Chapter 27: To the County
Xie Jinghao entered the room and saw Shen Meng furrowing her brows, staring intently at the letter in her hand, which couldn’t help but amuse her. It was the first time she had ever seen such an expression on her elder sister-in-law’s face.
"Big sister-in-law, are you reading a letter?"
Upon hearing the voice, Shen Meng hurriedly pretended to look sorrowfully at her, thinking that everything about the Shen family was satisfactory. It was just unfortunate that the original hostess hadn’t been given the opportunity to attend school for a few more days.
"What’s there to read? It’s all just words on a piece of paper. They don’t recognize me and I don’t recognize them. Jinghao, come over and take a look. If you recognize it, could you read it to us all? Let’s see what your big brother has to say."
Xie Jinghao’s face blushed. When her grandmother was alive, she had reached the third grade. The school at that time didn’t teach as much as they do now, and during her time in school, they memorized quotations. During the busy farming times, she had to work in the fields to earn work points. She wasn’t sure if she could recognize every character.
"Well, I’ll take a look then."
Xie Jinghao took a glance at the letter first, and sighed with relief in her heart. Luckily, there were no rare characters; she recognized all of them, and she could even guess the meaning of those she wasn’t very familiar with. The two sisters-in-law came out of the house and read the letter aloud in front of the children.
Lu Mingkai, who had never met his father since birth, stared intently at the letter as if he could see his father’s appearance from it.