Heeding her request, Jiang Yeqian asked where the stationery was. Madam Wu scanned Qi Qingyao's straw hut, finding nothing. She had Qi Yuancheng borrow a set from the village chief, who got the materials back in fewer than ten minutes. Jiang Yeqian wrote quickly. The agreement was finished within a matter of minutes. As he wrote, Madam Wu chittered beside him, urging him to do a better job.
After Jiang Yeqian was finished, Old Man Qi stuck his head in. "Are you done?"
Jiang Yeqian handed it to Old Man Qi for a look. Old Man Qi did not know many words, so he tossed the sheet of paper to Madam Wu. Madam Wu did not know many words either, so she handed it to Qi Yuancheng. Qi Yuancheng had gone to school for a few days, so he knew a handful of words. He stammered through the agreement for a while. The brothers taught one another how to pronounce some of the more difficult words before they could read out the whole agreement in one go.
