Chapter 126 Eating Chili Peppers Causes Significant Harm
Having eliminated her last remaining concerns, Ning Jia settled down in her hometown and began a life of leisure, where everything was done for her.
Since Ning Fang got sick, she hasn't had such "idle" days in a long time. Every day, besides eating, sleeping, chatting with Ning Fang and the others, she just plays on her phone... Well, sometimes she feels quite bored.
These past few days, the little ones in the family have all learned that Ning Jia is resting in bed.
Perhaps to keep her from getting bored in bed, everyone would send voice messages or make video calls via WeChat to report on what was happening at home, whether they had something to say or not.
For example, Xuecao, the third young man to undergo training, has already set off for the park with the "Little People's Training Diary," while Shiying, who went out for training, has returned safely.
Shi Ying excitedly shared many of her experiences from her time away from home with Ning Jia while looking at her phone screen.
The day he went to the park alone, he was completely lost as soon as he stepped out of his house. He couldn't even find the marks Bai Su had left (in fact, even if he found them, he wouldn't understand them), he just got lost.
He usually hangs out with his tribesmen, so no one knew that Quartz was actually a bit directionally challenged!
When Quartz finally arrived at his destination, he was starving and almost started chewing on tree leaves.
Fortunately, Shi Ying usually eats a lot and has good stamina. After silently cheering himself on, he persisted and walked deeper into the woods for a while, finally finding some fruit to fill his stomach.
Once the problem of food and clothing was solved, Quartz began the house-building project that he had planned long ago.
He chose a secluded spot and built himself a small, exquisite wooden cabin, resembling a tent, using sturdy tree branches as the main structure and large leaves as the roof and outer walls.
Quartz had originally planned to live in this little cabin indefinitely, but before he could even reinforce it, a merciless autumn wind blew up that night.
A sudden gust of wind nearly blew the newly built log cabin, along with Quartz, who was sleeping soundly in a denim skirt, into the river, almost causing a tragic accident that no one knew about!
Covered in dust and dirt, Quartz had no choice but to crawl out of the cabin, face the bleak autumn wind, and dug a small hole in the ground. He laid down some grass and leaves, covered himself with large leaves, and made do for the night.
After that, Shi Ying gave up being a refined boy and honestly went to find a tree hole to live in. By chance, he found Bai Sujian's luxurious tree hole. To his surprise, he finally returned to a refined life where he had no worries about food and shelter.
He also added a few things to Bai Su's work, making some new furniture out of wood, updating the grass carpet in the hole, storing new fruit, and using his own abilities to improve the little tree hole, making the already cozy little tree hole even more comfortable.
Although Shi Ying's descriptions were not as vivid and interesting as Xue Cao's and He Meng's, and his words were simple, his furrowed brows and slow, deliberate way of telling the story had a kind of dry humor that made Ning Jia laugh so hard that she almost coughed again.
After laughing, she gave Quartz some advice, saying that Quartz's little wooden house was very interesting and that she could definitely make another one.
I suggested that he find a sunny corner in his yard and rebuild a sturdier cabin to add a touch of "refinement" to the yard.
Shi Ying was overjoyed to hear this and immediately went to get his woodworking tools, getting busy in the yard.
For example, Bai Su reported to Ning Jia about the popularity of board games.
To boost everyone's enthusiasm for learning arithmetic, the first-ever building competition for the Little People has officially begun. Supported by Zelan and with Bai Su in charge of miscellaneous tasks, the first round of the competition has been successfully completed, eliminating nearly half of the contestants.
According to Bai Su, the competition was very intense, and everyone was giving it their all to win the final championship, not only for the honor, but also because there was a prize for the champion!
The prize is the chance to go shopping with Ning Jia next time!
It's been a long, long time since Ningjia last took the little ones to bookstores and stationery stores, so this prize is very attractive.
Now the little people are so engrossed in their work that they forget to eat and sleep, even talking about how to build a five-story building more successfully. The addition and subtraction of 9 have also been firmly etched into everyone's minds through the method of building a building.
Since there was only one set of cards at home, which was not enough for so many people to use, Bai Zhi specially used colored crayons purchased by Ning Jia to draw several sets of building cards on blank sticky notes for the clan members to practice and have fun with.
The daily lives of the little people have become "eating, sleeping, and building skyscrapers".
Ning Jia was delighted with this and proposed a very malicious new game: 24 Points.
Canglan was overjoyed and immediately took Baisu and Juye to study how to play 24-point. She believed that in the near future, the little ones would begin to actively learn more about addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
In addition, according to Orange Leaf, Chief Canglan has already made some progress in the study of chili peppers.
I heard that Canglan successfully extracted several bottles of chili oil with varying degrees of spiciness using different types of chili peppers. It is said that just one sip is more invigorating than devil's grass.
In recent days, people from the tribe who knew nothing about this matter have been trying the chili oil one after another. Many of them were caught off guard and suffered greatly!
According to Ju Ye, "many people cried because of the spiciness," and the milk in their homes was being consumed faster and faster, almost running out.
Fortunately, Chief Canglan's "spicy food experiment" ended quickly.
