It turns out that the eldest child's name was actually 'Xia Hongda'.
When Xia Manni saw this, she thought that this would save her trouble, so she decided to call the next ones Xia Honger and Xia Hongsan.
But in the Xia family, everyone still calls him Da Wa, and outside, he is called Xia Hongda.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xia Manni took out new clothes for the children.
She also prepared red envelopes. Led by the eldest child, the children kowtowed to Xia Manni and wished her a happy new year. Then they went out to wish the elders in the village a happy new year.
She also prepared a new set of clothes for herself, and when she put them on, it was obvious that she was gaining weight. She was no longer as thin and dark as she was at the beginning.
The Xia family ate the leftovers from the first to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Fortunately, the weather was cold because of the snow, otherwise it would have been a waste.
Although the Xia family had a good New Year, Zhao Ziming's family in the neighboring village was in chaos.
A few years ago, people from the government came and took back the pensions they had received before, saying that they could not receive them anymore.
Daxiu once asked to go to Xia's house to ask for it, but Daxiu's mother squatted aside and didn't say anything.
Only Zhao Ziming knew about it, and he felt guilty and didn't dare to go to Shizai Village again.
So this family quarreled from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
But with so many people in the family, no one dared to go to Shizai Village to ask for money.
Except for the fifteenth day, the days passed quickly. Xia Manni had been counting the days and waiting for the day of Jingzhe.
Jingzhe is one of the 24 solar terms. The arrival of this day means the end of winter and the beginning of spring.
Shizai Village also usually holds sacrificial activities on this day because spring plowing will begin after this day.
Xia Manni had specially saved some good rice from her family as seeds, and waited until the time came to plant them.
However, only half of the rice harvested previously has been eaten. As long as the rice yield this season remains the same, the Xia family will not starve to death.
There are only a few families in the village who have cows, and they usually rent them for money or other things.
In addition to farming, Xia Manni also pulled up the vegetable garden where she had previously grown cabbages.
The last time she went to the market, Xia Manni bought some vegetable seeds. Maybe by summer she will be able to have vegetable freedom.
There are also many people in the village who grow vegetables in their yards, but not many.
Firstly, people prefer meat to vegetables; secondly, if you have that time, you might as well spend it tending to the crops.
But Xia Manni is a modern person who has eaten delicacies from land and sea, and she knows the importance of vegetables.
Besides, meat is still a bit expensive here. I can use that money to buy a few more medicines for the eldest child and two martial arts picture books for the second child.
Since the Chinese New Year, Da Wa has been drinking medicine.
The taste was so bitter that Xia Manni didn't dare to get too close, but Da Wa insisted on drinking it without saying a word.
Besides the studies that Xia Manni arranged for Erwa, he would always go out and run around. He would either be called in by someone's parents or he would be caught biting someone's chicken with potatoes.
Gradually, Xia Manni began to implement "strict" discipline on Erwa. From then on, whenever there was a noise in the Xia family, Erwa would be the one being beaten.
Sanwa and Sinier are one year older and know more.
Every day, the third child either reads books with the eldest child or learns moves from picture books with the second child. Besides, he also likes to use an abacus very much.
One day, Xia Manni couldn't help herself and asked Sanwa, "Sanwa, are you tired of learning so much?"
"Mom, I think it's fun."
Xia Manni: Oh my goodness, this is someone else's child's game.
Si Ni'er continued to help Doctor Sun for half a day every day.
I don’t know if it was Xia Manni’s illusion, but although Si Ni’er still didn’t talk much, she was obviously more cheerful than before.
The four children are very busy every day and have their schedules full.
It seemed as if Xia Manni had become the most idle person in the family.
So she counted the days until the Waking of Insects came, and on that day the children all went to the fields with her.
The ox for plowing the field was borrowed by the eldest son. When plowing the field, the second son volunteered to lead the ox, saying that he was good at leading the ox.
Only when sowing seeds did Xia Manni take the lead.
In fact, she could also just dig the soil and plant the seeds like many people do.
But she felt that it was a waste of time. After all, people say, "You'll sleep on steamed buns next year."
The heavy snow in winter is definitely not in vain. As long as there is no drought or flood, there is definitely enough rain here.
So the Xia family was the first in Shizai Village to sow seeds.
Normally, after sowing the seeds, the fields should be watered appropriately, but the moisture in the fields is still very high, so watering can only be done in the middle of the season.
After sowing the seeds, she began to take the children to the mountains.
After the beginning of spring, not many people go up the mountain, after all, everyone is busy farming.
During this time when Xia Manni was free, she was not really free. She was always thinking about one thing.
That is how to better preserve food. Later she found that in addition to using lime, cellars could also be used.
In addition, just dry the food and keep it sealed as much as possible as before.
When it comes to sealed storage, she feels that only bamboo tubes can achieve this effect. However, bamboo tubes are a bit heavy and require processing.
But the bamboo tube does have one thing that no other container can compare to, which is that it has a natural bamboo tube lid.
Although the family has some extra money now, in this ancient time when people depended on the weather for their livelihood, and the Xia family still had quite a few people, Xia Manni always wanted to prepare more.
If she is the only one at home, then as long as she is well fed, the whole family will not be hungry. There is no need to think so much.
As she led the children up the mountain, she recalled the time when she first came here and vowed to give up.
Now she doesn't need anyone to urge her. In order to have more food left at home, she has already started stockpiling.
I remember that her grandparents loved to hoard things.
For example, there is a special place at home for unused plastic bags.
I also bought a lot of vegetables that could be stored.
She used to be unable to understand the idea of hoarding goods. After all, in today's convenient world, you can buy anything you want with just a mobile phone.
Later, when an epidemic broke out, this habit showed its natural advantages.
Even so, it didn't make her a hoarder.
Because she always felt that wealth and honor are determined by God, and life and death are determined by fate. Even if she tried her best, she might still encounter an accident like her parents.
Who would have thought that after traveling back to ancient times, I would suddenly become a mother of four children and would always think about hoarding things.
After all, there are really too many children, which makes her feel insecure.
Perhaps this is what is meant by "If you don't manage the household, you don't know how expensive food and fuel are; if you don't raise children, you don't know the kindness of your parents."
Another reason why she thought so was that it rained and snowed heavily here.
It is better to have more food and savings in hand than to deal with natural disasters or man-made disasters.
The Xia family of five went up the mountain in a mighty procession.
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