Chapter 1051: I'll Count to Three

"Ji Wang Weidong is leaving?"

Just as he entered the house, Gu Ning came down from upstairs combing her hair and asked Li Xuewu, who was changing his shoes.

Li Xuewu looked back at her and nodded: "Hmm, said the business in Beijing is finished."

After changing his shoes, he looked upstairs and asked with a smile: "Is the son asleep?"

"Asleep long ago, what time is it?"

Gu Ning glanced at him: "Ji Wang Weidong sent things over this afternoon. I said I wouldn't accept them because you weren't home, but he dropped them and left."

"Isn't that right? This person is really something!"

Qin Jingru came out of the room, handed the bag in her hand to Han Jiankun, and complained: "He came in saying he was here to send gifts, teased Li Shu for a while, and left without even drinking water."

"He's just like that, too many schemes."

Li Xuewu nodded to her with a smile and said: "Unlike us, our hearts are honest. He just does those useless things and treats them like serious business."

He opened the bedroom door on the first floor to look; Li Shu was sleeping soundly on the bed, almost bubbling at the nose.

"Played until she was smoking tonight, didn't come back until it was dark, and still wouldn't give up. She got sand everywhere and almost got a beating."

Qin Jingru said with a laugh, looked into the room along the door Li Xuewu opened, and said: "You carry her upstairs in a while; I can't carry her anymore."

"Growing too fast, bigger than many children of the same age."

Han Jiankun liked Li Shu the most and often coaxed her to play, so he also said with a smile.

Li Xuewu nodded to the couple and said: "Go back quickly, it's quite late. It's not easy for Jingru to go back once, and I've delayed her."

"It's okay, we'll go back when we have time."

Qin Jingru changed her shoes at the door, put on a scarf, and said: "It's not far, if it weren't dark, I would have wanted to ride my bike back myself."

"Then, leader, we're going back."

Han Jiankun said to Li Xuewu, nodded to Gu Ning again, and then went out with Qin Jingru.

Li Xuewu sent them to the door, watched them push their bikes out of the gate and head to the street corner, and then returned to the house.

Since the weather warmed up, Han Jiankun didn't drive home anymore, even in winter snow, he only drove when the road was slippery or the weather was bad.

Basically, he rode a bike to and from work, and the couple's shifts were perfectly connected.

"What did Ji Wang Weidong send?"

After Li Xuewu returned to the room, seeing Gu Ning drinking water in front of the fireplace, he walked over and asked.

Gu Ning pointed to the box in the corner and said helplessly: "Two large boxes of toys, said one for the big one and one for the small one."

"Huo—! See that?"

Li Xuewu signaled with a smile: "This is how to send gifts! Sent right to our hearts!"

"Hmm, sent right to Li Shu's heart!"

Gu Ning glanced at him amusedly and pursed her lips: "Ji Wang Weidong teased her, saying uncle is good, uncle is good, and almost got her carried away."

"That's impossible, my daughter is very smart."

Li Xuewu sat beside his wife, leaned on the sofa, and said: "If you talk about having many schemes, this child is almost catching up to a six or seven-year-old."

"If you try to fool her, it's only once. If she finds out, don't even think about her listening next time."

I don't know if it's good development, good genes, or many people in the family, and many people contact and tease her.

Li Shu's intellectual development is very fast. Qin Jingru recites ancient poems to her, but she can't learn them; if she teaches her to say witty words, she learns them immediately.

Li Xuewu sometimes thinks, the daughter looks like a porcelain doll now, if she grows up, won't the mixed-race features be even more obvious?

Just watch, a mixed-race girl, full of Beijing dialect mixed with Northeast dialect. People who don't know will think she's a mixed-race from the Northeast mixing in Beijing.

Learned a mouthful of Northeast dialect from the old lady, and learned Beijing dialect from others.

Especially when playing at the Sihe Academy, she listens and learns from everyone in the courtyard greeting and chatting.

You see, the time she speaks properly is late, but the time she learns to speak is early.

Even when she just learned to crawl, she might have started to have memories of learning to speak.

