Chapter 16

                                    

                                          
Xiao Jungkook’s body was very weak. After drinking a bowl of porridge, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Shi Lisa didn’t disturb him and went out to help Mother Xiao and others to clean up the banquet.
She was busy until late afternoon.
After dinner, Shi Lisa returned to Xiao Jungkook’s room and found a story book to read.
After she read for a while, Xiao Jungkook woke up.
Not sure if it was because he drank Shi Lisa’s so-called sugar water and porridge, but he felt that his body wasn’t so weak now.
At least he could sit up.
Seeing that Shi Lisa was reading, he asked, “You can read?”
He wasn’t looking down on Shi Lisa, just surprised.
There were no women who could read in the village, even boys found it difficult to go to school.
Shi Lisa moved away from the script and looked at him. “Yup, I can read! I learnt it from the old Taoist master when I was in the temple.”
The priest had really taught Shengyuan and the other four Taoist children how to read.
She added, “When he is refining pills, we will help to record the time when the furnace was switched on and off, the observable changes during the process, and so on.”
The old Taoist’s prioritised teaching the two boys.
Shengyuan and the other girl mainly did chores, so they only knew simple words.
Her grandfather in modern era was fond of ancient literature.
She was rebellious when she was young, so her grandfather brought her home to let her copy scriptures or ancient literature with the writing brush to calm her heart.
Therefore, not only did she know most of the traditional Chinese characters, she could even write them down.
The old priest’s existence was very useful.
She could push everything onto him to give her brilliance a thumbs up.
Xiao Jungkook half-believed him. “I see.”
He found a topic for a chat. “Is this book good?”
Shi Lisa curled her lips in disdain. “It’s not good. The melodramatic plot of a young lady meeting a scholar is too clingy.”
In the past, when she was free, she would read novels to pass the time.
She didn’t read with those with a modern storyline anymore.
“Then why are you still so engrossed in it?” Xiao Jungkook couldn’t help but laugh.
Shi Lisa yawned. “I’m bored. I’m just casually reading to pass the time.”
She looked at him with a half-smile. “Do you like reading this kind of novel?”
She gave him a look that said, “I was wrong about you.”
Xiao Jungkook didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “This is a novel that I brought back from the county before I fainted. I don’t like to read it.”
Shi Lisa actually felt that he didn’t seem like someone who liked to read.
“So it’s used to make money.”
She asked again, “Then why don’t you write it yourself? It should be more profitable than copying a book.”
Xiao Jungkook said helplessly, “I don’t understand the love between these scholars and young ladies, and I don’t like this kind of plot, so I can’t write it.”