Xiaoman didn't say anything.
Nao Nao and Tengteng stopped hitting each other when they heard the words "dear mother".
Tengteng: "Grandma, what is a biological mother?"
Tang Huihui: "Your biological mother is the one who gave birth to you."
Nao Nao scratched his head: "Our mother who gave birth to us? Grandma, what does 'giving birth' mean?"
Tang Huihui didn't know how to explain what life was to the children, so she told them to ask Xiaoman.
The children looked towards Xiaoman.
Xiaoman smiled and asked, "Who should I feed first?"
In an instant, the two little ones were fighting again. For them, who to feed first was more important than what would happen in life.
Nao Nao pushed Tengteng onto the bed: "Feed me first."
Tengteng kicked Naonao: "Feed me first."
Tang Huihui glared at Xiaoman: "What kind of mother are you? The children have stopped hitting each other, yet you still tease them on purpose."
Xiaoman smiled.
After a while, the two little ones got tired of playing and lay down on the bed to rest.
After resting for a while, Xiaoman picked them up and placed them on the kang table. Looking at them seriously, she said, "You two are brothers. It's no good for brothers to fight each other."
The two little ones were completely bewildered.
Tang Huihui glared at Xiaoman: "Why are you saying all this? The children won't understand."
Xiaoman smiled and said, "They'll understand after a little more instruction. You watch over them, I'll go heat up the milk."
"I'll go. If you go, the children will definitely want to come with you."
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Mother."
As Tang Huihui walked out with her bowl in her hand, she muttered, "You come back and immediately let the kids fight. You still have the nerve to call yourself their mother? I think even a stepmother would be better than you, hmph!"
After Tang Huihui left, Xiaoman sat down between the two children. The two little ones immediately hugged Xiaoman's arms.
A moment later, Tang Huihui came in carrying milk: "Here, drink your milk."
The two little ones looked at Xiaoman longingly. Although they hadn't understood what Xiaoman had just said, they knew she wasn't praising them, so they didn't dare to act cute with her. But they still wanted Xiaoman to feed them, so they could only look at her expectantly.
Tang Huihui placed two bowls of milk on the kang table. Xiaoman put two small spoons into the bowls and looked at the two little ones, saying, "Originally, Mom would feed you, but you fought over who to feed first. Brothers fighting is harmful in every way. As punishment, Mom won't feed you. Now, drink it yourselves."
Nao Nao rubbed against Xiao Man's arm.
Xiaoman patted Naonao's head: "Good boy, drink it yourself."
Tengteng: "Mom, let's not fight anymore."
Xiaoman touched Tengteng's face: "He got hit this time."
Tengteng wanted to cry, but was afraid Xiaoman would scold him: "Then...feed me next time. Okay?"
"Okay. Come on, let me teach you how to use a spoon."
Xiaoman was teaching the children how to use spoons when Wang Erni led Erwa in. Erwa immediately ran to the kang table: "Naonao, Tengteng, you can use spoons now?"
Nao Nao: "Mmm."
Erwa: "You guys are amazing."
Tengteng: "Mom taught me that. Mom is amazing."
Erwa: "Yes, Aunt Xiaoman is amazing. Aunt Xiaoman, why didn't you take Naonao and Tengteng with you when you went to visit other people's homes? Naonao and Tengteng cried so pitifully when you weren't home."
Nao Nao and Tengteng nodded as they drank their milk.
Xiaoman: "I have to go out. Naonao and Tengteng are too young, I can't take them with me."
Nao Nao and Tengteng were very disappointed after hearing this.
Xiaoman patted Naonao and Tengteng's heads: "When you are as big as your brother Erwa, Mom will take care of you."
Nao Nao was delighted: "Okay."
Tengteng looked at Erwa with envy: "Mom, when did I become the same age as Erwa?"
"If you eat well, you'll be as big as your older brother Erwa soon."
