Just as Erwa said, when it came time to dig the ditch, more than a dozen kids from the village came to help.
"Erwa, since they're here to help, we should make some food for them, right?"
This time, the people Big Wa called were basically the same age or older than him, and they could do the work almost as well as half adults.
At least he is much more energetic than their eldest son in working, but the eldest son has been recuperating and his health has improved a lot recently.
Xia Manni felt that since these children worked so hard, it would be unreasonable for the host family not to prepare some food for them.
"Hey, don't worry about it, Mom. I'll go help them when the time comes. They're all my men."
Before he could even utter the word "loser", he was glared at by Big Boy.
Erwa quickly shut up after seeing this, as he was afraid of getting beaten if he spoke out.
Looking at Erwa's heroic demeanor, Xia Manni also joked, "Hey, look at how amazing our Erwa is! Isn't he the future general?"
Erwa felt embarrassed by Xia Manni's praise and kept scratching his head.
"Alright, Mom will gather the people for you."
After she finished speaking, Erwa and Dawa both started laughing.
Xia Manni asked the eldest and second child to do some work, while she went home to find some things.
Although Erwa said that he didn't need to give anything, since he was his subordinate, I had to help him win people's hearts.
But when she thought of the dozen or so children, she felt a headache. Even to make steamed buns, she would have to use up half a bag of flour.
Finally, Xia Manni found the dried sweet potatoes that had been dried in the warehouse. These dried sweet potatoes were stored before.
But giving a few to each person is a thoughtful gesture.
After all, the children in this village don’t prepare any sweet treats unless it’s a festival.
But after taking them away, I found that the four children at home had no dried sweet potatoes to eat.
Xia Manni took it to the field and called Erwa over. Erwa was indeed a little unhappy.
"Erwa, we must thank them for helping us. I will make you something delicious tomorrow."
"Erwa, mother is right. Let's go and divide it up."
The eldest child took the second child to distribute the food to the children who helped.
In fact, Xia Manni knew that Erwa was not a selfish child. He just had a strong love for food, which is what people know as a foodie.
Such children are simple and enthusiastic.
But she really has to make some delicious food tomorrow because it is the eldest child's birthday.
Xia Manni had asked Da Wa about his birthday before, but whether Da Wa did it intentionally or unintentionally, he actually said he didn't know.
Come to think of it, this possibility is not impossible, because there are many children in the Xia family, and it is difficult to get enough food.
Not to mention celebrating birthdays, which may be considered extravagant and wasteful in the eyes of some adults.
In the end, it was Xia Manni who found out about Da Wa’s birthday from the sisters at the village entrance.
At the beginning, Xia Manni would call people who were about her age but older than her "Auntie" and "Grandma", but later she just started calling them "Sisters".
Later, Xia Manni called the group under the tree at the entrance of the village the Village Sisters Group.
It’s actually a gossip receiving station.
Xia Manni's main strategy is "join if you can't beat them".
The eldest child's birthday is in the first half of the year, before the Dragon Boat Festival. The second child's birthday is around the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the twins' birthdays are in winter.
Later, it was Aunt Qiao who reminded Xia Manni to look for the children's horoscope records at home.
Xia Manni really found it.
Coincidentally, when looking for these things, I actually found a jade pendant that did not belong to the Xia family.
There are complex pictures and texts engraved on it, which show the owner's luxury.
The quality of the jade pendant is obviously of top quality, even higher level.
Unfortunately, Xia Manni doesn’t know much about jade, and apart from the pictures and text, she can only see the word “翊”.
She guessed that this complicated traditional Chinese character should be this word.
She vaguely felt that this might be what Daxiu and Zhao Ziming had been looking for.
Since then, she has noted down the birthdays of her four children and prepared to give her eldest child a surprise.
It’s just that she found out about it late and missed Sanwa and Sinier’s birthdays last year.
The channel was dug before it was completely dark.
Xia Manni diverted the water into the ditch, and their land had to be watered for at least an entire night.
Because in the early morning, there were people watering the plants behind her.
The irrigator in front of her didn't speak "Li". Although he still spoke in a strange tone, he still helped Xia Manni when she was digging the canal.
Early in the morning, Xia Manni went to block the ditch. She originally intended to do it by herself and did not wake up the children.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she left the yard, the four children came out of the house in an orderly manner.
Even Potato was wagging its tail, looking very energetic.
When the family of five arrived at the field, Xia Manni realized that the person standing behind her was Sister Cuiling.
She also said that most people in the village have completed irrigation, so who is it that is not favored by the village chief like their family?
Haha, it turns out to be Sister Cuiling who shares the same suffering.
"Sister Cuiling."
Xia Manni greeted them warmly, and the four children behind her also followed the eldest child in calling out for help.
"Hey, okay, okay. Er Gouzi, hurry up and call for help."
After saying hello, Ergouzi started to work.
"Big boy, you guys stay and help Ergouzi's family. Mom will go back and make you something delicious."
Originally, Erwa was supposed to help Ergouzi's family. Although he only worked for a short while before leaving yesterday, it was because he had something to do at home.
The children had no extra guesses about what Xia Manni was going to do.
"Manier, thank you so much, if you need any help from me in the future, just let me know."
Xia Manni smiled and said, "Okay, Sister Cuiling."
She always felt that Sister Cuiling's words had a deeper meaning, as if she wanted to establish some kind of alliance with her.
Well, two widows are better than one.
She returned home and prepared a birthday surprise.
One must eat longevity noodles for birthdays, and now that the weather is so hot, she plans to just make noodles with gravy.
The braised meat naturally used vegetables from the yard. There was not much bacon left at home, so she planned to make some meat sauce.
Speaking of the sauce at home, it was made by Xia Manni after asking Aunt Qiao for help in winter.
Finally, the stew was made with stir-fried beans, leeks and eggs, shredded cucumber, green vegetables and eggs with meat sauce, and pepper and aniseed oil.
This was the first time that their family had eaten noodles with gravy, because noodles with gravy required a lot of vegetables, and not only their family, but many families didn’t eat it.
Apart from these, the real surprise was the 'birthday cake'.
There was no milk here and no way to whip the cream, so Xia Manni prepared to steam a cake with dates.
In addition to cakes, there are also some pastries that are fried in oil.
Given the limited conditions, this is the best way Xia Manni could think of to celebrate.
The gift she gave to Da Wa was the Analects of Confucius that she bought at the market last time.
Xia Manni prepared all these by herself, from early morning to noon. Not only was she sweating from the work, but she was also always worried that the children would suddenly come back.
"Mom, we're back."
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