The five men didn't refute Xiao Bei's claim that the Ministry of Works was equivalent to craftsmen, because it was meaningless.
What they needed to do now was to discuss with Xiao Bei and achieve their goals without making him angry.
They exchanged glances, and Chen Kaiming was the one who spoke.
"Um … Xiao Bei, I realize that you've become cuter. How did you change?"
"Really? I think so too. "Xiao Bei revealed a big smile and blinked his eyes, looking very satisfied.
"Really, really, it's definitely true." Chen Kaiming smiled.
Xiao Bei seemed to be embarrassed and said, "Do you want to know how I became cuter?"
"Yes! I think I'm not the only one. Everyone in the world is wondering how you changed? "Chen Kaiming asked.
"It's very simple. I'm doing what I like at home. My brothers and sisters didn't force me to only read textbooks. Instead, they let me freely learn the knowledge I need. If you follow them, your child will also become very cute, right?"
Xiao Bei still had that smile on his face.
"Uh!" Chen Kaiming was speechless.
"I'm asking you, is my brother and sister's method right or wrong?" Xiao Bei asked.
"Hahaha, hahaha!" Chen Kaiming's son, Chen Tao, laughed at Xiao Bei's words.
Chen Kaiming turned his head and glared fiercely at his son, scaring Chen Tao so much that he scampered over to Xiao Bei and the others. He looked at his father with a sly look in his eyes. It was obvious that he had taken advantage of his father.
Chen Kaiming nodded. "Yes, Xiao Bao and Cuckoo wouldn't do anything wrong."
Then, he looked at Xiao Bei, then glanced at Xiao Yuan and the others. He sighed and revealed a helpless expression. He said to Xiao Bei, "Xiao Bao and Juan taught you guys really well. But we're not Xiao Bao and Cuckoo. We don't have the ability to teach our children to be like you, not even half of them. We can only throw our children to the school.
Whenever we had time, we would also go to the night school to learn. The day before yesterday, I had learned a total of two hundred and thirty common words. I could recognize them, but I couldn't write many of them. My favorite thing to do was to go home and watch Xiao Tao read and write. At that time, all the tiredness of the day seemed to disappear and my heart was sweeter than eating honey.
I'll be like this for the rest of my life. I won't be able to achieve anything great. But I have Xiao Tao. Xiao Tao's handwriting is better than mine, and he knows more words than me. I am very happy. Recently, when he came back at night, he didn't read all the time. He would take a few glances at the book and write in his notebook for a while. Then, he would immediately take out his tools and do what only a craftsman could do.
The moment I saw her, I felt as if my heart was being stabbed by a knife. I don't have much knowledge, but I know that those without knowledge will be left behind by others. If I don't learn, what will I do in the future? "
As Chen Kaiming spoke, tears flowed down his cheeks.
Chen Tao, who was happy just now, saw his father cry. When he thought about his father's words, he also cried. He ran to his father's side and lowered his head to comfort him. "Dad, don't be sad. I've always been good at my studies, and I'll be good in the future."
Xiao Bei's eyes turned and asked Chen Tao on behalf of Chen Kaiming, "Then why don't you study properly? If you stop after taking a few glances, won't you be unable to connect the dots when you read again?"
The other men, whose eyes were also red, nodded. When Chen Tao answered, they realized that their children were the same as Chen Tao.
Chen Tao raised his sleeves and rubbed his eyes. He replied to Xiao Bei, "I've already learned what the school teaches. I'm not reading textbooks, but the handmade books in the school library. Of course, I have to read and write at the same time. The reason why I write and draw is because I need to calculate the proportions of the bird's structure.
Not only did I finish learning the third grade, I also learned the fifth grade, especially arithmetic. The main reason is that I can't calculate proportions in the third grade. I heard that when I go to school, the calculation will be faster, and I'll be able to calculate things that I can't calculate now. But I want to make something first. I'll learn as I work, so that the skills I learn will be more solid.
