With Xiaoxiao's assurance, the adults took their own children home.
The remaining children who had come to learn saw others being led away, and followed suit without much thought.
Suddenly, the courtyard was much less crowded.
In the end, a few children were left behind, and Xiaoxiao noticed they were the children of her eldest uncle, third uncle, and fourth uncle.
Upon seeing Xiaoxiao, the children began calling out to her.
"Third Aunt."
"Third Sister-in-law."
Xiaoxiao could tell these children were eager to learn letters, each looking at her with tearful eyes, feeling quite aggrieved.
Xiaoxiao sighed. She hadn't meant to deprive the children of their right to learn.
It's just that if Li Chuntao agreed to teach them all to read today, many more children would surely come to learn.
She had noticed earlier, while most of the village children had come, some of the slightly older ones hadn't.
