your stinginess. How dare you come back?"

When the woman thought of her son and husband, tears started to flow.

"I'm waiting to meet the fairy, what do you know."

The old man was not only stingy but also mentally ill. He said that he was sent by the gods to welcome the fairies. Lanqing City was so dry now because the fairies had not come yet.

Qiao Linxi looked at the old man from a distance and didn't think he had any mental problems.

"Brother Li, is this old man pretending to be crazy? I see his eyes are very shrewd."

"No, he was quite normal a few years ago, before his grandson got into trouble, except that he was a bit stingy. But then his grandson died, his eldest son became lame, and his second son became blind, and he started to become abnormal. Sometimes when some hooligans made fun of him, he would even eat cow dung."

As the old man was talking, he began to dance and mutter, "I want to marry a fairy, I want to become a fairy. The only thing missing from the Dragon King's house is a fairy. When the fairy comes, it will rain."

"What a mess?" Qiao Linxi also began to believe that the old man was a psycho, so she had no intention of joining in the fun and followed Officer Li to the homestay he mentioned.

Unexpectedly, when passing by the old man, the old man suddenly stopped dancing, looked at Qiao Linxi and laughed: "Fairy...Fairy..."

Only then did Qiao Linxi see the old man clearly. His face was covered in mud and his teeth were all black. As soon as he opened his mouth to speak, a foul smell came out.

"I want to marry a fairy. I want to marry a fairy."

As he spoke, the old man took out a key from his arms and stuffed it into Qiao Linxi's pocket, not forgetting to pat her on the butt: "Fairy wife..."

"Master Host, this is the key to the third courtyard. The old man is not crazy. You will find out the truth later."

The old man was really pretending to be crazy, but Qiao Linxi didn't know the location of the yard.

"bride price……"

The old man stuffed another piece of cloth into Qiao Linxi's hand, then ran away laughing.

Qiao Linxi was holding the key and the cloth, feeling a little overwhelmed. Then he looked at the woman and said, "Madam, how about you take this?"

"We won't take his things. We have cut off ties with him."

After the woman finished speaking, she looked at Qiao Linxi and kindly warned her, "The old man is mentally ill. You'd better stay away from him, or you will get hurt."

After the woman left, Qiao Linxi opened the cloth and saw that it was pitch black and had the same rotten smell as the old man's mouth.

The piece of cloth turned out to be a map. Qiao Linxi didn't know the location, so he asked Li, the official.

Unexpectedly, when Li Guanchai saw it, his expression changed.