Chapter 932: The Great Battle for the Kids 3

This decision received the strong approval of classmate Sheng Zichen, and he also wanted to actively participate!

Sheng Zichen: "Seventh Uncle, shall I teach you how to make sweet and sour pork? This dish is my Xi Fu's specialty; you should learn this one first."

"Alright."

Under the guise of teaching Seventh Uncle how to cook, Sheng Zichen legitimately snuck into the kitchen right under his father's nose and grandly took on the role of master.

The little master's level was truly not bad, he taught earnestly, and the student's learning ability was also very strong.

The first dish was freshly out of the oven, and the tempting, sweet and sour aroma of the pork floated through the air.

However, they were scolded as soon as they left the kitchen.

Shi Youxuan asked: "You just ate, and now you're making sweet and sour pork; were you not full?"

Lao Qi: "No, it's an extra snack for the children."

Shi Youxuan:...

"How old are they? They aren't even two years old yet, and you're giving them sweet and sour pork as a snack? Can their delicate stomachs digest that?"

She pointed at Sheng Zichen and scolded: "Go back to your room and do your homework. You don't think about anything all day but eating. It's fine to want to eat, but you can't just think about what tastes good and what doesn't; you also need to know what kind of food you should be eating at your age."

Sheng Zichen was not unhappy about being scolded; he worshipped his mother especially.

That's right, why hadn't he thought of that himself?

The highest realm of pursuing gourmet food shouldn't just be color, fragrance, and taste.

It should be researched at a deeper and further level.

"Thank you, Mom, I'm going back to do my homework." The little guy bowed respectfully to his mother to thank her, then ran back to his room in a flash.

Having just scolded one and not yet scolded the other, Shi Youxuan didn't dwell too much on her son's unusual behavior.

She never imagined that a casual remark today would have such a profound impact on her son's future.

With her son gone, she scolded Lao Qi: "Zichen is young and doesn't know much, but you're an adult, don't you know either? Children this age need to eat soft, mushy food; for snacks, they should have rice cereal, mixed fruit juice, meat porridge, noodle soup, and the like. How could you feed them sweet and sour pork?"

Lao Qi was not annoyed at being scolded; he accepted it with an open mind and changed it immediately.

Small children love to move and dislike being still; the children didn't have a moment of leisure, and the clean clothes they had just put on were dirty in a short while.

Wang Yinghao prepared to help the two children change their clothes, but her daughter-in-law stopped her: "Mom, don't worry about it, let Nianyin help them change. If they don't do it themselves and learn, they will never know how."

"Big Sister is right, Auntie, leave it to me."

Nianyin tossed the melon seeds in her hand aside and came over.

"Wait a moment."

Shi Youxuan reminded her: "Go wash your hands."

"Is that really necessary?"

Nianyin felt that it was just helping children change clothes, and she had to wash her hands? There was no need for that.

Shi Youxuan: "It's common sense to wash your hands before helping children change clothes. Is that troublesome? If you think this is troublesome, there are many, many more troubles waiting for you in the future; what will you do then?"

"Alright, alright, I'll go wash my hands."

Nianyin washed her hands and returned quickly, grabbing Meiyin to undo the buttons.

The buttons on Meiyin's clothes were in the shape of little bears; they looked very nice, but were hard to undo.

She searched for a while but didn't find any buttonholes!

Meiyin protested: "Mommy is silly."

After saying that, she pulled both sides of her clothes with her little hands, and they came undone with a slight tug.

Children's clothes are different from adults'; they use snap buttons for convenience in dressing and undressing, not regular buttons, and the little bear patterns on the front were just for decoration.

"You brat, you know how to undo them yourself but won't do it? You're lazy to death."

Nianyin patted her daughter's little bottom; she didn't use much force, but the child was hit into tears.

"Waa, waa, waa..."

Her head ached the moment she heard that sound.

"Shut up, you're not allowed to cry!"

"Wooo, wooo, wooo..."

