Chapter 653: Chapter 654 I Will Be Even Crueler to Him

Tang Zelin sat in front of the stove, hammering away, fixing something.

Listening to the children’s conversation inside, he was talking to Su Shu.

“They’re all learning from Teacher Ge, and it seems like they’ve got more homework recently.”

Su Shu and good flour sat aside to rest for a while, “Xiao’ai is still the same as before, learning to read, and learning simple poems and rhymes while reading. Grandma Fu is teaching her some things that little girls should know. Xiaopang is about the same as Xiao’ai, but Teacher Ge said this kid is quick at arithmetic.”

“Is that so?” Tang Zelin was somewhat surprised.

“Yes, it’s unexpected, right? Always eyeing food all day and reportedly quick with numbers,” Su Shu laughed and scooped a ladle of water into the pot, “As for Lu Tong, he’s older and the second elders of the Ge Family are quite strict with him. He learns a lot, and has much homework. Sometimes at night, I see him working late.”

“How is he doing with his studies?” he asked.

“They say he’s not bad,” Su Shu laughed.

“Mmm.”

His good friend Yao Ke was still in Province B, and entrusted to their care, Lu Tong was someone Tang Zelin hoped to take good care of.

“If it were before the Apocalypse, all the children of school age would have been in school.”

“Yes, but times have changed. Now, it’s not easy just to live well,” Su Shu said lightly.

While repairing things, Tang Zelin said, “Looking at the trend, boys can’t just learn academic subjects. It was okay during peacetime, but now, everyone, young and old, should learn something to protect themselves.”

Su Shu looked up, “What are you thinking?”

Tang Zelin glanced at the west room, then turned back, “I’ll take some time later to teach Lu Tong some self-defense. It’s good for strengthening the body, and it can be useful at critical moments.”

“He’s only nine, is that appropriate?”

Tang Zelin laughed, “What’s appropriate or inappropriate? Nine isn’t young anymore. When I was just big enough to start running, my old man dragged me out every day to go for walks and do leg stretches. I’ve been training this physique from a young age.”

Su Shu nodded, “Then later, you ask him if he wants to.”

Tang Zelin smirked, “Doesn’t want to? Now it’s not up to him to decide. Yao Ke asked me to help look after him, so I have to help make something decent out of him.”

When it came to training, Tang Zelin was like a different person, his eyes shining bright.

Su Shu looked down, glancing at her own belly a few times.

She was somewhat anxious. Once their own child was born, Tang Zelin wouldn’t train him the same way, would he? From a young age, having him train rigorously?

Tang Zelin watched her movements, seeing her look at her stomach and then shake her head, immediately guessing what the girl was thinking just now.

He couldn’t help saying with a laugh, “Don’t worry, I won’t treat him the same as Lu Tong.”

Su Shu breathed a sigh of relief.

The next second, she heard him say.

“I’ll be even stricter with him.”

The sigh of relief she had just breathed out snapped back at once.

“Hahaha—-”

In the room, Lu Tong sat not far from the door.

Hearing the conversation between Tang Zelin and Su Shu outside, and when Tang Uncle said he would teach him some self-defense, a warmth filled his heart.

Since he saw those terrifying things on the border, he had been having nightmares from time to time.

But he never told anyone.

Often, he would be chased by some faceless horror in his dreams.

Waking up in the middle of the night, he would be covered in cold sweat.

Even though he was young, after several months of trials, he clearly understood what was most important for him, what he needed to learn the most.

He also wanted to ask Tang Uncle to teach him something, but he knew how busy Tang Zelin was as the group captain.

The thoughts he dared not voice, he heard them discussing proactively today.

Lu Tong smiled slowly inside the room, his heart filled with joy.