Yuxiu lowered her head and spoke to her son, "Liming, this afternoon Mommy taught you and your brothers to call Grandpa and Dad. Do you remember?"
"Ah." Li Ming looked up at his mother, swinging his short legs. "Mommy."
"Now you don't call me mom anymore, you call me grandma."
Li Ming tilted his head in confusion and asked uncertainly, "Ancestor?"
"Yes, Grandma." After receiving his mother's affirmative answer, Li Ming nodded and called out, "Grandma, Grandma."
There are some brief parts in the middle, the articulation is relatively clear, but the tongue is still a little awkward.
"The second baby is great. He can call me grandpa now." The mother praised him generously, and Li Ming grinned happily.
Li Zhen was not willing to be outdone. He reached out to grab his mother's arm and shouted, "Grandma."
He was looking at his grandfather and gazing at his mother, but even so, Yan Guofeng was very happy; the first one of his three great-grandchildren called was mother, because it was not easy to call great-grandfather and it was very difficult for the three of them at their current age.
However, to put it another way, he was the second person the children called out.
Silent emotion filled his heart, and the endless joy brought tears to Yan Guofeng's eyes. Wiping his eyes, Yan Guofeng smiled coaxingly and said, "Our three babies are really smart. They know how to call for help at such a young age."
"Grandpa, they are just lazy. You need to spend more time talking and playing with them. When they are in a good mood, they will naturally shout. They are so young but they know how to do things based on their mood. I don't know what to do in the future." This is what Zhong Yuxiu was worried about.
Yan Guofeng said nonchalantly, "Children are young and ignorant, and everyone goes through this period. When they grow up and understand how to behave and the importance of connections, they will naturally change."
Children are different at each stage of life. Life is full of different situations. Only those who have truly experienced them can understand the true meaning of life.
From birth to old age, people live in a stage of constant change and understanding; a person’s past cannot be the basis for judging that person.
Zhong Yuxiu agreed, "Grandpa has a point. I hope they can grow up soon. If these three brats are put in a bind, who knows what they'll become. Rushan and I both have work to do, and the master who's in charge of them doesn't love you much. Grandpa will have to work harder to discipline them."
"I will take care of it. I will definitely take care of it." He is just afraid that if he is too soft-hearted, he won't be able to do anything about it.
"Pull it off." Li Ming saw that they were talking happily, and said another word.
"What is he saying?" Yan Guofeng asked his eldest grandson's wife in confusion.
Zhong Yuxiu lowered her head and smiled, "Li Ming is calling daddy."
"Wow, they even know how to call me daddy." Yan Guofeng smiled broadly, holding his great-grandson and tossing him around. He said, "Yuxiu, you've only been teaching the children for half a day, and they already know how to call me grandpa and daddy. You really know how to teach children."
Zhong Yuxiu didn't dare to admit what she said. The children were just following her instructions out of fun and curiosity.
"Grandpa, I'm so embarrassed when you say that. You and Comrade Wang should have taught them to call me dad, but they just don't want to. They're happy today, so they just opened their mouths."
Yan Guofeng knew what was going on. Maybe it was due to their teaching, but the most important thing was that the children liked to learn from their mother; this was the main reason, otherwise, why didn’t they shout at other times?
"No need to be modest. Mother and child are connected by heart. There's a natural closeness between mother and child. This cannot be erased. They like to be close to you. The blood relationship makes it easier for you to be close to each other. They also like to see you and Dashan as role models."
After a pause, Yan Guofeng looked at his eldest grandson and shook his head in disappointment. "Dashan just despises them too much. He lets the children know that their father doesn't like them very much. That's why they don't like to be close to him."
Wouldn’t it be better for the great-grandchildren to learn from their parents?
His eldest grandson and his granddaughter-in-law are both educated people with high academic qualifications and abilities. With such a pair of exemplary parents, the children will not be far behind in learning from them in the future.
The fear is that children are naturally afraid of their father and don't like to get close to him.
"Grandpa, can you blame me for disliking them?" Each of the three sons looked like a debt collector.
Yan Guofeng shook his head. "They are your sons. No matter if they are good or bad, you have no reason to despise them. It is because you did not teach them well. If you did not teach them well, you must work hard to teach them. You cannot shirk your responsibility and think that they are here to collect a debt. You owe them money by living in your past life."
"Children are like blank sheets of paper, born clean. What you, as parents, paint on them determines what kind of people they become."
Yan Rushan didn't have a deep understanding of this. Born into a military family, his parents served in the army year-round, and he and his younger brother grew up with their grandfather, who practiced a military ethos until his retirement. Spending years with their grandfather in the military helped to keep their values intact. Their current personalities were also influenced by their years in the military community.
"Grandpa is right. The children are still young. We, as parents, need to teach them well." Speaking of this, Zhong Yuxiu became angry and glared at Yan Rushan. "You should also stop saying things that show disdain for your sons, and don't look at them. Children are sensitive and can read other people's expressions."
"That's what I mean." Yan Guofeng sided with his grandson's wife on this point. "When you and Xiaohai were little, your father never disdained you so much. At most, he just threw you to an old man like me."
Yan Rushan: “…” He and the child had no memory of that time, so they just had to follow whatever the elders said.
"Don't disbelieve me, you and Xiaohai were very attached to your mother back then. Your father couldn't stand it, so he sent you to my side. As time went on, you became less attached to your mother and liked to run to the army instead." Boys only stick to their mothers for those two years. After those two years, they have more playful things and like more exciting things. They will involuntarily ignore their mothers, or even their fathers.
Yan Rushan was speechless. He remembered that he liked to go to the army.
The army is crowded and lively, and the training of those people is also very interesting. You may not be used to it and feel scared at first, but you will like it after watching it more.
"When they grow up a little, your father should also return to Shangjing. Then he will take the children to live with the army for two days a week. He will let them have more contact with the army and let them apply to military academies in the future." The old man is still thinking about it and does not forget to let his great-grandchildren inherit the family business.
The Yan family has been cut off from the grandchildren, and cannot be cut off from the great-grandchildren, otherwise there will be a real lack of successors.
Zhong Yuxiu smiled lightly, without refuting or agreeing; these matters should be decided by the children when they grow up. Yan Rushan and Yan Ruhai, who have been in contact with the army for many years, chose to go into business and research respectively.
No one can predict what will happen in the future.
Yan Rushan doesn't care about this. His sons' future is up to them to choose. He has no intention of forcing his sons to take any particular path; nor does he want to restrict his sons' future and thinking. They are all experienced people and know how happy and fulfilling it is to do what they like.
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