The leisurely life of a reborn dad

"Let's talk about it after Mr. Lei comes."

Cao Shujie said to his wife: "I'll go upstairs to rest for a while, call me when it's time for dinner."

"You go." Cheng Xiaolin said.

Cao Shujie fell asleep next to the bed upstairs.

When he woke up, it was already past 5pm. Seeing Mengmeng and Ruirui standing by the bed calling him, Cao Shujie opened his eyes and smiled at them.

"Dad, mom asked you to go downstairs to eat." Cao Yirui rushed to say.

As soon as he finished speaking, Mengmeng was unhappy: "Ruirui, what's wrong with you? It was clearly agreed that I would call you just now, why did you rush first?"

"Can I call dad?" Cao Yirui also stared at his sister with a fierce look. With his father's support, he was not afraid at all.

Seeing Mengmeng start to fight, the siblings were about to fight, Cao Shujie quickly sat up and separated them one by one: "Go down quickly, what did mom cook today?"

"Meat." Cao Yirui pouted.

For him, being able to eat meat every day is a very happy thing.

Cao Shujie saw his son's happy look and laughed too.

The three of them went downstairs to eat together.

Maybe because his sister came back today, today's dinner was very rich.

When the three of them came down, Cao Shujie saw his wife talking to his sister.

Grandpa was eating fish and egg custard.

Seeing his happy look, Cao Shujie was also happy for him.

"Grandpa, eat more." Cao Shujie said.

Cao Zhenghu nodded with a smile: "You should eat quickly too."

"The food cooked by your wife is delicious."

After hearing this, Cao Shujie asked his grandfather if he drank alcohol.

Finally, he heard his grandfather say that he should drink less fruit wine, and Cao Shujie ran to get the fruit wine.

In the evening, even his sister Cao Huifang drank two glasses of fruit wine. The family got together and it felt like they hadn't been so lively for a long time.

Cao Shujie also asked how his sister's short video was going.

Cao Shujie was relieved to hear his sister say that the overall work was good and the benefits were substantial.

But in the end, he still said to her: "If you feel that you can't do it anymore, come to work in the factory, and I will definitely give you a high salary."

"Brother, I just went there and you gave me a high salary. What will other people think?" Cao Huifang asked.

Cao Shujie didn't care at all: "Who doesn't want to work should have said it earlier. Does my company still need to listen to their opinions?"

Cheng Xiaolin thought her husband was really cool.

…

Room 1601, Building 16, Block C, Huangjincheng Community, Anyi City, this is Cao Shubin's residence.

It has been more than 10 years since this house was purchased.

Cao Shubin especially feels that after he turned 40, each year passes faster than the previous year.

What he is most reluctant to do now is to celebrate his birthday, and he feels an inexplicable fear.

He thinks that it doesn't seem like celebrating his birthday, but more like a death warrant stuck at the end of the year, reminding him that he is one year younger.

Fortunately, when he gets together with his family, he is still looking forward to it.

His wife Zhang Yi is packing up and preparing to return to Caojiazhuang, his hometown, the day after tomorrow.

His son Cao Yichuan will be in the third year of high school after the summer vacation. He should be preparing to report to the university at this time next year. I don’t know what kind of school his son will be admitted to by then?

Two tragedies happened in the community in the first half of this year. A third-year junior high school student jumped from his home.

Who knew that not long after, another third-year high school student followed him.

The couple saw the photo in the group, which was bloody. Since then, they dare not put pressure on their son. Let him play as he pleases, as long as he is healthy.

Now many people in their community are "terrified of jumping", and no one dares to put pressure on their own children.

Even the community group has recently stopped discussing sensitive topics such as study/training classes, tutoring, etc.

In the past, these topics were discussed so fiercely.

In addition, Huangjincheng itself is in the prime location of Anyi City, and most people who buy houses here have good financial conditions.

With money in hand, people have higher expectations for the next generation. In order to make the next generation meet expectations, the various costs paid are also high. It is not an exaggeration to say that there are numerous cram schools around the community.

But during this period, the employees of those cram schools dare not enter the community to promote their courses. They are afraid of being beaten.

"Wife, are you ready?" Cao Shubin asked his wife.

Zhang Yi was packing her luggage while there was still time, and took the books her son needed to review back home.

What if her son wanted to read it himself?