My parents think that I'm only reading the third grade books. They haven't asked me, so how would I know what they're thinking? Anyway, I'm not wrong. "
When he said that, the five adults were stunned. They looked at their children, who were all puffing out their chests. They were clearly saying that they were also skipping grades to study, but the grades they were skipping were different. Similarly, they were all working hard for that little bird.
"Did you hear that? My 'enlightened' uncle, not only did the little bird not delay their studies, it even encouraged them to study harder. The work of a craftsman also requires a large amount of knowledge to support it. If they want the little bird to fly better, they have to fly higher in the sky of knowledge. "
Xiao Bei looked at the five boys with appreciation and said to Chen Kaiming with a faint smile.
Xiao Yuan quickly cooperated and said, "Yes, yes. The little bird needs a pair of wings to fly. Dreams also need a pair of wings."
Xiao Hai rarely spoke, "Actually, everything is about communication and interaction. "We don't expect you to treat us like our older brothers and sisters, observing our emotional changes all the time. When you notice that something is a little different from usual, you will ask the inner court members who follow us what happened to us, and then use silent methods to help us.
We only need you to ask your children more often, see what they want to do, and where you can help them. For example, to make a little bird, you have to use bamboo. Children don't have much strength in their hands. If you help them with simple carpentry, won't they be able to save time and use it to study?
There was no need to make it seem like a war, where one side would overwhelm the other, or both sides would suffer great losses. If they develop a rebellious mentality and resist by not studying hard, then you will regret it for life. "
"Isn't that so? We're here today. If we didn't come, you adults would control Xiao Ming and the rest through the authority of the parents. They would play a non-violent and non-cooperative game with you, and both sides would suffer."
Xiao Bei also said. She felt very bored and sullen because she knew that many parents in the Tang Dynasty were like this. They always thought that they were right, that their children were young and didn't need to be communicated with. As long as they provided food and clothes, there would be no problem with their studies.
But how many students and teachers were there in the school? Could the teachers manage them all? Look at the officials in the imperial court in the capital. How many of them didn't care about their families and studied in the school to become officials?
Those were all children from aristocratic families and were specially cared for. They would follow their fathers from a young age, learn how to write and read, listen to their fathers talk about life principles, and imitate their fathers' way of doing things.
The officials in the imperial court fought their way up, and their need for survival knowledge far surpassed the knowledge in books. There were also special ones, such as older brothers and sisters, who schemed from a young age to lead their families to the peak of power in the Tang Dynasty. But how many people in the Tang Dynasty were like older brothers and sisters?
"Troublesome, really troublesome." The more Xiao Bei thought about it, the more upset she felt. She hated that she couldn't split into countless people and then replace all the parents in the Tang Dynasty to educate their children. She wanted to use the method used on Pan 'er and her sister to educate all the children in the Tang Dynasty.
Xiao Yuan shook her head and said to Chen Kaiming and the rest, "That's it for today. Now that the matter is clear, help the children more in the future. After we leave, you are not allowed to hit the children. If you hit them, it's revenge. It's not just the children, it's also revenge on us.
We will think that you feel that we shouldn't reach out and vent your dissatisfaction with us by hitting the children. That is a provocation to us. Don't say that I'm threatening you. You know the consequences. "
"I won't hit them, I won't hit them, and I won't hit them in the future. Where can I find such a good son?" Chen Kaiming promised, then raised his head and patted his son Xiao Tao's head. At this moment, his heart was filled with infinite joy. It turned out that his son was so amazing. He finished learning all the fifth grade so that he could make better calculations when he was a little bird. Little birds were really useful.
After being happy for a while, Chen Kaiming asked Xiao Bei, "Xiao Bei, I want to discuss something with you. Can you teach us the method that Xiao Bao and Cuckoo taught you?"
"Haha!" Xiao Bei laughed and shook her head. "We can't learn it. A few days ago, we were worried about selling dogs. Big Brother heard about it and immediately sent three different grades of rice crust to guide us. Big Brother and Big Sister have never directly told us what is right or wrong. They always use other methods to let us think for ourselves and make a choice.
