The family of three went to the vegetable market. Chen Yun bought some vegetables and small fish to cook for Chen Sipeng. She bought a lot of pork belly at the butcher shop, and Liu Qiao immediately brought it over.
He saw that Chen Yun's skin had become much rougher, and felt a little distressed: "Are you very tired at home?"
"It's OK, my eyes just hurt." She unconsciously acted coquettishly with her husband. This has become a habit. She didn't feel it when she first got married, but when she went home after several years of marriage, she felt like a guest at her parents' home and an outsider at her husband's home. Although she was more familiar with her parents' home, her mother was more polite to her, unlike before when she would say whatever she wanted to say to her. At her husband's home, no matter how good her parents-in-law were, they would still only discuss things with Liu Qiao instead of talking to her first.
So their current little home is her home. She held her son and yawned loudly.
Liu Qiao immediately said, "You should rest at home today. Don't worry about your father getting better. You are sick."
"Yeah, okay." Chen Yun bought the food. Liu Qiao was helping her in the kitchen, but was driven out by Chen Yun. "Xiao Feng is still outside. Go talk to him."
Chen Yun quickly made cucumber stewed with loach, stir-fried small fish, stir-fried dishes, and braised pork belly. Chen Feng and Zi Rui came over one after another.
At the table, Chen Yun asked him about his scores. Chen Feng said embarrassedly that his scores were low. There was an unwritten rule in the local area that if you didn't have enough scores to enter a certain school, you had to pay money. Chen Yun knew it well and she was not worried.
Apart from whether her father can recover better, Chen Yun doesn't need to worry much about her mother's family affairs. It will be even better if Liu Qiao comes back. She can worry less. No matter what, her husband is still worthy of her support.
The baby was neglected these days and didn't even eat by himself. Chen Yun fed him half a bowl of rice, but he wanted to play with toys. Chen Yun didn't allow him to, so he started crying. Liu Qiao couldn't bear to see his son cry, so he went to get the toys. Chen Yun scolded him. She didn't want to be strict with the child, but wanted him to develop good habits from an early age, which would benefit him a lot when he grows up.
“Can children really not be left in the care of the elderly?” Liu Qiao lamented.
Chen Yun also nodded: "You don't know my mother, she scolds and beats Xiao Feng, but treats Zi Rui like an ancestor. How can she not spoil him like this?"
The couple could only sigh a few times.
When bringing Zi Rui to visit his grandfather, Chen Si Peng was determined not to let Chen Yun stay here. He was even more determined than Zhang Meixiang: "I heard there are some talent classes during the summer vacation. You can take Zi Rui back to Beijing to study. I have hired a nurse here, and your mother is also taking care of me. We are also planning to hire a nanny at home. You don't have to worry about anything."
Zhang Meixiang also said not to delay Liu Qiao's work, and Chen Sipeng even asked his secretary to buy tickets for Liu Qiao and his family. Chen Yun had no choice but to return to Beijing with her husband and son. This time Liu Qiao changed into casual clothes because they brought their children with them, and no one asked him to give up his seat.
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After returning to Beijing, the store was closed due to summer vacation. Chen Yun rested thoroughly at home for a few days before looking for a talent class.
Many parents send their children to learn table tennis, after all, it is the national sport, and China's performance in the Olympics was also very eye-catching. Chen Yun helped him enroll in an English class and a table tennis class. She wanted her son to learn English because she wanted him to have a good learning environment, and a combination of dynamic and static activities was the best.
The table tennis coach was a man in his thirties. There were many students there and he was said to be well-known. Although the price was a bit high, it was affordable for Chen Yun and her husband. Liu Qiao also went to meet the coach in person, and he was indeed very capable.
If it was a girl, he would still be a little worried, but Liu Qiao thought it was okay for a boy and said to Chen Yun: "It would be good to let him get some training."
But Chen Yun didn't think so. She watched her son for a whole day on the first day she went there, and only left after she saw that her son had adapted. The coach also seemed to be very appreciative of the baby, saying that he was so young, but he was very stable when holding the racket.
Moreover, Chen Yun would often ask Liu Qiao to go and see the children, but Liu Qiao felt that she was totally unnecessary.
For example, one day the coach kept the baby down late to give him tutoring. The parents who went to pick up the child didn't think it was a big deal and were very happy that the child could stay.
Every night, Chen Yun would chat with the baby, but today the baby was a little silent. Chen Yun looked at the baby and asked, "What's wrong? Don't you want to learn table tennis? Are you too tired?"
"No, Mom." Zi Rui didn't know what to say.
"You have a class tomorrow. Do you want mom to ask for leave with you so you can watch TV at home?" She knew the child was young, so she didn't force him. It was good for him to have something to occupy his time.
The baby started to cry quietly. He never hid anything from his mother, but he was very afraid of the coach. He said hesitantly, "Mom, the coach said today that I am very cute and even treated me to KFC."
"But I don't want him to hold me in his arms and sit on my lap..."
