There weren't many children's books available back then, mostly just simple picture books. Gu Jiaojiao picked out a few and gave them to the children.
It was the first time the two children had ever owned books of their own, and they were ecstatic. Regardless of whether they could understand the stories, they held the books close every day. Whenever Gu Jiaojiao had a spare moment, she would read and explain the stories to them.
Because of these picture books, several other children from the village started coming over to play with Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang.
After all, every household was poor back then. No one had spare cash to buy something as "useless" as books for their children to read. The kids could only learn from their school textbooks; extracurricular reading material was virtually nonexistent.
And just because of these few picture books, Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang became the center of attention among the other kids.