How do you learn it? For example, when we go to the river to catch fish, if the child I lead accidentally pricks his foot and your child takes the lead, what would you do? Would you tell your child not to bring other children to the river in the future? "
Chen Kaiming nodded. That's right. If his child led other children to play and the other children got injured, he would definitely tell his child not to do so in the future.
"Seeing you nod, it means that you admit it. But if it were our big brothers and sisters, they would take out toys to play with us after they found out about it. While playing, they would also teach us how to lead our own team through the actions and behavior of the characters in the toys.
For example, when we are playing, we can't put all our energy into making ourselves happy. We also have to take care of other people. For example, we can observe the places where we are playing and analyze the possible dangers first to reduce our overall losses.
This is the teaching method of our big brothers and sisters. They teach us to face all kinds of difficulties in life and think of ways to solve them. What about you? You are escaping. How do you learn it? Later, I will ask my big brothers and sisters to see if there is any good way to make you worry as much as possible because it doesn't involve your five families. "
Xiaobei didn't hide his pride at all when he spoke.
Chen Kaiming and the other five adults were dumbfounded. So this was how Xiao Bao and Cuckoo taught their younger siblings. Then … then how much effort did they put in? No wonder the little guys were so good. Perhaps for Xiao Bao and Cuckoo, they didn't need to spend too much effort to achieve that kind of teaching method.
But they couldn't learn it because if they wanted to teach their children well, they first had to ensure that they were better.
Chen Kaiming gave up on learning Xiao Bao and Cuckoo's teaching method. He rubbed his hands, looked at his son, and asked, "Let me ask you, other than helping my son do simple carpentry, what else do I need to do to be considered a qualified adult?"
Xiaoyuan waved at Chen Kaiming. When Chen Kaiming came closer, Xiaoyuan gestured for him to bend down and then whispered in his ear, "When you ask this in front of your child, you are not qualified."
Then Xiaoyuan explained to Chen Kaiming, "Every child worships their father. You have to remember that no matter what situation you encounter, you have to maintain a strong front. Even if this so-called strong front looks ridiculous to you, it is the source of your child's confidence.
Even if you fight with someone outside and get beaten black and blue, when you return home, you have to talk about how you beat them up. You can't sigh in front of your child because your child needs you to be strong. "
"What if one day my child finds out and helps me clean my wounds? What should I do?" Chen Kaiming didn't treat Xiaoyuan as a child at all and humbly asked for advice.
"That means your child has grown up and should be congratulated. He will work harder and is willing to take on part of the family's responsibilities. For example, we know that although our family is strong, there are also many difficulties. We will learn well and try our best to help our big brothers and sisters solve some small problems so that they can relax. "
Xiaoyuan said to Chen Kaiming with a smile.
Chen Kaiming rubbed Xiaoyuan's head. "You are so sensible. If my son is like you one day, I will be relieved. What else should I do now? "
"First, help the five of them fix the little bird. If you have free time, go to the school without them knowing and tell the school teacher about this. Make an agreement with the teacher to not tell the children. Then, specially target your children with some tutoring so that they can fix the little bird faster.
The second step is to come up with a new idea to let the children feel that a little bird isn't very powerful. Guide them, or rather tempt them, so that they have higher goals and can continue to learn more knowledge. "
Xiaoyuan helped to come up with ideas. This method was very simple to him.
However, Chen Kaiming gritted his teeth as he listened. Seeing Xiaoyuan, a child who was supposed to be educated, actually educating others, he felt that it was very strange.
After thinking for a while, he nodded to Xiaoyuan. "Okay, I will listen to you. I will try. It's okay if I am a little tired, as long as I can teach Xiaotao well. I finally know why Xiao Bao and Cuckoo teach you like that. You are really too smart. If we teach you directly, you will feel that your big brothers and sisters are looking down on you.
And even if they teach you in a roundabout way, when you learn, you also have to consider whether your big brothers and sisters are using this method to educate you, right? "
Xiaoyuan nodded vigorously as if he had met a confidant. "Yes, that's right. You also studied psychology? We have indeed been on guard all along. We know that our big brothers and sisters are very powerful, but we are not bad ourselves, so we always want to expose our big brothers and sisters, but the results are not satisfactory.
