Chapter Ten Trivia

  Regarding learning, Yang Wei didn't think of taking any extraordinary actions, he just followed that tattered book and taught these companions to recognize characters, but at this time they used traditional Chinese characters. Sometimes Yang Wei also needed to ponder the meaning of some words, but after going through education in later generations, Yang Wei had even read a book about the evolution of oracle bone script, so his understanding of these characters was still very simple.

  There are some really cumbersome characters, even he himself avoids them, not letting these companions learn. Yang Wei's plan is to let the little companions be able to read and write letters and such in the future, maybe after pinyin comes out, these little companions can study on their own, at that time just buying a dictionary will do.

  "Weizi, okay, you all try them on and see how they fit." The sky had not yet darkened, but Xiaolian and the other two had already finished sewing all the shorts and tops that everyone needed.

  The shorts were the style provided by Yang Wei, which was a four-cornered pants, and the top was much simpler, without sewing those complex short-sleeved shirts, but adopted the vest style suggested by Yang Wei. The three girls also wore vests, but theirs had smaller openings. Yingzi and Xiaoshan each wore a pair of four-cornered pants and went topless.

  This is also an unavoidable thing. Currently, the most urgent need is to solve the lice problem, and then let these three girls slowly make formal clothes.

  Starting from tomorrow, Yang Wei plans to get rid of the lice first. This thing is too annoying, it's itchy when it bites on the body, and even sleeping is not stable.

  However, before solving this matter, Yang Wei still needs to solve another problem, that is, eating can't just be meat, and some side dishes are also needed.

  That night, even the bed bugs bit, Bai Yingzi used Yang Wei as a pillow, and Yang Wei was thinking about something, how to deal with no vegetables this winter, and how did his mother solve it in previous years?

  "Ah, so cold, so cold." Yang Wei walked in the icy and snowy land, walking and walking, but couldn't reach the edge, nor could he see any houses or anything like that. Moreover, he was naked, what happened? When did he come to such an icy and snowy place? Suddenly, he also felt that his body couldn't move at all, what was on his back, why was it so heavy?

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  "Who's on duty again and fell asleep, doesn't he know we're all freezing without blankets?" Suddenly, Yang Wei was startled awake by a shout, to find Yingzi tightly embracing him. It turned out that someone on duty had fallen asleep again, the fire had gone out, and it had naturally gotten cold. As for himself, he was weighed down by worries and had been dreaming, making it even harder to wake up.

  Soon all the little partners woke up and didn't care who was sleeping on duty, they all surrounded the edge of the stove and warmed themselves by the fire that had just been lit.

  "Comrades, since you're all awake now, I'll take advantage of the fact that it's still dark outside to arrange today's work." Yang Wei had been thinking about it for a whole night, so naturally he needed to make arrangements.

  "Brother Wei, isn't today the day we're going to scald those hateful lice to death? What's going on, is there another plan?" Yingzi asked from the side, voicing out the thoughts of her little companions.

  "Hehe, Yingzi is well-behaved, everyone knows they have their own thoughts now, of course brother has made arrangements, otherwise everyone would know what to do."

  "Alright, Weizi, you tell us, we're listening." "Okay, I've arranged for Sanzi, Gouru, Li Chen and the three of you to come with me to dig up some edible roots. When we were catching birds earlier, I found that there are some grasses whose roots can be eaten. From now on, when we eat meat, we'll have to pair it with these roots or else we'll get sick from eating just meat. And since we only have one shovel, the four of us will take turns using it."

  "Alright, let's go with you." "Also, from today onwards, the three of you including Xiaolian will start making our clothes. Mend the old ones and make new ones for those who don't have any. I estimate that within a year, we'll all be wearing new clothes."

  "Are you serious, Wei Gege? Will Yingzi also have new clothes then?"

  "Yes, that's right. Whoever doesn't work will first make new clothes for our beautiful Yingzi."

  "En. Wei Zi, let's start right away."

  "Also, Yingzi, Xiaoyan, Lida, and Husi, you are in charge of boiling water. The others will be responsible for taking apart the bedding, ironing the fabric that has been taken apart, washing it, and hanging it out to dry. This work will take several days. When we return from digging wild herbs, we will also join in. Does anyone have anything else to say?"

  "It's all gone." The little buddies replied in unison.

  Although the partners are not very old, they all know that Yang Wei may bring them good days, so they naturally listen to Yang Wei. However, if there was no bird-catching, I really don't know what would happen.

  Why dig up the wild vegetables? It's because Yang Wei has memories from his past life, and this meat-eater might lack some vitamins or something, so it needs to be eaten with vegetables. But now at home, there are no vegetables at all, only those two cans of sorghum, so he thought of these wild vegetable roots. Although they're not tasty, as long as they're not poisonous, these little friends won't be picky eaters. You know, even meat paired with wild vegetable roots is a huge difference from what they used to eat before, and in the past, they often went hungry.

  In the following days, Wang Shu did not come again, but Yang Wei saw Wang Shu looking at him from afar several times, proving that she still cared about Yang Wei. Seeing that Yang Wei was fine, she didn't come over.

  In the winter, digging the ground was not an easy job. When Yang Wei dug out the first piece of soil, he accidentally broke the handle of the shovel. Fortunately, there was another shovel in the children's room that had been brought along. The kids took turns using the shovel to dig the ground. Yang Wei was stronger and could dig up a large chunk of frozen soil with each strike. The other three kids didn't dig anymore; instead, they picked up the chunks of frozen soil and smashed them on the ground, then collected the grass roots inside. There were many big and small roots, which would need to be sorted out later to remove the ones that weren't edible.

  It's poisonous, but don't worry about it. These little friends still recognize these wild vegetables. You know that in the summer, several of them help their families dig up wild vegetables to feed pigs and sheep. Of course, they will recognize these wild vegetables. If you really can't recognize them, just throw them away.