Siheyuan: Starting with level 8 benchwork skills

After hearing this, Sanli responded obediently: "I know, thank you, second brother. From now on, I will allocate a piece of candy every day for Sister Simei to taste."

Qiao Erqiang smiled and replied, "You have to be careful. You must make sure that she has completed her homework every day before letting her enjoy it!"

Si Mei felt unhappy after hearing this and said coquettishly, "Second brother, you are cheating. You just promised not to bully me anymore, but now you are doing this again!"

Qiao Erqiang then pretended to be wronged: "When have I ever been dishonest with you? I just promised not to scold you anymore, I didn't say I wouldn't touch a hair on your head at all!"

"Second brother, you are so cunning!" Simei stamped her feet in anxiety. In her simple logic, scolding her and bullying her meant the same thing, but she couldn't say anything to refute Qiao Erqiang's words at the moment.

Qiao Erqiang was worried that she would be too angry, so he said gently, "Simei, don't worry. Think about it, you can have candy after completing your homework. There was no candy as a reward in the past!"

Although Simei was not very smart, she pointed at the candy in her hand and said, "There are only a dozen candies. Sanli and I will each eat two a day, and we will finish them all soon."

Qiao Erqiang pinched her face which was full of anger and promised, "Don't worry, if it's not enough, I will buy more. If you study hard and do well in the exam, I will give you Xiao Long Bao as a reward!

The same goes for Sanli. Tell me what you want to eat and I will do my best to satisfy you!"

He suddenly remembered that Sanli was always very sensible. If he asked her what she really wanted, she might refuse to tell him. After all, Sanli was the kind of thoughtful and sensible sister who sometimes made people feel distressed.

For this reason, he said, "I've thought about it. How about this? Sanli, if you do well in this exam, I will give you a very beautiful study box. How about that?"

Simei shouted loudly: "Brother, this is not fair! I want a beautiful learning box like that too!"

Qiao Erqiang was deliberately creating confusion, and seeing that she was getting a little anxious, he made a final request, "You want one too? But your academic performance is not very good. So, if your combined scores in Chinese and math are over 190, I will also prepare a learning box for you!"

Simei is not good at math. She used the ten fingers of both hands to calculate for a long time, but still couldn't figure out how many points she needed in each subject to get the learning box.

Qiao Erqiang intended to let her think more. This child's future academic performance is really worrying. She has not mastered all subjects, even some basic historical knowledge and vocabulary well enough.

### ###011 Tacit Understanding###

Qiao Zuwang returned home around 10pm today. He had very bad luck playing mahjong. He lost all the money he had with him to his mahjong friends and left early. Generally speaking, he would not go back until midnight.

Qiao Erqiang, who had been waiting for the stubborn old man to come back, finally got what he wanted. Meanwhile, his eldest brother Qiao Yicheng, who had not yet gone to bed, was also waiting for Qiao Zuwang to return. The eldest brother planned to tell his father what happened in the afternoon and see how his father would respond.

Qiao Yicheng stood in front of his father Qiao Zuwang, looking gloomy and angry. Without waiting for his father to yell at him to get out, he asked Qiao Zuwang directly, "Your poker friends actually bullied our daughter. What do you think about this?"

When Qiao Yiben asked this, Qiao Zuwang felt unbelievable at first, because his poker friends were usually quite nice to him.

Then he asked: "Which one? Are you sure which one it is?"

Qiao Yicheng responded coldly: "Your so-called poker friend Li Heman! He actually bullied Sanli this afternoon!"

If Qiao Zuwang stood up and argued with Li, perhaps Qiao Yicheng could still accept him as a father; if Qiao Zuwang remained indifferent and did not speak up for Sanli, he would not be worthy of being a father at all.

After confirming the information, Qiao Zuwang suddenly jumped up. He took the kitchen knife, sharpened it slightly, and prepared to face Li Heman.

At this moment, Qiao Erqiang appeared and told everyone contemptuously, "It's not necessary. I beat Li Heman and sent him to the hospital. You won't see him even if you go now."

Hearing this, Qiao Zuwang turned around and looked at his son who looked the least like him. Although he was half-believing and half-doubting, he still threw the kitchen knife to the ground. "You kid got into trouble and I have to pay for it! You are just causing trouble, all..."

Qiao Erqiang retorted, "What? What else do you expect? The facts have already come to this, how are you going to clean up the mess?"

Qiao Zuwang was speechless for a moment. Was he going to allow Li Heman to do whatever he wanted and insult Sanli?

After all, Qiao Zuwang was still concerned about the loss of money. If Li Heman had not been injured, he could have forced him to compensate for Sanli's misfortune. But now, the consequence of attacking Li Heman meant that Qiao Zuwang had to pay for medical expenses, which made him angry and annoyed!

Qiao Erqiang stared at Qiao Zuwang coldly. If he tried to abuse him without any reason, he would teach him a lesson immediately. At the same time, he would make Yicheng, Sanli, and his sister Simei sever their family ties with the old man.

