"Mom, this lotus pod is so big and must be very sweet. Would you like to pick this?"

"Okay, you and your brother can share it with you."

"Wow, what a big black lotus. Is it broken?"

"This is an old lotus pod. It's not broken. The lotus seed porridge you eat at home comes from this black lotus pod."

"Woo, the black lotus seeds are so hard, my teeth are broken!"

"Stupid brother, my mother told you not to bite me."

"..."

The small boat shuttled among the green lotus leaves. The adults were busy punting the boat to pick lotus leaves, and the young ones were busy chirping. The most silent one used his hands and mouth to peel the lotus seeds to stop his brother's noisy mouth.

of peace.

In short, no one in the family of four is idle.

Before long, there were a bunch of bowl-sized lotus pods in the small boat bucket. Their round "heads" were squeezed together, and the lotus seeds embedded inside were plump and looked delicious.

Momo held up a lotus pod that was not much smaller than his head in one hand and swayed it leisurely. He hummed a tune he made up in his little mouth. From time to time he opened his mouth and said "Ah woo" and ate his brother's skin in one bite.

Lian Zi, squinting her eyes, was extremely happy.

"Brother Li, let's collect more old lotus pods. You can row your boat to a place where there are many old lotus pods."

Qin Xiaoxiao saw that the young lotus pods were almost harvested, so he wanted to pick more old lotus pods. The lotus seeds peeled off the old lotus pods can be used to stew soup and porridge, and the lotus hearts also have excellent fire-removing effects. Freshly picked lotus seeds are better than those sold in shops.

Much fresher.

Jing Heng looked around and saw several old lotus pods not far away, so he held the boat and rowed there: "Brother, they don't know where they rowed, and they can't hear a sound."

Hearing this, Qin Xiaoxiao signaled the two little guys to be quiet, and then listened to the surroundings with open ears. Finding that there was no other sound, he said a little uncertainly: "Maybe they have collected enough lotus pods and have gone outside to wait for us.

"

Jing Heng felt that this was a possibility, so he said, "Let's go out after picking some old lotus pods. Don't keep Big Brother and the others waiting."

Mo Mo nodded his head: "Hmm, I'm going to be late for breakfast!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another peeled lotus seed was stuffed into his mouth, and he heard his younger brother say: "A rice bucket."

The little guy muttered: "I'm not a loser, I just can't get enough of the lotus seeds."

Nao Nao looked at the lotus seed shells scattered in the boat bucket, and then looked at his brother's bulging belly. He couldn't help but press it hard: "Is it full of stink?"

Silently showing a disgusted expression, he shouted loudly: "Brother, it's so disgusting, I'm eating!"

Nao Nao said again: "Brother is a loser."

"Bad brother, I don't want to talk to you!" Mo Mo groaned angrily, not forgetting to take the half-peeled lotus seed from Nao Nao's hand before turning around.

Nao Nao was not sad, he broke out a new lotus seed from the lotus pod and continued to peel it. After peeling off the last bit of green shell on it, he ate the white, tender and sweet lotus seed directly.

Momo, who was quietly waiting for his brother to feed the lotus seeds, was stunned and stared at him accusingly: "Brother, aren't you peeling them for me to eat?"

Nao Nao said slowly: "You have the hands to peel it off yourself."

Mo Mo was extremely aggrieved: "No, you just stripped it for me to eat..."

Nao Nao once again took out a lotus seed from the lotus pod, without even looking at his brother: "I won't peel it now."

She was stunned for a moment, then threw herself into Qin Xiaoxiao's arms and cried: "Mom, my brother is bad, he won't let me eat lotus seeds, wuwu~"

Qin Xiaoxiao was speechless and tapped him on the little head: "There are so many lotus pods. If you want to eat them, just peel them off yourself. Your brother didn't stop you from eating them."

Momo cried even more sadly and kicked his legs wildly: "No, that's not the case. If my brother doesn't peel the lotus seeds for me to eat, he doesn't like me anymore, ow~"

Qin Xiaoxiao's ears almost exploded from his loud voice. She blocked his mouth and started to reason with him: "My younger brother peeled the lotus seeds. My younger brother has already peeled a lot of them for you. How can I not like you?"

What? Besides, you like eating lotus seeds, and your brother also likes them. What’s wrong with him peeling them off for himself? It’s totally unreasonable for you to cry like this.”

He silently stopped crying and tilted his head to ponder what his mother had said.

Qin Xiaoxiao let go of his hand and let him think slowly, but did not accuse him of being selfish or anything.

Children at this age do not have a clear sense of right and wrong, and the selfish side of their nature will be easily magnified, so they need careful guidance from adults. Even if they don't understand, at least they can realize that this is wrong.

But while she was silently thinking about it, she began to teach Nao Nao a lesson: "How many times have I told you not to call your brother a loser? You wet the bed two days ago, and my brother didn't call you a loser!"

She also had a lot of headaches for her little son who refused to change despite repeated admonitions. She knew that he was not a good person, but he still threw it at his brother's head over and over again. He had been taught to be harsh and cruel, but she couldn't beat him harshly.

.

When the subject of bedwetting was mentioned, Nao Nao's little face showed a rare expression of embarrassment, and he said sternly: "I just peed once, not counting the bucket."

Qin Xiaoxiao sneered: "Just once? Do you want me to calculate it carefully for you?"

Nao Nao didn't say anything. He thought about it carefully in his mind, but he still couldn't be sure about it this time.

Seeing his reaction, Qin Xiaoxiao knew that he was very concerned about bedwetting, and immediately had a way to cure him: "When you were a child, you wet the bed almost every day, and you often peed on your brother to wake him up. My brother never disliked you.

Are you embarrassed to dislike your brother now?"

