"Mom, don't be anxious, because it got late, there were no ox carts available, so I walked back from the town. It was pitch-black on the road, I couldn't see anything clearly, and I don't even know how many times I fell. I quickly got up and kept walking, probably got hooked by the thorny wild grass on the roadside, but I didn't notice until you mentioned it," Xuexue gave Madam Xie an excuse to gloss over her late return.
Upon hearing this, Madam Xie's face filled with pain as she hurried forward, rolling up Xuexue's sleeves to inspect her arms while murmuring with concern, "Poor Xuexue, it's all because mom doesn't have the means, causing you to worry about making money for the family every day."
