Math professor returns to routine

Chapter 473: Another Explanation

In the living room.

All the elders of the Lu family were seated, including grandpa, grandma, uncle, aunt, and everyone who could be called by name was there except Chen Yuning who had just left.

When Tang Wan saw this scene, her scalp exploded and she wanted to turn around and leave.

This scene is exactly the same as the three-court trial. Who would dare to go in?

Lu You easily saw through Tang Wan's intention to escape, so he used a trick to provoke her and lowered his voice to tease, "What? You want to be a coward again?"

Tang Wan's mind was already confused at this time. She could not stand such provocation and immediately glared at Lu You fiercely.

"You coward? I, your wife, have been around a lot and have seen all kinds of big events! I have never been afraid of giving a speech in front of thousands of people, so why would I be afraid of a family gathering with only a dozen people?"

"Are you really not afraid?" Lu You said with a smile.

"Hmph, just wait and see! See how easily I can control your family members!"

Tang Wan patted her face, adjusted her hair and clothes one last time, put on what she thought was a perfect smile, held her head high, and strode into the living room.

"happy New Year everyone!"

……

Half an hour later.

Tang Wan collapsed on the bed helplessly, like an inflatable doll that had been deflated and only had a layer of skin left.

Logan buried her face in the pillow and let out a long, exhausted sigh.

"Hahaha—I'm so tired!"

Lu You sat at the end of the bed, looked at Tang Wan's back, and said with a smile: "You didn't drive, and you didn't work, so how can you be tired?"

"I am tired. Do you understand?"

The moment she entered the living room, more than a dozen pairs of eyes fell on Tang Wan, causing tons of psychological pressure.

Then there was a brief greeting, and then each elder was greeted one by one.

It’s easy to deal with my grandparents, as well as Lu Buyu, Lu Jianyan and a few other people I know, but it’s really difficult to deal with those elders who I have only met a few times and have a barely sufficient impression of but don’t know how to address them.

Fortunately, Lu You was not a decoration. He had always been with Tang Wan. Whenever he met an elder, he would call out the corresponding title first, which greatly alleviated the embarrassment.

After one round, grandma called Tang Wan over and asked about her well-being for a while.

To be honest, the elders of the Lu family are all very nice. They have friendly faces, are amiable, and always smiling. They do not hide their kindness towards Tang Wan.

But one thing is for sure, feeling goodwill does not mean being comfortable with others.

For example, teachers and students, teachers are friendly to students, but how many students are willing to get along with teachers? Very few.

Among the elders of the Lu family, the youngest, Shen Yuyin, is already forty years old, more than a generation older than Tang Wan.

The decades-long gap between them was like a chasm, and they were unfamiliar with each other. Tang Wan felt uncomfortable just staying in the living room, as if ants were crawling on her body.

As a socially awkward person, Lu You could fully understand Tang Wan's feelings at the moment.

He patted Tang Wan's thigh and said, "I understand you. To be honest, I was also very tired when I was at your house last night."

"Are you tired?" Tang Wan turned over and sat up, with a look of suspicion on her face, "You and my brother were having a great time playing games, and you were able to handle my mom with ease. Even my dad, who hated you the most, was easily dealt with by you using your car. I really can't tell how you are tired."

Lu You smiled and explained, "Your brother used to be my tutor, so he's half an acquaintance of mine, and we have the same hobbies, so he's easy to deal with. Your dad is a typical middle-aged man. At his age, his hobbies are nothing more than cigarettes, alcohol, tea, fishing, cars, and watches. Just cater to his interests. As for your mom, I really used all my strength to deal with her. For every question she asked, I had to think about it two or three times, and then polish it two or three times before I dared to answer it."

"So you were pretending too?"

Lu You spread his hands and said helplessly: "What else? Your mother is my future mother-in-law. If I don't pretend to please her, I don't know what kind of trouble she will cause me in the future."

"Hahaha!" Tang Wan put her arm around Lu You's shoulders, patted him twice, and said, "You, man, really look a bit like me. I like you very much! Come on, let me kiss you!"

……

It's dinner time.

On the way to the restaurant, Tang Wan racked her brains and kept thinking of various ways to respond to questions from her elders.

If someone asked her about her academic performance, she would answer that her average score in the first semester ranked third in her major.

If someone asked her about her family situation, she would answer that there were four people in her family, her father was a self-employed person, her mother was a full-time housewife, her brother was a senior at Wudaokou, and the family had some savings and no debt.

If someone asks her about her future plans, she will answer that her short-term goal is to complete her studies and upgrade her academic qualifications to a master's degree, and she is still considering other things.

