Chapter 14
"What did you say?"
Tu Chenglin suspected that there was something wrong with his ears and he was hallucinating.
But reality still slapped him in the face.
Tu Chenglin thought that the matter was over, but when he came back, he heard Lin Mei say that she had enrolled Tu Mian in a Go class.
"Didn't we agree on this? Let Guo'er focus on her studies. Learning the piano is already tiring, and we also need to save money to buy her a piano. We don't want her to use the school piano all the time."
"I know," Lin Mei held her forehead with her hand, "but learning Go doesn't cost much. Her teacher gave her a discount. The cost of learning it is far less than piano."
"The teacher gave her a discount? Is he trying to trick you? He probably told everyone that just to get kids to enroll with him. He's just a profit-seeking businessman."
"Businessman? He's Tu Mian's teacher now, so show some respect. Am I stupid? He really gave me a discount, but do you know how much he charged me?"
Lin Mei compared the numbers and Tu Chenglin's eyes widened. That really wasn't much money spent, it was almost the same as giving it away for free.
"No, then why would he bother?"
"It's a shame you were out collecting debts and didn't see the scene. It was quite shocking. You know our daughter, she's never learned Go before. She just went in to check it out out of curiosity. The teacher explained the rules but didn't teach her any moves. Yet, after watching a few games on her own, she was able to master everything and beat a kid who had studied Go for years. Tell me, what else is this but talent? As parents, it would be a waste if we didn't support her!"
Tu Chenglin was silent for a long time before he turned around and said, "Really?"
This is so magical. Tu Chenglin never thought that such a plot would happen around him, and to his daughter.
Lin Mei rolled her eyes. "Do I need to lie to you about something like this? If you don't believe me, ask your daughter."
"Oh, it's not that I don't believe it, it's just that... I haven't seen any women succeed on this path, but I do see some musicians. With this as a reference, wouldn't our children be able to have a smoother journey?"
That's what I said.
"That's because you're too inexperienced. There are definitely talented female chess players out there. For example, that..."
Lin Mei listed several people, which was told to her by Xu Ming.
"It's not that I'm not knowledgeable, it's obviously not very famous."
To be honest, it is difficult for ordinary people to know famous chess players. Only the top chess players may be known to them.
Women, however, are walking on thin ice in many industries and have to work many times harder than men to reach the same status as men. But even so, the balance is still tilted at certain times.
What's more, in the Go world where there are more men than women, women's voices are always weak.
"Since there's no reference, then there's no need for one. Why can't Guo'er walk a path that's uniquely her own?"
Seeing that Tu Chenglin was about to say something, Lin Mei interrupted him: "You have come this far step by step. Is it because of anyone that you can follow? Children have their own paths to follow. This is something to be celebrated. As parents, why should we stand in the way?"
Precisely because he has no reference and no support from anyone, he knows how difficult and hard it is.
"But Guo'er will be tired. You and I have worked very hard to get to where we are today, and we haven't had a very good life, but it took us a long time to get there. Do you want our daughter to be like us? Shouldn't it be our responsibility to help her avoid many detours?"
Seeing Tu Chenglin took the wrong path, Lin Mei was not angry.
Parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run.
What Tu Chenglin was worried about was that he could not be an umbrella over his daughter's head to protect her from the wind and rain.
He wanted to give his daughter the best within his ability, so he looked for work to do.
Tu Chenglin went to work as a dishwasher in a restaurant simply because the time could be arranged flexibly, it did not interfere with his work of picking up and dropping off his children and cooking, and it also allowed him to earn some money.
A man in his forties gave up his proud job and went to work as a dishwasher in a restaurant just because he wanted to raise a child.
Tu Chenglin doesn't play cards or mahjong, and he seems to be a good person who doesn't gamble.
But his background was crazy, and he placed the rest of his life bet on Tu Mian.
He firmly believed that this child would be his greatest pride in life and the support he could use to hold his head up high.
She is a treasure that cannot be replaced by any job or any wealth.
God has been very kind to him, and that is why Tu Chenglin is so cautious and careful in everything he does for Tu Mian.
"Sometimes smooth sailing isn't always a good thing. Guo'er isn't a flower in a greenhouse, nor is she a duckweed floating on the current. The path she's going to take is destined to be different from ours. Isn't that something we both know? You always want to make it easier for her, but that's just your idea. Have you ever asked her? Does she want to follow someone else's path?"
Tu Mian is a child with very high self-esteem. She understands self-respect and self-love better than other children. She never wants to be a mindless imitator. She wants to go her own way.
Even though she had never talked to her daughter, Lin Mei knew it.
She was the one who had been watching Tu Mian since she was born. She understood her very well.
