"I think you don't need to eat. Just eat bamboo shoots and meat."
Ye Chenghu shrank back and quickly lowered his head to eat, not daring to talk back. But he was thinking in his heart: I didn’t say anything wrong. Others are still playing in the mud, but I have to go to school. Damn it, I was deceived. I thought studying was so fun!
The old lady smiled and said, "The bamboo shoots haven't grown yet, so don't scare him. If his grades aren't good, at most he'll have to repeat a year. By then, he might be very powerful and know things that others don't know."
"Bullshit, if he knew, he wouldn't have to repeat the grade."
3
"I didn't repeat a grade. It would be so embarrassing to repeat a grade." There was a student in the second grade next to them who repeated a grade. He didn't want to repeat a grade because he would be laughed at.
"If you know you're embarrassed, then study harder. Otherwise, if you fail a grade, the whole class will laugh at you, like, 'That Ye Chenghu was in the same class as me, but he failed a grade.' I know you're as smart as me, but you don't need to go the right way. If you can get 100 points in the exam this semester, I'll take you to the city."
Go to the city!
!
Ye Chenghu's eyes lit up instantly, and he didn't pay any attention to his father's bragging.
During the winter vacation last year, his father said that giving him two cents as pocket money was quite tempting to him, but he had eaten so many delicious foods during the Chinese New Year and had so much money before, so two cents now was not enough to make him work hard.
But, let’s go to the city!
Not everyone can go here. Even his mother has never been there!
Few of his classmates had even been to the town. When school started, he told them that his family took family photos during the Chinese New Year, which made everyone envious.
If he goes to the city for some fun and comes back, he can be the boss!
"Dad, are you serious? If I get 100 points, will you take me to the city?"
"You have to get 100 in both Chinese and math."
Ye Chenghu slammed the table and shouted, "Deal!"
Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but say, "If he really went to the city for a stroll and came back, wouldn't he be so excited? He would kick the chickens on the roadside if he saw them."
Not to mention the children, few adults in the village have ever been to the city. If this guy goes there once, he will be in big trouble when he comes back.
"Who said that? Now when I see a chicken on the road, I will rush up to scare it." Ye Chenghu raised his neck, as if he was a little proud.
"You said it so loudly, do you think this is something worth bragging about?"
Ye Chenghu pursed his lips and complained in his heart: It was you who talked, so I responded.
Ye Yaodong said nonchalantly, "As long as he can get two 100s in the exam, it's okay to reward him with a trip to the city. Boys should also go out more often to broaden their horizons and learn more. They should know that there are always people better than them and there are always better places than you. We are just the most remote countryside. If I don't take him out to take a walk, he won't have that understanding."
As the saying goes, start from the childhood.
Only by knowing that the world outside is wider and more beautiful can we be more motivated to work hard.
However, this was just his assumption. If he just muddled along, lived from day to day, and made no effort to make progress, then it didn't matter. He wouldn't suffer any loss. At most, he could raise him until he was sixteen, and then drive him out, letting him go to the factory and be self-reliant.
"Yes, yes, yes, Dad is right!" Ye Chenghu nodded happily. His dad is still the best!
Lin Xiuqing glared at him, "Hey, head, hurry up and eat. All you do is want this and that. Other people's children don't eat as well as you do, and they don't dress as well as you do. And you still want to go to the city? When you come back from this trip, you will be like someone who went abroad. Will those kids set off firecrackers to welcome you?"
"Do you want to set off firecrackers?"
Lin Xiuqing almost laughed out of anger, and poked his temple fiercely, "Eat! If you say another word, you'll probably dare to have sex with me."
"When I grow up, I'll go to BJ myself."
Ye Chenghu took the rice and buried his head in the bowl, mumbling softly, while his little eyes kept looking at his father expectantly.
Ye Yaodong would certainly not let him down, and he could also hear that A Qing did not object much.
He said proudly, "I am the head of the family, I have the final say! If you can get two 100s in the exam this semester, I will take you with me."
Ye Chenghu shed tears!
His father finally stood up for once and truly became the head of the family, and finally made his mother listen to him.
"Dad, you are so kind. I will definitely get two perfect scores and bring honor to our family!"
Lin Xiuqing almost spit out her rice. Can two 100 points bring honor to the family
"Where did you learn this word? If you don't know how to use it, don't use it randomly. People will laugh at you. Wait until you get into college before you can use the word 'glorify the family and bring honor to the ancestors'."
Ye Chenghu scratched his head comically, "Is that so? Brother Hai always says he wants to make a lot of money and bring honor to the family!"
"He's right. If you make a lot of money and become rich, you can also say that you have brought honor to your family. Just eat your meal and stop talking nonsense. You haven't even taken a few bites of the meal, but you're already talking a lot."
"Then mother, do you agree too?"
"What? What does it have to do with me?" Lin Xiuqing said angrily, "Your father promised you, not me. You can find out who promised you. I am not responsible."
She also figured it out. If there was a piece of fat meat hanging in front of her, it would be good for her son to run.