After entering the restaurant, Lu You took Tang Wan to sit at the children's table.

At the same time, Tang Wan felt both relieved and disappointed. She felt relieved that she would not be chased by the elders, but disappointed that her preparations would not be needed.

Overall, I am more thankful than disappointed. After all, it is better to have less trouble than more.

Perhaps because there were so many people in the Lu family, or perhaps because Tang Wan was here, the dishes on the table were very rich.

There is no shortage of anything flying in the sky, walking on the ground, or swimming in the water.

Without the pressure from her elders around and the dishes were to her liking, Tang Wan simply ate to her heart's content.

About an hour passed.

Tang Wan put down her chopsticks contentedly, leaned back in her chair, took out a tissue to wipe her mouth, and touched her bulging belly.

Tang Wan estimated that with the current arc, it was probably about the same as a pregnant woman who was five or six months pregnant.

Lu You sat beside him, looking at Tang Wan with a smile on his face. Sometimes it was fun to watch his girlfriend happily eating.

"Do you like tonight's food?"

Tang Wan nodded and gave an affirmative answer, "Very good, I haven't had such a full meal in a long time. But I have a question, do you eat such a rich meal every day?"

"It's hard to imagine that the portion for more than 10 or 20 people wouldn't be hearty, right?"

"makes sense."

Suddenly, Tang Wan felt something grabbing her skirt.

She looked down subconsciously, and met a pair of big, bright eyes.

The owner of the eyes is a chubby little boy with a healthy blush on his chubby face and a circle of sticky rice porridge around his little mouth, which is very cute.

Tang Wan remembered that the little boy was held by Chen Yuning before entering the house.

Tang Wan wanted to meet him at that time, but she was in a hurry to meet her elders and didn't have time.

Tang Wan pinched Lu Yanxin's cheeks, the same way Lu You pinched her own, and asked softly, "Little boy, what's your name?"

Lu Yanxin stared straight at Tang Wan, opened his mouth and let out an "ah", and four corn-kernel-like baby teeth protruded from each of his upper and lower gums, making him look silly and cute.

"Lu! Yan! Xin! Didn't I tell you not to run around during meals?" Chen Yuning came over angrily, holding a bowl of rice porridge.

Lu Yanxin stretched his short legs and tried to slip away, but he had only taken two steps when he was grabbed by his own father.

"Xinxin, this is wrong. How can you always make your mother angry?" Lu Chun bent down and picked up Lu Yanxin, took the porcelain bowl of porridge from Chen Yuning, and said softly, "Thank you for your hard work. Leave it to me. Go and have a rest."

Chen Yuning put one hand on her waist and waved her hands irritably, signaling Lu Chun to take this annoying thing away quickly.

After getting permission, Lu Chun carried Lu Yanxin away, still muttering, "Look, because you're disobedient, Mom is starting to dislike you."

Although Lu Chun lowered his voice, Chen Yuning still heard a few words.

She frowned, raised her finger and pointed at Lu Chun, and said in a deep voice: "You dare to sow discord between us in Xinxin's ear, believe it or not, I will beat you to death?"

"The tigress is angry! Let's go, let's go!" Lu Chun hugged Lu Yanxin and quickly ran to his grandmother.

"Sister Yu Ning, is that your son?" Tang Wan asked.

"Yes!" Chen Yuning pulled the chair next to Tang Wan and sat down, saying, "Isn't it cute?"

"Mmm, so plump, just looking at it makes me want to kiss it."

Chen Yuning crossed his legs, propped his cheek with one hand, and said with a smile: "You can have one yourself. Anyway, our family is rich and we can raise it as we please."

Tang Wan turned her gaze towards Lu You and said meaningfully, "I want to, but someone said it's too early and he won't consider it in the next few years."

Hearing this, Chen Yuning also looked at Lu You.

"I have something else to do, I'll leave first, you guys chat." Two against one, the enemy has the advantage, Lu You decisively retreated.

"Don't forget that you promised me to set off fireworks tonight," Tang Wan reminded.

"Don't worry, don't forget."

Looking at Lu You's receding back, Chen Yuning recalled the conversation on the morning of New Year's Eve.

She asked Lu You whether Tang Wan wanted to have a baby, and Lu You replied that she probably would not reject it.

Now it seems that Tang Wan is not only not opposed to it, but on the contrary seems a little impatient.

At this moment, Tang Wan's words brought Chen Yuning's scattered mind back to normal.

"Sister Yu Ning, is it hard to take care of a child?"

