Xu Rao and Zhang Zhaoci were always busy and rarely seen. Xu Di had long been used to his parents' busy schedule. He would stay at home with his younger sister, sometimes looking at the plants that had sprouted in the wooden box, and sometimes with Xu Zhi. The two siblings would read and write on the kang table on the east side of the room. Xu Zhi could already recognize many characters, but her handwriting was still not good. Xu Di had heard his parents say that his sister was not cut out for studying. Of course, the family did not expect her to become a learned scholar or a talented woman. As long as she could recognize characters, she would be able to keep accounts and read and write letters in the future.

Xu Zhi was actually quite disappointed. Her parents and brother were all very capable people. They could read books that she couldn't understand and knew so many things that she didn't know. On the other hand, it wasn't that she wasn't trying, but she just couldn't seem to absorb those things. Xu Zhi felt a little disappointed. It seemed that she really wasn't suited to be like her second sister in the mansion, a talented woman praised by everyone in the capital.

Looking at his younger sister's disappointed face, Xu Di asked, "Xiao Jiu, you look unhappy. What's wrong? Are you hungry? How about I get you some snacks?"

Xu Zhi has been eating a lot lately; her face has become much rounder, and even without wearing those thick cotton clothes, her figure is still chubby.

Xu Zhi sighed and said, "Brother, Xiao Jiu is too stupid. She can never memorize these things properly."

Looking at the Thousand Character Classic spread out in front of her, Xu Zhi smiled and said, "How can you say such a thing, Xiao Jiu? Xiao Jiu is not stupid. Our Xiao Jiu is the smartest child. There is no rule that says we have to learn these things, right? We just need to look at the words in the book and be able to recognize them."

Xu Zhi shook her head and said, "Brother, don't comfort me like that. I know very well that when my second sister was my age, she could memorize all of these things, but I've been trying to memorize them for two months and I still can't memorize them all. I think it's because I'm too stupid."