I'm back in 1990

Chapter 874: I've struck gold!

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Just as Huang Xiaochuan had predicted, the loving mother and filial daughter relationship soon came to an end.

"Huang Ruiying, I'll count to three."

As soon as Yu Xiang entered the courtyard, she put one hand on her hip and pointed at the little girl who was wreaking havoc on the few remaining koi in the pond. Originally, there were about ten koi in the pond, but the little girl had reduced them to only seven, almost half of them. Most of them had died from overfeeding.

Koi are creatures that never seem to get enough to eat and never feel full. They'll eat as long as you give them food, and they won't stop until they've finished it all.

It just so happens that Liu Jin wasn't home today; she went home to visit her father, Huo Miao. The little girl was feeling bored all by herself, so she and the dog went to play in the yard. Just as she was feeding the koi, her mother, Yu Xiang, returned.

Seeing this, Yu Xiang was furious. She was angry at the girl for being incorrigible and at her husband for being unreliable. She hadn't known the value of the fish before; she just thought they were quite beautiful, plump, and unafraid of people, which she liked. It wasn't until her husband accidentally let it slip that she learned the koi in her own pond, her in-laws' pond, and even the garden in Suzhou were actually so expensive.

The cheapest ones cost tens of thousands, the most expensive ones cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, and there were even some that cost hundreds of thousands. Yu Xiang wanted to pin this spendthrift old man down and beat him up to vent her anger.

If you told anyone, no one would believe it, but there were actually more than a dozen Audis swimming in my own pond. Of course, there aren't as many now.

But all of it was ruined by her own spendthrift little girl. Yu Xiang felt heartbroken when she thought about the value of the fish that died. If her husband hadn't stopped her, she would have made the little girl understand why the flowers were so red. However, considering the child's emotional capacity, she didn't tell the little girl how much the fish were actually worth.

Seeing her mother return, the little girl greeted her with a bright smile: "Mommy, you're back!"

Unfortunately, her mother didn't give her a friendly look.

"School starts in less than a week. Have you finished your homework? Have you checked it?"

"I finished writing it a long time ago and I'm checking it now. I'm balancing work and rest, and you're the one who told me that!" the little girl said confidently.

Unfortunately, her mother was different from her father. She believed in the saying "spare the rod and spoil the child" and wouldn't reason with her. She wasn't as indulgent towards her.

"Give me all the assignments now, I need to check them."

The little girl's face immediately fell, and she looked unwilling: "Oh!"

The homework was indeed finished, but the quality wasn't great, and the handwriting was very careless. When her mother saw it, she would definitely find fault with her, and she might even get a beating. So right now, she really missed her father, because he was always the one who saved her in crucial moments.

Unfortunately, her father went to her brother's summer camp closing ceremony today, so he can't help her in her immediate situation.

Huang Xiaochuan hadn't seen his son for over a month. This programming summer camp lasted forty days, during which they would also spend about ten days at Huaqing University. The entire camp was under closed management. Of course, for safety reasons, Huang Xiaochuan arranged for a group of staff to act as unpaid workers and accompany Huang Zeji around the camp at all times.

Hu Zhidong, a student from the Computer Science Department of Shanghai University, believes he has struck gold this time. He served as a professional instructor for the Shanghai Youth Programming Summer Camp organized by Shanghai University.

A total of more than 70 children were invited to participate in this summer camp, ranging in age from 10 to 14.

One of them, named Huang Zeji, caught his attention. After observing him for a period of time, he found that this child was different from others. He had an exceptionally high memory and had mastered grammar very well. He also conducted a professional test on him and was surprised to find that this child possessed a computational thinking ability that even adults find difficult to grasp.

After chatting for a while, Hu Zhidong learned that the child used to like playing chess, which showed that the child had very strong logical thinking ability. This could also be seen in his daily life. His ability to deal with and solve problems far exceeded that of the other children who came in the same class as him. These children were all carefully selected from all over Shanghai, and each of them had some skills. Some of them had even reached the level of junior or senior students in the field of computer programming.

Moreover, Huang Zeji's other qualities, such as his resilience, creativity, curiosity, and breadth and depth of knowledge (algorithms, data results, hardware), far surpass those of ordinary people.

After confirming Huang Zeji's talent, Hu Zhidong often chatted with him.

Ask him why he likes programming, what books he usually reads, what his hobbies are, and he also recommended some books to Huang Zeji, telling him to read them when he gets back.

As the summer camp was about to end, Hu Zhidong felt a little reluctant to part with the child. After all, this child wasn't his own. Sometimes he thought, "If this were my son, I would definitely do everything I can to raise him." Unfortunately, he didn't have a son, only a six-year-old daughter. Let alone computers, she only knew how to watch TV and play house every day.

On the closing day of the camp, all the parents came. Hu Zhidong had been paying attention to Huang Zeji and wanted to take this opportunity to get to know Huang Zeji's parents and have a good chat with them. He felt that such a child should be nurtured properly, otherwise it would be a waste of talent.

"Dad!" The father and son hadn't seen each other for more than a month, and Huang Zeji still missed his old man very much.

"Hey!" Huang Xiaochuan responded to his son with a smile.

"It's alright, I haven't lost weight, otherwise your grandpa and grandma would be nagging me again."

"Our meals are very good. In Yanjing, our teacher even took us to eat Peking duck." Huang Zeji seemed very satisfied with the food.

However, Huang Xiaochuan felt a little guilty. His son was so old, but he had only taken him out to play a handful of times. He had never even taken him to Beijing, let alone eaten Peking duck.

"Next time, Dad will take you to Yanjing to eat Peking duck."

To everyone's surprise, Huang Zeji didn't care about this at all. This child has always been like this since he was a child. Unlike his sister, he is not particular about food and drink. Besides, his family has always been well-off, so the food he eats is naturally not bad. In general, this child is not picky about food. He will eat whatever is given to him and will basically never ask for anything.

However, he is extremely focused on the things he likes, such as playing chess, and later photography, and then computers. He is the complete opposite of his sister, Huang Ruiying, who is full of energy, curious about everything, and has a particular sweet tooth.

"Hello, parent, you must be Huang Zeji's father?" Hu Zhidong took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Huang Xiaochuan.

"Who are you?" Huang Xiaochuan gestured with his eyes to Li Huan and the others who had gathered around. The group then stopped trying to stop him and kept a safe distance while keeping a close watch on him.