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

"Go away? If you can't afford it, just go away. You're paying for something worth hundreds of wen in installments. Do you think I'm a sucker? If you take the clothes, where can I find you?"

Seeing that this method didn't work, Qiao Linxi thought of another idea: "It's time for dinner now, how about I exchange a table of food with the boss?"

In this era, the purchasing power of one penny is equivalent to one dollar from Qiao Linxi. It is a bit devalued, but it also makes it easier for Qiao Linxi to calculate.

The four dishes and one soup, plus ten steamed buns, produced by Qiao Linxi's system are basically worth about two hundred coins.

Food and water are expensive now, so the price should be doubled, which is more than 400 wen, so the boss won't lose much.

"Little girl, are you crazy? Don't you see where I am? You want to exchange food for clothes? What are you thinking?"

This method still didn't work. Qiao Linxi completely understood the saying "a penny can make a hero fall."

"Boss, don't rush to refuse. I know the drought has increased the price of food several times, and your cloth business is not doing well. Sometimes you can't open for ten days or half a month. There is almost no rice in the house, and these clothes of yours can only hang on the wall and collect dust. Now I can exchange a dress for a meal, which is worth a thousand times. In the world, food is the most important thing."

"Don't worry, the food is definitely good, not just plain food."

The cloth shop owner was indeed tempted, as he really had no more rice to cook.

"Since you are so pitiful, I will give it to you. Just consider it as a good deed for me."

For the sake of her belly, the boss compromised and took off the skirt and handed it to Qiao Linxi. She took it and went to the backyard to change into it.

Of course, she kept her word and placed the four dishes and one soup she had just prepared on the table in the backyard. She left again under the surprised gaze of the cloth shop owner.

Just after leaving the cloth shop, Qiao Linbao came with a group of children.

"Sister Lin Xi..."

"Sister, where have you been these days?"

Qiao Linshu ran over and hugged Qiao Linxi's waist: "We have been looking for you for a long time and couldn't find you. We were scared to death."

"Lin Shu, don't touch Sister Lin Xi. She's injured."

"Ah? Sister, where are you hurt? Is it serious?" When Qiao Linshu heard Qiao Linbao say this, he quickly let go of Qiao Linxi.

Qiao Linshan, who was holding Qiao Linle, discovered that Qiao Linxi looked very bad, his exposed fingers were all broken, and the sleeves of his arms were dark red, probably stained with blood.

Qiao Linxi and Qiao Linbao had not returned home in the past few days, and everyone was very worried about their safety. But just now, Qiao Linbao suddenly came back and said that he was learning martial arts with his master.

Qiao Linxi had said before that he would find a teacher for her to learn piano, but he disappeared. Qiao Linshan thought that Qiao Linxi only took Qiao Linbao to learn martial arts and forgot about asking her to learn piano.

This realization made Qiao Linshan feel a little uncomfortable. She thought Qiao Linxi was patriarchal and only liked his younger brother Qiao Linbao.

"It's okay, let's go to our yard. It's not a good idea to always disturb others here."

Qiao Linxi reached out and touched Qiao Linshu's head, enduring the pain, and gave a very forced smile.

"Lin Bao, did you say hello to the landlord's grandmother when you came out?"

"Don't worry, Sister Lin Xi. We told her that she would clean the house and kitchen before we left. I also gave some money to grandma as rent for our stay here for the next few days."

Although Qiao Linbao is a boy, he knows how to deal with people. Although the landlady kept saying that she didn't need it, he still insisted on giving it to her.

"Well, that's what I should do. I'm out of money. Can you guys take some money out first so we can buy some daily necessities? There may not be any of these in the yard."

"Hey, Sister Lin Xi," Qiao Linbao walked up to Qiao Linxi and said, "Don't worry about these. Let's go over and clean up the yard first and see if we need anything before we go out and buy some."

Originally, Qiao Linbao was a little resistant to living in that kind of place. After all, it was in a cemetery forest, and it would be a lie to say that he was not afraid.

However, he would feel uncomfortable when he thought that if he didn't go to live there, he would have to live in someone else's house forever.

A large group of children walked towards the suburbs in a lively manner. At Qiao Linbao's repeated request, Qiao Linxi was still carried on Qiao Linbao's back.

The others then discovered that Qiao Linxi's ankle was also badly swollen, but when they asked Qiao Linxi what had happened in the past few days, Qiao Linxi refused to say.

"Master Host, this fork in the road seems to lead to that courtyard."

When they were almost at the cemetery, the system suddenly spoke again. Following the system's instructions, Qiao Linxi soon arrived at the yard.

At this time, Qiao Linxi also realized that they had walked to the cemetery that night and then circled back to the yard. In other words, the yard was originally in front of the cemetery, and they had circled around that night.

"Wow, what a magnificent door."

Qiao Linshu stared blankly at the gate of the courtyard. This could not be called a courtyard, it should be called a mansion.

Qiao Linbao put Qiao Linxi down, and Qiao Linxi took out the key from his arms and opened the door. Although the other children were surprised why Qiao Linxi had the key, they did not ask. They trusted Qiao Linxi unconditionally.

"Sister Lin Xi, you are injured, go and rest, and leave the cleaning to us."

"Yes, sister, go and have a rest, we are here."

Although Qiao Linqin also blamed Qiao Linxi for disappearing without a word, she could no longer utter any words of blame when she saw how weak Qiao Linxi was.

"Well, be careful then. Call me if anything happens."

Qiao Linxi was the heroine, so she naturally lived in the main building. The other children chose their favorite rooms and happily went to clean them.

They first pulled out the weeds in the yard, then moved all the rotten wood out of the house and piled it in the empty yard, and finally used a broom to sweep the fallen leaves on the ground.

Although there were eighteen of them, they ate a lot, but they worked very quickly. The children were very hardworking and knew what they could do without being told. Even Qiao Linle, the youngest child in the second uncle's family, was moving the small pieces of wood into the yard one by one.

"Brother, after we finish our work, will Sister Lin Xi give us something delicious to eat?"

Qiao Linjin secretly asked Qiao Linbao when no one was paying attention, "Brother, you were not here these few days, and Sister Lin Xi was not here either, so we could only eat porridge. I want to eat meat." (The third uncle's family is full of gold and jade)

"Just eat and work quickly, otherwise we will have no place to live when it gets dark."

Qiao Linbao patted his sister's head and said, "You have to work even if you don't have meat. Sister Lin Xi may have suffered a lot these days, so don't bother her."

"Oh." In the hearts of all the children, Qiao Linxi is a fairy. They will never go hungry with her around.

"Ah... there's a snake..." a cry of surprise came from a corner.