"I'm going to work tomorrow. Send Li Shu to Mom's house tomorrow morning; Jingru can't take care of her alone."

Gu Ning added hot water for Li Xuewu and instructed: "Remember to pick her up at night; she's played wild and doesn't want to come home."

"Hmm, I'll remember. I'll tell Jiankun tomorrow morning and let him remind me."

Li Xuewu lay back, pinched the bridge of his nose, and said: "I talked to Ji Wang Weidong and asked him to help me buy a refrigerator from Hong Kong and send it back."

"Refrigerator? What are you buying that for?" Gu Ning turned to look at him with the cup and asked: "Tossing it from thousands of miles away? How to get it back?"

"Don't worry about it, the cargo ship is convenient."

Li Xuewu put his hand on Gu Ning's shoulder and said with a smile: "If it were just for leftovers, or to eat something cool in summer, I wouldn't toss it. Isn't this for the child?"

Looking at his wife's surprised gaze, he raised his eyebrows and said: "You always have inconvenient times, right? Surgery, clinic, house calls, right?"

"You're with the child, Qin Jingru is with you. No matter how close the home is, there are always times when you can't eat. It's very necessary to have milk at home."

Li Xuewu explained: "When you have time, leave a bottle of milk in the refrigerator. If Qin Jingru can't find you, or you are inconvenient, warm it up for an emergency."

"You're really something—!"

Gu Ning understood. This person used to refuse to set up valuable items at home, even giving away electric refrigerators sent by others.

Now he is going to great lengths to buy a refrigerator from Hong Kong for his son's meal.

Should it be said that he is sticking to principles, or that he is tossing blindly?

Gu Ning twitched the corner of her mouth, looking at him, really not knowing what to say.

Li Xuewu sat up straight, leaned over and kissed her, and said: "I can't bear it for myself, but I can bear anything for you and the child."

"What are you doing?" Gu Ning dodged, looking at him suspiciously, like guarding against a thief.

Li Xuewu said amusedly: "The moon is high, the night is quiet, the children are all asleep. What do you think we should do?"

"I'm going upstairs—"

Gu Ning dodged him, stood up, and walked upstairs quickly, instructing: "You take a bath first, then carry Li Shu up, be careful."

"Aren't you waiting for me?"

Li Xuewu chased his wife's figure and teased her, which made Gu Ning walk faster, as if a dog were chasing her.

Seeing his wife like this, he also felt amused and drank the hot water in the cup on the tea table.

After tidying up the fire in the fireplace and taking a bath in the first-floor bathroom, he went to the room to carry Li Shu upstairs.

No wonder Qin Jingru said she couldn't carry her anymore. After not carrying her for a few days, she felt like she was thirty pounds heavy.

In this year, which family's child under two years old is thirty pounds heavy? It's just Li Shu.

Growing big, growing fast, and can eat—eggs, milk, supplementary food, all eaten up.

Disliking that others feed her slowly, she wants to hold the small spoon to eat herself. Basically, she doesn't waste anything, mainly being able to eat, sleep, and toss.

Looking at the daughter's sleeping face, Li Xuewu is also imagining what kind of girl she will be in the future.

Quiet? Doesn't seem to be...

Lively? Doesn't seem to satisfy...

Naughty? Seems a bit...

No matter what kind of personality girl she is, Li Xuewu hopes she grows up happily and healthily.

The guest room was tidied up for Li Shu, and it might be the room for one of the two children in the future.

There are four rooms in the house, and they have almost lived in all of them. Anyway, it's whatever is convenient.

The furnishings in the guest room on the second floor weren't moved, just a crib was placed by the bed.

Thanks to the old lady's clever hands, Li Xuewu only described it once, and both the crib and the children's bed were there.

Even the guardrails around it were cleverly handled, not pinching the child, nor hooking the child's legs.

Even if Li Shu tosses again when sleeping, she won't fall out.

Of course, you have to carry her out of the children's bed when you wake up in the morning, otherwise, this little girl dares to flip out herself.

Qin Jingru said she didn't know how she learned it. Now she dares to flip somersaults on the bed or on the floor.

