Chapter 353 Ningbao Doesn't Want to Go to School Anymore

Upon hearing that his son wanted to join the army, Shen Junshan shook his head without hesitation.

"No, you're only thirteen, your mother won't agree."

Chen Sijian continued,

"Dad, I really want to join the army."

I've had this thought before, but after hearing about Grandpa's story, I want to go even more.

Shen Junshan sighed softly as he looked at his son's determined eyes.

"Let me think about it."

…………

The next morning, Ningbao was still fast asleep, holding Lingling with her little belly bulging.

Shen Yuzhen tiptoed in.

Hearing footsteps, Lingling in Ningbao's arms suddenly opened her eyes, raised her head, and looked sharply at the person who came.

When it saw that the person was Shen Yuzhen, it immediately relaxed and lay down again, then closed its eyes and fell fast asleep.

Shen Yuzhen shook her head with a smile.

"Like master, like cat, you two are equally fond of sleeping."

Shen Yuzhen sat on the edge of the bed and gently patted her chubby little daughter.

"Ningbao, get up quickly!"

Ningbao opened her sleepy eyes and saw that it was her mother. She immediately changed position and buried her little head in Shen Yuzhen's arms.

"Mother, Ningbao is giving herself a day off today. She won't be practicing kung fu today; Ningbao wants to sleep in."

Shen Yuzhen affectionately pinched her little girl's rosy cheeks as she slept.

"It's getting late. Your brothers are all practicing in the yard. Even if you don't practice today, you still need to get up. You have to go to school today."

Ning Bao was instantly wide awake. She sat up abruptly and glared at Shen Yuzhen.

"Mother, who's going to school?"

"Of course it's our Ningbao."

Shen Yuzhen picked up the new clothes she had just brought and prepared to dress her little daughter in them.

"Our school in Chuyun Village has been open for two months now."

You haven't been home these past few days, so you haven't gone; all the children in the village have gone.

In other places, private schools don't accept girls, but Master Chen in our village isn't a pedantic person. He said that both boys and girls can go.

Although girls cannot take the imperial examinations, there are many benefits to girls receiving an education. For example, education can help girls understand principles.

It can also cultivate one's character and broaden one's horizons, so that one won't be easily fooled by a few pretentious poems from scholars in the future.

Ningbao pouted and looked at Shen Yuzhen unhappily.

“Mother, Ningbao can practice martial arts, hunt, gather herbs, catch fish, farm, and do hard labor…”

Is it okay for Ningbao not to study?

Shen Yuzhen almost softened when she looked at her little girl with her big, bright eyes, but she composed herself and shook her head.

"not good.

Jiayu, Laidi, Muyang, and even your Grandpa Huang's Yuhu and Yuying have all gone to school. Is our Ningbao going to be the worst one?

Shen Yuzhen discovered that her youngest daughter, though not very competitive, was very competitive and wanted to do her best in everything.

Unfortunately, he gave up on going to school.

Upon hearing her mother say that she had done the worst job, Ningbao immediately shook her head unhappily.

"No, Ningbao isn't the worst."

But…………

"Mother, can Ningbao not write characters when he goes to school?"

Shen Yuzhen shook her head again.

"Of course not, reading and writing are very important."

Upon hearing that she had to write, Ningbao frowned even more deeply.

"But writing is too difficult. Ningbao used to be disobedient when holding the brush. Master said that Ningbao's writing looks like a caterpillar that is sleeping."

Ningbao only wants to study, not write.

Ningbao is only four years old this year. In wealthy families, he has already started his early education, but in ordinary farming families, children don't start school until they are seven or eight years old, or even eighty or ninety.

Ningbao is considered to be starting school early, and Shen Yuzhen had already noticed that her little girl didn't like writing.

When she fled famine and hid in caves to escape the rain and winter, she would use her spare time to teach the children to read.

At that time, she discovered that Ningbao, who was "filling in" the group, could recognize characters very quickly, but could not write well.

Whenever it's time to write, her little girl either needs to go to the toilet or the rabbits in the mountains miss her. Anyway, don't underestimate this child because of her young age; she has quite a few ways to skip school.

However, Shen Yuzhen felt that her little girl was very smart and that her studies would definitely get better and better once she started school.

Shen Yuzhen dressed her little girl neatly and tied her hair before leading the chubby little girl outside.

As soon as I stepped out of the room, I saw a burly man walking in through the front door.

Zhou Mingcheng followed behind the man.

Seeing Shen Yuzhen and Zhou Mingcheng take a step forward,

"Hello, Aunt Shen. This is my father, Zhou Chengxing."

Zhou Chengxing saw Shen Yuzhen smile peacefully.

"Hello, sister, you must be Ningbao's mother, then I'll call you sister like my wife does."

“Brother Zhou…” Shen Yuzhen looked at Zhou Chengxing and for some reason felt a sense of familiarity and warmth, just like when she was with her older brother Shen Junshan.

Ning Bao saw Zhou Chengxing and immediately ran over to him.

"Dad, get up! Where's Mom? Why didn't she come over?"

Zhou Chengxing felt a little uncomfortable when his youngest daughter asked his wife a question.

"Hehe, your mother is still sleeping."

Ning Bao frowned.

"Is Mother still sleeping? No, Mother rarely sleeps in."

"Dad, is Mom feeling unwell again? I'll go call my eldest brother."

Ning Bao said this and took off running to call Bai Ming.

Zhou Chengxing grabbed her.

“Ningbao, no need. Your mother just hasn’t been sleeping well lately because she’s been missing you. But since you came back yesterday, she’s been sleeping soundly and hasn’t woken up yet.”

Ningbao nodded obediently.

"Oh, well, since Mother doesn't have to go to school, let her sleep a little longer."

Seeing that his little girl was no longer so insistent on seeing her mother, Zhou Chengxing breathed a sigh of relief.

It's true that his wife is sleeping, and it's also true that he had insomnia before because he was thinking about Ningbao.

But his sleeping in today wasn't entirely due to insomnia; his wife was genuinely exhausted.

The reason he was so tired from sleeping was entirely because his wife was too delicious, and he couldn't help but indulge himself a little longer.

So much so that his wife couldn't get a good night's sleep until almost dawn...

Zhou Chengxing, having had his wife's company last night, was radiant and full of energy today, while Su Jingshu was limp and fast asleep...

Thinking about going to school later, Ningbao suddenly felt a little hesitant. She quickly looked at her father, and a thought struck her.

"Dad, shall we go hunting in the back mountains?"