I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 862 - Chapter 862 Fighting For One's Rights (2)

Chapter 862: Fighting For One’s Rights (2) Chapter 862: Fighting For One’s Rights (2) Editor: Atlas Studios Tiger Head shouted in time, “No!” Mu Yangling turned around and asked him, “Why?” Tiger Head said anxiously, “We have to grow taller, and we still have to play.

We won’t have time for all that.” Little An instantly adjusted his strategy and gave Little Lion a look.

Little Lion immediately pulled Tiger Head back and Tiger Head shut his mouth right away.

Little An slowly said to Mu Yangling, “Fourth Aunt, you were the one who said that we can only grow taller if we sleep enough, so we have to sleep for ten hours a day.

Eight hours at night and two at noon.

This way, we can grow taller and stronger.” Little An looked up at Mu Yangling to confirm this fact with her.

Seeing that he was looking into her eyes sincerely, Mu Yangling immediately smiled.

She’d only mentioned once to him that they should look into the other party’s eyes to express their sincerity when they had something to ask from the other party.

She didn’t expect this child to remember it.

She ruffled his hair and encouraged him.

“Yes, I did say something like that.” Little An perked up and continued, “Fourth Aunt, if we want to grow up happily, we have to play and can’t spend all our time studying.

If we go to the palace to study, we won’t have time to play.

Therefore, we won’t be happy.” The three children, including Little Bear, nodded vigorously.

They would all be unhappy.

“Besides, didn’t you say that growing up isn’t as simple as learning from books?

We also have to learn how to be a person, a friend, and a son.” “You can also learn these things by studying in the palace.” Mu Yangling said, “His Highness the Crown Prince does learn these things by studying in the palace.” Little An immediately said, “We can learn these outside too.” “But your Royal Uncle thinks that we’re too lenient with you kids.

A two-day break for every five days of study will make you not enthusiastic enough about studying and you’ll be lagging behind your peers.” Mu Yangling reminded him.

“No we won’t.” Little An immediately said, “We’ve always loved studying and will continue to love it in the future.

On the other hand, if we enter the palace, we might no longer love to study since we’re forced, right?” Little Lion and Tiger Head nodded repeatedly.

“We all love to learn now.” “Fourth Aunt, do speak with Royal Uncle to let us study outside the palace.

We won’t be inferior to others.” Little Bear also said, “Mother, I don’t even have time to practice martial arts now that I study in the palace.

I want to be a general in the future.

If I don’t practice martial arts, how can I be a general?” Qi Haoran frowned.

This was indeed a big problem.

His son was even more talented in martial arts than him, and he was also born with great strength.

It would be a waste for him not to practice martial arts.

The princes in the palace naturally had to choose a direction to develop in when they grew up, but that was only decided after they confirmed their interests and abilities.

That typically wouldn’t happen until they were at least 12 years old.

However, Little Bear’s innate abilities and interests were already apparent when he was still a baby.

Naturally, he didn’t have to wait until he grew up to choose a direction.

Qi Haoran touched his nose and said to Mu Yangling, “I’ll talk to my royal brother about Little Bear, but I think it’s a little difficult to let him study outside of the palace, let alone the three little ones.” Qi Haoran looked at the three children sympathetically and said, “I can only mention it to Royal Brother.

Whether it succeeds or not will depend on their luck.” Mu Yangling could tell what Qi Haoran was thinking at a glance.

He was also in favor of sending the children to study in the palace.

Frowning, Mu Yangling thought about how to persuade Qi Haoran.

When it came to educating the children, she didn’t know if it was better to be lenient first and strict later, or if it was better to be strict first and lenient later.

However, she had always felt that people were most true to their nature when they were children.

At this moment, as parents, their duty was to guide their growth, allow them to be happy, and let them be filled with wonder about this world while letting the kids find the answers themselves.

The more things they experienced, the more memories they could build up, allowing them to have a broader perspective.

