After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

The children also got up at this point.

After having breakfast and taking a rest, Dalang and Erlang couldn't help but go out and run around the village twice.

Sanlang and Si Niang are only five years old. Qin Yao does not recommend that children start practicing martial arts at this time, so as not to hurt their foundation.

So they arranged for them to read by themselves in the morning, and they read Tang poems she wrote on the wooden board.

Only by reading it day after day and deepening your impression can you remember it.

Dalang ran the village very seriously and was not lazy at all.

Erlang was different. When he was tired from running, he just sat on the roadside picking grass and playing, reciting the nine-nine multiplication formula taught by Qin Yao. He would rather study and learn arithmetic than practice martial arts.

But he also wanted to learn Qin Yao's Kung Fu, and the requirement for learning Kung Fu was that he had to complete basic training, which was too difficult for him.

Dalang wanted to learn the skills from his stepmother. He knew that he was not as smart as Erlang, so he only wanted to do one thing well.

Knowing that Qin Yao was going to hunt in the mountains today, Dalang specifically asked her to wait for him before he went out. He wanted to go up the mountain with her after he finished his morning exercises, so he ran extra fast.

After Dalang finished running two laps, Erlang was still sitting on the field ridge debating whether to give up martial arts practice.

Dalang looked at his younger brother, shook his head helplessly, and went home first.

Liu Ji had already gone to find Old Man Liu and the others with a sickle.

Qin Yao was preparing hunting tools. When she saw Dalang returning, she asked the twins not to go to the river privately, and the two of them went out together.

He just wanted to get some meat for dinner in the evening. Qin Yao had no intention of going deep into the forest, only staying on the outskirts of the forest.

Spring is the season when all things come to life. The ground is covered with green grass and there are many small animals active in the forest.

The villagers and young people in the village also like to set up some simple traps in the outer woods. Occasionally, with good luck, they can catch rabbits, gophers and other little guys to provide extra meals for the family.

But because people appear from time to time, the animals here are very keen. When people get close, they will run away very fast. It is not easy to catch them.

At least in Dalang's opinion, it is almost impossible to catch these small and fast guys.

But when it comes to Qin Yao, this matter couldn't be simpler.

He didn't see clearly how she did it. Dalang was just about to say that there was a bird over there when he heard a scream of "chirp" and the bird he wanted to say fell from the tree.

"This" Dalang was a little confused.

"Go pick it up." Qin Yao reminded him when she saw that he was motionless.

"By the way, pick up my steel ball. It should be nearby. It's silver. If you bend down and look up, there will be reflected sunlight." Qin Yao taught him.

This is related to light refraction. Qin Yao thought about it and talked about a few more practical skills related to light, treating it as taking students to practice outdoors.

Listening to this, Dalang felt that he still had a long, long way to go before he could truly practice martial arts.

The stepmother said that she would not teach her martial arts until she understood the basics.

Dalang had no choice but to remember what she said first, and then practice it when he had the opportunity to see if it was really the case.

He picked up both the sparrow and the steel ball. Qin Yao threw the sparrow into the small bamboo basket diagonally across his body, and the two continued to look for the next target.

Dalang brought the bamboo basket because he wanted to pick wild fruits here, which meant that there would be many fruit trees in this forest.

Birds like to eat fruits the most, so they gather in this area and fly around, becoming a ready target.

In this kind of place, there is no need for bows and arrows at all, Qin Yao can only use a slingshot.

As long as the birds that came into her sight were slightly larger, they would not escape the fate of being shot down by the marbles.

Dalang only remembered that he was running here and there for a while. When he looked down, he didn't pick a single fruit in the bamboo basket. Instead, it was full of various birds. It was heavy, weighing almost twenty kilograms.

Seeing that Qin Yao was still searching, Dalang reminded: "Auntie, there are enough."

"Is that enough?" Qin Yao came over with a slingshot, and she warmed up.

Dalang nodded heavily and lifted the heavy bamboo basket to show her that it was already full.

"Okay, then let's go back and catch some fish by the river. Let's make fish soup for dinner tonight."

Dalang was looking forward to it.

Even on the way back, I couldn't help but glance at Qin Yao's slingshot on her lower back, thinking to myself, it would be great if I could use this to shoot birds.

"Do you want to try it?" Seeing the young boy's thoughts, Qin Yao turned around and asked with a smile.

Dalang didn't expect his little thoughts to be seen through, so he waved his hand a little embarrassedly, "No, it would be bad if it gets damaged."

Qin Yao didn't try to persuade her anymore. Her slingshot was really not suitable for children because it was too lethal.

"When I'm free later, I'll make you a wooden slingshot." I still have beef tendon at home, so it's safer to make it for children to play with.

The little boy's eyes lit up, he ran two steps to catch up with her, looked at her and asked, "Really? Make me a wooden slingshot?"

Qin Yao nodded, "You can usually pick up some round pebbles and store them as bullets, but be careful not to point them at anyone who is weaker than you."

"I teach you martial arts to protect yourself, not to bully others." Qin Yao warned seriously.

Dalang nodded heavily, "I know, I won't."

Then, he couldn't help but laugh, showing two pointed tiger teeth, silly.

"Auntie, when will you be free?" He couldn't help but ask, because he was so looking forward to it and wanted to get it as soon as possible.

The two of them had reached the river. Qin Yao signaled him to wait on the river bank and pick a branch of suitable length and thickness to make a harpoon from the grove. "It will take two days." He rolled up his trouser legs and got into the river.

The river water covered her calves, and the current was relatively fast, but she still stood there firmly, as if the momentum of the entire river could not knock her down.

At this stop, Qin Yao seemed to be frozen there, almost merging with the entire river.

Dalang squatted down holding the basket, not worried at all that she couldn't catch the fish. He looked at the sky, the ground, and the basket full of birds. He chuckled. He would have his own slingshot soon. Erlang knew I must be so envious that I want to cry.

Soon, there was a strange noise in the river, and then a fish was thrown in front of him.

The fish's tail was swaying in a crackling manner, as wide as Dalang's hand. There was a bloody hole in the middle, and it was not completely dead yet.

Dalang immediately held it down, pulled a grass stem through the fish's gills, and skewered the fish.

As soon as the string was finished, another one was thrown up. This feeling of harvest was so good that the little boy couldn't help laughing, and his excited voice could be heard along the river bank.

There were five fish in a row, all strung on a piece of grass. They were so heavy that Da Lang couldn't even lift them.

He hurriedly shouted: "Enough! Enough!"

Qin Yao then threw away the wooden stick, jumped up from the river, put down her trouser legs, and the mother and daughter carried the fish, one held the basket, and returned home with a full load.

On the way, they saw a lot of water celery growing in the ditch, and the two of them picked up a bunch and took it back.