"Okay, thanks mom, you and my dad can eat too!"

Niu Dehua did not follow the example of Kong Rong giving away his pears. This old tradition was not practiced in the Niu family. If the Niu father and mother really wanted to eat something, they would pick it up for themselves. There was no such thing as them being reluctant to eat it and leaving it for Niu Dehua.

After saying thank you to Niu's mother, Niu Dehua took the chicken leg. After he smiled calmly at Niu's mother, he picked up the chicken leg and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

The local chickens that Niu Dehua's aunt sent over were all small roosters, so Niu Dehua finished a small chicken leg in just a few bites.

Niu Dehua, who was still not satisfied, did not pay attention to the other chicken leg. He just picked up the chicken feet and chewed slowly while chatting casually with his mother, "Aunt brought the chicken here and went back?"

Niu's mother responded, "It wasn't delivered to my home, it was delivered directly to my workplace. She has a lot to do and it just happened to be on her way, otherwise she wouldn't be able to eat this chicken today."

"So busy? What about my uncle? My uncle is also very busy these days?"

"Your uncle is busier than your aunt!"

"Ah, so busy?" Niu Dehua was chatting with his parents for no apparent reason, but in his heart he was only thinking about finishing his meal quickly and then going back to his room to study.

Learning is the only thing in my heart, I love learning!

But Niu Dehua didn't expect that while chatting, his parents suddenly started to care about his academic performance.

"Dehua, are you doing well with your studies recently? Is there any problem?!" After Father Niu and Mother Niu looked at each other, Mother Niu began to ask tentatively.

Niu Dehua seemed to be unaware of it. He paused and thought for a moment. After finding that everything was going well for him recently, he continued to eat the rice in the bowl and replied, "Nothing happened. Everything seems fine, Mom. What's wrong? Did you hear something from someone?"

Hearing their son's words, Niu's parents played a straight ball and confronted Niu Dehua directly, "It's like this, Dehua, your parents have noticed that you are studying very hard and doing very well. Your parents are very happy to see your changes. But..."

"But aren't you a little too hardworking?!" When she said this, Niu's mother looked at her son who looked confused, and was still considering how to start the conversation. "Some time ago, your parents noticed that you seemed to study very late at night, right?"

Niu Dehua blinked his eyes and finally felt relieved.

Hi, I thought my parents were going to say something, but it turned out to be this!

Niu Dehua, relieved, picked up the bowl again with a relaxed look, shoveling rice into his mouth while casually saying, "Ah, it hasn't been that long, I didn't pay much attention to the time, probably around midnight? What's wrong, mom? Is there any problem?"

"Did I go to bed too early? If so, I can actually spend more time studying! During this period, I feel like I'm incredibly strong!"

Niu Dehua wondered if his mother mentioned this suddenly to deliberately point out to him that he was not studying hard enough.

Thinking of this, Niu Dehua couldn't help but recall his performance some time ago, and couldn't help but wonder if he was overthinking it.

I've been studying until 3 o'clock, so it shouldn't be the case that my mom thinks I'm not working hard, right? !

As expected by Niu Dehua, when he asked this question, Niu's mother denied it again and again, "No problem, no problem! That's unnecessary! Dehua, mom and dad don't mean that. What I want to ask is, have you been studying until late at night recently?"

Niu's mother quickly explained that they had no other intentions in saying this, "It was a while ago, your dad went to the bathroom at night and suddenly found you still studying with the light on. Then he looked at the time and it was already past three in the morning. Your dad was so anxious that he wanted you to go to bed right away."

"But I stopped your dad. I told him that you are old enough and should have your own ideas, so we have not interfered with you and let you make your own decisions. But recently we found that you are getting behind in your studies, so we thought about..."

Mother Niu kept talking on and on, and even Father Niu was confused.

ah?!

You mean this is me?!

So I was the one who woke up that night and couldn't fall asleep? !

But after being accused by his wife, Niu's father had no way to expose the accusation in front of his son. He could only cooperate with his wife and drink silently on the side, as if she had agreed.

After listening for a long time, Niu Dehua finally understood.

His mother is afraid that if he continues to study like this, it will affect his health. If something unexpected happens and he develops a mental illness, both he and his wife will have nowhere to cry.

Seeing this, Niu Dehua could only smile and assure his parents, "Dad, Mom, don't worry, I know what's going on. Now is the critical period, so I learned a little late. As long as this period is over, I will definitely go to bed early!"

After saying that, Niu Dehua was still worried that his parents would not believe him, so he specially explained to the old couple, "Actually, the reason I started learning so late is because I feel that I am in a very hot state recently. I feel very relaxed and easy to understand everything I learn!"

"It's just like... just like those immortal cultivation novels I read before, where the protagonist breaks through a great realm, and then becomes able to practice or something with ease. Mom and Dad, you know, Teacher Zhou's class is really great. I did the right thing by repeating a grade in Teacher Zhou's class!"

Thinking about the difficult problems that he had been unable to solve for a long time, Niu Dehua almost climaxed on the spot and couldn't help humming softly after hearing Teacher Zhou's concise and pointed out the key to the problem.

Not to mention that after Niu Dehua went to Zhou Yu's class, the atmosphere and the smoothness of learning made Niu Dehua feel that it was all wonderful.

To use an analogy from a novel about cultivating immortals, the Ox's father and mother didn't understand a word he said, but the mother, who always understood her son's thoughts, quickly understood what he meant.

Seeing this, Niu's mother asked Niu Dehua with a little doubt, "You said that your teacher Zhou teaches well. Mom believes it. Mom has also watched the news and learned about your teacher Zhou from other people. I know that your teacher Zhou is very good. But isn't it a bit too exaggerated when you say that?"

"It's not an exaggeration, not at all!"

Niu Dehua said it with such certainty, "Mom, you don't know, didn't our class hold an open class a few days ago? The main speaker was our teacher Zhou. Many excellent teachers from other schools, such as Ruxu Middle School and Ruxu No. 1 Middle School, came to listen to the class! In the end, didn't they all go back convinced!"

When Niu Dehua mentioned Zhou Yu, stars appeared in his eyes. It was obvious that Zhou Yu had another little fan.

Seeing that his parents still had doubts on their faces, Niu Dehua patted his chest and assured, "Dad, Mom, just wait and see! The first mock exam will be held in a few days, just like last year, a joint exam for the whole county! When the time comes, you will see that my results will definitely be much better than last year."

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