Xibao didn't want to go to school. He wanted to learn writing, painting, foreign languages, math, and also Grandpa Jin's principles of leverage and chemical effects. He didn't want to learn phrases like "When drinking water, think of the source" or "Sailing the sea relies on the helmsman," which he could remember after just one listen.
Seeing his grandson's reluctance, Lu's father stroked his head, "Your mom wrote to me about this last month. I'll have a word with the principal and have you enrolled nominally. You can go to school for a few days whenever you feel like it, get to know the classmates, and study at home with grandma and grandpa when you don't feel like it. Just focus on Chinese and math, and when it's time for exams, just take them. But you need to study hard and score well. It would be embarrassing if you can't get into middle or high school."
Xibao finally beamed with joy, "I know all the brothers and sisters, little brothers and sisters in our brigade!"