Tu Chenglin was convinced. Perhaps he needed a tougher attitude to change himself. He was always stubborn and always insisted on going down the same path, but for the sake of his family and this hard-earned home, he was now willing to change.
What's more, as Lin Mei said, Tu Mian is very talented in Go, and this comes from a Go teacher who is very professional to them. What reason does he have not to believe it?
His daughter is not only smart, but also talented in other areas, so it's normal, right? It's just that she has more talents in different areas.
He had never seen a genius, but he had to accept the existence of geniuses, not to mention that this genius was his daughter.
Tu Mian was reading a book in the room. When she was reading, she always focused all her attention on it and didn't notice the argument in the living room at all. However, it might be because the two people were considerate of her and spoke in low voices.
She was fascinated by the cars in the book.
She felt that these were too square. They looked like square boxes, which made people feel depressed.
Will there be a car like this at home in the future?
Tu Mian thought, if there was, she wouldn't like it and she would change it.
What will it be changed into?
Tu Mian thought a lot, and while thinking, she fell asleep.
In the living room, Tu Chenglin and Lin Mei reached a consensus.
Tu Mian will learn piano and Go, provided that her academic performance does not drop, which is unlikely.
But if Tu Mian doesn’t have enough time in the future, he will give up Go first.
Tu Yin only found out about this when Tu Chenglin went to pick her up.
"You guys are just overthinking it. She's still a child. She needs to play and learn as she pleases. It's normal for her to like Go today and not like it tomorrow. She's just a child, so what does it matter? The future is unpredictable. Just grow up well. At worst, I'll cover for her in the future."
"Are you covering for her?"
Tu Chenglin angrily gave Tu Yin two brain-blasting slaps, "You are still a problem now, and I haven't settled the score with you yet. You failed math again, and if there is a parent-teacher conference for you later, I will feel suffocated standing there. Before the parent-teacher conference, you must pass math! You don't want your father to be scolded by the teacher at his age, do you?"
Tu Yin looked most like Tu Chenglin at this time, and the way they rolled their eyes was exactly the same.
"Come on, you only saw that I failed math, didn't you see that I was making some progress? I wasn't good at math to begin with, and to get this score, I've already worked really hard."
It’s different in the No. 1 Middle School in the city. Tu Yin always thought that she knew nothing about math because she was stupid.
It was not until she came to the No. 1 Middle School in the city that she discovered that the teacher’s teaching methods were completely different, and she was overwhelmed by the large number of questions.
Tu Yin's math is on an upward trend, and the progress is visible to anyone with a discerning eye, even though she still hasn't passed.
It was precisely because she saw the changes in herself that Tu Yin felt even more grateful to Lin Mei.
If her father were in charge of the family's direction, she would probably be content with still being in the county's No. 1 Middle School.
Tu Yin had more aspirations, just as she wrote in the letter to Su He - I feel that I am getting better and better. I always had many things that I was not confident about before, but looking back now, it’s nothing special.
The girl took another step forward in her exploration, and the unexplored world was opening its arms to her.
When she got home, Tu Yin couldn't wash up or go to bed. She turned on the desk lamp, opened the wrong answer book, and summarized the question types.
Tu Chenglin is not idle either. Tu Yin is still growing up, and in order to fit in, the child eats lunch and dinner in the cafeteria. How much profit can the cafeteria have?
Tu Chenglin would make her some midnight snacks every day, adding large pieces of meat and a few cracked walnuts to nourish her brain.
Tu Yin is working really hard now. Even when she is eating midnight snacks, her eyes are still looking at the vocabulary book.
"Stop looking and eat first. Don't choke."
Tu Chenglin took the vocabulary book. Although he was not forgiving of Tu Yin's change, he felt very distressed in his heart.
I always feel that Tu Yin has lost a lot of weight, even though Tu Yin eats four meals a day.
When lying in bed at night, Lin Mei was still reading.
"The learning atmosphere in our house is really strong now. I'll buy a book tomorrow and read it. I can't fall behind."
No matter how nice the words are, they always sound sarcastic when they come out of Tu Chenglin's mouth. Just like now, Tu Chenglin is actually expressing his feelings, but his tone sounds like he is blaming Lin Mei for reading.
Fortunately, Lin Mei has lived with him for many years and knows him very well.
Know he has no bad intentions.
But Lin Mei didn't want to pay attention to him today. She put down the book, turned off the light, and went to sleep. She wouldn't be able to hear this man talking, right?
In the darkness, Lin Mei was almost asleep when she heard a pinching voice in her ears.
"Thank you."
Hey, this guy.
Lin Mei didn't respond, she just felt
Life is also a muddle-headed one. If both sides can give in, it's okay to live in a muddle-headed way.
Because they are husband and wife and parents, their hearts towards Tu Mian are united and they work hard together.
It is rare for people to be confused, and it is also precious to be confused.
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