Anyway, Adong goes back and forth every few days, and her parents are also in the city. If she really scores 100, it's not a bad idea to go to the city, take a look, and feel the bustling and lively comparison between the big city and their countryside.
Give him some motivation to study so that he doesn't just play every day.
Studying is so important. In the past few decades, you could become an official as long as you could read. Now you can take the college entrance examination again, so of course you have to study hard.
Ye Chenghu was instantly happy, "You should have told me earlier, otherwise it would have been better if Dad agreed."
This made him nervous for a long time, fearing that his mother would not agree and his father's promise to take him to the city would be aborted.
"Don't be too happy too soon. You should think about how to get two 100 points first. You only scored 55 in the final exam this year." Seeing how excited and happy he was, Ye Yaodong also wanted to discourage him.
"I will definitely work hard to get two 100s!"
"Very good, it's good to be determined. I'll wait for you then!"
Ye Chenghu felt full of energy and couldn't wait to finish his meal and do his homework.
When he got 55 points in the final Chinese exam, he was scared and wanted to change it to 66. But when he thought about last year when his brother Hai got 38 or 28 points, changed it to 88, cheated his uncle out of a 50-cent reward, and was beaten to a pulp by his aunt, he immediately became scared.
66 points is not a lot...
He might still get beaten. His mother went to junior high school, and she is not as good as his aunt...
However, it was a good thing that he did not take the risk. At that time, the whole family was there drying fish, and his mother was very busy and had no time to take care of him, so he did not get beaten!
Although Lin Xiuqing had already acquiesced, she was still somewhat dissatisfied with Ye Yaodong's pampering of the child and she muttered a few words to him during the meal.
Ye Yaodong just pursed his lips at her and pointed at Ye Chenghu who was walking into the room with his schoolbag.
"You see, the effect is immediate! Normally, after eating, as soon as I put down my bowl, I would run out immediately, just like the guys next door, who won't do their homework until dark."
“Who knows if he really went there to do his homework.”
"Then why don't you go in and take a look later? I think it's good to give children some rewards to motivate them. Otherwise, why would they bother to do their homework when they have something to play with? We need to give them some goals."
"So this time the reward is to go to the city, and next time if you get 100 points, will you be rewarded to go to the province, and then the next time you get rewarded to go to BJ?"
"You can change it to other rewards, such as buying him new clothes, new shoes or something, or making him a toy. You have to learn to be flexible, understand? I haven't been to the province, I haven't been to BJ, and I'm still rewarding him? Kill him with one stick!"
Lin Xiuqing glanced at him and said, "You are so good at teaching children. You should teach them in the future. Don't use me to scare the children all the time."
Ye Yaodong smiled and gave her an egg. "One of us has to be the good guy and the other the bad guy."
“So I’m the bad guy.”
"Of course, as the saying goes, a loving mother gives birth to a bad son. Who else but you?"
Lin Xiuqing had nothing to say about his blockade.
The old lady was in the atmosphere group. She just watched them discuss teaching the child with a smile. When they had almost finished talking, she said, "Eat, eat, eat quickly. Food gets cold quickly in winter. Don't just talk."
After dinner, the couple pushed open the door of the child’s room and took a look. They saw Ye Chenghu sitting at the table doing his homework seriously and felt very comforted.
Ye Yaodong also had an expression that said, "See, was I right?"
Lin Xiuqing glanced at him and went to wash the dishes.
He followed closely, "If we kill chickens tomorrow, why not stew the turtle as well? These two guys are pretty good. We've raised them for a whole year and they didn't die. Why don't we kill them and eat them while they're still alive? Ba Wang Bie Chicken... No, it's the turtle stewed with chicken, it'll make up for the loss!"
"Aren't you afraid that they'll cry and ask you to pay them back? Then just kill them and eat them."
"I see they haven't played for a while. They probably forgot about it. Let's just kill them."
"The eldest has to go to school and has no time to play at home. It has been rainy recently, so of course we haven't moved it out to get some sun. Go talk to them and see if we can kill it?"
"How can we discuss this? They love that turtle more than their biological father, me. They are more filial to it than their biological father. They even leave a bite of malted milk for it. If they want to kill it, they will kill it secretly. How can we discuss this?"
"You still want to kill them even though you know that? You can't keep anything, so what's good to eat? You haven't eaten enough from the sea and the mountains, and you're still thinking about their pets."
Lin Xiuqing said unhappily, you are such a grown-up and you still want to eat everything.
"If you kill them now, you'll have to catch two more for them overnight. It just so happens that the two of them are not here right now, otherwise if you dare to say something like 'turtle stewed chicken', they will cry in front of you right away."
Ye Yaodong touched his nose and said, "Okay, let's have chicken. It's a pity that it's not the Waking of Insects yet, otherwise Dragon and Phoenix Soup would be fine."
"Just know how to eat..."
Ps: The calamus is hanging high, wishing the world a better place, and welcoming the "zongzi". No matter whether it is sweet or salty, "zongzi" has its own love...
I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival!