It’s fine for the Divine Doctor to have Long Ting copy texts, but he shouldn’t assign too much, so as not to affect his rest and playtime.
During the holidays, children should be allowed to have fun and be happy.
As they grow older, the time for carefree enjoyment will become shorter, academic pressures will increase, and playtime will decrease.
Long Ting asked with some concern, “Mom, will Grandmaster listen to you? My master isn’t at home, but Grandmaster listens to my master.”
Mu Qing gently replied, “He will listen. After all, you’re still my son, and no matter how strict Grandmaster is, he still has to consider the parents’ opinions. Go to sleep now, and remember to practice your exercises tomorrow morning. After breakfast, copy for an hour.”
“Then you can play with Yangyang. The same goes for the afternoon; after your nap, copy for an hour, and the rest of the time is for play. In the evening, copy for another hour. That way, you’ll copy for three hours a day, spread out, instead of playing all day and then trying to copy medical texts at night.”
“Otherwise, you’ll be copying until the wee hours and still not finish.”
Long Ting said, “Grandmaster only told me to start copying today. He must be jealous that I have friends to play with, while the other grandmasters have gone home, and he has no old friends to play with.”
Mu Qing chuckled, “Grandmaster asked you to copy medical texts to prevent you from getting too wild and losing focus. He wants you to copy a little every day, balancing work and play. After the New Year, when school starts again, it will be easier to get back into the routine.”
“Don’t question your Grandmaster like that. They are like second parents to you. If it weren’t for their protection, Auntie Mu and Uncle Ye might not be able to protect you either.”
His background, the Long family, is quite sinister.
Long Ting immediately admitted his mistake, “Mom, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have doubted Grandmaster’s intentions.”
Mu Qing gently patted his head, “Go to sleep now.”
Long Ting went to the bathroom first. When he came out, he said to Mu Qing and Haitong, “Goodnight, Mom. Goodnight, Auntie Hai.”
“Goodnight.”
The little guy was really tired.
After playing wildly with Yangyang all day, he was already exhausted. Having to copy texts at night made him even more tired. He practically climbed into bed and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
He was asleep in less than two minutes.
Mu Qing walked over, adjusted his blanket, then turned off the bedroom light, leaving only the bathroom light on. This made the bedroom much darker, which is better for sleep.
Leaving a little light ensures the room isn’t completely dark, so the children won’t be scared if they wake up in the middle of the night.
The two women walked out of the children’s room together.
Mu Qing asked Haitong with concern, “Are you not used to staying at my house? Since you arrived, you’ve been staying up late every night.”
“And you wake up so early in the morning.”
Haitong softly replied, “No, it’s just that I’m not doing much during the day, so I nap for a long time and don’t feel sleepy. Yangyang wanted to wait for my sister to call, so I stayed up with him, and before I knew it, it was this late.”
“My sister is busy during the day and only has time late at night. Tonight, I still didn’t get to talk to her, only chatted with my husband.”
“As for waking up early, it’s because the baby inside me is like a rooster, kicking as soon as the sun rises. I think after he’s born, he’ll be an early riser who makes a lot of noise.”
Mu Qing laughed, “When the child is very young, it’s better to let the nanny take care of them. If you do everything yourself, it will seriously affect your sleep and be exhausting. My husband and I often do things ourselves, and it’s really tiring.”
“Especially since Jun Bo has to work during the day. When it gets too much, we let the nanny take care of the kids for a few nights.”
“But Jun Bo isn’t too happy about it. As soon as he gets home from work, if he doesn’t see the kids, he feels empty inside. Even when the nanny puts the kids to bed, he tosses and turns, unable to sleep. If he hears the kids cry, he immediately gets up to check.”
“He’s so afraid the nanny isn’t taking good care of his children that within a couple of nights, he brings the kids back to sleep in our room. It’s still like that now. But it’s better than before; the kids are a bit older, and although they still nap during the day, they don’t sleep as much as they used to, so they’re not day-night reversed anymore.”
Haitong said, “I’m only carrying one baby, so with both of us, I think we can manage. I plan to do everything myself until the child can walk and run, then I’ll leave them with the nanny.”
Before the child turns one, she intends to take care of everything herself.
Even though the nannies at home are very attentive and kind, she still doesn’t feel entirely at ease.
