Chapter 534: The Foresighted Shi Youxuan

Shi Youxuan gave a bitter smile: "I have nothing to be envious of; I am worried to death right now."

Jian Yixin: "What are you worried about?"

A husband who is wealthy and devoted, children of both genders, and every one of them is smart and cute.

To call such a life worrying is, in Jian Yixin's eyes, just being pretentious!

Shi Youxuan had nothing to hide when speaking with her, so she told her about her worries and the unprincipled doting the grandparents showed toward the children.

Then she told Jian Yixin: "I have been looking for an early education class these past few days. I take the child out every day and come back at night, trying my best to let Zichen be with children of his own age and hear less flattery."

When one is flattered too much, it is easy to become arrogant and conceited.

Adults can barely withstand such a test, let alone an infant who is not even eight months old?

After hearing Shi Youxuan's explanation, Jian Yixin gave her a thumbs up: "Impressive."

"Xuanxuan, I always thought you just had good luck and looked good, and that Hanyu was attracted by your innocent, lively, and quirky personality. Only today do I realize that you have such depth when looking at problems!"

Shi Youxuan:...

"Are you trying to compliment me?"

She really couldn't tell that this was a nice thing to say, but the sincerity in Jian Yixin's eyes was not deceptive.

She stayed at Jian Yixin's house until evening before returning, and the next day Shi Youxuan took the child out again.

If I can't afford to offend them, I can at least hide from them, right?

Shi Youxuan found an early education class outside, took Sheng Zichen out every day, and only returned at night.

Those who came by reputation during the day, wanting to see the "child prodigy," could no longer see Sheng Zichen; the prodigy had gone to early education class to learn.

Gradually, fewer and fewer people came, and eventually, no one came at all!

Wang Yinghao knew this was her daughter-in-law expressing dissatisfaction with their doting on the child, protesting in a different way. She didn't mind much, but Sheng Jiang was not happy.

Sheng Jiang had an excellent son but hadn't been able to show him off.

Now that he finally had a grandson, he wanted to be like his father back in the day, showing off his grandson by taking him out!

But his grandson was taken out by his daughter-in-law every day to attend some parent-child class or early education class, and he had no chance at all.

So Sheng Jiang complained to Wang Yinghao: "This Shi Youxuan is good in every way, but she is just too overbearing. Whose grandson's education isn't decided by the grandparents? It's the opposite with her; everything has to be decided by her."

"My own grandson, I can't even take him to attend a banquet. It's too overbearing."

Wang Yinghao found it funny and asked him back: "Tell me, whose family's child education is decided by the grandparents? Don't tell me Hanyu was like that when he was little!"

He was just about to say that, but his wife's words shut him down.

The couple had a tacit understanding; Sheng Jiang didn't speak, and Wang Yinghao knew what he was thinking.

Wang Yinghao: "Hanyu's education didn't involve you when he was little, not because the grandparents wanted to overstep their bounds, but because you and my sister were simply not suitable for raising children."

"Hanyu is a boy, and your personality is soft and lacks decisiveness. My sister has that kind of... unreliable temperament. If Hanyu had been raised by you two, he would have been ruined."

Wang Yinghao was a sensible person; she was actually very grateful that the Sheng Family Old Master had raised her son personally from a young age instead of letting her sister raise him.

Many children from wealthy families who later become wastrels are not inherently bad; it has an inseparable connection to the parents' education.

Sheng Jiang's bit of dissatisfaction was already of little consequence.

Under his wife's persuasion, it simply vanished.

New Year's Eve.

"Thank you for your hard work, see you next year." Wang Yinghao smiled and handed a red envelope to Zhang Ma.

Lao Qi and the nanny had left yesterday and would return after the eighth day of the New Year.

Zhang Ma's home was nearby, so she left late.

Zhang Ma took the red envelope, bowed to Wang Yinghao, and said respectfully: "I wish you a Happy New Year in advance. May you have a happy New Year and grow younger as the years go by."

