Chapter 532: Benefits and Grudges Over a Handful of Rice
"Football" sounded fresh, and the kids loved to play it. At this age, children had nothing to do and would cause trouble everywhere. Kicking this ball might get them a reward. Every family that had half a child sent their child out to kick this ball.
After establishing some simple rules and giving a brief lesson, the children picked it up quickly and soon got the hang of it.
Zhuang Qingning, seeing they were almost ready, let them try it out to see how it went.
Believe it or not, it looked quite professional.
However, Zhuang Qingning couldn't tell Chu Jinnian all this. Instead, she explained, "I saw the children playing Cuju here and had the idea of having a leather ball made for them to play with. Since it's a ball that you kick, we'll call it 'football'."