Acai's Sky

Chapter 730 50 Continue Life 13

In the early morning, sunlight streamed into the simple house through the window.

Li Huaishan, wearing a slightly worn sheepskin coat, slowly walked into the kitchen.

When he stepped over the not-so-high threshold, he raised his foot and gently kicked his second son's butt.

At this time, the girl was holding a bowl of steaming egg custard tightly, her eyes a little dazed, as if she was listening attentively to her wife talking.

After Li Huaishan noticed this detail, he couldn't help but think of something.

He whispered to his wife, "Let's stop speaking those local dialects at home. Our daughter seems to be able to understand some Mandarin, but she doesn't understand our local dialect very well."

As soon as she finished speaking, Gao suddenly realized. No wonder her daughter smiled sweetly when she saw her yesterday, but disappeared today.

I quickly agreed, "Yeah, I said that. This morning when I talked to my daughter, she didn't respond at all. It turns out she didn't understand!"

As she spoke, Gao quickly switched to Mandarin.

At this time, Li Jinghong grinned, revealing a mouthful of uneven teeth, and laughed with great joy: "Haha, Dad, Mom, my sister needs to listen to our dialect more! Our family came to live in the Qinling Mountains, so naturally we have to learn the local dialect from the locals!"

Just as everyone was chatting and laughing, Li Jingqi strode in.

Without saying a word, he walked straight to the water tank, picked up the ladle, quickly scooped up some water, and then began to wash his face carefully.

Surprisingly, he not only washed his face, but also picked up the toothbrush and brushed his teeth carefully.

Ah Cai, who was standing aside, widened her eyes and looked at Li Jingqi in surprise, obviously attracted by his series of unusual actions.

The other people in the family seemed much more casual. They did not sit at the table to eat in the morning like other families did.

Instead, he was either squatting or half leaning against the wall, holding up the large bowl that was a circle bigger than Acai's head, slurping the delicious mutton offal soup, while at the same time holding the fragrant scallion pancake in his hand, eating it with relish.

The whole kitchen was filled with the aroma of food and the warm laughter of the family.

Li Jingqi saw that his sister had only eaten a small bowl of egg custard and frowned. "Oh, that's pitifully little! She just went through such a disaster yesterday. Doctor Shen repeatedly told her to take good care of herself!"

At this time, Gao was swiftly clearing the dishes from the table, muttering to herself, "My daughter, I wonder who she looks like! Why can't she understand the local dialect? After all these years, she hasn't changed at all. Forget it, you brothers and fathers, just spoil her!"

Li Huaishan, standing by, seemed unconcerned. He waved his hand and said, "Our family came here to escape disaster. We'll eventually have to leave and return home. Who wants to be trapped in this small place forever?"

Without waiting for Gao to stop her actions and retort, he quickly continued, "Even if our child goes out in the future, he'll be bullied by outsiders if he speaks this dialect all the time. Forget about anything else, just look at the team members who have recently arrived in the village. Which one of them doesn't speak standard Mandarin?"

Li Jingqi nodded repeatedly, agreeing with his wife's opinion, and continued, "That's right! This dialect is only useful when communicating with local indigenous people. In my opinion, sooner or later, the world will have a unified accent!"

Ah Cai, who had been sitting quietly beside them, heard the adults' discussion and suddenly opened her watery eyes wide and looked at her elder brother curiously, "How do you know that everyone will speak Mandarin in the future?"

Her eldest brother is only ten years old, right?

Li Jingqi squatted down with a smile on his face, gently stroking the black and white ball that had just slowly crawled into the kitchen, muttering to himself, "Hey, little guy, why are you here again? Did you smell something delicious?"

As he spoke, he gently poked the black and white ball's round belly with his finger.

"Those people in the new government working group all like to speak Mandarin. I don't know if they are worried that ordinary people won't understand them, or if they are deliberately showing off their culture. They even specially found a local translator to follow them. They really don't mind the trouble!" Li Jingqi stood up, clapped his hands, and continued.

"Look at what's recorded in history books. As early as when Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms, he had already begun implementing policies such as standardizing wheel gauges, writing systems, customs, geography, weights and measures, and currency."

He counted on his fingers, "But even now, the only thing that hasn't been completely unified is speech. There's so much variety in dialects, and when we all get together for a meeting, it's hard to understand!"

At this time, the second brother Li Jinghong heard the eldest brother's complaint, hurried over, and said with a smile: "Brother, I don't think so. On the contrary, I think our dialect here is quite beautiful! Especially the old man who sings Qinqiang. When he opens his mouth, his voice is deafening and very imposing!"

Li Jingqi glared at his brother, reached out and tapped his forehead, and said unhappily, "You just don't have much experience. If you go out and see more of the world and read more, you'll realize how vast our country is and how many dialects there are. Can you really learn every single one?"

Ah Cai, who was standing aside, looked at the scene and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

She secretly thought in her heart that such a smart and capable elder brother was badly harmed by the hateful Liu family in previous lives, and was trapped in this poor mountain village all his life. Until middle age, he was still limping and taking care of his original body with great difficulty.

Ah Cai's consciousness extended outward naturally like water waves, and soon he saw Liu Laonian and others who were still lying on the ground due to the drugs.

She had an idea in her mind, and without hesitation, she controlled her spiritual sense to pierce straight into their minds like a sharp needle.

Again and again, as if carrying endless anger and resentment.

Liu Laonian and the others were originally still in a coma, but with the continuous stimulation of Acai's consciousness, they gradually began to respond.

They first frowned and groaned in pain; then, they covered their heads with their hands involuntarily and rolled around on the ground, looking extremely miserable.

"Hmph! I told you not to bully our family. This time I'm just teaching you a little lesson! From now on, I will use this divine sense to pierce you once every day!"

Ah Cai thought viciously, then withdrew his consciousness with satisfaction and turned around to continue listening to his second brother bragging about his so-called heroic deeds.