Shen Qing and his company hurried along and finally arrived at Hongshan Village by evening.
By this time, most of the villagers who had gone up the mountain to hunt had come down, and the village was much livelier than during the day.
The cart rumbled over the stone-paved path at the village entrance, kicking up a layer of muddy soil as it passed through the entrance of Hongshan Village.
A villager clad in dog skin poked his head out and, seeing Shen Qing and his group, said, "Yo, isn't that Qingzi and his crew? They've finally come back!"
With his call, other idle villagers also gathered around.
"Qingzi, why didn't you come back yesterday?" One villager said teasingly with a smile, "Everyone was joking that you had exchanged your mountain goods for money to enjoy yourself in the city and weren't going to come back."
