âDad, weâll start on our homework first!â Ye Bing and the others set their backpacks down, took out their homework books, and started on the tasks assigned by their teacher.
âOh, thereâs still some fish soup in the kitchen. Your mom simmered it earlier. Do you want to drink some? If you do, Iâll heat it up for you, and you can have a bit,â Ye Fan said, looking at the children.
Little Fourth ran so fast, he definitely doesnât want any fish soup.
Ye Fan couldnât be bothered to call Little Fourth.
Isnât Little Fourth Ye Jie supposed to be playing?
Just let her play, who needs fish soup!
âDad, I want some fish soup!â
âI want some too!â
âI want some as well. Should we call Fourth Sister to have some fish soup?â Ye Yu, the third child, asked.
âYour Fourth Sister wants to play, not to drink fish soup. You drink it. Iâll go warm it up.â Having said that, Ye Fan walked into the kitchen.
Meanwhile, the three little ones were doing their homework at the coffee table.
Soon enough, Ye Fan had heated up the fish soup, and the three youngsters happily started sipping it from their bowls.
Dadâs fish soup is delicious even though thereâs no saltiness to it.
âDad, did you forget to add salt?â Ye Bing looked up at her father, Ye Fan, and asked.
Looking at the pale fish soup and tasting its fresh flavor, it was just lacking salt.
âDo I look like someone who forgets to add salt?â Ye Fan said with a smile.
This little girl, reallyâ¦
Does he really look like someone with such a poor memory?
âThen why didnât you add salt?â
âYes, Dad, thereâs no salt, but itâs still a very delicious fish soup,â the eldest and the second child asked, puzzled.
âThatâs because your mom canât eat salt right now; sheâs in her confinement period. Itâs best to minimize salt intake, understand?â Ye Fan gently patted Ye Bingâs head as he patiently explained.
Itâs normal for kids not to understand these things.
âOh, I get it!â Ye Bing nodded her head in understanding.
The three youngsters quickly finished the remaining fish soup.
Ye Fan thought they must be hungry.
Children have a lot of physical activity, so they digest their food quickly.
âOkay, concentrate on your homework!â Ye Fan said.
He took away the bowls and chopsticks and let the little ones continue with their homework.
âWhy isnât Fourth Sister doing her homework? Did she really finish it all at school?â Ye Fan turned to ask the eldest, Ye Bing.
As the eldest, Ye Bing was quite honest and had the demeanor of a responsible big sister, so it was most suitable to ask her about these matters.
âFourth Sister finishes her homework quickly. She completed all the assignments the teacher gave at school. Actually, Fourth Sister is very intelligent, even more so than us. She thinks very fast,â Ye Bing pondered and then responded.
Indeed, although Fourth Sister was quite mischievous at school, to the point where not even the teachers could restrain her, she never did anything too excessive.
She performed well at school, and the teachers liked her.
After all, in the teachersâ eyes, they favored students who were good at studying and well-behaved.
âI see. Thatâs good then,â Ye Fan nodded.
He had thought that Little Fourth simply didnât want to do her homework.
But it turned out she often finished it at school.
Little Fourth Ye Jie sure had her own ways.
Well, as long as thereâs no big issue, itâs fine.
âDad, why is Fourth Sister smarter than us? We were all born together, werenât we?â Ye Bing looked at Ye Fan curiously.
They were all children of the same parents, so why was Little Fourth Ye Jie outstanding?
And not only was she so smart, but she also had such a good temperament.
Hearing Ye Bingâs question, Ye Fan was also taken aback.
He was puzzled as well.
Could it be because Little Fourth ate a lot of brain-nourishing foods?
After all, back then Little Fourth used to get hungry quickly, eating one to two more meals a day than the other kids, with each meal including an extra hundred or two hundred milliliters of milk.
Ye Fan wondered if that could be the reason.
More food intake had such benefits!
âPerhaps itâs because she eats a lot and has better development!â Ye Fan nodded and began to speak slowly, looking at Ye Bing.
That must be the reason, no doubt about it!
It seems that brain-nourishing food really worked.
Thinking this, Ye Fan quietly redeemed a few more cans of the brain-nourishing powder. He had been rewarded with a few cans upon completing a task before.
These could be given to Xiao Wu to drink, to make his little brain more flexible.
After all, the childâs future responsibilities and pressures wouldnât be light, and having a sharp mind would make things easier.
Ye Fan thought that he also wanted Xiao Wu to take good care of his sisters in the future.
With so many âBai Caisâ at home, it wouldnât be good if someone set their sights on them.
As a father, it worried him greatly, fearing that when his precious daughters grew up, they would catch the eye of those pigs and be taken away.
The thought alone made him upset.
These were the precious daughters he worked so hard to raise; how could he let a bunch of pigs just carry them off? Absolutely not!
No matter what, he would have to be satisfied with those pigs first. Thatâs the only way it could work.
Girls were too naive and easily misled by those crafty pigs with just a few words.
âDad, Dad, do you mean that Fourth Sister is smart because she can eat?â Ye Bing shook Ye Fanâs arm and asked.
Hey, Dad was just fine, why did he suddenly zone out?
Was he thinking about something?
âAh, yes, eating a lot helps with growth, and itâs the same with the brain, so thatâs why sheâs smart!â
Ye Fan came back to his senses and once again began to speak.
âNo wonder Fourth Sister eats so much. So, thatâs it. But honestly, we really canât eat that much,â Ye Bing said, sounding a little disheartened.