Not the kind of somersault in martial arts or acrobatics, just the kind of play where the head is on the ground first and the butt is stuck out and twisted.

It's okay to play on the floor, just watch her not to do dangerous movements and hurt her neck.

But if she flips off the bed, won't she cry when she falls to the ground?

Bumping the back of the head might even be life-threatening or affect intellectual development.

So the sand pit in the guest room on the first floor was prepared for this.

And Li Xuewu or Gu Ning both remember to come to Li Shu's room to see if she is awake as soon as they wake up in the morning.

As long as she plays late at night, she sleeps enough in the morning. If she sleeps early, just watch, she can get up at four o'clock.

A father has no reason to complain. When it's time to serve the child, even if he is in a hurry, he has to do it, otherwise, let Gu Ning be busy alone, and she won't be busy all morning.

Just washing the face, changing the diaper, can make people turn around in a hurry. The couple looks at the child and laughs at night, and looks at the child and wants to cry in the morning.

This has to be said that Qin Jingru is doing her best here, coming early to help. If she meets someone who isn't good, don't know how much anger she will suffer.

It also has to be said that Li Xuewu has the ability, has the conditions to select and use people, and also has the conditions to meet people's needs.

Smoothly put the daughter into the children's bed, covered her with a small quilt, and came out on tiptoe.

He was like a thief who had succeeded, rubbed his hands, smiled evilly, and walked toward the master bedroom.

Looking at the study and small living room with the lights off, and the closed master bedroom door.

He paused for a moment, then rolled his eyes, tentatively walked to the door, and pulled the door handle.

Sure enough, it was locked by Gu Ning!

This is outrageous! Husband and wife are one body. They haven't been together for several months to have children, and now they want to shut him out!

"Cough cough—!"

Li Xuewu coughed lightly, very afraid of waking the son. That little guy's loud voice could wake up Li Shu next door.

So even if he wanted to enter the room, he had to be careful and not have big movements.

"Wife—Gu Ning—"

"Cough cough—let me in."

Li Xuewu stood at the door and greeted softly, listening to no movement inside.

Asleep?

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

He dared to bet that Gu Ning definitely wasn't asleep and was definitely listening to his movements!

And, very likely, she was pursing her lips and smiling.

Just bet on a guaranteed monthly ticket!

"Wife, I'm back—"

Li Xuewu knocked on the door lightly and said: "It's really cold outside, let me in quickly, otherwise I'll catch a cold~"

After saying this, not to mention Gu Ning inside didn't believe it, even he himself didn't take it seriously.

The villa burned five tons of coal and a large truck of wood in a year, just afraid that Gu Ning would be cold during confinement. The house was so hot that wearing a vest didn't feel cold.

It was only after the child finished the month, and the weather outside warmed up, that it wasn't burned so much.

But at this time of night, the curtains were drawn, and wearing half-sleeves and big shorts in the house didn't feel cold at all, but rather hot.

He was just teasing Gu Ning on purpose, looking for words, and also afraid that the other party would notice something.

Because the other party insisted on not opening the door and pretended to be asleep, Li Xuewu prepared to execute secret processing on this door, and then execute surprise processing on her.

Just think, who is he?

Someone who could calculate where to bury someone even if he calculated them to death, could such a small matter stump him?

Since he wanted to do bad things and dared to tease Gu Ning openly downstairs, could he not have full preparations?

"Wife—are you asleep?"

Li Xuewu took a key from under the record player while greeting in a virtual voice, confusing Gu Ning inside.

When he returned to the door on tiptoe, the key was aimed at the door lock, and he greeted again: "Wife—it's cold outside, I have to go in and sleep—"

Click—

Li Xuewu twisted the door lock, smiled triumphantly, and then twisted the door handle with a bad smile and wanted to go in.

But who would have thought, no matter how he twisted the door handle, it wouldn't open, as if there were a spring.

Li Xuewu knew why. He smiled amusedly at the door crack and said: "Little lady! You can't hide! Just follow me, old pig!"

"No—!"

Gu Ning's shy voice came from inside. She said in a small voice: "I have to go to work tomorrow!"

