Zhou Wulang said, "Take our village, for instance. From here to the county town, there are four villages along the way. It usually takes two hours to walk there, so we must set out by dawn at the latest. We'll reach the next village around dawn plus two quarters. If we arrive early, we must wait at their village entrance until dawn plus two quarters. Before leaving, we shout to see if anyone responds. If no one does, it means no one else is coming with us, and we can leave."
The kids listened very attentively. Manbao, raising her little hand, asked, "Then why didn't we wait for others the last time we went?"
"At that time, there were many of us going from our family, so we didn't need to purposely wait for others." When Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang, two adults, and Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang, who were also young lads, along with Daya and Erya, who were nearly grown-ups too, went - who would dare to mess with them?
