But, I've heard ancient books were really expensive.
The ancient characters were traditional, quite different from what she had learned. She could guess the general meaning, but living again as an illiterate after many hard years was truly frustrating for her.
As it got darker, Sanhu and Little Hu came back from outside, covered in mud, carrying water buckets.
As soon as he entered the door, Little Hu asked Erhu, "Second brother, where's little sis?"
Erhu showed no concealment of his disdain, "Look at you, covered in mud. Why look for little sis before cleaning up?"
"I want to show little sis the fish I caught!" Little Hu said proudly, smiling with his eyes. The bucket was half full of fish, the result of his and third brother's work for most of the afternoon.
Gu Nian had just walked out from inside, "Wow! Third brother and little brother, you're amazing! Where did you catch so many fish?"
Especially with all that mud, as if you just rolled out of a mud pit.
