Chapter 246: Chapter 246

When Zhan Jing passed by her son’s room, she saw Zhao Guangran studying diligently, so much so that he didn’t even notice the footsteps outside.

This made Zhan Jing very satisfied. She knew that in the past, whenever someone passed by, her younger son would be easily distracted. But now, he was so focused.

Previously, it was Zhao Xuran who taught Gong Ruini and the others. Ever since Cai Ming moved over, the task of teaching had been handed over to Cai Ming.

The reason being that Cai Ming was bound to be a teacher in the future. Although he spent many days studying at the commune primary school, he didn’t have much experience teaching mischievous children. Now, teaching Gong Ruini was a chance to accumulate some experience.

Zhao Guangran was quite dissatisfied with Zhao Xuran’s term for them as mischievous children. How was he mischievous? He was quite well-behaved in every way.

Gong Ruini didn’t mind. After all, she was so sensible, it was impossible for her to be the mischievous child that Zhao Xuran described. So the term was specifically for Zhao Guangran, especially since a certain mischievous child vehemently protested.

"Alright, our class will end here today. Today’s homework..." After assigning the homework, Cai Ming said, "Take a break, we’ll continue the lesson in a while."

Although it wasn’t yet certain whether he would teach mathematics or Chinese, at home, there was only one teacher, and of course, Cai Ming covered all the school subjects.

As for things learned outside of school, those were taught by Hua Miaozhu.

Regarding medicine, that was Zhan Jing’s responsibility. Although none of the four children had a talent for Chinese medicine, leaving Zhan Jing quite disappointed.

However, Zhan Jing had already shifted her focus to teaching the twins, who were still nursing. She was very confident about this.

It couldn’t be that none of the four children inherited her talent for medicine, right? More importantly, Zhao Gang didn’t mind too much, and he planned to let the youngest two children take the Zhan surname. This made Zhan Jing so touched that she took good care of Zhao Gang.

Gong Ruini, upon hearing the sound of class ending, immediately collapsed. She was exhausted. In the morning, she went to gather herbs, processed them after returning home, had lunch, then rested for a while before having lessons with Hua Miaozhu.

At four in the afternoon, Cai Ming started their lessons, which continued until six o’clock for dinner. Then at seven-thirty, they reviewed homework and did assignments, with lights out at ten o’clock sharp.

Even though Gong Ruini had the willpower of an adult, her body was still that of a child. If it weren’t for her good rest, she would have been overwhelmed long ago.

Zhao Guangran was somewhat better off. He knew he didn’t have as solid a foundation as Gong Ruini, so he seized every moment to read and asked questions frequently.

Zhao Guangran’s mood had been exceptionally good lately. Everyone knew he had good performance at home, and he couldn’t afford to let the joke be that his grades slipped at this critical juncture. This made him study even harder.

But why was it that Ni Zi, despite not spending much time on this, seemed to learn so easily? Zhao Guangran was baffled by this.

Although Gong Ruini covered it well and diligently reviewed her lessons, Zhao Guangran just knew that even if Gong Ruini didn’t review, it wouldn’t be a problem for her.

"Ni Zi, do you have some study tricks?" Zhao Guangran thought for a moment, deciding to ask Gong Ruini.

Study tricks? There was no such thing for her; she was a person who had traveled from another world, so these studies really posed no pressure.

Seeing Zhao Guangran’s eager look, Gong Ruini didn’t have the heart to disappoint him, "Fully focus during class, and complete your homework diligently."

Alright, he had anticipated this answer. Was he not diligent enough in his studies? Zhao Guangran was quite perplexed. Never mind, he would just do as Gong Ruini said.

A truly simple-minded kid, Gong Ruini actually felt a little bad. Was she fooling an innocent child? But then, an occasional white lie might not be such a bad thing for Zhao Guangran.

Gong Ruini picked up her notebook to start her homework. Even as a little genius, no matter how simplistic and almost idiotic the tasks seemed, Gong Ruini meticulously completed them. After all, how could she set an example for Zhao Guangran otherwise?

Gong Ruwen and Gong Ruini were spinning like tops in the Northeast, keeping themselves too busy to stop. Meanwhile, Gong Xiaoyu was causing trouble at home, "I don’t want to go to school."

"I don’t want to go to school." Gong Xiaoyu really didn’t like going to school; classes were tiring, he didn’t understand them, and the teacher didn’t like him.

Not going to school? Gong Dajiang was very displeased. Although Gong Tao and the others tried to hide it, he occasionally noticed that Gong Ruwen was learning with the Zhao Brothers. Clearly, they were kids who didn’t need to be in school yet were still eagerly learning.

And here’s Gong Xiaoyu, the so-called eldest son and grandson of the Gong family, showing a lack of interest in study. Could such a person bear responsibilities?

Gong Dajiang was suddenly confused. "How could you not want to study?"

"The teacher doesn’t like me, and classmates say I’m dumb." Gong Xiaoyu looked at Gong Dajiang, whose expression became increasingly unpleasant. The child’s intuition told him that continuing to cause trouble would lead nowhere good.

Gong Xiaoyu regretted it—how could he choose to act up while his grandfather was around? He knew very well that his grandfather didn’t like children who didn’t love studying and weren’t good at it, yet he made every mistake his grandfather despised.

But Gong Xiaoyu was only regretful; to him, no matter how displeased Gong Dajiang looked, it couldn’t compare to the teacher’s numerous disapproving looks or books he couldn’t understand. Gong Xiaoyu would rather stay home and play.

"Dumb? Who says you’re dumb?" Zhang Lan, although not pleased that her precious grandson didn’t want to study, was more concerned that someone had given her grandson a hard time.

Not only had he been given a hard time, but he was also mocked for being dumb. "Where are you dumb? None of our children are dumb, and if there were, it would be those two fools, Gong Ruwen and Gong Ruini."

"My Xiao Yu is so smart," Zhang Lan huffed. "It’s the teachers who can’t teach properly."

"I see they’re too complacent these days. Hmph, just a bunch of stinky scholars, what’s there to boast about?"

"Dear grandson, don’t worry; Grandma will go to school tomorrow and scold those teachers." Zhang Lan wasn’t going to let her grandson be wronged.

"But Xiao Yu, you still need to study. What will you do otherwise?" Even though Zhang Lan adored her grandson, she understood the basics.

"At least get a junior high diploma, so when you start working at the factory, you can work in the office." People say being a worker is good, but leading is even better, right?

Zhang Lan couldn’t bear the thought of her grandson starting from the bottom as a worker and working his way up, so she planned for Gong Dajiang to pull some strings to get Gong Xiaoyu into an office.

Zhang Lan had every confidence in her grandson. In her view, if those fools Gong Tao and Gong Zheng could be promoted to leaders, there was no reason her smart, adorable grandson couldn’t. Official source ıs NoveI-Fire.ɴet

Gong Dajiang just hoped Gong Xiaoyu would be willing to study. Hearing his grandson’s promise, he felt relieved; at least he was willing to study, better than his father.

Worried that Zhang Lan might say something out of turn and offend a group of people, Gong Dajiang specifically reminded her.

Zhang Lan was quite dissatisfied with Gong Dajiang’s placating behavior. In her view, since they were already being wronged, why avoid confrontation? However, she agreed to it to prevent her husband from stopping her.