After everyone finished breakfast, the adults tidied up their belongings, and the children had time for study, lasting two quarter-hours.
In the open space, Old Man Gui looked at a group of children of various sizes, both boys and girls, and somehow felt he had been tricked again.
It was at this moment he realized that when Cheng Xiaoxiao asked him to teach the children to read and write, it wasn't just the boys in the group, but the girls as well.
Feeling somewhat frustrated, he approached Cheng Xiaoxiao, who calmly told him that they were a big family with no high or low status, and everyone was equal, so why should there be a distinction between boys and girls? Can't girls read too?
The education Old Man Gui had received taught him that only boys could attend school; since when could girls go to school too?
He found it hard to accept for a moment.
