Silkworm Woman

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d make you the person who got the highest s

ical silk. The clothes made from this silk can transfor

ius Village. However, no one noticed that the children's

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hours of trekking from town. Despite these humble beginnings, we've recently gaine

state for the science section of the college entrance exam. When the TV station a

ith morning dew. My mother lay on a pile of straw, eyes closed, mouth open, chewing with a

. Last year, both the top scorers in the county's college entrance exams came from h

elligent from a very young age. He excelled in everything he did. Becoming the state's top scorer was actual

who was picking his nose, and sighed helplessly.

idn't grasp my words and j

l delays: he couldn't walk until he was three years old, didn't speak

ou send Ian to study in a big city earlier? The

somber tone. "We don't have many resources here. Once the kids are old e

ou plan to build a road? With a proper cement road, the kids could go out to study,

ld a road. The county had even allocated funds. But on the day before construction w

rabbing him by the collar and saying, "If the road is built and people discover this s

prevent others from discove

in the village. She was a "silkworm w

ilkworm, needing to eat fresh mulberry leaves every day. By spring, she wou

ing effect: they made the

rogressively more effective. This year, the clothes had t

ully replied, "Our village kids have always been known for the

n't probe further and instead asked about Ian's whe

d gone to the neighboring village to visit his g

andparents; he only had a mother who had been living in a tragically abusive situat

get to meet the county's top scorer, and this year it