Chapter 8 The number one scholar’s father is a charlatan who always wins in gambling!
Three years later.
Si Yuan was holding a crystal clear red candied haws and eating it with gusto. He expressed his thoughts as he ate: "The candied haws made at home are delicious. The sugar coating is crispy and sweet, and the hawthorn fruit inside is sour and sweet and very appetizing. The pits are removed and raisins are stuffed in. The refreshing taste of the hawthorn and the soft and sweet taste of the raisins are combined together, it's simply..."
"Slurp~" A sound of sips came from the side, and Si Yuan glanced over.
I saw a three-headed little boy with a delicate figure, staring at the candied haws in his hand with his big eyes like black grapes. Every time he ate a candied haws, the little boy's eyes would follow his mouth as he chewed the candied haws mercilessly and cruelly. After hearing his description of the candied haws, I couldn't help but drooling.
Si Yuan took another bite of the candied haws. Hearing the crunchy sound of the candy coating breaking in his mouth, the little boy finally couldn't help it. He licked his lips and reached out to grab the corner of Si Yuan's clothes: "Dad, Dad, can you give me one?"
Si Yuan lowered his head slightly and looked at his adopted son Xiao Changqing who was standing on tiptoe and grabbing the corner of his clothes. He shook the candied haws in his hand in front of him and said in a long voice: "No - it won't work -"
Little Changqing's eyes suddenly turned red, and he burst into tears: "I want to eat candied haws! Mother, father won't let me eat candied haws!"
Seeing his son crying, Si Yuan was not in a hurry at all and quickly ate the remaining candied haws in a few bites, leaving only a bare bamboo stick. Then he sat on the ground and started to cry loudly: "Wuwaaa! I want to eat candied haws too, madam, my son stole my candied haws!"
Little Changqing was simply stunned. Looking at his father who was sitting on the ground in front of him, rubbing his face and crying loudly, he was so shocked that he forgot to continue crying.
The shouts of the two, one big and one small, summoned Yu Yan. Yu Yan walked behind Si Yuan and said unhappily, "Alright, alright, Chang Qing is a child. You cry when he cries? As a father, you are not setting a good example for your son!"
Si Yuan immediately stopped talking, and just sat cross-legged on the ground, and said with a smile: "If I cry, Chang Qing will stop crying. If I am not sensible, Chang Qing will be sensible, right, little Chang Qing?"
Little Changqing, who is just over two years old this year, didn't understand what his father meant. He threw himself into his mother's arms and whispered to her, "Mom, I don't want to eat candied haws anymore. Please give my candied haws for tomorrow to dad. Dad was crying so sadly just now. He must want to eat another candied haws."
Listening to Xiao Changqing's heart-warming words, Yu Yan couldn't help but recall the conversation Si Yuan had with her when he was educating his children.
——"When children are young and ignorant, we should not speak harshly to them, as it will affect the parent-child relationship. We should learn to be friends with children, and parents should also learn to show weakness to children, so that children can grow up."
Then she watched in amazement as her husband, who was in his twenties, fought with their son, who had just learned to walk and talk, for snacks and toys. He looked childish and seemed to be bullying a child.
However, Yu Yan later discovered that Si Yuan's seemingly unreliable method actually made her son much smarter and more sensible than ordinary children at a young age.
For example, regarding the candied haws, Yu Yan was worried that her son's teeth would get damaged, so she only allowed him to eat one candied haws a day, which was a small one made by the family chef with only two or three fruits on a bamboo stick.
After Xiao Changqing finished eating his own candied haws, he became jealous of his father's big candied haws and insisted on having one. However, after Si Yuan's outrageous behavior, Xiao Changqing not only stopped asking for the candied haws, but was also willing to give Si Yuan his share of candied haws for tomorrow.
The filial piety shown in this made Yu Yan feel very comforted. Logically speaking, such a young child should be ignorant and not know how to be filial to his parents. He should do things according to his heart, but her son has known how to be filial since he was a child.
Yu Yan held her son's soft body and asked gently, "Really? But after you give your candied haws tomorrow to dad, Changqing won't have any candied haws to eat tomorrow."
