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

Qiao Linxi slowly retreated and stopped only after she had put a certain distance between herself and Zhao Dongqing and the others. The tiger walked up to her and licked the water in Qiao Linxi's hand with its pink tongue.

Although it was itchy when his palms were licked, Qiao Linxi didn't dare to laugh or even breathe.

She took out the unfinished water from the system and said, "This is the last water I have. I'll give it all to you."

After saying that, Qiao Linxi unscrewed the bottle cap, slowly approached the tiger's mouth, and tried to pour water into its mouth. Don't say, this tiger is really human, half opening its mouth to pour water for Qiao Linxi.

Most of the bottle of water was gone. Qiao Linxi shook the bottle and said, "No more."

The tiger might not have been full, so it roared, raised its head and charged towards Qiao Linxi, knocking him to the ground, then slowly walked away.

This frightened the others so much that they dared not even breathe. Qiao Linxi's heart was in her throat. She was really afraid that the tiger would bite her head off in one bite.

No one expected that the tiger would get close to Qiao Linxi's face, just lick it with its tongue, then wag its tail and walk away.

"Huh..." Qiao Linxi let out a breath and relaxed. She felt like all the strength in her body had been drained away.

Although she looked calm and composed, only she knew that she was scared to death.

"Sister Lin Xi," seeing the tiger was gone, Qiao Linbao quickly ran over and pulled Qiao Linxi up: "Are you okay?"

"It's okay, we just have no water."

Qiao Linxi really has no water left, so if he wants water, he has to collect gratitude points again to exchange them.

"It doesn't matter. We'll find water."

Qiao Linbao comforted Qiao Linxi instead. Even though such a big tiger appeared, they were able to remain unscathed, and that was all thanks to Qiao Linxi's water.

Back at the porridge, Qiao Linxi looked at the cup of porridge on the ground and asked, "Was this porridge licked by the tiger?"

Qiao Linqin nodded and said, "I licked it a little."

"Then throw it away."

"Why? It's not dirty." Qiao Linhua was young and didn't understand, and the same went for Qiao Linqin.

"This tiger is a carnivore and eats raw food. None of us knows what it has eaten. If it brings germs into the cup, you will get sick after drinking it."

Qiao Linhua didn't understand Qiao Linxi's explanation, but Qiao Linxi said he didn't want it, so she could only watch helplessly as her portion of porridge was thrown away.

There were only three cups, but it did not affect the eighteen children from drinking porridge. What surprised Qiao Linxi was that those who got the cups started with the youngest.

This action surprised Zhao Dongqing. Every child knew how to be humble. Even in such a famine-stricken time, when they were starving, they still had this virtue.

Although Qiao Linxi was the last one to drink the porridge, every child would pass the cup to her and let her drink first.

These brothers and sisters are so sensible that Qiao Linxi feels a little distressed. If it weren’t for the famine, if their parents hadn’t died, they would definitely have had a better development.

Now that they were following her, it was still unknown whether she could support them all. Qiao Linxi could only do her best to take care of them.

Looking at the porridge in the cup, Qiao Linxi was filled with mixed emotions. In such a famine-stricken era, being able to drink hot porridge was an extremely happy thing.

Qiao Linxi used about two kilograms of the five kilograms of rice given by the system to cook porridge, so the porridge in the cup was a bit thick, but although it was thick, the rice grains were still distinct and not stuck together.

Picking up the cup, you can smell the fragrance of the porridge. Qiao Linxi took a sip and found it sweet. Ordinary porridge without sugar is bland. I didn't expect this porridge to have a sweet taste.

Could it be because of the famine? Is it because people’s sense of taste has been magnified, so everything they eat tastes sweet?

"That wasn't the case!" The system's soft voice sounded again, "System products must be top-notch. The porridge you're drinking is equivalent to the tribute rice used to feed the emperor, so of course it's sweet. And the water is the best of all waters. In addition to containing a large amount of trace elements needed by the human body, it also has a sweet taste."

Qiao Linxi: Is it that amazing?

"Of course, this system is the most invincible, soft and cute system in the entire system world."

Qiao Linxi: ...

Twenty people shared the pot of porridge, and each person could only drink one cup. After finishing the porridge, Qiao Linshan took the initiative to wash the pot. She found a handful of hay and brushed off the porridge sticky on the pot.

Qiao Linbao used the sickle that Qiao Linxi had exchanged for the lollipop to cut two pieces of wood, found some vines to tie up the pot, and put it on his back.

The group packed up and set off again.

It was another scorching sun day. Qiao Linxi felt like her throat was about to smoke. She wanted to secretly take out some water to drink several times.

But when he saw that Qiao Linle on Qiao Linshan's back was so well-behaved, lying on Qiao Linshan's back obediently without crying or making a fuss, Qiao Linxi held back.

She, a person who has lived two lifetimes, is not as good as a two-year-old child.

When passing by a dead birch forest, Qiao Linxi saw that some of the birch trees grew very straight, so he asked Qiao Linping (the second child in his uncle's family, a boy) to take Qiao Lingji and several other boys to use sickles to cut some suitable wooden sticks.

"Sister Lin Xi, what are you doing cutting sticks?" Qiao Linping asked as he took a sickle from his backpack.

"Cut a few sticks. First, they can be used as crutches. Second, they will give you confidence when you encounter any problems."

"Oh." Qiao Linping took a few older boys to chop sticks.

Soon they cut down six or seven branches that were slightly thinner than their arms. They used sickles to trim the thin branches, which were quite handy in their hands.

Perhaps it was to fulfill Qiao Linxi's words, or perhaps Qiao Linxi triggered some spell, but the wooden sticks they had cut before were soon put to use.

Qiao Linxi looked at the map in his hand and said, "We should go through this small forest and the city will be behind us."

All the children centered around Qiao Linxi. Whatever she said was the final word, including Zhao Dongqing, who did not offer too many opinions.

Just as they reached the center of the woods, Zhao Dongqing keenly sensed something was wrong.

"Wait a minute..." Zhao Dongqing stretched out his hand to stop Qiao Linxi: "There seems to be movement ahead."

"Could it be a wolf?" Qiao Linxi's heart tightened and he blurted out.

A gray wolf slowly walked out of the grass beside the road ahead.

Looking at the big, strong wolf, Qiao Linxi slapped his mouth and said, "What a shame..."

Several boys holding wooden sticks came forward, and Qiao Linxi did not forget to instruct Qiao Linqin and the others to protect the youngest brothers and sisters and not to panic.

"These wolves are social animals. We should not act rashly." Zhao Dongqing's words frightened Qiao Linxi so much that his legs went limp. This meant that more wolves would appear.