latelenovela Chapter 158 Grounding Them
Chapter 158 Grounding Them
After washing Huang Ling's feet, Zhuang Chaoying gently pulled Huang Ling's calves onto her own lap and began to gently massage them. "You must be tired today, right? You didn't get a proper rest after your night shift. Is this too much pressure? Is it too heavy?"
Huang Ling yawned, tears streaming down her face. "Okay, a little heavier, it's really tiring. I was really scared today. I think you've spoiled these two kids. They're so bold. The more I think about it, the more frightened I get. From today onwards, after school, they can only do their homework at home. They can't go anywhere else. What's that word again, Chao Ying..."
"Stay home! The three of them together are like three cobblers with their wits combined, they have too many tricks up their sleeves, they need to reflect on themselves."
Huang Ling nodded. "Yes, it's a house arrest. We'll have to teach them a lesson tomorrow, to let them know what they can and cannot do."
Xiaoting and Pengfei heated up the milk in the kitchen.
Xiaoting handed the milk to Huang Ling. "Mom, drink some milk."
Huang Ling pointed to the cabinet next to the bed. "Put it here, go to sleep early, you have school tomorrow."
"Okay, Mom." Xiaoting turned and left, gently closing the door behind her, and let out a sigh of relief.
Then she lay in bed. Today was really interesting, but just now she and Pengfei heard their parents say that they were going to put them under house arrest. That was terrible!
Huang Ling picked up her milk and started drinking, then leaned closer. "Chao Ying, Engineer Lin isn't at the factory. He said he went to work overtime... Could it be...!"
Zhuang Chaoying nodded. "That's exactly what you think. Let's pretend we don't know anything. We can't let their family be harmed. This matter could be a big or small thing. If it gets out, it will have a bad impact on them."
Huang Ling lowered her voice. "I know what I'm doing, don't worry, I won't say anything reckless."
After saying that, he yawned again, lay down on the bed, and pulled the blanket over himself.
Seeing that Ah Ling was silent, Zhuang Chaoying got up, picked up the basin, and tiptoed to the sink. She poured out the water and rinsed the basin.
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In the next room, Lin Wufeng was lying on the bed.
Song Ying was exhausted after a long day, and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow, her soft snoring filling the quiet room.
Hearing the snoring, Lin Wufeng realized she was really tired; she never snored normally. He reached out and pulled the blanket up a little higher, tucking the corners in.
He stared at the ceiling, but his thoughts drifted elsewhere, to what Teacher Zhuang had told him earlier.
On one hand, there are high-paying side jobs that could greatly improve the family's financial situation, but the risks are also considerable; on the other hand, there are stable jobs in state-owned enterprises, which, although the income is not high, are secure.
He didn't want to give up either of them, and he was torn. Sigh!
She sighed softly, turned over, and decided to stop thinking about it and go to sleep.
He closed his eyes, but the pros and cons of various choices kept flashing through his mind.
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The sun slowly rose, and sunlight streamed into the room through the curtains.
The alarm clock rang promptly at six o'clock. Zhuang Chaoying groggily opened her eyes and quickly reached out to turn it off, afraid of waking Huang Ling who was still sleeping.
Huang Ling was still woken up by the alarm clock. She opened her eyes, looked at him groggily, and was about to get up to go buy groceries.
"You sleep a little longer, I'm going to buy groceries."
Huang Ling gave a soft "Mmm". "Chao Ying, go buy some tofu."
Zhuang Chaoying nodded. "Okay, go to sleep."
I put on my clothes, picked up the vegetable basket that was placed to the side, walked out of the room, went into the yard, pushed my bicycle, and hung the vegetable basket on the handlebars.
Lin Wufeng also came over. "Good morning, Teacher Zhuang!"
"Mr. Lin, are you going to buy groceries?"
Lin Wufeng nodded. "Let's go grocery shopping together!"
The two of them pushed their bicycles out of the yard together.
Riding their bicycles, Zhuang Chaoying and Lin Wufeng arrived at the state-run store.
The store was bustling with people. Zhuang Chaoying bought some rapeseed, a piece of tofu, two jin of meat, and ten fried dough sticks.
The bicycle basket and the bicycle stand were both filled to the brim.
The two rode bicycles side by side.
Lin Wufeng looked serious and said, "Teacher Zhuang, can you help me make a decision? What exactly is the current situation? I don't quite understand it."
Zhuang Chaoying turned her head to look at Lin Wufeng, thinking that he wasn't ignorant, but rather conflicted.
Zhuang Chao's tone was firm. "Engineer Lin, the situation will definitely get better and better. There's nothing shameful about making a living with your skills. You're a highly skilled technical person; you can shine wherever you go!"
After listening to Teacher Zhuang's words, Lin Wufeng's mind began to turn, and he nodded: "Thank you, Teacher Zhuang."
Back in the courtyard, Zhuang Chaoying parked her bicycle and picked up her vegetable basket and fried dough sticks.
The two men exchanged a glance, nodded to each other, and went their separate ways.
It was already 6:40, and Xiaoting and Pengfei were still asleep. "Xiaoting, Pengfei, get up quickly, you'll be late for school!" Huang Ling sat on the bed and stretched.
Zhuang Chaoying took out milk powder from the cabinet, made four cups of hot milk for the group, and they ate them simply with fried dough sticks.
After breakfast, Xiaoting and Pengfei put on their schoolbags and prepared to go to school.
Huang Ling said sternly, "Xiaoting, Pengfei, we two adults have discussed it. Starting today, you can't go anywhere except after school. You're confined to your home. Do you understand?"
Xiaoting and Pengfei reluctantly pouted and muttered, "Okay."
After saying that, the two children walked out of the house.
Xiaoting stood at the door. "Lin Dongzhe! He's gone!"
"coming!"
Lin Dongzhe ran out of his house and followed Xiaoting and Pengfei.
Zhuang Chaoying carried his briefcase to work. As he walked to the school gate, the students greeted him, "Hello, Teacher Zhuang!"
Zhuang Chaoying smiled and replied, "Okay!"
The school bell rang, and Zhuang Chaoying walked into Class 3 of Grade 11 with her textbooks.
High schools have now been reformed, changing from a two-year to a three-year system, which means that the knowledge from two years is divided into three years of instruction.
However, high schools in Suzhou still follow the previous schedule, teaching three years' worth of knowledge in the first two years of high school, leaving the third year for review.
"Attend class!"
The squad leader shouted, "Stand up!"
"Hello students!"
The students responded in unison, "Hello, teacher!"
Zhuang Chaoying picked up the chalk and wrote on the blackboard: [derivative, average rate of change and instantaneous rate of change].
"Class, today we're going to talk about the definition of the derivative."
He turned to face the students and began to explain: "The derivative, simply put, is the slope of the tangent line to a function at a certain point. It reflects how fast the function changes at that point. For example, when we study the motion of an object, the change in velocity can be represented by the derivative."
As Zhuang Chaoying explained, she drew diagrams on the blackboard to help the students understand.