Zhulan felt the guiltiest. Just so happens that on the way past the wine restaurant to the grain shop, Zhulan took a detour and bought two pig's trotters. Upon arriving at the grain shop, she saw Lady Li looking pitiful squatting by the shop door. Zhulan, feeling guilty, was the first to speak, "Hop on the cart quick, I just ran into your dad going to the market again, so that's why I'm late. Mom bought your favorite pig's trotters; you must have been anxiously waiting, huh!"
Lady Li had the words in her mouth shoved back in. Her mother had said everything there was to say and even gave her a sweet date; even her grievance dissolved. She truly felt wronged just moments ago, thinking that her mother had forgotten her; she had waited for nearly two hours. Now sitting on the ox cart and hugging the pig's trotters handed over by her mother, she sniffed them—oh how fragrant. Her mother remembered her after all, and she smiled with bared teeth in delight.
