Chapter 116 People Must Seek Truth from Facts
"Lu Donglin, did you not do your homework when you came back yesterday?"
After school in the afternoon, he ran to the mountain. When he came back, it was dark and I didn’t even see him pick up his book pocket.
Lu Donglin was stunned for a moment, then said, "What homework? The teacher assigned homework early yesterday, and I finished it in school."
Wen Wan glanced at him, finding his words completely unbelievable: "Don't lie, I'll see your teacher ask about it when I get back. Forgetting homework is not a big deal, but if you lie, you'd better be careful."
"Really not, sister, why don't you trust people?"
Wen Wan nodded: "Okay, I believe you, just this time."
The heat of the conversation had just died down when a row of students stood outside the third grade classroom during morning reading class. All of them were leaning against the wall to do their homework, including Lu Donglin.
Wen Wan glanced at him but didn't go near him.
Lu Donglin was extremely nervous. He felt a little regretful at this moment. He should have told the truth when he was asked in the morning. Why was he being so stubborn?
He couldn't concentrate on his homework, as he kept looking at the second graders and always felt that Wen Wan would be angry.
Wenwan was not enough to get angry over a child, but she felt that Lu Donglin really needed discipline and must be disciplined.
Homework is a small matter, the key is his attitude. If he lies today because he doesn't want to do his homework, he will lie about something else tomorrow.
Wen Wan saw it but pretended not to see it. After school at noon, Lu Donglin bravely continued to wait for her at the office door, thinking to himself that if he was criticized later, he must admit his mistake with a very good attitude.
Unfortunately, Wen Wan didn't intend to give him this opportunity.
After packing up his things and saying hello to the other teachers, he walked out the door and headed back. Along the way, he saw students from his class and other classes still smiling and greeting each other, chatting and laughing with Zhou Dongmei and the other girls. It looked no different from usual, but Lu Donglin knew in his heart that the difference was huge. Wen Wan, Teacher Wen, was ignoring him and not talking to him anymore. She was really angry.
It was finally afternoon, and Wen Wan was still the same, talking and laughing with everyone around her, but not talking to Lu Donglin.
As soon as she got home from school, she started correcting homework. Lu Donglin, who was rare in his life, was also very obedient and sat on the same table with her to write, stealing glances at her from time to time.
How could Wen Wan not feel it? Even if she did, she pretended not to feel it.
She quickly corrected and put away the homework, then rushed into the new house and started sewing the mosquito net according to the drawings she had drawn and the measurements she had taken.
This is easy to make with good materials. Just add white cloth strips at the seams to make the seams stronger.
When Lu Chun'e came back, she had already sewn half of the tent roof.
Lu Chun'e took the book bag off and put it on the table. She glanced at Lu Donglin and laughed at him: "Oh, the sun came out from the west today. You didn't go out to run around. Everyone, young and old, is doing homework at home!"
Lu Donglin frowned and looked at her, silently pointing to the new house.
Lu Chun'e was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously lowered her voice to ask him, "What's going on?"
Lu Donglin lay there listlessly and whispered, "My sister is angry. She didn't talk to me all day."
"What bad things have you done?" Lu Chun'e suddenly stopped laughing. After being together for so long, she understood Wen Wan's temper. She was soft and gentle, with a very good personality. She never got angry with anyone and always spoke with a smile. She had never seen her unhappy.
Lu Donglin lay there listlessly, his chin hanging on the table: "I just haven't finished my homework."
"Haven't you finished your homework?" Lu Chun'e suddenly remembered what Wen Wan asked Lu Donglin when they went to school in the morning.
"Are you talking about yesterday's homework? Not only did you not do it, but when people asked you this morning, you said you finished it at school the day before! Not only did you not finish your homework on time, you also lied. No wonder I don't want to talk to you anymore. You're really going backwards. Just wait for me to punish you!"
After hearing this, Lu Donglin didn't know what he was thinking about, and his eyes rolled around.
Lu Chun'e took out her homework but didn't start working on it right away. Instead, she went to the new house to find Wen Wan and stood at the door and called out, "Sister!"
Wen Wan responded, "Come in!"
Lu Chun'e pushed the half-open door open and went in: "Sister, have you started sewing the mosquito net?"
"Yes, I sewed it. If I don't do it now, summer will be over."
Lu Chun'e glanced at the not-too-white cotton yarn in her hand and said, "How do I use this?"
Wen Wan didn't stop moving her hands as she sewed skillfully. "I'll close the gap. By the way, I've wrapped the four sides with cloth strips. I'll ask your brother to cut some bamboo, pass it through the inside, and hang it on the ceiling."
"How can I help you?" Her needlework was rough and not as dexterous and delicate as Wen Wan's.
Wen Wan said, "Not right now. Do you have a lot of homework? If you do, hurry up and do it while it's still early. Otherwise, it's not good for your eyes if it's too late and the light is not good."
