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"Look at our family, we're like migratory birds heading south."

Lu Nanting, wearing a mask, was packing his luggage inside the house, while Gu Lanxi sat in the living room eating pomelos while holding her child.

Peel the pomelo, take out a segment, and then tear off the pulp piece by piece and hand it to Tuantuan. Tuantuan puts it in her mouth while watching the slowly setting sun outside the window.

Hearing her mother say that, she suddenly looked up and asked, "What are migratory birds?"

This immediately touches upon Gu Lanxi's area of ​​expertise.

"Migratory birds are birds that move their homes with the seasons!"

Why did they move? Was it for work?

Gu Lanxi didn't hide anything from her child; she explained the reasons to her before moving to Shanghai.

Tuantuan knew from a young age that her parents frequently changed workplaces, so she wasn't against moving here; in fact, she was somewhat looking forward to it.

I'm curious because I've heard that birds also move house.

"What do they do? Do they catch insects?"

"They catch insects to survive, and they don't get any extra pay, so it can't really be considered work."

"People work in order to live."

When Tuantuan suddenly said that, Gu Lanxi was stunned and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Whenever the couple has time, they like to talk to their child. If they are both busy, there is a tutor to take care of her.

As Tuantuan grows up, her logical thinking and expression skills have improved a lot. She often says something very reasonable, and even Gu Lanxi will think about it seriously for a long time.

Gu Lanxi thought for a moment, then nodded in apology: "Yes, you're right, I'm wrong. Birds catching insects is indeed their job."

Exchanging labor and time for a living, how can that not be considered work?

"But migratory birds migrate not only to obtain more food, but also to better reproduce and continue their species."

What is reproduction?

"It's about having a baby. Just like how your grandparents had your uncles and father, and your parents had you. To your grandparents, you and your father are their descendants."

Tuantuan listened attentively. Although she couldn't understand everything, she remembered her mother's words: when you encounter something you don't understand, write it down first, and maybe one day when you wake up, you'll suddenly understand.

"Then what is a population?"

"All individuals of the same species living together at the same time and in the same place."

"I didn't understand."

Gu Lanxi scratched her ear and gave an example: "For example, all the sparrows in our neighborhood."

Tuantuan still didn't quite understand, but instead of pressing for an answer, she asked the same question again: "Why do migratory birds move to breed?"

"Because winters in the north are too cold and there is a shortage of food, while the south is warm and there is no shortage of food. For example, our winter vegetables are either grown in greenhouses or transported from the south. When it snows in the north, there are no vegetables to eat in the fields. In the past, when technology was not advanced, we could only eat potatoes, radishes, cabbages and other vegetables that could be stored for a long time before winter. No one brings food to the birds, so they have to fly to the south to eat on their own."

Tuantuan was a little dizzy from listening, feeling like her brain couldn't quite process what she was saying, but after about two minutes of digesting what her mother had said, she asked a question that went straight to the point:

"Mom, why is it cold in the north and warm in the south?"

Gu Lanxi was lucky she didn't blurt out, "No wonder she's her mother's biological daughter!" Her brain works really well!
So, when Lu Nanting finished packing and came out, he saw the mother and daughter sitting on the living room carpet with a large brass etched globe in the middle.

He didn't say anything, but stood to the side and quietly started filming.

The globe was hollow. Tuantuan supported the crystal pillar on the base with one hand and gently turned it with the other, and the globe began to spin. The sun had already set, and Auntie was cooking in the kitchen. Gu Lanxi turned off the living room light, took out a small flashlight, and gestured for Tuantuan to look carefully.

"Now, the flashlight in my hand is like the sun. Honey, gently rotate the globe and see how the light is where we are as the earth rotates."

With the small flashlight adjusted to the right distance, the brass globe was illuminated, revealing a clear interplay of light and shadow.

Tuantuan pressed the globe and, as she requested, rotated it little by little. Then, the small dot representing Shanghai gradually moved from the light into the darkness.

She found it amazing and circled around several times before telling Gu Lanxi what she had observed.

"Yes, baby, you're so smart! One rotation of the Earth represents a day. Look, it's dark outside, which means we're starting to turn away from the sun."

"Is this sunrise?"

Tuan Tuan slowly turned the globe to the boundary between darkness and light.

Gu Lanxi was so excited that she couldn't help but give her a thumbs up!
Is it pretty?

Tuantuan has never seen the sunrise. A while ago, she heard from her family that her parents left her at home and went out to see it by themselves. Hearing this made her feel a little jealous.

Seeing her pouting and looking unhappy, Gu Lanxi scratched her head and started checking the weather forecast.

"Tomorrow will be a sunny day. Mom will take you to see it, okay?"

But she misunderstood.

I always feel that there are many interesting things in the world, but the most important thing for children is to grow up. Moreover, children have limited memory and often cannot remember what they have seen. When they grow up, what can they not see?

But they forgot that the sunrise when they were one year old is not the same as the sunrise when they grew up.

Tuantuan nodded in satisfaction, then pointed out sharply that she had gone off-topic.

"Mom, what I'm asking you is, why is it cold in the north during winter?"

No matter how long the conversation lasts, always remember what you want to know.

Gu Lanxi carried Tuantuan to the sofa, then placed a high stool in the middle of the living room, and took out a camping lamp and put it on the stool.

"Now, let's pretend this is the sun, baby, watch carefully..."

After Gu Lanxi had everything ready, she picked up the globe and walked around the camping lamp.

"The Earth completes one revolution around the sun in a year. If I were here during the spring equinox..."

Gu Lanxi guided the child step by step to understand, and did not give the child any perfunctory treatment just because the child was young.

Lu Nanting watched from the side, as if he were seeing Gu Lanxi as a child.

By then, Gu Lanxi had already been sent back to her hometown. She was very aware that there were problems between her parents, but there was nothing she could do about it.

If Tuantuan has any questions, she only needs to look up and ask her mother, who will patiently tell her the answer. To make it easier for her to understand, her mother will also try to make things more intuitive.

When Gu Lanxi was a child, she encountered problems she couldn't understand, but she could only keep them to herself. No one would give her answers, and they would even scold her, hit her, or treat her with cold violence because she dared to ask.

It's really no wonder she developed this personality, where she likes to keep everything to herself.

She is a good mother because she gave her child what she longed for but never received herself.

The film crew was still two or three days away from officially starting filming, but Lu Nanting had a schedule to attend the next day and couldn't get up early to watch the sunrise with the two of them, so the mother and daughter went to bed early while he was editing videos in his study.

It's Tuan Tuan's birthday, and they haven't released any content. They haven't shared any sweet moments for a long time either, so this is a good opportunity to edit together a clip from a recently filmed video. (End of Chapter)