The crying grew even louder.

Is that any way to coax a child?

Wang Yinghao couldn't stand to watch and was about to intervene, but her daughter-in-law pulled her back, meaning not to meddle and to let Nianyin resolve it herself.

Being a mother is not an easy thing; children cannot grow up just by blowing in the wind.

With so many little troubles, she would always have to learn to adapt!

"Waaa—"

Yulong, who was standing to the side, also started crying along with her.

"Damn it, here we go again."

Nianyin was incredibly worried and even more angry; she kicked her son's bottom: "Why are you joining in the fun? Are you looking for a beating?"

"Wooo, wooo, wooo..."

"Waaa, waaa, waaa—"

"Waa, waa, waa..."

"Ah, ah, ah, ah—"

The twins Sheng Zirui and Sheng Zihan also joined the "camp" and cried together!

The roof of the Sheng Family house was almost blown off by the four children.

Now, she couldn't just stand by and do nothing.

Shi Youxuan pulled the two sons over: "You two take a break, I have a question for you."

The two children stopped making noise; not just the two of them, even the other two stopped crying, waiting to be questioned.

Shi Youxuan: "The two of them got spanked, but you two didn't, so what are you crying for?"

Sheng Zirui: "It's fun."

Sheng Zihan: "Mm."

She smiled slightly and said understandingly, "Oh, so that's how it is."

Then she asked Yulong: "Then why were you crying?"

Yulong: "It's fun."

Actually, that wasn't what he thought at the very beginning; he didn't even know what he was thinking himself, but anyway, if Nianyin cried, he would cry, just as if he were to cry, Nianyin would immediately cooperate with him.

The two children had already reached a "tacit understanding."

Nianyin felt like her lungs were about to explode from anger when she heard her son say "it's fun."

She was just about to lose her temper, but she met Shi Youxuan's gaze, so she held it back.

"Oh—"

Shi Youxuan drew out the sound, offering no reprimand, as if "it's fun" was expected, a matter of course.

Finally, she pulled Nianyin in front of her and wiped the tear stains off her face with a tissue.

Only the little girl was crying for real, with tears falling down in pairs.

The three boys were all "cooperating," with no tears at all.

She asked Nianyin: "The three of them all cried because they thought it was fun, so why were you crying?"

The little girl said softly and sweetly: "It's fun."

Children are highly impressionable and too easily follow the crowd; seeing that everyone else said it was fun, she had already forgotten her own grievances, so she followed suit and said "it's fun."

Shi Youxuan laughed: "You all think crying is fun, but I think crying isn't fun at all. When I was little, the adults had to beg me to cry before I would; if they didn't beg me, I wouldn't cry. If you cry too much, you won't be pretty anymore, so how is it fun?"

"Nianyin wants to be pretty, no crying."

"I won't cry either."

"Me neither."

"I won't!"

Nianyin was dumbfounded.

It was solved just like that?

It seemed very simple, but why hadn't she thought of it herself?

"Alright, let's continue changing clothes."

Shi Youxuan suggested: "Let's have a competition. All four of you change your own clothes, and we'll see who is the fastest. The fastest one will be rewarded with a Little Red Flower."

The so-called "Little Red Flower" was just something casually cut out of red paper, and there was a blackboard on the living room wall.

The children's names were written on the blackboard, and every time they received praise from an adult, they would be rewarded with a Little Red Flower to stick behind their name.

The more "Little Red Flowers" they got, the happier the children were.

The four children stood in a row, with everyone's clean clothes laid out neatly in front of them.

Shi Youxuan gave the order, the competition began, and Sheng Zirui changed the fastest, finishing first.

The one in first place got a Little Red Flower, and the remaining three children were encouraged to keep trying!

Shi Youxuan announced again: "It doesn't matter if you didn't get a Little Red Flower this time; there are still chances. Any child who doesn't get their clothes dirty before dinner will be rewarded with a Little Red Flower each."