Chapter 123 - 120 siblings-in-law at the second watch
Throughout the entire month of March, Xu Wu stayed at Qin Xi’s home, sharing meals with Li family’s grandpa and grandson. This child indeed had a large appetite, but he was very diligent, helping with fetching water and even dragging back two dead trees from the woods in the east, which made the firewood at home suddenly abundant.
The child was also quite peculiar, especially obedient to Li Xianglu’s words, treating them as if they were imperial edicts. Whatever she said, he would do, and whatever she forbade, he would resolutely refrain from doing.
Just now, Qin Zhen was trying to take Xu Wu to the river to catch fish, as the weather was getting warmer and the ice on the river had melted. Many from the village with good swimming skills went to the riverside to catch fish, to add a dish to their family’s meal.
However, Xu Wu was squatting on the ground, writing characters without moving an inch, and no matter how much you talked, he wouldn’t budge.
Li Xianglu, who had just finished making dough, came out and asked, "Have you learned it?"
Xu Wu stood up immediately like a voice-controlled robot and nodded, "I’ve learned it all."
Seeing this, Li Xianglu smiled and touched his scabby gourd-like head, which had its dressing changed twice, "Okay, let’s do a dictation."
Xu Wu swiftly walked to the side basin, washed his hands, dried them, and then sat in front of the dining table in the kitchen. He opened a notebook that was already half-written in and began to write characters attentively, stroke by stroke.
Li Xianglu was truly astonished. The child was really intelligent. She had always thought that people with photographic memories were only in legends, but now she did not doubt it at all. This child could solidly remember the sentences from the texts you read to him and could instantly remember the words you taught him, like a sponge placed in water, soaking everything up in an instant.