The vernacular translation is as follows:
When Huai Su lived in Lingling, he was so poor that he didn't even have paper to write in Chinese calligraphy. So he planted more than 10,000 plantains and splashed ink with plantain leaves, calling his buddhist nun the "Green Temple". First find a wooden pallet and a board, color it, and use it as an inkstone and tablet. Grinding ink every day, writing every day, grinding when the ink is dry, and writing after grinding; Wipe it after writing, and wipe it before writing. Day after day, year after year, the boards are worn out and worn through.
Huai Su's Writing is the first volume of the fourth grade Chinese textbook published by People's Education Press, and it is also the eighth unit text of the first volume of Xiao Gu Wen. The author is a modern Ding Yuanlin, and later generations wrote it according to Huai Su's experience. The full text is as follows:
When Huai Su lived in Lingling, he was poor and had no paper to write on. He planted more than 10,000 plantains and spread them with banana leaves, so he called them "blue sky". Lack of books is to draw a plate of books and a board, and the books are repeatedly worn out.