Xiao Changqing especially likes to eat candied haws. Si Yuan and Yu Yan are worried that the candied haws bought outside are not clean, so they ask their own chef to make them at home. It is an improved version and tastes better than the candied haws bought outside, so Xiao Changqing likes to eat it even more.
Little Changqing felt a little depressed when he thought that he would not have any candied haws to eat tomorrow. However, he still looked back at his father who was sitting on the ground, sniffed, and said, "It's okay. Changqing can still eat candied haws the day after tomorrow. Just give it to dad. Dad must be craving for it because he looks so sad."
Xiao Changqing knew very well what it felt like to be particularly craving for candied haws, so even if he had no candied haws to eat tomorrow, he would still want to share his candied haws with his father who was particularly craving for them.
Si Yuan reached out and took little Changqing from Yu Yan's arms. He smiled and rubbed little Changqing's fair and tender face with his upturned nose. He said happily: "Wow, little Changqing is so good to daddy. Daddy likes little Changqing so much!"
Little Changqing blushed and raised his hands to cover his face embarrassedly, and whispered: "Changqing likes daddy too!" Although this daddy often snatches delicious food and toys from him, he still likes daddy very much.
Si Yuan asked with a smile: "What about mother? Does Xiao Changqing like mother?"
Xiao Changqing answered loudly without hesitation: "Yes! I like my mother too!"
Yu Yan's smile was so sweet that it touched her heart.
Si Yuan suddenly asked Xiao Changqing seriously, "But what should we do if mother doesn't have any candied haws?"
Little Changqing was stunned by the question. Yes, he gave tomorrow's candied haws to his father, so what should his mother do if she doesn't have candied haws?
Little Changqing scratched his head and said in a baby voice, "Then, then I'll give my candied haws from the day after tomorrow to my mother."
Si Yuan stretched out two fingers and waved them in front of him: "Then Chang Qing, you won't be able to eat candied haws for two days."
Little Changqing pursed his lips, wanting to cry when he thought that he wouldn't be able to eat candied haws for two days. However, he looked at his father in front of him and then at his mother beside him, and still felt that he was more unwilling to make his father and mother sad than not being able to eat candied haws for two days.
With red eyes, he whispered, "If I can't eat for two days, then I won't eat. But can you please not let me see Dad and Mom eating candied haws? I can't help wanting to eat them when I see them..."
Yu Yan was so moved by her son's childish and cute words that she hugged him. She couldn't help but kissed her son's cute face twice: "How can my mother's Changqing be so good? I really like him so much!"
Yu Yan was like all parents of this era, reserved and dignified, and her love for her son was implicit and not revealed.
But when his son just learned to speak, Si Yuan's behavior was more unrestrained. He would hug his son when he wanted to, kiss his son when he wanted to, and say to his son "Daddy likes you, Daddy loves you so much" anytime and anywhere. So the first sentences his son said when he just learned to speak were "Daddy likes" and "I like Daddy".
This made Yu Yan extremely jealous, and she abandoned her ladylike reserve and dignity, and began to imitate Si Yuan by kissing and hugging her son and often expressing her love for him, so that her son could clearly feel that his mother loved him as much as his father.
Growing up in such a loving environment, little Changqing naturally became a sensible child who expressed his love for his parents without hesitation.
So when A Niang said she liked him, Xiao Chang Qing happily responded, "Chang Qing likes A Niang, too. I like her very much."
Yu Yan was so happy that she waved her hand and said, "Then let's ask the kitchen to make three more candied haws today, one for each of us. We don't need Xiao Changqing..."
Yu Yan was interrupted by Si Yuan before she could finish her words: "Chang Qing, this is your mother's reward for sharing tomorrow's and the day after tomorrow's candied haws with your father and mother. Chang Qing is a good and filial child. Your father and mother are very happy, so they decided to reward little Chang Qing."
Yu Yan originally wanted to say that Xiao Changqing didn't need to give her and Si Yuan his share of candied haws for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, but was interrupted by Si Yuan. She just glanced at Si Yuan and didn't continue.
Because she found that although Si Yuan looked unreliable, his various tricks in educating children were much more effective than her methods.
As long as it is for the good of the child, Yu Yan is not opposed to accepting Si Yuan's unorthodox educational methods.
