Xu Han watched from below, her heart pounding with fear, thinking, "This is way too fast!"
When Ze'er saw his brother climb up the tree, he was eager to try it himself. Xu Han, who had sharp eyes, saw this and pulled Ze'er down from the tree.
"Ze'er, don't go up there. Let your brother pick them. We'll catch the pomegranates he picks from below. Otherwise, if the pomegranates he picks fall to the ground and break, you won't have any pomegranates to eat."
Actually, Xu Han was a little scared. She felt that Ze was still too young and didn't dare to let him climb trees. Little did she know that climbing trees was a piece of cake for Ze at the moment.
However, Ze'er felt sorry for his mother and obediently followed Xu Han downstairs, quietly accepting the pomegranate that Mu'er handed him.
After filling the bamboo basket with pomegranates, Xu Han asked Mu'er to get down, and the three of them, mother and son, walked home hand in hand, carrying the pomegranates.
The scene looked exceptionally heartwarming from afar, with the three of them holding hands in a very beautiful way.
However, a closer look revealed a completely different scene: the mother and her two children were arguing and bickering, each refusing to back down and sticking to their own logic...
They finally arrived home. The three of them immediately fell silent. Xu Han put the bamboo basket on the wooden table in the yard, then turned around and went to the kitchen to get a large wooden basin.
Xu Han asked, "How about I cut the pomegranate open and you two take care of removing the seeds?"
Ze'er patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Mother, there's absolutely no problem. I can peel pomegranates very quickly, and I guarantee I'll peel them fast and cleanly."
Xu Han was about to praise Ze'er when Mu'er coldly said, "Little brother didn't wash his hands after pooping!"
Xu Han's face darkened upon hearing this. "Hey kid, didn't I tell you two to wash your hands when I went to get the basin?"
Mu'er innocently spread out her hands, which she hadn't had time to dry, and tried her best to prove to Xu Han, "I washed them."
Xu Han saw Mu'er's hand and turned her attention to Ze'er, saying, "Lu Ze, why don't you go wash your hands? How many times have I told you to wash your hands after using the toilet? Why don't you remember?"
I don't know who you learned this from, you're so sloppy and don't pay any attention to hygiene.
"I just told you to wash your hands, why didn't you? You don't even wash your hands after you poop! Who's going to eat the pomegranates we peeled? Aren't you just wasting the pomegranates we worked so hard to pick?"
Xu Han became increasingly angry as she spoke, and grabbed a stick from the side to leave Ze'er. Seeing that things were not going well, Ze'er quickly took off running.
While running, he said to Mu'er, "Brother, it's all your fault. My hands aren't dirty. If you hadn't told Mother I didn't wash my hands, she definitely wouldn't have known."
Xu Han was even more furious when she heard Ze'er's words. "You still have the nerve to blame your brother? You're unhygienic and you still think you're right? Just wait and see if I don't beat you up today!"
Mu'er, who was standing to the side, was already used to this scene. She slowly moved a chair over and began to peel a pomegranate by herself, eating as she peeled, while also keeping an eye on Ze'er, who was being chased by his mother.
After watching for a while, he silently shook his head and thought to himself, "Sigh, my younger brother is really a handful. He's so unhygienic. Only Mother can handle him."
In the end, Ze'er still couldn't escape a good beating. After Xu Han finished beating him, she didn't forget to make him wash his hands.
However, no matter what Ze'er said, Xu Han refused to let him help peel the pomegranate this time.
Who knows if he'll pick his nose or scratch an itch while he's peeling it? He's genuinely disgusted.
I don't know who he took after, he's so unconventional.
After Xu Han and Mu'er peeled the pomegranates for a while, Grandpa Zhao came out to help peel them. In the end, the three of them peeled all the pomegranates they had picked that day.
The three of them peeled and ate as they went. By the time they finished peeling, they were almost full. In the end, all the peeled pomegranates filled only half a wooden basin.
Xu Han looked at the pomegranate seeds in the wooden basin and laughed, "Haha, let's peel half and eat the other half. I have to say, this year's pomegranates are really good. Not only are the fruits big, but they also taste great. They're sweet and sour, just delicious."
Grandpa Zhao agreed, "It's quite delicious. This year's pomegranate juice will definitely taste even better."
"I'll go get the juicer. Let's make some pomegranate juice and taste it to see what happens."
After Xu Han finished speaking, she went to the tool shed, took out the juicing tool that Lu Chuan had specially made last year, cleaned it in the backyard, and then started to juice the pomegranate.
Grandpa Zhao was in charge of juicing, Xu Han was in charge of putting the pomegranate seeds in, and Mu'er was in charge of collecting the juice from below with a cup.
As for Ze'er, who was explicitly forbidden from participating in the activity, he could only watch longingly from the sidelines. He tried to reach for the pomegranate juice several times, but Mu'er subtly avoided him each time.
Ze'er was so angry that he wanted to tell her, but he had to hold back because he remembered that his mother wouldn't let him help.
Of course, this scene couldn't escape the eyes of Grandpa Zhao and Xu Han, who had seen everything the two brothers did.
Xu Han found it amusing, but she didn't say anything to stop him. She needed to teach Ze'er a lesson he would learn, and the best way to teach him a lesson was to make him only look and not touch.
I will definitely remember Yi Ze'er's personality, so that next time I encounter the same situation, I will think carefully before making a decision.
These are all experiences that Xu Han, Lu Chuan, the Taoist priest, and Grandpa Zhao have summarized over many years of educating Ze'er.
Ze'er isn't afraid of being beaten. His thick skin is like a tickle, and he won't learn anything from it. Only in this way can he remember for a longer period of time.
However, Xu Han would not criticize Ze'er excessively when educating him, otherwise the child's personality would definitely go astray over time.
Everything requires the right approach and method; everything must be done in moderation. It's best to give a sweet treat after a slap. Children must be given both rewards and punishments, and parents must explain the reasons behind them.
With the combined efforts of the three, a total of five and a half cups of pomegranate juice were extracted from half a basin of pomegranate seeds.
The four of them finished their pomegranate juice in no time after it was squeezed, leaving Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest with the remaining cup and a half.
After finishing the pomegranate seeds in her cup, Mu'er smacked her lips with lingering satisfaction. "Mommy, it's so delicious! Let's go pick more tomorrow!"
Xu Han hadn't had enough of the freshly squeezed pomegranate juice. It was so delicious. "Okay, let's go pick more tomorrow and squeeze them all into juice."
Xu Han cleaned the tools and put them back. Then she poured the remaining one and a half cups of pomegranate juice into the two cups and mixed them well, making it more than half a cup.
After pouring it, put it inside the house first, and give it to them to drink when they come back later. Anyway, the two of them don't know that the four of them are drinking a full cup.
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