Qiao Liu picked up a small brush and fiddled with it over and over in his hand, and asked curiously, "Let's use this?" ”

Qiao Yi glanced at the small brush and nodded: "Yes, with this small brush, so that they will not obviously feel the water on their faces when they are asleep, and they will not be awakened by the water marks on their faces." And it's cotton, which can absorb a lot of juice, and it will be convenient for us to apply it on their faces when the time comes. ”

Qiao Liu nodded in agreement when he heard this, and the two put the brush next to the porcelain bottle containing the juice, and gently pushed it inside, which is relatively secret, I hope Xiao Si won't find out!

It wasn't until the evening, when the family had eaten dinner, that Zhang pulled the sisters to talk, and Qiao Nan went back to the house by himself to read the book, until Qiao Yi knocked on the door as usual to remind Qiao Nan to rest early, Qiao Nan softly answered, put down the book in his hand, sat on the edge of the bed, and took off his shoes. Qiao Nan, who bent down and put his shoes under the bed, suddenly glanced and found the porcelain bottle and brush in the corner, hesitated for a moment or picked up the porcelain bottle and opened it gently, Qiao Nan curiously leaned over the bottle and smelled it, and immediately wrinkled his whole little face washed by the sour taste. Qiao Nan looked at the bottle and brush in his hand suspiciously, and after a while, he quietly put it back in its place and took a bath as if nothing happened.

Late at night, Qiao Yan, who was sleeping outside, gently pulled Qiao Liu in the quilt to remind her that the time was up, and Qiao Liu felt it and responded by pulling Qiao Yan a few times. It was already more than one o'clock in the morning, and it was time for everyone to fall asleep, Qiao Yi stretched out his head to look at Qiao Li on the other bed, and saw that she was still asleep, so he slowly sat up and slowly got dressed.

The two of them got dressed in the dark, Qiao Yi pulled Qiao Liu out of the room carefully, pushed open the door of Xiao Si's room, and groped under the bed to find the porcelain bottle and brush. At this time, I heard Xiao Si's soft voice in the dark: "Second sister, third sister." ”

Qiao Liu was frightened and almost screamed out, covering his mouth with his hand, staring at the little man who was slightly raised in the quilt under the moonlight in surprise, Qiao Yan was also startled by Qiao Nan who suddenly made a sound, clenched the porcelain bottle and brush in his hand, and slowly stood up, just looking at Qiao Nan who was looming in the dark, pursed his lips tightly, and waited for the only youngest brother to continue.

Originally, when he saw the porcelain vase, Qiao Nan was a little suspicious that it was his second sister and third sister, but now when he saw the two of them entering his room in the middle of the night and taking away things, Qiao Nan was sure in his heart. No one spoke at this time, the room was silent, so quiet that Qiao Nan felt that he seemed to be able to hear the heartbeat of the two sisters, Qiao Nan looked at the figures of the two sisters, and somehow remembered what Qiao Liu told himself about when they were beaten that day.

I've always been angry, angry that I can't protect my sister, at first like this, and now it's still like this, I'm like a baby who knows it later, isolated from these quarrels and fights, watching these closest and most beloved sisters suffer from it, and now, they are fighting back, but they want to stop them? How is it possible, Qiao Nan is convinced that what they are doing is right, although it is inconsistent with the etiquette and the filial piety that he has learned in the book for several years, but Qiao Nan knows that they have not done anything wrong. It seemed that time had been listening for a while, and Qiao Nan said softly: "Be careful, it's too dark outside, come back early." ”

Qiao Yan clenched the porcelain vase in his hand, and he didn't know what to feel at this time, but he knew it, knew that this youngest brother, he was really on his side, the sage books of these years did not seal his head, he argued right and wrong, and these cognitions undoubtedly moved him, he would not accuse himself, he would not interfere, just whispered, just this advice is worth thousands of words, Qiao Yan nodded in the dark: "Well, we will." ”

After speaking, he stretched out his hand and pulled Qiao Liu out of the door, and the two quietly went out of the courtyard, and ran to Qiao Laosan's house by taking advantage of today's extraordinarily bright moonlight. On such a night when the moon was hanging high, in such a quiet and sleeping small mountain village, only the two girls were running wild under the moon, and the two of them didn't think about anything, they couldn't think of anything, they just ran wildly against the evening breeze and ran to the door of Qiao Laosan's house in one go.

The two of them stopped in front of Qiao Laosan's house to adjust their rapid breathing, Qiao Liu was very nervous, she couldn't stop grabbing the hem of her clothes with her fingers, don't say it was Qiao Liu, it was Qiao Yan who personally planned this matter and her nervous palms were sweating, Qiao Yan took a few deep breaths, patted Qiao Liu's shoulder encouragingly, cheered each other up, and sneaked into Qiao Laosan's house like a thief.

Qiao Laosan's family does not have a dog, which is really a good thing, and it will not wake Qiao Laosan because of the dog's barking. They only have a few chickens at home, and now they are squinting and sleeping in the coop, ignoring anyone who enters the yard.

