DAVM Chapter 129.3

“Are you going, Zhile?” Mu Xiaoshi asked.

Ji Zhile thought for a while and put down the potato chips in his hand: “Let me learn it too.”

In this way, he can make it for his parents to drink when he goes home.

Mu Xiaoshi relaxed a little. If Zhile also wanted to learn, she would have more confidence to teach them.

The three children walked into the kitchen, and the adults sitting in the living room could still hear their voices. Ji Zhile wanted to cut the lemons with a knife, but Mu Xiaoshi said that there was no need. They already cut a lot in the morning, so they don’t need a knife now.

Aunt Shu immediately said: “Madam, I’m going to see Xiaoshi and help them. It’s easy for the three of them to make mistakes.”

Le Qinzhen said: “Just watch them and don’t let them get hurt. You don’t need to help. Xiaoshi already did it in the morning.”

When Aunt Shu saw Si Tian, she also took the initiative to smile at her. Her attitude was completely different from the last time when Si Tian came to apply for a job.

All the developments before her were beyond Si Tian’s expectations. Le Qinzhen was completely different from what she had imagined.

Didn’t the information given by Xiao Ai say that she was busy at work, had a strong personality, and had little time at home?

Seemingly hearing her inner thoughts, Xiao Ai felt aggrieved and said: [People can change.]

Le Qinzhen spoke first. She glanced in the direction of the kitchen and then looked away. Her voice was slightly lowered: “I watched the live broadcast of the variety show. Thank you for taking care of Xiaoshi during the show.”

Si Tian said: “No, Xiaoshi is also a very well-behaved child.”

Le Qinzhen frowned: “She is just too obedient, lacks independent opinions, and is not good at communication.”

She asked again: “Ningyi and Zhile were educated very well. Ningyi’s mother, how did you educate your children?”

Si Tian was stunned for a second, thinking that this was going too smoothly. However, Ran Ying also asked her this question at the time, but Si Tian still couldn’t give a perfect answer. Would it be harsh to say that two children were born like that?

Le Qinzhen asked this question sincerely. Mu Xiaoshi was her only daughter. She naturally loved Mu Xiaoshi, but Mu Xiaoshi had always been too weak.

She herself always had a strong character, and she hated her daughter so much that she couldn’t be made into steel. She always thought that being stricter with her would make Mu Xiaoshi change.

Coupled with the busy work schedule, every time she talked with Mu Xiaoshi, Mu Xiaoshi would falter and couldn’t even say something smooth to her. Le Qinzhen was naturally angry.

Until Le Zhizhen brought Mu Xiaoshi to the variety show. Le Qinzhen did not go to work on time to watch the live broadcast on the first day, but Mu Xiaoshi’s behavior made her feel a little embarrassed.

Compared with other children, which one of them was not generous and polite? Le Qinzhen felt sad and embarrassed.

After that, she didn’t watch the live broadcast for several days. When she turned it on again, Le Qinzhen’s mentality had changed somewhat and her demands on Mu Xiaoshi had been much lowered.

However, she found that Mu Xiaoshi had changed. It was just that Mu Xiaoshi’s timidity and shyness seemed to be innate, and she also still had low self-esteem…

Le Qinzhen didn’t know why Mu Xiaoshi felt inferior. Her parents created such good conditions for her.

She studied in the best primary school, and they specially hired someone to take care of her, hired tutors for her, and allowed her to learn extracurricular knowledge and develop hobbies. How could she still have low self-esteem?

But Mu Xiaoshi’s various behaviors made Le Qinzhen feel more distressed besides hating iron but not steel¹恨铁不成钢, hèn tiě bù chéng gāng: 1. lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel, 2. to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom). Who wouldn’t feel distressed for her own child?

Especially when she saw Mu Xiaoshi blaming herself and being scared at the parent-child sports meeting, feeling that she had brought trouble to her Aunt. During the performance, she was reluctant to go on stage, and even her voice was trembling at the beginning. Le Qinzhen also felt unhappy.

 

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Translator’s Comment:

Well, sometimes, physical material does not guarantee your child will be great, I guess.

The parents still need to guide them step by step.

 

 

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