I'm back in 1990

Chapter 768: The Father's Fault for Failing to Raise a Child

That day, as soon as Huang Xiaochuan got out of the car, he heard a series of loud noises coming from his house, sounding like an old goose whose neck had been stepped on, struggling desperately in its death throes. But Huang Xiaochuan quickly realized that the sound was coming from a trumpet, and at a beginner level at that, the kind that was extremely damaging to the ears.

Upon entering, Huang Xiaochuan didn't see Yu Xiang, but he immediately spotted the little girl's loyal lackey slumped on its own cushion, its two paws gripping its ears tightly, looking utterly dejected. This scene made Huang Xiaochuan chuckle.

"Who's blowing the horn?" Huang Xiaochuan walked over to his son, who was sitting on the sofa, engrossed in fiddling with his camera.

Unfortunately, Huang Zeji had his back to him and ignored his words.

Huang Xiaochuan went around to Huang Zeji's front to see what was going on, only to find that Huang Zeji had something stuffed in both of his ears. It turned out that this kid was using this method to block out the noise his younger sister was making.

He was both amused and exasperated, and reached out to pat Huang Zeji on the shoulder.

"Dad!" Huang Zeji turned around and saw it was his father, so he immediately took the two crumpled pieces of paper out of his ears.

Without a doubt, the person was tormented by the awful trumpet music. And without even asking his son, Huang Xiaochuan knew who it was—it couldn't be anyone but his precious daughter.

Sure enough, Huang Zeji frowned and said to him, "My sister signed up for a musical instrument class and said she wants to be a trumpet player."

Huang Xiaochuan didn't object to enrolling his child in extracurricular classes, but with so many musical instruments to choose from, why pick a trumpet? The sound of that thing would be unbearable not only for his own family, but also for the dogs in the neighborhood.

Huang Xiaochuan patted his son's head and said, "You go about your business, I'm going to check on your sister." As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Xiaochuan walked upstairs.

The little girl's door was open, and you could see her standing outside, holding a trumpet very seriously, practicing notes with a sheet of music, her little face flushed red from playing.

After hesitating for a few seconds at the door, Huang Xiaochuan ultimately did not go in, but instead gently closed the door behind him.

It's rare for the little girl to show interest in playing a musical instrument, so let her be! As long as she's happy!

Unfortunately, even the heavy door couldn't block out the extremely penetrating sound of the trumpet, but at least it was much better than having the door open, and at least it didn't cause Huang Xiaochuan's heart to beat irregularly.

After showering and drying his hair, Huang Xiaochuan changed his clothes and returned to the living room.

Yu Xiang returned from outside at that moment.

Huang Xiaochuan casually asked, "Where did you go?"

"Let's go visit the two neighbors next door!" Yu Xiang replied to the man's question irritably as she bent down to change her shoes.

"Going to apologize, right?" Huang Xiaochuan immediately guessed the reason.

Yu Xiang rolled her eyes at him: "It's all because of your precious daughter."

Huang Xiaochuan immediately protested his innocence: "I didn't ask her to learn the trumpet."

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiang glared at the man angrily: "She's just like you when you were a kid, so stubborn. She insists on learning this stuff. I don't know what's wrong with her. Is this something a girl should play? Why not choose the piano or violin? She has to choose this instead. It's giving me a headache."

Not satisfied with that, he added insult to injury: "It's the father's fault for not raising his daughter properly. The way your daughter is is all because you spoiled her."

Huang Xiaochuan couldn't help but feel uneasy: when his daughter got first place in an exam, it was all "My daughter is so great!" But when she got into trouble, it became "Your daughter did this or that again."

Despite his inner turmoil, Huang Xiaochuan dared not say it aloud, and could only force a smile: "I'll arrange for someone to clean up the storage room on the second floor and turn it into a soundproof room so she can practice there." As he spoke, Huang Xiaochuan tried to put his arm around Yu Xiang's shoulder to ease the tension.

