Chapter 238 No Child Prodigies
Although Lu Xiangnan and Tang Tian don't cook at home, they live there every day.
The home maintained the military style, being extremely simple and clean.
In no time, Lu's parents finished packing up and came out to take the child back into the house.
A straw mat had been laid out on the living room floor. The four children were put on the mat and started yelling and crawling around again.
I don't know if it's because they were in the yard for a while, but the four children kept climbing toward the door.
Jiang Jianni quickly dragged a chair to block the doorway: "We're not going out."
"The sun is too strong outside; my skin will peel too much if I go outside."
Just a short time outside, Jiang Jianni already felt the intense ultraviolet rays burning her skin, causing a slight pain.
So, winter is uncomfortable, but it's also really uncomfortable when it's too hot.
The child couldn't understand and wasn't allowed to go out, so he quickly changed direction and started climbing upstairs.
Jiang Jianni sighed, "You guys just can't stay quiet for a moment."
Aunt Lu handed over an opened coconut with a straw inserted: "Here, try this."
"This tastes good."
"After I went back to my hometown, this was the thing I missed the most."
"It's a pity this stuff doesn't keep well; otherwise, if we had it where I live, I would buy it every day."
Jiang Jianni held the coconut: "..."
Although it's not an island, the lifestyle of the people here is exactly the same as that of people on islands.
She remembered the only time she went to Hainan in her past life.
I went for ten days and drank thirty coconuts, averaging ten coconuts a day.
Just as the four adults took a sip from the coconut, four children crawled over, one grabbing an adult and pulling them up by their trouser legs.
With big eyes, she stared unblinkingly at the coconut in their hands, constantly uttering "ah ah ah ah".
The meaning is very clear.
The four adults: "..."
Okay, kids need to have one too.
Aunt Liu was about to make formula for the baby when Aunt Lu stood up and stopped her, saying, "You're new here and not familiar with the area. Let me do it."
"Could you watch the child for them for a while?"
Instead of making formula, Lu's mother opened a coconut and filled four bottles with coconut water for each of the four children.
The children didn't buy it; they pushed away the milk bottle and wanted the coconuts in their hands instead.
Jiang Jianni sighed, "No, you're still too young..."
Straws and pacifiers are not something that can be changed overnight.
The opening of the nipple is very small; if the baby doesn't suck, the milk in the bottle won't come out.
Even adults can sometimes choke when they suck hard through a straw, let alone children.
Aunt Liu takes meticulous care of the child and refuses to let the child use a straw directly.
Lu's father didn't care about anything else and put the straw directly into Lu Haiqiang's mouth: "Come on, grandson, have a taste."
Lu Haiqiang's eyes lit up. He immediately reached out, grabbed the coconut, took a big gulp, and swallowed it down. His eyes shone even brighter than before: "Wow~"
The child's exclamation was particularly genuine.
Seeing that they couldn't get anything from their grandma, mom, and aunt, Lu Yi, Lu Bin, and Lu Ran quickly gave up and crawled towards their dad.
Lu Ran, the little girl, crawled the fastest. Reaching her father, she eagerly tugged at his hand, saying, "Drink, drink, drink..."
!!
Jiang Jianni's eyes widened suddenly, and she pointed at Lu Ran excitedly, stammering, "She, she, she..."
At this moment, Lu Yi and Lu Bin also climbed up to their father, grabbing his hand and shouting, "Drink, drink, drink..."
Jiang Jianni was even more shocked, her fingers trembling: "They, they, they actually spoke?"
Although the first word was neither "Dad and Mom" nor "Grandpa and Grandma", it was "drink".
Lu's mother was even more surprised than her: "These three children, these three children..."
It actually started talking.
As we all know, children usually start speaking between the ages of one and two.
Mrs. Liu was even more shocked: "These three children are so smart! They've already started talking? They're only ten months old, right? They're still two months away from turning one."
Jiang Jianni quickly recovered from her surprise and hurriedly said, "No, no, what's so smart about that? It's just parroting."
"They are so young, they don't understand what it means at all, and they'll forget it in a few days."
She was not happy for her child to be labeled as smart.
The saying "a child who is destined for greatness may not necessarily be successful in adulthood" only elicits a sigh of regret when it happens to someone else's child.
But if it happens to your own child, it would be truly heartbreaking and a terrible tragedy.
Besides, a child speaking early doesn't necessarily mean they're smart.
Jiang Jianni had met a relative's child in her past life; the child could call her "Mom" when he was six or seven months old.
The whole family was overjoyed, but what was the result? After calling out a few times, the child seemed to have forgotten the skill and never spoke again.
Even worse, the child, whether due to natural speech delay or being frightened by his parents' attitude after speaking too early, didn't start talking until he was three or four years old and about to start kindergarten.
His family was extremely worried at that time, and they went to several hospitals for examinations.
The examination results showed that the child was very healthy, just a late talker, so the parents didn't need to worry.
What parent wouldn't worry? The grandparents were also extremely anxious.
Especially because the child was slow to speak, rumors started circulating that their family had committed sins in their past life and were now being punished for it, which was why they had a mute child.
The couple almost divorced because their child wouldn't speak, and the grandparents, who used to have a good relationship, started to blame each other in their later years.
Later, I don't know whose advice I took, but I went to see a child specialist.
As it turns out, the child expert said that the child could talk a long time ago, but was just too lazy to talk.
That family didn't believe it at all, and kept chattering around the expert, demanding that he explain it clearly.
The angry child yelled, "Stop arguing! You're arguing at home and you're arguing outside. You're not ashamed, but I am!"
The child's first sentence was so logical and full of emotion that they had no choice but to believe that the child was just too lazy to speak.
When asked why he didn't want to talk, the child reluctantly replied that it was too noisy.
This child is naturally quiet, but the adults in the family all have loud voices and talk like they're arguing.
And she was always talking to him.
The child's head was buzzing from the noise, and he grew to hate talking more and more.
According to experts, if they continue to pressure the child like this, the child may never speak again.
That family was terrified, and from then on they all changed their speaking habits.
Jiang Jianni didn't think her own children would be like her relatives' children. After all, those children were precious only children, while her family not only had three, but also a cousin and an older cousin of the same age.
Children grow up together from a young age, so it's impossible for them not to be able to speak, unless the child and all the adults around them are deaf and mute.
But she was afraid that if the child spoke early, it would create too many expectations among the adults.
It's best if a child prodigy doesn't appear in your own home.
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