Summer rain fell in an endless drizzle.
Ever since a certain flood dragon had settled here temporarily, rainfall in Southern Wu's capital had noticeably increased.
Bai Yujun had already done her best to keep the weather clear while carefully preventing the streams from flooding, but whenever she fell asleep, her innate talent would unconsciously stir the weather, instinctively urging rain and creating flash floods. Because of this, Ye Zi often complained about the weather.
"It's raining again today..."
Her tiny frame climbed onto the stove to scrub pots and wash the chopping board, taking on all the chores without a word of complaint.
Her younger sister, Little Ye Zi, was practicing writing, carefully forming each stroke. Yet what she wrote were not traditional characters, but simplified ones. A certain Bai was simply too lazy; traditional characters had too many strokes, making them troublesome and exhausting to write. She decisively used the territorial academy's standard to teach simplified characters, saving both effort and ink and paper.
Ye Zi washed the porcelain bowls and put them away, then scooped up a ladle of water and took two sips to quench her thirst.
"Little Ye Zi, where did Teacher go?"
"Teacher said she was going out for a while. Looks like she went over to the big tree again~"
Little Ye Zi puffed out her cheeks. She had written several characters wrong again. Reading and writing were always far too difficult...
"I'll go take a look."
She opened one oil-paper umbrella, tucked another beneath her arm, and ran out toward the big tree. From afar, she saw a white-clad, long-haired figure beneath it, utterly motionless. Ye Zi was certain Teacher truly had not moved at all. Once, Teacher had sat in the courtyard staring blankly into space for an entire day; other than