Chapter 49 Enlightenment Education
Early that morning, Captain Liu and Feng Yuan and others came over.
Xiao Qinyun welcomed Captain Liu and the others to the main living room, and Qiao Qinglu made a pot of tea for them.
Captain Liu waved his hand and said, "I don't like tea. A glass of plain water will do."
Qiao Qinglu smiled and said, "How can that be? A guest is a guest. I'll make you a cup of sugar water to sweeten your mouth."
After saying that, he went to the kitchen and brought over a few cups of sugar water.
Captain Liu took it and thanked him, then said seriously, "I came here today, firstly, to send Feng Yuan and the others back, and secondly, to inform you of the outcome of this matter. Investigations have revealed that this group is connected to Brother Hu's case from two years ago. The leader is Zheng Linbao, Brother Hu's sworn brother. Two years ago, upon returning from Northeast China and learning that Brother Hu had been apprehended, he secretly recruited some of Brother Hu's former followers and continued his fan activities. This time, they're targeting you, firstly, because someone overseas is offering a high price for project information, and secondly, to avenge Brother Hu. According to Zheng Linbao, they've drawn up three plans:
The first plan is to move around your home, look for opportunities to approach the children, and wait for an opportunity to take them away;
The second plan was to find an opportunity to approach Comrade Qiao and kidnap her;
The third plan is to call you pretending to be your family, lure you out, and wait for an opportunity to act.
Because you rarely let the children go out to play, and Comrade Qiao rarely went out either, they changed their first plan and now ambushed you near your house. If they discovered you were out, they would snatch the children from your way back. Then, they succeeded in snatching the steamed buns.
Originally, they planned to trade the fake steamed buns for information, then sell the real ones to the southwest, preventing you from ever seeing each other again. Fortunately, you provided the clues promptly, allowing us to rescue the child early. Otherwise, we would have been caught in the act, and we wouldn't have known what would have happened.
With the approval of our superiors, Comrade Xiao will be given a note for this activity. If you have any requests, please feel free to ask."
After listening to this, Xiao Qinyun suddenly asked, "Have all their accomplices been apprehended? Is there anyone named Li Hongzhi?"
Captain Liu was stunned. Who is Li Hongzhi?
Feng Yuan replied, "All the accomplices have been apprehended, except for Li Hongzhi. Comrade Xiao, why did you mention this person? Is he related to this matter?"
Xiao Qinyun said, "I'm not sure. This Li Hongzhi has a deep grudge against my family. He murdered my wife two years ago, and was released from the farm earlier this year. I suddenly thought of him, so I just casually asked. Captain Liu, since you said you can make requests, I'll shamelessly ask your superiors to help me solve two problems."
First, investigate the recent movements of Li Hongzhi and Li Yuanyuan to see if they have any contact and whether they will harm my family. Second, find a master for the children to teach them some self-defense techniques. It doesn't matter if they become extremely skilled, as long as they can protect themselves."
Qiao Qinglu followed suit, saying, "Captain Liu, we're lucky this time. Mantou was rescued, but what about next time? As long as Qin Yun continues to conduct research in this area, there will be dangers. We hope the children can learn to protect themselves."
Captain Liu stood up and saluted. "I will report your opinions to my superiors truthfully and contact you when I have more information. Thank you for your support of our work. See you next time."
Xiao Qinyun and Qiao Qinglu also stood up. "You're so polite. This is what we should do."
After Captain Liu left, Xiao Qinyun said to Qiao Qinglu, "Qinglu, the children are so young and their hands and feet are still weak. Learning to play the game is just practicing the basics. Why not just give them some enlightenment?"
Qiao Qinglu thought it was possible, but her idea of enlightenment might be different from what Xiao Qinyun said, so she asked Xiao Qinyun: "How are you going to enlighten them?"
Xiao Qinyun was a little overwhelmed by her question. "Isn't enlightenment just learning simple Chinese characters and numbers? How else do you want to enlighten yourself?"
Qiao Qinglu smiled mysteriously, "What I mean by enlightenment is children's enlightenment education, including parent-child reading, drawing, observing things and playing games.
Parent-child reading is when we read comic books with our children, drawing is when we guide them to draw freely, observing things is when we guide them to consciously observe their surroundings, and playing games is when we let them learn knowledge through play."
Xiao Qinyun thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense. If we continue to teach the children one, two, three, 123 in a rigid way, I'm afraid Doubao will give up in a few days. So let's start by playing games today. You can demonstrate how to let the children learn knowledge while playing."
Qiao Qinglu rubbed her hands and said, "Please go ahead."
She first took a bunch of grapes and a few empty soda bottles from the kitchen, then went to the study to draw a few little red flowers and got some scraps of paper. Then she called the children to the main room and said, "Mantou, Doubao, and Tangyuan, Mommy wants to play a little game with you. The winner will be rewarded with a little red flower."
Mantou, Doubao, and Tangyuan all became excited when they heard about playing games, especially Doubao, who clapped his hands and said, "Great, great! Doubao loves playing the most."
Qiao Qinglu picked the grapes, twenty-one per pile, and divided them into three equal parts. Then she announced the rules of the game: "There are three piles of grapes in each pile, and three glass bottles. Whoever puts all the grapes into the glass bottles first wins. Now, the game begins!"
Doubao was very active. He grabbed the grapes and stuffed them into the bottle. However, there were too many grapes and they fell down with a crackling sound. Not many of them made it into the bottle.
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