It’s also those children who have been having too much trouble recently, and we need to let them know that life is not easy.”
Xu Shiyan just walked in and didn't see his daughter's embarrassed appearance, so he spoke quite forcefully at the moment.
“What do these little brats know?
There is nothing lacking in the house, they have good food and drink all day long, and they don’t have to do anything but cause trouble all day long.
Dad, do you remember what we did when we were kids? When we were their age, we could do anything.
Get up in the morning and go to the ground to shovel and weed, and then you can go to school after finishing your work.
On the weekends in autumn, my brothers went up to the mountains to shoot pine cones. They walked for a whole day, a round trip of fifty miles, and each of us came back with a basket of pine cones in the evening.
The second brother's hand immediately opened the bark of the tree, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and climbed up to knock out the pine cone.
Later, my second brother couldn't hold on any longer, so I climbed up.
When I was young, I couldn’t climb up with shoes on, so I had to go barefoot. After climbing up and hitting the pine cone, my feet were covered in blood and my belly was bruised.”
At that time, pine nuts cost more than 40 cents per pound, and their brothers could sell more than 100 pine nuts just for the autumn.
What year was that? In the sixties or so, it cost more than a hundred yuan, which was an incredible thing.
"What do these children know now? They have no worries about food and drink, and they don't even have a patch on their clothes.
Have they ever worn shoes with open toes? The uppers and soles are only slightly connected, and their mouths open when they walk. Have they ever seen them?
Have they ever experienced those clothes with patches upon patches, a pair of trousers worn until the snow fell, and shivering from the cold all day long?"
"These children have never experienced hardship or punishment. They only know that their parents are capable and can make money, and their lives are better than others.
Dad, aren't you afraid that these naughty children will develop bad habits and idle around all day instead of doing serious business?
Not to mention the whole family is like that, as long as there is only one, no matter how big the family fortune is, it will not be enough to defeat him."
Xu Shiyan is really not afraid of his father now.
There are things that should be insisted on. This is a matter of principle and must not be compromised.
"What? You mean me?"
You bastard, I am your father, now that you are capable and have strong wings, you dare to challenge me, right?"
When Xu Chenghou heard his son's last words, he poked his lungs.
Wasn't he like this back then? If it weren't for him, how could the Xu family's life have declined to that point? Now, the old man was really angry.
"Brother, calm down, I'll talk to him."
When Chu Xuanhuai saw Xu Chenghou like this, she was afraid that he would lose control and jumped up to slap Xu Shiyan twice.
Chu Xuanhuai quickly held Xu Chenghou down, patted his shoulder, and then turned to look at Xu Shiyan.
"Shiyan, you want to train your children and let them understand the hard work of adults. Your father and I understand this, and we can't say no.
Last night you said you wanted the children to work, but we didn't object."
"But you have to understand that times have changed, and you can't compare your childhood with the children.
If we compare it like this, when I was your age, we were still fighting in the war. We were crawling around in the rain of bullets all day long, and even if we didn't pay attention, we would lose our lives.
Then can you compete with me? No, right?"
Chu Xuanhuai's words were a bit domineering, and Xu Shiyan didn't know how to answer for a while.
Chu Xuanhuai glanced at Xu Shiyan and sighed.
"You want your children to know that life is not easy and that adults work hard, I don't object to this.
I also told Yuanyuan today that I would let him go to work in the mountains tomorrow and experience it. Everyone else has gone up the mountains, so he can't do anything special.
But you can't be so bearish with them. After all, they are still children. The eldest is only eleven or twelve, and the youngest is only eight.
How capable are they? You ask them to wipe the house with mud? Isn't that nonsense?
Even if you want to train them, why not find something brisk at first?
This day made the children look miserable. Ping Ping walked with a limp and her shoulders were slumped.
How tired is the child? Don’t you feel bad?”
In Chu Xuanhuai's eyes, these children were all treasures. Watching the children suffer and suffer was even more uncomfortable than Chu Xuanhuai herself being tired.
"Ah? You can't, right? The child is really so tired?"
Hey young, Xu Shiyan couldn't stay any longer after hearing that his daughter and godson had become so virtuous.
"Dad, Master, you two sit down for now. I'll go back and see the child."
Who doesn't feel bad for their children? They are all thorns in their hearts. Xu Shiyan jumped out of the clinic in a few steps and went straight to the main house.
Xu Chenghou and Chu Xuanhuai looked at each other and snorted.
"Let's go, let's go over and take a look at this bastard thing. How will it go down next?"
On the first day, the children were so tired that they wanted to drag the cat by the tail and get on the kang. Tonight, every household kept taking care of it.
Let's wait and see how they end up.
When Xu Shiyan came to the east room, Xu Jinping and Yang Haoyu had already washed their hands and faces, but had not changed their clothes.
The two children were really tired and didn't want to move while sitting there. Even their favorite cartoons couldn't attract them anymore.
If they hadn't eaten yet and were hungry, they would probably have fallen asleep just sitting there.
When Xu Shiyan saw the appearance of the two children, he felt heartbroken.
These children have suffered so much and been so tired in daily life, but now they are fine, they are all wilted.
"Pingping, Xiaoyu, you two have been working for a day, are you very tired?"
Xu Shiyan came to sit down in front of his daughter and godson, and asked softly.
"Dad, we're doing okay, we're not too tired."
Xu Jinping was so tired that she could hardly lift her arms, and she was still arrogant.
"Dad, I finally understand this time. It turns out that mom and dad are working so hard.
I will stop being naughty from now on, I will study hard, and if there is any work at home in the future, my father will just tell me and I will do it."
What the little girl said is not a lie, it comes from the heart.
They only work for one day, where are their parents? They have been doing this for months, but they have never heard their parents complain about being tired.
Mom and dad are the ones who work the hardest, and this is nothing to them.
The more his daughter said this, the more Xu Shiyan couldn't bear it, but he couldn't take back the water he spilled when he said it.
It was him who came up with the idea of letting the children endure hardships and exercise. It had only been one day and he had already regretted it. How could that be done?
“Daughter-in-law, is it time to weed the ginseng field at the other end of the Liumao River?
Otherwise, why don't you take them to weed tomorrow?"
Alas, there is really no other way, so let’s find an easier job for the children.
At this time, weeding is simple. Just remove the grass from the surface of the pond. There is no need to loosen the soil. This should not be difficult for children.
Of course, I am definitely tired, but at least I am more relaxed than today.
When Su Anying heard this, what else didn't she understand?
The man in his family has become soft-hearted, and he can't directly say that he won't let the children work in the mountains. He has to find the steps to get down.
You can also pull grass, but it is easier than living a yellow mud lake wall.
"Well, isn't it time to cut grass? Then I'll take them to cut grass tomorrow."
Su Anying followed Xu Shiyan's words and continued.