Poor family mother and son

Chapter 491 A Lesson!
Most of the children peeled the lotus pods in the same steps, Xiaobao was fascinated: So this is how the job is done!

Xiaobao also had a lotus pod in his hand. He broke off a piece along the edge, then took out the lotus seeds inside, broke off another piece and took out again, and so on, until one lotus pod was not finished peeling off, he felt that the nails and carapace of his thumb were all Separated, and the lotus pod was also broken under his ravages.

Children are not.

The children clasped the shower cover with their left hands, followed the edge of the shower head with their right hands, and peeled off the entire side with honeycomb-like protrusions, leaving only lotus seeds next to each other, wrapped in a white fibrous film.

Then with a scratch of the little hand, lotus seeds like jade beads arrived in the hand, and the excess white fibers fell down along the fingers.

The fastest child has the strongest concentration. Not only did he quickly peel off the lotus seeds, but he also had the time to clean up the remaining flocs on the lotus pod cover.

When Xiaobao walked over to watch, the child had already accumulated a pile of lotus covers.

"What do you keep this for?" Xiaobao asked curiously.

The child smiled and didn't answer, but went to Xiaobao's teacup and put a piece of lotus pod between the cup and the tray.

Immediately, the white and moist white porcelain cup holder was covered with a layer of emerald green, and when the tea cup was put on it, it was quiet and silent, and there would be no more crisp sound of impact.

"You won't make any noise when you lift it up and jump and walk like this," said the child.

Porcelain white and emerald green match well, and it seems that the tea in the cup has become more delicious.

The child said again: "Our family doesn't have such a good teacup, and we can't afford such a good tea. We only serve thick tea in a bowl when we entertain guests. My sister likes to use this as a cup holder. Hot."

The slowest child didn't seem to care about the fan and mosquito repellent sachet that Xiaobao placed on the table as prizes.

He carefully cut out the lotus seeds one by one from the front to ensure the integrity of the lotus pods. He also specially selected lotus pods with long branches for processing.

Although he only peeled off more than 60 lotus seeds when half of the incense was burned out, the three long-stalked lotus pods in his hand were the same as when they were just picked off, and they were very complete.

Although the work was slow, he was not envious when he saw the many lotus seeds peeled by others. Instead, he felt a little pity for the broken lotus pods.

Xiao Bao couldn't help going over and asking, "Why are you keeping this?"

The child said: "Tie these up and hang them upside down in a cool place. When the air is dry, put red dates or hawthorns in these holes, and then cut some bamboo strips for decoration, which can make a beautiful hanging picture;

Some people get married, or during the Chinese New Year, a pair of hanging paintings sells for hundreds of dollars. "

There are lotus seeds in the lotus pods, which are regarded by people as a symbol of many children and blessings, but after the fresh lotus pods are dried, the lotus seeds will not survive and will fall out.

At this time, stuff a few red dates inside, which looks good and has a good meaning.

"Give birth to a litter of children early!" The child said the meaning of the painting.

Xiaobao found it interesting, so he asked for a handful of peanuts from his pocket, and said, "According to you, jujube means 'early', so putting red dates, peanuts, longan and lotus seeds together means 'early birth'." Takako'?"

"Yeah yeah!"

"This is Peanut? This is the first time I've seen it!"

"Can this be eaten too?"

One stone stirred up waves, and the topic was diverted by Peanut.

Little Treasure's thoughts were also deviated: "What's your name?"

"My name is Shoumai," said the child.

Xiaobao: "What?!"

Child: "When I was born, it was going to rain, and the dried wheat was still spread on the ground. My father couldn't wait in the yard, so he yelled 'harvest wheat' and ran away, so I yelled 'harvest wheat'." wheat'."

Xiaobao: "Shoumai, can everyone in your family make this kind of hanging pictures?"

Shoumai: "Yes, I even taught the villagers."

Xiaobao: "Anything else?"

Shoumai: "My mother can also use straw, wicker, bamboo strips... no matter what, my mother can make beautiful hanging pictures, even fish scales, my mother used fish scales to make pine and crane pictures and peacocks. The picture is beautiful!"

Xiaobao: "Is your mother willing to teach other people the skills? If so, I will hire her to be a teacher in the academy. It will cost you one tael of silver per month, and your training will be exempted."

Shou Mai's eyes widened: "Really?!"

In fact, worthless things are the most profitable, this is Xiaobao's cognition.

Chu Yuan went home with Harvest Mai, looking for his mother.

The rest of the children were thinking, what can they teach others in their own family, which can make money and save them from repairing.

But after much deliberation, it seems that the "Small Young Master" hired more masters than their family, otherwise why would they come here to learn skills?

So I was a little discouraged.

But after all, they are all children, not much older than "Little Master Shanzhang", so they quickly forgot about it, but a child asked Xiaobao: "Shanzhang, you just let your husband teach us, why don't you teach?"

This is the competitive spirit of half-grown children.

About the same age as us, even younger than most of us, why can he be a "mountain leader"?
Little Bao laughed: "Okay! I will teach you a lesson today!"

Seeing that the time was almost up, he waved his little hand: "Go! Take you into the city to play, and teach while walking!"

There were not many children left in the school, only forty or fifty, and there were more than a dozen "May [-]th" left behind, but Hulala rushed out, which looked very spectacular.

Little Treasure was not bothered, and told everyone as he walked: "The lesson for you today is: When you go out, boys must protect themselves!"

The teaching discipline is very loose, because when walking on the road, the children have to catch birds, crickets, locusts and so on from time to time, even Xiaobao himself.

Little Treasure spent his childhood with retired soldiers, but there were fewer opportunities to be mischievous and annoying.

But as long as Xiaobao brought the topic back on track, the children listened carefully.

The college is in the suburbs, and on the way from the suburbs to the city, everyone can walk loosely, but the closer the road is to the city gate, the more people there will be.

So the children's formation is getting tighter and tighter.

Chu Yuan, who caught up halfway, simply separated from Xiao Sining, the seven maomaos, and Xiaobao's guards, pretending that they didn't know anyone, and wandered towards the city.

The Mao Maos dyed their hair and eyebrows with vinegar-soaked black beans, and covered their heads with straw hats, which hardly attracted the attention of outsiders.

Xiaobao was caught between the children, and Shui Xiaomao clung to him tightly.

Xiaobao continued to talk about his class: "See? There are a lot of people entering the city today. You are all boys. You must pay attention to staying away from girls, otherwise you will wear less clothes in hot weather. They will be like you. If you bump into something, what will you do if you rely on it?"

The children understand this, and they are already half-grown. Unlike before, they could dig radishes with little girls in the village. Now that they have grown up, the girls are all confined at home to do housework. Out.

Boys like them can only follow their parents to work in the fields. It is impossible to run around the village like they did when they were young.

Even if you run into a girl in the village, you have to pretend you didn't see it, leave without saying hello, or you will be uttered harsh words by the gossip woman in the village, and then you will be beaten up by the adults.

Even if there is nothing wrong, but gossip will be punished if it comes out - if there is something, it will be corrected, and if there is nothing, it will be encouraged.

(End of this chapter)