Clearly the door was locked, clearly the door key was checked, there were three, and she collected them all.

Can you believe it?!

This bad guy, in order to do bad things, actually secretly matched a key!

How much leisure time!

She had heard Li Xuewu's voice upstairs long ago and had been waiting on the bed.

She pursed her lips and stole a smile when she heard him tentatively opening the door, especially when he was discussing opening the door, she laughed even more happily and almost couldn't help it.

She still covered her mouth with the quilt, and only then did she hold back from laughing.

But when she saw this bad guy say it twice, she felt something was wrong. Based on her understanding of Li Xuewu, this person would absolutely not do useless tentative tests.

Especially under the premise that she wouldn't open the door, how could he keep discussing with her to open the door?

The excuses and rhetoric were all perfunctory and repetitive, and it sounded problematic.

She went down the bed quietly and stood at the door to listen. There was a metallic click sound, especially when he discussed with her again, she knew this bad guy still had a key in his hand.

Playing "open repair plank road, dark crossing Chen Cang" with her! Really cunning!

Why are there so many schemes in this bad guy's heart!

If it were used in the right place, it would be fine, but even this kind of thing has to be planned, it's really something!

"Hiss—what kind of talk is this!"

Li Xuewu was holding the door handle at the door, not daring to twist it hard, afraid of hurting her wrist.

He laughed and said: "Who said I wouldn't let you go to work? I am the most supportive of your work and career. We are husband and wife with one heart, making progress together!"

"Then let me rest well, I have to get up early tomorrow—"

Gu Ning said seriously and discussively: "You can't let me make a fool of myself on the first day of work, listless, and I have to feed the child at night, no time."

"Rest assured! I didn't say what I would do to you!"

Li Xuewu discussed: "I'm just going back to sleep, we have to sleep, right?"

"Really? You're just sleeping?"

Gu Ning stuck to the door crack and confirmed: "You have to keep your word, just sleeping!"

"Of course, of course! I naturally keep my word, I never lie to people!"

Li Xuewu guaranteed seriously: "I'm just going back to sleep, absolutely won't disturb your rest, I guarantee!"

"I'm telling you..."

Gu Ning hesitated and let go of the door handle, looking at Li Xuewu who opened the door and said seriously: "I have to get up once at night, and I have to get up early tomorrow morning to tidy up. Tomorrow is a day of adaptation."

"I know—!"

Li Xuewu smiled like a big grey wolf, hugged her, then let go and said: "I understand you best. I'll be with you at night, and I'll help you in the morning, absolutely won't let you suffer alone."

He coaxed Gu Ning back, helped her onto the bed, straightened the quilt, and then went to the tea table at the door to pour two glasses of hot water.

"Why are you pouring water?"

Gu Ning's just-relaxed nerves became alert again because of his action of pouring water.

She just leaned on the head of the bed and watched him, watching him put the two glasses of water on the bedside table.

"Spring, big fire, just drank a large glass of water, afraid of being thirsty at night, getting up is troublesome."

He said so, and put the thermos on the bedside table, as if it were the case.

Gu Ning watched him tidy up suspiciously until he started taking off his pajamas.

"What are you doing?"

Gu Ning became alert again: "Why take off pajamas to sleep?"

"Hot, didn't you feel it?"

Li Xuewu sat on the bed normally, bare-chested and took off his pajama pants, helplessly saying: "It's spring, fire is prosperous, blood is hot, afraid of kicking the quilt at night, sleeping cool is comfortable."

Listening to his explanation, Gu Ning didn't believe it. This person's health preservation skills were more careful than the emperors of the past. He didn't eat cold, didn't eat hot, didn't eat stimulating, didn't drink wine, and quit smoking.

Now listen to what he says, he actually wants to take off his pajamas to sleep at night.

He wouldn't close his eyes if he didn't have something to cover his shoulders and belly button before, very afraid of catching a cold in his bones and stomach.

Now saying this, would she believe it?

Regardless of whether she believed it or not, Li Xuewu had already drilled into the quilt, looking at her suspicious gaze and asking: "Aren't you hot?"

