Chapter 365: Change
Only by fully understanding the meaning, structure, and origin of a word can one remember how to read and write it more quickly and firmly.
After knowing how to write it, practice repeatedly to write it well.
This is a gradual process that shouldn’t be rushed.
Fortunately, Wang Cuilan and Pei Baoshan are not the type to rush for quick success.
The two of them aren’t even at the point of neglecting food and sleep.
They do whatever needs to be done each day, and after finishing their tasks, instead of weaving bamboo as before, they take up a pen to write.
By the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, they had only studied for a little over ten days but had already learned more than a hundred common characters.
They not only recognize them but can also write them.
When writing, each stroke is careful. It may not be beautiful but is very neat, making it easy for anyone to recognize the characters.
Even at their age, Wang Cuilan and Pei Baoshan have such dedication to learning. With them setting an example, Pei Shanshan and Pei Yang dared not slack off.
They also studied diligently, and although they had to start working right after the fifteenth of the first lunar month, they did not plan to slack off.
Work is work; they don’t work twenty-four hours a day.
If one wants to learn, there’s always time.
This atmosphere is actually excellent, and Jiang Ran quite likes it.
However, Pei Huai felt a bit helpless about it.
He had just managed to get closer to Jiang Ran, wanting to work harder to make further progress, but now he had to divert much of his energy to overseeing Pei Yang and Pei Shanshan’s studies.
Jiang Ran also had to help Wang Cuilan and Pei Baoshan learn to read while also being busy with the small wardrobe business.
Pei Huai himself had to continue focusing on engineering tasks.
As a result, they were both very busy, with hardly any time alone together.
Initially, Pei Huai felt it was quite a pity.
But as time went by, Pei Huai noticed that his conversations with Jiang Ran gradually increased.
Their time alone together was shorter than before, but they talked more than before.
In the past, when they were together, they were mostly silent.
Even if he tried to come up with topics, their conversations couldn’t really warm up.
But now, when they are together, there’s no need to consciously find topics. Jiang Ran has endless things to say to him.
They discuss Pei Yang and Pei Shanshan’s learning progress, Wang Cuilan and Pei Baoshan’s writing practice, and Pei Jing’s school life.
While discussing these, they occasionally include a few words about their personal situations.
Without Pei Huai needing to ask, Jiang Ran would share what she had been busy with each day and show him her newly drawn designs.
She would also spontaneously mention new dishes she planned to make.
Whenever they have time, they go grocery shopping together and then cook the new dishes.
If it turns out well, they give the dish to Pei Yang to add to the small eatery’s menu.
If it’s not quite right, they discuss the shortcomings together and plan improvements for next time.
All of this happened without them quite realizing it. If Pei Huai hadn’t been focused on Jiang Ran, he might not even have noticed.
Pei Huai noticed the changes between them and felt happy about it.
Jiang Ran, on the other hand, hadn’t realized any of it.
She was simply too busy, occupied with various tasks from the moment she woke up until she went to sleep.