Chapter 283: Not Bad

So this means Miss Zhuang can read and recognize characters?

The high-ranked families have always considered that a woman's lack of talent is a virtue. Even the wives in the inner quarters could only recognize a few characters, just enough to manage the household and look over accounts. Even less could be expected from a typical farmer's daughter.

Fan Wenxuan looked at Zhuang Qingning with a new level of admiration in his eyes.

"I never expected Miss Zhuang to be educated."

"Not really. I merely read a few books and learned a few characters," Zhuang Qingning modestly replied.

The more modest she is, the more books it is likely she has read.

Fan Wenxuan nodded his head in appreciation of Zhuang Qingning's polite and modest manner, "Earlier, Miss Zhuang mentioned her wish to send her younger sister to women's college..."