Although the Fourth Prince patted his chest loudly when he took on this task and had one idea after another, when it came to implementing it, his weakness of lack of worldly experience was fully exposed.
But the naughty kid at least had self-awareness. While Peanut was trying to get information from Chen's parents, he simply acted cute in front of them. He looked like the golden boy in the New Year pictures, so he forgot his identity and followed Peanut's example, calling them Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen. Naturally, he managed to fool the two honest people in the Chen family.
The serious Xiao Cheng was responsible for answering questions from Chen's father and mother about Chen San's study in the public school. As a result, the three of them performed their duties and achieved remarkable results. The honest father of Chen couldn't help but sigh in his heart that his son had three such good classmates, but he couldn't stay in the public school for a long time.
When they came out of Chen's house, Chen's father, whose eyesight was already very poor, insisted on seeing them to the door. Chen's mother even insisted on sending them to the other two houses, but when she saw a group of children outside the door staring at the bag of candy in Xiao Huasheng's hand, she understood.
They were all children from the neighborhood. Mother Chen gave them some careful instructions and watched as a group of children skipped and led the way for her three sons' classmates. When those figures were completely out of sight, she turned around and saw her husband's dejected face. She whispered, "The three classmates of Xiao Sanzi are polite and well-dressed. They all look like they come from good families. I know you feel sorry for him."
"How can it not be a pity? The school does not accept the tuition fees, but instead subsidizes the students. There is also a respected old man in the court in charge, and there are new talents like Zhang Xueshi who stay there every day. It is said that they can take other classes in the future and learn various skills. How rare is it? Just to have a few coins a month to go to that Gusu Restaurant as an apprentice, isn't it a waste of Xiao Sanzi's precious time?"
Seeing his wife was silent, Father Chen sighed and said, "Besides, he only goes to school one day out of seven, and the remaining six days he works very hard. It's not easy for the child. And these days, there is no school that can send people to visit students' homes, let alone in Beijing. Even if there are two children who came today who are younger than Xiao Sanzi, it shows that they are caring. Otherwise, forget it!"
Mother Chen raised her sleeve to wipe the corners of her eyes, but shook her head firmly.
"I know you're thinking about your son, but you have to know that Fang Sijia also found such an opportunity with great difficulty, and she is willing to send her own son over, which shows that it is absolutely true. Besides, the third son is still young, even if he is an apprentice for three years, he can still study, and he can continue to be an accountant like you in the future."
"Three years of apprenticeship, one string of coins per month, that's thirty-six strings of coins, it sounds like a lot, and you can even steal the skills from a master, but do you know that if you get caught stealing skills from a master, you'll be beaten up, not to mention that you're taking someone else's wages, but you're stealing their skills, don't you feel guilty?"
Seeing that his wife didn't say anything, he raised his voice and said, "You said that three years can be made up quickly, but think about it, you miss at least fifty days of classes a year, which means one hundred and fifty classes in three years. Does Xiao Sanzi have that much time?"