How can this be?

Without even thinking, I said it directly:

"Mom, this isn't a good idea!"

My younger sister is two years younger than me and in the same class. My classmates will laugh at me if they find out!

"What's the big deal? Your mother has already found out everything. These days, there are many older kids in schools who take care of their younger siblings in the same class."

"Oh no! Not to mention my sister, none of the other children are as well-behaved as her! How can they stay still?"

How can we have class like this?! Besides, we don't have any in our class anyway!

"It's not that there aren't any in your class, it's just that they're all playing in the yard not far away!"

"How come I didn't know that?"

"You want to know everything? Wouldn't that make you a know-it-all?"

"But my sister is in the same class as me. What if she does better than me on the test? Will my classmates laugh at me?"

"They'll definitely laugh at you!"

"Then what should we do?"

"what to do?

Is this question difficult?

Why don't you study hard and improve every day? Just make sure your sister doesn't surpass you. If that doesn't work, you can always skip a grade if you study hard.

"Ah, skipping a grade, you have to have really good grades to skip a grade!"

"Then that's your problem. What if your grades aren't even as good as your sister's, and she ends up skipping a grade and surpassing you? You'll lose even more face in front of your classmates then."

"Me? No way! I absolutely cannot let my sister surpass me, or everyone will laugh at me to death!"

After thinking about his mother's words, Shen Dong felt that it was too scary, so he said these words to his mother.

At the same time, he was determined to get better grades than his younger sister so that he could skip a grade and no one would laugh at him.

Despite his young age, Shen Dong has never given up easily since he started learning martial arts from his master.

Once you have this thought, you'll realize that no matter how tiring it is, it's not as tiring as practicing martial arts, and no matter how bitter it is, it's not as bitter as practicing martial arts.

So from that day on, he would come home every afternoon to do his homework, because he didn't believe that his sister could outperform him.

Indeed, because of his persistence, he not only successfully skipped a grade, but also became the first college student in the Shen family.

What Aunt Zhou didn't expect was that, because of her eldest brother's leading role in learning, the other children in the family no longer needed to be involved in their studies, as all the children would take their eldest brother as their role model.

Actually, Aunt Zhou didn't plan to send Sister Nan to school so early; it was only after her mother talked to her that the decision was made.

One day, after Aunt Zhou came home from get off work, she came over to watch Brother Chen Dong and the others take a medicinal bath. My mother spoke to her privately, or rather, I was there too!

They simply ignored the little figure on the bed.

Soon after, their conversation was overheard.

"Sister Zhou, I promised Nan Nan that if she finishes running for three months, I'll let her go to school when the fall semester starts!"

“Well, little sister, Nan Nan is only six years old now, isn’t that too young? I plan to send her when she’s eight. By then, I won’t feel at ease, and no one at school will be able to bully her.”

Aunt Zhou wasn't angry about her mother's decision. After all, she was now the child's mentor, and whatever decision she made was for the good of the family's children.

"Sister Zhou, let me tell you slowly. This is what I'm thinking. You see, ever since Shen Dong started school, he throws down his schoolbag and runs out to play every afternoon after school."

Even though he's exhausted after a morning run, he still has boundless energy.

This isn't a solution. We need to find a way to keep him at home.

Another thing is that Nan Nan has been smart since she was little. She can remember things after being taught them only two or three times. We must nurture a child like her properly.

Most importantly, we are both busy with work and don't have time to teach her much. We can only send her to school. If we leave her at home for too long, it will really hinder her progress and she will be afraid to get better.

And actually, the most important reason is this! Have you noticed that the regulations outside are sometimes lax and sometimes strict lately?

"You know what, I actually found out, but what does this have to do with Nan Nan going to school?"

"To be honest, it has nothing to do with Nan Nan, but it has something to do with Shen Dong."

We've both been involved in the revolution for over a decade, and we know that times like these are the most dangerous.

Shen Dong goes out to play with his classmates every day after school. Are you worried about that?

"You know what, with Shen Dong's restless personality, if you don't keep an eye on him, he'll be climbing on the roof and tearing off the tiles."

"So, I plan to have Shen Dong teach Nan Nan and the others to read and write after school!"

"But there's no need to send her to school at such a young age!"

"Don't underestimate Nan Nan just because she's young. She's very smart. I'm really worried about her starting school so early. But we can put her in the same class as Shen Dong. That way, Shen Dong can take care of her so she won't be bullied, and Nan Nan can also motivate Shen Dong."

Also, don't underestimate Shen Dong just because he's young. He has a very strong competitive spirit and absolutely doesn't want anyone to see that he's worse than his younger sister in his studies.

This way, we can hone Shen Dong's skills without hindering the development of such a promising student as Shen Nan.

Another reason is that it puts our minds at ease. After all, it's not very safe outside right now, so it's better to keep them at home and watch over them.

After hearing her mother's words, Aunt Zhou thought about her own child's situation.

"Okay, I'll do as you say. That way, I won't have to worry about Shen Dong's safety anymore."

To be honest, the situation is unclear lately, and I'm really worried about Shen Dong. He goes out to play every day, and if something happens to him, how am I going to explain it to Lao Shen?

