"It's nothing," Yun Fujin shook his head. "Go to sleep. I'll tell you a story."
Yun Que'er wasn't satisfied. "Brother, it's written all over your face. Tell me what's bothering you. Maybe I can help you solve your problems."
Yun Que'er sat on the edge of the bed, swinging her little legs. Her soft and cute appearance almost melted Yun Fujin's heart, and he couldn't help but want to open up.
Just then, Yun Yi happened to pass by. Hearing the conversation between the siblings inside the room, she snorted disdainfully.
"What can you little girl know? Helping solve problems? You probably can't even recognize a few characters."
Yun Que'er gave Yun Yi a sweet smile. "Third Sister, you've got something on your mind too, right? How about we talk about it together?"
Yun Yi was stunned. This little ghost! Had she become a spirit?
She hadn't even said a word, yet this girl seemed to know what she was thinking.
"Then tell me what I'm thinking. If you're right, I'll admit you're amazing," Yun Yi said arrogantly.
Yun Que'er gave a mysterious smile and twiddled her short, chubby little finger.
"I'm good at divination. Third Sister, you must be thinking that the sweet potatoes are all gone, and wondering where our family can make money, right?"
Yun Yi was completely dumbfounded. Even Yun Fujin beside her was stunned. He couldn't help thinking that this girl, Yun Que'er, had really changed. She didn't seem like a seven - year - old child at all, but more like a thousand - year - old fox. How could she guess so accurately!
Yun Yi's expression changed several times and finally collapsed.
She sat down beside them. "It's all because of your great idea! Making sweet potato chips? We've worked so hard, but in the end, all the sweet potatoes were confiscated. How are we going to make money in the future? If there's no extra food at home, we'll sell you to get some money!"
Yun Fujin immediately frowned. "Yun Yi, what are you talking about?"
Yun Que'er knew that Yun Yi was just scaring her and wasn't angry at all.
However, the current situation was indeed a bit embarrassing. They had finally had a couple of good days, but before they could enjoy them, they were back to square one.
Moreover, with the previous incident as a warning, they were easily targeted. They couldn't take any big actions.
Her little face sank. She thought hard for a long time without saying a word. Yun Yi rolled her eyes at her.
"If you don't have the ability, don't take on difficult tasks. Just go to sleep."
Yun Yi stood up and was about to go back to her own room, but she still felt regretful.
She couldn't help touching the right pocket of her pants. What a waste of this good knife.
With her speed, if she hadn't been discovered, she could have made all these sweet potatoes into sweet potato chips in another week.
Yun Yi couldn't help sighing. Just then, Yun Que'er looked up and saw her small action of touching her pocket. Suddenly, her eyes lit up.
"Wait, Third Sister! I've got an idea!"
Yun Que'er jumped out of bed, took her short little legs and ran up. She eagerly grabbed Yun Yi's hand.
"Third Sister, it's not difficult for us to have enough to eat. It mainly depends on you, Third Sister."
"On me?" Yun Yi was surprised. She disdainfully shook off Yun Que'er's hand. "Stop trying to flatter me. I know what you're thinking. You just don't want to be sent away, right?"
"No, Third Sister. Sit down and listen to me slowly!" Yun Que'er stubbornly hugged Yun Yi's thigh and pulled her back to the chair.
She poked her little head out and looked around. After making sure that Yun Motan wasn't coming back, she secretly closed the door.
She waved to Yun Fujin. The three siblings huddled together and whispered.
"Third Sister, you're good at using a knife and can work very fast. You're much better than others."
Flattered by Yun Que'er's praise, Yun Yi felt a bit proud, but she quickly came to her senses.
"What's the use of being good at using a knife? The sweet potatoes have all been confiscated."
"I'm talking about something else!" Yun Que'er quickly held down the agitated Yun Yi. "Can't we earn work points by doing work? With work points, we can exchange for food. Then we won't have to worry about not having enough to eat."
Yun Yi snorted disdainfully. "I thought you could come up with some great idea. Everyone in the village knows this method. We don't need you to tell us."
But Yun Fujin was quite interested. He always felt that this little Que'er could come up with good ideas, so he asked further.
"What kind of work should we do?"
"Of course, we'll cut pigweed," Yun Que'er said, shaking her head. "Third Sister is so fast. She'll definitely cut a lot of pigweed. If we send it to the commune, we can get more work points. And when they see how fast we work, they'll definitely want to hire our family in the future. As long as we can get more work, the problem will be solved."
Yun Fujin thought for a while and was pleasantly surprised. He stroked Yun Que'er's head.
"You really are amazing, little Que'er. No one else has thought of this idea."
Yun Yi felt a bit guilty for her previous words. Although everyone knew this way, no one in this big family had thought of this way out.
But she was too proud to admit it, so she mumbled.
"Brother, don't praise this girl too much. She'll get too proud."
Yun Fujin glared at Yun Yi. "It doesn't cost you anything to say something nice about our little sister. Why do you always have to pick on her?"
Yun Que'er quickly tried to smooth things over. "Brother, let's not talk about this. Let's go to the village head tomorrow as soon as possible. Maybe others have also thought of this method but haven't had time to do it yet. We have to hurry up!"
Yun Fujin thought Yun Que'er's words made sense, so he nodded repeatedly and didn't argue with Yun Yi about what had just happened.
Yun Yi also realized that she had misunderstood Yun Que'er, so she got up and left.
Before leaving, she left a word. "Once you've made up your mind, act quickly. Don't be so slow."
Yun Que'er and Yun Fujin looked at each other and smiled. This Yun Yi was just a tough talker with a soft heart.
At the same time, Yun Que'er felt a faint heat between her eyebrows. It seemed that Yun Yi's favor towards her had increased.
Yun Que'er was very happy. It seemed that her previous job of teaching children had helped her a lot. She didn't believe that she couldn't handle this whole family.
At night, when her elder brother and second elder brother were asleep, Yun Que'er quietly got up and started the lottery again.
She nervously stared at the blue screen in front of her, praying in her heart that she must draw something useful.
Since they were going to work, they must have tools. She didn't want to draw a bunch of useless gauze like last time.
The pointer slowly passed by one, then two, and was about to reach the area of the third - level reward.
Yun Que'er's heart hung in the air. In the past, it would have been great to draw a fourth - level reward.
But after these few days, now Yun Que'er just hoped that the pointer wouldn't reach the fourth level. Otherwise, if she drew a bunch of gold, silver and jewels, she wouldn't know how to explain it.
Finally, the pointer stopped...