Ji Xue played checkers with Ji Xia for a while, ate two pieces of candy, then went to her room to change into a new set of clothes, and let Ji Xia stay in the living room to watch TV.
The TV could only receive Channel One and Channel Three of the central station; their family hadn't renewed the cable TV subscription, so those were the only few channels they could watch. However, Ji Xia still watched with great interest.
She was young, and her parents didn't feel comfortable letting her go out to play. There was no TV to watch at home, nor any books suitable for her age to read, or rather, whatever was suitable she had already read through. No one else was at home to accompany her, and now Ji Xue was also going out.
