The female teacher gently held Xiao Qi's hand and said softly, "Han Qi, keep your right hand like this, now extend your left hand."
Xiaoqi pouted, stealing a glance at the gentle teacher. Her little ears twitched, and her eyes darkened.
"Don't hold your fingers still, be a good boy/girl and cooperate with the teacher, okay?"
Xiao Qi let her manipulate her hands, but didn't exert any force.
Xiao Liu felt that the teacher's voice sounded familiar, and he joined the teacher in coaxing his younger sister: "Xiao Qi, be good, you have to spread your left thumb apart so that your brother can shake your hand."
Xiaoqi glanced at him, and suddenly started to cry. The tears fell like large pearls from a broken string.
She didn't cry out loud; she just opened her eyes wide, tears streaming down her face, and cried quietly with her lips pursed.
Xiao Liu panicked: "Little sister, don't cry, don't cry!"
Xiao Liu wiped away his sister's tears with his hand, not understanding why his sister suddenly started crying.
The female teacher was also stunned; it was the first time she had ever met such a young child.
Did I hurt your hand?
Xiaoqi glanced at her secretly, tears streaming down her face, her little voice softly calling out, "Mommy..."
"Brother, I miss Mom..."
Xiao Liu's body stiffened.
He had always felt that the female teacher's voice sounded familiar, and it turned out... it sounded like his mother's.
Because he is a boy and usually quite robust, his mother rarely speaks to him so gently and softly, so he didn't react immediately.
When Mom taught Xiaoqi to dress, she did the same, teaching her step by step and speaking softly.
No wonder my little sister suddenly started crying; she misses her mom...
Xiao Liu's eyes reddened, and she bit her lip to stop herself from crying.
He's a man, he can't cry!
His younger sister is crying now, and he needs to comfort her and set a good example.
"Little sister, don't cry, Mom has become a fairy."
“When we cry, Mom gets worried about us and comes down to check on us, and that’s when we make a mistake.”
"We can't let Mom make mistakes; we should be sensible children."
"Brother, I want to go home..."
Xiao Qi nestled in Xiao Liu's arms, sobbing softly, "I miss Grandpa, boohoo..."
"Oh no!" Xiao Liu scratched his head, unsure of what to do.
"I miss Grandpa, I want Grandpa, sob sob sob, I miss Grandpa..."
Han Fei received a phone call: "You said the child misses me?"
I just left home, and Xiaoqi already misses me?
Yes, she's crying, and you can't comfort her.
"I understand, I'll be right there."
As soon as Han Fei arrived, Xiao Qi rushed over like a cannonball: "Grandpa!"
Han Fei looked down and was shocked to see that the little girl's eyes were swollen from crying.
How long did she cry? How many tears did she shed?
Little Qi nestled in Han Fei's arms and whispered in her childish voice, "I miss Grandpa."
"Miss me? Our little Qi can't be without Grandpa for a moment?"
"Mmm!" Xiao Qi nuzzled her little face against Han Fei's chest.
Han Fei sighed and looked at Xiao Liu with a questioning gaze. He knew the little girl was definitely not telling the truth.
"The teacher's voice sounds like her mother's; the little sister misses her mother."
Han Fei sighed, hugged the little cub in his arms tightly, and apologized to the teacher, "I have to take the child back now."
“We must insist, otherwise we will be going against the original intention of sending the child here, Grandpa Han Qi.”
"Teacher, I don't want the children to think about people who have passed away."
The teacher gasped, "You mean... the child's mother has passed away?"
Han Fei nodded.
"Little Six, want to go home together?"
Xiao Liu shook his head: "I'll wait for my sister here."
"If Xiaoqi keeps refusing to come, are you just going to wait here?"
"My sister will figure it out."
Han Fei didn't force Xiao Liu to go back, but instead carried Xiao Qi back first.
Back home, Xiaoqi lay down on the bed and fell asleep, clearly exhausted from crying.
