Having decided on a husband, Xie Songlin was very happy, as were Xie Songbai and the others. The children would come to class every day in the future, and they couldn't always eat wontons from Manager Wang's house. Xie Songlin decided to make full use of the kitchen, buy vegetables and cook in the shop, and give the children some nutritious meals. Fortunately, he had tidied up the backyard when he renovated the shop.
There are four rooms in total. He did not move the original warehouse and continued to use it as a warehouse. The other room was a small kitchen, which he cleaned up and felt could still be used.
He simply decorated the remaining three rooms. He placed simple wooden beds in two of them in case someone had to stay overnight in the store. He also had asked Xie Songmu to put a few desks in the other room, as he had originally planned to use it as a simple school.
Now it was just right, with two boys sharing one table and Xie Wanxing occupying a large table by himself. He thought that his daughter would study again under his nose in the future. Xie Wanxing, who had studied for more than 20 years to get a doctorate, had now become an illiterate in ancient times. Xie Songlin found it a little funny to think about it, but with his daughter's smart and useful brain, it would be easy for her to become a child prodigy in ancient times.
Looking at Xie Songlin's expression, Xie Wanxing guessed what her father was thinking. She immediately reminded him, "Dad, I'm not planning on pretending to be a child prodigy. It's too tiring, so don't dream about it. I won't stand out."
Although she was reincarnated as a five-year-old child and had the opportunity to start over, she did not want to be a child prodigy that attracted everyone's attention. Perhaps it was because she had experienced a long and arduous learning journey in modern times. Her mind, which had finally relaxed in ancient times, did not want to be bound by the halo of a child prodigy. Moreover, she felt that it was meaningless to argue with a group of children with an adult's mind.
"How could that be? My daughter worked too hard before, so of course she can do whatever she wants now." Xie Songlin thought of Xie Wanxing working overtime day and night in the hospital, and was often on call even on weekends. He often felt very distressed. The family had plenty of money, so his daughter didn't need to work so hard, but he didn't want to interfere too much in his daughter's work, so he never said a word.
Xie Songlin picked up his daughter and spun her around. Facing such a little Xie Wanxing, there was a sharp contrast between her and the mature and intelligent older daughter in his memory. Even though he had been used to her for a while, he still found it funny.
The next day, Shen Yuxi came to the house at noon when school was over. He was wearing the school uniform of Hanfeng Academy and had an upright posture. After greeting Xie Songlin, he went straight to the study in the backyard.
At this time, several of his students had already been waiting there, and two of Xie Songlin's newly bought books were neatly placed in front of each of them.
As soon as Shen Yuxi sat down, several children stood up at the same time and respectfully saluted him as a teacher.
"Hello Mr. Shen."
"Okay, hello everyone, let's officially start learning to read today."
Shen Yuxi was moved and waved for them to sit down. Looking at the pairs of eyes full of expectation, Shen Yuxi's heart was filled with motivation. He decided to start teaching from "Thousand Character Classic". He picked up the book that Xie Songlin had prepared for him, slowly turned the pages, and began to explain the words and meanings to the children.
"The sky and the earth are dark yellow, the universe is vast and boundless, the sun and the moon wax and wane, the stars are lined up..." Shen Yuxi's voice echoed in the study, and the children listened attentively. They followed Shen Yuxi's rhythm and read along word by word.
Xie Wanxing sat at the back, occupying a large table, with her elbows resting on the table and her chin in her hand, listening to Shen Yuxi's class with great interest. She felt that his lectures were indeed very good. Not only did he patiently explain the meaning of each word, but he also sometimes quoted from classics and sometimes used vivid examples to deepen their understanding. She felt that her brothers who were just starting to learn to read should have understood it.
Xie Wanxing was sitting here not only to educate herself, but also to receive a task from Xie Songlin, which was to help him observe which brothers were really willing to study and which ones were really not interested.
Everyone seems excited on the first day; after all, a new beginning is always full of novelty and curiosity. However, to truly see who's truly uninterested, it'll probably take a couple of days until the novelty wears off and their true attitudes gradually become apparent.
The lunch break at the academy was not long, and Shen Yuxi had to go back to the academy and leave time for lunch, so the lunch class was only half an hour long. Qian had already prepared food in the small kitchen to entertain everyone.
A large table was placed in the middle of the backyard, with five dishes and a soup on it, including both meat and vegetables, and the portions were particularly large. Since they were all at the age of growing up, Xie Songlin bought refined rice and asked her to make white rice for lunch. Xie Yuan and several older children said they had to go out to the front hall to help first, so the only people who stayed in the backyard to eat were Shen Yuxi, Xie Wanxing, and the younger brother Xie An who could not stand steadily. Qian served each of them a bowl of rice.
Shen Yuxi quickly stretched out her hands and respectfully took the bowl: "Thank you for your hard work, Madam."
"Thank you, aunt." Xie Wanxing also took the bowl and thanked her with a smile.
"Mr. Shen, take your time eating. I'll go to the front to help." After saying that, Qian turned and left the backyard.
There were only three people left in the backyard. Xie Wanxing ate hard for a long while, while also observing Shen Yuxi out of the corner of his eye. Mr. Shen was too restrained when eating. He only picked up the stir-fried cabbage in front of him, and he didn't pick up any other dishes with his chopsticks. Xie Wanxing quickly saw through his nervousness.
"Brother, help me pick that up." Xie Wanxing stretched out his arm and pretended to try to reach the braised pork in the middle of the table for a long time. After failing to reach it for a long time, he could only ask Shen Yuxi for help.
"Oh, okay." Shen Yuxi ate his meal with a reserved look on his face. He was slightly stunned. Obviously, he didn't expect Xie Wanxing to talk to him. He hurriedly helped Xie Wanxing pick up two pieces of braised pork and put them in the bowl.
Xie Wanxing immediately put a piece of braised pork into his bowl: "Brother, you eat too."
Shen Yuxi looked at Xie Wanxing in surprise, then looked down at the braised pork in the bowl helplessly.
"Brother, are you disgusted that the meat was put in my bowl?" Xie Wanxing tilted his head with a puzzled look, with a barely perceptible smile in his eyes.
"How could that be? Thank you, sister." Shen Yuxi waved her hands quickly, picked up the braised pork and put it into her mouth, with waves of emotion in her heart.
He hadn't eaten meat in a long time. Life at home was difficult, and every penny had to be carefully calculated. Eating meat was simply a luxury for him. After coming to the academy, life was even more difficult to make ends meet on a meager income, and he didn't dare to even think about eating meat.
Now that he was a teacher here with a stable income and free meals, he could eat some vegetarian dishes. He was already filled with gratitude. While Shopkeeper Xie was still busy outside greeting guests, how could he eat meat in the backyard so openly?
After Shen Yuxi finished his meal, he took his dishes to the kitchen to wash them, said goodbye to Xie Songlin and returned to the academy. Xie Wanxing knew that it was impossible for him to eat freely for a while, after all, he still had many concerns in his mind, but she had already thought of a solution and no longer worried about this matter.
She mumbled her thoughts to Xie Songlin.
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