As Canglan's assistant, Juye diligently recorded everyone's tolerance to chili peppers. After discussing with Canglan, she was disappointed to discover that about half of the tribespeople could not eat spicy food!
Fortunately, the other half of the tribe can all handle some spicy food, and there are even some champion players who are extremely good at eating spicy food!
That's the surprising little star child!
Ning Jia was also very surprised to hear this. She never expected that such a soft and cute little person would be the one in the tribe who could eat the spiciest food. The contrast was really quite big.
She immediately said that since some people can indeed eat spicy food, then in the future, not only can we officially launch a spicy food map, but when the weather gets cold, we can also arrange hot pot. At that time, we can make a two-compartment hot pot so that everyone can eat to their heart's content.
Ju Ye immediately noted down the new term "hot pot" and expressed her anticipation.
Following Juye, Daoya also shared her daily vegetable growing routine.
The lettuce seeds she planted in collaboration with licorice, sappanwood, and others have successfully germinated and sprouted under their daily meticulous care.
Although it is only a small seedling at the moment, Daoya is full of confidence and believes that it will definitely be able to grow lettuce successfully this time. She also imagined the tempting scene of wrapping delicious barbecue with the lettuce leaves she grew.
Ning Jia expressed full affirmation of Daoya and others' sideline business of growing vegetables, and made a sharp comment on the spot:
I bet five cents that once the lettuce is planted, the person who planted it won't want to eat it.
Inoya: Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Licorice also joined in the fun: I'm on rice sprouts, I'll bet a dollar!
Su Mu: I'm just like Brother Gan Cao! I'll bet one yuan!
Ning Jia: Although, but, the "betting five mao" here doesn't actually mean betting five mao (0.5 yuan). -_-||
The "Little People Daily" was probably quite exciting every day. Although Ning Jia was bedridden at home with nothing to do every day, she didn't feel bored and often had a happy smile on her face.
Ning Fang and Wang Lin assumed that Ning Jia had made many new friends, and they tactfully reduced the number of times they came to the room so that she could chat with her friends.
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That afternoon, Ning Jia took a long nap. As soon as she got up and picked up her phone, she received a video from "Cang Lan".
The one standing in front of the phone screen isn't Canglan.
Yunzhu, with her green curly hair and wearing a dark green dress, looked at the screen with a happy expression. She quickly scratched her slightly messy hair with her little hands, dusted off the dust on her clothes, and tidied her appearance.
Seeing that Ning Jia had appeared on the screen, his expression immediately became serious, and he flashed a standard toothy smile, waving his little hand at the screen:
"Hello~ Ning Jia, good afternoon! ...Eh?"
"Ningjia, Ningjia~ It's Hemeng!" "Good afternoon, Ningjia~" "Ningjia, you're awake~"
As soon as Yunzhu greeted Ning Jia, a bunch of fluffy little heads suddenly popped up beside her, vying to talk to her, almost pushing Yunzhu off the screen.
"Don't push, don't push, please maintain classroom order!"
Yunzhu blushed and finally managed to squeeze back in front of the screen. With her curly hair all messed up again, she tried to raise her voice amidst the noise and shared some good news with Ning Jia.
That means, starting today, the little people will be taking mobile phone classes.
Because of the significant increase in everyone's enthusiasm for learning and the continuous decline in illiteracy, after the first phase of learning was completed, Chief Canglan finally decided to let the people of the tribe (including herself) begin to learn how to use a mobile phone.
And he, Yunzhu, a former internet addict and now a mobile phone class teacher, will soon lead the first batch of students in a preliminary exploration of the various functions of mobile phones!
Wow, that's awesome!
Ning Jia thought the course was well-organized and that the children would be very interested in it.
Back when she first took a computer class, even though she only did some basic operations and played a typing game where she shot birds, she was still very curious and happy.
"Go, Teacher Yunzhu! I believe in you!"
Yunzhu thanked her happily, turned off the video, and began her first lesson.
Afterwards, Dongkui told me that because the class time for mobile phone lessons was too short, everyone only had about ten minutes a day to play on their phones—no, to learn how to use them.
Many people hadn't even had enough fun before get out of class ended, and they complained a lot about it.
After discussing it, Yunzhu, Canglan, and other teachers decided to simply increase the screen time limit so that everyone could play to their heart's content.
As a result, the little people couldn't stand it first. First, their eyes hurt, then their hands hurt, and finally their brains hurt. In short, looking at the phone for too long made them uncomfortable all over.
So, at everyone's request, the mobile phone class resumed its previous 15-minute duration.
A rumor also quietly spread among the little people:
The reason why cell phones are so fun must be because they have some kind of magic. Playing with them for too long will drain your energy, which is terrifying!
Upon hearing this rumor, Ning Jia fell silent for a moment, reflecting on her listless life of "eating, sleeping, and scrolling through her phone" these past few days, and fell into deep thought:
No wonder I still felt unwell after resting for several days. It turns out I was using my phone too much!
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Author's Note: Almost 500,000 words already! Hehe~ [Sprinkling flowers][Sprinkling flowers]
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