Zhong Yuying glared resentfully at Tian Sisi, not expecting that after Tian Zhaodi's bout of illness, her mind seemed to have become sharper, impervious to persuasion, completely unlike the previously gullible and easily coaxed Zhaodi. No, she must find a way to regain control over Tian Sisi, because without Sisi as a friend, Daddy surely won't let her continue studying. She refuses to be like her older and younger sisters, toiling all day with her face towards the soil and back to the sky, keeping company with those filthy men.
She must persist with her studies, for only through education could she have the chance to leave this small mountain village and also have the opportunity to marry an outstanding man. She absolutely did not want to stay in this small mountain village and become an illiterate peasant woman, nor did she wish to be like most of the village girls, marrying crass and dirty rural men.
