Song Yaoyao: [Seriously, she was interested?
Was this old woman going to learn witchcraft by bluffing and guessing her way through it?
Good heavens, if witchcraft could be mastered like that, wouldn't everyone be a witch?]
Guagua: [At first, Old Madam Qiu was simply curious and wanted to look at the book. She knew exactly how much she was worth.
But later, one particular spell in the book caught her interest: a method for bearing a son.]
In the video, Old Madam Qiu leafed through the book page by page. When she came across a secret method for bearing a son, she was beside herself with excitement.
She had never imagined she would be so lucky. Whatever she wished for simply fell into her lap!
Old Madam Qiu studied it carefully. Although she could not recognize many of the characters, the illustrations helped her grasp the general idea.
But Old Madam Qiu had no idea how to actually perform it.
To learn how, she first had to figure out what all those unfamiliar characters meant.
There was no way Old Madam Qiu could take the book out and ask someone about it directly. If anyone found out, who knew what trouble it might bring?
Old Madam Qiu came up with a plan. She separated out the unfamiliar characters one by one, then went out to ask educated people about a few today and a few more tomorrow. She could even ask different people each time, so no one would discover what she was doing.
Although they were curious why an old woman had suddenly started asking about scholarly matters, they still told her how each character was pronounced and what it meant.
A character on its own could mean one thing, but once combined into words and sentences, it could