Xuexue thought that if Madam Xie had something to do, she wouldn't have wild thoughts. Big Bull was strong and responsible for turning the soil in the creek, while they only needed to pull out the loaches from the mud and throw them into a wooden bucket; the task wasn't tiring at all, so she said, "Sure! I'll call you when Big Bull and I go tomorrow."
"Okay!"
With her mind full of worries, Madam Xie started to speak several times but stopped, finally letting out, "Xuexue, should we go and gather some more river snails to sell at the market?"
"Let's talk about that later, now we're busy with the loaches! And besides," Xuexue continued as she kept her head down, working on the loaches, "river snails aren't available every day, we have to wait for them to grow bigger first."
"But...!"
"What's the matter?" Xuexue finally sensed something was off and looked up to ask.
