The next day, as Zhulan woke up to the sound of rain outside the window, she commented, "The candidates this year are not very lucky."
Zhou Shuren sat up, set foot on the ground, and pushed open the window to look, "Indeed, it's not good. It's the heaviest rain of the whole autumn today."
The maid and Old Madame Song, hearing the noise outside, had already brought in basins of water and pushed open the door.
Zhulan got off the bed with concern, "I don't know if it's raining in Pingzhou."
Zhou Shuren said, "Rongchuan and Chang Lian are quite lucky. I guess it's not raining there."
Zhulan instructed, "Let's wash up."
After breakfast, Zhou Shuren braved the rain to go to the government office, while Zhulan taught her son how to recognize animals. These small creatures were all drawn by her, not in modern illustrations, but in ink paintings.
