A Letter From K'ai-feng

Dear Father,
K'ai-feng is amazing. there is so much to do. It's so much busier and lively than our village. I have sent along with this letter a picture that i bought to show how different it is than our home. Everywhere there are merchants trying to sell you things like fish and rice. Also the palace is amazing! It is enormous. I think that it is the size of our whole village. It is like a city inside a city. Soon I think I am going to find a job. I heard that in K'ai-feng there is a lot of buisnesses that are using a new type of printing books called "wood block printing". Maybe I could be an apprentice printer or assitant printer and someday own my own printing company. It seems to be very profitable job.

Sincerely,
Li-Chi