"Not hot—"

Gu Ning shook her head firmly: "I won't take off my pajamas to sleep, don't think about it."

"Who asked you this?"

Li Xuewu curled his lips seriously, lay on the pillow, turned off the desk lamp on his side, and said: "Sleep, sleep with my wife."

"Wait—!"

Gu Ning just lay down, and was hugged in his arms. She curled her lips and asked: "What did you promise me just now?"

"Sleeping? What's wrong?"

Li Xuewu hugged her and asked in surprise: "Is this not okay? I've always hugged you to sleep, why are you so surprised?"

Gu Ning narrowed her eyes and watched him for a good while. Seeing he had no other movements, she turned her head and turned off the light.

"Hey, that's right, early to bed and early to rise, good body, good body—"

"Li Xuewu—!"

Gu Ning wished she could bite him. Just after turning off the light, he slipped into her quilt!

"Shh—don't wake the child, it's not good to coax if she wakes up!"

Li Xuewu also thoughtfully reminded her: "Sleep well, have to go to work tomorrow, have to get up at night, have to be busy early in the morning."

Gu Ning's teeth were about to be bitten off. How could she believe this bad guy!

Whatever he said, it was whatever it was!

Saying sleep well, what are his hands doing!

"I'll count to three, Li Xuewu."

Gu Ning lay there and twitched the corner of her mouth: "One... mm—Li..."

That's it, her university math was learned in vain. She couldn't even count three simple numbers. She stopped just after counting to one.

Li Ning woke up to eat in the middle of the night. When Gu Ning got up to feed the child, she thought about what Li Xuewu said at night?

Did he say he would help her feed the child at night, did he say he would sleep honestly, did he say he would help her tidy up in the morning?

Not to mention the morning, just look at these two things at night, he didn't do any of them.

Looking at the bad guy sleeping soundly on the bed, Gu Ning held the child and fed her, walked to the bedside, and slapped his butt.

Slap—!

"What's wrong?"

When Qin Jingru came in the morning, the couple had already gotten up.

Li Shu had finished washing her face and was sitting on the sofa rinsing her mouth. Knowing she was going to her grandmother's house with her dad today, she was wearing clothes for going out.

Li Xuewu told her that if she made her clothes dirty early in the morning, she wouldn't be able to go to her grandmother's house.

So Li Shu looked at the flower pot, looked at the sand pit, looked at the toys sent by Uncle Ji yesterday, and finally looked at her clothes, and yawned again.

"Dad, can I take the toy to Grandma's house? I want to play—"

"Yes, but only one."

Li Xuewu was helping Gu Ning tidy up things for work—white coat, stethoscope, pencil, fountain pen, etc., all trivial things.

These were things Gu Ning had found and prepared a few days ago, but she was afraid that something would be left behind, or the organization wasn't in place, so she wanted to smooth it out one last time in the morning.

Li Xuewu promised her three things last night. If he couldn't do this last thing, he really wouldn't be able to open the door in the future.

So he was the first to wake up in the morning, combing his daughter's hair, washing her face, changing clothes, putting on socks, and tidying himself up.

Told the daughter to play well on the sofa, wait for the aunt to make breakfast, eat together, and then go to Grandma's house.

Then he went to find the bag Gu Ning prepared and put it on the table.

When Gu Ning finished tidying up the child upstairs, he took the initiative to pick up the child, let Gu Ning wash and change clothes, as obedient as he could be, and even gave Gu Ning a sweet smile when he took the child.

Gu Ning didn't bother to deal with him and hurried to get busy with her own things.

Until Qin Jingru and his wife came, both children were tidied up.

Qin Jingru came early on purpose, afraid that Gu Ning would be in a hurry to go to work today.

It's rare to see Li Xuewu take the initiative to help, and even take care of two children.

It's not to say that Li Xuewu doesn't stretch a hand at home, or doesn't help at all.

Gu Ning doesn't go to work, and she lives here during this time, so she basically doesn't need Li Xuewu.

So when she saw Li Xuewu coaxing the children to play downstairs, she laughed out loud in surprise.

