The first family feast after the separation.
Several villages brought out all the eggs they'd saved up. Normally, they'd be reluctant, but now they are reunited and can eat to their heart's content.
Children held freshly boiled eggs and handed them to the adults in the family.
The adults shoved them back, muttering, "Eat, today everyone can be full."
Holding the eggs in their palms, the children inhaled sharply from the heat but were loath to put them down.
Chen Zhongdong took a bite of the egg and thought of the adults and children in Dai State, each starving, yet still unwilling to eat the food meant for wounded soldiers.
Seeing Chen Zhongdong's eyes turning red, Hei Dan leaned over and said, "Brother Zhongdong, what's wrong?"
