Chapter 115: Tempering Beibei's Mind

After finishing the spring planting, An Yinan specifically asked for leave from the Captain and began to busy herself with translation work.

Among this batch of materials, there was also a letter; without specifically arranging a confidential translator exam for her, this batch of materials could be considered the test paper.

An Yinan's translation ability was already obvious to all at the National Compilation Bureau; some professional translations that could not be arranged elsewhere were basically all mailed to her, as they intended to let An Yinan try them, without any intention of forcing her.

But An Yinan could always achieve a one hundred percent accuracy rate.

"Sister, eat your meal before you go to translate." After a year, Beibei had grown quite a bit; perhaps because his nutrition had caught up, his whole body was no longer so thin, and he had grown taller as well.

"I'm here." From the storage room in the back, An Yinan reached out her hand and gave a simple greeting.

Only then did Beibei set his mind at ease; once his sister got busy, she would neglect everything, even needing someone to remind her to eat.

"Is there anything you need my help with?" Beibei walked to the back storage room; the idea that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen was impossible in their home. If he said that, his sister could beat him to death, although he had never seen his sister lose her temper.

An Yinan put down the meat she was holding, "Go and hang up these few pieces of meat."

The cured pork legs she made, after these days, would not spoil even in the middle of summer.

The two of them were busy, and looking at the various meats hanging from the ceiling of the storage room, An Yinan had the feeling that they would never finish eating them.

"How are your studies lately?" The two siblings chatted idly.

Beibei looked at his sister, "Sister, when it comes to the brain, you have to believe in genetic inheritance."

An Yinan looked at Beibei, thinking of her predecessor and the mother who had died for love, and she really didn't dare to believe in this genetic inheritance thing.

"Don't worry, I got first place in the unit exam a few days ago." Looking at his sister's blank expression, Beibei sighed and stated his ranking.

In terms of learning, Beibei had never made anyone worry.

No, that couldn't be said either.

An Yinan was always afraid that he would just keep reading, so she would find him some work to let him exercise his body, such as a few days ago when she arranged for his small body to till the soil.

Spring had arrived, the ground had thawed, and it was time to start planting vegetables.

The vegetable garden needed to be turned over, and while tilling the soil, An Yinan would sprinkle some soil mixed with fertilizer to make the garden's land more fertile.

"When you have a break this week, you and Yun Shen turn over the soil in the big garden." An Yinan had no self-awareness about using child labor.

If she didn't order the two of them to work, these two children could hide in the house all day without ever putting down the books in their hands.

Beibei's calm expression was completely shattered, "Sister, is that really necessary?"

An Yinan raised an eyebrow, "What? You're not happy about doing this little bit of work?"

"I'm not."

An Yinan ignored his sophistry, but seeing his resistant expression, she knew what the kid was thinking.

"In our Huaxia, farmers make up the largest proportion; you don't even understand what farmers should do, how they work, or what the harvest is like?"

"A person must know where their roots are."

"Beibei, I am a little disappointed."

This was the most serious thing she had said since An Yinan transmigrated.

An Xiangbei was a bit at a loss, "Sister, I was wrong."

An Yinan shook her head, "Think it through yourself, then hand me a one-thousand-word reflection."

After washing her hands upon leaving the room, she went to the courtyard of Li Xiue and the others.

Zhao Qiuhua looked curiously behind her, "Where is Beibei?"

An Yinan waved her hand, "Don't save him any food today, and don't make his portion for tomorrow morning either."

Until he thinks it through, he can abstain from meals.

She did not agree that filial children are produced under the stick.

But she agreed even less with encouragement-based education.

When a child is about to drift, they must be knocked down a peg.

When a child is feeling inferior and helpless, they need encouragement.

There is no single correct type of education; there is only dealing with each matter on its own merits.

How can he become a diplomat if he has the status of a farmer but doesn't understand the hardships of farmers?

Reading books is important; it is true that there are golden houses in books.

But many things require facts to prove them; even studying medicine requires theory and clinical practice.

As someone who aspires to be a diplomat, do you only know how to rot away in books?

"Did he make you angry?" Seeing An Yinan's somewhat cold face, everyone was suddenly afraid to speak, only Li Xiue asked softly.

An Yinan shook her head, "No, he has always been very obedient."

Seeing that she didn't intend to talk about it, everyone stopped asking; the way the two siblings got along was unique, not a case of the older one blindly controlling the younger one, or the younger one completely relying on the older one.

Sometimes Beibei would even take care of his sister.

And An Yinan seemed to trust Beibei very much; only when Beibei was confused would she offer a few pointers, but she let Beibei figure out most things on his own.

Seeing them like this was a first.

After An Yinan finished her meal, she looked at the faint candlelight reflecting from Beibei's window; she stared at it for a long time, said nothing more, and returned to her own room.

The next day, after An Yinan had pulled an all-nighter, she rubbed her temples and walked out of the room, only then seeing a piece of paper pressed under a bowl on the table.

An Yinan thought of something, pushed aside the bowl, and read it carefully; until she read to the end, An Yinan curled her lips and smiled with some relief.

"What's the good news? Did you make up?" Xie Yuanyuan, who was pushing open the courtyard gate, happened to see the moment An Yinan curled her lips.

An Yinan rolled her eyes, "We didn't have a falling out to begin with!"

"Oh! You just didn't let Beibei eat." Xie Yuanyuan brought her the warmed-up meal.

These past few days, Xie Yuanyuan was also off work; every day after Li Xiue finished cooking, she would take it over to keep it warm, and when she heard movement in this courtyard, she would send the warm food over, saving An Yinan from being hungry as soon as she woke up.

An Yinan raised an eyebrow, "An empty stomach is better than an empty head; he can eat tonight."

Xie Yuanyuan thought of how the little guy went to Li Xiue's courtyard to eat, was told by Li Xiue that his sister had ordered no breakfast, and the little guy just nodded and left, without even showing any other emotions.

"Beibei is sensible enough; having been in the countryside for so long, which child is more sensible than Beibei?" Xie Yuanyuan stood up for Beibei.

"Yes, too sensible, but his path is too long; if he doesn't grow faster than others, how can he live up to his goals and ambitions?" An Yinan smiled and shook her head.

"Yuanyuan, the path he chose himself, there isn't much I can do to help him."

"Sometimes I even wonder if I've gone too far, but since I have this ability, how could I wrong Beibei by making him give up his dream?"

The path Beibei walks today is one she walked before.

However, the person who tempered her mind was Mother Dean, and the methods chosen were more ruthless and more violent.

Even though she later gave up on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the tempering of her mind benefited her for a lifetime.

Upon hearing this, although Xie Yuanyuan did not understand, since the siblings Nan Nan and Beibei did not object, it was naturally correct.

She no longer brought up this matter.