Liu Yun began cultivating the three children's learning awareness intentionally or unintentionally when they were two years old. Later, their father would teach them a little bit here and a little bit there whenever he had free time. Yu Qian and his mother did the same. The three of them learned in this fragmented way for more than three years.
Don't be fooled by the fragmented nature of their learning; at this stage, there wasn't much preschool education. At daycare, besides counting a few numbers, there wasn't much else. Furthermore, the teaching wasn't haphazard; with several teachers guiding three, and Liu Yun, who had previously studied education, there was plenty of solid knowledge to share. This "experienced" triplets thus stood out from the crowd in the eyes of their class and teachers.
The three children were already the focus of the teachers' attention. When the teachers discovered that they had mastered most of what the teachers taught, and that their extracurricular knowledge was already quite extensive for children of this age, they were given the teacher's special attention. They were called on to answer questions in class every day, which made things difficult for their classmates. The scope of the teachers' lessons became wider and wider, and even if the students prepared in advance, they could not answer the questions.
But the triplets were always able to answer the teacher's questions, so they became more and more popular in class. The teacher would ask them questions in class, and classmates would ask them questions after class. Even during holidays, the teacher would give them extra questions in private.
Needless to say, the teachers really cared about the three of them. They knew that the three of them learned things quickly and had a broader knowledge base than their peers, so they taught them according to their individual needs. However, the three of them felt that they couldn't bear the teachers' deep love.
"Mom, the teacher gave us a lot more homework."
"They often ask us questions in class, both during class and after class, so we don't have time to play."
"Moreover, the teachers are giving us more and more homework each time. We told the teachers that they are giving less, but it is getting harder and harder. We don't have time to play anymore. Zhuangzhuang's older brother said that it is second-grade homework, and Zhuangzhuang's older brother is in second grade and he can't do many of the problems."
Listening to the three of them crying and complaining, each one more aggrieved than the last, the whole family couldn't help but laugh. Liu Yun laughed until her stomach hurt.
"Hahaha, since you three inherited your dad's learning talent, why didn't you inherit it completely? You only inherited half, now you're in trouble!"
"What does it mean to inherit half of something?" Yu's mother didn't understand this, and neither did Yu's father and Yu Qianhe.
"He inherited the talent for learning, but not the attitude and ability to learn. He doesn't have much desire to learn and just thinks about eating, drinking and having fun all day long."
Upon hearing this, Yu Qian touched his nose, and his parents laughed even harder.
"I don't deny that this kid had good grades when he was young, but being obedient was the last thing on his mind. Back in the army, he was a complete little tyrant. I was afraid he'd get beaten to death outside. If your dad hadn't come here, I'd suspect he might have been ambushed on the way. Because he had three older brothers protecting him, he'd beat anyone he could beat to a pulp, and if he couldn't, he'd find someone's weakness to insult, always bringing up their shortcomings. When he'd had his fill of insults and the person came for revenge, he'd drag his three brothers over to help beat them up. If his eldest brother had been strong enough, I was afraid he'd get beaten to death outside. I was almost driven crazy by him back then. I couldn't hit him, and I couldn't win an argument with him. For every sentence I said, he'd have three sentences back. In the end, your dad had to send him to the army and beat him up a few more times before he finally calmed down."
Yu's mother bluntly revealed her son's past, "Don't be fooled by his respectable appearance now. If your father hadn't retired early, he would have been a complete hoodlum. First, his father sent him to the army and beat him into submission, which made him less arrogant. Later, due to his work, he had to be meticulous in his experiments, which gradually made him more composed."
Liu Yun never expected that the refined and gentle Yu Qian was like this before. She couldn't tell at all. He was the one who would criticize people and expose their shortcomings. It was really amazing that she wasn't beaten to death by her older brother when they were kids. It seems that she should send more food to her older brother and his family in the future to thank them for saving her life.
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. The root of the problem is here. Should I be glad that the three of them didn't turn out like their father did when he was a child? Back then, even with just his mother, he couldn't handle it. If all three of them were together, they would have torn the house apart!"
She had to watch the play, but the children also needed comforting, since it was still early! They would have much more to learn in the future. If it weren't for the fact that none of them could sit still for long, she would have already packed them up and sent them to Cheng Ke to learn embroidery. Cheng Ke's eldest daughter was already embroidering quite well at such a young age, holding a small handkerchief. She just hoped that one of the next two would be able to sit still. With such a good teacher here, it was really frustrating that she couldn't get a turn.
"Tuan Tuan, Yuan Yuan, and Bei Bei, although the teacher made you learn more, are there any questions that no one else knows that only the three of you know? Don't you think that's cool? Your classmates are older than you, but they still ask you questions. Isn't that cool?"
"Ah! Cool."
“Super cool!”
"Do you want to continue learning? That way you can always be better than them and know more than them," Liu Yun continued to guide them.
"If I'm going to learn, I'll be the coolest."
"We'll be the boss then."
Yes, yes.
"Teachers, you know more about these things than they do, largely because teachers give you a lot more homework. Also, your grandparents used to teach you a lot, and you've already learned those skills, but they haven't. Now they've learned them too, so they know them just as well as you, and they're just as good as you. If you want to be their leader, just knowing a little more than them isn't enough. Besides, they have many things you don't know, and you need to discover those things yourself and learn from their strengths. You can't just compare what you know with what others don't know. Do you understand?" Liu Yun tried her best to make it understandable to them.
"So, if we're better than them at everything, does that mean we can be the boss?"
"You could say that!" It's quite normal for kids at this age to want to be the leader!
Not long after the conversation, the three of them returned and pestered their father to teach them kung fu. Liu Yun thought that knowing some martial arts wouldn't hurt, especially for girls, it would be better to have some self-defense skills. Even if they didn't want their father to teach them, she would enroll them in various tutoring classes when the reform and opening up came out. She was already happy to have such a skilled master right now!
There's a reason why the triplets have always liked to cling to their father since they were little. Three-year-olds are at the age when they are exploring and learning about the world, and that's when their father retired. He spends his days with them. He's very knowledgeable and often tells them stories and talks about all sorts of things, from all over the world. Sometimes even Liu Yun and their mother listen with great interest. Naturally, the three of them like it very much and like to cling to their father more and more.
It is said that it is not unreasonable to be close to each other. Look at how modest Yu's father was at that time. If he was thrown into the army and asked to be beaten, he would really be beaten. He was still a child at that time! He was beaten into submission just like that.
So it seems the triplets are quite lucky.
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