Facing the cold gaze of Qiao Erqiang, Qiao Zuwang felt scared. Qiao Yicheng, who was standing next to him, was also observing Qiao Zuwang closely, eager to see him show the right attitude.

No matter how Qiao Erqiang changes, he is still Qiao Yicheng's brother. Although his attack is a bit fierce, there is a certain reason. Qiao Yicheng feels that if he has the same decisive means, he will be even more fierce!

More importantly, Qiao Erqiang's actions are likely to lead to a lawsuit, and he may even be sentenced to labor reform. Qiao Yicheng cannot accept this in any way!

Facing the beast Li Heman who did evil to Sanli, Qiao Yichen would want to tear his bones and blood apart if he had the chance!

He has made up his mind that if the police come to arrest him, he will take all the responsibility and go into a juvenile detention center to bear it all in place of Qiao Erqiang, taking on the responsibility of an older brother and protecting his younger brother.

If Qiao Erqiang understood his elder brother's feelings, he would be very grateful and improve his relationship with him.

Qiao Zuwang looked at his two sons – Qiao Yicheng and Qiao Erqiang, feeling both fearful and uneasy: "What a pair of bastards, how dare they lay hands on me!"

He quickly returned to the room, and before entering the room, he emphasized his position as the head of the family: "You guys should go back to sleep, I'm not dead yet! I will handle this matter, you don't need to give me orders."

Qiao Erqiang couldn't help laughing when he saw his brother's cowardly appearance. Qiao Yicheng was also amused by the scene, but tried his best not to make too loud a sound, fearing that it would arouse the anger of Qiao Zuwang in the room!

As the two brothers looked at each other, an invisible tacit understanding quietly formed.

Qiao Erqiang was not used to this feeling, and pretended to be arrogant and said: "Qiao Yicheng, what are you looking at? Haven't you seen me smile? Either you go to sleep, I want to rest!"

Qiao Yicheng seemed to understand this brother who had changed so much at this moment: not only did they have similar temperaments, but they also refused to admit defeat but were actually soft-hearted. They were both using a tough attitude to protect the people they loved!

He knew that only by using strength to overcome weakness and being tough could he keep his sister safe!

This made Qiao Yicheng feel very relieved. The younger brother in his memory was a little dumb and simple, but now Qiao Erqiang has grown a lot and become smarter and stronger!

This change allowed him to protect his family when necessary, prevent others from offending his family, and guide and manage the lives of his family members much more effectively than he had done before.

Now his younger brother can help him share some of the burden, and understands that what he did in the past was well-intentioned. All this makes Qiao Yicheng feel very relieved.

His mood instantly became much lighter, he had already fallen in love with this new brother!

He was able to sleep well that night, a feeling he hadn't had in a long time.

On the other side, Qiao Erqiang, who was lying on the bunk bed, tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. So many changes had happened in a very short time, which made him integrate into this family environment. In comparison, the people here were much more friendly than those in the world of small houses!

Qiao Yicheng is upright and brave. Although he has a stubborn personality, he is not annoying.

Sanli is gentle, sensible and considerate, making people love her so much!

The fourth beauty's personality is more lively and lovely, and even though she is a little willful and exaggerated, she is still quite likable.

Although Qiao Zuwang is not an ideal father, he still has a sense of responsibility.

As for Guo Haiping, Guo Haizao and Su Chun, they are not worth mentioning at all. They have no morals or bottom line. They are even more disgusting than the corrupt official Song Siming!

The characters of this era are really more likable!

After the whole night passed, the sky was just beginning to show the light of dawn, and Qiao Erqiang had already gotten up to wash and dress; then he took out the duck meat and duck blood and other ingredients he had bought earlier, and began to make delicious duck blood vermicelli soup. Because the people of Jinling are accustomed to having it as a breakfast choice, foods such as soup dumplings, wontons or fried dough sticks and steamed buns are also popular.

But as money was tight, I could only choose the simpler vermicelli soup.

In fact, it was not that he did not intend to spend the wealth left by his previous life. The problem was that the types of currencies in different time and space were very different, the logo designs were not the same, and they could not be circulated and used directly.

You can't really carry gold, silver, and gems with you when you go out to buy breakfast?

What's more, at this early hour in the morning, even if you want to exchange cash, you may not be able to find a suitable way.

So, Qiao Erqiang took a small casserole from the storage, chopped the duck legs into several sections, poured enough water into it, added ginger slices, a proper amount of rice wine, a little codonopsis and wolfberry, and began to stew the duck meat.

Cut the duck blood that has been cleaned in advance into several small pieces, bring it to a boil, and then add it into the pot and simmer slowly.

After an hour, a rich aroma of soup will come to your face. Finally, add salt to season and add the blood slices prepared earlier, then turn to low heat and simmer for a while.

As the morning light poured into the courtyard, Sanli exclaimed softly, "Brother, why did you get up so early to prepare breakfast? Why didn't you ask me to help?" Qiao Erqiang gently moved the casserole away from the stove and replied, "You are still in the growth stage, and it is good for you to get more rest. I slept very well last night, so I got up very early, just in time to make a pot of old duck soup."