You can't just print it out at home when the time comes, right?

Zhang Yi put a few sets of clothes in the suitcase, and then put her son's books on top. She raised her arm to wipe the sweat on her forehead and said, "Okay, come and help me buckle the suitcase. There are too many things and I can't buckle it."

"Then take less. We won't stay for a few days in total when we go back." Cao Shubin said.

But Zhang Yi disagreed. She said, "I thought that since I finally got the chance to go back during the summer vacation, I might as well stay for ten days or eight days and let Yichuan relax in his hometown."

Cao Shubin really didn't know what his wife was thinking. He asked, "Do Shuxin and the others know about it?"

"Jingjing knows. We have discussed it with her and she agrees." Zhang Yi said.

The two sisters-in-law have already discussed it.

Cao Shubin wanted to laugh after hearing what his wife said.

What is this? Acting first and asking for permission later?

If he hadn't asked so much today, they wouldn't have told the brothers until they got home.

"Can Shuxin arrange it?" Cao Shubin was puzzled.

His younger brother is running the Energy Renewal Technology Co., Ltd. and is usually very busy.

Zhang Yi sighed and said, "Shubin, come on, let's chat for a while. Tell me when you will finish your work?"

Cao Shubin was choked and speechless by his wife's words.

But he also knew in his heart that he had today's work today and a lot of work tomorrow, and there was really no time to finish it.

"I didn't know you were going to stay for such a long time. I haven't made any arrangements in the orchard yet," Cao Shubin said.

But Zhang Yi didn't care and said to him: "You can drive over there tomorrow and tell the two masters in the orchard so that they can keep an eye on it."

"There are no fruits in our orchard now. We usually just prune branches and weed. There is not much work."

"Okay, I'll make another trip tomorrow," Cao Shubin said.

Their son Cao Yichuan was in his bedroom. When he came back, he locked himself in the bedroom and refused to come out. They didn't know what his son was doing.

They are about to enter their senior year of high school. This time they have summer vacation, and their vacation time will be shorter than usual.

Cao Yichuan has obviously felt a lot of pressure since the beginning of this spring.

His parents hoped that he would do well in the exams and enrolled him in various cram schools, online classes, and one-on-one tutoring.

But with his head filled with all kinds of knowledge, Cao Yichuan found it difficult to get more than ten points, let alone several more points.

But his father and mother often said how much they paid for him to study...

To be honest, Cao Yichuan is a little disgusted when he hears such words now. He feels that he can't feel their 'care' at all, and they just blindly instill in himself that he must study hard, take exams well, and get good grades in order to be worthy of them. Thought.

Of those two students some time ago, one was a female classmate who went to the same school as him.

He had seen her in school and thought she had a beautiful smile. He never expected that such a thing would happen.

But what Cao Yichuan didn't expect was that since that incident, his parents had stopped caring about his studies.

He remembered clearly that that day, his father and mother specially invited him to dinner. During the meal, they told him that no matter what grades he got in the exam, what school he went to, or what he did in the future, as long as he didn't regret it!

Originally, Cao Yichuan felt that his parents were too strict with him and suppressed him to the point where he was disgusted with studying.

But after eating that day, he suddenly felt that his parents didn't care about his studies, and he was a little panicked.

That feeling seemed to say, ‘Son, you are not good at studying, just give up.’ This in turn inspired Cao Yichuan’s determination to work hard.

He knows why his parents are like this, and he is afraid that he will be like those two people, but he really won't be that fragile.

So much so that on the first day of vacation, Cao Shubin and Zhang Yi wanted to let him go out for fun, but Cao Yichuan didn't want to go out at all. He locked himself in the bedroom to read, write homework, and answer questions.

After Cao Shubin and Zhang Yi made dinner, they called him to eat three times before he slowly came out of the bedroom.

Cao Shubin thought that his son was playing games in the bedroom. If he had left it alone before, he would have scolded him, but now he didn't care and let him make his own arrangements.

But Cao Shubin never expected that after his son came out, he muttered: "Dad, are you annoying? I haven't finished one test paper yet. If you call me three times, you can't wait until I finish the questions before eating!" "

"Good guy!" Cao Shubin looked at his wife, suspecting that he heard wrongly.

Don't talk about him, even Zhang Yi was surprised. This is not his son's style!

