The Beautiful Teaching Assistant Gave Me Three Children, Shocking the Entire School
Chapter 204: Man’s Nature at Birth is Evil

Chapter 204: Chapter 204: Man’s Nature at Birth is Evil

Xiao Fei’s official undergraduate graduation also signified another thing.

That was, as a teacher, Tang Yuxin once again welcomed her most blissful and long-awaited summer vacation of the year.

It is often said that being a teacher comes with a major perk: fixed winter and summer breaks that are rarely found in other professions.

However, Tang Yuxin was not a tenured teacher; instead, she was employed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, so her winter and summer breaks were unpaid.

This situation would only change after she obtained a tenured teaching position.

Without the need to teach students at school, Tang Yuxin started holding lessons for the little ones at home.

Thanks to the foundation laid by Xiao Fei, the toddlers had already mastered Chinese pinyin and had no trouble correctly pronouncing words. They could even stumble their way through reading characters using pinyin for assistance.

In fact, at this stage, the little ones had already managed to recognize nearly a hundred Chinese characters.

For children of their age, this was something incredibly remarkable.

Therefore, Tang Yuxin began implementing her next teaching plan.

She decided to start teaching basic math to the kids.

Beginning with the simplest addition and subtraction, she would gradually establish a mathematical foundation for them.

Her goal wasn’t to push the children to excel, but rather to cultivate good learning habits.

As a teacher, Tang Yuxin deeply understood how much the power of habit could assist students in their learning journey.

When children build a solid foundation in advance, once they start formal schooling in elementary school, they’re almost guaranteed to achieve excellent grades during the initial stages.

And if children can frequently score well in exams during their first two or three years of school, they develop a habitual way of thinking:

"I’m great at academics!"

"My learning skills are impressive!"

Once children establish this kind of habitual mindset, any sign of declining grades would motivate them to take action. Without their parents needing to intervene, these little ones, accustomed to excelling, would feel unsettled and work harder on their own.

While such a theory might not work universally for all children, it was effective enough for the majority.

Tang Yuxin herself had grown up this way.

"One plus one equals two. One plus two equals three. One plus three equals four..."

The nursery room was filled with Tang Yuxin’s voice.

At this point, calling this space a "nursery room" was no longer appropriate.

The kids were all more than a year and a half old, soon turning two. It was high time to stop referring to them as babies.

The three little ones had each brought over a small stool, sitting properly with a low table in front of them.

While teaching the kids the addition table for numbers under ten, Tang Yuxin’s face hesitated slightly.

She had initially planned to start with nursery rhymes, such as "One little frog, one big mouth, two bright eyes, four strong legs," but Xiao Fei directly suggested skipping the rhymes and diving into the addition table.

After reciting the addition table written on the small blackboard, Tang Yuxin looked toward the kids.

The foundational understanding of Arabic numerals had already been established.

Right then, Tang Yuxin asked directly, "Da Bao, Er Bao, Sanbao, repeat after me, alright?"

"Mm...!!"

The little ones nodded earnestly in unison.

Then, the room was filled with the sound of them reciting the addition table aloud.

To Tang Yuxin’s surprise, after only a few repetitions, the kids were actually able to clumsily recite the table by themselves.

Tang Yuxin was both astonished by their intelligence and quietly proud of her own teaching skills...

Completely forgetting how poorly she had performed when starting out herself.

"Alright, today’s lesson is finished!"

Tang Yuxin clapped her hands together happily.

"Kids, is there anything you’d like to do now?"

Da Bao raised his hand, "Mama, let’s go find Baba!"

Find Xiao Fei?

Tang Yuxin blinked for a moment, then motioned for the kids to follow her.

One adult and three little ones, the four of them tiptoed to the door of the study.

Tang Yuxin pushed the door ajar slightly and leaned in with the kids for a peek inside.

Inside the study.

Xiao Fei, wearing a pair of rimless glasses, was quietly reading a book, occasionally lost in thought.

Closing the door gently, Tang Yuxin whispered to the children, "Daddy is working right now; we can’t disturb him, okay?"

The kids looked a bit disappointed—they had wanted to play with Xiao Fei.

But since Tang Yuxin had said so, they nodded obediently.

If they couldn’t play with Daddy, they could still play with Mommy!

And there was also Xiang Zilan and Little Bei.

"Then Mama can play with us!"

It was Er Bao who spoke up.

Tang Yuxin, seeing she didn’t have other tasks at hand, nodded in agreement.

And so...

When the children finally led Tang Yuxin into the backyard, she was left dumbfounded.

"This is it!"

Er Bao pointed to a patch of grass ahead.

"Yesterday, little sister found an ant nest here!"

Then, the three little ones pulled Tang Yuxin down to squat with them and started "playing" with ants...

They were really playing with ants!

Tang Yuxin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She was in her late twenties and was now crouching on the ground with a bunch of kids, counting ants.

When they saw a line of ants carrying food into their nest, Da Bao thought for a moment before suddenly running back into the house.

Not long after, he returned with a cup of water in hand. No one knew what he had done to prepare it.

"Da Bao, what are you planning to do?"

"Pour water in, of course!"

Da Bao squatted down as he spoke, preparing to pour water into the ant nest.

Tang Yuxin’s expression tightened.

This child...

It’s often said that humans are inherently good at birth, but ancient wisdom also suggests that humans are inherently sinful at birth.

Studies today similarly indicate that young children whose moral compasses, ethics, and worldview haven’t yet fully developed can exhibit a surprising degree of cruelty.

They often commit acts that harm small creatures.

Squashing butterflies, destroying ant colonies, and employing methods that adults would consider borderline abusive to handle insects and small animals—all with innocent, carefree grins.

Precisely because they know no better, their actions appear even more ruthless.

Just like now.

Da Bao was eagerly trying to pour water into the ant nest, while Er Bao and Sanbao looked on with interest. Er Bao even wanted to enlarge the entrance to the nest.

Tang Yuxin let out a sigh, reaching out to take the cup of water from Da Bao’s hands.

"Mama...?"

Da Bao looked up at Tang Yuxin with confusion.

Tang Yuxin pressed her lips together and decided to give the kids a proper lesson on the value of protecting life.

After all, humans can’t just stop at learning academics; there are many things far more important than knowledge that need to be taught.