Uncle Zhou once believed his daughter Zhou Ruby was the Literary Star descended from heaven. After all, who e…
Uncle Zhou once believed his daughter Zhou Ruby was the Literary Star descended from heaven.
After all, who else's child would mumble in their sleep, murmuring about Confucius, Laozi, and classical phrases?
Overjoyed, Uncle Zhou spent twenty valuable coins to buy two fresh yellow fish, secretly delivering them to Cen Fuzi and asking him to give special attention to his daughter.
Cen Fuzi looked at the fish, then at Ruby's utterly bewildering schoolwork, and was baffled.
Ruby was equally confused. Her father had suddenly placed strange expectations upon her.
Storybooks were replaced with the Analects and Classics of Poetry. She had to arrive at school half an hour earlier than others to stare awkwardly at the teacher, and her time for playing with the her elder cousin was cut in half...
When Ruby finally couldn't bear it anymore and cried out in protest, her father was surprised:
"Don't you love these texts? Just days ago, you were reciting them in your sleep."
Ruby suddenly remembered copying texts for her cousin, who had once again been caught trying to escape, and fell silent.
In the end, Uncle Zhou concluded that a ghost had possessed his daughter in her dreams. He had some Daoist sprinkle holy water on Ruby for three days, and considered the matter closed.
As for Ruby, she naturally kept quiet. The task of copying texts became a secret known to no one.