stjorthotic Chapter 670: Setting Rules
Chapter 670: Setting Rules
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Although he had been drinking last night and came home late, Huang Xiaochuan still got up on time at 6:30.
When he finished washing up and went downstairs, he found only his son, Huang Zeji, dressed in his morning workout clothes, waiting for him in the living room. Needless to say, those two lazybones were probably sleeping in again.
Ever since Huang Xiaochuan decided to set rules for Liujin, he has taken the three kids to the yard for a morning run every day. The yard is big enough that they can run around the more than 1,000 square meter yard a dozen times, which is about 1,500 meters.
The main consideration is that the three children are still young and don't need too much exercise.
And so, the three kids' day began with morning exercise. After running, they would go back to their rooms to make their beds, then take a shower, change clothes, and go downstairs for breakfast. After breakfast, the tutors would arrive on time to tutor the three kids for the day. Especially for Liu Jin, Huang Xiaochuan had arranged two tutors specifically for her. There was no other way; her grades were just too bad. When Huang Xiaochuan saw the report card, it was simply appalling. He almost had a heart attack after seeing it.
When the two little girls were woken up, they still looked sleepy. After the little devil was woken up, he turned around and buried his head in the quilt, leaving only his bottom sticking out, like an ostrich.
He was still wailing, "My God! When will this ever end?!"
Having been mentally prepared, Huang Xiaochuan didn't indulge her. He grabbed the little devil's ankle and dragged her off the bed: "Huang Ruiying, hurry up and wash up and change your clothes. I'll give you five minutes. I'll wait for you downstairs. If you're even a minute late, I'll add a lap."
Not bad. Huang Xiaochuan waited downstairs for less than four minutes before the two sisters came down one after the other, with that ugly dog following behind them. And you know what? This ugly dog was more motivated than the two girls. It got up early every morning and ran more than ten laps with them. Although it was also panting heavily afterward, it never slacked off.
In February in Shanghai, the coldest days of winter had not yet passed. The outside and inside were completely different worlds. Inside, all you needed to wear was a set of loungewear, but outside it was below zero. Although the two sisters were wearing thick workout clothes for morning exercise, they shivered as soon as they stepped outside.
"Let's warm up our bodies first. Once we're warmed up, we won't feel cold after running a couple of laps," Huang Xiaochuan reassured the little ones, demonstrating how to warm up their bodies as he did so.
Huang Zeji diligently followed his father's instructions to exercise, while the two sisters reluctantly went through the motions.
Huang Xiaochuan's face immediately fell: "Be serious. If you keep doing this, you two will have to run twenty laps today."
Upon hearing this, the two sisters quickly straightened their attitude and began to exercise seriously.
After the activity was almost over, the adult dog and the three puppies started running around in the yard. A very ugly pug ran around excitedly around them, its little curly tail wagging wildly.
Just as the family was having breakfast, the doorbell rang. It turned out to be Uncle Zeng Jiahua and Aunt Zeng.
The two of them found out about their granddaughter Liu Jin's situation, so Zeng Jiahua gave Zeng Xia and Huo Miao a good scolding yesterday.
Huo Miao was so miserable at that time! He was completely caught in the crossfire. He couldn't win against his wife and dared not offend his brother-in-law. He was more wronged than Dou E.
Zeng Jiahua and his aunt brought a lot of rice cakes with them. They were quite heavy in their hands. The nanny quickly took them from her, but when she put her hand down, she almost strained her back. They looked like they didn't have much, but they actually weighed over 30 kilograms. This stuff is really heavy.
"Uncle, Aunt, have you had breakfast? If not, come and have some." Yu Xiang greeted the two elders warmly.
Zeng Jiahua waved his hand: "We ate here, don't bother."
At this moment, the three children greeted their maternal grandparents in turn.
"Grandpa! Grandma!"
"Uncle! Great-aunt!"
"Hello, Uncle! Hello, Aunt!"
"Hey, hey!" Upon seeing the three children, the two elders greeted them with smiles and hurriedly responded.
Huang Xiaochuan didn't need to guess why the two elders had come. After inviting them to sit down, he smiled and asked them, "You both know?"
Zeng Jiahua snorted angrily: "I've never seen a mother like this. She's so irresponsible. Huo Miao is the same; he's completely useless and can't even control his own wife."
My aunt got angry and slapped my uncle: "The children are all here, don't talk nonsense."
At this moment, Yu Xiang said to the three children, "Go and organize yesterday's homework. The teachers will be here to grade and check it soon. Hurry up."
"Okay!" The three obediently left the dining table and went upstairs.
Once the three children were out of sight, Zeng Jiahua spoke again: "Xiao Chuan! You shouldn't spoil your second sister like this. It's not fair that she, as her mother, doesn't worry about anything, but you, as her uncle, do! I've made up my mind. She should quit her job and come back to take care of the children. The family doesn't need her two salaries, okay? Does she think I don't know? Her monthly expenses are equivalent to her annual salary."
Huang Xiaochuan smiled and handed a cup of tea to his uncle Zeng Jiahua: "Uncle, calm down. There's no need to quit your job. Having a job is better than being idle. Think about it, if Liujin goes to school, she'll be doing nothing at home anyway! Besides, to put it bluntly, things won't be much better than they are now."
Huang Xiaochuan doesn't approve of the women in his family quitting their jobs to become full-time housewives. Besides, they already have a nanny at home, so there's no housework to do except take care of the children. But his second sister, Zeng Xia, is the kind of person who wouldn't be able to take good care of the children even if he quit his job. It's better to stay as things are now!
Zeng Jiahua knew his nephew was right. When Liujin was only two months old, his second daughter had already dumped Liujin on her younger brother Huang Xiaochuan while the couple went to watch movies all night. If she could do something so unreliable, one could imagine what other outrageous things this second daughter wouldn't do. Zeng Jiahua could only snort heavily to express his dissatisfaction.
At this moment, his aunt spoke up, her face full of worry: "Xiao Chuan! Don't be so good to them, especially your second sister. Look at her now, she's relaxed, but you're working so hard. Besides, you still have so much work. What if you get exhausted?"
Huang Xiaochuan comforted his aunt: "Aunt, you know best. I was raised by my grandmother and you two since I was a child. You also know how my eldest and second eldest sisters treated me since I was a child. Now that our living conditions are better, it is only right that they enjoy life."
Actually, there was something else Huang Xiaochuan didn't say: the sibling relationship across two lifetimes. No matter what, he would ensure his two older sisters lived a prosperous and peaceful life in this lifetime.
Hearing their nephew's words, Zeng Jiahua and Qian Jiazhen were filled with joy.
But Zeng Jiahua still said, "You've been good enough to them. You also have your own family, sons and daughters. It's not right to always favor your two older sisters."
Huang Xiaochuan coaxed the two of them, saying, "I know, I know, I'll be more careful in the future. But let's leave the matter of Liu Jin as it is. My main goal is to set some rules for her and improve her grades."
Zeng Jiahua and Qian Jiazhen couldn't say anything more after hearing this. After all, their nephew was only doing it for Liujin's own good. They really couldn't rely on Zeng Xia and Huo Miao to help with his studies. They knew their daughter and son-in-law best.
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