CHAPTER 401: CHAPTER 395: SHE’S GOING TO SET A TRAP!

"This is something you need to think about yourselves!"

Yuan Bao didn’t directly give an answer to his two younger brothers but let them think for themselves.

"Big sister, how do we think?"

"Yeah, big sister, you always tell us to think. What exactly is thinking?"

"..."

Yuan Bao looked at the two younger brothers who were seriously questioning him and sighed deeply.

How to think?

What is thinking?

This question is indeed a question.

He remembered when he was young, the teacher always said, "You must learn to think, learn to infer other cases from one instance." At that time, Yuan Bao was also puzzled about how to think and what thinking really was.

Gradually, as he grew up and knew more, he finally understood what thinking is and how to do it. Unfortunately, by the time he learned to think, life had already taken shape.

"Thinking affects how your life will be?"

"Let me give you an example!"

"The eldest, you like sweet and sour ribs, and the second, you like braised fish. But have you ever thought about how to make those dishes?"

"Let the kitchen do it!"

Yuan Shousun quickly gave a seemingly smart answer.

Yuan Shouqian raised his hand and knocked on his brother’s head, saying, "Big sister means how these two dishes should be made, the method of cooking!"

After teaching his brother a lesson, Yuan Shouqian looked at Yuan Bao, and said cautiously, "Big sister, am I right?"

"Correct!"

Yuan Bao smiled and said, "So, have you thought about how to make these two dishes?"

"No, I haven’t!"

Yuan Shouqian answered without hesitation, "Like little brother said, just let the kitchen do it! We’re not cooks; we don’t need to care about how the dish is made, right!"

"There you go, that’s thinking!"

Yuan Bao burst into laughter.

"Huh?!"

Yuan Shouqian was dumbfounded.

"Big sister, I still don’t quite understand!"

Understanding is understanding; not understanding is not understanding.

Since he was sensible, Yuan Bao had taught him to acknowledge what you know and what you don’t.

"What we call thinking is the ideas in your mind."

"But this idea isn’t added by someone else; it’s your own spontaneous thought."

"Just like, you know cooking is the chef’s job. As long as the chef knows how to cook the dish, you don’t need to focus on the method."

"Kind of understood, and kind of not!"

Yuan Shouqian raised his hand to scratch his head, feeling somewhat ambiguous.

As for Yuan Shousun, he didn’t understand anything at all!

"Thinking means looking and pondering more. Actually, you already know how to think, but you haven’t learned to summarize, hence the confusion!"

"To put it simply, if you can realize that maple leaves look beautiful from afar but just okay up close, and you’re curious why that is, that’s thinking."

"Once you understand why all this is, then your thinking will have results."

"I don’t get it!"

Yuan Shouqian got even more confused.

Yuan Bao took a deep breath and said, "If you don’t understand, go read books. All the truths in the world are in books!"

He had already explained as much as she could.

Besides, this matter isn’t easy to clarify.

To put it bluntly, it’s about personal wisdom.

But Yuan Bao wouldn’t say that. What if those two little guys asked back, "What is wisdom?" Wouldn’t he be shooting himself in the foot?

He had used the simplest method to explain, but these two little ones were really too young, their minds too shallow; this kind of question is a bit difficult for them.

Frankly, this topic falls into the philosophical realm.

Even Yuan Bao could only grasp it vaguely.

Coming leisurely down the mountain, Yuan Bao glanced back at the fiery red maple leaves on the mountain and smiled slightly.

She really needed to thank these maple trees!

Now that the two little guys had questions in their heads, they probably wouldn’t be talking so much on the way, finally some peace.

...

However, Yuan Bao was too optimistic.

The two little guys were quiet for only half an afternoon, and by the evening, they were back to their usual selves.

Question after question poured out.

"Ruan, little uncle, your sons, you take care of them yourselves!"

An exasperated Yuan Bao decisively ran away, leaving the two little ones to their parents.

"Dad, do you know how to make braised fish?"

"Mom, do you know why maple leaves look good from a distance but not so much up close?"

The two little guys didn’t chase after Yuan Bao but turned to their own parents.

Poor Yuan Yindi and Ruan Wan could only patiently start answering questions.

However, for every question they answered, two or even three more questions emerged.

But in the face of their sons’ thirst for knowledge, the self-proclaimed erudite Yuan Yindi couldn’t possibly admit defeat, could he? It was just answering questions, after all. Yuan Yindi claimed that it was his forte.

...

Finally, when the two little boys got tired and went to sleep, Yuan Yindi was already parched and looking livid.

"Fifth brother, thank you for your hard work!"

"Quick, have some water to moisten your throat!"

Ruan Wan, knowing the power of her sons, had decisively removed herself and taken on the role of logistical support as soon as Yuan Yindi bravely stepped forward.

"Ruan Ruan, I think we really need to consider Jiaojiao’s marriage carefully and not let her get married too early!"

Thinking about how he would have to deal with these two sons after his precious daughter got married, Yuan Yindi felt life becoming dim.

"Fifth brother, you’re not scared, are you?"

Ruan Wan asked with a smile.

"What a joke! Am I scared?"

Now all that was left of Yuan Yindi was his stiff upper lip.

When he woke up the next morning, Yuan Yindi found that his voice was a bit hoarse.

This wasn’t due to illness, but because he had talked too much the previous day, and his throat couldn’t handle it.

"Jiaojiao!"

Yuan Yindi, not wanting to be tormented by his sons anymore, sought out Yuan Bao: "Little uncle has a favor to ask!"

"Little uncle, speak!"

Even with Yuan Bao’s cleverness, he hadn’t expected Yuan Yindi to come looking for him precisely to deal with Yuan Shouqian and Yuan Shousun.

"Little uncle, don’t worry, leave it to me!"

Listening to his little uncle’s hoarse voice, Yuan Bao eagerly took it on.

Handling two troublesome question-askers?

No big deal!

Yuan Bao quickly had Mei Jiu and the others look around the grass and catch grasshoppers, mantises, crickets, and other insects, putting them in small cages made of grass.

These items would be the tools she used to handle the two little troublemakers on the way.

Mm, she was going to teach by setting an example!

Give those two bratty brothers a lesson on what it means to "get lost in trifles" in a playful education session!

"Big sister, big sister!"

Yuan Bao had just finished preparing, and the two small fish happily jumped out, eagerly finding Yuan Bao.