Chapter 110: I Can't Write Some Characters

What did you say? I didn't hear that?

Qiao Sheng had actually heard it, but she wanted Shi Jin to say it again.

Shi Jin bit his lip and said loudly: "I said, isn't it enough that I'll listen to you from now on?"

Really?

Qiao Sheng raised an eyebrow.

Shi Jin nodded.

Qiao Sheng had Xiao Shitou fetch the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, then had Shi Jin write a pledge in front of her.

Shi Jin wrote only a few characters before he couldn't continue: "I, I don't know how to write some characters."

Which characters can't you write?

Xiao Shitou curiously moved closer.

Shi Jin originally didn't want to tell him, but after thinking he said: "I can't write the last character of my name..."

I can, I'll help you.

Xiao Shitou took the brush and started writing; his characters aren't great now, but they are neat.

Qiao Sheng rubbed Xiao Shitou's head: "Studying hard really is useful; our Xiao Shitou is awesome, amazing, keep working hard!"

Mother, I've remembered it!

Xiao Shitou said with a cheerful laugh.

Shi Jin inexplicably felt uneasy; thereafter, for any characters he didn't know, he didn't let Xiao Shitou write them, but had him write beside him while Shi Jin copied.

Qiao Sheng slightly raised her eyebrow, watching him continue writing without showing emotion.

The pledge was finished.

Qiao Sheng hired an ox cart with Shi Jin and Xiao Shitou and drove out of town.

Xiao Shitou asked, puzzled: "Mother, this isn't the way back to the Mountain God Temple; where are you taking us?"

You'll know when we get there.

Qiao Sheng kept them in suspense.

Two hours later, under Qiao Sheng's directions, the driver drove the ox cart into a small mountain village.

Qiao Sheng paid the driver and told Xiao Shitou and the others to get off the ox cart.

As soon as Shi Jin got off the ox cart, he warily watched Qiao Sheng.

Qiao Sheng saw him looking at her like he was guarding against a bad person, she slightly curled her lips and said: "Worried I'll sell you out? If I really wanted to do that, I'd have brought only you."

Without waiting for Shi Jin to say anything.

Qiao Sheng looked around, then walked ahead.

She hadn't walked far when a young woman came from the side: "Qiao Sheng, you're here."

Mm.

Qiao Sheng responded and introduced them to each other: "Li Fang, this is my son Xiao Shitou, and this is my friend's child Shi Jin. Xiao Shitou, Shi Jin, this person is..."

You already said her name, didn't you?

Shi Jin said from the side.

You're the clever one!

Qiao Sheng glanced at him and told them to call Li Fang, call her Aunt Fang.

Li Fang's family grows and sells vegetables.

Qiao Sheng often buys vegetables from them, and through coming and going she became familiar. Although she also grows quite a few vegetables in her space, she doesn't plant every day, so she almost always buys some.

The reason I brought Shi Jin and them here today is to let them experience life, to see how their children and the village children help with household chores.

They chatted only a few sentences.

Li Fang led Qiao Sheng and them to walk to her family's peanut field; they have planted several mu of peanuts, some early, some late, and now they are harvesting the later ones.

When they arrived, Li Fang's husband, son, and daughter were all picking peanuts in the field.

They exchanged greetings.

Qiao Sheng said to Xiao Shitou and Shi Jin: "I plan to buy some peanuts to take home and boil to eat; let's help pick them together."

Okay, Mother.

Xiao Shitou rolled up his sleeves and started picking.

They had never grown peanuts before, but he had seen others pick peanuts.

Shi Jin saw that the peanuts had a lot of mud on them, he frowned in disgust and didn't move for a long while.

Are you picking or not?

(End of chapter)