"Yichuan, let's not do the questions for now. Let's finish our meal first. Later, your dad will accompany you to play ball and run." Zhang Yi said to her son.

But Cao Yichuan shook his head: "I won't go. I still have a set of questions to finish. What are you playing with?"

"There is no rush in learning. At this moment, we must learn to relax one by one." Cao Shubin taught his son.

As a result, my son rolled his eyes: "Dad, come on, I still have to get into a good university. If you play with me every day, why should I get into university? Are you confused?"

"Haha!" Cao Shubin laughed when he heard his son say this.

He looked at his wife and suddenly wanted a drink tonight.

He also said to his son: "Yichuan, let's go back to our hometown this time and stay for a few more days. When you have time, you can ask your brother-in-law for advice. He is a serious college student in our family. When he just graduated, he even entered the university. The Agricultural Research Institute in Beijing.”

"Uncle?" Cao Yichuan stopped talking.

His brother-in-law is a legend in their family. Cao Yichuan has never mentioned to his classmates that Cao Shujie, who often appears on TV, is his brother-in-law and cousin.

Moreover, my uncle performed so well, and he felt a lot of pressure.

…

The next day, Cao Shubin went to the orchard he contracted to rearrange the tasks for the two workers.

At the same time, he also talked on the phone with his brother and talked about staying in Caojiazhuang for a while this time.

His younger brother Cao Shuxin said that everything has been arranged here and there is no harm in staying at home for a while.

"Anyway, it's just fun. I can't go back during the day. It's only once or twice a year." Cao Shuxin said.

He was quite reasonable.

On the morning of the 17th, Cao Shuxin drove over to pick up his eldest brother and his family of three, and drove together towards Caojiazhuang.

In the car, Cao Shuxin asked his nephew: "Yichuan, how are you? Have you decided which school to apply to?"

"Uncle, not yet. I think I'll see the results when the time comes." Cao Yichuan said generously.

"Okay, it seems that Yichuan is very confident in himself, so study hard and strive to get into a good university. In the future, he will work on his own like your uncle." Cao Shuxin said.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Yi said to him: "Shuxin, don't praise him. Let him learn slowly by himself. Whatever he learns is what he learns."

Cao Shubin looked at his nephew Cao Yixin. He and his son Cao Yichuan were only one year apart, and the two brothers took the college entrance examination one year apart.

Cao Shubin also encouraged him, but Cao Shubin's thoughts were different from before. He didn't think that he had to get into a good school to be successful.

If it really didn't work, they would work harder and prepare for the two brothers in advance.

The car continued to drive and unknowingly got on the highway.

After resting for a while at the second service area, the two brothers changed drivers and continued to drive towards Caojiazhuang.

They set out from Anyi City before 9 o'clock in the morning, and it was almost 12 o'clock in the afternoon when they returned to Caojiazhuang.

They encountered road construction on the highway halfway, and there was a traffic jam, otherwise they could have come faster.

But think about it, five or six years ago, it took them three or four hours to drive home, and now it is much better.

Seeing the familiar children's theme park and the people coming and going on the road, the brothers Cao Shuxin and Cao Shubin were actually a little excited.

Zhang Yi also said in the car: "I see that there seem to be more people playing in the park."

"That's right, now it's summer vacation, many students come to play, you see the roller coaster in the park is still running." Ren Jingjing has seen the roller coaster running in the park, and she also wants to ride it.

Not to mention her, even the brothers Cao Yichuan and Cao Yixin want to ride it.

But Cao Shubin said: "Let's go home to eat first. Anyway, there is no rush to leave these two days. It's not too late to come back this afternoon or tomorrow to play."

"That's right." Zhang Yi nodded.

She felt that the whole family might be waiting for them at this time, and it would be a pity to waste time outside.

When Cao Shuxin drove to the door of his cousin Cao Shujie's house, he just stopped the car and heard the barking of dogs in the yard.

Cao Jianguo, who was setting up a stall at the door, also heard the noise. He turned his head and saw his two nephews getting off the car. Cao Jianguo ignored the stall and walked over quickly: "Shuxin, Shubin, you are here. Are you tired on the road?"

"Oh, and you too, come down quickly and rest at home. Shuxin, your father is here too. Let's go home to eat something first, and you can go to the south later." (End of this chapter)