Lu Chun'e responded and left the house.
Wen Wan didn't say a word to Lu Donglin until she went to bed at night. She behaved no differently from other people in the family as usual, so no one noticed what was happening between them.
When it was time to go to bed at night, Lu Donglin couldn't hold it in any longer and rolled around in bed, unable to fall asleep. Lu Dongping slapped him rudely: "What's wrong with you? Do you have thorns on your back? If you can't lie down comfortably, go outside and sleep on the floor!"
Lu Donglin pouted: "Brother, didn't you notice anything wrong today?"
"What's wrong? There's something wrong with you right now!"
Lu Donglin simply sat up: "I made Sister Wen Wan angry, she ignored me all day today!"
Lu Dongping sat up suddenly. "Are you itching for a fight? You made her angry and she didn't talk to you for a whole day. What did you do?"
Lu Donglin was unusually honest: "I didn't do my homework when I came home yesterday afternoon. When she asked me, I coaxed her and said I had finished it at school. Then today, the teacher made me stand outside to do my homework as punishment, and she saw it."
Lu Dongping immediately understood why Wen Wan was angry. So not only was she not studying hard, she was also learning to lie!
He sneered: "What do you mean by telling me now?"
Lu Donglin said, "Then I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have not done my homework, and I shouldn't have failed to seek truth from facts."
"Go tell her."
Lu Donglin shook his head: "No, I dare not, she is still angry!"
In response, he received a good beating from Lu Dongping.
Several people in the room had just laid down and were beginning to feel sleepy when they heard Lu Donglin's deafening cry.
"What's going on?" Zhang Hongying had just lain down when she got up again. "What's he doing up in the middle of the night? Lu Dongping is already a grown man, about to get married, and he's still babbling with a child."
Lu Mingjiang pulled her aside and said, "Go to sleep. You're worrying about nothing. He's already in his twenties, how can he not have some sense of propriety? He can beat people up, and who knows what that bastard Lu Donglin has done. Don't always think he's still young, he's not young anymore. He's thirteen already. In previous years, sixteen would have been able to start a family. In the past, it's too far away to talk about it. Let's talk about the recent past. What was Dongping doing when he was thirteen? What is he doing now? If he fails again this semester, he might as well not go to school next semester. He's not cut out for studying. Don't waste your money and time."
The couple was discussing in this room, while Wen Wan and Lu Chun'e were also discussing Lu Donglin over there.
When Wen Wan heard Lu Donglin crying, she couldn't help but get up. When she was about to go downstairs to check, she was stopped by Lu Chun'e: "Sister, go to sleep quickly. Mom and Dad are asleep now. Maybe my brother is beating him up! I think he's just itching to be punished. He's getting worse and worse. My brother usually doesn't beat him easily. I don't know what bad things he has done. As for beating a child, I heard that you can't beat him and protect him at the same time, otherwise it won't work. He has someone to rely on and is not afraid of anyone. He is so bold. If you protect him, the family will not be able to keep him."
What she said made a lot of sense. Wen Wan originally wanted to teach Lu Donglin a lesson. Lying was not a good thing after all. She lay back down and asked Lu Chun'e, "Do you think he's really not good at studying? I see that he's very smart in other things, so why is it so difficult for him to study?"
Lu Chun'e said, "I don't know, but I think he's really struggling to learn. You've been watching him for the past six months, and he's made some progress, but he still takes every opportunity to slack off. I'm thinking that if he fails again this semester, my dad will definitely not let him go to school anymore."
Wen Wan was silent for a moment. "I just thought, if I can study, I should study as much as possible. Knowing more words will be useful no matter where I go. Now, while I'm still young and my family is taking care of me, I should go to school as much as possible! In a few years, when I need to be responsible for myself and need to start a family and support myself, it will be too late to study."
"Ah!" Lu Chun'e sighed. "This isn't something others think about; he has to understand it himself. He feels that studying isn't as comfortable as working at home, so how can he possibly learn?"
Wen Wan didn't say anything else.
The reason why she worried about these things was, firstly, because she had become a member of this family, and secondly, because she liked Lu Donglin very much.
But if it really doesn't work, then it's really useless to force the cow to drink water.
However, lying is a bad habit, no matter if you are in school or doing anything else, especially to your family.
Lu Donglin's self-torture trick failed to work, but it successfully angered Lu Dongping, who was beaten up and his buttocks were swollen. Wen Wan still didn't get up to look at him or say a word to him, and she couldn't even walk in a coordinated manner the next day.
As soon as he left the yard, he started calling Wen Wan: "Sister, I know I was wrong. Please don't be angry with me, okay? I promise to tell you everything in the future, study hard, and never lie again. If I lie again, I will be a bachelor and never find a wife in my life!"
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