Xiaoman smiled and said, "Mother saw it. These past two days, you only let your brothers carry you when you can't walk anymore."
Older sister: "Mmm."
Xiaoman patted her older sister's head: "Mommy found a great place. Mommy will take you there to play." If they didn't take this little girl with them, they could probably dig up a whole sack of ginseng today. And they'd all be over three hundred years old. Xiaoman felt a headache just thinking about it.
"You're only taking me?"
"Let's go first. I'll take your brothers after they've finished gathering the herbs."
"What about your younger brother?"
"Little brother, you'll be going with your brothers later."
"Okay," the older sister said, looking at her younger brother. "Little brother, you have to listen to your older brothers. If you don't, Mom will hang you up a tree!"
The younger brother said, "I'll listen to my older brothers." However, after learning that it was Xiaoman who hung Zuozuo and Youyou up the tree, the younger brother thought it was quite fun. "Mom, can you hang me up later?"
"Okay." After following them for so long, Xiaoman felt that Naonao and Tengteng were quite vigilant. Xiaoman looked at Naonao and Tengteng and said, "You've done very well these past two days." If it weren't for the little girl constantly finding ginseng, Xiaoman wouldn't have planned to show herself at all.
Nao Nao: "You've been following us for so long and we didn't even notice. Mother, I'll definitely practice my skills hard when I get back."
Xiaoman smiled. "Haste makes waste. You have to eat one bite at a time. You have to practice martial arts little by little."
Nao Nao: "I understand. I will try harder."
Tengteng, Zuozuo, Youyou, their younger brother, and Lü Hui also said they would work harder.
The older sister quietly moved behind Xiaoman. As she moved, she kept repeating to herself: "You can't see me. You can't see me..."
When Xiaoman came out, Xiaohei followed her out. As soon as the older sister moved behind Xiaoman, Xiaohei pushed her out with its hooves.
My sister was extremely upset.
Xiaoman looked over at her older sister.
The older sister quickly gave Xiaoman a big smile. "Mom, I'll try even harder too. Hehe..."
"Okay." Xiaoman picked up her sister and put her on Xiaohei's back. "We're leaving, you guys go gather herbs."
The noisy bunch: "Okay."
After Xiao Hei drove Xiao Man and her sister away, Lü Hui looked at their retreating figures and said, "Aunt Xiao Man is so kind. It was our first time going into the mountains, and Aunt Xiao Man was afraid we wouldn't know what to do, so she secretly followed us."
Nao Nao: "Your mother is great too. Although she can't be by your side, she always thinks of you. Whenever she has something good, she sends it back to you."
Tengteng: "Yes, we also ate a lot of good food."
Lü Hui smiled. "Are you trying to comfort me?" Lü Hui's parents were both researchers. He only saw them a few times a year.
Nao Nao: "Why should we comfort you? Although your parents aren't by your side, they think about you all the time. Besides, you have your grandparents and us brothers with you. What do you need to comfort?"
Tengteng: "Exactly. Let's go gather herbs."
On the other side.
The older sister asked curiously, "Mom, where are you taking me to play?"
"My mother discovered a hot spring in the mountains."
"A hot spring?" My sister's eyes lit up immediately. She had only heard of hot springs, but had never seen one. "Is it big?"
"big."
"Can I swim in it?"
"Can."
"Mom, you are so good."
Xiaoman smiled.
"Mom, after we left yesterday, did Dad miss me?"
"I've thought about it."
"Do my Grandpa Guo and Grandpa Shang miss me?"
"I've thought about it."
The older sister touched Little Black's neck. "Little Black, did you miss me too?"
Xiao Hei nodded.
"Mother, did you come to the mountains to see me because you missed me?"
"No. I came to check if you've been slacking off."
The older sister patted her little chest. Luckily, she hadn't slacked off. *Phew...* "Mom, if I had slacked off, would you not have taken me to the hot springs?"
"Um."
"Mom, I'm your only daughter. Mom, you have to cherish me very, very much."
Xiaoman smiled. "Your mother loves you very much. So your mother wants to teach you all her skills."
“Uh…” the older sister choked for a moment.
Xiaoman raised an eyebrow: "What? You don't want to learn?"
"Yes. Yes. Hehe... Mother, are we almost there?"
"Um."
Upon arriving at the hot spring, Xiao Hei dropped Xiao Man and her sister off and went to guard the area.
The older sister put her hand in first to test the water. "Mom, the water is really warm."
Xiaoman smiled. "Do you like it?"
The older sister nodded. "I like it."
"Go down and play if you like."
"Okay." The older sister took off her clothes and carried Meimei inside. "Mom, come play with us too!"
"Hmm." Xiaoman glanced at Meimei in her sister's arms. "How can you swim while holding it?"
The older sister put Meimei on the water. "Meimei doesn't need me to carry her."
Xiaoman frowned as she looked at Meimei floating on the hot spring. "A stone should look like a stone."
The older sister gently patted Meimei. "Meimei, go down a bit."
Mei Mei sank a little further down.
Xiaoman glanced at Meimei. "If you don't look like a rock, I'll smash you to pieces and throw you in the trash."
Meimei sank to the bottom of the hot spring in a flash.
Sister: "Mom, you scared Meimei."
“Anything unusual must be sinister,” Xiaoman said, looking at her sister. “Do you want Meimei to be kidnapped as a stone demon?”
The older sister shook her head.
Xiaoman patted her sister's head. "Then it has to look like an ordinary stone on the surface."
"I know. But... but it's just the two of us here."
"Let me tell you a story. There was a man who was learning to shave. His master made him practice on a winter melon. Every time he finished practicing, he would casually stick the razor into the winter melon. Later, after he graduated and started shaving people's heads, he casually stuck the razor into the customer's head after he finished shaving the customer."
The older sister shuddered: "That was scary."
Xiaoman touched her older sister's face and said, "Mother hopes that you and Meimei can develop a good habit. It will be good for both of you."
Sister: "I understand."
Meimei swayed back and forth at the bottom of the hot spring.
Sister: "Meimei knows too."
Xiaoman smiled. "Good girl. Go play."
"Um."
Xiaoman played in the hot spring with her older sister for more than half an hour. After coming out of the hot spring, Xiaoman called Xiaohei over. "You should go soak in it for a while too."
After Xiao Hei finished soaking, Xiao Man took her sister to play somewhere else for a while.
More than three hours later, Xiaoman prepared to go back and see how many herbs Naonao and Tengteng had collected.
Knowing that Xiaoman was going back to see how many herbs Naonao and Tengteng had gathered, the older sister said, "Mother, the brothers should be able to gather ginseng too, right?"
Xiaoman was also a little curious: would God cover for her, or would He just let his lazy daughter pick the ginseng? "We'll find out soon enough."
Xiaoman patted Xiaohei, and Xiaohei sped up.
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