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"Hey! Stop!" Ai Qing's expression changed drastically. She quickly called for a stop, pulled the little hand out, and looked at the potato chips inside with a pained expression. "You're being so silly."

The little fish blinked, looking confused, still trying to figure out what it had done wrong.

After all, according to her habits, isn't taking something simply a matter of opening her palm and gripping it tightly?

Otherwise, how would you pick it up?

Seeing her expression, Ai Qing, who was standing to the side, was both amused and exasperated.

"Potato chips are very crispy, they'll crumble if you squeeze them, you have to handle them one by one gently." Ai Qing found a relatively intact half of a chip from the packaging bag, pinched it, and held it in front of Xiao Yu. "Look, like this, you try it."

Little Fish understood, nodded, reached into the packaging bag, rummaged around for a while, and finally copied Ai Qing's actions, successfully getting a potato chip.

Seeing Ai Qing put a piece in her mouth and chew it, Xiao Yu followed suit and put a piece in her mouth as well.

The next second, her eyes lit up.

The subtle fragrance of cucumber blends with the light salty and savory flavor, and the crisp potato chips, once chewed, transform back into the soft and delicious mashed potatoes.

After a few seconds of contemplation, Xiaoyu looked at Ai Qing impatiently, asking for his opinion: "I... I want more, is that okay?"

"Take what you want, no need to ask every time you take it." Ai Qing chuckled and shook her head, placing the potato chips between the two of them.

Without hesitation, the little fish took another piece and carefully put it in its mouth.

Looking at her like this, Ai Qing was unusually dazed, as if she saw her childhood self in Xiao Yu.

He has loved eating potato chips since he was a child.

But his family wasn't very wealthy when he was a child, and Ai Zhongguo didn't give him much pocket money.

So he always budgeted carefully, and would buy himself a small bag of potato chips about every three days.

Back then, my expression and movements were probably exactly the same as Little Fish's now.

Enjoy and cherish the delicious food in front of you, savor its flavor with your whole heart, and feel the most primal and pure joy.

These days, I seem to rarely enjoy the simple pleasure of eating like this anymore.

When I was little, I was determined to make a lot of money, and I ate potato chips until I was stuffed every day.

"You, eat this too."

While Ai Qing was still in a daze, Xiao Yu had already picked up a potato chip and obediently and considerately offered it to Ai Qing's mouth.

He looked down at the little fish, then opened his mouth and ate it, casually turning off the political commentary video.

At this moment, all he wanted to do was eat potato chips with Xiaoyu, and simply do that one thing.

"Is it tasty?"

"good to eat!"

"I think it tastes good too."

Chapter 53 Education Should Proceed Step by Step

"What's this?" Ai Qing picked up an apple and placed it on the table in front of Xiao Yu.

"apple."

"How about this?" Ai Qing took out another apple and placed it on the table.

"It's still Apple."

How many apples?

"two."

So what is 1+1?

"Hmm..." Little Fish counted on her fingers, thought seriously for a moment, "It's two!"

"Well, you could also say it's two, two and two mean the same thing."

"Then why two words?" Little Fish asked, puzzled. "The meaning is the same, so why not just one?"

This stumped Ai Qing.

Although he could clearly distinguish when to use two and when to use two, he really couldn't figure out why.

It seems that among all numbers, only the number two has this special characteristic.

After much thought, I finally had no choice but to turn to the all-powerful internet for help.

But after watching it, Ai Qing was even more at a loss as to how to teach.

Terms like "second floor," "second grade," "second uncle," and "half" often cannot be replaced by "two."

However, the word "two" is generally not used in situations such as "two machines", "two tons of rice", "two people", or "two books".

There are also some situations where "two" is used when saying "two or three", but "two" is used when saying "two or three hundred thousand".

Even "two" can mean "not much but greater than or equal to two". For example, when a principal gives a speech, he often says, "I'll just say a few words".

Ai Qing felt that this was still too advanced for Xiao Yu, and could only say in the end, "You'll understand it slowly in the future."

Sigh... I used to think when I was younger that if I became a parent, I definitely wouldn't be a riddle teller.

No matter what the child asks, he will explain it to the other person in a very logical way, making the reasoning clear.

But when it really came down to this, even though Xiaoyu wasn't his child, their intelligence levels were currently about the same, and Ai Qing still felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

I never knew education was such a difficult thing.

