Lin Zhilan was holding her daughter, who looked wronged, and kept patting her on the back. "Baby, does your eyes hurt?"
Linlin let out a sob.
Qingqing and Lin Zijun came over to comfort her. Chang San immediately used a pill - rolling board to make a small jar of hawthorn pills for her.
Linlin was distracted by the pill - rolling and forgot to cry.
Lin Zhilan held her in one arm and wet a handkerchief. "Baby, put this on your eyes first."
As soon as the handkerchief was placed on her eyes, the little one in her arms immediately calmed down.
Linlin was always a little ray of sunshine. It was the first time they saw her cry so miserably, and everyone felt a bit sad.
Lin Zijun couldn't help but say, "Master, maybe we shouldn't send her to school. Anyway, she can't learn much in kindergarten."
As soon as he finished speaking, Linlin couldn't help but turn her head.
Lin Zhilan gave him a sideways look. "It's not about learning. Kindergarten is for her to adapt to group life and rules and order."
"Mom..."
"What's wrong, baby?" Lin Zhilan's voice immediately softened.
"I want to go to my brother's school."
Lin Zhilan: "..."
This was a bit of a tough one, dear.
Lin Zhilan comfortingly stroked her head, once, twice.
These little gestures worked. Linlin was also tired from crying and soon fell asleep feeling safe.
Lin Zhilan lovingly smoothed her daughter's messy bangs.
Su Lang was sent to work by Lin Zhilan in the morning. When he came to pick up the mother - daughter pair after work and heard that Linlin had cried at school, he also suggested that Linlin start school a year later.
In the end, it was Lin Zhilan who stuck to her principle and patiently comforted her daughter.
Moreover, Nannan also came to enroll in kindergarten the next day. With a familiar playmate, Linlin finally gradually adapted to kindergarten life.
When Lin Zhilan's belly just started to show, Jiang Chengzhou got the third place in the final exam.
Yan Yuan and Li Xuan tied for the first place.
Lin Zhilan and Su Lang didn't think much of it, but Jiang Chengzhou himself was a bit frustrated.
He was listless after school and accidentally bumped into Commander Han on the way home.
"Sorry."
"It's okay," Commander Han knew that Liang Ping had been getting close to Jiang Chengzhou recently. Seeing him come back alone this time, he frowned and asked, "Where's Liang Ping? Why didn't you two come back from school together today?"
Jiang Chengzhou shrugged. "He should be behind. Uncle Han, I'll leave first if it's okay."
"Hey..."
Commander Han still wanted to ask about Liang Ping, but Jiang Chengzhou had already walked past him in a daze.
At dinner in the Han family, the table was full of seafood.
After so long, Wang Xiuzhi had learned how to cook seafood. Although it couldn't be said to be delicious, it wasn't as fishy as the first time she cooked it.
Liang Ping and Han Mei rarely ate this kind of food before, and they weren't tired of it yet.
Commander Han asked Liang Ping, who was eating with his head down, "Did you quarrel with Jiang Chengzhou?"
"No," Liang Ping looked up.
"Then why didn't you two come back from school together today?"
"Haha," Liang Ping laughed. "Jiang Chengzhou got the third place in the final exam. He's not happy."
"Final exam?" Commander Han caught the key point.
Wang Xiuzhi also hurriedly asked, "How did you two do? Meimei, what place did you get?"
Han Mei poked the bottom of her bowl with her chopsticks and whispered, "Eighth."
Wang Xiuzhi was a bit disappointed and asked Liang Ping, "What about you?"
"Ninth."
The school in the military region was the largest school on the entire island. In principle, it only admitted children of military personnel.
However, there really weren't any decent schools on the island, and there were not enough local schools and teachers.
So, local students in the vicinity were specially approved to enroll after getting permission.
There were three classes in a grade, and each class had thirty or forty students.
Liang Ping and Han Mei were like repeaters, and this result really couldn't be considered good.
Commander Han frowned and said, "You should listen to the teacher carefully in class and learn from Jiang Chengzhou. You see, although he plays around usually, he never slacks off when it comes to studying."
"I don't want to study. I'm just not made for it."
Liang Ping at this age was very concerned about his face. At 13, being in the same class as a bunch of kids, he really had no interest in going to school.
"What else do you want to do if you don't study!" Commander Han got angry.
"I'll join the army!"
"You're daydreaming. Without an education, the army won't even want you!"
Commander Han had suffered from not having an education. Without a good education, there were fewer opportunities for further study, and promotions were slower than others.
Now that they finally had the opportunity to study, but didn't cherish it, Commander Han's anger flared up again.
Liang Ping was speechless and couldn't refute.
Wang Xiuzhi gave Han Mei a warning look. "And you, study hard at school. Do you think the tuition fees are for free?"
Han Mei pouted and completely lost her appetite for dinner.
Everyone could tell that Jiang Chengzhou was unhappy.
Lin Zhilan helped him analyze the test paper. In fact, he knew how to do all the questions, but he was just too careless.
He missed a unit in math and made two typos in Chinese.
After going through the wrong questions, Jiang Chengzhou lowered his head and said, "I was too careless."
Lin Zhilan stroked his head. "You're unhappy because you got the third place. If you got the first place, would you think these little mistakes don't matter?"
Jiang Chengzhou scratched his face and silently agreed.
"Silly boy," Lin Zhilan poked his forehead. "The ranking is secondary. It's actually good that you didn't do well this time. At least you found your own little problems."
"Really?"
"Yes, but if you make the same mistakes next time, I'll criticize you."
Jiang Chengzhou sat up straight. "I guarantee that I'll check carefully from now on."
"Auntie believes in you!" Lin Zhilan winked at him. "You've made progress today. What reward do you want?"
Getting a reward for the third place.
Jiang Chengzhou thought Auntie was spoiling him.
But he liked it.
"Auntie, I want to have a basketball game with the senior students. Can you ask Uncle to be the referee?"
Lin Zhilan thought for a while. "I have to discuss it with your uncle. If he has time, it should be okay."
Jiang Chengzhou nodded repeatedly and eagerly massaged her back. "If Auntie makes a move, it will definitely work!"
Basketball games.
There were often such small - scale games in the military.
When Su Lang came home from work and heard about this, he readily agreed without a second thought.
After talking with Jiang Chengzhou, he first discussed it with the school principal and the class teacher.
Somehow, a basketball game turned into a school sports meeting.
This was a military region.
The sports atmosphere was very strong.
When the school was going to hold a sports meeting, the parents were very supportive, and many people signed up.
After it got big, even the military got involved.
They not only provided the venue for the children but also the soldiers helped draw the lines and move the equipment.
Later, even Commander Gu heard about it and told them to do it well. The children of the military should also have good physical fitness!
The basketball game instead became the least popular event in the sports meeting.
Because there weren't many kids in the school who could play basketball, and they barely managed to form two teams.
One was the junior team led by Jiang Chengzhou and the others, and the other was the sixth - grade team.
The sixth - grade kids were tall and had long arms and legs.
Jiang Chengzhou, Yan Yuan, and Li Xuan were quite familiar with basketball, and they weren't short in height.
But who would fill the remaining two positions?
