The sister-in-law was wrong, please forgive her, my black-bellied brother-in-law

Seeing his indifferent expression, Qiao Xi couldn't guess what he was thinking at the moment.

She lowered her eyes slightly and bit her lip, "What do you mean by that, brother-in-law?"

She wasn't pretending to be innocent, she really didn't know what Xu Yi was talking about.

Xu Yi raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said sarcastically, "Didn't my sister-in-law say that she would kneel in front of her mother's grave for three hours to show her filial piety? How come she was sent back after only one hour?"

It turned out to be this matter, Qiao Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked a little embarrassed. "I originally planned to kneel for three hours before returning. But my body wasn't strong enough. I couldn't bear it after just one hour."

"It happened that Brother Xu Chong and his wife went to the fields and saw me kneeling in front of the grave, swaying precariously, so they persuaded me to come back."

"Actually, I didn't want to come back. My sister-in-law said that my life might have been exchanged for my mother-in-law's life. If something happened to me, my mother-in-law would have gone to the underworld in vain. That's why I-"

When Qiao Xi got to this point, she felt a little sad and couldn't continue.

The main reason was that she felt a little guilty about attributing her words to Lu Yun's sister-in-law.

Xu Yi stood in front of the door, looking at this sharp-tongued woman with scorn in his eyes.

"I didn't know that my sister-in-law was so eloquent. When I wasn't home in the past, mother and brother were fooled by you like this."

Obviously Xu Yi didn't believe anything she said.

When Qiao Xi heard him talk about the past, she was even more afraid to speak, because in the original owner's memory, it was exactly as he said.

"Ugh!"

Xu Yi suddenly sighed and continued, "What a pity, what a pity, it's a pity that I'm not them. I won't be deceived by my sister-in-law so easily."

"What is your intention with what you did today, sister-in-law? Let me guess, is your intention to ruin my reputation and prevent me from becoming an official?"

"But sister-in-law, you have to think carefully. My reputation is not that easy to ruin. And sister-in-law, have you thought about the consequences of ruining my reputation?"

He is not a big brother, who is stupid and laughs even when he suffers a loss. If someone makes him unhappy, he will make that person even more unhappy.

Qiao Xi felt very wronged and looked directly at Xu Yi, "I never meant to ruin your reputation."

Xu Yi glanced at her coldly and said, "Just this once, sister-in-law, please don't challenge my bottom line."

After saying that, Xu Yi turned and left Qiao Xi's room.

Qiao Xi stared at the door in a daze for a long time before she understood what Xu Yi meant.

He thought he was pretending to faint this time so that everyone would think he was a man who abused his sister-in-law.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes at the roof. Please, she really didn't mean that.

Forget it, as long as Xu Chong didn’t mention Zhang Quan to him.

[Congratulations to the host, you have obtained 10 contribution points.]

Qiao Xi was lying on the bed playing dirty when suddenly the system rang.

10 contribution points? What did she do?

Qiao Xi sat up and looked through the window to see that Xu Yi outside didn't notice her, so she asked in a low voice.

"System, where do these 10 contribution points come from?"

[The host just taught someone a lesson personally, which is considered a good deed. These 10 contribution points are the system's reward to the host.]

So good? Qiao Xi was pleasantly surprised.

This is simply unexpected "wealth", hahahaha...

If she beats up bad guys often, wouldn't she earn contribution points quickly?

No.

Her brother-in-law still treats her as an ordinary woman and is on guard against her. If he knew that she was so skilled, he would immediately break her legs to restrict her and prevent her from going anywhere.

"System, if I want to upgrade, how many contribution points do I need?"

[Host, the system is currently at the primary level. To upgrade to level 1, 1000 contribution points are required.]

so much?

Qiao Xi curled her lips. "Okay, I'll try my best."

"Cuckoo..."

My stomach suddenly protested.

She has only been drinking water and hasn't eaten anything since she woke up.

She looked out the window again and saw Xu Yi still busy. It seemed that the responsibility of cooking fell on her shoulders.

Josie left the room and went straight to the kitchen.

According to Qiao Xi's original memory, she first added some water to the pot, and then opened the rice jar to take out the rice to wash the water.

But when she lowered her head, she froze in place.

The rice jar was almost empty. Xu Yi had probably been busy with his mother-in-law's funeral recently, so he hadn't bought any rice.

