A group of children squatted on the ground and dug around. They pulled away the fallen dead wood and the dry grass. When they saw wild vegetables in the dry grass, they pulled them up and put them next to them. Some people formed a team of one, while others formed a team of three or four, depending on whether they were working as a family unit.
The children's team was in disarray, but they were separated again after they found each other.
Wang Daya's eyes fell on the old man's face, and she tightened her grip on the baby in her arms, "Old Yan, do you really want to let the children go find wild vegetables?"
"Go, why not go? It's good to let them get some fresh air." It's good that you don't cry and look for your mother!
"Well, there's moisture on the ground." Wang Daya felt a little distressed. There were plenty of good food and drinks at home, so why should she let the child look for wild vegetables? "There aren't many wild vegetables to find..."
Yan Guofeng glanced at him, and Wang Daya stopped chattering. Old Yan looked at her with some disappointment; she knew it was wrong to say these words, but, letting the children crawl on the ground, there was really moisture, if the children were to be infected with moisture, they would all feel sad.
Seeing this, Gong Zhaodi spoke up to smooth things over. "Mr. Yan, we also feel sorry for the children. They have never climbed in a place like this since they were young. Please don't be angry. Sister Wang, Mr. Yan let the children go down to play. It must be for their own good."
"I know." Wang Daya said in a depressed tone, and she fell to the ground and put the child on the ground.
Gong Zhaodi smiled at her, bent down and put down Li Zhen; Yan Guofeng put Li Ji on the ground. The three children gathered together, and the girl who had received three candies walked over.
"Grandpa, let me teach the little brothers how to recognize wild vegetables."
"Okay, thank you for your help then." Yan Guofeng nodded with a smile on his face. His kind and gentle look gave the little girl more confidence, and she felt that this old man was really nice.
The girl walked up to the three children and found a wild vegetable from the ground and showed it to them. "Little brothers, this is an edible wild vegetable. There are few wild vegetables in winter, basically only a few kinds. There are also a few kinds over here that are edible." She picked several kinds and showed them to them.
Li Ji watched carefully, reached out to take a wild vegetable from her hand and stuffed it into his mouth.
Li Zhen and Li Ming turned their heads to look at him. Wang Daya and Gong Zhaodi were so scared that they hurriedly snatched the wild vegetables from his hands.
The little girl laughed and said, "Little brother, you can't eat wild vegetables now. You have to wait until they are cooked."
"Eat, eat." Li Ji looked up at Wang Daya, staring at the little girl eagerly, making the little girl very happy. "You can't eat it now. You have to wash it and cook it before eating, otherwise your belly will hurt."
Li Ji looked at her puzzled for a long time, touched his belly, and seemed to remember the headache he had when the flu came before; he held his head with a pair of small broken hands and spoke to her, "Head, it hurts."
The little girl's smile faded. "Do you have a headache?"
"Boss..."
The little girl turned her head and looked at the old man, "Grandpa, my brother said he has a headache."
"He doesn't have a headache. He was sick once before and had a headache at that time. He doesn't have pain now. You said he has a stomachache, and he understood." Yan Guofeng explained.
The little girl suddenly understood and nodded in understanding, "Is that so? My little brother is really smart."
"Smart." Li Zhen spoke with a slightly clearer voice.
"Yes, you are all so smart." The little girl admired sincerely, "Grandpa, how old are they? They look about two years old, right? My brother was about this size when he was a little over two years old."
Yan Guofeng shook his head, "Almost."
"I know." The little girl's face was full of joy because she guessed the children's ages correctly. "But they are really smart. When my brother was a little over two years old, he could only say a few simple words and didn't understand when I talked to him. But these little brothers can actually understand what I say and even respond to me. They are really, really smart."
Yan Guofeng chuckled, feeling proud of his great-grandson, but also because of the little girl's sweet talk.
"Your brother will recover. With the repair fluid, as long as it's not a serious illness, he will be fine."
"I know. The doctor said so too. I was right next to my brother when he was treating him. He said my brother had a severe cold and was so young that he couldn't prescribe strong medicine for fear of harming him. Without the repair fluid, he would have had to be given strong medicine to save his life. With the repair fluid, there's no need to worry about damaging the foundation of his body."
The little girl was very happy when she talked about this. "The doctor who treated my brother admired the person who developed the repair fluid. He said that the invention of the repair fluid was a miracle and that we were born in a good era."
Yan Guofeng smiled and said nothing; the developer of the repair fluid lives in the same village as you, but not everyone knows about this kind of thing.
Listening to the little girl's chatter and seeing how serious she was about the children, he suddenly had a bold idea; however, he couldn't say it now, as he had to wait until his eldest grandson and his granddaughter-in-law came home from get off work before discussing it.
With the little girl's help, the three little dumplings had a lot of fun, and they were also very happy without Goudan. When they separated near noon, the little dumplings held on to their elder sister and wanted to continue playing with her.
Wang Daya and Gong Zhaodi looked at the little girl a few more times, and suddenly thought how great it would be if this was their daughter; she was obedient and sensible, and acted with propriety and principles at such a young age. There were not many children who could make the old man so satisfied.
"Little girl, what's your name? We've been together for an afternoon, but I still don't know your name." Yan Guofeng asked.
The little girl said, "My name is Nie Xi. Xi means 'stream'. My mother gave it to me."
"It's a nice name." Looking at his three great-grandchildren, Yan Guofeng had to speak up, "Xiaoxi! Is it okay for me to call you that?"
"Sure, Grandpa."
"Well, I'll call you Xiaoxi, and you can call me Grandpa Yan. My last name is Yan, so we know each other now, right?"
Nie Xi nodded, "Yes, Grandpa Yan."
Yan Guofeng's throat was dry. He said, "Xiaoxi, can you do Grandpa Yan a favor? Grandpa Yan will treat you to a delicious meal in exchange."
"It doesn't have to be delicious, I'll help as long as I can."
"Good girl." Yan Guofeng patted Li Ji's little head and said to her, "For some reason, my three children really like to stick with their mother. However, their mother has to work and has very little free time, so she can't always be with them. When they miss their mother, they might cry. So, I want to invite you to my house and play with my brothers. Is that okay?"
Nie Xi lowered her head and drooped her eyelids. The three little kids were clinging to her, grinning happily; but when she thought of her younger brother and her parents at home, she hesitated.
"Grandpa Yan, my brother is waiting for me at home, and I haven't brought home the wild vegetables I dug. My family can have a meal at noon with these wild vegetables. I can't help you."
"It's okay. You can go home first and we'll wait for you here. Is that okay?"
Nie Xi looked at the old man, then at her three little brothers, and then thought of the three candies in her pocket; she felt unworthy of receiving them, so she nodded in agreement.
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