Upon hearing this, Xiao Shuangning muttered to herself in a low voice, "What's the big deal? If I can't finish it, I can just borrow some from my classmate tomorrow morning and copy it. That will be all right, hehe!"
As she spoke, she couldn't help but feel secretly happy.
Her words were heard by Xiao Youchen, who shouted, "Ningning, when did you learn to copy other people's homework?"
She looked at Xiao Youchen's face, which was darker than the bottom of a pot, and smiled awkwardly at him. She didn't dare to say anything else, and buried her head in pretending to be very serious about writing her homework.
"Ningning, I'm asking you a question. When did you learn it?"
Seeing that Xiao Shuangning didn't say anything, Xiao Youchen pushed Xiao Shuangning's arm and asked loudly.
Maybe it's just that the young are naturally afraid of the older, but little Youchen isn't the scary type. On the contrary, he's extra protective of little Shuangning. But little Shuangning is just afraid of him. Actually, it's more of a respect for her older brother than fear.
"Brother, please stop bothering me, okay? If you keep going like this, I really won't be able to finish my homework later."
"Now I know you're anxious. What did you do during these two days off?"
"Didn't I spend the whole day yesterday helping to dig up snakes and kill them? It's not like I deliberately skipped my homework to play around."
Xiao Shuangning spoke with a feeling of grievance, and the expression on her face was as if she had really suffered a great injustice.
"What about today?"
"Hehe! Isn't today about waiting for my little swallow?"
"You! Hurry up and ask me if you don't understand. Next time, be sure to finish your homework before going on a date with your little swallow."
"Yes! As you say!" Xiao Shuangning responded loudly, raising her palm high in a salute.
When Xiao Youchen saw her cute look, he smiled immediately, and his serious expression disappeared in an instant.
While watching Xiao Shuangning doing her homework seriously, Xiao Youchen picked up the book next to her and flipped through it casually.
In the past, the two siblings would do their homework together after school, and then go do other things together after finishing their homework. But since little Youchen started junior high school, it seems that they can no longer do many things together.
Even though they see each other every day, Xiao Youchen feels like he hasn't seen Xiao Shuangning for a long time. Watching Xiao Shuangning doing homework, he feels particularly happy and satisfied.
"Brother, how do I solve this problem?"
When Xiao Youchen was watching Xiao Shuangning engrossed in doing a problem, Xiao Shuangning suddenly came to him with a math problem.
He began to explain to Xiao Shuangning very patiently and carefully, as if he was afraid that Xiao Shuangning might not understand.
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Xiao Shuangning listened attentively, and the only sound in the room was Xiao Youchen's continuous explanation.
"Do you understand?"
"Brother, you explained it in more detail than the teacher. If I, your sister, still don't understand, I'll just be banging my head against the wall. Thank you, brother! I understand now."
After Xiao Shuangning finished speaking, she continued to concentrate on doing her homework.
Shumei returned from the chicken coop and saw Xiao Shuangning studying so hard that she couldn't bear to disturb them. She just glanced at them quietly without saying a word, cleaned up the dirt on her body and hands, and went into the kitchen to make dinner.
After dinner, Xiao Youchen pulled Shumei to sit on a chair and shared the fruits of his work today with her.
"Mom, I asked a lot of people, and they all said it's hard to cover up the stench of caged chickens by growing plants."
"I told you! If there were, someone else would have used it long ago. Today, while you're out, I've already dug a ditch. Tomorrow, I'll find time to dig a big hole for the chicken manure to flow into. Since the chicken manure isn't exposed to the surface, the stench shouldn't be so strong."
"Okay, let's do it the way you said, Mom." Xiao Youchen said, taking out a piece of mugwort from his schoolbag, "Mom, look what this is."
Shumei took it, looked at it repeatedly in her hand, and then brought it to her nose and smelled it.
She was very familiar with the smell of mugwort.
“Is this mugwort?”
"Yes, I read in a book today that you can regularly smoke mugwort in the chicken coop to suppress odors. This mugwort has a strong smell and is not only harmless to the human body, but it can also effectively suppress odors. Moreover, it is a good method with zero cost for us. It is everywhere in the mountains and plains, so we don't have to spend money to buy it."
Little Youchen was full of confidence and proudly shared the fruits of his day's work with Shumei.
Shumei looked at the wormwood in her hand with a thoughtful expression and said, "I've heard before that some people use wormwood to smoke out mosquitoes and other things. But I've never heard of using wormwood as incense. I wonder if this hair will work?"
"We'll know if it works if we try it tomorrow." Xiao Youchen paused, "No, there's no time to lose, let's try it now." He excitedly pulled Shumei up and was about to go to the chicken coop.
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