Before reaching the door, she saw Lan Hua also carefully carrying a basket over, lifting the white cloth on top to reveal glistening chicken eggs beneath.
"Here, for you, these are the eggs you wanted. My mother had to ask several women from four or five villages around just to gather these twenty. Aunt should eat first—my mother and they have all agreed, from now on, any eggs that come they'll save for you."
Seeing that Lin Yuan had no free hands to take the basket, Lan Hua accompanied her back home. While Lin Yuan was collecting eggs from the ground, Lan Hua had already sighed heavily at least ten times. Lin Yuan was puzzled; the girl was usually quite unflappable—what was wrong today?
"Is it necessary to be like this just for bringing me some eggs? You don't want to see me?"
