Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 88: Chapter 85: Warm Embrace, Terrifying Habits

As Di Yelei walked away, Liu Sisi called the two children to eat.

Xuan’er’s face still had un-dried ink marks, while YingEr kept playing with Ah-Huang and Ah-Hua.

The two little hounds have grown so much in only over half a month at the Di family, their heads have become much bigger. They kept bouncing and jumping around the feet of the people, constantly playing happily.

“Xuan’er, wash your hands and clean your face. There is ink on your face. Eat your meal carefully, and after you finish, mom will teach you to practice writing.”

After some consideration, Liu Sisi said.

She originally planned to send Xuan’er to a private school, but plans couldn’t always keep up with the changes. They were in debt now, and Xuan’er’s enlightenment should not be delayed. Naturally, what she could do was to give Di Xuan enlightenment herself.

Di Xuan’s eyes lit up right away!

He nodded repeatedly, “Okay! Thank you, mom.”

“Mom, YingEr also wants to learn.”

Upon hearing this, YingEr, who was playing happily with the two little hounds, hurriedly squeezed in.

This amused Liu Sisi, “Okay! If you can complete the learning tasks assigned by mom, mom will also let YingEr learn.”

“Hmm! Mom, YingEr will definitely complete it.”

Di Ying was full of confidence.

Both children ate their cooked dishes enthusiastically and early, and then waited for Liu Sisi to clean up the house.

As she promised, Liu Sisi began teaching Di Xuan to grind ink, grip the brush, sit properly, and pay attention to details. Then, she wrote down the direction of the strokes and arranged an exercise task to write a hundred times a day. In her previous life, due to her grandfather’s guidance, Liu Sisi had learned to write good calligraphy with a brush-pen.

Di Xuan stared wide-eyed, carefully watching her every move, while Di Ying couldn’t sit still.

While Liu Sisi was catching Di Xuan’s hand to teach him to practice writing, Di Ying had secretly slipped away and ran out to play with the little grey rabbits in the cage.

These little grey rabbits were raised very healthily by YingEr, their size grew rapidly with each passing day. The two wild pheasants were kept separately in another cage. Recently, the hen had been laying eggs for several days in a row.

Not until Di Xuan’s brush writing posture looked proper did Liu Sisi let go, satisfied.

She turned around, only to find out that Di Yelei was surprisingly standing behind them, quietly watching them practice writing.

“Eh! How come you’re back? Did you eat well there?”

“I ate well. Everyone didn’t say anything, Dr. He was very satisfied, even the medicine pageboy kept praising your kind-heartedness and good cooking skills.”

Di Yelei answered with his mouth, but with his neck stretched out, watching Di Xuan’s writing action.

A light flashed in Liu Sisi’s eyes. She picked up another brush, picked up a new piece of paper, and explained the writing method she had just taught Di Xuan again. Then, she handed the brush to Di Yelei.

“Here! You try it too.”

Di Yelei’s hands trembled as he took the brush, and after meeting her encouraging gaze, he plucked up the courage and carefully drew a horizontal line on the paper.

Curvy earthworms seemed to crawl on the paper, which surprised him.

Then he wrote another line, but the situation did not seem to improve much. He couldn’t help but turn his head to look at Di Xuan next to him.

Xuan may be younger, but his writing was more proper. He sat upright and wrote earnestly without any stage fright.

Even when they heard his parents speaking, he didn’t stop practicing.

Probably Di Xuan’s seriousness inspired Di Yelei, he calmed down and wrote a few more lines in earnest. It looked much better naturally.

“How about from now on, whenever you have time, practice writing with Xuan’er during his studies! Teaching one child is the same as teaching three.”

She tried to arouse Di Yelei’s interest in writing. It would be a pity if such a big man pretended to be blind.

Di Yelei carefully looked at her and didn’t say much. Instead, he practiced all the strokes of the characters and then put down the brush.

“I have already picked up and washed the carry basket and the bowl and chopsticks. Dad cannot be left alone for a long time, so I will go and take care of him tonight. Remember to close the doors and windows well. Just lock the two little puppies directly in the hall, and if you hear any noise, remember to be alert…”

Di Yelei chattered on, holding Liu Sisi’s soft hands reluctantly.

Looking at the brush that he put down, Liu Sisi was a little disappointed, but she knew that she could not force the issue.

“I know, you should go quickly. I will take care of the house, and this time I will be prepared. If any thief dares to come, I will beat them to death with a stick!”

This made Di Yelei laugh as well!

Even though she said that, when Liu Sisi lay alone on the big bed, she tossed and turned and could not sleep for a long time.

She gradually got used to the warm embrace, and now all of a sudden lying here alone, she just couldn’t sleep.

She didn’t know how long she had been rolling around in the bed, but it seemed like as soon as she closed her eyes, the morning rooster began to crow.

She got up, got dressed, washed, and since it was the morning, Liu Sisi didn’t specifically make anything delicious as usual, just cooked a pot of coarse grain porridge, steamed a basket of vegetable buns and steamed buns, ground some soy milk with a small mill, and scooped up a bowl of natto. Breakfast was ready.

When Liu Sisi brought the food over, she ran into Ms. Wang.

The other party glared at her angrily and turned into the room.

Liu Sisi smiled faintly, as long as the other party did not take the initiative to provoke her, she had no energy to quarrel with them.

After sending the buns, steamed buns, and soy milk to the living room, she sent the natto and coarse grain porridge to the alley for everyone to eat. As soon as Liu Sisi put down the water bucket, everyone gathered around the two large water buckets to ladle out porridge.

“Third Aunt, your cooked dishes are really delicious. Yesterday’s fern you made was different from what we usually eat. You are amazing.”

The one who spoke was Di Gaoyuan’s eldest son, Di Cheng.

Looking at Di Cheng’s honest face, Liu Sisi seemed to see a young version of Di Yelei, with the same honest expression. No wonder he was not loved by his father.

Liu Sisi smiled and said, “Actually, it’s all the same. I just blanched it and mixed it with some seasonings, so it tastes better.”

“No wonder, I was wondering why it was so delicious.”

Di Cheng suddenly realized! His own home didn’t have any seasonings.

“Di Cheng, are you full or what? If you are full, hurry up and go to the fields! Is there no work to be done in the fields? You shamelessly ingratiate yourself, not only losing your own face but also making me lose all my old face!” Ms. Wang scolded resentfully.

These words made Di Cheng’s smile disappear, and he awkwardly smiled at Liu Sisi before quickly lowering his head, carrying a bowl of coarse grain porridge, and walking to the table.

Liu Sisi smiled indifferently and casually glanced at Ms. Wang.

Making the mother and son seem like enemies, it was a wonder Ms. Wang could still smile so proudly.

Fortunately, the food for the whole day was finally cooked!

For the next two days, except for visiting her father-in-law three times a day in the old house, Liu Sisi did not take the two children to the old house for a meal.

Waiting until the elder doctor left after the consultation, the third family branch received another two taels and three coins of silver for expenses.

“What a pity! We could have eaten those delicious cooked dishes.”

Not until entering the carriage did the medicine pageboy stop muttering, and the doctor gave him another smack.

Time flew by, and it was Market Day.

Liu Sisi got up early before dawn to go to work at the bookstore. She had long heard that the market was held on the first, fourth, and seventh days, so she only had to work nine days a month.

It wasn’t good to leave two half-grown children alone at home, so Liu Sisi sent them to Sister Guihua’s house early and went to the small town by herself.