Han Jiankun also smiled, took the toy for Li Shu, and took the child from Li Xuewu.

He caught up; Li Xuew

He was just in time; Li Xuewu has a big one and a small one at home, and he can take care of both.

Li Xuewu handed the child to him and went to help Gu Ning. Whatever his wife said, he helped find it. Once everything was lined up, they packed them into the bag together.

You see that the white coats doctors wear all look the same, but in reality, each one belongs to an individual.

Male comrades might mix them up, but female comrades are very careful and won't wear someone else's clothes.

This includes the white caps; they are all issued as a set to the individual, and maintenance and hygiene are up to oneself.

If one feels the white coat provided by the hospital isn't enough, one can also buy fabric and have it tailored, as long as it meets the standards.

Of course, those who do this are usually senior doctors who have money and don't mind having an extra work uniform.

Gu Ning has three white coats just for the convenience of washing; she is a bit of a clean freak and has to wash them if they get even a little dirty.

Stethoscopes aren't for everyone to use together; they are issued by the hospital to the doctors, and the doctors are responsible for their storage, maintenance, and use.

When Gu Ning took leave from the hospital and came back, she brought these things, including office supplies, back with her.

This included some things Mu Hongyan left for her when she departed, all of which were brought home.

Now that she has to go back to work, she naturally needs to pack them up properly and take them back.

While busy, seeing that Gu Ning didn't have a pleasant expression toward Li Xuewu, Qin Jingru smiled and secretly asked a question.

Li Xuewu just rolled his eyes and whispered, "She dislikes me for being clumsy and not knowing how to do anything."

"Isn't this quite good?"

Qin Jingru raised her eyebrows. She was already surprised that Li Xuewu could help with housework, and now that he was busy running around, she was naturally satisfied.

She glanced at Gu Ning and shook her head with amusement. Perhaps she felt Sister Xiao Ning's requirements were too high; Brother Li had already done so much, why couldn't she give him a smile?

Well, Gu Ning really wanted to give him a smile.

During the meal, facing Li Xuewu picking up food and serving her, Gu Ning glared at him, which served as a response to his apologetic attentiveness all morning.

As long as there is a response, that's good.

Li Xuewu was just afraid she would sulk; when a couple is playing around, it's better to tease until the tension breaks.

"I have to go on a business trip to Jinmen next Friday."

Li Xuewu instructed Gu Ning and Qin Jingru, "Prepare in advance. That Friday, I will take Li Shu to her grandmother's house, and when I return on Sunday, I will go pick her up."

"Isn't that still a long way off?"

Qin Jingru looked up and calculated the days, saying, "It's a week away. I've been living here recently; you just busy yourself with your work, and if there's anything, just call home."

"Yes, I'm telling you in advance to avoid scheduling conflicts. In the future, when there are more business trips, I will try to tell you ahead of time."

He added some rice paste for Li Shu and said to Gu Ning, "Report it to the hospital as well. Since there's a child, try not to work the night shift."

"Yes, I understand."

Gu Ning responded while eating, then looked up at Li Xuewu and said, "Remember to bring some things to Wu Laoshi."

"I've thought of it. I'll have someone arrange it next week; it's still early."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Her situation might be similar to yours; it's inconvenient to take care of a child when busy with work."

With Qin Jingru and her husband there, she didn't ask much about these matters of Li Xuewu's.

Even when the couple was home alone, she rarely pried into these things.

If Li Xuewu was willing to talk about it, she would listen; if he didn't, even when Yu Li and the others came home to report on work, she wouldn't listen.

Regarding Wu Laoshi, she could rest assured; the key was that with the eldest sister-in-law and eldest brother there, Li Xuewu would absolutely not be ambiguous about serious matters.

As for what arrangements were made for Wu Laoshi in Jinmen, what business she was managing, or who he was trying to trap by creating an ambiguous relationship with her, she didn't want to ask.

He had his work, his career, his friends, and his plans; given his personality, as long as he wouldn't suffer a loss, that was fine.

If she really expected to manage everything, the couple might not get along so harmoniously.