The two figures gathered in front of the door, the door was pinned by a wooden board inside, Qiao Yi had to put his little hand into the crack of the door, two fingers clamped the door panel, and moved it outward little by little, finally, after a while, the door panel was removed. Gently pushing open the door and entering the hall, the two quickly made a plan, Qiao's was in the south room, and Qiao Laosan and his wife were in the north room. Qiao Yi took out a brush soaked in juice, gave the rest of the brush and porcelain bottle to Qiao Liu, and both of them nervously touched into the house.

Qiao Yi was responsible for brushing the juice for Wang's family, and Qiao Shi handed it over to Qiao Liu, Qiao Yan quietly entered the north room, moving carefully step by step, the moonlight spilled in through the papier-mâché window, and the room could still be seen clearly.

Qiao Yi walked to the head of the bed gently, Wang and Qiao Laosan slept very soundly, and snored softly. Qiao Yi picked up the brush and carefully brushed it on Wang's forehead a few times, Wang didn't react, as if he didn't feel it, Qiao Yan hurried to brush it up in every part of Wang's face, and quickly brushed it back and forth several times, until Wang's face was dyed in the moonlight, the color looked very dark, Qiao Yi felt that he had reached his original idea, so he withdrew his hand, took the brush and slipped out of the room.

At this time, Qiao Liu was already waiting for her at the door, Qiao Yan handed the brush to Qiao Liu and waved her hand to let her go out of the door first, and when she closed the door at the back, she pulled out the wooden board that had been moved in and gently closed the door against the crack, so that the wooden board was pinned up again and returned to its original state.

The two of them ran out in small steps, and only when they ran far away did they cover their chests and gasp, their foreheads were covered with sweat, and their hearts were beating extremely fast, but they were very excited. Qiao Yi pointed to the brush and said, "It's better to throw it into the pit behind Tian's house now!" I can't tell who it is anyway. ”

Qiao Liu smiled and nodded, the two of them took advantage of the night to sneak behind Tian's house, threw the crime tools into it, and then trotted all the way home, maybe because of their mood, both of them felt that the way back was very fast. After returning home and closing the door, Qiao Liu entered the house lightly, Qiao Yan thought about it and walked to Qiao Nan's door before entering the door, knocked on the door and said softly: "It's okay, you can go to bed early!" ”

Sure enough, Qiao Nan's response immediately came from the house: "Well, I know." The corners of Qiao Yi's mouth hooked slightly, and he knew that if he and Qiao Liu didn't come back, he wouldn't sleep, this younger brother was always so worried, like a little adult, silently paying attention to everything that happened at home, and remembering it all in his heart.

When Qiao Yan returned to the room, Qiao Liu had already taken off his clothes and lay in the bed, and Qiao Yan also gently took off his clothes and lay down beside Qiao Liu. Qiao Liu's hand suddenly stretched out in the dark night, and tightly held Qiao Yan's hand beside him, at this time, the palms of the two were still sweaty, Qiao Yan held Qiao Liu's hand back, the two did not speak, and they were quiet as if they were asleep. At this time, in the dark, Qiao Li looked back at Qiao Yu Qiao Liu, who was asleep, clenched her hands and did not speak.

Early the next morning, it was Qiao Nan who called Qiao Yi up, and Qiao Yi got dressed and washed up quickly before asking Qiao Nan: "Little Four, why didn't you go to school today?" Still at home? ”

Qiao Nan looked at Qiao Yan and explained seriously: "Because our husband has some things, he gave us two days off." ”

Qiao Yan smiled and reached out to pinch Qiao Nan's little face: "Really? It's a holiday, otherwise, how hard do you have to go to school every day? It's just the right time to get some rest. ”

At this time, Zhang called everyone to eat, and after eating, he listened to Qiao Cheng say that the wheat was about to be harvested. The Qiao family only had five acres of grain land, but when they first separated, they divided eight acres of mountainous land under Nanshan Mountain and seven acres of depression in the river depression.

Five acres of grain land is really small, the grain at this time is not as high as the modern high yield, in previous years, the Zhang family and Qiao Cheng were busy doing it themselves, and this year they still refused the request of several daughters to go to the land together. Qiao Li was still frowning and trying to persuade the Zhang family, but Qiao Yi was distracted, eight acres of mountainous land and seven acres of depression were poor land here that no one wanted, and he knew that he would not have given it to Qiao Cheng.

Eight acres of mountainous land have to be thought about carefully, but it is the seven acres of depression......

Qiao Yi hurriedly turned his head and asked, "Daddy, what is the seven-acre depression of our family?" ”

Qiao Cheng was a little surprised to see his daughter ask about the seven acres of river depression, but he still replied: "The river depression can't grow good crops, and it is a white seed if it is planted, besides, our river depression is actually a pond dug to water the land before, a total of seven acres of river depression, and that pond accounts for six acres." ”

Zhang sighed when he heard this: "Our family has little land, besides, only five acres of land in these twenty acres can grow crops, and sometimes the family can't even eat enough after handing over the grain, so in previous years, we bought some food, and this year is no exception. ”