The next morning, the sun shone softly through the gaps in the curtains. Liu Guoren walked into the room angrily, pulled back Liu Yuling's quilt, and yelled, "You damn girl, the sun is shining on your butt, and you're still sleeping!"

Lucy Liu rubbed her sleepy eyes and muttered in a sleepy voice: "Who is it? It's so wicked to disturb my sleep so early in the morning! Let me sleep a little longer." After that, she turned over and was about to fall asleep again.

Liu Guoren was so angry that his face turned red, his eyebrows stood up, and his eyes were as big as copper bells: "Sleep, sleep, sleep, all you know is sleep! Look at how lazy you are now, do you have any manners?"

Zhang Meiqi, who was standing by, hurried forward, held Liu Guoren, and said softly, "The child came back late yesterday, let her sleep a little longer."

Liu Guoren shook off Zhang Meiqi's hand and said loudly: "You just spoil her! Even at this time, this girl is still so lawless. We must teach her a lesson this morning. We have to go back to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the afternoon!" As he said that, he turned around and went out to find a feather duster.

Zhang Meiqi hesitated for a moment, sighed, and stopped talking.

Liu Guoren walked back into the room with a feather duster. Seeing this, Zhang Meiqi pushed Lucy Liu softly, but Lucy Liu was sleeping soundly and did not respond.

At this time, Liu Guoren could no longer bear it, and hit the bed with a feather duster, shouting: "If you don't get up, I will really beat you up!"

At this moment, Lucy Liu jumped up from the bed reflexively, still sleepy, and shouted to Liu Guoren:

"Dad, who are you trying to scare with a feather duster? I did this when I was a kid. Now I'm grown up and graduated from college, and you're still trying to deal with me like this. Do you think I can live?"

After Liu Guoren and Zhang Meiqi heard this, they looked at each other with disbelief on their faces. Then, Liu Guoren pointed at Liu Yuling with a feather duster and said in a trembling voice:

"Girl, you are so lazy and unmotivated, and you still dream of going to college? You even want to graduate from college? You are just dreaming! You are talking nonsense!"

Zhang Meiqi hurriedly stepped forward, touched Liu Yuling's forehead and said, "She doesn't have a fever, why is she talking nonsense?"

After Liu Yuling said this, she woke up instantly and said with a smile: "Dad, I was confused in my sleep. I dreamed that I was going to college and was about to graduate. So you see, my good dream was disturbed by you. Please let me continue to dream for a while."

After saying that, she stretched and wanted to lie down and continue sleeping.

Seeing this, Liu Guoren was so angry that his chest heaved. He picked up the feather duster and hit Liu Yuling's buttocks.

However, Lucy Liu seemed to have eyes behind her head. She dodged in an instant, like a flash of lightning, and jumped off the bed in the blink of an eye. She quickly picked up her shoes and put them on. Then she ran out of the yard like a whirlwind, as if she had experienced this situation thousands of times. Her movements were so skillful that it was jaw-dropping.

At this time, Liu Guoren was not willing to give up and chased her out of the yard. So the following scene took place in the yard: Lucy Liu was running desperately in front, and Liu Guoren was chasing her closely behind, waving a feather duster.

After a while, Liu Guoren was so tired that he was out of breath and stopped breathing heavily. However, Liu Yuling looked relaxed and at ease. She also stopped and said to Liu Guoren seriously:

"Dad, you are old now. Anger is harmful to your health. Don't be angry. Don't always think about work. You should pay more attention to your health and exercise more. Your body is too weak. I need my mom to nourish you."

Liu Guoren felt uncomfortable after hearing this. He felt that this sounded strange, as if he was talking about kidney deficiency. He widened his eyes and pointed at Liu Yuling and said, "You girl, what nonsense are you talking about! I'm in good health!"

At this time, Lucy Liu covered her mouth and laughed secretly: "Dad, don't be so stubborn. Look at you panting so hard, and you still say you are in good health."

