Chapter 346: Your Wife is Really Amazing

Chapter 346: Your Wife Is Really Something

"Ahem, Ting Hua, the road to your home is a little too narrow, isn't it?" Huang Chaoming couldn't help but complain to Fu Tinghua as soon as everyone got out of the car after parking.

"Is it? You get used to it. There’s actually a wider road from the village entrance, but I didn’t take that route. I live at the back of the village."

As he carried things inside, Fu Tinghua didn’t forget to invite Huang Chaoming and the others in for a visit.

Since they’d come all this way, it would be impolite not to go in.

As he walked, Huang Chaoming couldn’t help but glance up at the mud-brick house in front of him.

Who knew Fu Tinghua lived in a place like this out in the sticks?

It’s hard to believe that someone from such a background could turn out so outstanding.

Huang Chaoming’s thoughts weren’t surprising at all.

Guys like him in tech and others he knew mostly came from well-off families—rich or well-connected.

You need money and connections to afford to pursue your research interests.

Moreover, getting into high-level research required growing up around it and being crazy smart.

In ancient times, ordinary farming families couldn’t swing the costs needed for education to change their fate.

Nowadays, though the country has implemented six years of compulsory education, apart from primary school, middle school, high school, and university all cost an arm and a leg.

Huang Chaoming could easily imagine how Fu Tinghua must have pinched pennies to achieve what he had today.

Someone as intelligent and highly educated as Fu Tinghua—had he been born into a better family, Huang Chaoming believed he’d have gone even further.

With these complicated thoughts, Huang Chaoming walked into the dirt house.

Given its shabby exterior, he was surprised to find the inside not bad at all.

The house was spotless and well-kept, clearly meticulously cleaned.

Su He took the two kids back to their room, letting the men talk.

"Dr. Fu, where are your parents?" Huang Chaoming asked curiously.

Something didn't add up—this was the countryside, so why weren’t Fu’s parents or siblings around?

"They don’t live here. We split off from them," Fu Tinghua replied calmly.

Huang Chaoming gave him a sympathetic look.

He assumed Fu’s parents must have refused to support his education, and Fu had struggled to graduate against all odds.

Rough. Really rough!

Having lived abroad for years, Huang Chaoming had a vivid imagination—though he kept it to himself.

"When are we heading up the mountain?" Huang Chaoming asked again.

He was pumped. He had a strong feeling that this trip to Fu Tinghua’s hometown might lead to a major breakthrough with those fruits Su He was growing.

"I’ll take you now. Just give me a moment." With that, Fu Tinghua ducked into the room to grab Su He.

"What's wrong?" Su He immediately asked as soon as he entered.

"I'll take them up the hill first. For lunch—"

Before Fu Tinghua could finish, Su He cut him off, saying, "Don’t worry, I’ve got lunch covered here."

"Okay. I’ll head out then?" Fu Tinghua glanced at Su He and the two children bouncing on the bed, hesitating before adding, "Or maybe you and the kids could go to Mom and Dad’s?"

He didn’t want her to get lonely at home by herself.

"Oh, it’s no big deal. Just go already. Mom and Dad’s place is too crowded—it’d be weird for Expert Huang and the others." As she spoke, Su He pushed Fu Tinghua out the door.

Dr. Fu had this annoying habit—always fussing over whether she felt slighted or something. She couldn’t understand why he thought that way.

"Alright, I’ll get going then."

After saying this, Fu Tinghua didn’t hesitate any longer and led Huang Chaoming and the others straight to the slope where the durian trees were planted.

They had driven a car over, parking it at the foot of the mountain before heading up.

The moment Huang Chaoming saw the durian trees, his eyes lit up.

"These are huge," he muttered, then asked, "Ting Hua, how do you harvest these durians?"

"One climbs, two or three catch. Simple as that."

Fu Tinghua looked up at the sparse remaining durians. The Fu family hadn’t come to pick any today—probably because there weren’t many left to harvest.

The season’s done. Another year’s wait.

"Your wife’s something else, pulling this off," Huang Chaoming said before pulling out his equipment to collect samples.

Fu Tinghua stayed quiet. After all, he knew these weren’t actually grown by Su He—they came from the mysterious space she possessed.

Once they reached the slope, Huang Chaoming zeroed in on studying the durian trees, paying no attention to anyone else.

Fu Tinghua ignored the others too, quietly finding a relatively clean spot to sit and wait for him to finish.

Once they’d gone, Su He stepped out to check the clock in the living room.

Though they had woken up early, it was already past ten by the time they arrived, and now it was half past. Time to get lunch started.

"Mom! When can we go see Ya Ya and them?" Niu Niu ran up to Su He, sounding impatient.

"Maybe after lunch?" Su He smiled at her, patiently soothing her.

"Okay..." Niu Niu gave a grudging ‘okay’ and wandered off.

As the kids grew, they were also becoming more playful. They’d outgrown a lot of their old favorites.

Su He figured she’d scout the space for any suitable toys or books for the two children to learn with.

The puzzles she’d bought? Zai Zai had breezed through them.

Back in modern times, four-year-olds would be in kindergarten.

Maybe she could get Su Shiming to teach the kids to read?

She’d toyed with the idea but held back, unsure if kids here started learning this young.

Zhuang Zhuang and Niu Niu are already over six years old, almost seven, the age to start primary school, yet they still spend all day playing freely in the fields.

I’ll discuss it with Dr. Fu tonight.

Having witnessed in modern times all those tragic news stories about kids pushed into early education—pressured by parents enrolling them in various extracurriculars—Su He doesn’t want to become that kind of mother.

The main thing is, even though Zai Zai had a hellish start in life (as described in the book), he still managed to get into police academy on his own merit. This proves that starting school a bit later didn’t hinder his achievements.

Su He figures she shouldn't obsess over whether to push the kids into early reading and writing. Their happiness matters most.