After the family finished their shower, Erdan, with his wet hair sticking up, asked Su Qinghu, who was reading a newspaper, "Mom, are you still reading today?"

After he and his brother entered junior high school, their mother said that they would draw lots every week and read for an hour before bed based on the time they drew.

Last week, they caught them on Tuesday and Sunday.

Today happens to be the last day of reading time this week.

Su Qinghu held the newspaper and looked up. "I'll give you a choice. You can choose to continue reading today, or move today's hour to next week and read for two hours on a certain day next week. Which one do you choose?"

Erdan scratched his head and looked at Dadan who had just come in. "Brother, what about you? What do you choose?"

Dadan had heard the conversation between the two, so he responded to Erdan's question calmly, "I'll finish this week's reading assignment today."

If I were to ask if anything delayed my reading today, it doesn't seem to be the case.

Erdan: “Huh?”

He couldn't believe it. Daddy was home today! Aren't they excited? Not thrilled? Don't they want to play with Daddy? Or talk to him?

Reading, what book?! Just move it to next week. There’s nothing wrong with moving it to next week. I’ll complete the task anyway!

But, “Well, then I will also choose to complete the reading task today.”

Well, he just needs to read today. He doesn’t want to play one hour less than his brother next week.

Su Qinghu knew what the two were thinking without having to guess. So he said to Chen Lie, who had just finished hanging out the clothes and walked into the house, "Chen Lie, can you read with us for an hour?"

Chen Lie looked up at her and nodded, "Okay."

When Erdan heard this, he couldn't hold it in any longer. He jumped over and hugged Chen Lie, humming and giggling foolishly.

Chen Lie let him hold her and looked at Su Qinghu, "The clothes are all hung out to dry."

Su Qinghu raised his hand and made a non-standard salute gesture at the end of his brow, and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work!"

After saying that, he started shouting outside, "Mom? Mom! It's time for our reading!"

Ms. Meng, who was already in the bedroom and was about to lie down, sat up again.

well……

Okay, I thought I could take a break today.

The whole family moved to the study and consciously found their usual seats to sit down.

The desk is rectangular, made of solid wood, 1.2 meters wide, nearly 3 meters long, and 75 centimeters high. It was specially made by someone.

There are three pen holders and soft-cover notebooks evenly placed on the desk. It doesn't look too serious, but gives people a comfortable feeling.

Chen Lie looked at an empty seat diagonally across from Su Qinghu, calmly moved a stool, walked to Su Qinghu's side, and put the stool down.

"What book should I read?" he asked.

Dadan and Erdan followed Chen Lie's gaze and then stopped where he was.

This is... do we have to squeeze together?

Su Qinghu raised his hand and pointed at the bookshelf. "Why don't you go look for it? Or, read the newspaper like me?"

She gave him advice.

Chen Lie stood up and said, "I'm going to find a book."

Ms. Meng reminded, "Our bookshelves are arranged just like those in other libraries. You can find them by the labels."

Chen Lie nodded, "Yeah."

"When we built this bookshelf, Xiao Su specially prepared military books and periodicals for you." Ms. Meng put down the photography books in her hand and said to her son, "Some are in foreign languages. Can you still understand foreign languages ​​now?"

Chen Lie: “…Yes.”

He is not the kind of person who only trains and doesn't read.

When he walked to the bookshelf, looked at the neatly arranged books, and then saw the label that belonged to him, his eyes lit up.

Some of these things he wanted but could only look at and never had!

Su Qinghu was happy to see him standing in front of the bookshelf, so she smiled and turned her attention back to the newspaper in front of her.

Dadan also withdrew his gaze, and now pushed an open softcover book to Su Qinghu across from him, whispering, "Today's short essay on the sunset."

Su Qinghu put down the newspaper, reached out to take the softcover book in front of him, took out a ballpoint pen from the pen holder, and thought about comments while reading.

Erdan looked at Dadan in shock, lowering his voice and asking, "Brother, are you done writing it?"

When did you think of it?

Why so fast?

"Yeah." Dadan nodded.

My mother made a rule that when we communicate in the study, we must speak in a low voice or write small notes.

My brother's questions were too simple to be communicated with a piece of paper.

Erdan didn't give up, and even for a moment he felt that his brother had more time than he did.

He: "Don't you even need to think about it? Just write it down now. Aren't you afraid of being sent back to rewrite it?"

Dadan glanced at him and said, "I figured out how to write it while I was in the shower."

Erdan: “…”

Erdan: “!!!”

He is not a human being. Isn't this going to force him to death?

Can’t I even take a bath happily?

Su Qinghu didn't even raise his head, and tapped the table lightly with his hand. "Everyone has their own habits. As long as it's within the deadline, you can do whatever you want."

This was said to Erdan.

But no matter how angry Erdan was, he was still angry that he hadn't thought of this!

If only he could think it through while taking a shower...

So, can we make use of the time we spend on the toilet in the future?

It’s a pity that they are not allowed to do homework during reading time, otherwise, he would finish writing the short essay about sunset and hand it to her right now!

Erdan accepted his fate and studied.

Dadan calmed down and began to read seriously.

It's time to read.

Su Qinghu nodded inwardly as he looked at Dadan's short essay. If this essay were a dish, it would be truly delicious.

There is also a little more fireworks.

very nice.

She wrote him a detailed analysis of the essay, circled the more beautiful words, and gave him affirmation and praise.

After doing this, she turned the paper over and continued reading.

Ms. Meng also started reading her own photography books.

Chen Lie was also visibly excited. He walked over to Su Qinghu with a book and sat down.

Currently, Dadan and Su Qinghu are sitting opposite each other at the long table, and Erdan is sitting next to Su Qinghu opposite Ms. Meng.

Four people occupied one end of the table.

The two extra seats were a little far away from Su Qinghu, and because of this, Chen Lie brought a chair over to sit next to Su Qinghu.

Su Qinghu glanced at Chen Lie and waited for him to put the book down before looking at the title.

He picked up a pen and a soft-cover notebook and pushed them next to him.

Chen Lie was stunned for a moment, then he smiled, thinking of the study room rules written on the door, and wrote a big "Thank you" on the first page of the hardcover book.

Su Qinghu curved his eyes and silently said, "You're welcome."

Then the two of them smiled at each other, lowered their heads, and began to read carefully.

While reading a book, Ms. Meng glanced at the young couple out of the corner of her eye, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously rose.

very nice.

My son really likes Xiao Su. His eyes and actions show joy and relaxation.

This is really good.