Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times

On the third day after arriving in the palace, Jing Xingzhi was dragged into chatting blindly by Li Yunxi again. Except when chatting, Jing Xingzhi was eating, drinking, and reading. Although he was far away from Huanshui Academy, his schoolwork was never missed.

Jing Xingzhi treated his time with Li Yunxi as a break between classes. Li Yunxi had no ill intentions toward him, and he didn’t want to provoke him, so the senior brother and the younger brother got along fine.

On this day, Li Yunxi actually chatted with Jing Xingzhi about raising children: “Xingzhi, I heard that your wife also has a child. How do you plan to educate the child in the future?”

When Li Yunxi asked this, he thought of his four sons and gradually showed disgust on his face.

He had four sons. The eldest son was the prince born by the empress. Unfortunately, like every prince, this eldest son was ambitious. When he was still young and strong, the boy started to make plans to win over his own power.

The second son, born to the imperial concubine, Li Jiarui, was not smart enough. He was tall and would make trouble all day long. Li Jiarui’s temper was not settled yet, and Li Yunxi did not dare to let him out even if he wanted to work.

The empress’ third son was still young, only ten years old this year. The empress focuses most of her energy on the eldest prince, while the younger son was like a little mute with no sense of existence.

As for the fourth son, Li Yunxi frowned thinking about him.

He was born by a very beautiful concubine, but unfortunately, she died right after giving birth. Perhaps due to the lack of upbringing from his own mother, the child was discovered to have a stammer when he was three years old.

Now the fourth son was seven years old, countless doctors in the palace had not been able to cure his stuttering problem.

What made Li Yunxi anxious the most was these children were taken care of by their own mother, and he was too busy to have time to supervise them. On weekdays, once he was free, it took a long time to look around.

Thinking of Fang Qichen had mentioned that this junior brother seemed to be good at educating children, Li Yunxi talked about raising children with his junior brother who was almost twenty years younger than him.

However, for Jing Xingzhi, this question… was out of line! Second senior brother!

His own baby, after calculating carefully, was only four months old. He was not even born yet.

As a brand-new dad who hadn’t received a baby yet, wasn’t it too much to ask him to answer questions about teaching children?!

‘Do I want to get a new title – the golden hand daddy of time travel?’

Jing Xingzhi frowned and said seriously: “How about a beating?” Anyway, after hearing this, it wasn’t his baby who got beaten.

Li Yunxi was actually a little moved. As a father, he never spanked his children.

The two younger ones were still too young, he could try with the older one. But if it was the eldest prince, it would damage the eldest prince’s majesty, why not start with this kid Li Jiarui?

Li Yunxi calculated in his mind and could give Li Jiarui ten rules for being beaten. As for the imperial concubine, she would definitely be able to accept spanking her children.

Li Yunxi remembered this: “Apart from beating, is there any other way?”

“Work.” Jing Xingzhi lied seriously, “When the child is born, I will definitely take him/her to work.”

Jing Xingzhi said seriously and his voice sounded very seductively.

“Senior brother, think of every drop of sweat is put into the soil, and every grain of it is hard work. How can you really appreciate that kind of hard work without doing it yourself? What’s more, today’s children are spoiled by their father, mother, or grandparents as soon as they are born. With good conditions, how could they know how difficult the world is?”

“Only by experiencing a variety of lives can they understand the way of life. This is a good way to increase their knowledge,” Jing Xingzhi concluded, even thinking of Li Yunxi’s farming scene.

——The children had to work, so of course the father should take the lead!

Jing Xingzhi swore that he didn’t want to see Li Yunxi farming but he was making suggestions seriously.

Wasn’t it too much for him to think of a way so seriously to satisfy his own selfishness?

Jing Xingzhi could answer this question himself, not too much, not at all!

Li Yunxi didn’t know anything. He nodded and said in full agreement: “Yes, only by experiencing the hard work, one could have a clear understanding of the real life.”

Jing Xingzhi nodded and took the next step: “In addition to these aspects, parents have to set an example and let their children see what they do, so that they could learn well.”

“Example?” Li Yunxi grasped the key point keenly.

“That’s right,” Jing Xingzhi nodded as it should have been, “Senior brother, everyone know that you have a lot of things to do every day, but I haven’t seen you correcting papers until late at night. How could I know how hard you really worked? There are so many things that you have to see with your own eyes, so you could make an example.”

Family education was very important.

Some people were very busy and had no time to spend with their children, but children could also know their parents’ love and would grow up.

But some children felt endless neglect and indifference every day. It was reasonable for children who grew up like this to be strangers to their parents.

The difference between this was understanding, recognition, and a small amount of time to accompany them. To put it bluntly, it depended on their intentions or not. Being busy was no excuse.

A free-range maniac like Li Yunxi probably didn’t even know what flavors his children liked, let alone his current situation. It was strange that his children could get close to him.

This point proposed by Jing Xingzhi could effectively bring father and son closer. The relationship between father and son became closer. Was it still far to go farming together?

Li Yunxi was thoughtful. He felt that chatting with Jing Xingzhi was very rewarding. Although this little junior brother was young, he seemed to be really good at raising children.

How many months should he let him take care of the princes? The domineering emperor, Li Yunxi thought.

Taking care of his princes was not taking of a baby, but it was training the next generation of kings of the country. The merit laid in the country!