Excellent parents may not necessarily have excellent children, but truly excellent parents will accept mediocrity in their children.
What's wrong with being mediocre?
Human beings have evolved so advanced that they have forgotten their original intentions.
What is the original intention?
It is "survival", live in peace until old age, not hungry or cold, stay away from natural disasters, run indoors when it rains, have more children if you like, and complete the task of reproducing blood. This is
Isn’t that enough?
So what if you have been awesome all your life? When you finally lie down, you will be nothing more than three feet of yellow earth.
Li Qinzai was not an outstanding person to begin with. His so-called achievements and brilliance in this life were nothing more than the trees planted by his predecessors. In fact, he was a mediocre person, so why couldn't he accept that his son was also mediocre?
Li Qinzai found that Qiao'er had been under a lot of psychological pressure recently. It could be seen from his expression that he was now in a stage of self-doubt and self-denial.
"You don't have to worry about eating or drinking. Occasionally, you will be taken out by your fellow apprentices to secretly have a drink and hug some little girls. Your life has just begun and you are already standing at the finish line. Why are you so stressed and so sad?"
Li Qinzai asked with a smile.
Qiao'er looked stunned and couldn't help but defend: "It's true that I drank secretly, but I didn't hug the little girl..."
"Well, I believe you. My hair has not grown all the way, and I can't do anything if I hug her. I have been eating well these years and have grown a bit early. It is better to exercise restraint on some things. It's not that I can't do it, but it's best before my body is fully developed.
Don't do it, otherwise it will damage the foundation of your body."
Qiao'er's face turned red, obviously she understood what her father was saying.
Li Qinzai doesn't feel embarrassed either. Regarding the topic of men and women, it is more appropriate for father and son to talk alone. He should prepare himself mentally in advance so that he will not indulge in promiscuity when encountering him in the future, nor will he be afraid of him like a tiger.
"Back to the topic, what's been going on with you lately? You look so miserable. Who put the pressure on you?" Li Qinzai asked with a smile.
Qiao'er pursed her lips a few times, lowered her head and whispered: "I just realized now that I don't seem to be good enough, and my father's reputation has been weakened..."
Li Qinzai's eyes widened: "Who says you are not good enough? You are already very good. Look at your brothers and sisters. Every time they are beaten and whipped, they cry for father and mother. But when they are whipped, you always stand aside.
Just watch the fun and compare them, aren't you good enough?"
Qiao'er smiled, then fell down and sighed: "Originally, I thought I was very powerful. I can learn everything my father teaches me, and I am much better than my brothers in exams..."
"But then Princess Xuancheng came. She was what dad often said was a 'genius'. She scored higher than the children in every test. She could often draw inferences about what dad taught her. Even dad often praised her as a genius.
, can pass on your legacy..."
"Compared to Princess Xuancheng, I..."
Li Qinzai understood. With the appearance of Xuancheng, the child's halo gradually dimmed and he was compared with her. As the biological son of his husband, he should have been the best one, but now someone has surpassed him. This is
The reason for his recent psychological stress.
Li Qinzai smiled and stroked his head, and said: "The knowledge that dad taught you is not to compare your results, but to apply what you have learned and to integrate knowledge and practice. Knowledge is your own and can be used throughout your life. You will gain more from each other."
What’s the point?”
"The real comparison is to compare how you each used this knowledge after you left school to benefit the world, make contributions to the country, discover new truths in practice, and gradually surpass me. Then the knowledge I have taught you over the years,
It’s both fair and in vain.”
Qiao'er said with a bitter face: "The person who can surpass dad in the future may be Princess Xuancheng. She is a genius. My child is not. I can only do questions, and I can't get full marks..."
Li Qinzai laughed: "You are still young, so of course you can only do questions. But when you grow up, that won't be the case. Dad believes you can beat Xuancheng."
"If you really can't beat her, so what? Did you lose a piece of meat? Did it delay your eating and sleeping?"
"There can only be one first place. Do those who don't get first place deserve to die?"
After rubbing Qiao'er's face vigorously and kneading his fleshy cheeks into various shapes, Li Qinzai smiled fondly and said: "The second place, the third place, and even the 100th place are all unique."
"Even if you are the thousandth, in dad's eyes you are still the best child in the world, because dad understands you and knows that your excellence is not limited to the test papers."
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Li Qinzai lived two lifetimes, but he lived a life of idleness, greed for money and sex, and no desire for advancement.
Others were anxious when they saw it, thinking that he had wasted his talent. Even though he was very knowledgeable in arithmetic and physics, it was Li Zhi who forced him to open a school. He had no choice but to be willing to teach a few students.
I am just a salty fish, so how can I ask my children to become more outstanding?
It is true that noble elites are born in three generations, and Qiao'er is only the second generation here. Don't worry, just put the pressure on Qiao'er and his son.
Then I thought about it, I had already been granted the title of Duke, and was already a truly noble and elite family, so Qiao'er's son didn't seem to need to work too hard...
The weather has suddenly turned into autumn, and this year has gone by so fast.
The third year of Linde was a magnificent year in the Tang Dynasty. If the timeline is stretched out, even to the timeline of thousands of years in China, this year is still the most brilliant star in the long history.
The Eastern Expedition is coming to an end, and the Tang Dynasty has won a complete victory. The Haidong Peninsula has been included in the territory and has become an outpost for the Tang Dynasty to explore the world and expand externally.
The eyes of the Chinese nation will no longer be limited to a few neighboring countries, but to the entire ocean and the new continent at the end of the ocean.
Chang'an after autumn brings a bit of coolness.
Li Qinzai was standing on the stove in the backyard kitchen, making a pot of pickled vegetable and tofu soup.
Perhaps due to the sudden change in weather after autumn, Jinxiang fell ill, felt unwell, and had a poor appetite. She hadn't eaten for a day, so Li Qinzai personally cooked to make her something fresh and stimulating to her taste.
Li Qinzai walked into the house with a freshly made pickle and tofu soup. Jinxiang was half lying on the bed with a sick look on his face. When he saw Li Qinzai come in, Jinxiang's mouth dropped, showing a look of grievance and vulnerability.
"Husband, please stop working too hard, I can't eat anything..." The sickly Jin Xiang covered her chest, covered her mouth like a jade and coughed lightly, like a delicate flower that cannot withstand the wind and rain.
"Husband, I am very ill this time. I am afraid that I will not die soon..." Jinxiang's eyes were filled with tears, and he said in a tone of entrustment before his death: "After I leave, husband, please take good care of yourself. You are the backbone of the family and the whole family."
But they are all pointing at you..."
Li Qinzai put down the pickled vegetable and tofu soup, and was not affected by the sad atmosphere in front of him. He just said calmly: "Let's not talk about the past few nights. You wanted me four times. The dragon and the tiger sat on the ground and sucked the dirt. It almost killed me.
Squeezed into scum..."
"Just say that even if you are really that sick, as long as you don't lose your breath, you will not die. Don't forget that we have a goddess doctor in our family, the kind who can compete with the King of Hell for life." Li Qinzai said calmly and calmly.