Chapter 26: The Three-Mouthed Family

  (Thanks for the second reward from "open? once"! To express my gratitude, I'll specially run 180,000 miles in the freezing cold and snow, naked and barefoot, up and down, left and right, heaven and earth!!^^) Wang Jianguo heard this and showed a thoughtful expression, then he smiled slightly and said: "Xiao Qian, you're still young, there are some things you don't understand. I think your classmate Feng Xiaotian is quite sensible."

  Wang Qianqian blinked her big eyes and said, "Dad, when I asked Feng Xiangtian this question, he gave me the same answer as you, word for word. Am I really that stupid?"

  Wang Jianguo's face showed a strange expression after hearing this, and it wasn't until after a while that he said: "Xiao Qian, did he really say the same thing to you as he did to me?"

  Wang Qianqian nodded and said, "Yes, not only that, but later when he left school, I also asked him why he had to drop out. I thought since Teacher Wang had already made it clear to him, he had no reason to leave."

  "What was his answer?" Wang Jianguo asked upon hearing this.

  Wang Qianqian furrowed her brow and said, "He says I'm too young and don't understand the underlying principles. He explained that he's someone who can't be accepted by the class as a whole, and in the past, he had to sacrifice his dignity and self-respect just to stay in the class. But now that they've completely fallen out, he can't continue to stay here. He says he's chosen to resist, and once he makes this choice, it means he's decided to bid farewell to his past. Although Teacher Wang is the most authoritative person in this group, she still can't take care of everything. Even if he stays here, there won't be a good outcome."

  Wang Qianqian said, staring at her father, Wang Jianguo smiled and shook his head: "This kid is thoughtful and understands people and things very thoroughly - Little Qian, he's right, this is already the best choice. You don't understand this reasoning now, but when you grow up, you will."

  Wang Qianqian said with some disappointment: "Dad, why are you following Feng Xiangtian's behavior? Even your thoughts are similar! Humph! I won't talk to you anymore!"

  Wang Qianqian finished speaking and turned around to enter the kitchen, helping her mother prepare dinner. After a while, Wang Qianqian's mother Liu Weihong walked into the living room with dishes in hand, smiling and saying: "Old Wang, how did you offend your daughter? She looks unhappy, you didn't scold her, did you?"

  Wang Jianguo smiled wryly and said, "Old Liu, you're not unaware of me, how could I scold her? This little girl has grown up now and has a bit of a temper."

  Wang Qianqian in the kitchen heard this, suddenly stuck her head out from behind the door, made a face at her dad and said: "Dad is not allowed to speak ill of me, humph!"

  "Alright, alright, Dad won't say anything else, okay?"

  A few minutes later, three dishes and one soup were neatly placed on the dinner table. Two green vegetables plus a braised pork belly, and a tomato and egg soup. In 1991, having such a rich dinner indicated that Wang Qianqian's family was in a pretty good condition.

  After starting to eat, Father Wang Jianguo and Mother Liu Weihong kept putting braised pork in Wang Qianqian's bowl. The words from their mouths were surprisingly consistent: "Daughter, you are growing up, you should eat more meat."

  Wang Qianqian looked at the half plate of braised pork that was almost all piled in her own bowl, and pouted: "Dad, mom, you've taken too much! How can I finish eating so much?"

  Wang Jianguo chuckled and said: "Eat slowly, you'll finish it eventually. Look at other people's homes, who has meat to eat?"

  Normally, whenever Wang Jianguo said something like that, Wang Qianqian would retort: "That's someone else's family, although the meat is expensive, you can't eat too much of it, eating too much will make you feel sick."

  But today, Wang Qianqian heard this and fell into silence, looking at her absent-minded appearance, as if thinking about some problem.

  Wang Jianguo burst out laughing and said: "Old Liu, take a look at our daughter, has she grown up? She now understands her parents' kindness."

  Wang Qianqian smiled and said, "That's right, my daughter has grown up now and knows that life is not easy. However, there's still a bit too much meat here. Dad and mom should also eat more, especially dad, you're always busy with research, it's quite taxing on the brain, so eat more meat to nourish your body."

  Wang Qianqian finished speaking and kept picking up the braised pork from her bowl to feed her parents, Wang Jianguo and Liu Weihong. They were delighted by their daughter's enthusiasm and couldn't stop smiling, it seemed that their daughter had indeed grown up.

  Why is Wang Qianqian different from before? It's because she just thought of Feng Xiaotian, compared to Feng Xiaotian, she is much happier. Feng Xiaotian has to pick up trash every day to make a living, while Wang Qianqian has no worries about food and clothing. Feng Xiaotian has to rummage through garbage for rotten vegetables to eat, while Wang Qianqian can eat braised pork until she's sick of it. Feng Xiaotian is an orphan, while Wang Qianqian can enjoy the love and care of her parents. In every aspect, Wang Qianqian is many times stronger than Feng Xiaotian.

  Wang Qianqian thought of this, her mentality changed, and she cherished everything she had. She had received good family education since childhood, and this transformation was a natural process for her.

  Wang Jianguo and Liu Weihong were eating the braised pork that their daughter Wang Qianqian had put in their bowls, feeling much more relieved. Their daughter was good in every way, except that sometimes she loved to throw a tantrum, and as she grew older, this situation became more and more serious. As a university professor, Wang Jianguo naturally knew that his daughter's behavior was because she was going through puberty. Originally, he had some worries about it, fearing that his daughter would become more and more unreliable. But today was different. His daughter hadn't argued with him as usual, and this change, although subtle, was very welcome.

  Wang Qianqian ate a few bites of food and suddenly thought of something. She looked up and said, "Dad, do you know what artificial intelligence is?"

  Wang Jianguo was eating with his head down, when he heard this, he was stunned for a moment. Then he swallowed the food in his mouth and asked hesitantly: "Xiao Qian, how did you...how did you ask this question?"

  Wang Qianqian saw her father's surprised expression and hesitantly asked, "What? Is there something wrong with this? I heard it from someone else."

  Wang Jianguo responded with an "oh" and then said, "So that's what it is... this artificial intelligence thing, it's something with autonomous thinking capabilities. To put it simply, it's a machine that's roughly similar to humans."

  Wang Qianqian was stunned for a moment, taking some time to digest what Wang Jianguo had said. Then she asked: "Dad, is artificial intelligence very profound?"

  Wang Jianguo burst out laughing and said, "Of course it's very profound! Our country is still a blank slate in this area. Personal computers haven't even become widespread yet, let alone artificial intelligence. I've heard that some people in the US are researching this, but it's just an illusion. How can machines possibly possess human thought processes? It's simply impossible!"