"Winter is coming, and our lives may not be as good as they are now. In winter, there will be less food. There is almost no food left for us to find in the mountains. We may have to eat our stored food for the whole winter. In addition, it may be very cold, and how we can keep warm is also a problem."
"Mom, the winter here is not as cold as you said." Erwa asked in confusion.
"Then ask Da Wa if there has ever been a heavy rain in autumn like the one a few days ago?"
Da Wa thought about it carefully, then shook his head and said, "I don't remember."
"Then how can you guarantee that it won't be cold in winter? What if it snows in winter?"
"Mom, it's never snowed here." Da Wa had only heard his father, who had been away from home, mention that it would snow in the north of Da Qi Kingdom, but he had never seen what snow looked like.
"Brother, what is snow?" Sanwa asked curiously.
Erwa and Sinier also looked at Dawa and Xia Manni curiously, but Dawa also shook his head.
"Mom hasn't seen it either. Anyway, it's snowing in very cold weather. Big boy, tell me, if it's really cold, can our family withstand it?"
Da Wa didn't know how cold Xia Manni was talking about, but let alone snowy days, even in previous winters, the current situation in their family was not very optimistic.
"Mom, we definitely don't have enough firewood. I don't know how much firewood we need to prepare. It will be difficult to go up the mountain in winter, and firewood will definitely be a problem. And then there's food. Although we have rice and noodles now, if we can't go up the mountain, we won't have any vegetables to eat. And... we don't have... thick clothes."
Da Wa hesitated a bit when he finished speaking, because he knew that his mother was very embarrassed about making clothes. He also didn't understand why his mother, who knew everything, was so resistant to making clothes.
I just don’t know why, why does my mother keep looking at him?
"Mom, did Da Wa say something wrong?"
"Big Baby, are you really only seven years old?" This is too thoughtful. Could it be that you were reborn?
"Mom, Da Wa is not seven years old." Da Wa said righteously.
Xia Manni couldn't help but be shocked. Could it be that she really guessed it right?
"The eldest is seven and a half years old."
Xia Manni: “…”
"It's okay, Mom just thinks you are too amazing. You think more than an adult like me." She was ashamed of her sudden thought just now.
It is enough to have her as a time-traveling girl in this family. It seems that she is really lucky to meet such a smart child.
The eldest child felt a little embarrassed by Xia Manni's praise. He scratched his head and said, "It's all because of my mother's good teaching."
"Big Boy is right. We must do all these things. But we must always do things step by step. In addition, from now on, you must follow me every morning to run and practice, and every evening to learn calligraphy and recite the Three Character Classic."
The children had no complaints about this matter. After all, they had experienced what it was like to suffer.
Not only the Xia family, but all the families in the village began to prepare food for the winter. As long as you are not lazy, you can get through the winter smoothly. This is the custom of rural people.
This is what is called hibernation.
However, the real winter has not yet arrived. While the mountain has not been completely destroyed, Xia Manni decided that their family will stay in the mountain for the rest of the time.
Xia Manni even loosened her restraints on the children, only asking them not to stay too far away and telling them to carry weapons with them.
"Big one, second one must not walk too far. Pick up anything edible you see." The two older ones have hands and feet and can run very fast, so she dare not relax too much.
"Sanwa and Sinier, just follow your mother and let's pick some walnuts." Xia Manni said to the two little ones beside her.
"I know, mother. Sanwa will definitely not go far."
Xia Manni looked at Si Ni'er, only to see that she had her head down as if fiddling with something. Xia Manni looked at it and it seemed to be some unknown flower.
They were busy until sunset before returning home.
"Big One, you come to the meeting today, Second One tomorrow, Third One the day after tomorrow, and Fourth One the day after that." Xia Manni was exhausted after a busy day. As she was old, some things had to be handed over to the younger people.
"Mom is dying. I'm a little tired." Xia Manni said weakly. She has never had such a worrying life since she started working to earn money.
No, no, she had to let everyone worry with her.
She can’t be the only one who is tired, and she can’t be the only one who grows.
The children, on the other hand, thought that holding a meeting was a very impressive thing. Besides, their mother's health was not suitable for excessive fatigue, so they were all very willing to attend the meeting.
"Mom, you take a break, I'll do it. Let's each take out the food we picked in the mountains today and put it away together."
Erwa was the first to empty the contents of his backpack, and saw a lot of wild sweet potatoes and wild hawthorns rolling out.
"Wow, there are hawthorns. Mom hasn't even seen them." Hawthorns are good. After drying them, you can eat them yourself or sell them. They are a good fruit in winter.
Erwa patted his chest and said proudly, "That hawthorn tree is so tall, Erwa climbed up it in no time."
"Mom, brother, I want to eat some hawthorn." Sanwa said greedily.
"Come, I'll give one to each of you." Xia Manni gave one to each of the four children.
Big Boy also emptied out the contents of his backpack, and found that there were a lot of wild bamboo shoots and wild sweet potatoes, as well as some wild vegetables and wild red dates.
"There are dates! These are good things. Are there any other date trees there, Da Wa? How did you pick so many?" Red dates are great. They can nourish the body and can be stored for a long time.
"Mom, there are two wild jujube trees there. Da Wa hit them with a pole, and there are still many left to pick." Da Wa thought about picking more tomorrow.
"It's so sweet, big brother. Sanwa and Sini'er, you two should try it too." Erwa took a date and put it in his mouth to taste it. It was indeed very sweet.
"Sanwa, let big brother see your backpack." Sanwa and Sinier also used a big backpack, but it was Dawa and Sinier who carried them back.
The third child nodded and pointed at the backpack to signal the eldest child to pour the food out.
Most of the things in Sanwa's backpack were wild persimmons, but they were the hard kind. Other than that, there were various wild fruits. In short, the main thing was fruits.
This couldn't help but cause Erwa to laugh.
Finally, Sini'er's backpack was also spilled out, and inside it were all flowers and plants that they didn't recognize.
"Si Ni'er, what is this?"
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