Awakening the Daily Intelligence System

Chapter 515: 198, in the end, it was Lin Mo who bore everything alone_2

Everyone at home was busily attending to their own matters, while the two children were sitting by the window, diligently working on their homework.

Despite being just over two years old, Lin Xi had no shortage of learning tasks, mostly consisting of enlightenment education, supplemented with some bilingual education and other skills training.

Lin Mo did not advocate for burdening the child with such exhausting routines, since with his current financial capacity, Lin Xi would have enough even if he failed in his entrepreneurial endeavors for a lifetime.

However, the child himself had a wide range of interests and showed no resistance to the education, so Lin Mo could only acquiesce to this intense learning.

As he approached, the two children spotted him.

“Daddy~”

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“Dad.”

The two children hurried to stand up and hugged Lin Mo, one on the left and one on the right.

Lin Xiaoxiao was already over a meter tall and could hug Lin Mo around the waist, but Lin Xi was still short and could only hug Lin Mo’s legs.

“Alright, no more acting cute, Dad is here today to check your homework!”

After seating his son back on the chair and making sure his daughter was sitting nicely, Lin Mo said in a serious manner, “We’ll start the homework check with the elder one, Xiaoxiao, tell me, what have you learned while Dad was not at home?” @@novelbin@@

Lin Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and said, “I’ve learned so much recently, I can now have simple conversations with Mom in English, and my Chinese studies are also going well. I can recite more than a dozen classical poems!”

For a school-aged child, 10-years-old would likely be at the level of fourth or fifth grade, and it wouldn’t be surprising to be able to recite some classical poetry.

But Lin Xiaoxiao’s education is nothing like what schools offer.

Take something like disguise; ordinary people may never come across it in their lifetime, let alone know the methods of top-level disguise.

But if you give Lin Xiaoxiao the materials now, she could transform herself into a completely different person, inside and out, in under half an hour.

Moreover, an added benefit is her makeup skills are very high. She often plays games with Lin Xi, dressing him up in a variety of looks and taking many fun and adorable photos.

Therefore, Lin Mo had no unrealistic expectations about Lin Siyu’s achievements in Chinese.

The energies of adults are limited, let alone a child’s.

Lin Mo smiled and nodded, then asked, “Well then, would you be willing to recite for Dad the most difficult poem you’ve learned?”

“Yes!” Lin Xiaoxiao nodded her head, pondered for a moment, and began reciting, “The founding emperor had not settled the realm half when he passed away, today, the land is divided into three, Yizhou is exhausted…”

Oh?

Lin Mo did not expect Lin Xiaoxiao to start reciting the quite difficult “Chu Shi Biao” (Memorial on the Departure from Capital).

As a child, Lin Mo had struggled greatly to memorize this poem.

However, precisely because of the hardships he endured, Lin Mo retained the strongest memory of this poem. So much time had passed, but it was still etched deeply in his mind, not a single word forgotten.

“This subject cannot begin to express his gratitude for your kindness. Now as I leave on a distant mission, with tears streaming down, I do not know what to say.”

Lin Xiaoxiao fluently recited the full text of “Chu Shi Biao,” waiting proudly for Lin Mo’s praise.

Lin Mo was not the sort to disappoint, and he applauded while saying, “Lin Xi, aren’t you going to clap for your sister? She’s amazing!”

Lin Xi, a little slower to react, eagerly began to clap his small, tender hands.

“You did well, it seems our Xiaoxiao has been studying hard.” Lin Mo gave a thumbs up, praised her, and then asked, “Xiaoxiao, may I ask you a few questions?”

Lin Xiaoxiao, very proud, nodded: “Mm-hmm, of course, you can, Dad. Go ahead.”

Lin Mo inquired, “You certainly know that Zhuge Liang wrote ‘Chu Shi Biao,’ I won’t ask you about this. I have another question for you, if Zhuge Liang was such a master at strategic and cunning calculations, did he foresee the failure following Liu Bei?”