Since she didn't know whether Xu Yi would have time to buy rice tomorrow, Qiao Xi only took a small amount of rice to make porridge and saved the rest for tomorrow.

There were no vegetables at home, so Josie took some pickles from the jar and the meal was ready.

"Brother-in-law, it's time for lunch."

Qiao Xi came out of the kitchen with a bowl and called Xu Yi to eat.

Looking at her busying around, Xu Yi put down what he was holding.

He would not starve himself just because he hated this woman.

After washing his hands, Xu Yi came to the table and sat down.

Seeing that he didn't refuse, Qiao Xi was delighted and quickly handed the chopsticks over.

Xu Yi seemed not to see it and did not reach out to take the chopsticks. Instead, he took a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick cage and used them to pick up food and drink porridge.

Qiao Xi looked at the chopsticks in her hand, shrugged, and started eating as if nothing had happened.

After eating, Qiao Xi rushed to clean up.

When she finished cleaning up, she saw Xu Yi still busy in the yard, as if he wanted to finish everything today.

Qiao Xi said in a flattering manner, "Brother-in-law, what can I do?"

Hearing the voice, Xu Yi turned around and found that she had been standing behind him without him knowing when.

"No need. It's best if I don't see you."

After saying that, Xu Yi continued to busy himself.

Qiao Xi's smile froze on her face. She stood there awkwardly, not knowing whether to leave or not.

Suddenly, she remembered that the kitchen was almost out of rice while she was cooking, so she said, "Brother-in-law, there is almost no rice in the kitchen. Do you have time tomorrow to buy some rice?"

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Qiao Xi changed the subject and said, "If you don't have time, I can go."

Xu Yi didn't even turn his head, "Then you go."

"Aren't you afraid that I'll run away?"

When she was unconscious before, someone was asked to watch over her. Why did she come back so abruptly now?

"Humph!" Xu Yi snorted coldly, turned his head and glanced at her, his tone cold, "Without silver, how far can you run?"

Qiao Xi's cheeks flushed. She really didn't have a penny. How could she buy rice without money?

So he laughed awkwardly and said, "Haha, then you should go buy rice tomorrow."

"You're busy, I'll go clean the house."

Since her brother-in-law is working, she, as his sister-in-law, cannot sit idle.

It was not until mid-afternoon that Qiao Xi looked at the clean room and nodded with satisfaction.

Seeing that it was time to cook dinner again, she thought that she couldn't drink porridge and eat pickled vegetables at night, as it was not good for her health.

My brother-in-law is still growing and has to go to school. If he doesn’t get enough nutrition, everything will be delayed.

Thinking of this, Qiao Xi decided to borrow some vegetables from her next-door neighbor.

It is better to arrive early than to arrive late.

I had just taken two steps out of the door when I saw my neighbor, Sister Liu Lan, returning home with a basket of green leafy vegetables.

Qiao Xi hurried forward and greeted her with a smile.

"Sister Lan, are these the vegetables you just picked? I wonder if you have any extra. Could you lend me some?"

Liu Lan was kindhearted and knew what she had just been through. She quickly replied with a smile, "These are not all picked vegetables. Some are wild vegetables I just dug, and a few are herbs I happened to come across. However, these herbs cannot be eaten. I will dry them and sell them at the herbal medicine shop."

"Herbs? Do we have herbs here?"

Qiao Xi was surprised.

Then she thought of the records she had read. There had been herbs in her world before, but later no grass grew, so the herbs naturally disappeared.

Liu Lan nodded. "Yes, they are on the mountain not far from our village. There are also some in the woods, but there are too few in the woods, so it's hard to find them."

"Here, these are wild vegetables. I picked them. They should be enough for you to cook a dish tonight."

As she spoke, Liu Lan had already divided the vegetables and herbs.

Qiao Xi thanked him repeatedly, "Sister Liu Lan, can you take me with you when you go to pick wild vegetables again? And can you teach me how to identify herbs?"

Hearing this, Liu Lan hesitated.

Seeing her hesitation, Qiao Xi's eyes reddened, her face full of sorrow. "Our Xu Tai is gone, and the family has no income, but my brother-in-law still needs to go to school. I have to find a way to earn money to support him. Otherwise, my mother-in-law will be worried when she knows that he has no money to continue his studies. It's all my fault, wuwu..."

"But didn't people give your Xu Tai ten taels of silver when he left?" Liu Lan asked doubtfully.