She had no choice but to grit her teeth and answer Father's question. "Yes, I don't know what got into Mom... Today, before the sky even lightened, she crawled along the way from our house to the hill, saying she wanted to... to confess her own faults to Mother-in-law..."
As Ms. Wang talked, she glanced at elderly Mr. Di's expression.
Elderly Mr. Di was obviously taken aback, his face appearing puzzled. He was apparently somewhat unable to process what Ms. Wang was saying.
"What did you just say?"
He had already heard what she'd just said, but he asked subconsciously.
Ms. Wang became anxious! If she failed to complete her task, who knows what might happen when she returned.
She hurriedly said, word by word: "Mom, she crawled on her knees and bowed six times at each step towards the grave of her former mother-in-law. She said she wanted to apologize to Cousin. Father..."