Chen Yuning changed to a sitting position with legs together, straightened his back slightly, and said with a little emotion: "Being a parent is not hard. You have to feed your child mouthful by mouthful. It can't be too hot, too cold, too salty, or too bland.

Clothes should always be adjusted according to the ambient temperature and humidity. Wearing too much can easily cause prickly heat, while wearing too little can cause a cold, which is even more troublesome.

In the first one or two months after birth, he slept restlessly and often cried for feeding at three or four in the morning. My body had not recovered yet, and I was tortured to death.

Later, he was finally able to sleep through the night, but he became very clingy again. He would cry when he couldn't see anyone. He had to be held when he slept. He would wake up immediately if the bed was touched. He was more sensitive than the entry-level sensor in my house.

After a few months, he learned to roll over and crawl, and became a lot more independent. Then new problems arose: he wanted to touch everything and put the things in his mouth, without caring about anything.

You said that if he chewed his hands, toys, or blankets, it would be fine. I washed and disinfected him every day, so it wouldn't be a big problem. But one time, Xinxin was playing in the mud in the backyard and accidentally crawled out an earthworm, and he grabbed it and ate it anyway."

"hiss--"

Tang Wan took a deep breath. She had no resistance to earthworms, those soft, wet, wriggling, strip-like creatures. She didn't even need to see them to make herself sick just thinking about them.

"There are a lot of germs on earthworms. He wouldn't really eat them, would he?"

"No, there was a babysitter watching nearby and stopped it in time."

Chen Yuning's words made Tang Wan think of another question.

"By the way, is it still so hard to have a nanny taking care of the children at home?" Tang Wan asked bluntly.

"A nanny can only share the pressure. Most things should be done by yourself if you can." Chen Yuning replied.

"Why, can't you just relax?"

"Emotions don't come out of thin air. Just like planting flowers, from a seed, it takes a long time of careful watering and nurturing before a beautiful flower can bloom. Since I have selfishly chosen to bring Xinxin into the world, I must fulfill my responsibilities as a mother and give him the love and care he deserves. If I let the nanny do everything for the sake of ease, then when Xinxin grows up, will he call me mom or the nanny mom?"

Tang Wan was stunned for a moment, then fell into deep thought.

"Sister Yu Ning, this is the first time I've heard of your statement. Isn't it a great thing for a mother to give birth to a child? Why would it be a 'selfish choice'?"

Chen Yuning looked at Lu Yanxin who was being hugged by her grandmother and allowed Lu Chun to feed her porridge, and said calmly: "The reason why Xinxin was born is that Chun and I both wanted a continuation of life, and Xinxin herself had no choice.

He doesn't know what kind of people his future parents will be, the quality of the environment he will grow up in, what kind of education he will receive, and everything, including his own body and personality, can only be left to fate. As a mother, I have almost unlimited choices, but I can only choose my salary. Do you think this is selfish?"

Chen Yuning's statement was too novel and completely different from Tang Wan's usual thinking, which caused a great shock to her, so that her CPU was temporarily stuck.

Leaving Tang Wan to think, Chen Yuning said to herself: "Of course, I don't deny the greatness of mothers, but this is conditional, it doesn't mean that just giving birth to a child is enough.

A competent mother is one who helps her children develop correct values, a healthy body and mind, and the ability to live independently in society.

On this basis, we provide them with a rich life, a solid background, and a quality education, so that they have the confidence to pursue their ideals and realize their ambitions. This is greatness.”

Tang Wan was unhappy. If she were to go by Chen Yuning's standards, Zhao Huijuan could only be considered a competent mother, but she was still a long way from being a great mother.

But in Tang Wan's mind, Zhao Huijuan raised two children by herself, without worrying about food and drink, without lack of maternal love, and also helped the brother and sister to succeed in their studies. She is the greatest mother in the world, no doubt about it, even though she is very nagging and sometimes has a bad temper.

"Sister Yu Ning, according to what you said, there aren't many qualified mothers in this world, right?"

Chen Yuning heard the dissatisfaction in Tang Wan's tone, she smiled and didn't care.

"People's hearts are like scales. The standards I mentioned are only to supervise myself and have nothing to do with others. I just want to bring in big salaries. I don't care about anything else."

Hearing these words, which were almost like a disclaimer, Tang Wan felt as if she had punched cotton and was unable to exert any strength.

Chen Yuning didn't want the atmosphere to be awkward, so she took the initiative to change the topic.

"Let me tell you about some of the things that happened to me during my pregnancy preparation and delivery! Since you have decided to have a baby in the future, you can prepare yourself mentally in advance." (End of this chapter)