Chunliu was overjoyed, lifting the curtain and rushing to tell Nanny Cen: "...Young Master Zhi can speak now." Nanny Cen's eyes lit up as she grabbed Chunliu and said, "Really? That's wonderful!" After a pause, she continued, "I told you, our Young Master Zhi is smart and would start speaking early."
Xiqiu, as if encouraged, spent the afternoon with Zhi in the room. Chunliu and Bihuai were asked to grind ink, and she found some thick cowhide paper to cut into appropriately sized pieces. Holding a pen, she wanted to draw some small animals and add their names on the illustrations. She planned to start with teaching him two-character words, gradually adding poems or adjectives next to the illustrations as he grew, following a step-by-step method. Though she had planned it well, drawing the illustrations was quite tedious. She spent the entire afternoon drawing only a few pictures, then applied various colors to make them rich and interesting.
