"Ding!" With that sound, Chun Xiangnuan’s spirit was moved, and she entered the system as well. Previously, only her soul could get in, but now her body could enter too.
"System unlock successful, the next course: traditional Chinese painting training."
Qin Xiangnuan felt somewhat disappointed; she thought that once the system was unlocked, she might start learning embroidery right away, but it seems that it was not the case yet, and she still had to learn painting.
However, having experienced learning calligraphy, studying traditional Chinese painting became easier for her. With each stroke, lift, and tuck, she already had a strong foundation, and after just a few strokes, she had created a very artistic Spring Orchid Painting.
She preferred the artistic conception over the technique, and apparently, the system did too, as it rated her works quite highly.
The system was becoming more humane, but with humanity, came the rules for rewards and punishments.
If her work was poorly done or failed, she would face the corresponding punishments. Like the last time when Qin Xiangnuan was in a bad mood, so the characters she wrote were subpar, and as a result, the system punished her by making her write over a hundred large characters until her hand almost broke.
She hadn’t yet enjoyed the rewards from the system, but she had faced punishments several times, and frankly, it was quite terrifying.
By the time she reached third grade, her skill in calligraphy had significantly advanced, and her level in traditional painting was decent too. She indeed wanted to see just how high her skills could get, but there were no competitions here. However, her calligraphy was much better than that of an average student.
The business in the store was very stable. Aunt Hua always remembered the few words Qin Xiangnuan told her: to do business honestly, and to prepare food for others as cleanly as she would for herself, not disregarding hygiene just because it wasn’t for her own consumption.
People were spending their money, not paying to be uncomfortable.
Thus, the stove and cooking area were cleaned daily, the ingredients used were home-grown, clean, and fresh, and the size of the pancakes remained consistent. In their pancake shop, their reputation was quite renowned. Everyone saw their hard work and their reputations were very high. Even though in recent years, as the station area developed and more vendors appeared, their business might have lessened somewhat, they still had an income of hundreds of dollars every month.
Seeing that they were about to enter middle school, Qin Xiangnuan found a moment one evening to talk to Aunt Hua about her thoughts.
"Do you want to build a house?" Aunt was not surprised by this, as her family also wanted to build a new house. They had indeed earned quite a bit in recent years. Her sister had already built a new house and found wives for her two sons, which was considered prestigious in their village.
The Qin siblings surely knew exactly how much money they had.
This past year alone added up to several thousand and over three years, it was close to ten thousand.
"Yes, Uncle, Aunt, we always live in Chen Laosan’s house, but it’s not a solution; that house is old and now it’s starting to leak. I’m really worried that if it rains a few more times, what if the house collapses?" Qin Xiangyang, at fourteen, had grown very tall and was a strapping young lad. He was very capable, adept in field work, but was just average in his studies and didn’t really like school. If it weren’t for his sister, he might have already dropped out to work in the fields.