Chapter 122 Eye Exercises
Chapter 122 Eye Exercises
When Grandma Yang saw her granddaughter doing eye exercises, she followed suit. Everyone in the family learned how to do eye exercises, and Da Mao and the other students also did them according to their sister's request.
When he first started doing eye exercises in the school, a classmate noticed that his movements were strange and came to ask curiously. After listening to what Da Mao said about the benefits, the classmate followed Da Mao and did it for a while and found that it was really useful. Their eyes were not as tired as before. Then they recommended it to other classmates. After Mr. Zheng knew about it, he directly suggested to the school that eye exercises should be promoted in the school to reduce students' eye fatigue.
While doing that, Grandma Yang secretly glanced at Xiaocaoer. Xiaocaoer knew without even looking that her grandma was looking at her, because her grandma always did that.
Finally it was over, and Old Lady Yang moved closer to her granddaughter and said, "Xiao Cao'er, what have you been busy with recently? It seems like you haven't made anything to visit your brother and his family for a while."
Because the four brothers and Yang Bailin all had to take exams, Mr. Zheng assigned them a lot of tasks, and they might not have time to come back even during vacations, so Xiao Cao would make some delicious food from time to time and send it to the Zheng Mansion, and visit everyone at the same time.
Xiao Cao'er didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Why didn't you go? Didn't you go there just two days ago? It's not good for me to go there all the time, disturbing my brothers from studying."
"Besides, I'm still too young to do it. Grandma has to help me do it. I'm afraid she'll be tired. Let's wait a few days. I have something else to do these two days."
When Old Lady Yang heard her say that she was busy, she thought it must be something important. She became curious and asked, "What are you busy with? Do you need help? I can't do other things, but I can run errands."
"Grandma, how dare I ask you to run errands? Isn't running errands done by my dad?" Xiao Cao'er blinked her big eyes at Grandma Yang.
When Old Lady Yang saw her granddaughter winking at her, she immediately realized what was happening and said, "Yes, yes, yes, the men should do the running errands, and we girls should just stay at home and enjoy life."
"You see, your father is always away from home. I don't know where he goes. When you want to use him, he shows up. When you don't want to see him, he's always around, especially during mealtimes."
"Yes, yes, grandma is absolutely right, hehe!" Xiao Cao'er said, covering her mouth.
"Then you talk to grandma first, and when your dad comes back I'll ask him to run errands for you." Grandma Yang still wanted to know what big thing her granddaughter wanted to do next. Usually, if her granddaughter wanted to do something big, she would be busy for several days.
"Grandma, we haven't sold all the sweet potatoes we harvested this time. We also asked the villagers to help save some for us. I want to use these sweet potatoes." Xiao Cao'er said.
"Aren't sweet potatoes already being used? Bubble milk tea is sold in the store." Old Mrs. Yang said puzzled.
Xiao Caoer smiled and said, "The amount used to make pearls is too small. I want to use it to make sweet potato vermicelli. This way, the amount used will be large, and the sweet potato vermicelli made will taste good."
"Sweet potato vermicelli? Have you ever eaten it?" asked Old Mrs. Yang. Speaking of food, everyone in the family was particularly interested, especially since Xiaocao put a lot of effort into making anything that tasted good.
Xiao Caoer took out a bag from the mall and said, "I've eaten it before, it's similar to this. The powder is easier to make, but the ingredients are difficult. I want to make the powder first, and then slowly study the ingredients."
Old Lady Yang saw a bag of things suddenly appear in front of her granddaughter, and she could tell at a glance that it was not what she had now. In the past two years, Xiao Cao'er has rarely taken things out.
Xiao Cao'er was thinking: "Alas, we don't have enough manpower. My parents are busy with the workshop and the fields. Can we consider buying some people?" With the indenture in hand, I am not afraid that he will learn to run away.
You still have to grow up quickly.
"Is there any milk I can help with to make this sweet potato vermicelli?" In the past two years, Grandma Yang seldom went to the fields. She spent most of her time at home with Xiaocao, or with Xiaocao accompanying her.
"That's a lot. This sweet potato vermicelli is actually the same as making sweet potato flour, but there are a few more steps at the end. Grandma also knows how to make it, right? Oh, by the way, grandma, do we use our feet to step on the pestle and mortar at home?"
"We have a mortar and pestle that can be stepped on by foot. Do you want to use it?" asked Old Lady Yang.
"Is there really one in our house? Why have I never seen it before?" Xiao Cao'er said with her big round eyes.
"Hey, I can't even remember how many years it's been since I last used it. It was useful when your grandfather was alive, but later on, we couldn't even get enough to eat, so how could we have the energy to tinker with those things?"
"Let's wash it clean later and let my dad try it to see if it saves effort. If it's faster than using a knife, we might need two more pestles and mortars."
"That's easy. There are people in the village who can make a pestle and mortar that can be stepped on by foot."
When Yang Dashan and Li got home from work in the afternoon, Old Lady Yang and Xiao Cao had already washed the sweet potatoes.
As soon as Yang Dashan entered the yard, he saw several baskets of washed sweet potatoes. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Mom, why did you take out so many sweet potatoes? Didn't you just grind some sweet potato flour a few days ago? It's all used up already? It's gone so quickly, business must be good." As he said this, he chuckled a few times.
When Old Mrs. Yang saw Yang Dashan and his wife, she thought of her good granddaughter's hard work and her face immediately turned sour towards them.
"Bah, you are nothing, you know nothing. I told you that the sweet potato flour I made a few days ago would be enough for them to use for a while. It's only been a few days, how could they use it up? Is it possible that we have so many sweet potatoes just for that little bit of milk tea business?
You two, why don't you use your brains and think of ways to make a living? Don't count on your daughter for everything, okay? Look at your daughter, her face is pale and she has lost weight day by day for the family's livelihood. How about you? You are fat as balls! How can you, as parents, not know how to make something delicious for your daughter? If my granddaughter keeps losing weight like this, I will never forgive you two." After saying that, he walked into the main room.
Yang Dashan and his wife looked at their daughter, whose face had lost blood and who looked pale and plump: Why does she look so rosy and plump?
Xiao Caoer looked at his parents: Dad and Mom are a little fatter than before, but not as fat as balls.
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