In fact, Yang Yi could have helped Xixi finish this stage of the report by himself with just this little bit of effort. But it was meaningless. He had to let the little girl do it herself. He had to let her do as much work as she could. Only then would she learn something new and have some new experiences.
For example, frustration and helplessness.
The photos were not big, but they were not small either. They were pasted everywhere. Xi Xi still had one that couldn't be pasted. If she insisted on pasting it, she would only be able to cover the other photos.
"What should we do?" Xi Xi was at her wit's end. She could only look at her father with her big, pitiful eyes.
"We can't tear down the ones that have already been pasted. If we do, it will ruin the cardboard," Yang Yi said to Xi Xi.
"But, but it hasn't been pasted yet," the little girl mumbled as she pushed the remaining photo in front of her father.
"Since we can't stick this one, we can only give up and use the ones that have already been pasted!" Yang Yi rubbed Xi Xi's little head and comforted her softly. "It's okay. The remaining ones are enough."
"Okay …" Although Xi Xi said so, she still looked at the remaining photo reluctantly. She felt that she hadn't done a good job. There was no smile on the little girl's delicate little face.
Yang Yi took this opportunity to demonstrate to Xi Xi with the photos from the next day and the second cardboard. "So you have to plan from the beginning. How many photos are there and how to allocate the space. For example, you can do this. Before you tear off the double-sided tape, take these photos and fiddle with them on the cardboard. If you don't place them well at first, you can adjust them."
Xi Xi looked at them seriously. With her smart little brain, it wasn't difficult for her to learn these simple skills.
After the last few cards were successfully pasted with the photos, Xi Xi finally smiled and gradually got rid of the impact of the initial setback.
Next, Murphy and Xi Xi used colored pencils to draw on the cardboard. There were many narrow gaps and spaces around the photos. If there was white space, it would look monotonous.
Drawing some beautiful patterns or cute patterns would add a lot of color to the report.
Xi Xi was quite fond of drawing. Previously, under Yang Yi's guidance, although she did not deliberately learn those drawing techniques, the little girl could still draw the images of small fish, ducklings, and other animals swiftly. Moreover, they looked decent and were not scribbles!
In the middle, Yang Yi walked away.
Because the Eight Treasures Chicken Soup for dinner was rather complicated, it had to be mixed with Codonopsis Pilosula, Poria Cocos, Rehmannia Chinensis, Angelica Root, White Peony, and other herbs. After that, it had to be washed clean and placed in a clean gauze bag. After that, it had to be butchered. Moreover, it had to be boiled in another pot for a few minutes.
In the middle, the water had to be boiled first. Then, it had to be seasoned with scallions, ginger, salt, cooking wine, and other condiments. After that, it had to be simmered slowly for an hour!
The process was very troublesome, but this soup was very beneficial for Murphy's pregnancy. In addition, it was delicious and nutritious. Both he and Xi Xi could drink it. It was also very helpful for Xi Xi's healthy growth. Therefore, even if it was troublesome, Yang Yi would change the way he cooked for Murphy and Xi Xi every day!
Yang Yi only came back after the fire was simmered.
Xi Xi was still seriously drawing pictures. She had been drawing for half an hour. Moreover, there were more than ten colorful cardboard cards. However, she did not lose her patience and continued to draw with her head lowered.
"Xi Xi, why is the little goldfish you drew green?" Yang Yi looked behind her for a while and could not help but laugh. "How can there be a green goldfish?"
Xi Xi raised her little head and looked at her father. She said innocently, "But, after Little Fish eats grass, it will become green! Steamed Bun will also become green. "
The little girl said that the bun had turned green because the naughty little puppy had run, rolled, and played on the lawn of the villa after a day of rain. In the end, when it came back, its beautiful yellow fur had become dirty and stained with a lot of grass clippings and mud.
Yang Yi did not care about anything else at that time. He hurriedly took Steamed Bun to take a bath and scolded this naughty puppy with a stern face. He did not know that after seeing this scene, Xi Xi's imagination had run wild and made such a strange connection.
If eating grass would make one green, then why didn't Popeye turn into the Hulk?
Yang Yi did not know whether to laugh or cry. He wanted to explain, but Murphy stopped him. She did not let Yang Yi affect Xi Xi's divergent thinking.
Children's thoughts are all wild and unconstrained. This is a good thing. Let them think freely!
Murphy did not idle just now. She wrote the words "Day 1", "Day 2" on each cardboard. Then, Xi Xi also drew a beautiful border around it.
After watching Xi Xi draw for a while, Yang Yi wrote down the observation results from Xi Xi's recording in the empty space on the cardboard.
Although Xi Xi was supposed to complete the observation report by herself, after all, she did not know many words and could not write many words. Therefore, Yang Yi did not make things difficult for the little girl. He wrote down the work that Xi Xi could not do for Xi Xi.
As he wrote, Yang Yi smiled and said to Murphy, "It's a pity that this can't be an electronic version of the report. If it were possible, I wouldn't have to write it. I could just paste the recording on it."
Murphy smiled and said, "If it's an electronic version of the report, then it's boring! Xi Xi will not have the chance to experience the joy of doing it herself. Besides, isn't the electronic version of the report more difficult? Do you think Xi Xi can operate your computer skillfully now? "
"You don't say. I think the child is very talented in this area. Don't I know how to use the computer to play cartoons for her?" Yang Yi smiled and said, "Later, I found out that she knows where the power button is. Then, she can point to me to open the purchased and downloaded cartoons for her!"
"That's just the cartoons that she likes. Let me tell you, women are not interested in technical things. Let alone Xi Xi, even if you ask me to learn, I can't learn. "Murphy giggled.
When Xi Xi finished drawing, Yang Yi was almost done writing Xi Xi's report. He pointed at the words under each cardboard and said to Xi Xi, "Here, draw a horizontal line here and write your name!"
"I know how to write my name, Yang Xi. But it's so difficult to write!" The little girl was eager to try. She did not forget to chat with her parents.
He watched as Xi Xi wrote her name stroke by stroke on the cardboard. Although the size of the two characters was uneven and the writing was crooked, Xi Xi still wrote down the two characters of her name completely.
After writing a piece of paper, Xixi turned her head to look at her father. While smiling, she eagerly waited for her father's evaluation.
"Well written. Many adults don't know how to write the character 'Xi'. Xi Xi, you're so good at drawing!" Yang Yi praised, "Continue to work hard and finish it. We'll be done with half of the report!"
"Okay!" The little girl nodded with satisfaction. Although such a complicated name needed to be written more than ten times, she was more motivated to write her name after receiving her father's praise.
"In the future, when we give our second child a name, we can't give him a name as difficult to write as Xi Xi. Xi Xi doesn't understand now. In the future, when she finds out that she has to write this name for the rest of her life, I'm afraid she'll blame you!" Yang Yi couldn't help but laugh softly to Murphy.
"Then what name do you want to give to second child?" Murphy asked reproachfully. "I think the name Xi Xi sounds good."
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