Chapter 328
This era was different from the future, so naturally she couldn't take things lightly.
She simply relaxed and said, "Then press a bit more."
Zhou Yueshen had large hands, and her frame was delicate; it felt as if his rough, big hands could snap her bones with just a gentle squeeze.
He lightened his force, using his thumbs to press down on the tense areas of her arms.
Before long, a large patch of Si Nian's arm had turned red.
After the pain faded, an unexpected, satisfying soreness took over.
Her arms felt significantly more relaxed.
Si Nian was very satisfied with her older husband's service. If it weren't for her son calling them down to eat, she would have wanted a full-body massage.
Zhou Yueshen kneaded her small hands and asked, "Are they still sore?"
Si Nian replied, "A bit better."
She moved her neck around and said, "My neck is even more sore. You have to rub it for me again tonight."
Zhou Yueshen said okay.
He held her hand and led her downstairs.
The three little ones were already sitting obediently at the dining table, waiting for dinner.
Si Nian rubbed their little heads apologetically, "Mommy was so busy today that I forgot the time. You guys must be hungry."
"Mommy, I'm not hungry. I was waiting to eat with Mommy," the Second Child said immediately.
Yaoyao sat on the stool, her short little legs dangling and swinging happily. Holding a small spoon, she said, "Mama, I want to eat meat."
Si Nian's gaze fell on the three dishes and one soup on the table.
The dishes looked pretty good.
It was just that the meat was sliced so thickly that it looked rather intimidating.
Although she quite liked eating cured meat, she only liked the thinly sliced kind, which was mostly lean.
Her older husband really was something. How could anyone eat slices this thick?
Fortunately, the three children had experienced hunger before, so they all loved eating meat.
They didn't find it too greasy even though it was so fatty.
Si Nian picked out a slightly leaner piece for her daughter.
Only then did she sit down.
Just as she picked up her bowl, Zhou Yueshen placed a piece of meat into it with his chopsticks, saying, "You've been tired lately. Eat more to nourish yourself."
He remembered that Si Nian loved cured meat, so he had stir-fried a large plate of it today.
Si Nian: "......."
"I appreciate the gesture, but you can take the meat back."
She turned around and transferred it back into her older husband's bowl.
Zhou Yueshen thought she disliked his cooking and said, "I made it according to the method you used before. The taste shouldn't be bad."
Si Nian: "I don't mean that. It's just that this meat is too fatty."
The Second Child, biting into a piece of fatty meat, took a moment to say, "It's not fatty, it's yummy~"
Si Nian rolled her eyes at him.
Seeing his father's distressed face, Zhou Zedong reminded him, "Mommy only likes eating the lean parts."
Si Nian was immediately touched: "Our Xiaodong understands Mommy the best."
Zhou Yueshen froze.
Because in this era, he rarely saw anyone who didn't like eating fatty meat.
People in rural areas loved fatty meat; when they bought meat, they always chose the fattiest cuts.
Not only could it be rendered into lard, but they also loved eating the crispy pork cracklings.
The men would stuff it into their mouths chopstick by chopstick.
The children loved it too, so Si Nian often cooked it.
But in comparison, Si Nian always cut it into smaller pieces.
Just now, he was wondering if he had cut it too thickly.
Now, his son's words suddenly woke him up to reality.
Zhou Yueshen ate the fat and placed the lean meat into her bowl.
Si Nian looked at him in amusement.
But she didn't mind and started eating.
Come to think of it, she was like this when she was a child too. She didn't like eating fatty meat.
Her father would also eat the fat and give her the lean pieces.
Perhaps people from this era all liked to do this.
After dinner, the children went to wash up.
Zhou Yuehan remembered again how his younger sister was more amazing than he was.
He tugged at Si Nian and asked, "Mommy, did you secretly teach sister English?"
Si Nian yawned. She had been planning to go upstairs to find her older husband for a massage, but her son's interruption made her swallow half her yawn. She asked in confusion, "Hmm? Secretly teach your sister to speak English?"
The Second Child pouted his lips so high that you could hang a bottle on them.
He was actually very happy and proud to see his sister being so amazing.
But after the pride faded, he felt a bit sad inside.
It was one thing for his older brother to be better than him, but how could even his little sister be better than him?
Right after dinner, he wanted to find his sister to teach her how to play marbles.
But his sister didn't want to learn, saying it wasn't fun.
She insisted on following their older brother.
Their older brother was there looking at math problems. What was so interesting about that?
He would fall asleep just looking at them.
Watching his older brother and younger sister getting along so affectionately, Xiaohan suddenly felt very lonely.
Not the loneliness of being invincible.
But the loneliness of being incompetent.
He suddenly felt that his brother and sister were not from the same world as him.
He gestured with his hands and said, "Sister can speak thaaat much English, but I can't. I can only say words and sing English songs."
"Big brother is also good at studying and gets certificates."
After finishing, he lowered his head dejectedly and asked Si Nian, "Mommy, am I very stupid?"
Si Nian turned to face him, bent down slightly, and placed her hands on the little guy's slumped shoulders.
Although she was still a bit confused about Yaoyao speaking English.
But seeing that the Second Child seemed to have taken quite a hit.
He hadn't been this sad when his older brother was being so amazing.
She immediately comforted him, "Of course Xiaohan is not an idiot."
She said, "Everyone is different. Some people are good at Chinese, some are good at math. Although our Xiaohan isn't good at Chinese or math, Xiaohan is good at sports!"
"Even though your brother is good at studying, he can't outrun you, right?"
"All roads lead to Rome. If the path of studying doesn't work out, we won't force it. Choosing the path that suits you best is the most important thing, isn't it?"
The Second Child looked at her, seemingly understanding but also not quite grasping it.
But he felt in his mother's eyes that the gap between him and his siblings wasn't as huge as everyone made it out to be.
In his mother's eyes, he seemed just as amazing as his brother and sister.
The Second Child's mood instantly lifted, "Mommy, Mommy, I'm also very amazing, right?"
Si Nian nodded: "Of course you are."
Which other family's child could run five thousand meters without panting?
The little guy was a natural-born athlete and didn't even know it.
It's just that people with well-developed limbs are usually simple-minded.
It was understandable that his academic performance wasn't good.
Si Nian wouldn't force him or put too much pressure on him either.
As someone who had been forced to study before, she knew that kind of pain deeply.
Naturally, she wouldn't project that onto her child.
Xiaohan was instantly happy and wasn't sleepy at all despite it being late at night. If it weren't so late, he would have loved to go out and run a few laps to prove his strength.
Si Nian then heard about what happened during the day from Zhou Zedong.
She looked at Yaoyao, who was being held in his arms.
Yaoyao sat in her brother's arms, staring intently at the math problem in his hands.
Her eyes were sparkling bright.
She remembered that she used to hold the child whenever she read books before.
Yaoyao would also stare at them, but Si Nian just assumed she was bored and didn't think much of it.
But now, a certain thought sprouted in her mind.
She had heard of a type of child who appeared slow and developed later than normal children.
But in reality, they were hidden geniuses.
Geniuses often had some sort of physical or behavioral quirk, like an eccentric personality or being unable to speak.
Yaoyao started speaking very late, which was originally thought to be a developmental issue.
But looking at it now, perhaps that wasn't the case.
So Si Nian pointed at the content in the book and asked Yaoyao, "Baby, do you know what this is?"
Yaoyao raised her little head, looked at Si Nian, and said, "I know, Mama. This is a function."
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