You also know their ability to calculate. To us, it is impossible to guard against them. Every time, we can only react after. We really can't maintain a high level of vigilance in every little bit of life. However, our big brothers and sisters educate us in life, like a heavenly steed soaring across the sky, but also like antelopes hanging their horns. "
"Hahahaha!" Chen Kaiming looked at Xiaoyuan's wrinkled little face and listened to what he said, laughing heartily.
"Okay, okay, what is there to laugh about? Do we have any unhappy things to tell you so that you can be happy? Go control your son. "
Xiaoyuan was very helpless from the laughter and pushed Chen Kaiming's head away.
The matter here was settled. There was no need to continue to worry about the five boys being punished by their families.
Xiaobei and the others were not very happy. It was easy to settle one family, and it was not difficult to settle five families. However, there were many families in Tang Dynasty like them. The relationship between parents and children was not well handled. How to change it was a difficult problem.
"Let's go back and ask our big brothers and sisters if they have any ideas," Xiaobei said.
"We can't ask directly. It seems that we are not good enough. We have to go in a roundabout way and trap our big brothers and sisters. I don't believe that we can't outscheme them every time, right?" Xiaoyuan suggested.
The other children nodded.
*****
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, who were about to be schemed against by their younger brother and sister, had just heard the report from the person who followed Xiaobei and the others and came back early.
However, the two of them did not specifically spend time on such matters. One was that it was too simple, and the other was that Zhenla had sent back information that involved the issue of whether to start a war.
"The information is too simple. I need the details. Let's wait." Zhang Xiaobao saw the telegram that was sent back first. On it, there were only four words: "Operation Successful."
The specific process was not written, nor were the consequences. Even the location of the sender was not mentioned.
The four words on the paper could only mean that the Meteor Battle Squad had captured them.
"Judging by the time, if nothing big happened, the Meteor Squad should have captured him in the other party's Royal City. Otherwise, they would have captured him somewhere outside the city. What we need to know now is the other party's reaction."
Wang Juan was also looking at the four words. After thinking for a while, she continued, "I don't think it will cause a war. Let's make arrangements first and let the team enter a state of combat readiness. If they send back detailed information saying that the Zhenla soldiers are on the move, we'll go directly and attack them first.
If they don't do anything, we'll continue to lead the team to the west and act as a surprise force to help the other three fronts. At the same time, we'll collect information on the weather and environment of this era to prepare for the future colonization. "
Zhang Xiaobao listened carefully. When Wang Juan finished, he said, "I guess there's no problem. The Meteor Battle Squad must have sent us a message after they have settled down. Otherwise, they would be in the middle of a battle. If they won the battle, the message they sent back should be 'Operation Successful.' It would not be the four words now."
"Hmph! It's the Zhenla's luck that they didn't attack us. Lu Zhou has built four more ships that can be used to transport troops. If they dare to attack us or protest, I'll send out the troops. Let us see the power of my guards and Lu Zhou's wolf soldiers. "
Wang Juan said with a cold face and a determined look in her eyes.
Zhang Xiaobao bit his lip and said, "Even if they don't send out the troops, I'll still teach them a lesson. This matter isn't over yet. How dare they come to Great Tang to bully our women? They shouldn't think that they'll be forgiven by us just because they didn't stop the Meteor Battle Squad. They should be punished for their mistakes. Every time I think about those two women, I get so angry that my stomach hurts. My stomach hurts. I'm going to cook. "
After Zhang Xiaobao finished speaking, he stood up and walked out.
Wang Juan followed him and asked, "It's still early, right?"
"It's not early. What the little ones encountered today made them angry as well. They're still trying to beat around the bush with us. I'll let them know that the gap between us exists, and it won't be easily reversed. It's just a matter of family education. I'll cook. I'll make Twice Cooked Pork."
Zhang Xiaobao winked at Wang Juan and said.
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