After finishing their meal and washing the dishes briefly, Fu Ying covered the stove fire with wet coal, leaving a small vent open. Their family didn't raise pigs right now, so there was no need to cook pig feed. The stove was only used for cooking meals and boiling hot water, so she just left the vent open to keep the embers burning without going out.
Little Black Charcoal was still struggling to memorize a few classical poems, so Fu Ying had him mark them out and read them over a few more times on his own.
Fu Ying felt somewhat relieved that Little Black Charcoal's aversion to studying wasn't as severe now, and he was slowly improving. Even forgetting about getting into a good university for a moment, she just wanted to get his mindset back on track first and get him through high school.
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