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Chapter 71
Early morning.
Jiang Mianmian woke up.
She felt that she was lying face down, so she mustered her strength, stuck out her butt, and with a plop, success!
Her surroundings grew bright.
She had actually managed to roll over.
Jiang Mianmian was a bit delighted. Heavens knew that for someone who couldn't even roll over, she felt like a little turtle.
She excitedly tried again, rolling herself onto her stomach once more.
Another roll, and she was on her back again.
She kept rolling over and over, getting increasingly close to the edge of the bed... (This book was almost finished again) when Qin Luoxia came into the room, her heart leaping in fright.
She swiftly scooped up the baby and moved her to the center of the bed.
Qin Luoxia was both startled and overjoyed, never expecting such a young child to be able to roll over already.
Her Mianmian must take after her father, smart from a young age.
Jiang Changtian finished washing up and entered the room, ready to tell his wife that he was leaving for work.
But Qin Luoxia excitedly grabbed him, saying, "Husband, come quick and see, Mianmian can roll over now."
Jiang Mianmian then, encouraged by her mother's cheers and her father's proud gaze, stuck out her butt, propped herself up on her little hands, and with effort, rolled over.
She felt a bit shy, yet also proud.
She struggled to keep her expression composed, humbly awaiting praise.
Sure enough, her father was overjoyed.
He scooped her up and held her high.
"Mianmian is so amazing! When you're a bit older, daddy will buy you candy to eat."
And he planted kisses all over her drool-covered face.
Jiang Mianmian was ecstatic from the praise, drooling profusely herself.
When her elder sister and brother woke up,
Jiang Mianmian demonstrated her rolling over skills for each of them.
Jiang Yu looked at her younger sister with envious eyes, sighing, "Little sister is so amazing, able to roll over so early. So agile! When you're older, sister will take you to catch birds in the trees to eat."
Jiang Feng was truly amazed.
Watching his little sister effortfully stick out her butt to roll over, then lying there proudly with a smile, he felt thankful.
Thankful that he hadn't left home.
That he hadn't missed a single moment of his sister's growth.
Being able to watch his little sister grow up was a blessing.
Jiang Mianmian was again scooped up and held high by her elder brother, showered with praise.
She was overjoyed too.
She thought, childhood is so nice, just being able to roll over was considered extraordinarily amazing.
When you grow up, never mind rolling over, even doing a somersault wouldn't earn any praise, some might even point and say, "Look, there's a monkey!"
Jiang Mianmian grew tired from all the rolling and had some milk, peed and pooped, then lay there watching her brother practice swordsmanship.
In the courtyard, a young man wielded a sword, practicing moves intently.
The long blade occasionally made "woosh woosh" sounds as it cut through the air.
This sword manual was what Jiang Feng had shamelessly begged Meng Shaoxia for.
Sometimes, a bit of shamelessness is needed.
The youth practiced swordsmanship very diligently.
If he got thirsty, he'd drink a cup of water, then continue practicing.
At first clumsy and awkward, he soon began developing form.
He was learning very basic sword techniques, nothing too complex.
Since he had no foundation in swordsmanship, Meng Shaoxia had given him basic military sword techniques.
Simple and easy to learn, without obscure intricacies, but distilled from the accumulated experience of generations.
Jiang Feng was patient, practicing for two to three hours each day.
He felt he was slow, not as talented as Meng, with worse natural abilities and a much later start, his only advantage being diligence.
He'd practice swordsmanship early in the morning and again before bed.
The youth's sweat flew.
Initially, the youth's sword chopped firewood into flying splinters.
Mianmian had just learned to roll over, rolling back and forth.
Later, the youth's sword cleanly split the firewood, without any splintering.
Mianmian could smoothly roll over, then sit up.
Even later, the youth's sword sliced leaves off tree branches, without disturbing any other leaves.
On this day, Mianmian had learned to crawl.
Her progress was just as swift as her brother's!
The whole family praised her, just because she could crawl now.
Her brother's sword could cut leaves off trees, and Jiang Mianmian felt she had witnessed the legendary sword aura.
But no one praised him.
Everyone surrounded her with praise.
"Little sister is so amazing, a true prodigy," Jiang Yu exclaimed in delight.
Father clapped and cheered her on from the side.
Mother waved a hatchet around.
Her brother held his sword aloft and sighed.
A smile also graced his face.
Everyone watched her crawl.
Jiang Mianmian crawled so hard, so hard.
She put all her milk-drinking energy into it.
Because she knew, earning praise when grown up would be so difficult.
Brother had achieved the sword aura, the sword aura... you all just take a look at brother, I only learned to crawl, it's nothing that amazing, even if I couldn't crawl now, I'd learn in a few months anyway.
Never mind, it's still childhood, the time to be able to earn praise, might as well give it my all, it's just crawling a few steps, I can do it.
She crawled in her thick padded clothes, crawling and crawling, until tired, then sitting up, accidentally rolling over, but the thick clothes meant no pain at all.
The prodigious Jiang Mianmian had learned to crawl.
Winter had arrived.