Chapter 16 Wild Sweet Potato
Awen really wanted to pay for the car ride, but unfortunately her little money was not enough for three people to ride in the car.
On the way, Awen told Liang Jiahua about her job of copying books at a bookstore, in order to divert her attention and make herself feel less hot. She was very happy for a while when she received Liang Jiahua's praise.
Liang Jiahua knew that his sister was good at writing beautiful small regular script. His father asked for it from the dean at the time. He didn't know how many times he was punished in order to make his sister write well.
Of course, he is the same. Having a strict father is also a painful and happy existence.
In the hot summer, everyone took a nap at home. When the three of them returned to the village, there were only a few dogs barking and almost no one was seen.
Arriving home quickly, Awen put down her things and fanned herself with a cattail leaf fan beside her. It was too hot.
After Liang Jiahua put down his things, he went to his father's house. When he saw his father sleeping peacefully, he left and followed Awen's example, fanning himself with a cattail leaf fan.
The weather this year is extremely hot, as if it’s going to cook you.
Liang Jiafen smiled when she saw the two brothers and sisters were doing the same thing. She was also excited, but she also habitually went to the kitchen to check.
When they saw that their mother had made arrangements, they carried a basin of warm water to Awen's room and shouted: "Awen, take a break, go scrub and change your clothes."
Awen nodded repeatedly, "Yeah, thank you, eldest sister."
Liang Jiafen arranged for Awen, and when she was about to give instructions to Ahua, she found that he had already gone to the kitchen to fetch water. When he saw her, he smiled and said, "Sister, go and wash yourself and change clothes."
Liang Jiafen smiled and nodded.
Although there are not many clothes, they dry quickly in summer. After changing them after a while, they can be washed and dried at night.
The three of them tidied up. Liang Jiafen directly took A-wen's clothes. When she went to pick up A-hua's clothes, she was rejected by him.
"Sister, I don't need to help me wash it. When I was living in the academy, the students did it themselves."
Liang Jiafen didn't force herself, she just took her and Awen's clothes and just used some water at home.
Liang Jiahua also washed it at home. Firstly, the sun was still very strong, and secondly, summer clothes did not use much water.
Awen went back to her room to make money. She planned to deliver it to Shopkeeper Zhou as soon as possible, and then see if she could sell the books in the library.
Only by selling books can money come quickly, and daddy cannot hold him back.
After scrubbing herself, it was no longer so hot, so she sat down at the table in her room and opened the window, which made it brighter and cooler.
I grind the ink first, and the heat in my heart slowly calms down, and then I pick up the pen and continue writing this morning's Three Character Sutra.
She can memorize the Three-Character Sutra, so writing it down from memory is nothing to her.
Thinking about how she was punished by her father many times to practice calligraphy when she was little, her body became tight.
Fortunately, now that she has achieved success, her father is no longer so strict, otherwise, she might cry.
After writing about two pages, I heard a sound outside. I looked up and found that the uncle and the others were back.
She put down the pen in her hand, turned her sour arm and ran outside.
"I'm pretty lucky today. Look, I'm almost 20."
Grandma said with a joyful voice.
The aunt was also very happy and nodded: "It's good luck."
Awen came out and saw her mother bringing water, asking grandma to wash it first, and then she went back to the house to visit her father.
She looked at the basket in the aunt's hand and saw that she had gone to the mountain to collect cicada shells.
At this time, the second sister squeezed past her, winked at her, and the two of them secretly ran to the room.
The two sisters hiding in the room chatted quietly.
"No, here you go, these are wild sweet potatoes picked in the mountains." Liang Jiali took out a clean, round, chubby pink wild sweet potato from the bag she was carrying.
Chapter completed!