Chapter 16 Stepmothers should pay more attention to their children
In a blink of an eye, it’s the day when kindergarten starts.
Early in the morning, Shen Baolan carried her stepson Zhou Hao out of the house, preparing to send him to kindergarten. Just a few steps out of the door of the unit building, she met Shen Mingzhu, who was also sending Pei Ziheng to kindergarten.
Today, Shen Mingzhu is wearing a printed sleeveless shirt, underneath is a khaki hip-hugging midi skirt. The skirt has a split on the side, half of her snow-white thighs are looming, and her hair is pulled back loosely with a red plastic With the hairpin pinned on, she looks more elegant.
Pei Ziheng was also well dressed, wearing a brand new striped navy shirt, apricot shorts, and blue and white sneakers. Not to mention he looked very energetic.
Shen Baolan looked down at herself again, wearing a blue floral top, black bell-bottom pants, plastic sandals, and a thick braid on the back of her head.
This outfit is quite decent and there is nothing wrong with it, but compared with Shen Mingzhu, it looks inexplicably tacky.
Looking at his stepson Zhou Hao, he is neatly dressed in an ordinary white shirt and blue shorts, but he is not as fashionable and energetic as Pei Ziheng.
Besides, Shen Mingzhu looks much better than her.
In the days after marrying into the Zhou family, she had to get up at 6 o'clock every morning to cook breakfast for the whole family. After cooking, she had to feed her stepson before it was her turn to serve the dishes. After that, she had to wash the dishes, wash clothes and mop the clothes. She went out to buy groceries, and except for a break in the afternoon, she was so busy almost every day that her feet never touched the floor.
Shen Mingzhu, on the other hand, looked radiant and looked like she was eating well, sleeping well, and not doing much work.
But it doesn't matter, let Shen Mingzhu be proud for a while, and wait half a year later, Shen Mingzhu will cry.
Thinking this way, Shen Baolan felt much better.
"Mingzhu, do you think we were enemies in our last lives? When we were young, we grew up in the same village. When we grew up, we married into the same family home. Now these two children go to the same kindergarten. Do you think it's a coincidence?"
Shen Mingzhu responded casually, "It's quite a coincidence."
While the two were chatting, Pei Ziheng and Zhou Hao were also competing with each other.
Zhou Hao, who was being held by Shen Baolan, obviously had a bit of pride and show off on his face, "Pei Ziheng, your stepmother doesn't even hug you and lets you walk by yourself. You are so pitiful."
Shen Mingzhu and Shen Baolan were both stunned.
Shen Baolan hypocritically apologized for her stepson, "Oh, children are not sensible, Mingzhu, don't take it to heart, Xiaoheng, Xiaohao are joking with you."
Shen Mingzhu rolled her eyes, and was about to say that Pei Ziheng didn't need anyone to hold her, when she heard Pei Ziheng say: "I'm not disabled, I can walk by myself."
The implication is to ridicule Zhou Hao for having to be hugged by adults when he goes to school. Could it be that he is a cripple.
Zhou Hao's mouth flattened, tears filled his eyes, and he was about to cry in the next second.
Zhou Hao loves to cry and is difficult to coax. Every time he cries, he has to be coaxed for a long time. When Pei Ziheng made his stepson cry with just two words, Shen Baolan immediately became angry.
"How did Pei Ziheng talk? Who did you say was disabled? How did you teach your child, Mingzhu?"
"Children are ignorant, Baolan, don't take it to heart. Xiaohao, Xiaoheng are joking with you, don't cry, ah."
Shen Mingzhu returned Shen Baolan's previous words unchanged, choking and making Shen Baolan stare.
At this time, two more pairs of mother and son came over and greeted Shen Mingzhu and the others with a smile.
Seeing Zhou Hao bursting into tears, a mother asked jokingly what was wrong. Shen Baolan kept a cold face and said nothing, while Shen Mingzhu smiled and replied that the two children were bickering.
"Children are like this, they make noise and laugh sometimes. Xiaohao, it's the first day of kindergarten today. If you cry, you will be laughed at by other children."