Often, more trivial and profound theories and principles cannot be simply crammed into children.

Because at this point, that's all they can understand.

Education is a gradual process that cannot be achieved overnight. It often requires a great deal of patience and effort to achieve a reasonably good result.

"Let's continue." Ai Qing put aside the question about two and two, took out another apple, placed it next to the two apples, and asked, "These are two apples, and this is one apple, so if we put them together, how many apples are there?"

"Hmm... one, two, three, three!"

What is 1 + 2?

"Huh?" Little Fish was stunned, looking at the three apples in front of her, and fell into deep thought.

Seeing her struggling so much, Ai Qing fell into deep thought, wondering what the problem was.

"Hmm..." Little Fish reached out, picked up two apples and put them together, then pointed at the two apples and said, "This is 2."

Ai Qing nodded: "Yes, this is 2."

“This one is number 1,” Little Fish said, pointing to the other apple.

"Yes, this is 1."

“So 2 + 1 = 3!” Little Fish said with certainty.

"Yes, that's how you figure it out."

“But…” Xiaoyu hesitated, turned to look at Ai Qing, and asked with a troubled expression, “Then… what is 1+2?”

Ai Qing: "..."

So that's where the problem lies.

That was his oversight.

What is knowledge that is entirely instinctive to him is still unknown within Xiaoyu's knowledge framework.

The principle that swapping elements in addition doesn't change the answer is something everyone knows, and that's why it's so easy for this concept to slip through the cracks in teaching.

So Ai Qing began to patiently explain.

After half an hour, this morning's study session was finally over.

The little fish has excellently learned addition from 1 to 5, excluding 5+5.

Because the little fish can't understand why 1 and 0 together can be greater than 9.

At least the little fish has grasped basic mathematical concepts and can count now.

After putting all ten apples on the table back into the bag, Ai Qing glanced at the time, then got up and called Xiao Yu to go out into the living room.

Ai Qing took two apples out of the bag, washed them, took a bite, and handed the remaining one to Xiao Yu, saying, "Try it, eating more fruit is good for your health."

The little fish curiously took it, looked it up and down, and then imitated it, opening its mouth and taking a big bite out of a piece of apple flesh.

It's sweet and sour, which is another flavor altogether.

The little fish squinted its eyes happily, sat on the sofa, gently swaying its legs, and held an apple in its two little hands, nibbling at it like a little hamster. It looked extremely cute.

The apple was finished in no time.

There was a knock at the front door.

Xiaoyu reacted quickly, jumping up from the sofa and dashing to the door. She opened the door, took the food from the delivery guy, and said clearly, "Thank you."

The guy outside the door probably paused for a moment, glanced at the cat ears on the girl's head, then looked at the male homeowner sitting on the sofa in the living room, and thought to himself that young people these days really know how to have fun.

After seeing the delivery guy off, Xiaoyu couldn't wait to grab the bag and go to the kitchen, saying to Ai Qing on the sofa, "It's delicious, it's delicious, hurry, hurry."

"They're here, they're here."

Ai Qing bought fish and shrimp today.

The fish is basa, a processed frozen fillet. It has no bones or skin; it's just a simple piece of fish meat, making it very easy to prepare.

The shrimp is the most common type, the prawn, a kind of river shrimp. It's very convenient to just blanch it in a hot pot and dip it in vinegar before eating.

These are all ingredients that are very suitable for beginners. They are simple to prepare and have a mild flavor. You can decide what flavor you want by how you season them.

This was Ai Qing's first attempt at teaching Xiao Yu to cook, so she chose something relatively simple to let Xiao Yu feel a sense of accomplishment first, so that she could persuade her to continue cooking for her in the future.

"Hmm!" Just as Ai Qing was thinking this, Xiao Yu had already opened the bag containing prawns and saw a prawn suddenly jump up and flick its tail, which startled her.

"Put the shrimp aside for now, that's easy to blanch. I'll teach you how to fry the fish first," Ai Qing said, taking out a thawed basa fish from the bag and placing it on the cutting board.

I bought two pieces of basa fish, which will be perfect for teaching purposes.

Ai Qing brandished the cleaver a couple of times and said to Xiao Yu, "Look, this piece of fish is quite thick here, so let's cut it horizontally first and cut it into two thinner pieces."

"After cutting it, cut it vertically, about the width of two fingers."