Little Changqing didn't think too much. When he heard Si Yuan say that this was a reward for him, he was immediately overjoyed. The cheering little seal clapped his hands: "Great, thank you, mother!"
Si Yuan asked the chef to make three small candied haws and sent them over. Then Si Yuan pointed at the three small candied haws and asked Xiao Changqing, "Do you know who these three candied haws belong to?"
Little Changqing looked at the three small candied haws and thought seriously for a while, then picked up a small candied haws from the tray, handed it to Si Yuan, and said, "This is my candied haws for tomorrow, for Dad."
Then he picked up the second small candied haws and handed it to Yu Yan: "This is my candied haws for the day after tomorrow, for mother."
He held the last candied haws in his hand, looking at it again and again, and couldn't bear to eat it: "This is the reward my mother gave me today."
Si Yuan smiled and patted little Chang Qing's head, saying with relief: "Chang Qing is really smart, he didn't make a mistake."
After the child finished eating the candied haws, rinsed his mouth, rubbed his eyes, and was taken to take a nap by the nanny, Yu Yan looked at Si Yuan and asked, "Why did you stop me from finishing my words just now?"
Si Yuan chewed the last candied haws and swallowed it, then lazily continued to sit on the ground and said, "Do you want to give Chang Qing some extra candied haws for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?"
Yu Yan asked, "So what? Chang Qing is so filial and sensible. It's just two candied haws. Are you reluctant to give them up?"
Although Si Yuan has not gone out to work nor entered a casino in the past three years, he has often accepted invitations from some of his friends to attend banquets. Those banquets always have activities such as cockfighting and horse racing, and Si Yuan always returns with a full load.
So their family is not short of money at all now, and it can even be said that they have more money than can be spent for the time being.
Si Yuan certainly would not be reluctant to give up the two candied haws. He explained, "No, I mean, you can't give Xiao Changqing the two candied haws in such a direct way. If you do this every time, Xiao Changqing will have a misunderstanding that as long as he shows filial piety, he can get more things. In the long run, he may not be filial for the sake of being filial, but for the sake of gaining benefits."
Yu Yan frowned slightly: "If that's the case, then you emphasized before that it was because of his filial piety that you rewarded him with a candied haws?"
Si Yuan said: "He gave us two candied haws for his filial piety, and we rewarded him with one candied haws. Does he think that his filial behavior can be exchanged for more benefits? This candied haws reward only tells him that his filial behavior is correct and we like and praise it. Children's filial piety should not be taken for granted. If children lose their hearts, they should be praised and rewarded appropriately. Only when they are recognized will they be more motivated."
Yu Yan looked thoughtful.
Si Yuan continued, "As for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, you don't need to give him his share of candied haws. It's a good thing for children to eat less candied haws."
Yu Yan said a little embarrassedly: "But Changqing likes to eat candied haws so much. Let him watch the two of us eat while he drools. Isn't that not good?" She would feel sorry for her son.
Si Yuan said: "Then when we eat candied haws tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, we will give him half, and then tell him that it is because his father and mother love him that they are willing to share their favorite candied haws with him. Teach the child to learn to share..."
Yu Yan suddenly understood. She looked at her husband with a smile and said jokingly, "Before, my husband said that he might not know anything because he was a father for the first time and was worried that he would not be able to raise Changqing well. But now he knows more about educating children than I do."
Si Yuan sighed slightly: "The situation forces me to do something, there's nothing I can do..." After all, he couldn't become someone else's cheap father and then raise the child astray, right?
The system popped up a message to make its presence felt: [Host should thank me more. If it weren’t for the various parenting tips I collected, how would you know so much about parenting tips? 】
Si Yuan: […Thank you for your parenting tips. They’re so expensive in the mall, I can’t afford them at all. 】
System: [……] I took a look at the shopping mall’s purchase records. As usual, only the item ‘World Affinity’ was purchased. Si Yuan didn’t buy anything else.
So, the host figured out the parenting tips on his own? Didn’t you say that since you’ve never been a father, you don’t know how to educate a child?
Si Yuan said calmly: [Maybe it’s because I’m a genius. 】A true genius is flawless in every aspect, even in raising children.
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