Upon hearing this, Liu Guoren stomped his feet in anger and said, "You heartless little thing, I'm doing this for your own good!" Then he threw the feather duster in his hand at Lucy Liu.

Liu Yuling took the feather duster accurately and said with a smile: "Dad, you are really strong. You can throw the feather duster with such momentum, but your body is not strong enough. You need to practice more."

At this time, grandma came out of the kitchen wearing an apron, with a kind smile on her face, and said, "Oh, that's enough, stop educating the children, and finish breakfast first."

So, everyone brought out the steaming hot meals from the kitchen and carefully placed them on the stone table in the courtyard. Liu Yuling quickly moved a few stools from the kitchen, and the family sat around the stone table to eat.

While eating, Lucy Liu was chewing food, her eyes rolled around, and she suddenly asked, "Hey, why didn't my brother have breakfast?"

At this moment, Zhang Meiqi was picking up food for Lucy Liu while explaining with a smile: "Your brother went to work early and has already eaten. If he waits for you to eat together, I don't know how long it will take. He will definitely be late."

While eating, Lucy Liu asked her grandmother, "Grandma, where did you go this time? Why did you take so long to come back?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere at the table seemed to freeze and fell into a brief silence.

Grandpa pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "Nannan, your grandmother and I heard some news about your grandparents, and we thought they might be in the same place, so we went there."

"Grandpa, where is he?" Lucy Liu asked anxiously.

"It's a beautiful place by the sea, called Haiyun City." Grandpa's voice was a little low.

Lucy Liu asked anxiously, "Have you found it?"

Grandma sighed softly and said helplessly: "Alas, we have inquired for a long time, but still have no definite news. However, no news may be good news, which is better than bad news."

At this time, Liu Guoren frowned slightly and said seriously: "Okay, Liu Yuling, don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping. Don't talk too much while eating! After dinner, you come with me. I want to test your academic performance."

Liu Yuling pouted in dissatisfaction, muttered, lowered her head, and continued to eat the food in the bowl. The family ended their breakfast in this slightly complicated atmosphere.

After breakfast, Liu Guoren frowned and seriously pulled Liu Yuling to the desk, ready to examine her learning situation.

"My daughter, let me test your math. I'll give you a sixth-grade arithmetic problem." Liu Guoren stared at Liu Yuling with his eyes slanted, a smile on his face, and his hands folded across his chest.

When Lucy Liu heard this, she frowned, put her hands on her hips, and said angrily, "Dad, you are a top student who graduated from Tsinghua University, how can you be the only one to test me? We have to be fair. You test me and I will test you."

After that, he paused deliberately and continued: "Since you are my father, in line with the traditional virtue of respecting the elderly and loving the young, I will reluctantly give way to you and let you take the exam first."

Liu Guoren raised his eyebrows: "Am I the one who is testing your studies, or are you the one who is testing mine?"

Liu Yuling was not willing to be outdone. She widened her eyes and stamped her feet: "Dad, you are so amazing. I am not inspecting you. I am just asking you for advice. Are you afraid?"

Liu Guoren smiled helplessly and pointed at Lucy Liu pretending to be angry: "Okay, then I'll test you first." After that, he frowned and gave a sixth-grade arithmetic problem.

Lucy Liu thought for a moment, a sly look flashed in her eyes, and she quickly wrote down the answer. She raised her chin and said proudly, "Dad, next time you choose a topic, you have to make it more difficult. Don't always choose these childish ones."

Liu Guoren looked at the answer on the paper and nodded with satisfaction, his eyes full of praise: "Not bad, you have learned well." Just as he was about to continue asking questions, Liu Yuling waved her hand and said anxiously: "It's my turn to test you!"

Liu Guoren laughed inwardly: What can this little girl get out of the exam?

Liu Yuling rolled her eyes and said, "Yes! There is a car with 4 people sitting in it. Each person carries 4 bags, and each bag contains 4 big cats. Each big cat carries 4 small cats, and each cat has 4 legs. How many legs does this car have in total?"

