Chapter Twenty-Five: A New Training Program

  Yang Wei didn't pay much attention to tea leaves or tea trees, and he only roasted tea to help his little friends digest greasy food, not to make money from roasting tea. Now, training is the most important thing, having a strong body is better than anything else.

  This spring has already reached the end of spring, and it will soon enter summer. The big river on the edge of the village had thawed out long ago. Although the water is still quite cool now, as soon as Yang Wei said he wanted to learn how to swim, all these little friends started to enthusiastically sign up, without worrying whether the water was cool or warm.

  "Ah," Yang Wei dipped his hand into the river water and immediately sucked in a breath of cold air. The water was really too cool, but if he didn't get in, his little friends would look down on him.

  "Alright," Yang Wei steeled himself and took off his outer cotton garment, wearing only a small white cloth four-cornered pants, with a rope tied around his waist.

  However, he didn't directly jump into the water. In later generations, he heard that many people who had jumped into the water recklessly had either gotten cramps or drowned to death, all because they hadn't prepared themselves well.

  Twisting hands, twisting feet, shaking waist, rubbing face. "Wei Gege, what are you doing?" "Ah, Yingzi, come, you guys also come and listen, I'm exercising my body, just like we do before other exercises, we need to warm up our bodies first, especially since the river water is still very cold now, we need to fully warm up our bodies before getting in the water to swim. However, none of us know how to swim, so we can only learn slowly one by one. Do you see this rope? If you find anything wrong, quickly pull me back up."

  "Alright, we know, Wei Gege, you can go with peace of mind." "Hey, hey, Yingzi, how are you talking?" "Ah, Wei Gege, I made a mistake, you can dive in with peace of mind, we won't let you drown." Yingzi playfully stuck out her tongue.

  These little buddies are getting along better and better, naturally, these mischievous words have also increased. Although occasionally someone will make a small conflict, in the blink of an eye, both sides will be fine again.

  "Hiss, hiss, hiss." Yang Wei inhaled a breath of cold air as he descended into the water. Although his body had already begun to move, this river water was really too cold, and his bones were even starting to ache from the chill.

  " Splash, splash," Yang Wei splashed around in the river, "Quickly, pull Brother Wei up, Brother Wei is choking on water." Ying Zi was anxious when she saw this and hastily pulled Yang Wei up.

  "Yingzi, what are you doing? I just had a feeling and you disturbed me." Yang Wei shouted loudly, then jumped back into the water. "What's going on? It looks like you're the one who fell into the water and is waiting for someone to come and rescue you!"

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  The process of learning to swim was quite troublesome, Yang Wei had never been good with water, whether in his past life or this one, so naturally he learned slowly. The other little friends were also from the north and had never been to the south, so they had never been in the water before, but like this, they slowly learned how to swim in the icy river water.

  "Come on, Wei Gege, come and chase me!" After learning to swim, the little friends were delighted. Look, Yingzi was like a little mermaid, swimming around in the water, occasionally playing jokes with her friends. At this time, the boys were wearing four-cornered pants, while the girls were wearing sleeveless onesies designed by Yang Wei, which could wrap their upper and lower bodies well. Mainly, the three little girls had already started developing physically, but Yingzi hadn't reached that stage yet. Naturally, the boys and girls began to have their own secrets.

  Even at night when they were sleeping, the three little girls would pull up a curtain in the middle of the kang to block their line of sight with the boys. Sometimes they would whisper to each other, but Yang Wei told them to go sleep in another room by themselves, and they didn't want to. Yingzi was still as clingy as ever, every night tightly hugging Yang Wei while sleeping. Maybe when she grew up a bit more, she would learn to avoid suspicion.

  Summer has arrived, and the vegetables planted by Yang Wei on the edge of the house have also grown out. There are scallions, bean sprouts, potatoes, and some green vegetables. The dishes on the table have become more diverse. Although the young friends have entered the mountain many times, they haven't gone hunting again. Hunting too much is a waste, it can't be eaten, and making dried rations makes it taste bad.

  The little buddies ate too much good food, and they didn't want to eat the dried meat that was made earlier. "Wei Gege, you eat it, Yingzi is already full." Yingzi was the representative of this group, at this time she would rather eat some green vegetables than eat those dried meats that were made before the new year. Those dried meats had become very hard after being wind-dried for a whole winter, although they were cooked food, Yang Wei still threw them into the pot to cook and eat. As expected, these dried meats didn't have any seasonings or good cooking skills, so the taste was not good, at most there was just some salt inside.

  Although it is possible to buy some seasonings at the market, Yang Wei cannot do so. Who knows when this gun will be confiscated in the future? If it is confiscated, it will not be easy to hunt down so many prey again.

  "Yingzi, come and eat these dried meats. You know that your brothers and sisters also need to eat them, and each person must eat several pieces every day. If not, Yingzi won't grow tall, and how ugly she will be!"

  "Brother Wei, you said it's true that Yingzi won't grow taller if she doesn't eat dried meat. So Yingzi eats, Yingzi eats." Now what Yingzi hates the most is being the shortest, and she didn't think about it, but among her little friends, Yingzi is indeed the smallest one. "Hmph, even stinky Xiaoshan is taller than Yingzi, Yingzi must eat well, eat well, and definitely surpass stinky Xiaoshan."

  Yingzi can only compare with Xiaoyue now, others are much taller than them.

  "Friends, summer has arrived and our money is running low. We also don't have any land to farm. Recently, we found some ginseng in the forest. Why not dig one up and sell it in town?"

  At this time, Yang Wei did so on purpose. Since the forest belongs to everyone, then everyone should discuss it together. Although at this time, everyone still listens to Yang Wei's words, it can be said that Yang Wei is in charge.

  "Wei Zi, or else we'll pick a few more. That way we can sell them for more money." "No way, that mountain is only accessible to us and a few others. You've seen the dangers inside too. I think it's better if we leave the ginseng in the mountains, take what we need when we need it. Besides, this ginseng becomes more valuable with time."