So she can accept herself playing badly, but the children have to keep up. Fortunately, these children are sensible and know that they need to be independent and self-reliant, otherwise it would be unbearable for them to play badly together.
It was not until Potato's humming reminder that the five members of the Xia family remembered to cook and eat.
Since they had rice, Xia Manni hardly had to cook any meals. Unless they were making noodles, it was usually Big Boy and Small Boy who did the cooking, with Second Boy and Third Boy helping out.
You know what, Da Wa’s cooking is indeed better than Xia Manni’s.
"Big Brother, when did you learn to cook?" Xia Manni asked this question after dinner. It was much better than her dark cooking.
"Mom, do I need to learn this? I can do it too. Isn't it just adding oil, vegetables and salt?" Erwa was punished by Xia Manni to copy the character. Others could write the character "two", but his two horizontal lines were the same length.
"Okay, Erwa, you go and fry it next time." Xia Manni was a little unconvinced. Not everyone can fry it well.
"Well, Mom, I learned how to cook just like Erwa said."
Xia Manni: “…”
Sure enough, hard work is worthless in the face of talent.
The next morning, in order to save face, Xia Manni practiced the Five Animal Exercises with the children.
Then she played with the machete a few times, which was also Xia Manni's own creation.
She just thought about the pork in her hands, and started slicing the meat left and right, thus creating a set of not very strict knife skills.
But it is true that it can scare people.
"Mom, you're so amazing! Do you also know Qinggong?"
The most excited among the children is Erwa, and he is also the most insightful among them.
She only performed the Five Animal Play once, but Erwa was able to follow it smoothly.
The eldest child had uncoordinated limbs, the third child solved all kinds of movements by jumping, and the fourth child was too lazy to move and ended up squatting on the ground playing with Potato.
"Erwa, mom doesn't know any Qinggong. When you learn it in the future, take mom and your brothers and sisters to fly, haha." At the end, Xia Manni couldn't help laughing.
Later, I remembered that I shouldn’t laugh at children, so I immediately stopped talking.
Unexpectedly, Erwa not only didn't hear anything, but also nodded and smiled foolishly.
Now the whole family couldn't help but burst out laughing. Only Erwa didn't know what everyone was laughing at, but he also scratched his head and laughed.
"Hey, what do you think the Xia family is doing every day?"
"Yes, he was practicing with his machete early in the morning, and I don't know what he was muttering at night."
"You don't know this, right? Xia Manni is still dreaming that their Xia family can produce a dragon and a phoenix."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"Hey, hey, hey, your voices are so quiet. They have to go up the mountain to pick up all kinds of food later."
"Yes, the little we harvest from the land, after paying taxes, might just be enough for food. I'm not sure it's enough for so many children."
"Auntie, you underestimate me. I even have a dog at home."
"Tsk tsk tsk, what a spendthrift woman who doesn't know how to live. What conditions make her keep a dog?"
"Bang, bang, bang..." Xia Manni raised a stick and knocked on the tree at the door, which really scared the women.
"Woof woof woof..." Potato shouted at a few people, scaring them so much that they kept backing away. They didn't dare to run because Xia Manni had a stick in her hand and there was a dog under her feet.
"If you keep gossiping at my doorstep, my dog and my stick will not let you down."
"Get out of here now." Erwa came out with a dagger in his hand. He heard these women cursing his mother.
There is an interesting thing in Shizai Village. Some people talk about the Xia family behind their backs, but they are also the ones who help when they need help.
So what Xia Manni taught her children was that when it comes to the villagers, they should say what they need to say and scold when they need to scold, and of course help when they need to help, and ask for help when they need help.
In short, don't hold grudges, but don't be too easy to talk to.
Gradually, the children of the Xia family all learned this way of communication. The people that Erwa had just scolded would still say hello to them when they met them on the way up the mountain.
Xia Manni took Si Ni'er and the bag full of herbs she found yesterday to see Doctor Sun.
"Doctor Sun, I'm bothering you again." Xia Manni greeted Doctor Sun enthusiastically.
"What's the matter?" Doctor Sun was a little curious when he saw the bag Xia Manni was carrying. Last time it was a snake, but this time he didn't know what it was.
"These are the herbs Si Nier picked up in the mountains yesterday. We don't know much about them, so could Doctor Sun please tell us which ones we can use?"
After listening to Xia Manni's purpose, Doctor Sun was a little curious about what kind of herbs a two-year-old girl could find. They were just some flowers and plants.
So he said impatiently, "Since you're here, I'll help you take a look. I still have to make house calls later."
When he saw the things in the bag that Xia Manni brought, his eyes lit up.
"Did Si Nier pick this herself?"
Seeing the surprised expression on Doctor Sun's face, Xia Manni knew that the bag of herbs was genuine.
"Si Nier picked them herself. Si Nier also said that she saw some of the herbs in your medical books, and some of them in the bamboo baskets used for drying in your house." After saying this, she showed a proud expression.
Doctor Sun couldn't help but look at Si Ni'er seriously after hearing what Xia Manni said. This child could actually remember the herbal diagram?
"Come on Si Ni'er, how did you and Grandpa Sun do it?"
"Si Ni'er just remembered it when she saw it. It's very easy to remember." Si Ni'er's eyes lit up, as if she was talking about drinking water.
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