“You also said, that was in the past. Just like how you suddenly became smarter today, I’ve also become smarter, and my thoughts are different from before!” Shen Cui said

The silly son had become much smarter, and he would become even more smarter in the future, so Shen Cui was willing to say some things to him.

“Look, I have a set of books here for you, specially prepared. Let’s first study these three books well, and then we can do other things.”

Of course, Shen Cui didn’t know specifically what they would do later; they would have to wait and see what tasks the system assigned.

Very smoothly, Mu Er Pang nodded. He wasn’t yet smart enough to ask his mother where she got the books from. He just said, “Then I’ll listen to you! I still remember a lot of the ‘Three Character Classic’ you taught me this morning. I’ll definitely remember even more tomorrow!”

Shen Cui smiled and pushed the books towards him. “Since you want to study, it’s better to start early than to rush later. Why wait until tomorrow? The weather is nice outside, let’s study for a while now.”

“So soon?” Mu Er Pang, who had just made ambitious plans, suddenly looked disappointed.

Shen Cui was thinking about whether to promise him some food to deceive him, but she saw him grumbling and moving towards the table.

Indeed, once a child had normal intelligence, communication became much simpler!

As Mu Er Pang’s hand touched the books, a new task appeared in Shen Cui’s mind.

[System Task: Host helps Study Buddy 1 familiarize themselves with enlightenment literature.]

[Task Duration: Five days.]

The system only requires familiarity, not memorization, so the degree of familiarity is actually not easy to grasp. Fortunately, the system also provides a progress bar. The current completion progress is 0/3. As long as Shen Cui keeps an eye on this progress, she can always know the completion progress of the task.

The “Three Character Classic” has a total of 1,145 characters, the “Hundred Family Surnames” has a total of 568 characters, and the “Thousand Character Classic” has, as the name suggests, a thousand characters.

To familiarize with three books in five days, Shen Cui doesn’t think it’s difficult for Mu Er Pang, who is now eight years old and has a normal intelligence, so she immediately accepted the task.

Shen Cui had already read a lot of the “Three Character Classic” before, so she continued teaching this one.

Still using her method of pointing at words and teaching one sentence while Mu Er Pang follows along reading one sentence.

As they read, Mu Er Pang felt strange. The “Three Character Classic,” which seemed like a cryptic book in the morning, now, as he read it again, didn’t seem difficult at all.

After reading it a few times, without his mother having to remind him word by word, he could intermittently recite several sentences.

Mu Er Pang couldn’t help but feel full of ambition. It turns out that reading is not that difficult!

His mood value was recharged to the maximum.

As for Shen Cui, she watched the +1, +1 occasionally appearing above Mu Er Pang’s head, obviously unable to close her mouth from smiling.

Of course, the system wouldn’t let her easily boost her son’s attributes. There is a limit to the attribute growth given by each book.

So after the initial attribute changes, Mu Er Pang’s panel returned to quietness.

Familiarizing with the “Three Character Classic” increased Mu Er Pang’s intelligence, memory, and charm by 1 point each, totaling 3 points.

By the time they read until noon, the progress bar for this familiarization task had changed to 1/3, and Mu Er Pang’s stomach was [cut off].

Then his stomach growled again, and his mood index immediately decreased by 30 points.

Now Shen Cui could see that no matter how pleasing he looked, there was only one point: this kid’s emotions fluctuated too much. With just a little carelessness, he could easily fall below the average.

Anyone who has played simulation games knows that once this mood attribute is too low, big problems can arise!

So Shen Cui immediately asked him what he wanted to eat, and Mu Er Pang weakly lay back on the kang, saying anything would do.

Shen Cui immediately went to the kitchen.

After cleaning the kitchen, everything was arranged just right according to Shen Cui’s habits from her past life, so she felt much more adept at cooking this time.

Before winter came, Mrs. Zheng knew her daughter was reluctant to spend money even though she had some silver, so she not only gave her the five silver coins but also sent a lot of food.

It was fortunate that Mrs. Zheng, despite being annoyed, took back the silver coins but didn’t ask for the food back. Otherwise, Shen Cui would have to take time out of her tasks to buy food.

Although the shopping points could exchange for these things, good steel had to be used on the blade. Before the silver coins were spent, Shen Cui wouldn’t touch those few points.

Bags of rice and flour were stacked in the corner, sausages, cured meat, salted chicken, and duck that could be stored well hung from the beams. There were still seven or eight eggs left in the small pot on the stove.

There were only some easily stored Chinese cabbage and pickled sour cabbage for vegetables.

Many things happened this day. Shen Cui wanted to cook something delicious to treat Mu Er Pang, but her body, recovering from a serious illness, couldn’t handle it. She just took a clay pot and steamed a pot of rice, topped it with sausages, cured meat, and Chinese cabbage, and then poured a layer of soy sauce and sesame oil mixed with salt on top.

This was a simplified version of clay pot rice, also a dish Shen Cui used to make casually.

Afraid of messing up the cooking again this time, Shen Cui placed the clay pot on the small stove and focused all her attention on it.

Before long, steam rose from the clay pot, and the fragrance of sausages and cured meat wafted out first. Mu Er Pang slipped on his shoes and came out from the bedroom.

“Mom, I’m hungry!”

Shen Cui saw that his mood was about to drop below the passing line, so she immediately waved to him.

“It’ll be ready soon. Just be patient, and I guarantee you’ll enjoy a food like no other!”

Shen Cui didn’t actually know if clay pot rice was invented at this time, but certainly not in Shuiyun Village.

Her silly son had never eaten anything delicious, so to appease his mood, Shen Cui was willing to say anything, almost exaggerating to the heavens!

Sure enough, Mu Er Pang’s eyes lit up, his mood increased by two points, and he didn’t drop any further. He even propped up his chubby face with his hands and squatted beside the small stove, full of anticipation.

Fifteen minutes later, Shen Cui confidently lifted the lid of the pot—a moment later, the aroma of meat and rice filled the kitchen.

But Shen Cui was dumbfounded because amidst the fragrance, there was also a smell of burnt rice!

How did this fail again!