"Mom, how many have we caught?"
After hearing this, Xia Manni counted and found that there were six big fish and four small fish in total.
"Big Boy, you should send these fish back first. If you don't go up the mountain now, we really will have to go down the mountain."
Da Wa nodded and said, "Okay, Mom, go wait for me at the place where we found the chestnuts last time."
Xia Manni responded and watched Da Wa go back. Da Wa had already started to make his own plans.
"Mom, can we eat fish tonight?" Erwa, who had just come ashore, said excitedly.
"Of course we have to reward Erwa with fish. He's the hero today." Xia Manni couldn't help but say with a smile as she looked at Erwa's face that looked like he was asking for praise.
"Mom, just wait and see. From now on, I'll take care of all the fish in our house."
I don’t know where Erwa learned these adult words, but he speaks them so well.
For a moment, the three kids and Xia Manni all burst into laughter.
When they were about to go up the mountain, Xia Manni's clothes were grabbed.
She turned around and saw that it was Si Ni'er.
"What's wrong, Si Ni'er?"
"Mom, fish basket."
Xia Manni looked in the direction where Si Ni'er pointed, and found that Si Ni'er was thinking about the fish basket she made.
"Sini'er, let's leave the fish basket here for the night. Come back tomorrow morning and those little fish and shrimps will crawl into it."
"Mom, why did those little fish and shrimps get in there?" Sanwa started his hundred thousand whys mode again.
Xia Manni had already become somewhat immune to this, so she simply said, "Because I'm stupid."
"Stupid? Aren't they just stupid fish and stupid shrimp? Then why are they stupid?"
"Guess what, Sanwa."
"Huh? I guess?"
The third child was about to say something in the second child's backpack, but the second child slapped him and said, "Don't talk so much. Be honest. I'm not as strong as my eldest brother. I won't care if you fall."
The third child was still a little afraid of the second child, and the three of them finally calmed down.
Xia Manni noticed Si Ni'er's silence, so she said soothingly, "Si Ni'er, do you really like weaving? When we go down the mountain, I'll bring you some hay. You can weave whatever you want. Okay?"
"Thank you, mother." Si Ni'er made a clear voice in Xia Manni's backpack.
"Mom, I want to weave one too." Erwa wondered why his mother spoke so nicely to Sinier.
"I want one too. I want one too. Mom, Sanwa wants one too." Sanwa took the opportunity to say.
My second brother is really something. Even though I don’t allow him to speak, he keeps talking.
Sanwa pouted and complained in his heart.
"Okay, let's all make something tonight and see who makes the best one."
As they were talking, they arrived at the place where they picked chestnuts last time.
"You guys look for chestnuts here, I'll look around to see if there are any sweet potatoes. Erwa, keep an eye on your younger brothers and sisters."
"I understand, mother."
Xia Manni walked around and finally found the sweet potato vine.
"Mom, I'm back." After coming back, the eldest son first found the second son, and then found Xia Manni.
At this time, Xia Manni had already dug half a basket of sweet potatoes, and Erwa had also picked up half a basket of chestnuts.
During the process, the eldest and second child transported the potatoes home together. During the remaining time, Xia Manni took the second and fourth child to dig sweet potatoes, and also found some wild ginger, wild onions and wild peppercorns.
Xia Manni planned to use these simple seasonings to stew the fish later, otherwise it would be tasteless if stewed in clear sauce.
When they went down the mountain at night, they found some wild fruits and vegetables.
Their harvest today can be said to be very rich, and the whole family returned home as if they had won a victory.
After returning home, Xia Manni assigned the task of distributing the mountain products to Si Ni'er and San Wa as usual. She then asked Da Wa to chop wood, while Er Wa rinsed the chestnuts that had been picked.
Xia Manni's fish cooking was also just okay; it wasn't particularly delicious, but at least it was edible. Her greatest skill was cleaning the fish; the kids watched as she skillfully removed the scales and gills with her knife.
For some reason, they all thought of the day when Xia Manni stabbed Da Xiu with a knife.
In just less than a month, it seemed like a completely different world.
There was only a little oil left at home, so she used it all. Without frying, the fish stew would be inedible.
Xia Manni was stewing fish on the stove, while the eldest child was watching the fire. The second child had fetched some cold water to soak chestnuts, while the third child and the fourth child were still picking up wild vegetables.
At this moment, no one could have imagined that just a few days ago, their family had nothing to eat, not even any wild vegetables.
At that time, grandma was only thinking about how to get to my aunt's house, and she no longer had them in her eyes.
After a while, the aroma of fish wafted from the stove.
"Mom, it smells so good." Erwa came over after smelling the fragrance.
"Little glutton, you'll be ready to eat in a moment."
In Xia Manni's eyes, she thinks the easiest one to coax is the second child, as long as he has food to eat.
"Big Boy, Second Boy, Third Boy, and Sinier. Go wash your hands and get ready for dinner." Xia Manni put the stewed fish on the table, and then took out the roasted sweet potatoes and chestnuts from the stove.
Maybe it was because of the fresh fish, but Xia Manni's fish stew was very flavorful. Even she herself couldn't help but sigh, wishing she could have a bowl of rice at this time.
When can we eat rice and stew?
Xia Manni looked at the starry sky with a bit of melancholy, as it seemed that early retirement was still quite a long way off.
"Brother, what do you think of my composition?"
Sanwa's voice attracted Xia Manni. It turned out that after cleaning up the dishes, they started learning to weave.
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