Chapter 606 - 595 Book of Documents
Manbao took out the newly purchased Book of Documents and clumsily read through the first Chapter before spreading out her paper and pen, attempting to punctuate the sentences.
Just as she had picked up her pen, the cook called out from outside the study, "Mr. Zhuang, it’s time for lunch."
Manbao found the Book of Documents too challenging. After lunch, she held the book and read it again before attempting to punctuate the first sentence.
Bai Erlang had already cleared his table and gone for a noon nap, while Zhou Silang had run off somewhere, and Zhou Lijun had also left the house.
Mr. Zhuang walked up behind Manbao and watched as she punctuated two sentences, nodding slightly in approval.
He did not disturb Manbao but turned around and went back to his room for a noon rest.
Manbao had only rested her head on the table for a little over a quarter of an hour at noon before she got up, washed her face with a basin of cold water in the yard, and returned to the study with renewed energy.
Mr. Zhuang did not have her study alone, so that afternoon, he also brought his own copy of the Book of Documents to the study. After assigning Bai Erlang his lessons for self-study, he began teaching Manbao the correct way to read sentences.
Most of her own sentence breaks were correct, but there were always some errors.
Mr. Zhuang read the first Chapter of the text, while Manbao used her pen to mark the sentence readings directly on the book.
Mr. Zhuang glanced down and realized that the symbols Manbao used for sentence punctuation were much more elaborate than the existing ones.