Ren Baozhi was amused by this silly girl: "You, you, what can I say about you? I think you have returned all the words I said to you before."

Jiangchun frowned and recalled what the old lady had said to her. As if she remembered something, she suddenly said loudly: "I can't read!"

Ren Baozhi was startled by her sudden loud voice. Although she was small, her voice was quite loud: "Then you can read and write with me from now on."

"But I can't read." Jiangchun lowered her head and spoke in a low voice.

"Isn't this me?"

"Auntie?" Jiangchun stared at Ren Baozhi blankly, not understanding what she meant.

Ren Baozhi didn't know what to say to Jiangchun. It seemed that if he didn't break down his words into pieces and explain them to her clearly, she would never understand.

Helpless, Ren Baozhi had to explain: "I am your aunt, and I will teach you how to read."

"Can I...can I read too?"

"Why, you don't believe I can teach you?"

"Can I read now?" Jiangchun's voice was very low, as if he was asking his aunt, or as if he was asking himself.

Ren Baozhi didn't hear the subtle emotion in her words. Seeing Jiangchun looking stupid, he thought: Could it be that this child will still drool even if I teach her to recognize words?

The system said quietly: [You are the one who only knows how to drool. Jiangchun is so cute, why are you complaining about her?]

Ren Baozhi surrendered in her heart: "I was wrong, I was wrong. I won't do it again. I will teach her to read and write until she knows every word!"

So she immediately pulled Jiangchun over and asked her to sit beside the desk with her. She then took out the Thousand Character Classic she had just bought and handed it to Jiangchun: "Here, this is a gift I prepared for you."

Jiangchun took the Thousand Character Classic, but did not open it. She just held it in her arms with great care.

"Auntie, I don't understand. I'm just a lowly servant and I don't have the qualifications to read."

"I've told you that you only need to follow my rules here, understand?" Ren Baozhi said gently, "No matter whether others are qualified or not, you are qualified now that you are here with me."

"But why?" Jiangchun's words were full of confusion. "I can't help Auntie with her work more efficiently now that I can read. Instead, I have less time to serve her."

Ren Baozhi wanted to take the "Thousand Character Classic" out of Jiangchun's arms and open it to show her, but she found that Jiangchun was holding the "Thousand Character Classic" with great strength.

She raised her eyebrows. She really liked him, so why was he saying one thing and thinking another?

"Because you are a person to me, not a 'servant', understand? Everyone is equal and has the right to learn to read. Even if you are not well-versed in history and modern knowledge, I hope you know how to write the word 'Jiangchun'."

Without any warning, Jiangchun's tears burst out.

She actually wanted to cry loudly, she really wanted to cry loudly, but she was just a servant and was afraid that others would say she was not following the rules, so all her suppressed sadness could only turn into soft sobs.

Seeing her look, Ren Baozhi was completely confused. It seemed that this child was not the one who drooled, but the one who cried.

She was at a loss and hurriedly held Jiangchun in her arms. What should she do next? Touch her head or pat her back?

Ren Baozhi has never had any experience in coaxing others, who will save her?

The system said: [Just pat him on the back.]

Ren Baozhi said "Oh" and patted Jiangchun on the back lightly.

This trick really worked. After just two claps, Jiang Chun's sobbing sound came over: "When Bi... Bizi was a child, my family... my family had no money, and my younger brother wanted to... go to school, so my father sold... sold me as a servant..."

Tears soaked Ren Baozhi's clothes, and she felt the warm wetness on her chest.

Jiang Chun paused for a moment, then a muffled voice rang out again: "That day, they...the day they sold me, my brother had in his hand...that was...that was the Thousand Character Classic."

The system's voice came: [Understanding Jiangchun's background, Jiangchun's fate rewriting progress increased by 3%, gaining 30 points, and the total fate rewriting progress increased by 6%.]

When Ren Baozhi heard this, she felt depressed and blocked in her heart, and even ignored the voice of the system.

She gently stroked Jiangchun's back, only to find that Jiangchun's body was shaking from crying.

"Do you like reading?" Ren Baozhi asked softly.

"You...you have never been to school, I don't know if you like it or not." Jiangchun's voice choked.

"So, do you want to study?"

"think."

"Well, I will teach you to read and write in the future. Look, this Thousand Character Classic is in your hands now. From now on, it belongs only to you."

Jiangchun burst into tears and held the Thousand Character Classic even tighter. She felt that her aunt's embrace was particularly warm, just like her mother's embrace when her younger brother was not yet born.

After a long time, she finally calmed down a little: "Auntie, I want to learn to read, but I'm afraid I'm too stupid."

The voice was muffled, hoarse and nasal from crying.

"Then spend more time studying," Ren Baozhi patted her back gently, and this time the trembling was not as severe. "In the future, there's no need to clean this room too much. Just make sure it's habitable. If Auntie has time, she'll help you clean the house."

Jiang Chun looked up hastily upon hearing this: "How could this be——"

"Shh," Ren Baozhi covered her lips with her index finger, gesturing for silence, "This is the rule between us."

"Auntie," Jiangchun's tears, which she had finally managed to hold back, burst out again. "Jiangchun will definitely study hard. Even if I have to study it a thousand times, I must learn it and will never let you down!"

"Okay, stop crying, I'll teach you."

"Yeah!" Jiangchun carefully took out a white handkerchief from her arms and wiped away her tears.

When Ren Baozhi saw a chrysanthemum on the corner of the handkerchief, she knew that it was the handkerchief she had given her yesterday.

After Jiangchun calmed down completely, Ren Baozhi wrote down six single vowels on the paper: a, o, e, i, u, u.

She only taught Jiangchun to read once, and Jiangchun was able to follow along standardly. Ren Baozhi taught it again, and Jiangchun was able to match each syllable with each single vowel.

Ren Baozhi felt that this crying child was quite talented in studying, and wanted to test her, so she collected the paper and asked Jiangchun to write it down from memory.

Jiangchun had never touched a pen before, so she held the pen tightly with her right hand, lowered her head, and wrote every stroke very carefully.

However, the more Ren Baozhi looked, the more surprised she became. Although Jiangchun's handwriting was of different sizes and crooked parts, she actually wrote down every single vowel from memory.

Ren Baozhi asked her to read it again, and Jiangchun still spoke clearly and with standard pronunciation.

This time, Ren Baozhi was so shocked that she couldn't even close her jaw.

My God, is there a child prodigy around me?

The system prompt sounded: [Help Jiangchun find the right direction for development. Jiangchun's fate rewriting progress will increase by 5%, and you will get 50 points. The total progress of fate rewriting is 10%.]

[The ending in Jiangchun's book has been unlocked. 】

Oh yes, I almost forgot about this. Ren Baozhi turned on the light screen and found Jiangchun’s file.

However, when that short line of words came into view, Ren Baozhi's brows involuntarily furrowed.

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