The few of them ate quickly because there was really nothing to eat.
But for the children, this was the most filling meal they had had in the past few days.
Xia Manni couldn't help but feel a little sad. When could she take her children to eat meat?
After dinner, Xia Manni was about to clear the table, but she found that the third and fourth children had already started cleaning.
When she went to the yard to wash the dirty clothes of the eldest and second child, she found that the eldest and second child were already standing in the yard.
"Mom..." Seeing Xia Manni coming out, Da Wa raised his head with a slightly guilty look.
He still remembered that his mother had just said to talk about it after dinner, so after dinner he brought his second child out to be punished.
"Come on, Big Boy, Second Boy, are these clothes dirty?"
The two children nodded.
"You guys wash. Mom will watch." Since the children felt guilty, she asked them to do something to make up for it.
"If you do something wrong, you have to bear the consequences yourself. Only in this way can you be a real man." She said, looking at the two little kids in front of her.
There are already many children in the family. If she helps to solve every problem and mistake, won’t she be exhausted to death?
Besides, the eldest child is already six years old and knows what is right and wrong.
From what the eldest child said, it seemed the second child was the one who started it. The eldest child was just passively defending himself, but as the eldest brother, he had to take the blame as well.
Big Brother didn't expect his mother to say these things. They had done wrong things before, but what his grandmother would do before was usually to stand at the door and curse at them, while his mother would usually scold them.
In serious cases, they are not allowed to eat, but most of them are unhappy at that time.
After all, it was usually Erwa who made mistakes, and he always followed to "help".
Erwa hadn't expected this either. He thought he'd get beaten up like he always did. After all, this new bride would chop people with a kitchen knife, but he didn't expect her to just wash his clothes.
"The three of us will watch you wash. Once you're done, we'll go back up the mountain to work."
At this time, Sanwa and Sinier had already packed up and moved the small chairs to sit with Xia Manni around Dawa and Erwa.
"Mom, what if my eldest and second brothers have to bathe until dark?" Sanwa subconsciously thought that there would be food if he went up the mountain, but he would starve if he didn't.
Ever since that 'mother' left, they have been hungry every day, and he doesn't want to be so hungry that he has to eat tree bark anymore.
Xia Manni was waiting for Sanwa to say this, so she said to him distressedly, "I don't know. If we haven't finished washing by dark, we won't be able to go up the mountain."
"Ah? Does that mean we have no food to eat again?" Erwa stopped and said.
"Brother, hurry up and take a shower, or you'll really starve."
"Don't stop, Erwa, wash quickly."
"Sanwa, come and help." Si Ni'er had put her hand into the basin of water without knowing when, and began to rub it vigorously.
"Si Ni'er, didn't I tell you that I'm the older brother?" Sanwa complained as he put his hand into the basin and started working.
If you wash two pieces of clothes for four kids, no matter how hard you try, they will never be very clean.
But Xia Manni didn't care whether clothes were clean or not. Her family didn't have the time or money to waste clothes.
If you make a mistake, the whole family has to bear the responsibility together.
"You guys wash while mother talks."
Xia Manni looked at the four hands in the basin of water. She watched from the side and said, "What happened today will happen again in the future. It has nothing to do with whether we are poor or not. No matter who you are, you may be talked about by others. So, Big Baby and Second Baby, do you understand?"
The eldest child nodded, but the second child asked doubtfully, "But I still don't accept what they said about me."
"If I were you, I would wait until I have the ability to seek revenge. If you fight back now, you will only have one set of clothes to change, and we will not be able to go up the mountain because of you. We may not even have dinner tonight."
Erwa listened very carefully. This was the first time an adult had said this to him.
In the past, he would definitely hit back anyone who said something bad about him or hit him, but he never thought about the consequences.
Seeing Erwa lowering his head in thought, Xia Manni continued, "It's not that what you did today was completely wrong. If you want to fight, win it. If you have the ability, don't let your clothes get dirty. Otherwise, even if you vent your anger, you'll still be the one with nothing to wear when you come back to wash clothes."
Hearing this, Erwa raised his head, and there was a different look in his eyes.
Perhaps Xia Manni didn't know how profound an impact her words had on Erwa.
He nodded heavily and said to Xia Manni, "Yes, mother. I know I was wrong, and I know what to do next time."
The eldest child was stunned when he saw the second child admitting his mistake. You know, the second child has never admitted his mistake since he was born.
I always thought that it was straightforward and I would just start if I was not satisfied.
Although he is only four years old, he is already able to knock down an adult.
Xia Manni looked at Da Wa and said, "Da Wa, you did the right thing. If your brother makes a mistake, you should be punished together. If your brother gets beaten, you should take it together. But if you can save yourself some worry, think of ways to save yourself some worry. As the eldest child, you should learn to use your brain. If your physical strength can't protect the person you want to protect, use your brain to find a way to protect them."
Use your brain to think of ways to protect it?
Da Wa's eyes lit up when he heard this, but then they dimmed again when he thought of something.
"But I'm not a smart person. Grandpa said I'm slow in learning to read."
Xia Manni looked at the hurt-looking Da Wa and couldn't help but feel a little sympathy.
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