Liu Qiao chuckled: "Kid, the coach likes you?" He was even a little proud, after all, his child was so handsome.
Bao Bao said to Chen Yun: "Mom, I don't want to go to table tennis class anymore..."
Before Liu Qiao could say anything, Chen Yun agreed: "Then don't go."
She was really too calm when she spoke, because the baby had spent a lot of money to enroll in this class, but he only went for a few days and then stopped going, so it was a lot of money wasted.
Chen Yun then asked the baby, "Is it because he held you too tightly, or something hard was hitting you?"
The baby nodded.
Liu Qiao started to take notice. "Apart from that, is there anything else that makes you uncomfortable?"
The baby shook his head, "No, he always asked me if I wanted to eat anything and wanted to help me take a bath. But my mother told me that men should not take off their clothes outside, so I didn't do that."
Liu Qiao was a little angry, and he kept thinking about it when he was sleeping in bed at night, but Chen Yun stopped him and said, "Husband, we don't have any evidence. How about this? I will go and handle the withdrawal of my son tomorrow and talk to the parents who are going to pick up the children with me."
On the one hand, although Liu Qiao is now the deputy head of the group, in Beijing, a person like the coach who can open such a large management office must be an extraordinary person. Such a person can only be reported and persuaded, otherwise there is no basis for others to believe you. She also wanted to cut him into pieces, but if everyone united, she would have more confidence to fight him.
But she was destined to be disappointed. When she went to withdraw her money, the staff here was very polite and helped her with the formalities. She saw the mothers there, so she took the initiative to approach them and said, "Hello, what do you think of the coaches here?"
"Good, very good, my son has learned well."
"Mine too."
Chen Yun said seriously, "But I heard that the coaches here molest children, often through private tutoring. What do you think?"
She thought these people would definitely stand on her side, or at least seek confirmation, but she didn't expect that all of them would target her.
"I think you are the mother of that child. The coach told us that your son is very naughty, so you came to withdraw from the class today because he has been late and left early for a long time, and he is young and can't endure hardships. Now you are slandering the coach again, you really are..."
They didn't believe her at all and even thought that Chen Yun was lying and slandering the school. The staff even invited Chen Yun in with a particularly nice attitude and asked her if she had any opinions about the school.
She felt very frustrated and thought that maybe these mothers trusted the coach too much, so she wrote a letter of complaint to the relevant department, but still no response.
"Hubby, do you think we should just let this go?"
Liu Qiao sneered: "It can only be done this way, you should take care of your own child. I believe what our Zi Rui said, he may not be a particularly honest child, but he will definitely not lie to us adults about such things."
She signed up for a piano class with her baby again. This time she found a female teacher. After attending a few classes, Chen Yun found the atmosphere here to be good, so she felt relieved. The important thing is that every time she asked her baby, she would say this place is great.
The previous incident has always been on Chen Yun's mind, but she is also afraid. She finally mustered up the courage to unite other parents to resist this kind of thing, but no one dared to believe her.
That day, she was still quietly waiting outside the table tennis hall. When a student came over, she wanted to ask him about the situation. However, his mother looked at her warily and said to her son, "This crazy woman is just jealous that you were able to be kept by the coach for training."
Chen Yun finally gave up and devoted herself to her child's education. Half a year later, the child was in the senior class. He was tall and was very popular with the teacher in the class. He even helped the teacher when they played on the slide. He lived a very sunny life and Chen Yun was relieved.
If she hadn't talked to the child every night, the child might have become silent and the bright smile would never appear on his face again.
After school, she waved to the child, and Zi Rui came back like a tiger returning to the mountains. He loved to bump into people when he was little, and although he had controlled his strength better as he grew up, he still ran over like a little bomb, and Chen Yun almost couldn't catch him.
"Mom, Mom, can I have chicken legs when I go back today?"
Chen Yun smiled and said, "I told my dad today that we will take you to McDonald's."
"Oh yeah..." Zi Rui jumped up and boasted to his classmates, "My parents are going to take me to McDonald's for dinner. Actually, my mom's fried chicken legs are also super delicious, but mom wants to take me to play inside."
"Wow, Liu Zirui, I'm so jealous of you..."
Chen Yun smiled and took her son home to wait for her husband. While waiting, Zi Rui took out a painting from her schoolbag. It showed three people watching TV together: a woman with long hair, a man in military uniform, and a little boy. The family cuddled together. She felt she was the happiest at the moment.
The author has something to say: I personally think that adults should not treat children with the attitude of "I'm doing this for your own good, you're still young and don't understand anything". Instead, they should truly care about them from the bottom of their hearts, urge them to be better, believe in children, and not let them be afraid of themselves.
Well, I also want to say that I don’t know if there are many people now who think that girls need extra care and boys need to be raised roughly. I want to say that no matter whether it is a boy or a girl, they should be carefully taken care of. Otherwise, isn’t it another form of favoring boys over girls?