Ancestors, I told you to seduce the villains, not to turn evil.

No one from the Lü family came this time; it was just Ding Huiying, Lü Ming, Fei Huainan, and Xu Manman.

Ding Huiying started stewing the chicken that Xu Manman had brought back.

In the iron pot on the stove, the potato and chicken pieces were bubbling and steaming.

The stewed potatoes, cooked until tender and soft, are coated in a dark brown broth. They crack open easily with a touch of chopsticks, revealing their soft, chewy core.

The chicken pieces are soaked in the sauce, tender and juicy, with the aroma of scallions and ginger and the salty umami of soy sauce, the flavor permeating even the bones.

The chickens that Xu Manman brought back were exceptionally fat, weighing four or five pounds, in addition to the potatoes she grew herself.

I stewed a whole pot of it.

Ding Huiying knew that Xu Manman liked to eat rice.

While stewing the chicken pieces, I used an iron pot to cook a whole iron plate of rice.

Xu Manman thought it smelled good.

This aroma isn't from any particular cooking method, but rather the unique fragrance of food simmered slowly over a low flame at home.

Rice cooked over a wood fire is just different from rice cooked over a gas stove.

In addition to rice, Ding Huiying also made two-ingredient pancakes.

The meal left everyone thoroughly satisfied.

Seeing that the large bowl had been completely eaten, Xu Manman couldn't help but smile and speak.

“Sister Huiying, if I keep eating like this, I’ll gain several pounds in just a few days after I get back.”

Upon hearing this, Ding Huiying immediately laughed: "It's good to be a little chubby, you're too thin right now."

These days, it's hard to gain weight even if you want to.

For them, being able to gain weight is a sign of good fortune.

Xu Manman helped clear the dishes, but Ding Huiying wouldn't let her. There were only a few bowls, so she just tidied them up herself.

resignedly.

Xu Manman decided to check Lü Ming's homework.

Lü Ming couldn't help but scratch his head.

How did the fire suddenly spread to him?

Lu Ming had good grades at school, but he was bad at writing essays.

Upon hearing this, Xu Manman immediately smiled.

I can't speak for other things, but she's quite confident when it comes to writing.

Lu Ming, feeling embarrassed, showed his test paper to Xu Manman.

Xu Manman glanced at it and saw that the grades were actually quite good, but the essay was a complete mess.

It has absolutely no focus.

She glanced at it, found a piece of paper, and listed out the different types of essays. Then she listed out all the key points to pay attention to for each type of essay.

This piece of paper was like a picture; although it didn't have many words, Lü Ming understood it immediately.

After comparing his work with his own, he finally realized where he went wrong.

Speaking of essays, Lü Ming suddenly asked, "Sister Xu, do you know Mr. Misspelling?"

Xu Manman raised an eyebrow and looked at Lü Ming, only to hear him speak excitedly.

"These dolls that our family made were all given to us by Sister Xu, and these dolls are all related to Mr. Bai Zi."

"All of my classmates have read Mr. Bai Zi's books and especially like him."

“Our teacher even talked about the TV series ‘Bloody River’ on the podium.”

"Another time, our teacher asked me to help her buy a doll from our family. She is also a fan of Mr. Bai Zi. She has all of Mr. Bai Zi's books, but the peripheral products are too hard to get."

Because of his own dolls, Lü Ming was once quite smug, but was later scolded by Ding Huiying.

It was that time that made Lü Ming realize that he was liked by people because of the dolls in his home, not because of his own abilities.

If Ding Huiying stops making puppets, he will have nothing left.

From then on, young Lü Ming understood a principle: others' strengths can only be borrowed, only by being strong yourself can you truly be strong.

Although Xu Manman calls Ding Huiying "sister", Lü Ming easily treats her as a peer.

He shared many of his thoughts and experiences with Xu Manman.

"And Sister Xu bought me comic books before, which not only helped me make friends, but also made my classmates at school admire me."

When these things are mentioned, Lü Ming is especially grateful to Xu Manman.

Xu Manman smiled and patted Lü Ming on the shoulder.

"Since you admire me so much, do you still want to know about the illiterate man?"

Lu Ming's eyes lit up: "Sister Xu, you're the best! I really admire Mr. Bai Zi. Can I ask him to sign my name for me?"

Xu Manman pretended to think for a moment, then asked, "Is Sister Xu better, or Mr. Bai Zi better?"

Lü Ming replied without hesitation, "Both are fine. Sister Xu is fine, and Mr. Bai Zi is fine too."

Xu Manman immediately smiled; this way, she wouldn't offend either side.

“What’s the point of just signing a name? For example, if you get into university, I’ll let you meet Mr. Illiterate.”

Lu Ming's eyes lit up instantly: "Is what Sister Xu said true?"

Xu Manman nodded.

Finally, Lü Ming packed his things and couldn't wait to leave.

"Sister Xu, Mother, I'm going to tell my good friends."

After saying that, she ran out, Ding Huiying smiling gently.

She herself was not very educated and didn't know how to teach her son. All she knew was to tell him to study hard so that he could go out into the world in the future.

As for what she was going to do after going out, she had no idea.

Now that Xu Manman has given him a goal, Ding Huiying believes her son can definitely achieve it.

After Lü Ming left, Ding Huiying told Xu Manman something else.

It's because someone is maliciously imitating their dolls. They are all handmade, so the labor costs are high, and the selling price is also high.

However, some people make dolls with sewing machines. The quality is relatively poor, the materials are not good, and they are still made by machine. The price is very cheap.

Ding Huiying was somewhat worried.

Because of the existence of piracy, everyone says they make money through dishonest means.

In the past, these dolls would be snapped up quickly when given away, but now they can't be sold anymore.

Many people do like Mr. White Letter and want his dolls, but for buyers, there isn't much difference between real and fake.

Or rather, many people simply don't know how to distinguish.

Xu Manman had anticipated this and asked Ding Huiying, "Do you have any fake dolls?"

Ding Huiying actually did have some; when the counterfeit products first appeared, she had someone buy a few.

She took the things out of the cabinet.

She could tell the quality of the items as soon as she picked them up. The fabrics Xu Manman gave her were all of very high quality, and the little clothes she wore were made stitch by stitch.

A person can sew a maximum of seven or eight dolls a day.

Xu Manman checked it over and found a trademark pattern on it after the New Year.

This is the brand she designed for her own dolls, which Xie Zhixin has already registered.

These people not only copied the dolls, but they even copied her registered trademark.

Ding Huiying got stuck with the doll, looking worried: "When I found out, I went to find them and tried to reason with them."

After Ding Huiying went there, she was driven out by those people.

Those people took advantage of her ignorance and just made up their own arguments.

They say anyone can make a doll; you can make one, I can make one, everyone can make one.

They're not the only ones making these imitations now, so why doesn't Ding Huiying go find someone else?

One of them directly threatened her, telling her to be careful as a woman, and that if she meddled in other people's business, he would be very rude to her.

She even heard that those people had already tried to contact Xie Zhixin, saying they wanted to lower the price and secure the jobs for these puppets.