After the assignments were distributed, Shen Yan did not forget to mention her mother's little habit when marking homework.
She liked to add some words or draw small pictures when writing the date at the end.
In any case, she did whatever would make the children happy, just to encourage the little darlings she taught.
After going to college, Shen Yan once suspected if her mother was so concerned about her major life events because she liked children too much!
"Auntie is really cute!"
"But my skills aren't good either..."
Thinking of her own hands that lacked any artistic talent, Song Daiyao expressed her helplessness.
From childhood to adulthood, her mother tried everything to cultivate her interests and hobbies, but she was just not good at anything.
When learning musical instruments, as soon as her hands were involved, the notes would dance wildly. When she drew, the teacher praised her by saying she had a child's wild imagination.
Over time, her parents gave up, letting their child learn whatever she wanted.
The wish to cultivate a refined lady seemed unlikely to be realized.
"Daiyao, it's okay, let me tell you, it's super simple!"
As Shen Yan spoke, she picked up a notebook and demonstrated in front of Song Daiyao.
"Look, like this... then this... and then this... it's done!"
"Isn't it super simple!"
"..."
After watching, Song Daiyao looked at Shen Yan with a confused expression, as if asking, "Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?"
"Didn't get it? It's okay, let me explain it again..."
Song Daiyao looked at the girl trying to teach her, feeling very helpless!
"Yanyan, stop for a moment, can we discuss something?"
She had no choice but to quickly pull the hands that were about to draw.
Because she knew that even after n more attempts, she wouldn't necessarily learn it.
Shen Yan was forced to stop and looked up at Song Daiyao, asking in confusion, "What discussion, you say?"
"Let's cooperate. I'll show you the homework, and you'll write these weird things, how about it?"
After witnessing it, the comments and doodles had already become what Song Daiyao called weird things.
Shen Yan was speechless, "..."
"Yanyan, why don't you just agree to her? Otherwise, you might not be able to start later."
Liang Yunfei understood Song Daiyao so well that she couldn't just sit by and watch, so she persuaded Shen Yan.
"..."
"Alright."
While they were talking, Xiao Xi and Xiao Feifei had already emptied several notebooks. If this continued, she estimated that not a single one would be finished, let alone helped with.
"Okay~"
Seeing that the cooperation was agreed upon, Song Daiyao immediately picked up the homework notebooks and started.
Although Shen Yan had to flip through one before starting, she couldn't deny that the efficiency was still acceptable.
So when Hu Yanhua finished preparing lunch and came out, she was quite surprised to see the pile of work that was almost completed.
"You girl, you're really lazy!"
But that didn't stop her from lecturing her daughter.
"Come on, you three, don't mind it. Just leave it there, come and eat first."
"It's okay, Auntie, we were just idle anyway."
Putting down the last homework notebook in her hand, Qiu Xi stood up, explaining for her sister.
"Yes, Auntie, we were just idle."
As soon as Qiu Xi finished speaking, Liang Yunfei also finished her work.
Then Mother Shen looked at them, stepped forward, and pulled the two girls away.
"Look at you girls, you sure know how to talk, unlike mine at home..."
Well... she didn't forget to pull Song Daiyao along before leaving.
"You follow me."
"..."
Shen Yan was puzzled. Why did she feel like the three of them were her mother's biological daughters, and she was like a foundling.
Seeing the people already heading to the dining table, Shen Yan, unable to figure it out, could only follow behind.
"Come, you girls eat more."
"Mom, why don't I see Grandma and them?"
At this mealtime, shouldn't they be back?
"Your grandparents took your dad to pack luggage."
After returning, there were more people, so the two elders decided to prepare more gifts for the girls to take back.
She had already said she would buy them over there, but they couldn't be persuaded.
Plus, there was a hero who solved the big problem of the flower field, so she couldn't even persuade Ah Jun.
In the end, she could only watch them pack.
"...Alright~_~"
Obviously, Shen Yan had also thought of it.
But at this point, she could only nod.
