Chapter 39: Chapter 39 Bragging and Deceiving People
So, as soon as the two boys who had been playing wildly outside came back, she immediately egged them on to go and cry to Grandpa and Grandma for eggs to eat.
“Your grandpa said he’s going to give all the eggs you two are supposed to get in the next two months to San Ya only.”
The moment the two boys heard this, they were stunned as if struck by lightning, “Why?!”
Sun Lixia spoke with a tone that was both cutting and dismissive, “Because San Ya bragged and tricked your grandparents by saying she could finish the first, second, and third-grade textbooks in two months and start fourth grade right away.”
She absolutely didn’t believe that the lazy girl was a genius!
Clearly, she was just like her dad, shamelessly boasting and deceiving people for a bite to eat without even blushing or batting an eyelid.
And the two boys’ mouths fell open even wider, was their sister Mianmian crazy?
Especially Jiang Zhiwen, who had just finished third grade, even swallowed nervously, speaking hesitantly and with resistance, “Third-grade textbooks are especially, especially difficult to learn!”
His head hurt every day from writing homework, he wished he could go back to first grade instead.
“Right, fourth grade is even harder! A lot of students in our class fail their exams,” Jiang Zhiwu nodded in agreement, consecutive failures all detest and fear learning.
Hearing this, Sun Lixia let out a cold laugh, “Anyway, she will definitely get in trouble with your grandparents if she can’t finish, so you two go ask your grandpa for eggs now or tomorrow morning you’ll be left to watch San Ya eat them with envy.”
So, the two boys immediately turned around and ran to Grandma to start bawling; as for Grandpa with the stern face who hardly ever jokes, they would steer clear—he was too scary.
Having shooed her two sons away, Sun Lixia turned to see her husband’s thoughtful expression and asked, “Husband, what are you thinking about?”
Jiang Changtao looked at her and said somberly, “I am thinking, what if San Ya really does get into the fourth grade—”
“Impossible!” Sun Lixia cut him off sternly before he could finish, “That’s absolutely impossible; don’t you start falling for that girl’s lies as well. I mean, think about it, she’s so lazy, no way she could handle this hardship, not a chance!”
In many people’s eyes during this era, studying was a road to a future but also a task more tiring than farm work.
Hearing this, Jiang Changtao also thought of his niece’s gluttonous and lazy nature and nodded, “You’re right, maybe she’ll give up on her own in a couple of days.”
And Su Wanyu was worried about this as well, injecting a dose of prevention to her own daughter, “Daughter, we made a deal, you can complain all you want, but you can’t quit studying halfway. If you do, your grandparents surely won’t give you any eggs in the future.”
She knew better than anyone how lazy and delicate her own daughter was, sometimes even lazier than herself.
“Mom, don’t worry, I won’t quit halfway!” Jiang Mianmian said, a tad exasperated, seeing the skepticism in her mother’s eyes.
In her mom’s eyes, how could she possibly bear any hardship!
When in fact, she was out every day cutting pigweed and looking for wild greens.
Fortunately, her dad believed in her completely and even felt sorry for her, “Wife, look, Mianmian has to learn so much, I won’t eat any eggs for the next two months, you eat less too, okay?”
Jiang Changhai said with a tone of negotiation, feeling for his wife as well.
“Dad, you’re the best!” Jiang Mianmian flung herself at her dad’s leg in a hug, the very picture of emotion.
Indeed, only dads are good in this world; children with dads are treasures.
Jiang Changhai grinned and picked her up, “Who told you to be my daughter.”