"Ah!? What book are we reciting?" Si Ya asked.
"Do you recognize the characters in the contract? Can you do the accounting? Can you write your own name?" Pei Qin glanced at her.
San Ya was very happy. She had wanted to learn to read and to do accounting like her older sister. But since her sister had only been teaching her brother, she hadn't dared to express her desire to learn. Now that her older sister was suggesting they learn, she put down her embroidery work immediately, "Older sister! I will learn from you!"
"Hmm, let's start with 'The Old Peddler' then!" Pei Qin was fond of this ancient text that was perfected through practice. She had become more proficient in fighting by fighting more.
"What's 'The Old Peddler'?" San Ya was curious. "Don't we start with the 'Three-Character Classic'?"
"Understanding the principle first, then learning the characters, you will learn much faster," Pei Qin said as she recited "The Old Peddler" and then explained it sentence by sentence.
