Ye Qingqing was about to collapse. She had taught her more than a dozen times, but this unlucky child just wouldn't change his pronunciation and insisted on reading it as "ah boci de" according to the pinyin. Just like a straight-as-an-arrow woman, he just wouldn't change his way of speaking.
"They're exactly the same, why make two different ways of reading them? That's ridiculous!" Wuchen retorted even more confidently.
"One is Chinese Pinyin, and the other is English. Of course, the pronunciations are different for two languages. Are you deliberately nitpicking? Read it like I'm telling you, and if you get it wrong again, I'll have your brother-in-law teach you!"
Ye Qingqing gulped down a large glass of water until her throat was parched. She had never seen a student dumber than Wuchen. She felt sorry for Wuchen's English teacher; it was a miracle that this brat hadn't driven him to his death.
"I am Chinese, why should I learn foreigners' gibberish? I won't learn it!" Wuchen shouted, his neck stiff.
Ye Qingqing was so angry she felt like her balls were about to explode. This brat always thought she was right, she was going against the grain!
"The state mandates that you learn this; you'll have to take it to get into university. Go ahead and yell at the education bureau if you dare!"
"I'm going to tear down the Education Bureau right now!"
Wuchen suddenly stood up and stormed out. Those people in the Education Bureau are brainless. Why should Chinese people have to learn foreign languages? There's no such rule. She's going to tear it down right now!
"You come back here!"
Ye Qingqing was startled. This unlucky girl was definitely not joking. She really would tear down the Education Bureau. Feeling heartbroken, Ye Qingqing hurriedly chased after her and stopped Wuchen. But although the girl's legs were short, she ran incredibly fast, and Ye Qingqing couldn't catch up.
It was Ye Mingcheng who came out and stopped Wuchen. After much persuasion, he managed to get the unfortunate boy back. Ye Mingcheng looked helplessly at the furious Ye Qingqing and said, "Qingqing, you go ahead and do your thing. I'll teach Wuchen."
If Qingqing continues teaching, the roof will have to be torn down.
Ye Qingqing couldn't be happier; she didn't want to teach anymore, because if she continued, she would definitely get a heart attack.
"Dad, you have to be strict. You have to pass the final exam, otherwise... Humph!" Ye Qingqing smiled coldly, her meaning was self-evident. Wuchen rolled his eyes in anger. That stinky woman just takes advantage of her man to bully others.
Hmph, a dog relying on its master's power!
Wuchen thought of a newly learned idiom that he felt was very suitable for Ye Qingqing, and even muttered it to himself. Ye Qingqing had already gone upstairs and did not hear it, but Ye Mingcheng heard it and couldn't help but frown, feeling a pang of sadness.
This child's academic knowledge is indeed lacking!
Ye Mingcheng comforted himself, thinking that joyful education is the key. There are no stupid students in the world, only teachers who don't know how to teach. As long as he has enough patience, he will definitely be able to teach Wuchen.
"Wuchen, repeat after Daddy, abcd..."
"Ah, Bots..."
"No, read it like Daddy says. Yes, that's it. Remember that!"
Ye Mingcheng was very pleased. The happy education approach was indeed the right one. Wuchen was doing quite well now, but Qingqing was being rushed. She had finally learned to read the twenty-six letters of the alphabet, so Ye Mingcheng decided to give her some extra math lessons.
Third graders already have word problems, but they're all very simple. One of them is—
"There are 20 adult monkeys and 30 baby monkeys in the zoo. How many more baby monkeys are there than adult monkeys?"
It was a very simple addition and subtraction problem. Ye Mingcheng thought Wuchen should be able to do it. After all, the child never missed a change when buying snacks at the store, so his mental arithmetic ability was quite strong.
However—
"The person who set this question is out of their mind. How could there be more baby monkeys than adult monkeys? Only female monkeys give birth to baby monkeys, and not all monkeys in a troop are female; there are many males as well. Even if they were all female, monkeys aren't like Xiaomei, who can have a litter in her lifetime. A female monkey can only have one baby at most; it's impossible for there to be more..."
Wuchen started yelling as soon as he heard the question, saying he didn't want to do such a brainless question at all.
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