He Jiaxing couldn’t believe it and widened his eyes, then he shouted loudly, “No, that’s not right! Teacher Jiang said our dads are heroes, and we are little heroes.

Little heroes can’t lie. I don’t want to be a lying child. Other kids don’t like to play with lying children.

If they know I lied, they won’t want to play with me anymore.

Mom, you’re saying behind their back that the twins’ mom is lazy and teaching me to be a lying child. You’re so mean.” He finished and angrily ran into his room.

He Jiaxing’s mother was left staring blankly at her son.

In the evening, Captain He returned home from work and was somewhat surprised to see the house so quiet. “Has Jiaxing not come back from school yet?” Usually, by this time, his son would have rushed out to greet him.

“He’s back, but he’s in his room and won’t come out.” She called several times, but he didn’t come out.

He Jiaxing’s mother didn’t know what she had done to upset him.

She had just said a few words like everyone else, but her son said she was wrong.

Where was she wrong? Even if she was wrong, why was her son angry? And he said he wanted to wash clothes and dishes.

He was just a child.

Could he wash clothes and dishes? What if the clothes weren’t cleaned properly or he cut himself washing dishes? Besides, she was right there.

Why would a child like him need to wash things?

Captain He came to his son’s room door. “Jiaxing, come out for dinner… Jiaxing…”

He Jiaxing opened the door and looked at his dad standing at the door, pouting at him.

“What’s wrong? Did you have a fight with someone?” Captain He asked with interest.

His son was usually the little overlord at home, and this was the first time he had seen him so angry.

His wife couldn’t have fought with their son, so did he lose a fight at the nursery school with other kids?

“Did you lose a fight? It’s okay to lose. You’ll win next time.”

Captain He thought it was a small issue, not worth getting worked up over.

Boys, when they lose a fight this time, they’ll win the next time.

“No, that’s not it,” He Jiaxing said angrily. “Mom told me to lie, to be a lying child, and that’s not right.”

“What’s going on?” Captain He was a little confused, not understanding his son’s meaning.

He squatted down, eye-level with his son, “What do you mean? Tell Dad again, how did Mom tell you to lie?”

“Teacher said that children who do chores like washing clothes and dishes at home are good children, and the teacher will reward them with little red flowers.

I also want the teacher to reward me with little red flowers. I want to wash clothes and dishes tonight, but Mom said I don’t have to, and tomorrow she will tell the teacher that I did.

But, isn’t that lying? Teacher said lying is wrong, and I don’t want to lie or deceive people.” He Jiaxing recounted the situation, forgetting the earlier part where he scolded his mother.

“Dad, the twins can wash clothes and dishes for their mom, I’m sure I can too.” He Jiaxing added.

Just when He Jiaxing had just apologized, he was very dissatisfied with the twins.

The typical dissatisfaction of a child is that if you can do something, I can do it too.

Captain He thought it was something else, “Alright, Dad guarantees you that you can wash as many clothes and dishes as you want. If you want to wash dishes, wash dishes.”

Hearing his father’s guarantee, He Jiaxing’s eyes lit up, “Really?”

“Really. Alright, let’s go eat before it gets cold.” Captain He lifted his son up.

As long as his son didn’t change his mind later, he would allow him to wash as many clothes and dishes as he wanted.

In the dining room, He Jiaxing’s mother had already brought out all the dishes.

Seeing father and son coming over, chatting and laughing, she felt relieved.

Her son’s temper was not very good usually, but he was her only child, so she cherished him and didn’t want to scold him harshly.

She had been married to Captain He for three years without conceiving, and finally became pregnant in the fourth year.

When she finally gave birth to a boy, he became her precious treasure.

“Let’s eat. Jiaxing, Mom cooked eggs that you like, eat more.” She said, placing the scrambled eggs in front of He Jiaxing.

He Jiaxing pursed his lips, “Dad said I can wash clothes and dishes at home.”

He Jiaxing’s mother looked at Captain He, “You said that?”

Captain He replied, “A man should endure some hardships. Washing clothes and dishes is a small hardship. In the future, he will face even greater hardships when he joins the army. There’s no need to spoil him.”

He Jiaxing’s mother immediately said, “Jiaxing can’t join the army when he grows up.” Every time men went on missions, she would worry endlessly.

Her son definitely couldn’t go.

“In the future, you should find him a stable job, like a worker. I finally gave birth to Jiaxing. I don’t want him to join the army.”

Captain He understood her meaning, but as a soldier, he still supported his son joining the army.

However, “He’s still young. Let him decide for himself in the future. It’s too early now.”