"Alright, eat quickly, pack up after eating, and we'll head back after dinner this afternoon."
"Mm."
...
After the meal.
The girls didn't have much stuff, so packing took only a short while.
Thus, the four idle girls came down to indulge in snacks again.
Coincidentally, Mother Shen was still checking the work she had brought.
And she happened to see the homework they had revised.
"The handwriting is beautiful, the skill is good, and the drawings are also good~"
Unsure whose revision she was looking at, Mother Shen even took a long look with interest.
"Mom, let me see too."
Biting into an apple and listening to her mother's praise, Shen Yan was also very curious, and leaned her head over.
"Isn't this Xiao Xi's?"
She recognized this drawing; she had said it was complex for Xiao Xi when she was revising it in the morning.
But then she finished it with just two or three strokes as if guided by divine inspiration.
It made her utterly dumbfounded.
Before, she only knew Xiao Xi could draw, but she didn't expect her to be so good at it.
However, she thought the handwriting seemed a bit better, she hadn't observed it closely.
"Daiyao, Xiao Feifei, you guys look, hasn't Xiao Xi's handwriting improved a lot?"
"Hmm? Let me take a look."
When it came to excitement, Song Daiyao was always at the forefront.
Among the four of them, if she said second, no one would say first.
After staring for a long time, she finally made a conclusion, "It seems so!"
"No need to look, it is!"
Liang Yunfei, who followed behind, recognized it at a glance.
As the class representative, she had seen Xiao Xi's handwriting quite a lot.
She had wanted to say something when she saw her blackboard writing at school before, but it didn't seem so obvious back then.
"Xiao Xi, did you secretly work hard behind our backs?"
Since everyone said so, Song Daiyao turned around with a wronged expression.
Studying without bringing her along!
"..."
Qiu Xi couldn't refute, because Xiao Hua urged her, and she had indeed been practicing calligraphy recently. She should be close to mastering this calligraphy skill soon.
"Xiao Xi, are you also practicing calligraphy with a brush?"
After looking for a long time, it was Mother Shen's sentence that interrupted their conversation.
"Mom, impossible, we haven't seen it!"
"Auntie, how did you know?"
"???"
The two sentences made all of them stunned.
How could they not know that Xiao Xi was practicing calligraphy with a brush?
Since it was called calligraphy, a brush was indispensable.
"I knew it, your temperament is different, girl. It's a pity, this holiday is too short, otherwise we could have chatted more."
Ignoring her daughter's words, Hu Yanhua pulled Qiu Xi and said with emotion.
As she got older, it was truly not easy to meet such a granddaughter who pleased her so much.
"Auntie, it's okay, we'll have many more opportunities in the future."
If they really cooperated, she would have to visit from time to time in the future.
"That's true!"
This girl was her daughter's roommate!
As close friends, she should quickly tell her daughter to keep a good eye on her and bring her over to play when she had time.
This interlude passed quickly with Mother Shen's conversation.
But after Mother Shen went upstairs, the three of them surrounded Qiu Xi.
"Xiao Xi!"
"How could you do such a thing secretly by yourself~"
They were together every day, studied together, and were almost inseparable!
And yet, this girl still managed to exploit a loophole.
"Tell us! Were you secretly studying in your quilt every day?"
"..."
Qiu Xi took a step back, looking at the three of them.
"Have you forgotten that I have a master?"
She had no choice but to drag her master out to take the blame.
"!!"
"It seems so..."
As Qiu Xi said this, they finally remembered the existence of this master.
At the beginning of the semester, Xiao Xi had told them that she would study whenever she had time on weekends.
"..."
They were truly rivals!
They thought Xiao Xi would sneak off to be lazy, after all, every time she came back, it was their 310 oral English training class, which had been unwavering for two years!
Who knew she was actually going out to study!
"Then aren't you studying your major?"
How could she also cultivate interests and hobbies?
Where could they find such a master? They wanted to find one too!
With this, they wouldn't be afraid of being out-competed! They would directly out-compete others to death!