Lu Wanqing did this deliberately. Before this, whenever Weiwei was at home, she would almost always set aside time to accompany the child, which made Weiwei feel that not going to school was interesting. Her mother would always play with her, and she was very happy.
But now it was different. Weiwei was slowly growing up and should go to school. However, the child still wanted to play and didn't want to go to school. Therefore, Lu Wanqing had to find another way to show the child the benefits of school. For example, after school started, everyone would be busy with their own things and wouldn't have much time to play with her. Only by going to school and being with more children would she have someone to play with. This way, Weiwei would fall in love with school and enjoy going to school.
Lu Wanqing also genuinely enjoyed learning. Before Weiwei was born, she had been frantically learning all sorts of knowledge, which also made her life richer and richer.
Since raising Weiwei, she had put aside her personal matters and focused most of her energy on her child, striving to accompany her. She wanted Weiwei to have a complete, happy, and joyful childhood.
Thus, more than two years passed in the blink of an eye, and Weiwei was almost three years old.
A three-year-old baby wasn't considered old; she was still a baby, but she wasn't considered young either. She should go to school, slowly learn to think, learn to live independently, and learn to take care of herself.
Because Weiwei had lived a life before and had been overly doted on for the past two years, the child felt that not going to school was good and didn't want to go.
Beating her up and then forcing her to go to school was one solution, but it wasn't the best one. Such forced enrollment would only make the child develop an aversion to school the moment she stepped through the school gates. This could even affect the child's attitude towards school and learning for the next decade or more.
She had to eliminate this problem from the root. She wanted Weiwei to take the initiative to ask to go to school. This way, Weiwei would understand that school was where she wanted to go herself. After going to school, she would cherish her life at school instead of resisting learning and treating school as a terrible monster.
"Mommy." Weiwei had been playing by herself for an hour and was getting a little bored. She looked up at her mother, who was reading a book on robot making.
Lu Wanqing didn't look up, pretending not to hear Weiwei's words.
"Mommy, it's so boring here. Let's go out and play," Weiwei ran over and tugged at Lu Wanqing's sleeve.
Lu Wanqing waved Weiwei's small hand away and said, "Mommy has to study. Can Weiwei play by herself?"
Lu Wanqing said, then picked up the doll again and placed it in Weiwei's arms.
"I don't want the doll anymore!" Weiwei pouted, feeling annoyed.
She had been playing with the doll by herself all morning; it was boring.
"Then what does Weiwei want to play with?" Lu Wanqing asked.
Weiwei thought for a moment, then her eyes lit up, and she said happily, "Mommy, I want to play with the children's flying machine. Let's go fly it together!"
The toys for children in the interstellar era were also very advanced. Everyone's transportation was hovercars and flying machines, so children's toys naturally had equivalent toy versions. The performance was naturally inferior to real adult hovercars and flying machines, but they were fine for children's entertainment and practice.
"Does Weiwei want to play with the flying machine? Okay, then you go play by yourself. Shall Mommy let the nanny robot accompany you?" Lu Wanqing said.
Nanny robots in the interstellar era were very intelligent. Many families used nanny robots to take care of their children. Just like when Lanlan was young, most of her life was taken care of by the nanny robot.
With a nanny robot watching, she almost didn't have to worry about Weiwei's safety.
"Aren't you playing with me, Mommy?" Weiwei looked at her mother and asked.
Lu Wanqing shook her head and smiled, "Mommy won't go. Mommy still has to study. Weiwei, you go play by yourself."
As Lu Wanqing spoke, she let the nanny robot get Weiwei's toy flying machine and accompany Weiwei to play in the yard.
Lu Wanqing pretended not to care about the child and deliberately returned to the study to continue reading.
Weiwei followed the nanny robot. She played with the flying machine in the yard, but after only flying two laps, she got bored again.
She wanted to play with her mother. Her mother used to play with her.
Weiwei couldn't help but return to the study.
When Lu Wanqing saw her come in, she remained unfazed, as if she hadn't seen the child.
"Mommy, can you play with me for a while?" Weiwei looked at her mother, her voice still milky as she pleaded.
Lu Wanqing knew her method was starting to work. She ignored Weiwei.
Weiwei was a little sad and took her hovercar to the yard to play by herself.
The morning passed by unknowingly. Weiwei went from happy at the beginning to silent at the end. She frequently looked towards the study, wanting to find her mother and wanting her mother to play with her.
Lu Wanqing had been reading for a long time and truly enjoyed it. She really liked the various high technologies of the interstellar era. She hadn't had the time to learn them before, but now it was different. She had money and time, and could concentrate on learning. This feeling was wonderful!
As she walked out of the study, Lu Wanqing had a smile on her face.
"Mommy!" Weiwei saw her mother come out and immediately ran over happily, reaching out to hug her mother's leg.
Lu Wanqing rubbed Weiwei's head and then took the child to cook.
After lunch was prepared and eaten, and after a nap, Lu Wanqing returned to the study to continue reading when Weiwei woke up. Weiwei began her life of self-entertainment again.
Playing alone was really boring. Like in the morning, Weiwei ran to the study several times, wanting her mother to go out and play with her, but Lu Wanqing refused each time.
Weiwei didn't understand at all. What was so good about books? She didn't like reading!
This situation lasted for more than one day. For the next two days, three days, and even two weeks, Lu Wanqing maintained the same attitude.
Every day after meals, she would let Weiwei play by herself while she went to the study to read.
Lu Wanqing read books for many days and also purchased many robots and robot-making tools online. She read books while using the tools to dismantle robots and observe their internal structures.
Weiwei came over at some point. Lu Wanqing read, Lu Wanqing studied robots, and Weiwei watched the robots beside her.
Learning was a magical thing. After studying for a while, Lu Wanqing figured out the structure of the simplest sweeping robot.
She bought the materials and made a sweeping robot.
This was her first attempt at making one, and Lu Wanqing was very careful, strictly controlling almost every detail. The finished robot was also very good. At least, it could clean the house and tidy up the garbage according to the route Lu Wanqing set!
"Mommy, it's a success!!!" Weiwei looked at the first sweeping robot her mother made, and she was also very excited and shouted excitedly.