When Liu Guoren heard the question, he couldn't help but frown. He thought the little girl was quite capable, so he immediately picked up a pen and started to calculate seriously. After a while, he confidently gave the answer: "1288."

Lucy Liu shook her head and said with a smile: "No, no, no, wrong answer."

刘国仁一听,满脸困惑:“我算错了吗?”说着又拿起笔,边写边喃喃自语:“大猫数量 4x4x4 = 64 只,腿有 64x4 = 256 条。小猫数量 64x4 = 256 只,腿有 256x4 = 1024 条。人的腿 4x2 = 8 条。这一相加确实是 1288 条啊,没错呀!”

Lucy Liu shrugged helplessly, sighed, and said, "Well, I'll tell you the correct answer, it's 0 legs."

Liu Guoren was very puzzled, his eyes widened: "Why is it 0 legs?"

Lucy Liu put her hands on her hips, looked very proud, and said in a deliberately long voice: "Oh, Dad... I never thought that I would have to reveal the answer. Think about it, the vehicles on the streets outside, do they have legs? They only have 4 wheels! So this car has no legs at all. The answer is of course 0 legs!" After saying that, she stuck out her tongue at Liu Guoren mischievously, and she looked as playful as she could be.

Liu Guoren was stunned at first, then he raised his head and laughed: "Okay, okay, you win this game!"

After laughing, Liu Guoren's eyes flashed and he said, "Then let me test your ancient poetry. You must accept it."

Lucy Liu puffed out her chest confidently, and thought to herself, "That's no problem. I memorized a lot of ancient poems when I was a kid."

Liu Guoren asked several ancient poems in succession, and Lucy Liu answered them without hesitation. When Liu Guoren asked the fifth ancient poem, Lucy Liu's face fell and she shouted anxiously: "Dad, you have already asked four poems, it's my turn!"

Liu Guoren smiled and said, "Okay, okay, it's your turn to take the test."

Liu Yuling rolled her eyes and said to Liu Guoren with a sly smile: "Dad, then I will give you a question about Chinese."

Then she cleared her throat and deliberately raised her voice and said, "I'm going to give you a poem called 'A Wonderful Guess'. You come and guess what my poem describes."

So, she shook her head and recited: "Born like a four-legged spirit, growing up on two feet to walk the world. In old age, three feet are also slow, standing in the world with uneasy feelings."

Liu Guoren thought for a moment and said tentatively, "Is it a kangaroo? After all, kangaroos move slowly when they are young, like they crawl on all fours. When they grow up, they mostly jump on their two hind legs. When they get old, they have difficulty moving and occasionally put their front legs on the ground, as if they were supported by three legs."

Lucy Liu quickly waved her hands and said, "No, no, no, that's not true! Can your kangaroo still walk leisurely on three legs when it gets old?"

Liu Guoren thought about it again, and then guessed: "Is it some other animal?"

Lucy Liu still waved her hands: "No, no, oh, Dad, please think about it carefully!"

Liu Guoren frowned, unable to think of anything. Liu Yuling explained proudly, "Dad, look, this is about people! When they are babies, they are like crawling on four legs, and when they grow up, they walk on two legs, and when they are old, they use crutches like they have three legs, and people always stand in the world."

Liu Guoren suddenly realized and said with a smile: "Oh, my daughter is really smart!" Liu Yuling listened to the compliment and a proud smile appeared on her face.

At the same time, after helping her grandmother clean up the dishes, Zhang Meiqi sat in the bedroom near Lucy Liu's room and read quietly with a book.

Sometimes, Zhang Meiqi could not help but wonder when she heard Liu Guoren's laughter coming from Lucy Liu's room from time to time. She muttered to herself, "I thought Liu Guoren would quarrel with Lucy Liu and make him angry, but I didn't expect them to be so happy."

As she thought about it, Zhang Meiqi couldn't help but smile slightly and continued to immerse herself in the world of books.

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