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Chen Ping'an sat down on the small stool, and he was surrounded by a large group of children in no time.
He continued to tell a fantasy story about gods and ghosts that he hadn't completed last time, and just like before, he finished off at a critical cliff hanger, smiling widely as he told the children to come again next time.
The children grumbled in complaint.
The young boy who had wanted to learn fist techniques from Chen Ping'an even earlier than Guo Zhujiu squatted beside Chen Ping'an's feet and retrieved a copper coin from a ceramic pot, saying, "Keep going, Chen Ping'an, I'll give you a tip. I can give you more if this isn't enough."
Chen Ping'an reached over and pushed the little boy's head away. "Scram."
He then retrieved a rubbing from his pocket, gently shaking it open and asking the children, "Are there any characters here that you don't recognize? Are there any characters you want to learn?"
"There are heaps of characters that I don't recognize. What's the point of learning this?" a young boy replied in unhappiness. "This is boring as heck, and I don't want to listen. Continue telling the story, or I'm going to leave."
Chen Ping'an looked around, and it was much the same attitude from the other children. These children who had grown up in poor families were indeed uninterested in learning characters. It was difficult to keep them engaged once the initial interest wore off.
Learning how to read wasn't useless at the Sword Qi Great Wall, and it was naturally very useful for those who were fortunate enough to become sword cultivators.
For the impoverished families living in the streets and alleys over here, however, learning how to read was merely a way to stave off boredom. If it weren't for wanting to know what those illustrated characters in the novels were saying, the children would actually be fine with never learning how to read and never interacting with the characters on those stone tablets.
Chen Ping'an smiled and replied, "There's no rush. I'll only explain a single character...
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