Before dawn, rain began to fall, thoroughly washing away that faint residual kerosene smell lingering in the courtyard, and it was still to the knocking of Stone that Luo Qiao awoke.
She only realized it was raining when she opened the door, thinking that the father and son must be suffering terribly, if not dead; she quickly got ready to prepare a meal, as there was still a cart to catch later.
After eating, she worried about not having an umbrella at home and wondered how they would leave later, when she heard someone knocking at the front gate.
When she opened it, there stood Grandma Lin wrapped in a straw rain cape. Luo Qiao asked, "Grandma Lin, why have you come out in this rain?"
Old Lady Lin replied, "I came to bring you all an umbrella."
A single sentence made Luo Qiao feel warmed, and she said gratefully, "Thank you, Grandma Lin. Then, I won't be polite and we will leave together shortly."
