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

With this in mind, Qiao Linxi stood in front of a row of brothers and sisters: "You, come with me, Qiao Linbao, you are the oldest boy among us, you have to take good care of your brothers and sisters. Don't run around if you don't have anything to do. And Qiao Linshan, you take care of them and wait for us to come back."

The people Qiao Linxi named were Qiao Linping from his second uncle's family and Qiao Linji from his fourth uncle's family.

Qiao Linbao is from my second uncle’s family. He is eleven years old this year and is almost as tall as Qiao Linxi.

"Sister, what are you going to do?"

Qiao Linqin looked at Qiao Linxi: "I'll go with you."

"No, just keep an eye on them. Hold hands and form a circle. Don't pay any attention to anyone who calls you. Got it?"

Qiao Linxi turned into a nagging old woman and gave instructions several times before leaving.

Qiao Linxi led the two boys towards the village. There were several ferocious-looking men standing at the entrance of the village. Recently, there had been waves of refugees arriving, so they had no choice but to send people to guard the entrance of the village to prevent the refugees from entering to steal things.

"Stop! You are not allowed to enter the village."

Qiao Linxi stopped immediately after being scolded by the big man in the middle. She pulled Qiao Lingji and Qiao Lingping and said with tears in her eyes: "Uncle, we are not bad people, and we will not steal things. I just want to go into the village to exchange some things."

The big man saw that Qiao Linxi was a girl, then looked at the two half-grown children next to her and couldn't help but frown.

"Uncle, please be kind. Both our parents are gone, and I am the only one left. We came to the village just to exchange some things for a backpack so that we can carry things in the future."

The man looked at Qiao Linxi and asked, "What do you want in exchange?"

"I..." Qiao Linxi bit her lip: "I'll exchange it for candy."

As she spoke, Qiao Linxi opened her palm, and a pink lollipop lay in it.

"I only have one candy, but I have 18 brothers and sisters, so it's not enough to share. So I thought of exchanging it for something useful."

"No, who knows what's in your hand?" The man refused to let Qiao Linxi go because he hadn't seen the lollipop in her hand.

"Uncle, do you have children at home? Why don't you let them try it? It's really sweet. If there wasn't only one, I wouldn't be willing to give it up in exchange."

The man still didn't believe Qiao Linxi, so Qiao Linxi had to knock the lollipop on the big rock next to her and then pick it up and peel off the outer candy wrapper. The candy ball had broken into pieces. She took a small piece and handed it to the man: "It's really sweet. If you don't believe me, you can try it."

"Who knows if you're going to poison me? Leave now, or don't blame us for being rude."

"Ah..." Qiao Linxi sighed and had to put the lollipop in her mouth, with a satisfied look on her face. It's not that she didn't want to take out the lollipop and share it with her brothers and sisters, but this lollipop makes people thirsty, and there is so little water now, don't eat the lollipop without water and die of thirst.

"Old Li, I think she's fine eating it, how about... we try it too."

Someone next to him smelled the fruit, swallowed and said.

Qiao Linxi quickly handed the broken piece to the man: "Uncle, I couldn't have poisoned it. Try it. This candy was given to my father by the wealthy families when he was out there making his living."

When the man heard that it was eaten by wealthy families, he put it in his mouth without hesitation: "Hey, it's really sweet."

Qiao Linxi gave another person a piece of broken pieces, and that person also said it was sweet, but the person in the middle didn't get any.

"Little girl, you're out of candy, we can't let you in."

Qiao Linxi's eyes turned red, and she pursed her lips as she fumbled around in her arms. Then she was delighted and took out another one: "I have another one."

"Hey, then come with me. I have what you want at home."

In this way, Qiao Linxi successfully entered the village. Qiao Linping and Qiao Linji behind him looked at the candy in Qiao Linxi's hand and swallowed their saliva. They also wanted to eat it.

Qiao Linxi followed the man into the village, only to find that everyone in the village made a living by working as a blacksmith. However, due to years of drought, crops could not be grown, so no one bought farm tools.

"Uncle, do you have any sickles or anything like that at home? Can you give me some? We are fleeing, and having something in our hands can also help us protect ourselves, right?"

"Yes, but don't you just want the backpack?"

Qiao Linxi's eyes were red. "I also want something to defend myself. To be honest, besides these two brothers, I have 16 brothers and sisters. They are all very young and I am afraid of being bullied. You also know that the droughts over the years have driven people crazy. During the escape, many people were so hungry that they would eat people. We are all children. If we are targeted by someone, it will be very dangerous."

"Ten... sixteen. How come your parents are so fertile? Including you, they have nineteen children, right?"

The big man was shocked by Qiao Linxi's words.

Qiao Linxi nodded with red eyes: "Yes, including me, there are 19 children in total. Our parents are dead, and I am the only eldest sister."

"Oh, what a poor girl," the man's wife heard the conversation and walked in, "Boss, just give her something. Although we don't have food to give her, we have sickles and backpacks at home, and they are not worth much. The sickle is rusty, so just give it to her."

"Thank you, Auntie. You are kind and beautiful. You are truly the reincarnation of a living Bodhisattva."

Qiao Linxi successfully got what she wanted with her acting skills. The man was kind-hearted and gave the thing to her without asking for Qiao Linxi's candy. But Qiao Linxi still stuffed the candy into his wife's hand.

She also did not forget to thank the couple, and asked Qiao Lingji and Qiao Linping to thank the couple as well, which increased her gratitude.

It seems that this system is pretty good. As long as you hear words of thanks, you will collect gratitude points.

"Of course, this host is the super invincible, super soft and cute little system cutie in the entire system world."

"Chirp..." Qiao Linxi rolled her eyes in her heart. Without saying anything, she took the two boys out of the village.

Her brothers and sisters were all standing there waiting for her.

Looking at her eighteen brothers and sisters who were as good as the heroes of Liangshan, Qiao Linxi had a headache. She really couldn't remember so many people, nor could she take care of them all the time.

So, as the eldest sister, she started to lecture them: "From today on, all of you have to follow me. Of course, you can also choose to make a living on your own, and I won't stop you. If you want to continue to follow me, then I will do my best to take care of you. But there are too many of us, and I can't take care of everyone, so the eldest brothers and sisters in each of your families will be responsible for taking care of their younger brothers and sisters. Come and talk to me if you have any problems."

"I don't ask for anything from you, I just hope you can be grateful. Only with gratitude can you live a better life. From now on, the first thing we do when we wake up is to do a thanksgiving ceremony. Got it?"

"understood."

The eighteen brothers and sisters were very obedient, which made Qiao Linxi feel a little better.

"Sister Lin Xi, where are we going next?"