She was a doctor; she just needed to do her own job well, take good care of the family, and ensure her own life was happy and fulfilling.

To worry more is to suffer more; she knew her own abilities well—she couldn't manage Li Xuewu, much less Li Xuewu's career.

Therefore, she never asked about what Li Xuewu was doing; at most, she would just remind him that safety was important.

Hearing him say he was going to Jinmen, it was only because she knew about it that she mentioned Wu Laoshi.

Having her point this out served as an explanation to Li Xuewu and also an explanation to Wu Laoshi.

After all, she knew about this relationship and plan; if she really ignored it, Wu Laoshi might be very embarrassed.

When Li Xuewu went to Jinmen and brought things, he would inevitably say she had instructed him to bring them; both sides would understand without speaking, and everyone's face would be saved.

The morning was like a battle, but finally, everything was packed.

Gu Ning went to work, and Li Xuewu took Li Shu to the Sihe Academy first before heading to the factory.

Because he had to make a detour, he left earlier than usual.

Only Qin Jingru and the child were left at home.

Fortunately, the child was still small and could be coaxed to sleep or play.

She had time to do housework and even more time to prepare dinner and lunch.

Gu Ning had decided to come back for meals to feed the child, trying to ensure the child wouldn't go hungry and preventing Qin Jingru from having to run to the hospital with the child.

The meningitis virus was rampant now, and the child's resistance was weak; she was truly afraid of something going wrong.

Regarding Qin Jingru taking care of the child alone, neither Li Xuewu nor Gu Ning worried excessively; firstly, after a long time, there was trust, and secondly, Qin Jingru had already taken care of several younger siblings at home.

"Yo-ho! Li Shu is back!"

Just as Li Xuewu carried his daughter into the courtyard, he saw Seeing Sha Zhu walking out.

"Going to work so early? That's rare!"

"Stop talking nonsense, I always follow discipline!"

Seeing Sha Zhu smiled, stiffened his neck, and teased Li Shu, "Call me Uncle!"

"Uncle—!"

Li Shu was good at being teased and recognizing people; she had long known who he was, and her grandmother had taught her to address people when coaxing her.

So when Seeing Sha Zhu teased her, she called out in her milky voice.

Perhaps it wasn't just in the Four-Nine City that this was the rule; according to the old lady, they taught children the same way in the Northeast.

When out and about, you should call people by their proper titles; the younger generation should take the initiative to greet others and cannot remain silent.

Even for the mischievous boys in the alley, when they came back from school and saw an old man sitting at the door—even if they weren't in the same courtyard but knew him—they had to call him Grandpa when passing by.

When walking in the alley, if it was a friend of one's father or a colleague of one's parents, calling them Uncle was politeness and also knowing etiquette.

You see, if a child in the alley passed by someone without a word and with their head down, people would surely talk about it.

Of course, no matter how old they were, they wouldn't lower themselves to a child's level, but it was a matter of greeting.

But they would ask whose child you were, and then they would have the impression that your parents didn't know how to teach their children.

They might say a few things now that aren't painful or heavy, but just wait until you cause trouble, and then we'll see.

People wouldn't just spread everything; from the fact that you didn't greet people when you were little, they could extrapolate the root cause of your mistakes.

Of course, if you became successful, people wouldn't mention this anymore, just treating it as a joke about how you were clever and shy when you were little.

People would say, "Whose child is that? They were smart since they were little; they look like cadre material."

Well, if they could see so accurately, why didn't they see it for their own children?

It's all hindsight, all excuses, all pretty words, all said just for you to hear.

So, I don't know what the customs are in the South, but in the North, children cannot be unable to speak.

If you meet children from Jinmen, there are even more clever remarks and witty sayings.

Of course, children are all good children; it depends on parental education and the growth environment.

If a child doesn't meet good people, good neighbors, or good residents, they are easily influenced.

You see adults who are shameless and tease children without boundaries, saying anything.

What does your dad do? What does your mom do? What do your dad and mom do at home at night?

He thinks the questions he asks are just people standing together, catching a child to tease for fun.

If they hear a child speaking without restraint about the adults' affairs at home, they are bound to burst into laughter.

