Chapter 252: Dislocated Bones
As for the important task of teaching the baby to go to the toilet, it was given to Dali.
The man and the two cats got along very well, and just like that, the family had a new kitten.
And a big raccoon that treated the Wen family's house as a temporary inn and came to stroll around every now and then.
In the winter in Northeast China, life is really hard if you say it’s hard, but it’s also quite comfortable if you say it’s easy.
As long as there is enough firewood at home, the kang can be burned 24 hours a day. People can sit on the kang and hang cotton curtains and other things, and it won't be too cold.
The premise is that you cannot go out. If you go out, you must be fully armed, otherwise you will freeze to death.
Therefore, this winter, apart from accompanying Wen's mother to the city to meet an old friend, she spent the rest of her time at home embroidering, tutoring Qin Jiu, supervising his calligraphy practice and accompanying him in practicing English, German and Goose.
In her native world, Yi Chichi is a master of multiple languages. In addition to English, her second foreign language was German in college. When she went abroad for graduate studies, she also taught herself French and Latin, but did not learn Russian.
But the original owner knew how to do it, and he learned it quite well.
Therefore, she knew one more language.
Based on the principle that she might as well do something else if she had nothing to do, she took over the responsibility of accompanying Qin Jiu in practicing the language on top of the language teaching provided by Old Lady Song and the others.
Wen's mother was not good at foreign languages. Every time she heard the aunt and nephew chattering in a strange language, she would stop what she was doing and listen carefully, and take notes.
The notes are amazing, just like one of Yi Chichi's former classmates, who was able to translate any language into Chinese.
As for the non-standard pronunciation, the students don’t take it into consideration. Anyway, the meaning is that, as long as it doesn’t interfere with his speaking or listening, it’s fine.
Wen's mother is in the same situation now.
After Qin Jiu finished his language practice that day, he saw his mother taking notes at the table and went over to take a look.
Then he spoke.
"Grandma, it's no use just taking notes, you have to speak."
Mother Wen's face turned red, and she tightened her grip on the pen, "I can't say it."
"Why?"
"Every time you guys say it, I want to say it too, but my tongue feels like it's been bitten, and I can't make a sound."
At this point, the melancholy on her face turned into happiness, "But I can understand some of what you said."
"fine."
Yi Chichi smiled and urged her to open her mouth, "Mom, language is bullying. The more you are afraid to speak, the less you dare to speak. When you say the first sentence, you will find that it is just like that."
Of course, it is not ruled out that there are contestants who are poor at languages and have no specific language talent. There is really nothing we can do about this, unless we throw them into a strange country, in which case they will be forced to activate their language talent due to the environment.
You can't survive without activation. You can overcome the lack of talent when it comes to survival.
But Wen's mother's situation was not suitable for this method, so Yi Chichi transferred the important task of training Wen's mother to speak to Qin Jiu.
"Xiao Jiu, accompany grandma to practice speaking."
"Okay."
Qin Jiu happily agreed.
Afterwards, Wen's mother began to practice speaking under Qin Jiu's supervision.
In order to be safe and avoid trouble, the three of them only spoke foreign languages for two hours from the end of dinner to bedtime. They did not speak at other times and kept it a secret from outside.
Yi Chizhi's room is some distance away from the front door. When the doors and windows are closed at night, even if someone wants to stand at the door and put his ear to it to eavesdrop, he won't be able to hear anything.
By the twelfth lunar month, Wen's mother was already able to have basic conversations with her aunt and nephew in English.
Seeing this, Yi Chichi praised, "Well said!"
Mother Wen laughed, "I'm actually quite smart."
"Yes, my mother is the smartest."
The smart mother Wen was happy to be praised and thought about feeding the aunt and nephew.
"How about having mutton hotpot today?"
Previously, the barn was collapsed by the snow, and three sheep and a donkey were crushed and could not be saved. Captain Ma Yong and his colleagues were so distressed that they almost cried, but the members of the team were only thinking about eating meat.
So, half of the three sheep and the donkey were slaughtered and handed in, and the remaining half was divided.
With so many people and so little meat, the amount of meat a family can get is limited, but Yi Chichi has money and Wen's mother is also a person who can think easily.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relied on money to exchange with several families in the village and got five kilograms of mutton and twelve kilograms of donkey meat.
When they learned that they were going to have mutton hotpot for dinner, Yi Chichi and Qin Jiu agreed immediately.
Then, Wen's mother went to the kitchen to busy herself, and Qin Jiu followed her to help light the fire. Yi did not move for a long time and continued to stay in front of the embroidery frame embroidering her panda.
After dinner, Yi Chichi heard the loud speaker outside, "Members, let me tell you something. This year, the commune is planning to hold a yangko competition on the fifth day of the first lunar month. Each production brigade must organize a yangko team to participate. The commune will hold a commendation meeting for the top three teams, and there will be prizes. If you want to participate, finish your dinner and go to the brigade office to sign up!"
The news came so suddenly that the entire Kaoshantun was in an uproar.
Everyone started going from house to house to get information and to invite others to join in the fun.
Yi Chichi was one of the invited guests, and two other groups of people came.
The first wave was composed of local girls and boys from Kaoshantun, led by Liu Dongmei and others, and the second wave was composed of Wang Nan and others from the Youth League Institute.
As the invited guest, Yi Chichi politely declined.
"I won't participate. I don't know how to do the Yangko dance."
"It's so simple."
Liu Dongmei was not discouraged. She took out her handkerchief and performed a Yangko dance for her on the spot. "Just do it like me."
Wang Nan and the others applauded.
"Dongmei dances well, Chichi just needs to follow her."
Qin Jiu and the others also urged her to go up. Yi Chichi's mouth twitched, and she thought to herself that you don't know enough about people who suffer from dance incoordination.
“I really don’t know how to do this.”
She refused again, but it was no use. A group of people were determined to get her to join in the fun. Even the pregnant woman Liu Lan ended up watching the show.
What could Yi Chichi do? He could only perform a live performance for them of what was called the Yangko dance of the Uncoordinated Alien.
When the dance ended, everyone was stunned and silent.
The world becomes quiet.
Yi Chichi stuffed the handkerchief back into Liu Dongmei's pocket, got on the kang in her slippers, and started busying herself with needle and thread.
A thread was almost finished, and the people who were shocked by her terrifying dance finally came back to their senses.
Then - "Oh my god, this is the first time I have a direct feeling of what it feels like to have rusted joints in my body."
Bai Chen's eyes fell on Yi Chichi like searchlights, his expression full of confusion, "I don't understand, you usually look quite flexible, why is it that when you dance the Yangko, it's like your whole body is out of place, nothing is right."
Yi Chichi sighed, "I don't know either."
It might be a problem inherited from her ancestors. She had learned some martial arts, and she had learned the health-preserving exercises and the Five Animal Exercises exactly the same. But she couldn't dance at all, no matter what kind of dance she was doing.
In her original world, her mother wanted a good daughter who was good at music, chess, calligraphy and painting, so she spent a huge amount of money to hire a classical dance master to teach her classical dance. The master was quite willing, but she was too useless, so after two days of teaching, the master left.
Her mother didn't give up and thought that if classical dance didn't work, then she could try modern dance, and then ballet, jazz, and so on. In the end, all the teachers were forced to resign by her.
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