Tengteng's eyes lit up: "Mom, I want to eat steamed eggs."
Nao Nao: "I want one too."
Xiaoman smiled and said, "Okay."
Erwa: "Brother will steam some for you."
Nao Nao and Tengteng: "Thank you, Brother Erwa."
Erwa patted Naonao and Tengteng's heads like an adult, and praised them as good children before going to the kitchen.
After the children finished talking, the adults started chatting.
Wang Erni looked at Xiaoman and said, "You're so heartless. You've been gone for so many days. I wouldn't have been able to bear it."
Xiaoman smiled and said, "I can only bear to do it if my mother is here."
Tang Huihui felt very comfortable after hearing this.
Wang Erni: "That's true. If my mother-in-law were like you, I'd be laughing in my sleep. You don't know, after Lao Xie and his brothers got married, my mother-in-law became a matriarch at home. She sits on the kang (heated brick bed) every day waiting for her daughters-in-law to serve her. Forget about helping her daughters-in-law take care of her grandson. Not only that, she also..."
After chatting for a while, Lao Guo came in with Erwa carrying a tray. There were three bowls of steamed eggs on the tray.
Nao Nao and Tengteng immediately hugged Xiao Man's arms.
"Mother, we will not fight."
"Mom, we won't fight."
Xiaoman smiled and said, "Okay."
After Lao Guo placed the egg soup on the table, Xiaoman had the two children sit opposite him. Once the children were seated, Xiaoman took a small spoon in each hand and said, "Come on, let Mom feed you."
The two little ones immediately opened their mouths wide.
Xiaoman fed the steamed egg custard to both little ones at the same time.
The two little ones were overjoyed.
Tang Huihui glared at Xiaoman: "They could have fed each other together, but you had to make the children fight."
Xiaoman smiled and said, "I'm teaching them."
Tang Huihui: "Teaching them is pointless, they can't remember it anyway."
Xiaoman fed the children another bite: "Even if you can't remember, you'll still have a vague impression."
Erwa looked at Naonao and Tengteng while eating his steamed egg custard and asked, "Did you two fight?"
Nao Nao nodded.
Tengteng: "We won't fight anymore."
Nao Nao: "Yes. If we fight, Mom won't feed us anymore."
Tengteng: "Mom said we're brothers, we can't fight."
Erwa: "Brothers can't fight?"
Nao Nao and Tengteng nodded.
"Then I won't fight with my brother anymore."
Nao Nao patted Erwa's head: "Good boy."
Erwa: "You two be good too."
After finishing the steamed egg custard, Erwa wanted to take Naonao and Tengteng out to play, but Naonao and Tengteng refused.
Nao Nao: "I want to play with my mom."
Tengteng: "I want to play with my mom too."
Xiaoman hugged the two little ones and said, "Okay, Mommy will play with you."
For several days in a row, Nao Nao and Tengteng clung to Xiao Man.
On the other side, after Li Qiaoqiao finished washing the pot and returned to the room, she saw Han Zhuang lying asleep on the bed. She went over and nudged him, saying, "Hey, wake up."
"What's wrong?"
"Why do I feel like the grain in the jar is increasing the more I eat?"
Han Zhuang glanced at Li Qiaoqiao: "Keep dreaming. Our jar isn't a treasure pot, is it?"
Li Qiaoqiao rolled her eyes at Han Zhuang: "Your family's jar isn't a treasure pot, but don't you have a formidable wife? Tell me, didn't your second sister-in-law send some grain back?"
"Maybe. Go to sleep. I've been carrying mud all day, I'm exhausted."
"Don't sleep yet. Tell me, how did your second sister-in-law get so much food?"
"I don't know. Go to sleep."
Li Qiaoqiao pinched Han Zhuang: "How come you don't know anything?"
"Isn't it enough to have something to eat? Why do you need to know so much?"
Li Qiaoqiao glared at Han Zhuang: "You have food to eat, but my parents are still hungry."
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