This question, Si Niang had already asked more than twenty times before,
But as the days for Da Lang and Second Lang to start school drew nearer, she brought it up more and more often.
Qin Yao had previously used various reasons to deflect it, but this time, it seemed she couldn't dodge anymore.
Si Niang was just young, not foolish.
The previous reasons given to her didn't stand up at all.
Her third brother is also young, the same age as her; yet in two years, he will be able to go to school, while no one says she can go in two years when she is older as well.
Her second brother isn't physically strong and can't walk far; yet he can ride a cow cart to school.
There are many reasons, none correct according to Mother!
Or, perhaps there is one that seems right.
"Is it because I'm a girl?" Si Niang mumbled, still not understanding, "Why can't girls? Why can boys?"
Before age four, without her mother by her side, she didn't feel any difference in status between genders.
