"Everyone! There's no need to pay for the room; someone has already paid for us!" Silver put down the bundle in his hands and told them.
"How can that be right? Wouldn't we be taking advantage of you?" Mr. He disagreed. Receiving someone's favor means owing them a debt, and such debts are hard to repay.
"Uncle He, please don't worry about it! Indeed, someone familiar has covered it." Silver also felt a bit helpless.
Sitting on the ox cart on his way home, Silver couldn't help but think of the Gu Family. It had been ten days since he left, and he wondered if his mother and second sister missed him.
Ye Zhiqiu looked at the forest by the roadside, thinking about his mother and sisters at home. Fortunately, he had not let them down, which made him feel much relieved from the burden he had been carrying.