Unlike now, the kids were under academic pressure every day.

They had to show up at school right after waking up, and up till their last waking moment they were still doing homework.

Every day, the kids’ minds were only filled with the questions raised by the teachers and their confusion about what they read in the books.

The questions that were raised by the teachers all had answers that their predecessors came up with.

Despite generation after generation of learning, the knowledge was recycled over and over again, but no new knowledge emerged.

Why was that so?

Because the children didn’t ask any new questions.

Why did so many schools of thought emerge during the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period?

This was because everyone kept asking questions and never stopping in their seek of answers.

Though there were disagreements, everyone learned from each other.

They squeezed out time to learn, but they needed more time to raise questions, think, seek solutions, overthrow their hypothesis, and seek solutions againaEUR| And now?

Everyone just studied from the books.

How many people could form their own questions and unique opinions?

Mu Yangling lay beside Qi Haoran and raised her doubts.

In the end, she said, “We can’t just focus on one city and one country.

We have to focus on the entire world.

Not only do we have to consider the Jin Kingdom and West Xia, but we also have to see the countries aside from the Jin Kingdom and West Xia, the countries beyond our seas, and even the entire universe.

Children’s foresights are the cornerstone of the development of this world.” Qi Haoran rolled over and said, “Be careful not to get so caught up in the big picture that you can’t handle even the smallest matters of a country or a city.

Isn’t there a saying: if you can’t even clean your own house, how can you govern the world?” “But if you want to govern the world, you’ve got to have a view of the world first.

How can you think of governing the world just by focusing on the area in front of you?” Mu Yangling said in a low voice, “Being determined to dominate the world doesn’t conflict with cleaning a house.

Only by having a broad perspective of the entire world can they walk out of the house.” Qi Haoran fell into deep thought.

Mu Yangling sighed and said, “During the previous dynasty, the Cheng-Zhu school of thought gradually became popular in Jiangnan.

I don’t deny that it interpreted certain aspects of the four books and five scriptures very well and summarized it well.

It does make it much more convenient for scholars to understand.

However, is it really a good thing for the country to have its citizens study for the sake of convenience and for the Imperial Examination?

I’ve always felt that the purpose of studying is to broaden one’s horizons so as to have more and better choices on their path of life.

Or, to help one pursue the truth of the universe.

I feel that one shouldn’t study with the sole aim of pursuing titles for their wife and children, or to make a name for oneself in history.

Qi Haoran looked at his wife with his mouth agape.

He didn’t know that Ah Ling had such a thought.

It felt very strange, as if his wife, who had been sleeping beside the bed, had become a saint.

Suddenly feeling a little flustered, Qi Haoran hugged her tightly.

Not noticing her husband’s uneasiness, Mu Yangling only sighed and said, “The two of us are just ordinary people.

Perhaps all that we can do in this life is to work hard to earn money to support our children, and not have to think about any other ideals.

However, I’ve always hoped that our children can go further and not live through their lives in a muddle-headed way like most people.” Qi Haoran rested his chin on the top of Mu Yangling’s head and folded his arms tightly.

He said in a low voice, “It’s good to be an ordinary person.

I like the idea of an ordinary life with you.” Mu Yangling poked him with her finger.

“I know that we’re just ordinary people.

You don’t have to emphasize it again and again.

I’m talking about the kids.

Go to the palace and tell your royal brother to give the children some freedom.

We’re not that anxious about their academic matters.

At their age, other than studying, there are many other things they can learn.

What’s the point of such an intense learning pace?

It’s not as if they can complete their learning at the age of 15 or 16 and become officials in the Imperial Court immediately, right?” Qi Haoran said, “This age isn’t considered that young.

All the princes of the past dynasties entered the court at this age to start developing experience.” On the other hand, Mu Yangling said, “But children at this age have yet to settle down.

If we place them in the imperial court, they will be thrown into the complicated Imperial Court straight from their simple learning environment.

Have you considered the emotional impact on them?”

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