A Month Later~
Zhou was outside in the background, holding a wooden sword that he made by himself. He was using it to pretend he was fighting someone. His mother, who was busy doing the house laundry, stopped in her tracks when she spotted her son playing with his sword outside.
Without thinking of anything, she opened the door to get a close up to see what is going on ,
"Zhou, sweetie, what are you doing?",she asked.
Zhou stopped once he heard his mom's voice, so he looked over sweating and panting from practicing so much.
"I'm practicing.",said Zhou.
"For what?",asked Fa.
"For battle.",answered Zhou. his mom went immediately silent as she looked down on what her son said,
"Z-Zhou are you thinking about joining the army?",asked Fa.
Zhou immediately nodded
"Who else would protect China if Dad's dead right?",asked Zhou
"Um Zhou, think about this..there are other soldiers in the army as well they know what they are doing...", Zhou shouted
"I know but they need someone who is like my dad!"
Fa became silent again as she looked down on her son
"Well alright as long as it makes you happy.",murmured Fa.
She left her son by himself outside so he could continue practicing. He did that as soon as he heard the backyard door open and shut. He wanted to show everyone including his mom that he would one day take his dad's place and join the army.