The small courtyard returned to tranquility.
Everyone held a book, reading intently.
Cui Rong, with limited literacy, scratched her ears and cheeks, looking around before finding someone to talk to.
Shen Hua, she dared not.
So she went to Wei Yingying, who was so absorbed in her reading that she didn't notice Cui Rong right in front of her.
Then she approached Xie Yinong.
Xie Yinong did notice, but she shrank back timidly. Cui Rong had no choice but to walk over to Le Jia: "You don't recognize as many characters as I do, can you understand what you're reading?"
Understand.
Le Jia, however, shook her head with flushed cheeks.
Cui Rong raised an eyebrow, smugly pointing at a character: "Do you recognize this one?"
"Don't recognize."
Cui Rong proudly declared: "I'll teach you, this character is pronounced 'zhu'."
She even demonstrated the pronunciation to Le Jia: "Lord Ji is frail and ill, yet he covets beauty, disregarding the doctor's advice, he still wants to go…"
