Hong Xiaoduo sat up and looked at the person who asked the question, saying, "Brother Quan, is there anything urgent?"
Upon hearing this, Quan Jinghuai looked at his disciples who were practicing calligraphy on the beach with tree branches while waiting for lunch and said, "The most important thing for me right now is them."
They teach them what they have learned in their lives, accompany them as they grow up, and if they are lucky, watch them get married and have children, or watch them take on apprentices.
"Brother Quan, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, I really haven't made a decision yet. I'm thinking of staying here for a while and then we'll see. Is that okay?" Hong Xiaoduo replied somewhat shyly.
She actually wanted to say, "Brother Quan, where do you think we should go next?"
After spending more than three months together, Hong Xiaoduo had the clearest understanding of how Brother Quan treated the seven children. More than once, she was glad that it was such a wise decision to let the children become his students.
During this time, Hong Xiaoduo had actually made a plan: before Old Man Luo unlocked his father's original system key and before she officially started working for Old Man Luo, she would stay with the children.
Although she would have to part ways with them sooner or later, she wanted to spend as much time with them as possible. While Brother Quan was diligently teaching them kung fu, she also wanted to teach them as many other things as possible, such as literacy, arithmetic, and English.
Hearing Hong Xiaoduo's response, even though Quan Jinghuai knew she had nowhere to go, he was still somewhat surprised.
So much time has passed, and she still hasn't decided where to go after seeing the ocean? Has she not made any plans for the next step?
He was considering offering a suggestion: to take her and the children back to their sect.
However, for some reason, he could only think about this suggestion in his mind and couldn't bring himself to say it.
Despite being younger than him, she's actually a very opinionated person. Therefore, Quan Jinghuai is unsure whether his well-intentioned ideas are appropriate for her.
However, one thing he was certain of was that wherever she went, her seven disciples would definitely follow her, not to mention Fei Yan, who was Hong Xiaoduo's loyal follower.
On the contrary, if he had to separate from Hong Xiaoduo for some reason, he was certain that he wouldn't be able to take any of the seven disciples with him.
This is the only thing he has never been confident about since he was old enough to understand things.
Actually, there was something else that left him speechless.
That is, once he asked his seven young disciples if it was hard or tiring to learn martial arts from him. The children replied that they were not afraid of hardship or fatigue, and that they wanted to learn martial arts well so that they could become as powerful as their mother in the future.
The children's words seemed fine at first glance, but upon closer reflection, he felt a little uneasy.
The 'mother' they worship is indeed very powerful, but even though she is powerful, she can't teach them!
She can teach them, but they don't admire her as their master. They learn martial arts from her to become as powerful as her!
Of course, this was just a minor unease he felt in his heart.
“Brother Quan? I’m sorry, I know that logically, one should think ten steps ahead for every step one takes. It’s not right for me to think one step ahead for every step I take. But I…” Hong Xiaoduo hadn’t finished speaking when Quan Jinghuai waved his hand.
"No, you just haven't decided where to go next. Actually, you've already done a lot for them." Quan Jinghuai spoke his mind sincerely.
She has been teaching them to read and write, and constantly working to improve their self-reliance.
"Mother, Master, lunch is ready," Tianquan called out.
Thus, their conversation had to end.
The staple food was baked steamed buns, which were baked until the outer shell was crispy and fragrant. The side dish was marinated pork ribs stewed with kelp, which was incredibly delicious.
Today, Xiao Yaoguang didn't even eat the marinated pork ribs. Instead, she picked up the seaweed from the soup. It wasn't just because it was her first time eating it, but mainly because she had picked the seaweed herself.
"We can pick more of this when we have free time. If we dry it, it can be stored for a long time without spoiling. Whenever we want to eat it, or when it's inconvenient to buy ingredients, we can soak it in water in advance. After soaking, it's almost the same as fresh seaweed," Hong Xiaoduo said to them, seeing that everyone liked to eat seaweed.
"Wow, let's pick more!" Kaiyang said excitedly.
This stuff is delicious, and the best part is you don't have to spend money to buy it; you can just pick it up! Why not pick up more? If all else fails, let Sister Feiyan come and squeeze into the carriage with everyone. That way, the donkey cart can hold a lot of seaweed.
"Mother, is there anything else we can eat here, anything we can find, anything we can take with us?" Tianji asked.
“Of course! If we catch fish, we can salt them and make them into salted fish, which is a good thing for easy storage,” Hong Xiaoduo replied after thinking for a moment.
Tianxuan, standing to the side, was puzzled. Her mother couldn't cook, yet she knew so much about food. Her mother was amazing!
After another pleasant meal, the children followed Feiyan to clean up the dishes, then sat down and wrote characters for half an hour, did arithmetic for half an hour, and memorized some vocabulary words.
After resting for a while, he went to practice martial arts with his master again.
They've already gotten quite good at it, and even Fei Yan, with her skillful embroidery hands, can now wield the stick with great flair.
Hong Xiaoduo found a straw hat in the donkey cart, put it on, found a small wooden bucket, picked up an iron shovel, and walked towards the reef.
"Don't go over there alone. What if you accidentally fall into the sea and get swept away?" Quan Jinghuai shouted as soon as he saw this.
Hong Xiaoduo didn't stop, and shouted back, "Don't worry, it's okay, I'm a very good swimmer." Then she continued walking towards the rocks.
Hearing her say that, Quan Jinghuai and the other seven people were very surprised. She could actually swim?
"Don't get distracted, keep practicing." Quan Jinghuai couldn't control Hong Xiaoduo, but he could control his disciples.
However, Quan Jinghuai was still a little worried. Was he going to drown? He believed it.
However, being a good swimmer doesn't mean you can swim in any body of water. Lakes are calm, but rivers and streams are all different, let alone the seawater, which looks rather fierce.
Having already climbed onto the reef, Hong Xiaoduo looked at the clear seawater and actually wanted to go swimming.
But there are no swimsuits!
Although she has never swum in the sea in modern times, she can swim in the shallow waters now to get used to it, and she won't recklessly swim into the deep waters right away.
Actually, even if she had a swimsuit, she would dare to wear it, but if Brother Quan saw her, wouldn't he be scared crazy?
Back then, General Lin from Dawu Pass was so conflicted about marrying her and taking responsibility for her over such a trivial matter.
If Brother Quan saw her in a swimsuit, wouldn't he feel responsible and want to marry her?
That won't do, absolutely not. The current way she gets along with Brother Quan is great, and Hong Xiaoduo doesn't want anything to change...
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