"Oh my, what are you doing?" Wang Yinghao hurriedly supported her, not letting her bow further.

The relationship between the two had actually always been quite good. Zhang Ma was a bit more serious, didn't like to talk much, and was very rigorous in her work.

Rigorous people are often stubborn and inflexible.

In many aspects, this made her seem lacking in human warmth.

In the past, the two had a good relationship, but back then, Wang Yinghao was not the mistress of the house, just Sheng Hanyu's aunt, so the two could interact like friends.

But later, their statuses changed, and Zhang Ma no longer treated her like a friend, always maintaining respect and distance.

Wang Yinghao was not used to it and even felt a little sad.

Just like now.

"Rules must be followed."

Zhang Ma still insisted on saying goodbye to Wang Yinghao according to the rules.

Then she left the Sheng Family.

Fang Jie did not leave and stayed to spend the New Year with them.

Her husband and son were building an island in L Country and couldn't return until the project there was finished. Her daughter was already married and belonged to another family, and the journey was too long to return to her maiden home for the New Year.

Returning to her hometown would leave her all alone, so it was better not to go back.

However, she hadn't dared to bring it up at first, because according to the Sheng Family's old rules, only the family stayed together during the New Year, and outsiders had to leave.

She had originally planned to find a place to stay outside for a few days; although accommodation outside cost money, it was still cheaper than the round-trip travel expenses.

Moreover, going back meant facing the gossip in the village, and just thinking about that old home, which was now just an empty house, gave her a headache.

Fang Jie had been gloomy for those few days, and Shi Youxuan noticed it.

She asked straightforwardly: "Fang Jie, everyone else has gone back for the New Year, and there aren't enough hands at home to manage things. Can you stay?"

"I will pay you five times your usual wage for overtime."

Fang Jie nodded like a chick pecking at rice: "Yes, yes, I was actually worried about having nowhere to go during the New Year. I really don't want to go back to my hometown; there's no point in going back. Madam, you have solved a big problem for me. I don't need the overtime pay, just let me stay."

Overtime pay still had to be given; whatever Shi Youxuan said, she would definitely fulfill.

After sending Zhang Ma away, the family closed their doors to prepare for the New Year.

The spring couplets were written by Sheng Jiang.

It was only today that Shi Youxuan learned that her father-in-law's calligraphy was actually much better than Hanyu's.

The handwriting was bold and unrestrained; although it didn't quite reach the level of piercing through the paper, it was still the work of a true master!

She gave her father-in-law a thumbs up and praised him without reservation: "Dad, you really are a hidden talent. This calligraphy is fantastic; I think it's no worse than that of famous masters..."

Shi Ran added from the side: "Exactly, Grandpa was just born in the wrong era. If this were in ancient times, he would be a famous master of his generation."

The mother and daughter praised Sheng Jiang so much that he didn't know which way was up, and his mouth was stretched almost to his ears from smiling.

Since he was a child, Sheng Jiang had been scolded by his father for being useless, lacking responsibility, and not acting like a man.

His mother also found him displeasing in every way.

After he finally got married when he grew up, he was scolded by Wang Yingzhi for the better part of his life.

Sheng Jiang had always been denied, denied, and constantly denied!

Only in the last year did he feel like he was living a human life, and that his life hadn't been lived in vain.

Being praised so lavishly was a first for him; he wasn't used to it, but it felt very good!

Wang Yinghao came out of the kitchen, saw this scene, and said to her husband with a smile: "You're so happy you don't know which way is up, right? It's almost eleven o'clock, how much have you written?"

In fact, he had already written a lot, but spring couplets had to be posted before twelve o'clock noon; they could not be posted after noon.

Sheng Jiang hurried to post the spring couplets.

Halfway through, his son returned.

Sheng Hanyu was the type of person who never praised others, yet today he actually broke his rule and gave praise to his father's calligraphy; although it was dry and not as natural as the praise from Shi Youxuan and Shi Ran, it was enough to make Sheng Jiang incredibly excited.