I'm so happy that I have a secret with my mother. The little voice in Xie's heart jumped for joy.
As for Jiang Nuan's tantrum, she didn't take it seriously. Such things often happened before; it was just a way to deal with outsiders.
If Jiang Nuan knew all this, she would definitely be heartbroken. At this moment, she was happily going home, thinking she had solved the problem.
When the two returned to the Huang family home, Wang had already prepared dumplings and was waiting for them to come back.
After washing her hands with Wang's help, Jiang Nuan looked at the eager crowd and announced that dinner was served.
The Huang family has excellent rules. Even though Jiang Nuan wasn't back, neither Da Niu nor Er Niu made a fuss about eating dumplings.
We made a lot of dumplings today, and because Jiang Nuan specifically asked us to make more, the two sisters-in-law gritted their teeth and put all the dumplings into the pot. Except for the younger children like Da Niu who used smaller bowls, everyone else had a large bowl of dumplings in front of them, enough to fill them up.
Cooking takes an hour, eating takes ten minutes. Jiang Nuan witnessed firsthand what it meant to devour food in a flash. She ate one bite after another, and before she knew it, her bowl was empty.
They didn't even leave the noodle soup behind.
"Are you full?" Jiang Nuan asked tentatively.
She was really worried that the children wouldn't have enough to eat.
"I'm full," Xie said contentedly, wiping her mouth with a handkerchief. "Mother, the dumplings were delicious."
Wang lowered her head somewhat embarrassed. Her stomach had shrunk from hunger, and she couldn't actually eat that much, but she hadn't eaten meat in a long time and couldn't resist eating the whole bowl of dumplings.
I'm so full I can't move.
"Mom, I'm not full yet," Huang Xiaosi said, feeling aggrieved.
"Mom is full, here's some for you." Jiang Nuan pushed the bowl over.
Huang Xiaosi took the bowl and started eating without any hesitation.
These dumplings had too many vegetables, so the meat flavor was overwhelmed, but that was just right for the Huang family.
These people lack oil and salt; if they suddenly eat a lot of meat and fish, they will definitely get diarrhea.
After finishing their meal, the two sisters-in-law packed up their things, and Jiang Nuan used the excuse of taking a nap to return to her room.
Upon arriving at the room, he entered the spatial dimension, glanced at the seedlings that were already two fingers long, and without stopping, went into the thatched hut to cultivate his skills while he had nothing else to do.
Although my health has improved a bit, I am still very weak. I can walk without getting out of breath, but I can't lift heavy objects. This won't do.
She's determined to conquer the back mountain, how can she stay so weak and listless?
Stepping out of the space, Jiang Nuan felt her body become lighter.
Stepping out of the courtyard, Huang Xiaosi was playing in the mud with Xiao Wu, Da Niu, and Er Niu.
Jiang Nuan ignored them; children don't have much fun anyway. She stood behind them with a smile and watched.
"Mom, you're awake." Xiao Wu turned around, saw Jiang Nuan, and ran over.
She wanted to grab Jiang Nuan's sleeve, but looking at her own mud-covered, dirty little hands, she pouted and hid them behind her back.
"Xiao Wu, let Mom take you to wash your hands." Jiang Nuan grabbed her hand and led her to the basin.
Jiang Nuan's hands were warm, and Xiao Wu felt a warm current flow from his fingertips into his whole body, and his originally cold body slowly warmed up.
It was so comfortable that I felt lightheaded and dizzy as I followed Jiang Nuan without realizing it.
After pouring the water, Jiang Nuan asked, "Xiao Wu, can you wash your hands yourself?"
"Yes!" Xiao Wu nodded emphatically. "I could wash my hands by myself when I was three years old."
“Xiao Wu is great,” Jiang Nuan couldn’t help but smile. “Wash your hands yourself, and remember to roll up your sleeves so you don’t get them wet.”
"good!"
Huang Xiaosi saw this, stopped playing in the mud, and came over with his two little followers.
"Mom, I want to wash my hands too."
"Go ahead and wash, no one's stopping you." Jiang Nuan gave him a strange look.
“Mother,” Huang Xiaosi said awkwardly.
Could he say he was a little jealous that his mother treated Xiao Wu so well?
Can he say that he also wants to act cute?
Jiang Nuan didn't understand boys' thoughts, so she shook her head and scooped another ladle of water into the basin. "Here, clean water, go wash."
After saying that, she beckoned to her two grandsons, "Grandma will wash your hands, come here."
But he was the only one whose own mother didn't care about him, which made Huang Xiaosi heartbroken.
He also wanted to...
Jiang Nuan was unaware of Huang Xiaosi's ulterior motives and chatted with him while helping her grandson wash his hands.
"Xiao Wu, what do you usually do?"
“I do a lot,” Xiao Wu earnestly listed the things she did, “feeding chickens, ducks and geese, collecting eggs, starting fires and digging wild vegetables, and sometimes helping to look after Daya and Erya.”
"Xiao Wu is really amazing," Jiang Nuan's face flushed slightly. She felt like she was living worse than a seven-year-old child. "Do you usually have time to play?"
"Yes, if I can't dry the wild vegetables I dig, I won't go out to dig anymore, and I'll have time to play by myself."
These children have been completely left to their own devices! Jiang Nuan sighed, but she also knew that the Huang family couldn't be blamed for this.
Children in this era are raised in a free-range manner. As long as they are fed and clothed and don't starve, that's enough. People are focused on how to fill their stomachs, so they don't have much energy to raise children.
After thinking about it, Jiang Nuan felt that she should do something. Such good children should not be deprived of education.
"Xiao Si, do you know which family in Huangjiakou has a school? I'd like to find a book to read."
"A book?" Huang Xiaosi scratched his head. "Mom, we have a book at home."
“We have books at home,” Jiang Nuan asked in surprise. “Who in our family can read?”
“You,” Huang Xiaosi looked at Jiang Nuan strangely, “only Mother in our family can read. Father bought books for you to teach us to read, but Mother’s health is not good, so this has been delayed.”
Jiang can read? For some reason, Jiang Nuan always felt strange.
If she can read, why doesn't she teach some of her children? Don't say she's physically weak; even if she's physically weak, teaching one word a day wouldn't be too tiring.
Moreover, Jiang Nuan had seen Jiang's room and there was absolutely nothing in it, not even a brush, ink, paper, or inkstone.
"Could it be a lie?" This thought suddenly flashed through Jiang Nuan's mind.
Although it seemed unbelievable, she thought it was very likely the truth. After all, Madam Jiang had already used her words to elevate herself to the status of the Empress Dowager of the family, so one more thing wouldn't be surprising.
Her sympathy for the Huang family grew even stronger.
Having a mother like this, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse.
A jumble of random thoughts flashed through Jiang Nuan's mind as she came back to her senses and asked, "Xiao Si, where are our books? Let me see them."
"Mom, the book is in your room. I used it to prop up the table leg."
Cough cough...
Hearing this, Jiang Nuan almost choked on her own saliva. "Why use a book to prop up the table leg? That's such a waste!"
“Mother said that although books are good things, you can’t teach us to read because of your health. Seeing them makes us sad. We’re afraid we’ll need them if we lose them, so we’ve just used them to prop up the table legs.”
The reason is very compelling!
Jiang Nuan was speechless. Blushing, she turned her head to the side and said, "Xiao Si, can you bring that book over for me? I want to take a look."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
At Huang Xiaosi's age, he was very active and quick, grabbing the book in the blink of an eye.
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