Chapter 150: The Wealthy Pei Loaer (4)_1
"Ah!? What book are we reciting?" Si Ya asked.
"Do you recognize the characters in the contract? Can you do the accounting? Can you write your own name?" Pei Qin glanced at her.
San Ya was very happy. She had wanted to learn to read and to do accounting like her older sister. But since her sister had only been teaching her brother, she hadn’t dared to express her desire to learn. Now that her older sister was suggesting they learn, she put down her embroidery work immediately, "Older sister! I will learn from you!"
"Hmm, let’s start with ’The Old Peddler’ then!" Pei Qin was fond of this ancient text that was perfected through practice. She had become more proficient in fighting by fighting more.
"What’s ’The Old Peddler’?" San Ya was curious. "Don’t we start with the ’Three-Character Classic’?"
"Understanding the principle first, then learning the characters, you will learn much faster," Pei Qin said as she recited "The Old Peddler" and then explained it sentence by sentence.
Those unfamiliar with the classical particles naturally didn’t understand, but once it was translated into a story, they all suddenly got it.
"As long as you practice one thing many times, you can become very proficient! Very proficient!" San Ya, after all being two years older, was quick to grasp the concept.
When Lady Kong came to deliver garlic for the Laba garlic and beans for the Laba festival, San Ya and Si Ya were reciting the Three Character Classic. She came over in surprise to see Pei Wendong holding a branch, and a layer of fine dirt spread on the ground, writing characters in the dirt. Lady Kong was secretly alarmed. They had already connected with the Wang family, had set up a stall, and now they were also learning to read and write...
Lady Fang didn’t accept her Laba garlic and beans, "We’ve agreed to just the Laba porridge; no one in our family likes these things. You take them back!"
Lady Kong nodded somewhat absentmindedly, and when she got home, she said to Lady Zhu and the others, "The kids from the second branch are learning to read. Does the family know?" If things continued this way, the second branch might rise to prominence in the future.