She definitely didn't lie about this matter, but the big kid just wet the bed, but the little kid didn't know.

As expected, Nao Nao's eyes widened when he heard this, and he began to wonder if he had become a urinal. How could he wet the bed every day and wake up his brother from peeing?

At this time, Mo Mo had already finished self-reflection, and hugged him very grandly: "Brother, it's okay, I don't blame you, and I won't call you a piss bucket."

Nao Nao turned his head and looked at his brother. After a while, he said awkwardly: "I won't call you a loser anymore."

Momo smiled and narrowed his eyes, then kissed his precious brother on the face: "Yes, yes, we are brothers, we must obey mother's words and love each other!"

Nao Nao's temper was not as outgoing as his brother's, so he nodded a little shyly: "Yes."

Seeing this scene, Qin Xiaoxiao was extremely satisfied, and touched their little heads with a smile: "That's right!"

The conflict was resolved, and the twins were also very happy and began to peel off the same lotus pod. You feed me and I feed you. If anyone forgets to spit out the lotus heart and is suffering from pain, and will frown and complain, he will soon get a lotus pod.

Remove the lotus seeds from the lotus core.

Jingheng, who was punting the boat, had been paying attention to the interaction between the three mothers. Seeing this, he couldn't help but laugh. He had to admit that his wife was very good at covering up the children, and she didn't lie to them.

A family of four happily shuttled among the lotus leaves, planning to pick some more old lotus pods before going home. At this time, a woman's scream suddenly came from deep in the lotus leaves: "Ah - it's a wasp, run!"

The voice clearly belonged to Yan Yu, but I didn't expect there was a wasp.

Qin Xiaoxiao suddenly thought of the time when he was collecting lotus pods with his brothers when he was a child, but was attacked by a wasp. He hurriedly said: "Brother Li, let's go over and help."

Jing Heng looked at the three mothers, then looked deep into the lotus leaves, and decisively rowed the boat out: "I'll take you ashore first."

Qin Xiaoxiao understood what he meant, looked at the two little boys looking into the depths of the lotus leaves, and acquiesced in his decision.

Fortunately, lotus can only grow on shallow shoals and cannot spread to deep water. They have not yet reached the deepest part of the lotus leaf. They are now very close to the lake shore. If they row hard, they will reach the shore in at most a cup of tea.

In the past, rowing took so long because the owner's family tied the boat to the pier closest to the village, which was some distance away from the lotus.

Soon Jingheng sent the three of them to the shore, and he turned around and rowed deep into the lotus leaves.

Qin Xiaoxiao was worried and warned repeatedly: "Brother Li, you have to be careful. If you are spotted by a wasp, you should hide in the water."

Jing Heng turned around and said, "Don't worry, I know what to do. You take the children home first to prevent the wasps from running out and stinging you."

Qin Xiaoxiao watched his figure gradually disappear into the lotus, feeling a little uneasy. She knew very well how ferocious wasps were, and it was very dangerous to be attacked by multiple wasps at the same time.

She didn't know how many wasps they encountered this time. She could only pray for good luck like when she was a child. There were only a few twenty. If they encountered hundreds or thousands of wasps, the consequences would be disastrous.

Qin Xiaoxiao looked at the village in front of her and decisively took the children home: "Let's go back and find Grandpa and the others for help."

The twins had already realized how scary wasps were from their father and mother's expressions. They did not hold back and trotted closely to follow their mother's footsteps, urging her to run faster.

When the three mothers ran home panting, they told Qin Shan, who was on the straw rope at the door, about Dabao and the others hitting a wasp. Qin Shan changed his face and immediately dropped the half-woven straw rope and ran to the next door: "Dachuan, Dabao

Erbao and the others encountered a wasp, and we don’t know what’s going on now, so let’s go over and have a look.”

Zhao Cao'er was in the kitchen house, sneaking away to pick lotus pods for her two daughters-in-law instead of making breakfast. She cursed Qin Chuan for a long time. When she heard Qin Shan's cry, she subconsciously said: "They deserve it. Who made them angry?"

I had nothing to do in the morning and went to pick lotus pods!"

Qin Chuan was so frightened that he took out two pieces of flint, grabbed a handful of dry pine needles, and ran out: "Brother, go and carry a few bundles of straw. If they don't run out, we can only smoke them."

Saved someone."

Qin Shan also thought the same, turned around and walked out: "Hurry up, I'll call a few more people for help."

Soon Mr. Qin, Mrs. Miao and Mrs. Lin Qiuniang also found out about this, and they suddenly became worried. They told Qin Xiaoxiao to take care of the children at home, and they went to the lake to check the situation.

How could Qin Xiaoxiao stay at home with peace of mind? She handed the two little guys over to Mingyue and the others and rushed to the lake with them.

At this moment, the situation of the four Dabao people is not very good.

Who would have thought that there was a hornet's nest the size of a head hidden among the lotus leaves, densely packed with wasps. When they were picking lotus pods, they failed to notice in time that they had disturbed the bee swarm, and they were immediately besieged by the bee swarm.

If Dabao hadn't reacted quickly and decisively pushed and pulled Erbao and the three of them into the water, they would have been stung by a wasp right now.

Even so, several people were stung to some extent on their faces and backs, and it was obvious that the areas where they were stung were swelling rapidly.

Now they are immersed in the water, temporarily avoiding the swarm attacks of wasps, but they cannot hold their breath forever. After a while, they will have to surface for air, and they will still be attacked by wasps.

Especially Chen Lili and Yan Yu, who were not good at diving, were stung twice on their scalps while ventilating. In desperation, they choked several mouthfuls of muddy water, and their minds were so choked that they could only be passively led by Dabao and Erbao.

Fascinated and confused, he walked somewhere else.
To be continued...