Da Wa knew that given Xia Manni's temper, she would definitely ask about this matter, but they didn't know how to start.
Xia Manni saw that Si Ni'er, Sanwa and Erwa were all looking at Da Wa, so she also looked at Da Wa.
Seeing that his mother and his younger brothers and sisters were all looking at him, the eldest boy lowered his head.
"Actually, we didn't do anything. We were just waiting for mom to come home at the door." Xia Manni looked at Da Wa who suddenly lowered his head. She thought that he didn't want to talk to her about this topic. She was about to change the subject when she heard Da Wa's words.
What? Wait for her to come home? How old is she? Why wait?
Thinking about how she was scared half to death because of this reason, I couldn't help but be speechless.
So he said, "How old am I? Why do you still have to wait for me? How old are you? Why haven't I seen you wait for me like this before?"
Xia Manni was still a little angry because she felt that the children were not like this normally. Why did they suddenly become so troublesome?
The eldest, second, third and fourth daughters all noticed that Xia Manni was a little angry. Thinking that their behavior today almost scared their mother sick, they all lowered their heads.
"Mom is not saying anything bad about you, I just think you are a little weird. I thought you were hiding something from me." Seeing that the children were a little depressed, Xia Manni didn't say anything more.
Xia Manni just thought about it and then said: "You don't have to wait for mother in the future. Besides eating, our family will eat together. Even if you want to wait for me, you don't have to wait at the door."
"Mom, we just..." Erwa found it difficult to speak. He didn't know what Dawa was thinking. He only knew that he was very afraid that his mother would go out and never come back.
"Mom, Sanwa is afraid that you will be like that mom." Sanwa finally said it, but he actually started crying after he said it.
This was the first time Xia Manni saw Sanwa cry since she came to the Xia family.
"Sanwa, how could mother be the same as that mother?" Xia Manni could probably understand what Sanwa meant. The mother he was talking about was the biological mother of them who had left the Xia family before.
She remembered that their mothers left on their own, saying what they were doing in a very normal way, and never came back.
At first they said she was lost, but later someone said she ran away with another man, so the Xia family stopped looking for her.
"Big Brother, do you think so too?" She felt that the third child was young and it was understandable that he thought this way, but Big Brother's mind was more mature and he should be able to stop his younger siblings from making trouble.
When Da Wa heard his mother calling his name, he raised his head. This was the part he was most embarrassed to talk about. Usually, he thought his brothers and sisters' thoughts were childish, but today he actually joined in their mischief.
"Mom, Da Wa knows he was wrong. My brothers and sisters are still young and don't understand. I didn't explain it clearly to them, but instead joined them in making trouble." Da Wa felt a little aggrieved at the end. It was all because of that Yan Zi who talked nonsense.
"Big Brother, do you also think that Mom will leave?" Xia Manni originally thought that it was no big deal for the children to wait for her, but she didn't expect that the children would be so thoughtful because of a few words.
She must take this opportunity to explain things clearly to the children.
"Mom, Da Wa had never thought about it before, but what Yan Zi said today..." At the end, Da Wa didn't want to say anything more. He actually believed what that woman said.
At this point, Xia Manni understood everything. It turned out that Yan Zi's words asking her to find a man and run away were heard by the children and taken to heart.
When she came back, she hurried to find the village chief. The children might have thought that she took this opportunity to abandon them.
Xia Manni held all four children in her arms. She let the third and fourth children sit on her lap, and she put her arms around the eldest child with one hand and the second child with the other.
She explained, "It's definitely my fault here. Today, you all know that we found wild boar footprints in the mountains. No one in our village has seen wild boar footprints for a long time. Now that we know about it, it can't just be our Xia family's problem. This is a matter for the entire Shizai Village."
The four children leaned on Xia Manni and listened to her story very attentively.
"So after I came back, I hurried to find the village chief and told him what we had discovered. The wild boars are already halfway up the mountain. If they haven't found enough food to survive the winter, they might go down. So I went to remind the village chief so that we can make some preparations in advance and our village may suffer less harm."
"Mom, can the village chief stop those wild boars?" Big Boy also observed the footprints. There were so many that he didn't dare to count them, but there must be six of them.
"This matter is definitely not just the village chief's business. I even told him that if the village goes wild boar hunting, we should include our family in the hunt. We can even get a share of the meat if we kill the wild boar."
Xia Manni wouldn't teach the children how to escape danger, especially if a wild boar came down the mountain. They could only prepare for it in advance, and their efforts would be a form of self-protection.
"Mom, I'll go with you too." Big Boy said firmly.
"Of course you have to go. You are the eldest in our family and the representative of our family. You should go with your mother." Although Da Wa's health is not very good, at this time Da Wa should know that he is shouldering the responsibility of the Xia family.
"Mom, I want to go too." Erwa felt his blood boiling when he heard it and it was very interesting. This kind of thing was his favorite.
"Don't go. Just take care of your younger brother and sister at home." Although Erwa is strong, he is still impulsive and reckless, mainly because he is young.
Erwa was obviously unhappy about being rejected, but he didn't dwell on it. He thought to himself that at worst he could just go there secretly.
"Mom, will you...still leave?" Si Ni'er asked.
Normally, Si Ni'er rarely asked Xia Manni such questions. Si Ni'er was the type of person who quietly watched and worked. It seemed that this incident had really scared the children. They all thought she was going to leave.
"Mom won't leave. You four are so sensible and obedient, how can I bear to leave you? Besides, where can I go? Where is my home? This is my home, you four little brats, just put your hearts at ease."
After hearing Xia Manni's promise, the four children finally laughed. They laughed so hard that they scratched their heads embarrassedly.
It’s great that mom is not leaving.
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