You say you'd talk to him, but you're worried it might cause unnecessary trouble. Wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?

"Therefore, it's better to take this opportunity to temper his character than anything else, and it's always better to temper him later."

He's still young, so it's easier to correct his behavior now. Once he's older, it'll be much harder to change him even if you want to!

"You're absolutely right. Look at those fifteen or sixteen-year-old street thugs outside. They have nothing better to do than cause trouble for their families!"

Don't think that Aunt Zhou is a person without her own opinions. On the contrary, Aunt Zhou is a very opinionated person.

It is precisely because she has her own opinions that she can discuss matters concerning the child with her mother.

The reason is simple. Ever since Shen Dong and the others became her students, she knew that her children were no longer just her and Lao Shen's children, but also her mother's children. Isn't it said that a teacher for a day is a father for life? As long as it's for the good of her children, she'll do anything.

This also shows that the relationship between Mom and Aunt Zhou is unparalleled; otherwise, they wouldn't discuss things together.

Three months passed quickly. Brother Shen Dong and Sister Shen Nan no longer limited themselves to running every day. Now they added other activities every day, such as squatting in the horse stance and practicing boxing after running in the morning.

Because he is still young, especially in the morning, neither his mother nor Aunt Wu would let him leave the house, so he has not yet seen how Dong-ge and Nao-jie practice horse stance or boxing.

By the time they could speak on their own, they had already been learning for about ten months, and they were able to speak when they were eleven months old.

It's eleven months, not ten months, or when you turn one year old, because it's very simple. You were born on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which means that on your first birthday, you either choose to speak or walk.

But the weather in the north was unusually cold on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Wearing a thick cotton coat, and being so small, how could I possibly take a step?

So, the first thing to do is to let the child start talking. Why not let them start talking at one year old? It's because we used to hear older people say that children who start talking early walk late, and those who walk late start talking late.

To avoid being seen as a monster, it's best to wait until the right time, eleven months is just right.

As for walking, it's fine to wait another month or two.

Besides, there's a heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed) in the house right now. After the Lunar New Year, you can slowly stand up and walk a few steps on the kang. Practice slowly first. When the weather gets warmer, you can take off your cotton-padded clothes and walk however you want. At that time, you should be able to run without any problem!

On New Year's Eve, the last day of 1951, it can be said that the three families celebrated together: my own mother and daughter, Aunt Zhou's family of five, and Aunt Wu and her daughter. There was a large table full of people, and we ate a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner together.

Before the Lunar New Year, military leaders and local street offices delivered New Year's gifts to the families of soldiers, showing their care for the military personnel.

In addition, my mother's hospital unit gave it to me, and Aunt Zhou brought it from home. It's because Brother Shen Dong and the others are at my house almost every day, so they don't really distinguish between each other.

It can be said that ever since Shen Dong and his family became his mother's apprentices, the five of them have practically lived at home.

The house was always lively, and because of this, Aunt Zhou paid Aunt Wu a monthly salary of 50,000 yuan.

This amount of money seems like a lot, but there's not much else involved; it's just the five yuan from the next day's set of RMB.

On New Year's Eve, the happiest person was none other than myself, a little kid, because I could finally eat meat.

After I started drinking rice water, I drank breast milk less often, until I was about eight or nine months old, at which point my mother stopped producing breast milk.

Since today is Lunar New Year's Eve, there is plenty of fish and meat on this table, so you can eat whatever you want!

I pointed to what I wanted to eat with my little finger, and my mother picked out a little bit of meat from the belly of the fish, where there were fewer bones. She gave me some of the fatty part of the braised pork, and I couldn't eat the lean part. But something is better than nothing.

I was woken up early on the first day of the Lunar New Year by the noise of firecrackers outside.

Then I heard, "Oh, Mom's little darling is awake! Happy New Year!" She then picked me up and dressed me, since we were going out to visit relatives and friends this morning.

"Mom~ Mom"

After quickly getting dressed, Mom put a red envelope in her pocket.

I wonder how much money is inside. I really want to know.

It can be said that on the entire first day of the Lunar New Year, my mother carried me around to visit people and offer New Year's greetings.

We visited the homes of Minister Chen, Political Commissar Ma, Vice Minister Du, Doctor Wang, and Dean Ding, among others. These were either military officers or leaders from my mother's hospital.

After all, they had helped us a lot, so we should take advantage of the New Year holiday to visit them.

For example, when I went to Minister Chen's house, I only stayed for less than three minutes before leaving. There were just too many people who couldn't visit him for the New Year.

I spent a long time at Dr. Wang's house. When my mother took me there, Dr. Wang even held me in his arms and played with me for a while, and gave me a big red envelope as well.

It's fair to say that not only did I receive a lot of red envelopes throughout the day, but I also felt exhausted from just giving New Year's greetings.

After the first month of the lunar calendar, it was already February. Mom, Aunt Zhou, and Aunt Wu sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) chatting while doing some handicrafts.

Aren't all women like this nowadays? You could say they're proficient in everything.