It's not that they were so out of sorts; the smell was just so wonderful, they had never smelled anything like it before.
After watching for a while, they seemed to think of something and stopped looking, focusing instead on their own tasks.
Wu Xiaotao continued mending the clothes with her head down, while Wu Xiaowang ran out and stared at Xie Sichen.
Shen Hua remained calm. She recognized the taste; she had been captivated by it the first time she tasted it, practically burying her face in the bucket.
Compared to myself, they have really good self-control, but they didn't ask why I have to eat this now, even though I said I had already eaten it.
She took the instant noodles out and placed them on the table. Instead of serving them to them right away, she beckoned Wu Xiaowang to come to her side.
"Xiao Wang, now your big brother will teach you a few words. If you can memorize three words in three minutes, I'll give you a bucket over there. If you can memorize six words in three minutes, I'll give you two buckets. Any more than that, I'll give you candy."
Wu Xiaowang looked at the instant noodles, then at the painting, and nodded firmly.
After seeing him nod, Shen Hua took him outside before it got dark, and wrote words on the ground with a wooden stick, teaching him to read them as she wrote.
After writing ten characters on it, she gave Wu Xiaowang time to memorize them himself. If he forgot how to pronounce any character, he could ask her. She would check the results after three minutes.
The purpose of sending out the two buckets of instant noodles was not just to deliver the ten words, but also to test his memory. This way, I could show him how many words he could memorize in the future, and I could be prepared.
Wow! I didn't expect what the young man said to be true. His handwriting is so beautiful.
[You've praised him so much, completely ignoring our Brother Xie the whole time. Does he really think he's some big shot? You even fed him instant noodles, don't you know instant noodles can be harmful to children?]
[The saintly figure above, go and give some good food to that brother and sister! Our little brother only has two packs of instant noodles, not as much as the one above.]
These sarcastic remarks made everyone who saw them laugh. Indeed, many people were just being sarcastic and deliberately picking on things.
[The person above is truly remarkable; their words are so eloquent, they are a role model for us all.]
Wu Xiaowang didn't use a twig to write on the ground; instead, he counted the words on his fingers, worried that he might ruin them.
The ten characters Shen Hua gave him included three characters from his name: Wu, Xiao, Wang, Tao, Hua, Cun, Jie, Tang, Shu, and Cao.
When teaching her to recognize them, Shen Hua had already explained what each word represented and what its meaning was. This way, she could remember them faster by memorizing them along with the words.
During those three minutes, Wu Xiaowang asked twice, then stopped. After three minutes, Chen Hua went over to inspect it.
She found an open space and had Wu Xiaowang write down the words he had memorized.
Wu Xiaowang first wrote "sister", then "sugar", and then simply "Xiao", "Wu", "peach", "wang", "tree", "grass", "village", "flower", and surprisingly wrote them all.
It just took too long. It took me five minutes to write ten characters, and I almost couldn't write the last one, but it was still very impressive.
After finishing writing, Wu Xiaowang breathed a sigh of relief and then looked at Chen Hua, hoping for her praise.
"Yes! Our little Wang is great, these are all your rewards."
Shen Hua not only pushed the two buckets of instant noodles she had prepared to Wu Xiaowang, but also gave him a lot of candy.
Wu Xiaowang kept staring at her pocket because it didn't look very big, but he didn't expect it to contain so much candy.
Shen Hua patted his pockets and said that he had nothing left.
Without thinking, Wu Xiaowang returned all the candy to Chen Hua, saying, "Big brother, keep these candies for yourself. I can't eat so many. Big brother will be sad if he doesn't have any candy."
Chen Hua: ...
She's quite sensible, but she can't accept it.
He pushed the candy towards her, then pointed to the bundle he had brought and said, "You can have this! There's plenty more inside."
She hadn't finished speaking yet. She was out of money in her own pockets, but she still had plenty in the bundle she had brought.
If her pockets are too small, she won't say she doesn't have any in her pockets.
Wu Xiaowang hesitated for a moment, but still put the candy away, because she thought of her older sister inside the house.
My sister is very weak and needs sugar to nourish her body.
"Thank you, sir."
Shen Hua didn't disturb him anymore, because if the instant noodles she made weren't eaten soon, they would get soggy, so she gave them some time.
Wu Xiaowang went into the inner room with candy and instant noodles. After discussing something with Wu Xiaotao and reaching an agreement, Shen Hua saw Wu Xiaowang come out carrying a bucket of instant noodles.
"Little brother, your sister said it's wrong of her to take so much candy and instant noodles from you. These things are very valuable. You taught me to read, and we didn't give you anything in return, but instead we took your things. This is not right. So we'll return this cup of instant noodles to you first, and we want to keep the other cup for ourselves. We'll give it to you later."
He stammered through his words, speaking even more softly at the end, indicating that they had been discussing this for a long time. She had vaguely overheard Xiao Wang returning everything, including the candy.
Perhaps it was Xiao Wang's condition and his longing eyes that made Xiao Tao give in! That's why she returned the bucket of instant noodles to him.
Shen Hua swallowed hard as she looked at the bucket of instant noodles. To be honest, she had wanted to eat it since just now because of the aroma, but she had been holding back.
Now that she saw him bring out the instant noodles, she almost didn't want to push them back.
After glancing at Wu Xiaowang's stomach, they accepted the bucket of instant noodles, citing that they hadn't eaten this much in a long time.
When Wu Xiaowang saw that she had accepted the instant noodles, she breathed a sigh of relief, thanked her, and then ran inside to slurp up the instant noodles with her sister.
Soon, a satisfied burp could be heard from inside.
Damaged also picked up his own bucket of instant noodles and started slurping them down. After eating several mouthfuls, he realized he hadn't asked Xie Sichen if he wanted any.
This looks like the instant noodles that belonged to both of them. It seems a bit inappropriate for me to eat it all by myself.
"Hey Xie Sichen, do you want some of this instant noodles?"
Shen Hua handed the instant noodles to Xie Sichen, but Xie Sichen didn't even glance at them and said, "I don't want any, you eat them!"
[Brother Xie's ears turned red. He lied. He was clearly watching Chen Hua eat just now. He must like instant noodles.]
[Yes, I saw it too. What's going on with Chen Hua? How could my brother eat what he'd already eaten? He ate it all himself! And then he asked Brother Xie if he wanted some. Humph!]
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