He Jiaxing’s mother didn’t oppose further.

She would talk to her son more in the future, persuading him to become a worker instead of a soldier.

After dinner, He Jiaxing insisted on washing clothes and dishes.

At this moment, when He Jiaxing’s mother took him to wash clothes and dishes, she was stunned by what she saw at the well.

My goodness, what’s going on? She saw that all the children were helping their mothers wash clothes and dishes, except for the twins, whose father was helping them.

He Jiaxing also saw Yi Bao and Er Bao.

He ran over, incredibly proud, and said, “Twins, I’m here today to help my mom wash clothes and dishes too. I can do housework too, so I can also get a little red flower tomorrow.” Hmph!

Yi Bao and Er Bao looked up at the proud He Jiaxing, not understanding what he was so proud of.

“Oh,” Er Bao replied, “We’re almost done.”

Yi Bao also looked away.

To be honest, when they had just come to wash clothes and dishes with their father, they saw that there were already other children there, but they didn’t think much of it.

Later, when other children came over and said similar things to what He Jiaxing had said, they understood.

It turned out that they were all doing it for the little red flowers.

And then, more and more children came over, saying similar things one after another, and they… accepted it quite calmly.

These people were really strange.

Washing clothes and dishes had nothing to do with them, so why did they come over and say such things to them?

So, that night, the focus of the conversation in the residential compound shifted.

It was no longer about the Lin family but about the children from Class 3 of the kindergarten.

So much so that the next day, when Teacher Jiang went to class, many children said that they had washed clothes and dishes the night before and wanted to be rewarded with little red flowers.

She was stunned.

She counted and found that eight children had indeed washed clothes and dishes the night before.

These children were too competitive.

But as a teacher, since she had promised, she naturally couldn’t go back on her word.

Moreover, children helping with housework was not a bad thing to say, and it was worthy of praise.

So, Teacher Jiang readily gave them all little red flowers.

Other children saw this and silently remembered it. In the afternoon after school, they also clamored to go and wash clothes and dishes.

So much so that by the time of dinner, the area around the well was filled with children from Class 3 of the kindergarten.

At the well, there were children everywhere, chatting non-stop while energetically washing clothes.

“What’s going on? Why are there so many children washing clothes today?”

“Yeah, there used to be only the twins, but yesterday there were about ten children, and today there are about twenty.”

“That’s right, we’ve never seen the children in our residential compound so enthusiastic.”

“Why are all the children coming to wash clothes and dishes?”

Several residents were discussing, all curious.

They didn’t have children in Class 3 of the kindergarten, so they didn’t know what was happening.

Someone saw He Jiaxing’s mother taking him over, and since they were quite familiar, they asked, “Xiao He’s wife, what’s going on? Why are all the children washing clothes and dishes?”

He Jiaxing’s mother naturally wouldn’t say it was for the little red flowers.

She smiled and said, “It’s all about the children’s filial piety. Yesterday, during class, Teacher Jiang told them that helping with household chores like washing clothes and dishes is filial piety, and filial children are good children. So, starting from yesterday, our Jiaxing started helping me with housework.”

The woman exclaimed, “Oh, Teacher Jiang teaches so well. These children are really filial. Jiaxing, you’re so young but you already know how to be filial to your mother. You’re so good.”

After hearing Auntie’s praise, He Jiaxing proudly lifted his chin.

He wanted to show that he could wash clothes and dishes better than the twins, and he wanted to be more filial than them, earning more small red flowers as rewards.

Back when this was happening to the Lin family, when only the twins were washing clothes and dishes, everyone said their mother was lazy.

Now that more kids are doing it, everyone says the kids are filial. It’s really double standards.

Ning Shu only found out about this after Yi Bao and Er Bao came home.

Today, Lin Guodong and the twins came back a bit late, and she couldn’t help but ask, “What happened today? You’re almost an hour later than usual.”

Lin Guodong felt bitter inside.

Er Bao quickly added, “There were a lot of kids doing laundry and dishes today, so everyone had to wait in line to fetch water.”

Yi Bao said, “They’re all kids from our class. The ones who washed clothes and dishes yesterday got rewarded with small red flowers, so everyone went to do it today.”

Er Bao added, “They’re just copying us, hmph.”

Ning Shu raised an eyebrow.

It was a good thing that all the kids from Class 3 went to wash clothes and dishes by the well.

At least the twins wouldn’t stand out for doing it, attracting attention.

However, Ning Shu was clearly overthinking it.

Because the next day, the three brothers attracted attention again.

But this time, it was a glorious kind of attention, which made Ning Shu quite popular in the neighborhood!