None of the four children expected that Xia Manni would ask them to call her mother.
Being someone else's mother might be a happy thing, but being the mother of their Xia family is not a good thing.
After all, this means that she can't abandon them in the future, and Xia Manni's marriage will probably be ruined.
Their family was so poor, their biological father had died, their biological mother had run away, their biological grandfather had died of illness, and their biological grandmother had run away with their biological aunt, but this woman, who had only known them for a few days, was willing to be their mother.
"Mom." What surprised Xia Manni was that the two youngest ones were the first to change their words.
Sure enough, the smaller and simpler it is, the less you think about it.
"Mom." Then I heard Erwa calling her mother with a smile.
Finally, everyone looked at the eldest child, who was still standing there. If Xia Manni saw correctly, the eldest child's eyes seemed to be red.
Seeing Xia Manni looking at him, Da Wa knelt down in front of Xia Manni.
"Brothers and sisters, come and kneel down. Let's kowtow to mother together."
As soon as he finished speaking, the remaining three kids knelt on the ground in an orderly manner.
This time, they knelt with more sincerity than when they knelt before the village chief during the day. The four of them straightened their backs and looked at Xia Manni respectfully.
"Mother, please accept our children's greetings." After saying this, the eldest boy took the lead and kowtowed deeply to Xia Manni.
"Mom, please take care of me from now on."
"Good kids, get up quickly." Xia Manni stood up and helped the children up.
At this time, the eldest child finally couldn't hold back his tears and started crying. When the rest of his brothers and sisters saw the eldest child crying, they finally started crying too.
Xia Manni was somewhat moved and took the children to her side. On this day, they experienced the abandonment of their grandmother and the ruthlessness of their aunt.
They could only rely on her, an outsider, to hold the scene. They didn't shed a single tear at such a chilling scene, but burst into tears because she asked them to call her mother.
"Alright, stop crying. Men don't cry easily, and neither do girls." She patted the heads of the four children one by one. Looking at their wet eyes, she felt that everything she had to do at this moment was worth it.
"Hurry up, let's continue eating. The sweet potatoes will get cold soon." The weather now is probably spring or autumn, and the temperature difference between day and night is quite large.
The few of them returned to their chairs obediently and began to eat quietly.
After the meal, the third and fourth kids cleared the chairs, the second kid cleaned the dishes, but the eldest kid brought her a bowl of boiled water.
"Mom, you drink it." Da Wa said respectfully.
This was very helpful to Xia Manni, and she felt more and more that her decision was right.
"Thank you, Da Wa. Please sit down." Xia Manni pointed to the small chair opposite her. She now had some questions to ask Da Wa.
Otherwise, if she continues to be in the dark like this, she, as a mother, will be doomed sooner or later.
The eldest boy sat down obediently. At this time, he finally looked a little like a child.
Not as calm and adult-like as during the day.
"Big Boy, you may not know that after I hit my head against the wall today, I felt some pain and I can't remember many things clearly. Could you please remind the Empress?"
Big Brother nodded. No wonder he always felt that his mother seemed to have forgotten everything. It turned out that she had hit her head against the wall.
He had heard his grandfather mention before that some people would become stupid or forgetful after hitting their heads, so he should be thankful that his mother didn't become stupid.
Xia Manni: Thank you.
"Mom, just ask me whatever you want to know."
With Da Wa's understanding and support, Xia Manni no longer had any worries, so she asked, "Do you have a name?"
Da Wa didn't expect that his mother would ask about this first. In their village, it was popular to give children a name at the age of seven. Before that, they were just given some cheap names like dog or cat.
One reason is that there has always been such a custom in the village that the humbler the name, the easier it is to raise a child.
The eldest child said, "I don't have a name. Grandpa said I can have a name given to me next year."
Xia Manni nodded and continued, "Then from now on I'll call you three Big Kids, Second Kids, and Third Kids, and call your little sister, Fourth Kid. What do you think?"
The eldest child said with some doubt: "Mom, didn't you always call me that before?"
Xia Manni was stunned. It turned out that she was negligent and had been calling the girl "wazi".
"Then can you read?" This was the second major thing she was concerned about.
If the eldest child could learn to write, it would definitely be less of a worry for her. She had decided that these children, including Sini'er, must go to school in the future.
Only knowledge can change one's destiny, and this was especially true in ancient times.
The only thing left was money, but the main issue at the moment was having enough to eat.
"Grandpa taught me a few words before, but not many." When he said this, the eldest boy blushed. He was probably worried that his mother would dislike him because he knew few words.
"Okay, I understand. There's one more thing. Where are we located? They didn't tell me clearly when they bought me." Xia Manni said it calmly, but she was a little panicked inside.
After all, a living person has lived here for several days and doesn’t even know where this place is.
Sure enough, when Xia Manni asked where this place was, a look of confusion flashed in his eyes, but it didn't stay for long. He said, "This is Shizai Village, slightly south of our Daqi Dynasty."
These were the things his father had told him. He was the only one in the family who had a deep impression of his father. When his father passed away, his mother was only pregnant with her third child and her younger sister.
The two of them had never seen their father since they were born, and Erwa was only two years old at that time. He only remembered that his father bought him delicious food and fun things.
"These are what my father told me." Da Wa's voice was a little low.
Xia Manni knew that she couldn't ask any more questions about this issue, but knowing that it was in the south was already good enough.
"Do we have a market here? What kind of things are sold there? Do we have land?"
Da Wa seemed to have believed that Xia Manni had truly forgotten everything, so he didn't correct her question. Instead, he answered directly, "There's a market in the village next to ours. They hold a market on the 5th, 5th, 20th, and 25th of every month. The day after tomorrow happens to be the 5th, so we can go to the market."
Guessing that his mother might want to go shopping, he explained considerately.
"The market has everything, food, daily necessities, and clothing. Mother, we have land at home. You even worked it once after you came. But we don't have much land, only fifteen acres."
Fifteen acres is a lot for a family of three, but for a family with many children, it is barely enough for a year.
"It's going to be more than half a month before the rice is harvested."
There is still half a month left before the harvest. Are they going to starve for the next half month?
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