Chapter 1459: Saying Strange Words
“I have already explained a point to him once. After the matter’s done, he didn’t revise and digest the information. When he encountered the same problem, he still got it wrong and even came to find me. Damn it!”
In front of the three children, Qiao Nan had already tried her best not to use swear words. However, she was really angered by Li Dawei. She had not encountered such a situation before with her triplets at home, let alone an adult like Li Dawei. Her children were still studying in primary school. As long as she explained a problem and the children expressed their understanding, they wouldn’t make a mistake again when encountering a similar problem.
Qiao Nan felt that Li Dawei was hopeless because he didn’t digest the information he was taught. “I feel that this person is probably lazy. He will do his work once, and let others pick out his mistakes afterward. That’s easy and simple. I find it strange then. I’m doing double work but am I being paid double?”
“What’s his name?” Aside from Qiao Zijin and Ding Jiayi, Zhai Sheng rarely heard Qiao Nan’s tone being so bad when mentioning a person. Zhai Sheng’s eyes shone. The person Nan Nan was talking about was really a ‘genius’.
Qiao Nan turned her face and looked at Zhai Sheng. “What do you want to do?”
“Nothing.” Zhai Sheng smiled. “He’s from your department, not my army. No matter what I think, I won’t be able to do anything to him.” Of course, unless this person had relatives who were his men. Zhai Sheng would occasionally take it out on others as well.
Qiao Nan snorted, expressing that he didn’t believe Zhai Sheng’s words. However, Qiao Nan didn’t hide Li Dawei’s name and said it out loud.
“Li Dawei.” Sigh. Once Qiao Nan said this name, Zhai Sheng immediately realized that the world was huge but things were always so coincidental. “It looks like people from the Li family like to go this route.” One of them went to the army while the other went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Did the people from the Li family think that every department in China was part of their backyard? Wherever there was a good place, they would just stuff their children there. They wouldn’t even take a look to see if their children had the strength and ability in the first place. If not for giving the Li family face, would the person surnamed Li in the army last for so long?
Qiao Nan rolled her eyes. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wasn’t the only place the Li family was eyeing. They wanted to have some influence in Zhai Sheng’s army as well. Qiao Nan drank a sip of water and quickly changed the topic with Zhai Sheng because the three children were still in the backseat.
If it were other children, Qiao Nan wouldn’t be too worried. However, once they grew up, Qiao Nan had to worry about a lot more. Her children were too smart, especially Da Bao. Not only did he understand a lot of words, but he even knew how to analyze and remember things.
Qiao Nan had to start from herself and try her best not to put too much burden and pressure on Da Bao.
From the rearview mirror, she saw Da Bao pulling a long face and listening carefully to what they were saying. Qiao Nan felt disheartened and smiled. “Da Bao, did you forget what you promised me earlier?”
Da Bao blinked. “You two have said so yourselves. Er Bao and San Bao had listened as well. Without earmuffs, I can’t cover my ears.” It was purely because he was ‘forced’ to listen to everything today. His mom couldn’t put the blame on him. He had kept his agreement with her and tried his best not to consider these matters.
Er Bao and San Bao were implicated by Da Bao before they could understand what their mother’s words meant. Er Bao widened his eyes at Da Bao, with an expression that spelled ‘I really didn’t expect you to be such a person’. Even San Bao looked like she suffered a huge attack. “Da Bao, you have become bad!”
“Cough.” Da Bao cleared his throat and pretended to look away calmly, focusing on the scenery outside the car. However, his blushing ears revealed that Da Bao wasn’t used to doing such things and he was feeling shy.
It was rare for the Zhai family to be reunited. The Zhai family enjoyed their dinner well. Among them, Old Master Zhai was the most obvious in showing this. He even got Miao Jing to bring out the best wine in the house. He took a small sip. “When I was young, I loved drinking wine. It’s a pity that your mother was strict and didn’t allow me to drink as she felt that it would be harmful to my body. I continued to drink a lot in my lifetime. When I fought in wars, I suffered a lot of injuries. At that point in time, your mother kept crying and asked why I didn’t cherish myself. If something happened to me, what would she and Yaohui do?”
“Dad?” Miao Jing’s heart moved and she raised her eyebrows. She felt that it was strange for Old Master Zhai to be saying these words. “Aren’t you doing well?”
Zhai Yaohui became silent. He naturally had a deeper impression of his mother than anyone else but was still second to Old Master Zhai. After Miao Jing married him and gave birth to Zhai Hua and Zhai Sheng, he lost his mother not too long later.
When his mother was gone, Zhai Yaohui knew that his father didn’t want to continue living. He wanted to die together with his wife. However, his father couldn’t do so. He was still young and didn’t have a high rank in the army. If something happened to Old Master Zhai then as well, then the Zhai family would have collapsed by now.
The Zhai family’s perseverance didn’t fall but instead became stronger and stronger. This was all thanks to Old Master Zhai, who hung in there when he was young.
Everyone else thought that Old Master Zhai, who had been seriously ill before, managed to pull through for the sake of everyone in the family and that he couldn’t bear to leave his two grandsons. Only Zhai Yaohui knew that Old Master Zhai could hang in there until today because before his mother left, she pulled Old Master Zhai’s hand and said, “Old Zhai, my body hasn’t been good since I was young, thus I only managed to give birth to a son, Yaohui. However, our Yaohui can win against all the other children in other families. Old Zhai, it could be said that I didn’t disappoint your family.”
“I’ll leave earlier. I have already guessed this in my heart. Old Zhai, you have to promise me. We only have this one son and it took great pains for us to have grandchildren. You have to help me keep an eye on them more. When you’re old, it’s a huge blessing to have five generations in the family. Old Zhai, if our family works hard enough, can you take a look at the four generations on my behalf?”
Zhai Sheng’s grandma’s health was really not good. She had been ill ever since she was in her mother’s womb. When Zhai Sheng’s grandma was still young, a lot of people in the same village felt that she had the life of a servant. Nobody would dare to marry a girl like her. Within a couple of days of marriage, the bride could be gone and it would simply be too unlucky.
However, nobody expected that the most good-looking and capable man in the village, Old Master Zhai, would fancy her, a girl who was despised by everyone.