When she woke up that evening, she sat at the dining table and asked in confusion, "Grandpa, where's Sixth Brother?"
Han Fei was both amused and exasperated: "You only just remembered him? You left him at the training camp."
"Didn't Sixth Brother come back with us?"
In the middle of the night, Han Fei sent Xiao Qi to the training camp again.
The teacher exclaimed in surprise, "Why is she back again?"
"Oh, she misses her brother. Teacher, was the beginner class you taught?"
"Yes."
"Do you think the two children could go to the intermediate class?"
“Grandpa Han Qi, they are too old to be in the beginner class. They must pass the exam to go to the intermediate class.”
"Let them give it a try."
Since it was the place where the sixth and seventh boys were going, Han Fei had done his homework beforehand and was familiar with some of the Boy Scout rules.
The children in the beginner class are young, and the classes they take focus on self-care skills and other related topics.
Actually, it's easy for sixth and seventh graders; they can pass.
It wasn't that he had a soft spot for his own children; rather, before the children met him, their entire family had passed away, leaving only seven children who could take care of themselves. During that time, Xiao Qi's self-care abilities improved rapidly.
He didn't want Xiaoqi to stay in the beginner class, because being with this teacher would remind the child of her mother.
"Is it because of me?" the teacher asked, quite perceptively.
Han Fei stated frankly, "There is indeed such a reason."
The teacher sighed, "I understand. I'll go arrange the assessment."
Because Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi were special individuals assigned to the Boy Scout training camp, the assessments for the two children were arranged quickly.
The exam was proctored by the intermediate-level teacher and mainly assessed the two children's self-care and survival skills.
No one believed that this little girl, who cried and wanted to go home as soon as she arrived at the training camp, could pass the test. But when the test came, everyone was surprised to find that this child had an incredible ability to survive!
On the island, Xiao Qi, with bird feathers stuck in her fluffy, messy hair, held the eggs she had just stolen in her hands: "Brother, hurry up and start a fire, let's roast the bird eggs and eat them!"
"Where did you get the bird eggs?"
"Over there!" Xiaoqi pointed to the woods behind them.
Xiao Liu gave his sister a thumbs up. He had just come from the front and collected a lot of branches for starting a fire, but he hadn't found any food. His sister was really good at it; she seemed to have a natural sensitivity to food.
Where did you find the eggs?
Along with them, there were eight other people aged 7 to 10 who had been training in the beginner class for some time and wanted to pass the test to advance to the intermediate class.
The one who asked the question was an 8-year-old boy. He stared at Xiaoqi's face, as if he had thought of something, and asked curiously, "Have you been on TV before?"
Xiaoqi shook her head, the bird feathers on her head bobbing around: "No!"
Xiao Liu reached out and removed the bird feathers from his younger sister's head, then wiped her face with a wet tissue: "Sister, let's go roast bird eggs."
"Okay!" Xiao Qi's eyes sparkled. "Brother, I'm hungry!"
"I see you have a lot of bird eggs, can you give us two?" the boy asked.
Xiao Liu shook his head: "I won't give it away for free."
"Can we trade you some compressed biscuits?"
Xiao Liu found two of the larger bird eggs and handed them over: "Here you go."
The boy handed them a bag of compressed biscuits and said gratefully, "Thank you!"
They need to spend 7 days on the island. Each child is given a backpack with some supplies and food, but it will be quite difficult to make the most of these 7 days and have enough to eat and drink.
According to Xiaoqi's appetite, she could finish all of this in a day.
That's why, on the first day, Xiaoqi ate everything in her bag, and that's how Xiaoqi's "cheat code" started. She became a "little hamster" who was very good at finding food!
"Yay! There are silkworm pupae here!" Xiao Qi exclaimed excitedly.
Two nine-year-old girls walking by together were shocked when they heard Xiaoqi's cheers.
"Little sister, you can't eat this!"
"These are insects, you can't eat them, they'll make your stomach upset!"
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