“If he did foresee it, then why did he choose to follow Liu Bei out of the mountains in the first place?”

About the answer to this question, Lin Mo had thought it over many times when he was reading “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” back then, but it wasn’t until many years later that he found an answer that was his own.

And such questions honestly don’t have precise answers; they’re solely to broaden one’s thinking.

“Hmm…..”

The question indeed was a bit difficult; Lin Xiaoxiao puckered her lips and thought for a long time but didn’t come up with an answer.

She didn’t quite understand the history of the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and as for “Romance of the Three Kingdoms,” it was not something her age group could easily grasp.

She did like watching the TV series version, but that was limited to knowing a few of the main characters’ names; she hadn’t yet sorted out the course of the significant events of that time.

Lin Mo didn’t insist on his daughter giving an answer, he stroked her hair and said, “Dad doesn’t expect you to give an answer right away, when you read more about the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty or “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” later on, you can try to think more about this question.”

“When you read with a question in mind, your memory will be much sharper!”

After communicating with his daughter, Lin Mo looked towards his son, who was a little over two years old, and asked, “Lin Xi, what have you been learning lately? Can you show Dad?”

“Yeah!” Lin Xi excitedly took many colored pencils out of the pen holder and said, “Daddy, I’ve learned a lot of painting, wait for me, I’ll draw you a picture!”

His age was still small, and often his use of subject, verb, and object wasn’t quite fluent.

However, he had always been very interested in drawing and had the guidance of a dedicated teacher.

Lin Mo and Lin Xiaoxiao’s gazes both turned to the blank drawing paper on the table.

Perhaps Lin Xi really did have a talent for this, despite his young age and not quite skilled pencil grip; the resulting drawing looked remarkably like the real thing.

It was a portrait, and it wasn’t of anyone else, but Lin Mo who was sitting opposite Lin Xi.

After about ten or so minutes, the drawing was finally complete.

Lin Xi excitedly put down the colored pencil in his hand and pointed to the person on the paper, saying, “Dad… Daddy… This is Daddy….”

Lin Mo picked up the drawing paper and examined it closely for a long while, nodding and saying, “It’s really good. What does sis think?”

Lin Xiaoxiao also nodded proudly and said, “Brother’s drawing is really good; it’s much better than mine. I wish I could draw that well someday!”

“As long as you work hard, that day will come,” Lin Mo stroked his daughter’s hair, stood up, and praised, “You both did well; Daddy rewards you with a plane ride today!”

Lin Xi wasn’t so interested in taking a plane, but when Lin Xiaoxiao heard about it, she immediately shouted excitedly, “That’s great, I want to take a plane, I want to take a plane!”

“Daddy, when are we going to take the plane?”

Before Lin Mo could answer, Li Jinshan walked out of the kitchen, smiling, “If you don’t behave, you won’t get to go; go wash your hands, get ready for dinner!”

After finishing, he turned to Lin Mo and said, “Dinner’s ready, bring the kids over to eat!”

Lin Mo nodded, and said to the two children, “Let’s go, time to eat, Grandpa is calling us!”

“As for the plane ride, you’ll know about it very soon!”

Lin Mo led his son and daughter to the dining room, seeing that all the family members except for Lin Siyu had gotten up.

Lin Mo looked around, his gaze lingering on each family member’s face for a moment, and finally, smiling, he said, “The tickets are all set; you can leave for home this afternoon.”

“Your destination is our hometown, East Sea City. As soon as you land, someone will pick you up and take you to a very safe place.”

“Don’t worry about me; just take care of yourselves!”

Once his words were out, the atmosphere at the dining table immediately became much gloomier.

Going home was, of course, what everyone hoped for, but they thought more about returning with Lin Mo than separating from him, with only themselves going ahead to their own country.

Even Lin Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but say, “Dad, you…. you’re not coming back with us?”