They treat this as a joke, completely ignoring that the child doesn't understand anything, thinking it's a good thing.

When the child's adults aren't around, they treat the child like a fool, saying shameful things that make people burst into laughter.

This child remembers it for a period in the future; as long as there is something at home, they talk about it outside.

If the parents manage it in time, beat the child twice, and tell the child these things cannot be said, that's fine.

If they can't manage it, is the child ruined in the future? How old must they be to understand it themselves?

Are the reputation and image of the adults in the family destroyed in these sounds of jokes?

Looking back at this child, they will always have a day when they grow up and understand things.

By then, they will surely remember that someone teased them about family affairs and made fun of them for amusement.

As they grow older, someone will bring up this past event as a joke.

They treat it as a joke, but this is a wound in the child's heart.

To joke again is to rub salt in the wound.

Some sensible ones become self-reliant, achieving success through self-improvement to make those people shut up.

But how many such children can there be?

Most use the same means to retaliate against the next generation, becoming the kind of people they hate.

Replicating these behaviors, giving everyone new jokes.

Some can't stand the teasing; when they grow up and react, and are teased again, they pick up a knife and slaughter the other party.

Just a past event in memory, just a tragedy that started with a joke, just because they lived in vain for thirty-some years, grew a mouth, and threw their life away.

Even if this child goes to court, people interrogate them, and they explain the course of events.

Those who interrogate them will say that person deserved to die, and this child is a pity.

Such a child has already embarked on a path of no return and cannot be saved; they have already decided to use violence to resist this kind of teasing, this deep-seated hostility originating from childhood.

How can it be solved? How can their heart wounds be healed?

Going far away, that's possible.

Achieving success, that's possible.

Going with the flow, that's also possible.

The only phenomenon that everyone doesn't want to see but still exists is that some people are still teasing children randomly for their own selfish interests and momentary jokes.

Banggeng in the large courtyard, who lost his father at a young age—does he want women to be the head of the household, and does he want his mother to be in that state of life and work?

You think he's a child, but he heard the gossip from the neighbors and understood it all.

Not telling the family just shows he understands the meaning and sees his mother's actions even more clearly.

What he is inferior about is not his mother or family, but his own youth and inability to change all this.

I believe everyone agrees on one point: that people are born innocent, and children are all good children; it's just that the educational environment has gone wrong.

The Western argument that people are born with sin, which is believed as a core ideology and atoned for with money and time, is purely ignorant thought and idealism.

Banggeng grew up crooked; more than half the reason is that he didn't meet good neighbors.

If there really is a case of stealing, either take him to his family to talk about it.

Don't ask for compensation, just ask the other party to educate the child well so they don't grow up crooked.

Sensible parents will naturally tell the child that stealing is wrong and taking other people's things is also wrong.

This child will absolutely not dare to steal other people's things next time, much less commit mistakes easily.

Look at Banggeng's previous environment: stealing Seeing Sha Zhu's food, Seeing Sha Zhu just teased him without asking, thinking it was fun—how can a boy not be mischievous?

Look at Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu, who were ignorant for the sake of a bite to eat, actually thinking of indulging Banggeng in learning bad habits and continuing to do such things.

In such an environment, if the child grows up to be a good child, then God is truly too blind.

Why does this kid look a bit more like a human now?

Because he has a heart of fear, knowing that if he dares to do something wrong, someone will really deal with him.

Plus, the family's conditions have improved, his mother has become a factory cadre, and the family no longer lacks food or daily necessities, so why would he steal?

When the granaries are full, people know etiquette; when clothing and food are sufficient, people know honor and shame.

The child has grown up and knows right from wrong; Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu also have experience, knowing how to live with dignity and how to educate children.

Look at Seeing Sha Zhu again; he also has a child now and knows what is good for the child.

If you asked him to tease Li Shu like before, he wouldn't be willing, and Li Xuewu would be even less willing.

Raising a child is not easy, and educating a child is even harder.

If a bad person really threatened his child's growth environment, Li Xuewu couldn't make the move of Mencius's mother moving three times.

He is better at moving other people!