Although Zhou Hao was young, he still had self-esteem and a strong heart. In order not to be laughed at by everyone, he suppressed his tears and kept glaring at Pei Ziheng with his rabbit-like red eyes.
Shen Mingzhu calmly pulled her stepson behind her, smiled and said to the other two mothers, "Let's go, don't be late on the first day."
After saying that, he took Pei Ziheng and left first.
The other two mothers also followed behind with their babies, and Shen Baolan, who was holding Zhou Hao, fell at the back.
Seeing that everyone was holding the baby and walking away, and she was the only one holding it, Shen Baolan also wanted to put her stepson down and let him go on his own.
However, Zhou Hao refused to get off the ground no matter what, otherwise he would moan and cry. Shen Baolan had no choice but to continue carrying him, and soon he was exhausted and sweating all over.
After leaving the family home, I met several parents on the road who also sent their children to institutional kindergartens. They were all raising children, and it was easy to have a common topic.
"Hey, has your child become enlightened?"
Seeing that Shen Mingzhu and her son were both good-looking and good-looking, a mother took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Shen Mingzhu.
"No, the child is still young, so don't worry."
"Oh, don't think so. The earlier the enlightenment starts, the better it is for the child. The earlier the enlightenment, the earlier the intellectual development. Otherwise, he will not be able to keep up when he reaches elementary school."
Another mother listened and repeatedly echoed, "Yes, my child became enlightened at the beginning of the year. Now he can count from 1 to 50, and can also do addition and subtraction within 10."
At this time, Shen Baolan came over with her stepson in her arms, unwilling to be outdone, "My Xiaohao started enlightenment half a year earlier than yours. He can count to 100 and can also write his own name."
After saying that, he cast a provocative glance at Shen Mingzhu, "Mingzhu, as a stepmother, you should pay more attention to your children. Don't just focus on eating, drinking and enjoying yourself. If you ruin your child's life, be careful of retribution in the future."
"Shen Baolan, your family lives by the sea, right? You have such a lenient control. It has only been a few days since you married into the Zhou family? Do you have half a cent to do with Zhou Hao's enlightenment? You should hold your son tightly. I don't think I need to control the child. You worry."
Shen Baolan was stunned.
She couldn't understand how Shen Mingzhu could get angry whenever he said it, without any mercy, and wasn't he afraid that everyone would laugh at her?
At this time, Pei Ziheng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke to Zhou Hao, "Zhou Hao, do you know what the value of two is two?"
The little Zhou Hao looked confused, obviously not understanding what Pei Ziheng was talking about.
"What's three three?"
"Where's Wu Wu?"
After asking several times, Zhou Hao couldn't answer. Pei Ziheng loudly said the answer, "Two two is four, three three is nine, five five twenty five, seven seven forty nine, nine nine eighty one, Very simple."
All the parents looked at Pei Ziheng in shock and silence, as if they were looking at a rare treasure.
Shen Mingzhu was surprised and happy, and wished she could hug Pei Ziheng and kiss him hard.
This child is so handsome!
"You also said that your child is not enlightened and can even memorize the multiplication table."
"Your child seems to be silent, like a stuffy gourd. His little head is too smart. He will definitely have a lot to do when he grows up."
Parents, you say something to me, half-bitterly, half-praisingly.
Shen Mingzhu was happy in her heart, but she said modestly, "No, my Zi Heng is just a little precocious and has a good memory. I didn't teach him much, so he learned it on his own."
After hearing Shen Mingzhu's words, all the parents praised her again.
Shen Baolan hugged her stepson and looked at Shen Mingzhu and Pei Ziheng, mother and son, who were being praised by everyone, and felt sour and angry.
Is there anything strange about being able to memorize the multiplication table? It seems like her Xiaohao can’t learn it!
"Xiao Hao, when you get home from school in the evening, I will teach you how to memorize the multiplication table, and we will compete with Pei Ziheng."
"Well, I want to learn the multiplication tables."
Zhou Hao still doesn't understand what a multiplication table is, but when he saw that Pei Ziheng was praised by so many people after reciting the multiplication table, he thought it was a good thing and wanted to learn it, so he learned to recite it in public so that everyone could learn it. They also praised him.