The sparrow eggs were quickly cooked, and Jiang Hu carefully carried three sparrow eggs back into the house, "Er Niang, eat the eggs quickly."
Da Wa and San Ni followed along, but no one said they wanted to eat.
Er Niang saw the two children, compassionately took two eggs, and divided one each for Da Wa and San Ni, "Da Wa, San Ni, you've been through hard times recently, here, these two are yours, one for each of you."
Jiang Hu opened his mouth but ultimately did not stop them.
During the time of fleeing, the two children often cried from hunger, and as a father, he could only feel heartache and do nothing.
Fortunately, the two children were understanding, and after settling down, whenever there was something good to eat, they would want their mother to have it first, thinking that if their mother was full, their younger siblings wouldn't go hungry.
Even though Jiang Hu didn't stop them, Da Wa and San Ni both shook their heads, "Mother, we won't eat, you eat."
"I still have some, you eat, father will catch sparrows tomorrow, and we'll eat together then," Er Niang pressed an egg into each of their hands, "No need to peel the shell, it's boiled and can be eaten with the shell."
Da Wa and San Ni instantly beamed with smiles, "Thank you, Mother!"
Sure enough, they directly stuffed it into their mouths, even the eggshells were fragrant.
Er Niang glanced at Jiang Hu, knowing that if she gave it to him, he would certainly not accept it, so she took the remaining one, bit half of it, then brought the remaining half to Jiang Hu's mouth.
"Hu Ge, let's eat together."
Jiang Hu quickly retreated a bit, "I won't eat, Er Niang, you eat, you've worked hard these days, you eat more, I'll catch sparrows tomorrow."
Er Niang pretended to stern her face, "You've already said you'll catch sparrows tomorrow, so tomorrow we'll eat sparrows together, won't we? Besides, you've been working harder than me these days, if you don't eat, I won't eat meals from now on!"
The threat was indeed effective, Jiang Hu reluctantly ate the remaining half of the sparrow egg, it was a bit fishy, with almost no weight entering his mouth, but for the two of them, it was definitely the best and most precious thing to eat in months.
Xiao Mi watched everyone passing around even a single sparrow egg, feeling both heartaching and moved by their parents' love.
How great, the better the love between parents, the stronger the sense of family happiness!
It was indeed a heart-to-heart connection between father and daughter, Jiang Hu almost immediately looked at Xiao Mi, then picked her up.
"Is San Ni also craving? You're still young, when you grow up, dad will earn money to buy little chickens, laying eggs for San Ni to eat."
Thank you, Dad, by then I'll treat you to peacock eggs.
Xiao Mi happily responded, she had lots and lots of peacock eggs!
"Haha, Er Niang, look, San Ni is saying thank you to me, see how happy she is." Jiang Hu laughed heartily, holding Xiao Mi and moving closer to Er Niang.
Er Niang nodded with a smile, "Yes, San Ni must be saying thank you, Dad."
Indeed, knowing each other's hearts, Jiang Hu quickly noticed Er Niang's distraction, seeing the fourth baby on the bed, he freed a hand to bring Er Niang into his embrace.
"Er Niang, don't worry, on my way back today I met Doctor Xie, told him about the fourth baby's condition, he said the fourth baby is weak, born early, and it's normal to have low spirits and sleep more, as long as he can eat and sleep, that's the best."
After all, it's his own son, how could he not care, Jiang Hu also worried about his youngest son, truly afraid that he might not survive.
On the run over the past two years, he had seen too many newborn babies starve to death from lack of milk.
But he is still the mainstay of the family, he can't panic, if he gets flustered, the whole family will be left without guidance.
Fortunately, the child was born after they settled down, at least now there was some grain distributed by the court, minuscule as it was, but by saving and working hard, they could manage to feed the whole family.
Jiang Hu's words successfully comforted Er Niang, who picked up the fourth baby and gently touched Xiao Mi's face.
"Hu Ge, give the children names." The child has been born for several days now, it's time to have a name.
Jiang Hu pondered for a moment, "Er Niang, do you remember the old Scholar we met before? He gave names to Da Wa and San Ni."
Er Niang was stunned, "You mean that old gentleman?"
Jiang Hu smiled, "Yes, he named Da Wa as Jiang Yu, and San Ni as Xiao Xue, let's use similar names for San Ni and the fourth baby."
Er Niang nodded repeatedly, expectantly looking at Jiang Hu, Jiang Hu had rescued that Scholar gentleman, the old man had taught Jiang Hu to read for a few months.
Xiao Mi, hearing that she was finally going to get a name too, pricked up her ears and listened carefully, hoping her and the fourth brother's names would be as nice as the ones given to her older brother and sister.
"Haha, does San Ni also want to know what her own name will be?" Jiang Hu tapped the tip of San Ni's nose.
"Um, Xiao Xue, Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu doesn't sound good, the rainy days with pitter-patter, can't go out, why not call San Ni Xiao Mi instead, I've heard only rich people can eat millet, hopefully, San Ni can have millet every day in the future, and grow white and chubby."
Good, good, good, that's a good name, same as before!
Xiao Mi responded with gibberish, Er Niang exclaimed in surprise, "Hu Ge, San Ni really likes this name."
Jiang Hu proudly lifted his chin, "Of course, this is the name Dad personally gave her."
Er Niang looked at Jiang Hu with eyes full of admiration, "Then what will the fourth baby be called?"
Jiang Hu pretended to be deep in thought, "The fourth baby's health isn't good, hopefully, he will grow up strong and robust, let's name him Jiang Wei, oh right, also give him a catchy nickname, easy to raise, let's call him Iron Egg."
With a 'poof' sound, Xiao Mi blew a bubble directly, hahaha, Iron Egg, lucky it's not Dog Egg!
But obviously, Xiao Mi's reaction was misunderstood by her parents, Jiang Hu shook Xiao Mi in his arms, "San Ni also thinks, Dad's name for little brother sounds good, right?"
Xiao Mi waved her little hands: Dad, don't worry, I will definitely help you raise little brother to be strong and robust, but Iron Egg won't do, no way.
"Haha, I knew San Ni would also feel it's good." Jiang Hu continued to silly laugh.
Simply speaking but not understanding.
But anyway, the names for the two children were settled, and Xiao Mi also finally knew what her elder brother and sister were called.
So they weren't just called Da Wa and San Ni, everyone actually had formal names.
After teasing the children for a while, Jiang Hu brought Da Wa and San Ni to the kitchen to eat, not forgetting to bring a bowl for Er Niang.
After eating and washing up, the whole family sat on the bed planks twisting grass ropes, although there were chairs in the house, sitting on chairs was a bit cold, sitting on the bed, with the quilt over their legs, and the grass ropes placed on top of the quilt.
Though not very clean, it was much warmer this way.
The family had no thick clothes, besides filling their stomachs, it was essential to protect themselves from getting sick, because if you got sick in this season, you almost could only lay down and wait to die.
So compared to keeping clean, staying warm was more important, and then talk about other things, as Xiao Mi took the opportunity to rummage through things in the space.