“Isn’t this a bit too harsh?”
Old Ding asked Du Chen hesitantly.
"Old Ding, please don't be so soft-hearted. It's only been less than a year! Can you see how hard others work? Is it worth it to work hard for a year in exchange for an easy life later?"
When Jia Xiaomin heard what Lao Ding said, she said to him unhappily.
"I just think the kids are a little too tired."
Lao Ding explained weakly.
"Old Ding, if you can't help, please don't make things worse! Just do as Chenchen said. I'll ask someone to find tutors for the two kids tomorrow. Others who want tutoring don't have the conditions yet!"
Jia Xiaomin spoke to Lao Ding in a very forceful manner, not letting him interfere.
"Old Du, what do you think?"
Lao Ding quietly asked Comrade Lao Du, he still felt that it was inappropriate to do so.
"Old Ding, just listen to your wife and mine. Our words don't count. Do you have any better ideas?"
Comrade Lao Du's words left Lao Ding speechless.
"Dad, Uncle Ding, don't worry, it's nothing. It's less than a year away. They've studied so hard for over a decade, and all they need is this final push. How can they know their limits if they don't work hard? Besides, tutoring can be adjusted at any time. If they're really exhausted, we can adjust the schedule."
Du Chen said to Comrade Lao Du and Lao Ding that although he felt a little reluctant, this was the reality and there was nothing he could do about it.
"And if that doesn't work, then they shouldn't even attend evening self-study! We should first find out what they do during evening self-study. Is there a teacher explaining the exercises, or are they just studying on their own in class? If that's just studying on their own, then they might as well go home and get tutoring."
Du Chen said to the two of them. Du Chen had never asked Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao what they did during evening self-study. If it was just self-study, then there was really no need to stay in school.
"That's right, we'll ask them when they come back in the evening. If it's just for self-study, we'll tell the homeroom teacher and we won't go!"
Ren Surong and Jia Xiaomin, who were listening on the side, also agreed with Du Chen's proposal.
Du Chen set a bad example. Ren Surong and Jia Xiaomin were all whispering about how to help Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao spend the year, what they should do, and what their daily schedule should be like. As they talked and chatted, it was soon half past nine, and Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao were about to return to the store.
"We're back!"
Du Chen was thinking that the time was about right when Du Bin walked ahead into the eyewear store, followed closely by Ding Miaomiao.
"Du Bin, Miao Miao, come here, I have something to ask you!"
Jia Xiaomin waved and the two of them came over quickly.
"What's wrong, Auntie?"
Putting down his schoolbag, Du Bin walked over, confused.
"Is the math competition settled? There won't be any discrepancies, right?"
Jia Xiaomin first asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.
"Yes, it's settled. No other questions. The teacher also asked you to urge us to do more math tests, and the school may agree to organize tutoring in the future."
Du Bin spoke as a representative.
"Oh, the school organizes tutoring? When is that?"
Jia Xiaomin frowned and asked Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao. She was afraid that the school's special tutoring would delay the children's other courses. After all, no one can guarantee a ranking in the competition. If other subjects are delayed, it would be a loss.
"Mom, I heard from the teacher that during the 40 minutes of extracurricular activities in the afternoon, we students participating in the competition will be organized to do the test papers. We will have 20 minutes to do the test papers and 20 minutes to explain the lesson."
Seeing that Du Bin didn't say anything, Ding Miaomiao spoke to Jia Xiaomin.
"What? Miaomiao, are you sure it's time for extracurricular activities in the afternoon? Then we won't have any rest?"
Du Bin suddenly turned around and asked Ding Miaomiao.
"Well, the teacher told us about this this afternoon. Didn't you hear it?"
Ding Miaomiao asked Du Bin curiously, and even Comrade Lao Du and Ren Surong looked at Du Bin.
"Hey, Sister Miaomiao, why are you asking so many questions? My brother must have been daydreaming at that time. I can't tell what he was thinking about!"
Du Chen curled his lips and said, Du Bin is good in every way except that he is not stable. Many teachers have said that Du Bin is like someone with ADHD.
"hey-hey……"
Du Bin did not argue, and his smile explained everything.
"That's good. We should also make use of extracurricular activities. Miaomiao, what do you do during evening study? Do you do homework or do you have a teacher to teach you?"
Jia Xiaomin continued to ask Ding Miaomiao.
"You can do your homework and study on your own. But there's a teacher in the class. If you don't understand something, you can ask the teacher and he or she will explain it to you individually."
"Oh, that's it!"
Jia Xiaomin said "oh", then looked at Ren Surong, Lao Ding and Lao Du. She understood their thoughts through the instant eye contact.
"Mom, what's wrong? What happened?"
Seeing Jia Xiaomin silent, Ding Miaomiao couldn't help but ask Jia Xiaomin.
"Miaomiao, Du Bin, here's the thing. We adults just discussed this. Why don't you just skip evening study every day?"
Jia Xiaomin announced the decisions of several people.
"Oh, really? That's great! I've been wanting to stop going to evening self-study classes for a long time! Running around every day is exhausting!"
Before Ding Miaomiao could react and Jia Xiaomin hadn't explained clearly, Du Bin was already so happy that he couldn't contain himself and said happily.
"Mom, why don't you go to evening self-study? Besides, this is a school requirement."
Ding Miaomiao ignored the happy Du Bin and instead asked Jia Xiaomin why.
"Miaomiao, Du Bin, since you spend your evening self-study classes doing homework anyway, it's not very effective, and it's also a waste of precious time. So we've decided to discuss this with your homeroom teacher, and you two shouldn't go to evening self-study anymore!"
"We'll hire a few teachers for you, and you'll have your own lessons every night! The time will be from 8:00 to 11:30! What do you think?"
Jia Xiaomin slowly told Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao their decision, while Du Chen looked at Du Bin with a gloating look, wanting to know what expression his brother Du Bin would have.
As Du Chen expected, Ding Miaomiao's face was calm, and she even seemed eager to try. However, Du Bin's face suddenly became bitter, and even his eyebrows drooped.
"I think it's okay, let's try it!"
Ding Miaomiao's tone sounded eager to try.
"Mom, Auntie Xiaojia, I don't think it's necessary. We're fine with evening self-study, and don't we have to pay for tutoring? It's so expensive, I think we should just forget it."
In stark contrast to Ding Miaomiao, Du Bin tried to struggle, but no one paid any attention to him.
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