However, Yu Xiang turned to the side, causing Huang Xiaochuan's outstretched hand to miss its target.

"I wasn't wrong, was I? You're still spoiled!"

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Huang Xiaochuan tried hard to convince Yu Xiang: "Actually, if you learn the trumpet well, it can sound really good! You've probably heard 'The Spanish Bullfighter,' right? It sounds so exciting!"

Huang Xiaochuan originally wanted to use some classic trumpet music as examples, but just then his phone rang.

It was my elderly mother, Zeng Lijuan, calling.

"Mom! What is it?"

Huang Xiaochuan's eyes suddenly lit up: "Really? So fast?"

He then said into the phone, "Okay, I understand!"

After Yu Xiang and the other man hung up the phone, they asked, "What's wrong?"

Huang Xiaochuan looked at Yu Xiang with a happy expression: "My mom said that my second sister-in-law is pregnant, the report just came out."

Yu Xiang was also pleasantly surprised: "Really! That's really fast!"

"Oh, right, my mom wants us to go over there."

"Now? Dinner is almost here." Yu Xiang pointed to the nanny who was serving dishes.

"Let's go eat at my mom's house. Let's go, don't keep the old lady waiting."

Yu Xiang knew her mother-in-law's temper, so she said to her husband, "Then I'll go upstairs and call Xiao Duo. We'll leave as soon as we come down."

The little girl was still caught up in the novelty and quite addicted. When she followed her mother downstairs, she didn't forget to hold her trumpet in her hand.

Yu Xiang looked at the man with a "let's see what you do now" expression.

What else could Huang Xiaochuan do but say with a stern face, "Huang Ruiying, keep the alternate account at home."

To his surprise, the little girl had a whole set of reasons. She said to her father with a straight face, "Our teacher said that if you want to learn the trumpet well, you have to practice diligently and keep practicing until you can practice all the time. I've just started to get a feel for it, and if I don't practice, I might forget it when I get back. Then all my practice today would have been for nothing!"

Huang Xiaochuan was speechless for a moment. The little girl was right. There was no shortcut to mastering musical instruments except through practice.

He quickly tried to wink at Yu Xiang, hoping to get some help from his wife, but Yu Xiang had already figured out his intentions and immediately turned her face away, ignoring him completely.

Alright! I'll have to do it myself!

What else could Huang Xiaochuan do? He could only agree to the little girl's request, but he still made a three-point agreement with her.

He made an agreement with the little girl that they could only play the flute in the tea room on the first floor of her grandparents' house, and not anywhere else, and that all the doors and windows had to be closed.

Huang Ruiying readily agreed to everything; as long as she was allowed to bring her trumpet, everything was negotiable.

Yu Xiang watched the father and daughter coldly from the side; she had long expected this to happen.

She held out her hand: "Xiaodong, come with Mommy!"

Then, Huang Zeji and the family of four left first, leaving the father and daughter behind. They traveled away in two separate vans.

Twenty minutes later, Huang Xiaochuan and his family arrived at his elderly mother's house.

The Huang family of four was all here, and everyone in the house had a joyful expression on their faces, while Old Huang was holding a calligraphy brush and writing on his desk.

Zeng Lijuan held her second daughter-in-law's hand, her smile so wide she couldn't stop.

Seeing this, Yu Xiang couldn't help but feel a little jealous, but she quickly composed herself and greeted her parents-in-law, second brother, and second sister-in-law warmly.

"Dad, Mom, Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law, is Second Sister-in-law really pregnant?"

Huang Erhe couldn't stop smiling as he handed the test report to Yu Xiang.

Dr. Yu Xiang, upon examining the document, confirmed that the woman was indeed pregnant, approximately five weeks along.

Huang Xiaochuan also went over for a look, then smiled and said to his second brother and sister-in-law, "Second brother, second sister-in-law, congratulations!"

Cheng Jing blushed slightly.

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