bestfiction Chapter 64 Cultivating from a Young Age
Chapter 64 Cultivating from a Young Age
The family's greenhouse vegetables and goats needed someone to look after them, so early the next morning, Wen Yuxia sent Lu Zhigang and his two sons back to the county town. Grandma Lu stayed on the farm to take care of Wen Yuxia and her siblings.
Early in the morning, Lin Zhuangtou drove an oxcart to Lingdong Village and Lingtong Village to pick up people. Before leaving, he did not forget to instruct his wife, Guo, to take two women to help Granny Lu at noon.
"Aunt Lu, I'm from Lin Youmu's family. He asked me to bring some people over to help with the cooking," Guo said to Granny Lu as she knocked on the courtyard gate.
After breakfast, Wen Yuxia went out to find Wang Kang, saying she needed to make bunk beds for the children and asked her to cook extra food for lunch. She was worried about not being able to manage alone, and the arrival of Guo Shi and her people to help was just what she needed.
"That's great, I was just worried about not being able to handle it all," Granny Lu said without any ceremony, and led Guo and the others into the kitchen.
Wang Kang was the only servant on the estate who knew how to do carpentry. Wen Yuxia hired him to make beds, desks, and chests for the children's personal belongings.
"Master Wang, how many days will it take to finish 11 small beds, 11 desks, and 11 wooden crates?"
Last night, Wen Yuxia carefully reviewed the dates the children signed their indentures and their ages on the contracts. She knew that there were 11 children aged 4 to 7 in the three farms, including 7 boys and 4 girls.
Wang Kang thought for a moment and said, "Miss, it will take at least a month to finish all these things, and we'll also need to have Manager Lin send two people over to help us."
"Then let's make the bed first."
After sending the children from the two villages to Wen Yuxia, Lin Zhuangtou also took the children aged 4 to 7 from Lingyuan Village with him.
Eleven children stood stiffly in the courtyard. Wen Yuxia said coldly, "From today onwards, you will all eat and sleep here. Also, while you're living here, you'll be named according to your ages..."
The naming method employed the character "Nan" as the surname and numbers as the given names, naming seven boys according to their ages: Nan Yi, Nan Er, Nan San, Nan Si, Nan Wu, Nan Liu, and Nan Qi.
The girls will take "Bei" as their surname and be named Bei Yi, Bei Er, Bei San, and Bei Si respectively.
This lunch was the most sumptuous meal these 11 children had ever eaten in their lives: stewed chicken with dried mushrooms, braised pork with radish, fried dough balls, fried meatballs, stir-fried cabbage with vinegar, scrambled eggs with chives, and cucumber salad.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Wen Yuxia took out cotton cloth and cotton and asked Guo to call all the women in the village to come and help the children sew cotton clothes and exercise uniforms.
After the clothes were sewn up, she instructed Granny Lu to boil water for the children to bathe. After their baths, she looked at the children wearing their new cotton-padded clothes and shoes.
Wen Yuxia said coldly, "Wen Yunhong, assemble and count off." Wen Yunhong, who was chatting and laughing with the children, quickly ran to Wen Yuxia and stood in front of her, shouting loudly, "1!"
Wen Yuxia suppressed a laugh: "Wen Yunhong, go and teach them how to do it. I want to see results in half an hour. Dismissed."
"I guarantee I'll complete the mission!" Wen Yunhong shouted loudly, head held high, before turning and running towards the children.
Surrounded by the children, Wen Yunhong patiently explained to them until they nodded in understanding. Only then did he stop explaining and shout, "Gather together!"
The children huddled together in a panic, but finally found their places with Wen Yunhong's help: the boys in the first row and the girls in the second.
"Report your numbers," Wen Yunhong called out in an old-fashioned tone, his hands behind his back.
"1!" Nan Yi shouted loudly.
"2,"
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"7," Nan Qi, with her adorable cuteness, belted out in a high-pitched voice.
“8,” followed by Bei Yi’s shrill voice.
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"11," the shortest ending is North Fourth.
"disband",
"gather,"
……
Wen Yunhong became addicted to being an instructor. After assembling, counting off, and dismissing, he began teaching Nan Yi and his classmates the standard movements of standing at attention, standing at ease, turning left, turning right, and turning about.
Half an hour later, under Wen Yunhong's training, Nan Yi and the others were able to skillfully perform the corresponding actions according to Wen Yunhong's instructions.
Wen Yuxia, who had been watching them closely, was pleased. Wen Yunhong had the potential to be an instructor, so let him continue teaching: "Wen Yunhong."
"arrive,"
"Take them for a run along the inner wall of the manor to warm them up."
"Guarantee the completion of the task."
"Everyone, right turn, march—run!" Wen Yunhong ran to the front of the group, leading Nan Yi and the others out of the courtyard.
The women sewing clothes in the courtyard watched the children run out with varying expressions. Those with children in the line looked proud, while those without looked sorrowful.
The children participating in the training received food and clothing from Wen Yuxia. Wen Yuxia understood the feelings of the women whose families did not have children of school age to participate in the training.
Wen Yuxia walked over to Granny Lu, and after quietly asking for her opinion, said, "Children aged 8 to 15 can also be sent over..."
These children came to learn how to make pastries from Granny Lu, and Wen Yuxia would also teach them how to make cakes, bread, cookies, and candied fruit.
"Master Wang," Wen Yuxia called out with a smile.
The children learning to make pastries also wanted to stay at her house. Making beds was too much trouble, so Wen Yuxia visited Wang Kang's house a second time, intending to have Wang Kang stay at her house and, based on the size of the room, make two large communal beds against the walls on both sides of the room.
The desks will no longer be placed in the bedroom; two other rooms will be allocated as study rooms for the children, and tutors will be hired for them in the future.
"A large communal bed? That's easy. There's dried wood in the warehouse. I'll go find Lin Zhuangtou now, and it should be finished by tomorrow at the latest."
"Okay, you're busy, I'll head back now," Wen Yuxia said, turning around and walking away without lingering after giving her instructions.
There are a total of 8 children who meet the requirements to come to Wen Yuxia's home to learn pastry making, 5 boys and 3 girls.
Every morning, these eight people would run a lap around the inner wall of the manor with Nan Yi and the others, then wash up, eat breakfast, learn to read, and finally learn to make pastries from Granny Lu.
Nan Yi and his friends had to run three laps around the village before they could return to wash up, eat, and learn to read. After lunch, they had to do eye exercises and radio calisthenics, followed by horse stance and Tai Chi.
In short, Wen Yuxia would never stop training them until dinner time. The excessive training intensity resulted in Nan Yi and the others falling asleep instantly every night, with no time to complain.
The task of teaching Nan Yi and the others to read and write temporarily fell to Wen Yunhong. Wen Yuxia planned to find a tutor for Nan Yi and the others after Wen Yunhong went to study at the private school.