"Oh my, it's Xiao Rui's favorite Superman! Grandma bought Xiao Rui Superman. Aren't you happy?" Mo Youyou exclaimed.
Fortunately, the word "Superman" seemed to trigger a key, finally attracting Liu Shengrui's attention. He looked up from the pile of toys and slowly looked at the new toy in Jiang Rongmei's hand.
Superman!
"Toys!" Liu Shengrui stood up with a smile, walked over to his grandmother, and said sweetly, "Grandma, toys, toys!"
Liu Shengrui clapped happily, wanting to get his new toy.
Jiang Rongmei didn't give it to her grandson directly. Instead, she glanced at Mo Cheng and deliberately asked, "Xiao Rui, you haven't called me grandpa yet. This Superman toy was specially bought by grandpa for you to play with!"
Liu Shengrui's eyes were fixed on the new toy. When he realized that Jiang Rongmei wouldn't give it to him, he noticed that his grandfather was still watching him.
"Grandpa," Liu Shengrui called out, glancing at Mo Cheng only once before being drawn back to the toys.
"Hmm." Mo Cheng had an indifferent expression, but when he heard his grandson call him, his expression softened a little. However, he didn't smile because of his pride and said indifferently, "For the sake of the toy, you know to greet people."
"Here, Xiao Rui, take this and play with it." Jiang Rongmei then gave the toy to her grandson.
Mo Youyou and Liu Dekai both looked terrified, afraid that Liu Shengrui's immaturity would anger Mo Chengzhen. They felt a sense of relief, as if they had escaped a disaster.
Jiang Rongmei saw her daughter and son-in-law's reactions and shook her head inwardly.
This can't go on!
After all, he is the eldest grandson of the Mo family. They only have one daughter, Mo Youyou. How can they accept that their grandson will be so useless in the future?
"Go play, go play," Zhang Cuihua said, trying to smooth things over. She told her eldest grandson to go play somewhere else, and brought up some fruit for her in-laws to eat and chat.
Although Mo Cheng was chatting with Liu Dekai, his eyes kept glancing at Liu Shengrui, and he felt more and more that this was not going to work.
Only by giving him toys can he barely get a mention of "Grandpa" or "Grandma". This child is almost three years old, how can he still be so willful and ignorant?
"Youyou, once Xiaorui turns three, we need to send him to kindergarten as soon as possible!" Jiang Rongmei said, thinking that it would be better to have a teacher to teach him, at least he would be able to understand things.
“If it really doesn’t work, I’ll pull some strings and get the child into kindergarten early. Staying at home playing with toys all day will ruin the child sooner or later!” Mo Cheng didn’t seem really angry, but his voice was full of displeasure.
The couple's words, one after the other, instantly brought the atmosphere in the room to a freezing point.
Send him to kindergarten...
Mo Youyou hadn't had a chance to tell her parents about sending Liu Shengrui to kindergarten. She had planned to tell them after seeing the results, so they could be happy.
As a result, she didn't have a few days of peace. A series of incidents made it impossible for Liu Shengrui to go to kindergarten anymore, so she didn't dare to mention the matter again.
It seems that it can no longer be hidden.
"Dad, Mom, actually..." Mo Youyou's face was full of difficulty, she really didn't know how to start the conversation.
Even Mo Youyou, his own mother, was embarrassed to talk about what Liu Shengrui did at kindergarten. After calming down, she felt ashamed.
"What exactly happened?!" Mo Cheng demanded sternly.
Doesn't he understand his daughter?
That expression definitely means there's something he doesn't know, and it's not good news!
“Actually…” Mo Youyou looked at Liu Dekai, not wanting to speak, but hoping that Liu Dekai could understand her eyes.
Liu Dekai really didn't want to get involved in this mess, but he couldn't treat Mo Youyou like this in front of his parents-in-law, otherwise it would affect their judgment of him. He had no choice but to stand up now, so his resentment towards Mo Youyou's actions grew even stronger.
"Dad, Mom, actually Youyou had already thought of this. We tried sending Xiaorui to the military kindergarten before, but..." Liu Dekai's expression was almost out of control. He dared not say the truth directly.
If it offends your parents-in-law, then it would truly be a case of losing more than you gain.
Therefore, we can only use a more tactful approach.
"After trying out kindergarten for about half a month, we found that Xiao Rui was still too young and not used to kindergarten life. That would also cause trouble for the kindergarten. So we thought we should wait until Xiao Rui turns three before officially sending him in, right, Youyou?" Liu Dekai finally smoothed things over regarding the kindergarten.
They dared not utter a word about the bloody storm Liu Shengrui stirred up at the kindergarten!
“Yes, yes!” Mo Youyou understood what Liu Dekai meant and quickly replied, “Dad, Xiao Rui is still young, let’s take it slowly. There’s no need for you to pull strings for this. When he turns three, we can naturally send him in.”
Seeing that his daughter and son-in-law were so considerate of him, Mo Cheng's expression finally improved.
“What you said makes sense, so let’s wait until the child is a bit older,” Mo Cheng said, finally ending the topic.
After a while, Zhang Cuihua had prepared dinner.
"Father-in-law and mother-in-law, come and eat!" Zhang Cuihua called out.
Jiang Rongmei got up to help, serving rice and setting out the bowls and chopsticks.
"Mother-in-law, you've been taking care of all the housework in this household. You must be very tired," Jiang Rongmei said politely.
Don't be fooled by what she's saying now; she's still on her daughter's side in private. If Mo Youyou were really asked to do these housework and "serve" her mother-in-law, Jiang Rongmei would jump eight feet in the air!
“What’s so hard about it! Dekai and Youyou have to go to work every day. I’m just an old woman with nothing to do. I usually just take care of my grandson and do some housework to keep things in order for them!” Zhang Cuihua said.
She's the kind of person who says one thing to one person and another to someone else.
She often secretly complained to the neighbors that Mo Youyou was not filial to her mother-in-law, but when facing Jiang Rongmei, she pretended to be willing.
“They’re not working every day, so you should still enjoy your time off!” Jiang Rongmei said.
Both of them were quite skilled at telling lies.
After the food was served and the adults were seated, Liu Shengrui remained the same as always, happily playing among his toys, completely unaware that it was time to eat.
"Xiao Rui, come and eat." Mo Cheng called out, thinking to himself that other children were like greedy little devils, and they would come to eat on their own at mealtimes, but his own grandson didn't seem to be greedy at all?
That makes sense, though; the kids at home have never lacked food.
Even someone as frugal as Zhang Cuihua puts a lot of effort into arranging food, after all, one is her own son and the other is her own grandson, she would be heartbroken if they didn't eat well!
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