Zheng Xianghong got up early in the morning, intending to prepare breakfast before heading to school, but to her surprise, she found Gao Jiaxing cooking in the kitchen.
Knowing her own son, Zheng Xianghong was aware he had never cooked before, but it wasn’t strange for a son who had left ho for a few years to have learned outside. Thus, Zheng Xianghong let Gao Jiaxing make the breakfast.
After breakfast, Zheng Xianghong went to the school to find Gao Jiazhi and Sun Yuhua, also intending to ask them to co ho.
Today was just right, being Friday. After today’s classes, it would be the weekend, and it was now June. In a couple of days, the final exams would start, and once they were over, it would be the sumr vacation.
Gao Jiazhi was planning to wait until the sumr vacation to return ho and wouldn’t go back this weekend. At the mont, he was cooking when he saw Zheng Xianghong coming over, he was very happy, "Mom, when did you get back? You’ve gone to Sky Island and have co back quite tanned."
Zheng Xianghong smiled and said, "I got back yesterday. I’m actually not that bad, Li Shengi got a lot more tanned than ."
"Where’s Weilin?" Zheng Xianghong didn’t see her granddaughter and asked.
"She’s in the classroom." Gao Jiazhi said, "Yuhua is teaching Weilin."
"I’ll go have a look." Zheng Xianghong could not help but go and see for herself.
While Gao Jiazhi was cooking rice, Zheng Xianghong headed for the classroom he had pointed out. Now, only Sun Yuhua and her daughter Weilin were left in the classroom.
Weilin stood in front of the desk crying with her hands behind her back, and Sun Yuhua, furious, was whipping Weilin with a broom, "Why are you so stupid? You can’t get it right after so many tis."
Weilin cried, "I’m only in the third grade, and mom is teaching math for the fifth grade. How can I understand it?"
"You’ve already mastered the fourth grade. How can you not get the fifth grade? I was planning to let you skip the next half of the year and go straight to fifth grade. How are you supposed to make proud if you don’t try harder?"
Unable to have more children, Sun Yuhua placed all her heart on Weilin, treating her with extre strictness.
If Gao Jiazhi was the compassionate father, then Sun Yuhua was Madam Yan, the strict mother. This wasn’t unusual, as in many families, the roles of the parents are one gentle, the other strict.
But Sun Yuhua had very high expectations for Weilin. Now that primary school was a five-year program, Sun Yuhua wanted her daughter to go to fifth grade in the second half of the year so that she could attend middle school the following year.
Although the university entrance examination had been canceled, Sun Yuhua still had aspirations to cultivate her daughter into a talented individual. She didn’t want her daughter to always stay in the countryside; in Sun Yuhua’s view, even teaching in the countryside wasn’t a successful career.
She hoped for her daughter to work in the city in the future, to marry soone from the city, and to have a better life.
That was a mother’s expectation for her daughter, but the mont Zheng Xianghong saw Sun Yuhua wielding the broom, beating Weilin, with Weilin crying loudly, she imdiately rushed in, discontented, "What’s the matter with you? Can’t you speak nicely to the child and teach her properly? This is no way to hit a child."
"Grandma!" Weilin burst into happiness at the sight of Zheng Xianghong coming over and threw herself into Zheng Xianghong’s arms.
"Be good, I haven’t seen you in so long, Grandma missed you, so I ca to see you," Zheng Xianghong said, holding Weilin with a face full of tenderness.
Without making a sound, Sun Yuhua didn’t say a word; she just packed up the books and left.
"Grandma, don’t be mad at my mom. Mom didn’t an to hit , it’s just that I’m dumb. Mom taught several tis, and I still couldn’t learn. She hit because she was angry," Weilin said.
Zheng Xianghong touched Weilin’s head and said, "Grandma isn’t angry. Weilin is the most amazing. Just now, Grandma heard it; you’re only in the third grade, but you are already learning the knowledge of the fifth grade."
Weilin shyly responded, "My mom said I started school early, and she always wanted to skip a grade, but my dad didn’t agree. He wants to play properly, so I stayed back in the first and second grade of elentary school."
Gao Jiazhi felt that while his daughter was still young, she should play and have a childhood, but Sun Yuhua was desperate to raise her daughter to be a genius, even going directly to middle school.
So, because of Weilin’s education, the couple had been constantly in conflict, with Gao Jiazhi adamantly having Weilin repeat grades.
Because Weilin had started attending classes with other children in school from the age of four, her grades had always been good. Sun Yuhua wanted Weilin to advance and skip grades, while Gao Jiazhi wanted her to repeat grades. After all, she was too young; he thought Weilin was already smart enough and should play with peers her age instead of being cooped up studying all day, not going out to play with others.
On the other side, Sun Yuhua returned ho with an uncomfortable feeling in her stomach. Gao Jiazhi was already cooking, and when he saw her, he asked, "Where are Mom and Weilin?"
"Ask your mother," Sun Yuhua said, taking her books and heading inside.
Gao Jiazhi looked at Sun Yuhua’s unhappy face and said, "What’s wrong with you now? Mom just got back with Jiaxing yesterday, and she ca to see us early this morning. If you have any complaints, don’t show it on your face."
"How dare I have complaints against your mother?" Sun Yuhua snorted.
Gao Jiazhi said, "Then are you angry with Weilin? Weilin is already very good, obedient and cute, and her grades are good too. What else are you unsatisfied with? She’s still a child, you can’t force her to grow too fast."
"My daughter, Sun Yuhua’s daughter, cannot be inferior. You say she’s doing well now, but that’s compared to the students here. If you compare her to the kids in the city, what do her grades amount to? The last thing I want when I’m teaching my daughter is your interference."
So Sun Yuhua was still dissatisfied with Zheng Xianghong interfering in her teaching her daughter. Could her daughter be like these country kids? Sun Yuhua did not hope her daughter would grow up playing in the mud. How would she have any prospects in the future? Sun Yuhua did not want her daughter to be tied to the land for a lifeti and then marry soone who also tended the land.
At this mont, Gao Jiazhi also saw Zheng Xianghong and Weilin returning. He didn’t want to argue with Sun Yuhua at this ti. Sotis Sun Yuhua was very stubborn. He had seen the strictness Sun Yuhua showed Weilin over the past few years.
Gao Jiazhi was not against Sun Yuhua being strict with Weilin; he just felt that Sun Yuhua’s expectations were too high. She had finished teaching the fourth-grade knowledge and was now teaching the fifth grade, which was fine. But Sun Yuhua didn’t have much patience. Usually, after teaching sothing three to five tis, if Weilin still didn’t understand, Sun Yuhua would lose her temper and resort to using a stick to discipline Weilin.
So the couple had argued about this many tis, always ending unpleasantly.
"I was thinking of taking you ho with , but in a couple of days, it’ll be the final exams. Wait for the school vacation to go back with the students, otherwise running back and forth is also troubleso," Zheng Xianghong said after having dinner.
Gao Jiazhi and Sun Yuhua felt the sa way, so after a while, Zheng Xianghong left.
Before leaving, Zheng Xianghong didn’t say much, knowing that Sun Yuhua had a bad temper. She couldn’t help but speak out earlier, and in the end, she pitied her granddaughter. She had intervened when Sun Yuhua was hitting the child, and now she didn’t say anything more.
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